Chapter 179 Formalism and Pragmatism
Outside of Hippo Noa's room, on an ordinary lawn. Hippo Noa and Li Zheng were shuffling cards, preparing to duel.
"Since you challenge me to a duel here, you should know the rules of the duel here, right?" After Noa shuffled the cards, he handed the deck to Li Zheng, and then said elegantly: "It's not enough to just select the deck, you have to select your own deck leader."
"Of course I know this, but I still care about why you asked to shuffle the cards?" Li Zheng handed the shuffled deck to Hippo Noa and asked casually: "This is a virtual world, right? Everything is made up of code and data, and these cards are just data calls and code implementations. Why do you still ask to shuffle the cards?"
"Didn't I tell you?" Hippo Noa gradually walked away for a distance, smiling: "This is a world made up of three-dimensional images, not the virtual world you said."
"Pretend, let's see how long you can be stubborn, choose the deck leader." Li Zheng looked at Noa and said.
"My deck leader is 'Ark of Miracles'." Haimane took a card out of the deck, and then a huge wooden boat slowly came behind him.
Li Zheng, holding a card in his hand, showed a curious expression: "Ah, isn't this a magic card... It turns out that magic cards can also be used as deck leaders. Then can I change it to 'Goblin Upstarts' or 'Pot of Greed'?"
"Hey, hey, hey, did you listen to me before? The deck leader cannot be changed after it is decided!" Haimane was a little speechless, and even the elegant image that he had always wanted to maintain seemed to have collapsed, "I have never seen such a shameless person!"
Li Zheng waved his hand, "Well, calm down, I'm kidding. My deck leader is her - 'Magic Sweet Pudding Princess'."
The castle gate opened, and Princess Pudding's carriage drove from afar.
"I've never seen a monster card before..." A trace of solemnity appeared in Haimane's eyes, "Did you add her to my database before the duel?"
"Actually, it's not just her." Li Zheng inserted his deck into the duel disk, and the words 4000lp lit up, "There are also a series of related cards. For some reason, they ∞∞∞∞ may not be in your memory and database."
"...The duel begins!" Haimane was too lazy to talk nonsense with Li Zheng, he opened the duel disk and started the duel directly.
"Duel." Li Zheng's duel disk was also opened.
[Li Zheng: lp4000.]
[Hima Noa: lp4000]
"Draw a card on my turn." Haiman Noa drew a card from the deck and then summoned a monster. "I summon 'War God Aris' in attack position, then cover a card, and the turn ends."
[War God Aris: Normal monster, 4-star, earth attribute, beast warrior, attack power: 1800, defense power: 1400]
[Hit 1800 Mortal Bone, and a cover card...] Li Zheng drew a card, then said: "Draw a card on my turn. I summon 'Magic Sweet Thousand Layer Cat' in my hand, and then Special Summon 'Magic Sweet Jelly Angel' in my hand . Then, I liberated the "Magic Sweet Jelly Angel" on the field and Special Summoned it from the deck..."
"But at this moment, the effect of my deck leader "Miracle Ark" was activated!" Haimana pointed to the "Miracle Ark" behind him, showing a "planned" expression and said: "When your monster enters the graveyard, the "Miracle Ark" will take her in! Absorb "Magic Sweet Jelly Angel", Miracle Ark!"
The door of the Ark behind Haimana slowly opened, and the "Magic Sweet Jelly Angel" in Li Zheng's graveyard was sucked in. Then the Ark closed, and the Jelly Angel was trapped inside and became a tool of the Ark owner.
"I'm quite good at it." Li Zheng continued his turn and said, "But the effect of Jelly Angel can still be activated. I choose 'Magic Sweet·Gel Ice Cream Postman' from the deck to special summon. Since there is a Beast monster named 'Magic Sweet' on the field, I search for a magic trap card named 'Magic Sweet' from the deck. I choose 'Magic Sweet Tea Rest'. Then activate the field magic - 'Magic Sweet Castle'!"
"Boom~~~" The towering castle rises from the ground, and the dreamy atmosphere begins to spread gradually. There seems to be a sweet taste in the air...
"Such a 'girly' card "You used this deck, it's really surprising." Kaimana joked, "Or, you look like a man of 18, but in fact you are a sissy who is always full of pink fantasies in your heart?"
"..." A cross appeared on Li Zheng's head. Indeed, it was okay when there was no 3D image in the previous life. The sweet deck was just cute, but using the sweet deck in this world is indeed not in line with Li Zheng's calm image. But after thinking about it, Li Zheng smiled and said, "In the end, you call yourself the creator of this world, but you are just a short-sighted person bound by old ideas and pedantic thoughts?"
"What do you mean?" Haimaneya's expression was serious, and the smile he had pretended to have turned gloomy at this moment, "Are you saying that I am not worthy of being the creator?"
"Pedant and backward, outdated views and doctrines." Li Zheng used four cards to cover his mouth, and then said: "My view is that ability is supreme. It doesn't matter whether the monster is male or female, fierce or cute. If it can kill you, it is a good thing, isn't it? On the contrary, you who claimed to be the creator before are still bound by this view, which makes me wonder if you are restricted by something."
Li Zheng has seen things like electronic souls and intelligent life, which can be called miracles of human creation. On the contrary, there are such things running around him every day, not just zero, but the terminal also has this kind of attributes.
And they have a common feature, that is, ordinary human moral concepts, ideological concepts and values cannot be used to measure an intelligent life - they have their own set of values.
Zero has been grinding coffee, but that's not because she likes coffee, but it's a state action for her to express "standby". Li Zheng hasn't found what she really likes yet; Terminal thinks it's more interesting to be beaten by Zero as a game console than to help Li Zheng control all the computers in the world - Li Zheng once joked that he wanted Terminal to turn all the computers in the world into his harem, and Terminal's reply was "It's not impossible, but why do you do it? Is a harem interesting?".
Human values can't be imposed on intelligent life at all; and Kaiba Noa, according to the system's tasks and Noa's own claims, he is the son of Kaiba Gosaburo, and after his death his consciousness was sent into the virtual world and was reborn as an intelligent life named "Haiba Noa".
But his performance is completely different from "intelligent life".
"Oh? Maybe you have seen other intelligent life? But it doesn't make sense. They may not be like me." Seamana sneered: "But I have to remind you that if you don't do it, the time of this round will be over."
"No need for your reminder, I will use 'Magic Sweet·Gel Ice Cream' to attack your 'God of War Aris'." Li Zheng issued an attack declaration, and the cute and adorable "Magic Sweet·Gel Ice Cream Postman" charged, and the strong and powerful brother warrior "God of War Aris" fell down.
"After being destroyed, 'God of War Aris' was put into the 'Ark of Miracles'." Naia said, "Continue your turn."
[Seahorse Naia: lp4000→700]
"Then, it's the direct attack of 'Magic Sweet Thousand Layer Cat'." Li Zheng ordered again, but the "Ark of Miracles" behind Naia opened, "At this moment, I activate the second deck command ability of 'Ark of Miracles' - I special summon the monster trapped in it to the field, put it in defense position, and resist the attack for me! Come on, absolutely "Defense!"
The cabin of the "Ark of Miracles" opened, and a muscular warrior was controlled to fly down from it and stood in front of Noa. "The defense of 'God of War Aris' is 1400, which is more than the 1000 of 'Magic Sweet Thousand Layer Cat' at this time. Then, I will activate the trap card at this moment - I activate 'Counter Punch' to destroy your monster!"
[Counter Punch: Normal trap, effect: When the attack power of the opponent's attacking monster is lower than the defense power of the attacked monster, the attacking monster is destroyed. Damage must be calculated.]
"Ha!" The muscular warrior swung his axe and cut the cute cat in half!
【Li Zheng: lp4000→600】
"Then 'Miracle Ark' absorbed 'Magic Sweet Thousand Layer Cat'... Hmm? What happened? Why didn't it absorb it?" Naiya was shocked, but Li Zheng calmly picked up the Thousand Layer Cat card and said: "When the 'Magic Sweet' monster is destroyed and sent to the graveyard by the opponent, it will return directly to the deck, so it can just restrain your deck command ability... Moreover, when the field magic is 'Magic Sweet Castle', it can return to the hand instead of the deck. Don't worry, Seahorse Naiya, there is still room for fun in this round..."
The blonde princess behind Li Zheng also covered her mouth and laughed secretly, which made Naiya feel a little uncomfortable, [It seems that this duel is not as easy to win as imagined...]