doitstory Chapter 2130-2128 Plot: The Stowaway
Chapter 2130-2128 Plot: The Stowaway
Chapter 2130-2.128 Plot: The Stowaway
It turns out that the two female vampires from the Marvel multiverse were not fighting alone, and the contestant who seemed to have finished casually had actually prepared a backup plan to turn the tide of the battle.
That is—in the "Blade" decks sold in bulk, many characters from the show entered the market as "dormant cards"!
As mentioned earlier, the known cards mainly fall into three categories: "Story Character Cards," "Exclusive Land Cards," and "Flash Cards." These are further subdivided into "Single Cards" and "Deck Combinations," as well as the more advanced "Deck Sets." Based on their status, they can also be categorized as "Memory Cards," "Dormant Cards," and "Activated Cards," and so on.
"Dormant cards," as the name suggests, refer to cards that have been idle for a long time and are in a dormant state. They are mostly stored in the spare card vault inside the all-in-one machine, but the ownership has not changed. For example, the Cat's Eye Three Sisters set of cards that Fat Otaku bought for 2000 coins is a "non-core" "dormant card."
In short, considering the cost of rollback and the benefits of the competition, many defeated players are unlikely to choose to roll back to repair their lost personnel or resources in their exclusive territory. Instead, they might choose to return to the Broken City and rebuild from scratch. The cost might be more cost-effective than rolling back, since each rollback costs 10 times the previous amount. Just like the Inhuman Queen that Wu Chen previously "captured," there must be many other characters in the story who have fallen in the competition. After all, the Outpost Competition has been held for so many seasons.
Conversely, it's like a card that shatters and ends up as a character in the Lost Islands Kingdom of Pixels. Once reactivated, it can reap a harvest reward.
Another well-known fact in the job market is that cards with different attributes are extremely cheap in the Spiral Zone. For example, fantasy cards would be hard to sell for a good price in the Sci-Fi Spiral. Even Wu Chen initially had an Umbrella Demon card that couldn't be activated due to attribute incompatibility. However, once these cards were smuggled to the neighboring Fantasy Spiral, their value skyrocketed. It's not hard to guess from the daily transactions between 0606 Lolita and 0819 Navigator that there must be some "dormant cards" being smuggled.
The female producer accompanying her, Denise Culberg, has a more famous role in another timeline: Allied agent Tanya Adams. At this moment, she's in a dormant state, inside Wu Chen's red phone booth…
and many more!
Wu Chen, who had just stopped thinking, immediately figured out the key to it.
The player who played the "Blade Runner deck" exploited the fact that vampires need fresh blood to break free from petrified corpses, thus smuggling the "Dormant Card" into the game at an extremely low cost!
Yes.
One of the characteristics of the "dormant card" is "story smuggling".
Those vampires lying in hibernation in the sarcophagi at the camp are actually "plot stowaways".
Their situation is similar to that of the female vampire Verago, who needs an injection to go from a "dormant card" to an "activated card"—"not entirely unrelated, but exactly the same!"
So the question is, what is the cost of activation?
"Blood Orchid Needle." The Nine-Tailed Captain, who was at the top-floor nightclub but keeping a close eye on his companions' progress, hit the nail on the head.
“‘Blood Orchid Needle’ is the key plot item that can generate plot variables.” Wu Chen nodded happily.
"As expected, it's 'plot leads to plot, plot concludes plot,'" Captain Nine-Tailed remarked with feeling. The entire Shattered City is far more profound than anyone imagined. Even with the Shattered Star Descendant, the rules are not perfect. However, the principle of 'card = fragment' is that simple yet profound.
Soon, with the help of the Shockwave Squad's "informants," Wu Chen saw the ancient sarcophagi hidden in the deepest, darkest part of the pyramid's base, the cluttered nest, and the stowaways sealed inside ancient statues. Without exception, they were all members of the New York Club Blood.
Mercury, Rachel's friend and a member of a New York vampire gang, also played a role in seducing and hunting humans and selling fresh blood while working for the Blood Club.
Diana Lee Inosanto, the "Blood Bath Vampire".
Aruni Devi Hansen ("Vampire Lord"), Irena Stepic ("Slavic Vampire Lord"), Jenya Lano (Russian Vampire), Carmen Thomas (Senior Resident Vampire), Donna Wong (Vampire Nurse), Yvette Ocampo (Party Girl Vampire), Laura Cordova (Laura Cordova), Nikki DiSanto (Nikki DiSanto), Carrie Seeley (Carrie Seeley), and Beth Theriac (Elevator Girl Vampire).
These characters, who appear powerful, dangerous, beautiful, and sexy, are actually so cheap they're practically worthless. They're mass-produced and smuggled into the show in hibernation. Their individual storylines are so weak they can barely withstand even a single plot-driven death. Note that this is almost equivalent to the vampire's "death by sight": instant death.
Of course, if one becomes the only surviving card of the Otherworldly Rank and one's personal strength breaks through to 3 stars, that's a different story.
Some may ask, if it is "dead instantly", how can it become the last surviving counterpart?
The answer to this question is actually quite simple. Because the entry points in the storyline are different, the number of times the plot-driven death occurs will naturally differ. If someone entered the game earlier than her and encountered the plot-driven death in the previous round, wouldn't she become the lucky one in the next round under the rules of "The Savior"?
On another note, just like in the golden age of Westwood, anything that appears in the end credits shouldn't be underestimated. The "Blade" deck also has its highlights.
For example, Diana Lee Inosanto, born into a martial arts family, is Bruce Lee's goddaughter. Her father, also a martial arts master, was a direct disciple of Bruce Lee. She received systematic training in Jeet Kune Do and Filipino martial arts from a young age. She has graced the covers of professional martial arts magazines such as *Black Belt* multiple times, establishing her professional standing in the martial arts field. She is also an actress, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actress, and stunt performer. Her most famous role is Morgan Elsbeth, the villainous ruler of Kalodan on the planet Kofus in the *Star Wars* spin-off films.
Overall, it's alright.
Fortunately, among all the dormant characters, there is still one who is presentable in the show.
Vanessa Brooks, Blade's human mother, was a nurse bitten by a vampire during her pregnancy. After becoming a vampire, she fully embraced her nature, becoming dangerous and bloodthirsty. Because vampires age extremely slowly, Vanessa can maintain her youthful beauty for centuries, making her extremely obsessed with her appearance and genuinely proud of her alluring figure. She is particularly fond of her stunning long hair. Vanessa's desires seem quite intense, and she unreservedly gives herself to the vampire partner who transformed her, even betraying her own flesh and blood—Blade. Of course, the final outcome was already predetermined. And appearing here is undoubtedly due to the omnipotent player's intervention.
Femme fatales always fit the bill of unforgettable villainous traits. Because "memorable" is meaningful. And memory is proof of existence, isn't it?
"My lord, are you alright?" Madam He, the former Black Dragon Guild Master and leader of the Fighting Team, who was in charge of packing and moving these disguised ancient ruins back, asked with a smile. These ancient mummies were valuable hidden resources, serving as unexpected foreshadowing. Moreover, the price to awaken and modify them was merely a simple combination of "Blood Orchid Needle + Anti-Vampire Virus Serum + Essence Ancient Dragon Essence."
"Not bad." Since she was destined to be his close companion, Wu Chen didn't need to hide his good mood at all.
"Who says otherwise?" Captain Nine-Tailed spoke for all the female warriors.