Apocalypse Descends: I Win Effortlessly by Turning Trash into Treasure

”Alright.”

Perry Yates agreed to her request.

”But let me be clear. I’ve agreed, but you’ll still have to wait your turn in line.”

Hearing this, a flash of disappointment crossed Lucia Marsh’s eyes. She had thought she could cut the line.

But she didn’t dwell on it, asking, ”Will I be able to get them before my next game starts?”

At this, Perry Yates asked, ”That depends on when your next game is.”

Lucia Marsh held up her fingers to calculate. ”Barring any surprises, my next game is in ten days.”

After hearing Lucia Marsh’s words, Perry Yates mentally calculated the remaining cards. The fusions were almost all White Cards, and the Ascension level was consistently Level 2. The main issue was the large quantity, but it was still doable within ten days.

Perry Yates had already decided that from now on, after each game ended, she would only spend ten days on card customization. The rest of the time, she would keep for herself.

After all, if she took custom orders too frequently, it would make her services feel cheap.

Thinking of this, Perry Yates nodded and said, ”Come find me on the ninth day.”

’The ninth day?’

’That’s so slow.’

Although Lucia Marsh was a little unhappy, she didn’t let it show.

After seeing Lucia Marsh off, Perry Yates called for the butler. She told him a large shipment of food would be arriving soon and asked him to help move it to the warehouse in the basement.

Besides its five above-ground floors, The Card Tavern also had a two-level basement used for storing miscellaneous items.

However, the basement was currently empty and unused.

”Yes, Master.”

After the butler left, Perry Yates couldn’t help but look at the cards in her hand. A thought suddenly occurred to her: ’Shouldn’t I Ascend an umbrella-type item? Otherwise, what will I do if I run into cards that create unavoidable things like acid rain or poison rain?’

She had the War God Armor, but its abilities were geared more toward combat.

No sooner said than done. Perry Yates began searching for an umbrella among a pile of cards.

Soon, a pile of umbrellas appeared before her. Now, it was time to test her luck.

Perry Yates first picked up a card for a very high-quality-looking umbrella. The handle was made of a richly textured Wood, and the canopy was milky white. Even though it was closed, you could see a beautiful purple morning glory painted on the fabric through the folded pattern.

A golden light flashed, and the White Card quickly became a One-Star Card.

The umbrella in the card transformed from an ordinary handmade umbrella into a genuine magical item.

The only problem... was the item’s ability.

Morning Glory Umbrella: Creates a sea of morning glory flowers around the user.

”Useless!”

She tossed the card aside and moved on to the next one.

The second was a black folding umbrella that looked completely plain and ordinary. After Ascension...

Sunshade Umbrella: Upon use, immediately summons a black cloud to block the sun and creates a light rain within a ten-meter radius of your location. Duration: ten minutes.

It really was a ”Sunshade Umbrella” in a literal sense.

Still, this rain-summoning Skill was quite interesting. She could keep it for now.

Perry Yates placed the Sunshade Umbrella to one side.

「A few days passed like this.」

Many people arrived, bringing food with them. But when they heard the Survival Game Administration had already beaten them to the Super Gene Mutation Card, they kicked themselves with regret. They wished they had been faster—just a little bit faster—lamenting their lost opportunity.

However, they fell silent when they learned the entire process—from the butler’s announcement to the arrival of the Survival Game Administration’s agent who took the Super Gene Mutation Card—had taken only one hour.

”Butler, will there be more Super Gene Mutation Cards in the future?” someone asked, unwilling to give up hope.

Even though the butler had previously stated there was only one Super Gene Mutation Card, no one in the room believed him.

In response, the butler simply smiled faintly. Without stopping the motion of wiping a glass, he said slowly, ”Barring any surprises, there will be no more Super Gene Mutation Cards appearing in this establishment.”

There were many sharp people in the crowd, and they immediately understood. ’No more Super Gene Mutation Cards will appear *here*... but what about elsewhere?’

They quickly surmised that the tavern owner must have made some kind of deal with the Survival Game Administration.

For example, from now on, the Super Gene Mutation Cards would only be sold to the Survival Game Administration.

If that were the case, it was foreseeable that most of these Super Gene Mutation Cards would be used internally, with only a very small number ever leaking out.

’No, perhaps not a single one will leak out.’

After all, these were cards that could awaken a superpower in an ordinary person.

Some people still wanted to ask if they had a chance. After all, the tavern owner held the cards; wasn’t it her decision who to sell them to?

Among these people was Xavier Alden, who was even willing to offer a fortune to obtain a Super Gene Mutation Card.

However, Perry Yates was a firm believer in contractual integrity.

Although the contract was just a piece of paper, and its contents didn’t specify any penalty for breaching it, she still had no intention of doing so.

Compared to these individuals, it was more important to maintain a good relationship with a major client like the Survival Game Administration. After all, her future food supply might depend on them.

For the past few days, Perry Yates had been on the fifth floor. Besides Ascending cards, she was also searching for cards that looked promising.

As for how she judged them, Perry Yates could only say it was something mysterious. To sum it up in one phrase: a woman’s intuition.

Her previous attempts at practicing Ascension on two umbrella cards hadn’t yielded great results. Most of them ended up with flashy but impractical abilities.

She took some of them downstairs to the first floor to sell.

Surprisingly, these cards, which Perry Yates considered useless, turned out to be unexpectedly popular.

Recently, a trend of carrying umbrellas had suddenly become fashionable in aristocratic circles. Everyone was showing off the umbrella in their hands.

And without a doubt, all of these umbrellas came from Perry Yates.

Ordinary people couldn’t use magical items because they couldn’t bear the energy cost. But the cost of a One-Star item was minuscule. Furthermore, since the effects were merely special effects like making flowers bloom or scattering petals, the drain wasn’t significant. This was why they had become popular in aristocratic circles.

After surveying the area where she stored her cards, Perry Yates’s gaze fell upon one particular card.