28: Chapter 28: The Bottom Out and the Rebound – The Time to Witness a Miracle Has Arrived!

After Chen Chen said, "Buddy, how about you take the last three?" he immediately added, "Buddy! Don't worry, what I said before still stands. If you don't pull a rare card from these last three, I'll still give you one from my personal collection to make up for your loss."

Chen Sheng remained silent.

He was certain that among the last three cards, there must be the Curry Patch autograph card worth $500–$3000 mentioned by the intelligence system.

He was wondering if he should step up and complete this feat himself.

Or should he still leave it to Chen Chen?

Chen Sheng subconsciously looked up, his gaze meeting the mocking and malicious eyes around him. Looking down again, he saw Chen Chen's helpless gaze, like a small boat encountering a storm in the middle of the ocean. He had already made a decision in his heart.

Chen Sheng reached out and patted Chen Chen's shoulder firmly. His gaze remained calm yet revealed unwavering confidence as he said, "No need to trouble two masters for one task; you should do it! Don't be nervous. I believe in your strength as the Chen Card King."

"I..." Chen Chen's eyes truly turned red this time, and tears were clearly visible in them.

Time and again of unwavering support, time and again of encouragement—even a battle-hardened man has his moments of tenderness, let alone someone as emotional as him.

Chen Chen nodded vigorously at Chen Sheng. He didn't make any grand declarations; his silence spoke louder than words.

Turning back to face the camera, Chen Chen took a deep breath before slowly pushing aside the Filler card covering the third-to-last card.

The third-to-last card was a numbered Victor Wembanyama green card. Unfortunately, the number was 117, making it worth only 50 yuan.

The appearance of this card seemed to drain all of Chen Chen's strength, causing him to slump back into his chair.

Now, only two cards remained.

No... more accurately, only one card remained.

As everyone knew, it was absolutely impossible for the very last card to be a rare one.

Even in a card box priced at 3,000 yuan.

Chen Chen subconsciously wanted to look up, but at that moment, Chen Sheng's powerful palm landed on his shoulder again. "Open it. I believe in you."

His voice was as calm as it had been at the start—so calm it was as if this 3,000-yuan card box didn't belong to him.

Yet it was this extremely calm voice that acted like a source of power, instantly steadying Chen Chen's surging emotions. It then turned into a surging, powerful wave that pushed him to sit upright once more.

Chen Chen nodded forcefully. His lips, dry from nervousness, parted slightly as he struggled to squeeze out a raspy "Okay."

At this moment, the screen full of comments predicting his failure vanished from his sight, and the noisy "advice" from the crowd faded from his ears. Only the words "I believe in you" echoed repeatedly in his mind as his eyes focused entirely on the Filler card.

Huff... huff... huff...

Amidst heavy breathing, Chen Chen used fingers already soaked in sweat to gently push back a corner of the Filler card.

A flash of bright blue appeared in his eyes.

Pushing further down, a face appeared that couldn't be more familiar.

"Curry!" The onlookers involuntarily shouted the name of the player on the card.

At this time, the livestream chat was also being flooded with the name "Curry."

Because for a Prizm card, as long as "Curry" appeared, it would definitely be worth more than the first Zach Edey 07 BASE card.

Chen Chen's pupils constricted, and his hand started shaking uncontrollably again. He quickly bit the tip of his tongue, and the sharp pain helped him regain his composure. Applying force with his finger, the Filler card began to move downward again.

Soon, the numbering was revealed: 05/10. It was a definitely low-numbered card, which meant its value had increased once again.

As the Filler card moved further down, the entire body was soon revealed. Just when everyone thought that was the end, they saw a piece of fabric enclosed in a window right below the half-body portrait. As the Filler card moved down, it abruptly burst into everyone's sight when no one expected it.

*Hiss—*

*Hiss—*

"A Patch card... this... this... this..."

Everyone simply couldn't believe they had pulled a Patch card from a pile of junk.

A low-numbered Curry Patch card that could alone cover the cost of the entire box.

However, what shocked them even more was that just as they were marveling at breaking even with one card, a signature appeared in the blank area on the left as the patch window passed the one-third mark.

*Whoosh—*

With the appearance of the signature, even the comments in the livestream seemed to freeze and disappeared for three seconds.

Three seconds later.

"Holy crap!"

"Holy crap!"

"What am I seeing? A low-numbered Curry Patch autograph card, and it's his Prizm card from the Warriors! This card has to be worth over 5,000!"

"Five thousand? Heh, look at that patch. It just happens to have cut into the logo. With this logo, don't even think about it for less than ten thousand."

"Holy crap! Over ten thousand?"

"Holy crap! It's already over ten thousand."

It wasn't that they hadn't seen videos online of cards worth tens of thousands being pulled, but those cards were invariably pulled from gift boxes costing thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands.

By the way, the units for those thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands were USD, not CNY.

Yet today, they were in the livestream, on the scene, witnessing with their own eyes a card worth over ten thousand being pulled.

*Boom—*

When the entire card was fully displayed, a tsunami-like roar erupted from the scene, as if it were about to lift the entire shop up.

In the center of the commotion, Chen Chen stared blankly at the card in his hand. As for what he was thinking? Sorry! His mind, having lost the ability to think at this moment, was a complete blank.

However, a second later, Chen Chen jumped up.

"Ah—holy crap! Haha! Awesome! Haha! Ah..." Amidst his shouting and screaming, Chen Chen ran two full laps around the shop before stopping and clenching his fists to throw a set of wild, messy punches at the air.

He wanted to punch out all the frustration and pressure in his heart.

After finishing his wild punches, Chen Chen looked radiant, his entire being restored to the flamboyant confidence he had when he first entered the shop.

His gaze swept through the crowd and quickly found Chen Sheng's figure, which had remained calm from beginning to end. He ran over without hesitation, threw an arm around his shoulder, and declared loudly to Chen Sheng and the surrounding crowd with a confident and flamboyant voice, "Buddy, how's my strength as the Chen Card King? A low-numbered Curry patch autograph Prizm card worth over ten thousand. Tell me, is that awesome or what?"

"Awesome!" Chen Sheng gave him a big thumbs up without hesitation.

"Is it awesome? Who else can do this?" Chen Chen asked again, his voice rising a few notches.

This time, Chen Sheng didn't need to answer. After Chen Chen asked, the people around him chimed in one after another:

"Awesome!"

"The Chen Card King truly lives up to his name!"

"Shouldn't the Chen Card King strike while the iron is hot? How about I buy a box too? I'll trouble the Chen Card King to help me open it."

"That's right! If you don't strike while the iron is hot, you're practically letting God down!"

"If the Chen Card King is willing to help, I'll buy a box to join the fun too."

It truly goes to show the saying: when you're down and out, the whole world wants to avoid you; when you're successful, everyone around you becomes a good person!

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