Apocalypse Descends: I Win Effortlessly by Turning Trash into Treasure

Perry Yates had brought back quite a few cards from the last round of the game, including various types of potted plant cards.

Originally, Perry Yates had planned to use these potted plants to decorate The Card Tavern, but she had been too busy the past couple of days and had forgotten.

Perry Yates picked up one of the pothos plants and murmured, "Based on past experience, plant and potted plant cards usually gain the ability to purify the air after Ascension."

Of course, besides purifying the air, some special types of plants could also produce different effects, such as inducing drowsiness, excitement, or secreting venom.

Soon, Perry Yates began to sort through the cards.

She kept the ones that could purify the air and looked good, and put the rest back in storage.

After Ascending more than a dozen cards in a row, Perry Yates picked up a potted cherry tomato plant.

The cherry tomato plant on the card was growing luxuriantly, every branch laden with round, plump, bright red fruits that looked like gemstones.

"Such beautiful cherry tomatoes. I wonder how they taste?"

At that thought, Perry Yates subconsciously Ascended the card in her hand.

Unlike the usual white light, this Ascension’s glow had a hint of gold mixed in with the white.

Perry Yates, of course, did not miss this unusual detail.

The White Card had now become a one-star card, and the cherry tomato plant on it had also changed.

The pot had grown considerably larger, and the plant itself was bigger and more lush. The leaves had turned from a bright green to a deeper shade.

Moreover, each leaf was now a perfect specimen of a cherry tomato leaf.

Compared to the changes in the plant, the changes to the cherry tomatoes themselves were less obvious. They weren’t dramatic, but they weren’t entirely unchanged either.

Their color seemed to have become even more vibrant.

Red Cherry Tomato: Red is a festive color. Eating one will improve your mood.

’This ability sounds a lot like Happy Group’s.’

Since she had already completed all her orders, all that remained was delivering the cards to the players. As a result, Perry Yates was quite free.

Therefore, she wanted to see what would happen if she continued to Ascend this card.

She had said it before: when searching through a pile of cards, you rely on a woman’s sixth sense.

Now, her sixth sense was telling her this card was definitely something good.

As for whether she would end up being wrong, Perry Yates didn’t care. Even if the effect wasn’t ideal, she could flip the card and make a hundred, even a thousand times her investment back. Either way, she definitely wouldn’t lose out.

Just like that, the card was Ascended to two stars, but the cherry tomato’s ability still hadn’t changed much.

It seemed that other than the plant getting bigger and the tomatoes prettier, nothing had changed at all.

At this point, Perry Yates should have stopped, but she didn’t.

Perry Yates was an incredibly stubborn person.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have chosen to give up fusing with the first Swamp Card she obtained right after entering the game, when she had no ability to protect herself.

Nor would she have, knowing full well her surroundings were unsafe, stubbornly insisted on Ascending a single card from a White Card all the way to four stars.

When she Ascended the card to three stars, the cherry tomato plant changed again.

It could no longer be called a potted plant.

The image on the card no longer bore any resemblance to a potted plant; it looked more like a tree.

The red cherry tomatoes that should have been hanging from its branches were now gone.

Holy Maiden Fruit Tree: Mutated from an ordinary potted cherry tomato plant under the guidance of some unknown power. Consuming its fruit gives a twenty percent chance of awakening a Spiritual Body.

As someone who had spent years immersed in the world of novels, Perry Yates naturally knew what a Spiritual Body was.

"I knew my judgment was right."

A smug smile appeared on Perry Yates’s face.

’Still, a twenty percent chance seems a little low.’

Perry Yates seemed to have made up her mind. After resting for a while, she continued pouring her energy into the card.

The black card was soon enveloped in white light, gradually beginning its evolution toward four stars.

「Five days later.」

Perry Yates arrived on the rooftop terrace, holding a card that shimmered with golden light.

As the golden card was thrown, an immense tree instantly unfurled on the rooftop, its massive canopy enveloping the entire Card Tavern.

Upon seeing this, other players stopped in their tracks, staring in astonishment at the tree that had appeared on the roof of The Card Tavern.

After their brief shock, they quickly realized this sudden tree must be the work of The Card Tavern’s owner.

After all, in a place like this, she was probably the only one with that kind of power.

"This tree has to be a card, right?" one person said, looking up.

"Definitely. And its rank is probably high—four stars at the very least. I just wonder what abilities it has."

By now, Perry Yates’s actions in the previous game had become common knowledge.

They learned that she had single-handedly carried all the other players, saved numerous in-game NPCs, and supported them all by herself for days.

After learning all this, the players’ admiration for her was like a surging, endless river.

The players had now dubbed Perry Yates the "Saint" of the survival game.

Of course, for everyone who sang her praises, there were others who slandered her. Chief among them were the players from her own game round who had chosen to leave on the fifteenth day.

However, dissatisfied as these people were, they didn’t dare voice their complaints publicly. After all, even though Perry Yates didn’t frequent the game forums herself, that didn’t mean others weren’t browsing them for her—like the Butler, for instance.

Many players shared their in-game experiences on the forums, and Perry Yates, wanting to learn from them, had specifically asked the Butler to monitor the discussions there.

The Butler carried out Perry Yates’s instructions perfectly. There was just one catch: if he found anyone on the forums speaking ill of Perry Yates, he would immediately blacklist them.

Meanwhile, after Perry Yates placed the Holy Maiden Fruit Tree on the rooftop, it soon bore its first Holy Girl Fruit.

Looking at the Holy Girl Fruit in her hand, she saw that it looked very similar to an ordinary cherry tomato, but its flesh was almost transparent, as clear as a gemstone. Through its skin, she could clearly see the pulp and golden-yellow seeds within.

She placed the Holy Girl Fruit in her mouth, and it melted the instant it touched her tongue, flowing into her body.

Immediately after, Perry Yates felt the world begin to spin.

Before she lost consciousness completely, she only had time to call out for the Butler.

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