Looking at the golden SSR Divine General on the phone screen, Ruan Xingwen was somewhat in disbelief. His finger trembled as he tapped the screen again, and another golden card appeared.
Ruan Xingwen took a deep breath, "Hiss, is this for real?"
He has been playing this game for over three years and never drew a single golden card, which is why he only now realized that drawing an SSR Divine General results in a golden card.
Thinking to himself that he had already drawn two, whatever comes next he could accept. He tapped the screen again, and yet another golden card appeared.
When the card turned over, it revealed one of Ruan Xingwen's favorite Divine Generals, and the reason was simple—he looked handsome.
He was quite excited. Ruan Xingwen took his eyes off the phone screen and looked at Little Qilin, who was nestled on the sofa back.
"Do you think this task is a bit strange? Why did they want me to draw cards? Also, did you know? Ever since I started playing this game, I've never drawn such a golden Divine General."
"About the game, I don't know either, I don't even remember my own past." He pointed with a paw, "There's one more, why don't you flip it over and take a look."
His eyes returned to the screen, and there was one star left unclicked. Ruan Xingwen reached out his finger and tapped it.
This card was different from the previous three; those were all golden glows, but this one emitted a red light, and the patterns on the card made the red light even deeper.
After the red light, the card face appeared. The Divine General on it was someone he had seen before, a real-life cosplayer from the login screen. He had previously thought this model was handsome, and now seeing the model, he was even more sure of his judgment.
In the upper left corner of the card face, there was a flashing nameplate frame with the words "Ultimate" on it, looking very high-end.
Hmm? There's a new level? Ruan Xingwen was curious. He checked it out and found out that this card is a third-anniversary limited edition, with a beautifully designed card face and meticulously designed Divine General model that highlighted the character's features, and they even hired the famous actor Yu Xiaozhe as the spokesperson for this Divine General, which was designed based on him.
In the entire game, only 333 of these cards were issued and could only be obtained by drawing, all based on luck.
This made Ruan Xingwen even more puzzled, all based on luck? His luck? Has this good luck been hidden for years and couldn't help but bounce back?
"Eh, the task is completed, is it really completed?" came the surprised voice of Little Qilin by his side.
Ruan Xingwen turned to look at him, "What does it say, what happens after it's completed? Are there any rewards?" He remembered that in the system novels he read before, the system would issue tasks, and completing them would yield rewards, while failure would result in punishment, all to pave the way for the protagonist's improvement.
"Let me see, it says the task reward is being issued? Hmm? It didn't say what the reward is!"
"..." Ruan Xingwen scratched Little Qilin's head speechlessly, "You didn't even check your own task carefully... also blame me for not reminding you."
Little Qilin was also a bit embarrassed, "It's my first time too, aren't you curious what 'being issued' means? How is it issued?"
"If I knew, why would I ask you... Never mind, I want to go see my cards, it's been over three years, and it's the first time I've drawn a golden card." With that, he picked up his phone to continue admiring.
As they were discussing the task reward, the game was also in an uproar.
Whenever someone drew a golden card, the system would send out an announcement to congratulate them.
And this time, someone drew three golden cards in a row, three consecutive announcements, and the online players were all curious about who this lucky person was.
Immediately, another new announcement appeared: Congratulations to player "Wen Xingcui" for obtaining "Ze" in a ten-consecutive draw!
Due to the special nature of "Ze," this announcement was sent three times in succession.
Thus, the players online at that time were bombarded with six consecutive announcements about "Wen Xingcui."
The game's chat interface also became lively
"??? The last Ze God is gone??? I have no chance???"
"Who is this person? Never seen them before? So lucky! I'm envious!"
"My Ze God! Boo hoo hoo! I've been drawing for half a year! Why did this person get it in one go!"
"They must be a stooge! Look, three gold and one red in one ten-consecutive draw, isn't this absolutely a stooge?"
"Don't you guys think this username looks familiar? I think I've seen them on the forum? Wait for me, I'm going to spy!"
Not long after
"I'm back... he's the Ultimate Non-Chief on the forum! The most unfortunate one!"
During the first anniversary, the official held an event: the official would tally each valid account's drawing situation over the year and determine the ultimate luckiest and the Ultimate Non-Chief.
The rule was simple: the player with the highest golden card draw rate was the ultimate luckiest, and the player with the lowest golden card draw rate was the Ultimate Non-Chief.
Why not call it the Ultimate Lucky King? The official explanation was: it's already miserable enough, so let's satisfy it a bit with the title!
Thus, our "Golden Miserable" "Wen Xingcui" won the title with an absolute advantage of a golden card draw rate of zero.
For a while after, he was quite famous, and there were even legends of him in the community...
Ruan Xingwen didn't know about any of this as he didn't follow the game's forum. After a month of fruitless drawing, he didn't play the game much.
Later, he got busy for a while and had even less time for games.
The newly famous Ruan Xingwen didn't pay attention to the game's chat system either. This time's drawing task, apart from being a bit excited at the start—after all, he had never drawn a golden card before—his emotions were now calm.
He's not as keen on games now; he prefers activities closer to life, like going for walks, running, and shopping.
Thinking back now, at that time, he seemed possessed by the idea of drawing cards and wouldn't stop until he got a golden card. Ruan Xingwen shook his head and was just about to turn off his phone when a call came in.
"Xingxing, is that you playing 'Godslayer'?" It was Little Yuan. They played the game together back then, and later, Ruan Xingwen gradually quit, while Little Yuan would occasionally gossip with him about things in the game.
"Yes, it's me, why?"
Little Yuan's voice was very enthusiastic, "You're famous! No, your account is famous! Did you draw cards? And got three gold and one red in one go? Most importantly, you got the last 'Ze' God!"
"Yeah, I drew it, why are you so excited? By the way, you said I'm famous? What do you mean by that?"
Little Yuan indignantly said, "Do you remember when I told you that you were rated the Ultimate Non-Chief before? Netizens saw how lucky you were, went to the game's official website to check previous data, and found out you're the Ultimate Non-Chief! Now that you've drawn the Ze God, they're saying you bribed the company, and some are even saying you're a stooge of the game and want to report you..."
... He forgot, Little Yuan did mention something about the Non-Chief back then, but he didn't pay much attention. However, the game's designers were quite interesting. Even when he's been through such misfortunes, they still mock him...