area51novel Chapter 261 Speculations on Card Fusion
Chapter 261 Speculations on Card Fusion
Chapter 261 Speculations on Card Fusion
This battle in the Shadow Corridor made Tang Zijun discover a problem that he had always overlooked—the two slots of the Wolf Rider Armor.
The Wolf Rider Armor has two slots, one on the belt and one on the left arm.
As the name suggests, the belt slot is a special loading position for transformation. Each time Tang Zijun transforms, she needs to connect the belt to her body and then insert the Wolf Rider Card to perform the transformation.
After transformation, a new arm guard with a slot will also appear on the left arm of the Wolf Rider Armor, unlike the belt.
The arm armor's card slot is similar to a card reader.
This involves loading skill cards or special effect cards, and after the cards are rubbed against the arm armor, the power within the cards will manifest. The power obtained through different cards will also vary.
Simply put, the slots on the belt are used for switching and transforming the entire armor. Whether it's the basic Wolf Rider Armor or various other forms, the changes are all done through these slots.
The slots on the arms are mostly for skill cards or weapon cards, such as shotguns and knight swords. Even some special moves are released through these slots.
At least that's what Tang Zijun thought before.
However, in the Shadow Corridor, Tang Zijun filled the arm slot with the power of the Form Card for the first time and successfully fused the energy of two different forms to create a new form.
Upon hearing this news, Chang Lei was completely dumbfounded.
It took him more than ten seconds to react, and he said blankly.
"So you mean you're now able to combine different forms of power and use them together?"
"That's roughly it," Tang Zijun said, shrugging. "Believe me, I'm more surprised than you are right now."
Chang Lei shakily handed the card back to Tang Zijun, looked the man up and down, and couldn't help but ask, "So that means you can also fuse the power of the heretic demon and the greedy one?"
Tang Zijun thought about it seriously for a moment, then slowly shook her head. "Although I haven't tried it, it's probably impossible."
The power of the Greedy Ones needs no introduction; it naturally refers to the ultimate form of Greed. The power of the Outer Demons is the remnant of the Withering Lord form of Sir Skull.
"Although the forces of heresy and greed are both manifestations of negative energy, they cannot coexist. Perhaps some way can be found in the future, but it is unlikely in the present."
After a pause, Tang Zijun continued, "Moreover, the Ultimate Greed Form is far more powerful than the Withering Lord Form. With such an imbalance of power, it would be difficult for them to merge."
Listening to Tang Zijun's description, Chang Lei nodded thoughtfully. "So, what's needed for form fusion is balance, right?"
"Balance should only be one of the prerequisites," Tang Zijun said, stroking her chin thoughtfully. "But I still don't understand..."
Where does this power come from?
"Think back, what did you feel when those two forms merged?" Chang Lei asked tentatively.
Upon hearing this, Tang Zijun fell into deep thought.
In fact, given Tang Zijun's understanding of Kamen Rider, it's not surprising that different powers can be fused together to create new forms.
Many Kamen Riders are able to do this, and some Kamen Riders even require two or more powers to transform.
Through different combinations and linkages of power, the energy and skills they unleash are also completely different, which allows them to face enemies of different attributes without being at a disadvantage, and the power they display is also more diverse.
But what Tang Zijun was curious about was why she had suddenly gained this new ability when she had never been able to fuse cards before.
Recalling his experience in the Shadow Corridor, Tang Zijun's eyes flickered, and a possibility flashed through his mind.
"The power of shadows?"
"What?" Chang Lei didn't hear clearly.
"The power of shadow, and the power of light... Yes, that's it." Tang Zijun looked at Chang Lei with some excitement and said, "Light and shadow, magic and evil, mutually generating and restraining each other, merging and creating!"
"Now I know how this ability came about."
Seeing that Chang Lei still didn't quite understand, Tang Zijun quickly explained.
"Magical girls represent the power of nature, which is equivalent to the magic of light and miracles. The power of shadow is itself created by magical girls, which is why ordinary people cannot withstand the energy of shadow."
"When the Shadow Woman corrupted Tan Zhixin, she took advantage of this point, kneading her original natural magic with the shadow energy in the shadow, which is itself a form of fusion."
"But that doesn't explain your actions," Chang Lei said dryly. "Tan Zhixin merged herself with her own shadow, while you merged two different forms. These are not the same concept."
"Why isn't it a single concept?"
Tang Zijun took out the black card, and then Wen took out the gold card as well.
"Obsidian, which contains shadow energy and earth element, and gold, which contains magical energy and metal element, don't you think these two forms are from the same origin?"
"It was the power of magical girls that shaped all of this. I didn't realize it before because I had never had the form of two magical girls."
Staring blankly at Tang Zijun for a long time, Chang Lei finally blurted out, "Are you even human?"
Tang Zijun rolled her eyes. "If I'm not, then who are you?"
Chang Lei's lips twitched.
He really didn't know much about Tang Zijun's use of power. After all, Tang Zijun's power was different from that of other greedy people, including himself.
The power of the greedy lies primarily in deception, all kinds of deception. That illusory energy often creates all sorts of forces that surpass people's imagination.
But even Chang Lei had never heard of a mode like Tang Zijun's, where different powers are inexplicably fused together, resulting not only in no repulsion but also in even greater power.
But that's understandable, since such an ability would make sense if it came from a magical girl.
The power of magical girls is a miracle in itself.
Thinking of this, Chang Lei immediately spoke up with great interest. "What's the use of just guessing? Why don't we just experiment?"
"An experiment?" Tang Zijun was taken aback, and seeing Chang Lei's interested expression, she instinctively took a step back. "How do you want to conduct the experiment?"
"It's easy."
Chang Lei began to speak with great enthusiasm, gesturing wildly.
"Since you suspect this fusion ability originates from magical girls, let's steal a few of their Rainbow Crystal Flowers. Hmm, I remember you said it's somewhat related to elements. Perfect! The bureau has a roster of magical girls with different attributes. Whichever one catches your eye, we'll just make our move. We guarantee no one will notice..."
"Stop, stop, stop..."
Seeing that Chang Lei was getting more and more excited as he spoke, Tang Zijun quickly raised her hand to interrupt him.
"Attack the magical girls in the game? Are you crazy or do you think I'm crazy? Besides, the power of the Rainbow Crystal Flower isn't so easy to take. Ordinary magical girls don't have enough magic power for me to create a new form."
Chang Lei frowned in confusion. "Then how did you get your Dark Radiance Hermit form? That girl just awakened; she can't even be called a magical girl yet."
"The main energy source for the Dark Radiance Hermit form is the power of shadow; the Rainbow Crystal Flower merely contributes earth elemental energy. Just like the Magic King form, that's a product of a Blue-level magical girl's magic power being enhanced by the Void Realm runes," Tang Zijun replied.
"I see..." Chang Lei nodded thoughtfully.
Only after Tang Zijun's explanation did he realize that neither of these two forms that fit the magical girl was created solely by the magical girl's magic power; they both contained other elements.
This means that their proposal cannot be implemented.
Unfortunately, after a brief pause, Chang Lei turned his attention to something else. "By the way, how's that shadow woman doing?"
"Dead," Tang Zijun replied calmly.
"You killed her?" Chang Lei raised his eyebrows in surprise. "Didn't you say that Shadow Girl and Tan Zhixin were friends in the same magical girl squad?"
"I didn't intend to kill her. In fact, I still had many things I wanted to ask her. However, the fusion of the two energies caused the collapse of the Shadow Corridor space. It was like a drop of water being poured into hot oil. The entire Shadow Corridor began to collapse violently. Under those circumstances, I could only protect Tan Zhixin. As for the Shadow Woman... she couldn't possibly survive."
Chang Lei wiped imaginary sweat from his forehead and chuckled dryly. "You destroyed the Shadow Corridor too?"
"It's not that bad, it's just that it's broken into pieces, so it'll be a bit difficult to put it back together in a short time." Tang Zijun shrugged. "But this is also a good thing, at least we don't have to worry about the monster in the shadows anymore."
"That's true." Chang Lei nodded. "The negative energy of desire is decomposed and absorbed by the Tree of Life. Without the supply from the real world, it's probably difficult for any life to be born in the Shadow World... However..."
"But what?" Tang Zijun asked.
"However, the problem in the shadow world has been solved, but the problems in the real world are probably not so easy to overcome." Chang Lei's expression was somewhat helpless.
Tang Zijun frowned. "I admit that the shadow was quite frightening when it spread, but the result was pretty good, wasn't it? There were no casualties."
"That's true, but this incident has escalated quite a bit, even affecting other countries. I reckon we're going to be quite busy from now on..."
Diplomacy...
Tang Zijun shook her head helplessly.
However, Tang Zijun quickly put these troubling thoughts out of her mind.
Anyway, with Chang Lei and Shangguan Su taking care of things, this kind of troublesome matter won't fall on his shoulders.