Global Mutation: I Draw the Golden-Horned Beast from a Card

This is a feel-good story with plenty of sweetness. It’s very sweet, and the more you read, the more it lingers. If you don’t like it, feel free to insult me. Chapter 1: Awakening an SSR Golden-Horned Beast “Ah Feng, are you nervous?” Su Qing’s voice was deliberately softened into a cloying sweetness, but her fingers moved away from Lin Feng’s sweat-damp sleeve with distaste. The two of them stood in line at the card-drawing plaza, surrounded by a dense crowd. Everyone’s face was filled with reverence for the “Fate Cards.” Lin Feng murmured an assent, not daring to look at her. He knew Su Qing had gone out of her way to wear a new dress today, with a very low neckline. As she spoke, she kept glancing toward a few well-off boys nearby. The family crests faintly visible on their cuffs were far more conspicuous than the school uniform, washed pale at the chest, that he wore. “What do you think we’ll draw?” Su Qing moved closer. The perfume in her hair was so strong it made Lin Feng frown. “My mom says that if we draw a card at B rank or higher, we can enter the inner core of the safe zone. By then…” She paused, the corner of her eye sweeping over Lin Feng. “I can’t keep wasting my time with someone who can’t even protect himself, can I?” Lin Feng dug his fingertips into his palm. He knew what Su Qing was hinting at. In this world, where “the strange” could emerge from the shadows at any moment, a card’s rank was a ticket to survival. A D-rank card meant struggling to survive in the most dangerous outer zone. C rank could barely get you into the edge of the safe zone, while B rank and above meant you finally had a place to stand. But neither of them knew that Lin Feng could see the “real story” behind every card. Even now, he could vaguely make out a card about to form on the card-drawing platform ahead…