The satisfaction of normal Transcendents with curios is generally determined by their power and rarity.

Abnormal Transcendents, on the other hand, only know their own standards.

The initial cards of the deck box require seventeen cards.

Tang Qi thought that with fourteen slots remaining, He had helped the Quartet open the Secret School, turning it into a huge "Extraordinary Mall," the Quartet should be able to craft an excellent deck.

Plans should include offense, defense, and healing, and not resort to oddities like the "Infinite Chicken."

Yet Tang Qi was naive because when the four excitedly ran over, Tang Qi also saw the contained objects they had selected.

The most conspicuous was a gigantic snow-white doll. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Like a castle, it slowly moved over.

The body was bloated but very cute, especially the head, which was a cartoonish humanoid image.

"Extraordinary Creatures: Adorable Bear."

"As the name implies, this is a very adorable, abnormally sized doll bear, its original form being a doll bear, granted life when a passing ’Life Angel’ walked through the marketplace."

"But unfortunately, it has no combat power, despite its large size, it’s very timid, and could be punctured to deflate... yet it’s so cute, who wouldn’t want to be hugged by it—by Life Angel."

"Deflating?"

Most might think the ones choosing this doll bear would be the two girls.

Yet the truth was, Tang Qi saw the burly Demon Hunter Warrior.

Before Tang Qi could continue to observe, a strange, piercing sound suddenly came to his ears.

As his gaze swept, he saw the Secret Alchemist proudly inviting commendation.

With a smug flick of his hands, a "distinctively dark, peculiarly styled Extraordinary Band" was presented.

The magical sound accompanied, Tang Qi saw the fragments:

[Extraordinary Creatures: Allen Poe Band.]

[State: Recorded.]

[Information Fragment One: This is a very rare ghost band. Each member has died, each possessing extraordinary talent whether in life or death, if they so wished, could become strong extraordinary existences.]

[Information Fragment Two: They are dedicated to each other, focused on performing the sound of their minds, for this, they’ve rejected more than one god’s invitation, including a ’Mighty Death God,’ passing on opportunities to become Divine Favored or even a Subordinate God, but they have no regrets.]

[Information Fragment Three: Essentially, they’re powerful, yet in reality, possess no combat power; if taken along on your journey, aside from hearing the ’Dark Symphony,’ they bring no benefits.]

[Information Fragment Four: Of course, in certain very special circumstances, they might have some uses.]

...

Right beside the band, Tang Qi then saw a beautiful dignified lady in a maid outfit.

Outwardly appearing human but clearly also an abnormality.

Tang Qi saw a special kind of power on her, higher tiered, even touching upon the power of "rules."

With a serious gaze, fragments overflowed.

[Extraordinary Creatures: Mysterious Maid.]

[State: Recorded.]

[Information Fragment One: An extraordinary life form from the Exotic Realm, she can alter her external form at will, but regardless of form or species, she will always wear a unification maid outfit, even if she turns into a Fire Dragon, she would then be the Fire Dragon Maid.]

[Information Fragment Two: Besides the necessity to wear a maid outfit, she possesses power potent enough to affect ’Divine Entity,’ that being... Cross-dressing Maid.]

[Information Fragment Three: If you gaze for over three seconds, the rule activates, life below weak god nearly cannot resist, they will inevitably don a maid outfit, most likely exposing or provocative styles, even some weak gods can’t counteract, most need to use divine power, ordinary gods are exempt from this rule.]

[Information Fragment Four: Apart from this rule, the Mysterious Maid doesn’t demonstrate further power, suspected to be a creation of some ’God of Mischief.’]

[Information Fragment Five: The maid outfit bestowed carries no harm, possessing attributes aligned with any species’ aesthetics.]

...

"Hm, I should get used to this."

Tang Qi nodded slightly, silently accepting the Quartet’s relevant settings.

That is, they can’t see proper contained objects.

Who would believe it?

Even with just three minutes, even selecting with eyes closed, it’s very likely to pick some that provide combat or extraordinary life.

Yet, none of the four selected these contained objects.

Though from Tang Qi’s personal viewpoint, he also quite liked these contained objects.

Once the settings are accepted, everything else isn’t difficult.

Tang Qi’s gaze swept over once more, not using the oar to knock their heads, instead giving a thumbs up, praising:

"A very good deck, all four of you are geniuses and will win."

"I bet in the adventure game, there are victory conditions like ’Mr. Sensual’."

"So, let’s officially set off."

"Comical, comical!"

With these words, Tang Qi, as the ace card, first transformed into a bizarre and wondrous [Foolish Boatman] card, returning to the exceptionally lavish, comical deck box.

Closely followed were all contained objects, including Infinite Chicken, Rub Tree Man, Adorable Bear, Allen Poe Band, Mysterious Maid, all transforming into cards flying into the box.

Below Tang Qi’s sculpture, the Quartet stood looking at each other.

Among them, the Secret Alchemist stroked his chin, muttering: "Was the Professor just implying, I sensed a hint of irony."

After saying that, the burly but with a girlish heart Demon Hunter Warrior scratched his head, responding: "How could it be? Professor praised us four as geniuses, Secret School’s principle one, the Professor’s words are always right."

"Not necessarily, back when Light Dominator also trusted the Professor, and then He..."

"Mr. Sensual, sounds pretty nice though."

The Enchanting Demon Girl just chimed in, and yet saw that comical box gathering all the cards suddenly emit an extremely brilliant radiance.

Initially a beam, then a world of light.

But aside from the Quartet, the whole Miskatonic University was oblivious, including high-levels dispatched from major society organizations.

As the Quartet was pulled inside, they heard the "comical opening song" Tang Qi had previously heard in their minds simultaneously.

Unlike Tang Qi’s reaction, the Quartet all showed appreciation.

"Sounds great, really awesome."

"I want to use it as my communication ringtone, only the latest model of Thunder God is worthy of this song."

"No, this song is more suitable as a lullaby, I’m about to fall asleep."

"No, it’s more suitable as a dance tune, I can’t help but want to dance."

When the Quartet and the Comical Box were thrown into the "Unknown Map," besides that comical opening tune, another voice emerged.

This voice was somewhat more rational.

But the tone seemed to carry a hint of reluctance.

Even though Tang Qi was in the state of the [Foolish Boatman], he could still discern that the voice’s owner was not the "funny sea star" and was, in fact, filled with resentment towards the comedic opening tune.

It tried to use its rational voice to offset the comedy song, but unfortunately, that had no effect, making the voice sound all the more despondent.

In Tang Qi’s mind, it was as if he could see an ugly octopus head with a face full of woe.

"An unknown divine entity, maybe it was forced by the funny sea star."

"Its duty is...the host?"

As soon as Tang Qi had this thought, the voice became even more downcast.

But it seemed as if it had no choice but to continue fulfilling its duty.

"Comical Adventure, record of the XXXth opening."

"Warning, this time it’s in Danger Mode."

"Participants: Sweet Team, Star Cluster Team, Abyss Team, Earth Eternal Team, Eternal Life Team, Call Us Dad Team, Lady of the Night’s Husband Team, My God is Eating Shit Team..."

Tang Qi could hear each of these voices clearly and without missing a word.

The names of the initial teams sounded normal, but unfortunately, as they went on, they became more and more absurd.

Tang Qi could completely imagine what kind of guys were participating in this secret Comical Adventure.

"The funny sea star must have blocked all information about this game from being known to All Spirits."

"Otherwise, just the words [Lady of the Night’s Husband Team] would be enough for the team members to experience what is called Great Horror."

"Hmm? I seem to have forgotten to ask what team name those four guys chose?"

This final question quickly got answered.

That disheartened, resentful voice soon announced the last team to enter, which was the thirteenth team of the Quartet.

"Professor Praises Us as Genius Team!"

"Phew, that’s a relief."

Tang Qi, inside the box, couldn’t help but comment.

Even though this name was terrible, it was at least better than something like "Lady of the Night’s Husband?" or "My God is Eating Shit".

...

The radiance that filled the world finally dissipated, and the Quartet, along with the Comical Box they carried, appeared in a strange and unfamiliar place.

Before them was an incredibly dark town, where a storm was playing tricks, and it seemed as though the town’s residents had all hidden inside their homes, leaving the town empty.

The usual colors of the town, like the vibrant hues of flowers, the colorful bricks, the yellowish earth, and even the glow of street lamps... all colors had been stripped away, leaving only two visible colors.

Black and White!

Boom!

Being immersed in it, one could immediately feel a kind of suppressed horror and eeriness, as if something terrifying was lurking, ready to burst forth at any moment and destroy everything.

Any life breathing here would inevitably show a look of panic.

Against the black-and-white backdrop, it looked just like a twisted and tragic silent movie.

But unfortunately, this time the "actors" seemed rather awkward and did not conform to the normal script at all.

The Quartet, holding the box, arrived and after taking in the town’s scenery.

They all turned around simultaneously, huddled together, muttered a few words, and each summoned a Contained Object using their permissions.

"Boom"

In the real and dazzling special effects, Tang Qi, as the Foolish Boatman, arrived.

Soon after, within the Black and White Town, fitting music began to play.

Yes, it was the "Allen Poe Band."

A tune that seemed like only the Death God could listen to began to play slowly.

But this atmosphere didn’t last long because the Quartet then summoned a "cute bear" along with an abnormality known as the "Ice Cream Master."

One Sovereign!

One band!

A cute teddy bear!

An extraordinary abnormality distributing ice cream!

"So, this is your pre-hand card?"

Though Tang Qi was used to the Quartet, he couldn’t help but feel like whacking their heads with his oar.

Just at that moment, they heard the slightly excited voice of the octopus-head host.

"Congratulations to [Lady of the Night’s Husband Team], they have been deployed to the special area ’Firefly Forest’ and have successfully defeated the Firefly Queen, acquiring the extraordinary artifact [Firefly Prayer]."

"The artifact has been set to automatically initiate a summoning and successfully did so half a second ago."

"Lady of the Night is now online, and her projection is descending."

"Lady of the Night’s Husband Team has successfully fulfilled one-third of [Mr. Dominator]’s victory conditions."

...

Tang Qi could also hear that the octopus-head’s excitement was clearly not for the joy of that team, this unknown divine entity was gloating.