Different World Card Master: Change the World with Cards

286: InvitationXu Bai’s research began to move forward, and the next steps involved various testing loops.

That’s right, they have already produced some scanners—yes, some.

Human imagination is endless; as long as they grasp some specific points of difference, they can connect them to other areas. Everyone who enters this Research Institute has gone through layers of screening. Although they are far behind Xu Bai, they are not mere tools. They have proposed many useful suggestions and produced some useful cardss.

The main cards Xu Bai produced was the Beast Scanner cards, which can display various attack targets. Currently, red indicates Beasts, green indicates humans, and yellow represents energy.

One Researcher, based on Xu Bai’s idea of energy identification, created a Scanner cards for probing star energy stone Mines. This cards can display data such as the size and shape of unexposed star energy stone veins underground.

Another Researcher created a Human Body Scanner cards, claiming it could be used to check if anyone brought in prohibited items, eliminating the need for pat-downs. Since they currently need to remove their coats for inspection every time they enter or leave the Research Institute, and the weather is getting cold, they prefer not to strip down. This cards would make things much more convenient for them.

In addition to the above, there are many other types of scanners.

Although they look like complete cardss, Xu Bai believes the underlying framework for such a machine still needs refinement. However, this doesn’t prevent these cardss from undergoing testing.

Everyone began to get busy... Today, the Administrator entered Xu Bai’s Research Room again after a long absence.

Of course, when such an important person entered, others noticed. Furthermore, the person who entered had an unusual status, causing the Laboratory to fall silent for a moment.

Xu Bai, who had been writing something with his head down, realized the Laboratory had gone quiet. He looked up to see what was happening and found that the Administrator, who had been missing for several days, had arrived.

”Administrator, is something the matter?”

The Administrator smiled at Xu Bai and teased, ”I heard Teacher Bai has excellent tea here. I just came to beg for a cup. You wouldn’t refuse, would you?”

”Of course, I’ll give you some! Teacher Bai happens to have good tea, and I wanted to drink it again too. Let’s drink together.”

”Fine, using my good tea to curry favor with others.”

Bai Shan took a sip of tea as he spoke.

This tea was specially brought by him, and he drinks it every day now; he practically can’t put the tea down.

Xu Bai had only been lucky enough to have one cup.

”Teacher Bai, it’s better to enjoy happiness with others than alone. Good tea should be shared by everyone.”

Bai Shan knew he couldn’t get away without offering tea today. He knew someone would be coveting his good tea.

”Alright, then let’s have a cup together.”

The three entered the Laboratory’s Private Compartment while talking.

After all, one doesn’t go to the temple unless one has something to ask for. The Administrator, who had been missing for so long, must have a reason for suddenly appearing to find them. If there were no issues, his demeanor would be different.

After entering the Private Compartment, the three didn’t immediately discuss business. Bai Shan took out his good tea and started brewing it.

After he finished brewing, Xu Bai waited for the other two to pick up their cups before lifting his own and drinking.

Bai Shan treasured this tea greatly, having only offered Xu Bai one cup initially. Xu Bai genuinely thought it tasted quite good.

”Good tea.”

The Administrator sighed with emotion.

Bai Shan: ”Alright, tell me, why did you come today?”

The Administrator didn’t hesitate and immediately stated the reason for his visit.

”I have two invitation letters here for the two of you. These invitations were sent by the Card Maker Guild.”

Bai Shan frowned.

”What is the Card Maker Guild trying to do? At a time like this, shouldn’t everyone be focused on fighting the Beast Tide?”

”Don’t rush, let me finish first.”

The Administrator took another sip of tea and continued.

”The Card Maker Guild said the purpose of this meeting is an Academic Conference held to jointly address the Beasts. They invited people whose Guild level is 4 or higher—it seems there are over ten thousand people.”

After speaking, he gestured to the two in front of him, indicating they could ask questions.

Xu Bai didn’t stand on ceremony and asked his question. ”Does the Academic Conference require sharing cards-making concepts? What do I need to share?”

”They certainly hope you share the cards-making concept for the Surveillance cards, but I personally don’t recommend sharing that right now. Perhaps you could share the concept for the Drone cards.”

Xu Bai nodded, having no objection to this.

This was Xu Bai’s first time attending such an Academic Conference, so he didn’t have many questions. However, Bai Shan was not a novice, and he keenly sensed that something was different.

Bai Shan: ”I’ve attended some Academic Conferences before, but none were this large. They usually invite around a thousand people. So, what is different this time?”

This question hit the nail on the head, and the Administrator straightened up.

”Even if I don’t say it, everyone knows there are some frictions between the Card Maker Guild and the Government, right?”

”After all, differences in human thought are inevitable, so friction is unavoidable. There are some ideas the Government has that even I don’t particularly agree with, but the Card Maker Guild also holds some stubborn beliefs that greatly dissatisfy me.

In my opinion, they are hoarding the Card Makers’ most valuable wealth. Don’t you think this information should be made available to the public? Only then can Card Makers progress. The Card Makers on the Government side lack access to this information; otherwise, they could create more useful cardss.”

Hearing this, Xu Bai understood. This was simply a monopoly of knowledge.

In fact, the monopoly of knowledge has existed since ancient times. It used to be the monopoly of aristocratic families preventing ordinary people from learning to read, and now it is the Card Maker Association’s monopoly on cards-making concepts. It’s the same destination by different routes.

Many ordinary Card Makers will never encounter that advanced knowledge in their lifetimes, but choosing not to access it and being unable to access it are two different situations.

Bai Shan: ”The starting point of your idea is good, but this approach is only beneficial when society is stable. If society is unstable, how do you know whether our Card Makers will develop first or the Cult’s Card Makers will develop first?

If the Cult develops first, the country will face upheaval, followed by another struggle. If they gain power, they might just monopolize that information again.”

”Hahaha, but the Cult is currently suffering severe setbacks, isn’t this a perfect opportunity for us to develop?”

Hearing this, Bai Shan was stunned. It seemed he was right. Should they wait for the Cult to recover before developing?