yasinovel Chapter 3693 Drawing Cards
Chapter 3693 Drawing Cards
Chapter 3693 Drawing Cards
The fashion magic book is not only the medium for fashion magicians to cast spells, but also their "card drawing" machine.
The former is easy to understand. If a fashion magician wants to cast a spell, he must use a fashion magic book as a medium.
Why is the latter "card drawing machine" called this?
The reason is that the fashion magic book's ability to absorb is not fixed, but random.
Once fashion magicians have collected the puzzle pieces of a fashion monster, the abilities of this fashion monster will be recorded in the magic book.
However, the magic book does not record all the abilities of this fashion monster, but randomly draws one to three abilities from the fashion monster.
This is called "drawing cards".
What kind of ability is drawn is completely random.
According to the classification of fashion magicians, the abilities of fashion monsters are divided into three types: regular abilities, special abilities, and hidden abilities.
"Regular abilities" refer to abilities that a fashion monster must have, for example, a "Phantom Cat" must have the ability "Phantom Transformation". So "Phantom Transformation" is a regular ability.
"Special abilities" are abilities possessed by a very small number of fashion monsters. This ability is very mysterious and can enable fashion monsters to evolve into special forms.
For example, if the fashionable monster "Heat Octopus" has the ability of "Red Temperature", it can evolve into a special form - "Hotspot Octopus".
In this form, various conventional abilities will receive significant bonuses.
If this special ability is randomly used by a fashion magician, he can also get a corresponding bonus.
For example, after a certain fashion magician obtains the ability of "Red Temperature", once he casts "Red Temperature", he activates a special form of spellcasting, and casting the regular ability of "Hotspot Octopus" is not only easy, but also becomes more powerful.
However, special abilities are too rare, and it is very difficult to randomly find them from a fashion monster.
And the last "hidden ability" is even rarer.
Hidden abilities refer to the ancient abilities hidden in the genes of fashion monsters, which come from the eternal hidden and unknown ancient abilities. Even most fashion monsters do not have this ability, but fashion magicians have a chance to extract it from fashion monsters through the "drawing cards" of the "Fashion Magic Book".
In terms of rarity, Hidden Abilities are rarer than Special Abilities.
But rare does not mean strong.
Some fashion monsters have hidden abilities that are even weaker than their regular abilities, and some may even cause negative effects.
For example, there was once a fashion magician who extracted hidden abilities from the "Shining Elf" puzzle.
He was quite happy at first, but after reading the introduction of hidden abilities, he looked depressed.
The hidden ability of this "shining elf" is: "I, a socially anxious person, have turned on the light for the world."
The name is strange, but it can be understood that once the Fashion Magician starts to cast the abilities of the Shining Elf, whether regular abilities or other abilities, the Fashion Magician will fall into a black vision state.
What is "Black Vision"?
It's like being blind, unable to see anything, everything is pitch black in front of your eyes.
In other words, the hidden talent drawn out by this fashion magician directly destroyed the ability of the shining elf.
Therefore, hidden abilities do not necessarily mean excellence; they may also mean failure.
However, most of the top abilities are born from hidden abilities, this is beyond doubt...
In short, the fashion magician "draws cards" from the magic book entirely based on luck.
But sometimes it's not all luck.
According to the research of the Fashion Guild, when a fashion monster challenge is triggered, the more beautifully you complete the challenge and the better the evaluation, then there will be a certain bonus to the "card drawing" of the fashion magic book.
In other words-
"The more grand the Variety Awards are held, the greater the chances of me drawing rare and hidden abilities."
Angel muttered under his breath.
In this case, if he only used the dyeing, quiz and other stages at the carnival as the theme of this variety show.
So even if you really pass this random mission, you will probably only get regular abilities randomly.
In fact, Angel didn't think much of fashion magic at first... But after he saw the powerful illusion resistance brought by "Phantom Disguise", his attitude towards fashion magic changed a little.
From an indifferent attitude, I began to become serious and want to "do some research on it".
Then, when he learned that the abilities of fashion monsters were obtained by "drawing cards".
Not only did his heart feel itchy, but his hands also began to itch for unknown reasons.
He also wanted to try out what it would be like to draw a card himself. Could he draw out a high-quality hidden ability and directly clear this dungeon?
——This is not wishful thinking. In the history of Modern City, there have been precedents of extracting top hidden abilities from low-level fashion monsters, becoming famous in the final battle, and being enshrined as the new king.
Moreover, the fashion magic system is closely related to the background of this copy world.
The better and more powerful the ability is, the more rigorous the underlying logic is. And this rigorous logic can also show the essence of the world more clearly.
Exploring the world background by exploring powerful abilities is not empty talk.
Therefore, Angel personally still wanted to obtain a high-quality ability. This was true both from his heart and from external research.
But now comes the problem.
Since Angel wants to host a more grand variety show that can improve the evaluation of random tasks, how should this variety show be done?
What should be its theme?
Angel fell into deep thought. "Grand, this is a clear hint given in the mission objective. Obviously, the grander it is, the higher the final evaluation of the mission will be."
But...what is grand?
As Ingres looked around the stage, he thought: To be grand, not only the scene must be magnificent, but it also needs to be popular and able to attract people to come and support.
It can even be said that this variety show can bring a subversive impression to the residents of the modern city, and even continue to echo in the pages of history in the days to come.
This might be called grand.
But what kind of variety show can achieve this? Angel whispered softly, and various images appeared in his mind.
In Angel's past experience, the concept of "Variety Awards" was completely vague. In the wizarding world where he lived, there was no such thing as "Variety Shows". The most similar ones were "competitions" or some activities held by certain wizards with interests or preferences.
But even if these activities can barely be called "variety shows", they are not that grand.
Ingres wanted to get inspiration from past experiences, but that was basically impossible.
Therefore, he could only cross the endless dimensions and find clues from another universe.
That is, the variety show of Earth recorded in the holographic tablet.
Earth civilization is in an era of information explosion. People are closer to each other and information exchange is easier. Under such circumstances, spiritual entertainment has also been improved.
Variety shows naturally can’t be too bad.
Angel kept recalling the various Earth variety shows he had watched on the holographic tablet, trying to absorb nutrients from them and turn them into raw materials for today.
But after Angel recalled the variety shows on Earth and looked at the situation in Modern City, he still found it difficult.
There are two very critical factors for the "grand variety show" on earth.
Celebrity effect and information interaction platform.
By inviting celebrities and letting fans voluntarily watch the variety show, and then promoting it through social platforms and rapid information flow, and finally adding a little bit of "word of mouth", you can create a grand variety show.
But Ingres had none of these.
He couldn't invite celebrities, or in other words, there would be no celebrities on his variety show. He planned to use magic to handle the whole process, whether it was the scene, the scenery, the decoration, the staff, or the performers, he planned to use magic to solve it.
He even plans to use illusion to simulate the audience if there is a situation that requires audience interaction.
So there can be no celebrities.
Of course, it is possible to use illusion to simulate celebrities in Modern City, but Angel can only simulate their appearance, and has no idea about their personality, ability, speech and behavior. It is easy for the illusion to be weird, which is not good.
Eh, that doesn’t seem right.
It seems feasible to use magic to simulate the appearance of celebrities here, and then add a funny character to make it a "celebrity imitation show"?
However, it is just a "celebrity imitation show" and it doesn't seem to be grand enough.
Ingres thought about it and shook his head.
There is no way to deal with the celebrity effect, and as for the information exchange platform, Modern City has not found any similar one so far.
The modern city looks like a metropolis on Earth, but its core is different. Information exchange is still strictly controlled here. After all, the direction of information flow represents the sword of public opinion, and the sword of public opinion represents wealth and power.
In this case, even if someone in Modern City could create a powerful social platform, it would be impossible to make it popular.
The modern city’s information interaction currently consists only of “holographic projections” on building exteriors, train hulls, as well as newspapers and periodicals.
Not to mention whether Angel can get his variety show on these platforms, even if he does, there will not be enough time to use these platforms to promote his variety show.
Angel sighed. He had originally wanted to draw inspiration from Earth variety shows, but it seemed like the difficulties ahead were increasing...
Angel raised his head and looked at the gray sky.
"Or, why not use the sky screen as a variety show broadcasting platform?" Angel said silently in his heart.
The sky curtain is visible to everyone who looks up. When the time comes, using magic to create variety show images on the sky curtain can be considered a kind of one-way information transmission platform, right?
However, Angel would not dare to use the sky illusion, an ability that has a large-scale impact, unless it is absolutely necessary.
If it was to complete the random task of "social death or fame", Angel felt that it didn't matter if he did some sky projection; it would only take a moment anyway.
But if you want to broadcast the entire "New King of Variety Show" live, it will take at least half an hour.
Half an hour of sky illusion is enough to wake up the entire modern city.
By then, the "causal" entanglement between Angel and this copy will probably reach a terrifying level.
In other words, once he uses the sky curtain illusion to broadcast the variety show live, it will be impossible for him to enter and exit this copy at will. Once he forcibly leaves this copy, the Modern City will collapse.
Therefore, Angel did not intend to use the Sky Curtain Illusion, a powerful weapon, unless it was necessary.
Is the random task of "New King of Variety Shows" considered a "necessary moment"?
Uh…not really.
"So forget it. Let's put the Sky Phantom aside for now. Let's not do this kind of gimmick and attract people through conventional means."
As for what are conventional means?
Naturally, content wins.
The content here includes event venue, stage design, lighting effects, sound equipment, guest lineup, program content, visual effects... and so on.
The most important thing here is the "program content".
Everything else can be copied from the Earth variety show on the holographic tablet.
The question of what program content to produce once again came to Angel's mind... After much thought, Angel finally made a decision.
——Plagiarism.
Angel has no experience in planning variety shows, and he doesn't think he can beat other mature, industrialized variety shows just by relying on his imagination.
Therefore, he decided to draw on existing variety shows.
Well, it’s not a complete reference.
Before, when Angel and Xiaopang went to the carnival, Xiaopang mentioned a special form of the plagiarist monster.
When the Plagiarist possesses the special ability "cutting", the Plagiarist will evolve into a special form - the Stitcher.
Therefore, this time, Ingres did not intend to completely plagiarize, but decided to stitch it together extensively.
The so-called stitching is to sew various elements together, and sometimes it will result in a look of disarray due to messy stitching.
But if you add all the advantages, it is possible to create a hit that surpasses the original.
There are many examples of plagiarized and stitched works that became popular in the holographic tablet; whether it is the stitching of novel plots, animations, or even games, there are hot hits.
So, Angle decided to stitch together a variety show.
As for the objects of this variety show, they are naturally the major hits in the world's variety shows.
Angle didn't know if this would work, but he was planning to stitch together the classic scenes from the hit movie. In the end, whether it continued to shine or failed due to poor acclimatization, he would accept it.
At worst, you'll just get a regular ability.
With this idea in mind, Angel began to construct the stage, lighting, music, visuals in his mind... and then began to look for popular scenes in major variety shows around the world.
Although Angle intends to sew it up, not all hit variety shows can be sewed up.
The stage for his variety show this time needs to be fixed in one location, and the area occupied also needs to be controlled. Those variety shows of outdoor games or variety shows similar to reality shows cannot be stitched in.
The only things he can stitch together are variety shows that can be performed on stage.
Supermodel Contest, Global Beauty Pageant, Drag Show, The Sound of Music, Classic Challenge... the popular scenes in each show quickly passed through Angel's mind.
When they were stitched together...
Ingres touched his chin and felt that it was a bit like the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.
A little bit of everything.
Because Angle has watched these variety shows on the holographic tablet, he has been "spoiled" and it is difficult for him to judge whether the final sewing is good or bad.
He could only say...the sewing wasn't too inconsistent and it was completely like a stage performance.
Whether this variety show is good or bad, and whether it is grand or not, depends on the results after the performance.