Chapter 285 (1/2)

Surprising Bad News

It was not like Zhao Youyue had never gotten a “high popularity character card” before. “Yu Shengfan” was originally a high popularity character card, and “Yu Shengfan” was clearly of better quality than “Zhou Chun.” After all, the “Zhou Chun card” is only valid for less than a year, whereas the “Yu Shengfan card” was valid for ten years. This made it clear that “Yu Shengfan” was a lot closer to becoming an iconic character compared to “Zhou Chun.”

The only reason Yu Shengfan could become an iconic character card was because the author Rosemary had dropped the pan. He unintentionally made Xiao Yu an iconic character, and seared her onto everyone’s memories.

However, the popularity of Zhou Chun was far shorter-lived. She was popular during the broadcast of the anime. She still is fairly popular now, but it was clear that her popularity will only last for a short duration after the final episode is released. It would be fairly difficult for her to be immortalized as a face of anime.

When Zhao Youyue obtained the “Yu Shengfan card,” she had also studied the character card thoroughly. At that time, she could not sacrifice the character card in exchange for an item from that world. Now, however, this new ability is available. Was this strictly world-specific?

It might be due to the fact that everything in this anime world revolved around mini 4WD cars. The mini 4WD cars in the anime world were very different from those that exist in the real world. This is especially prevalent with regards to the “black technology” that exists in the anime world. It allowed the mini 4WD cars to comprehend the human language, and have special functions…

Then, Zhao Youyue realized that if she were to exchange the card, the only items she could choose from were limited to mini 4WD cars. This should be the “specialty” of that world. This might be due to the fact that a lot of people from the audience were familiar with 4WD cars and the power that these cars have been infused with. However, once they are exchanged and brought into the real world, the power of these cars would remain unscientific.

Recently, as Zhao Youyue had grown to truly love 4WD cars, and she almost impulsively exchanged her card in return for the male protagonist’s mini 4WD car, “The Last Saber.” However, she could not bear to do it. She realized that even if she brings this “black technology” mini 4WD car into the real world, there would no opportunity for her to showcase its uniqueness!

In the real world, no one would possibly host a mini 4WD car racing competition. Moreover, it is unlikely for any magical racing venues just like in the anime to exist…

Therefore, if a mini 4WD car from the anime is brought into reality, it would have no justifiable use. It would be like “a hero with no place to display his prowess.”

In the real world, mini 4WD cars were more well-suited for collection purposes. Playing with them once in a while, during recreational hours, is more than enough.

Zhao Youyue did not forget her plans. She had aimed to sacrifice this high popularity character card to be able to choose a new world, or directly enter a world with a higher difficulty level so that she could visit the option of obtaining superpowers for real. As long as it happens in the world, she should be able to make something out of it.

Howsoever, Zhao Youyue believed that even if she does not sacrifice the character card, the difficulty level of the subsequent worlds will still increase. In other words, the scope of the “Two Dimensional Gate’s” randomness would expand. The next world could be a perfectly normal world, or it could be a world where “blood sports”[1] exist. The latter is of similar nature to the world of mini 4WD cars, where special moves could only be used during competitions, and not in daily life situations.

The world of “The 4WD God” was not a perfectly normal world, no matter how you looked at it. The mini 4WD cars in it had magical powers, which even black technology could not fully explain. The fact that Zhao Youyue had randomly gotten such a world this time might be a sign that the difficulty level has increased.

Zhao Youyue tried to use the “Zhou Chun card” for fun. However, she realized that she should not use it too frequently. If she uses it too often, there was a chance that she might end up being silly and sarcastic. She would end up like those people who try to act cool but end up failing miserably.

However, when the character card is activated, it had its uses of transforming the exterior of her mini 4WD cars, or drawing up new mini 4WD car designs. She would grow more skilled at painting the exterior of her mini 4WD cars and turn them into works of arts. Then, she can upload their pictures onto Tieba[2] or any other internet forum, so that people will think of her as a genius.