"Completed Special and Hidden Quests: 0. Unlocked Worldview: None.
"Time of Terror Points Increase: 0. Highest Terror Points: 0%. Average Terror Points: 0%.
"Your Terror Rating is: Embodiment of Valor. Extra reward obtained. Please choose later.
"Obtained Skill Points: 100
"Additional Bonus from Skill Points: EXP: 100. Game Coins: 1,000
"Scenario Clear Reward: Skill Card x1
"Calculation complete. Please continue."
Feng Bujue looked at the checklist in the log-in lobby, and then he heard the announcement. "You have reached level five. The upper limit of your Stamina Points has increased to 500500." His current EXP was 150500.
In terms of EXP, the difference between Solo Survival Mode and Training Mode was not that big. Feng Bujue and Wang Tanzhi were level 1 and 2 respectively when they queued up for the Team Training Mode. If they did not consider the fact that they had killed the boss, the EXP gained from completing the scenario would have been around 300, not 500. This Solo Survival Mode scenario was generated by Feng Bujue when he was level 4. Based on the EXP ratio, he could have gained almost 400 EXP from completing the Solo Survival Mode.
Compared to the Training Mode, which only gave him EXP, Feng Bujue gained Skill Points, additional EXP, and Game Coins. Other than that, there was also the reward for clearing the scenario and the additional reward for his Terror Rating.
However, there was one thing in the calculation list that confused Feng Bujue. He had brought out the one-time use syringe from the Training Mode, but in the calculation list, the item 'obtained items' showed 'None.' However, this time, the monkey had been calculated.
He was very confident. The game information that he had read before did not mention something like this. Of course, that was to be expected. The game description on the official website was meant for advertising and science; they would not have written down every single detail.
Unsolved mysteries were like a fishbone stuck in Feng Bujue's throat, especially when it came to these seemingly innocuous questions. He felt uncomfortable because he could not figure them out.
He was too lazy to look at the forum. Because of this kind of system-related situation, what the forum said might not be correct. Thus, he directly contacted the online customer service through the screen in the log-in space. The other party was stumped by this question. He checked for a long time before giving an answer. "Items that are categorized as' consumables', like medicine, bandages, synthetic materials, machine parts, and so on, as long as their quality is below 'Normal', when they are obtained from the scenario and brought out, they will not be shown in the inventory." Equipment with "Trash" quality was the same as the previous item.
At this point, Feng Bujue understood. There were many things that fit the previous two criteria in a team scenario. If, in the future, there was a person who had nothing better to do. During the last sixty seconds of the countdown, he would pick up a bunch of random items like rocks, twigs, grass, bricks, and wooden sticks and carry them all out of the scenario, the system would have to use a large section to record these useless items. That was how the system came to be.
After understanding that, Feng Bujue wanted to take out the monkey that he had obtained from his inventory to take a look. However, when he tried to do so, the monkey disappeared, and in its place was a card that was about the size of a tarot card. At the same time, Feng Bujue saw the system announcement.
"After completing the scenario, the player has a chance of obtaining a 'plot item that can be brought out of the scenario'. This type of item is normally related to the scenario's secondary quest or an item that is not used during the main plot due to various reasons (like the player using their own power to overcome the plot requirement). When this type of plot item is successfully brought into the log-in space, it will be transformed into a 'puzzle card' and added to the card set system (temporarily unavailable). "
After reading the system announcement, Feng Bujue turned his attention to the puzzle card that he was holding. Even though the card was made of paper, it felt like it could not be bent. The edges of the card glowed with a white light, and the picture on both sides was the same. The picture on the card that he was holding was of a monkey, and the style was ink painting.
Puzzle Card: Monkey. That was the only description on the item. It was just a name and nothing else.
Feng Bujue glanced at Wang Tanzhi's status in the friend menu. The kid was still in the game. He was not in a hurry to get the reward but contacted customer service again.
"Then, let me explain this card set system …"
Before that, there was a concept that needed to be explained, which was the classification of equipment. The information provided to the players on the official website was as follows:
Trash: It is not easy to make this worthless piece of trash work normally.
Broken: It is old and flawed, but it is better than nothing.
Normal: This equipment is normal, and it will be of great help to you if you use it wisely.
Excellent: A piece of good and reliable equipment, like a trustworthy partner. (Excellent quality equipment will have at least one attribute or special effect.)
Perfect: A flawless piece of equipment, rare and powerful. (Perfect quality equipment will have a special effect, but it might not have an attribute.)
Legendary: A divine item that is coveted by many. It can increase the user's power level.
From this classification, one could see that Excellent quality equipment would be the mainstream in the later stages of the game, and it was the level that most players would be able to obtain.
As mentioned earlier, the main way to obtain equipment in Thriller Paradise was through 'searching'. But what if a player could not find Excellent quality equipment and fell into a vicious cycle where the lack of equipment led to the lack of equipment, and the lack of equipment led to the lack of equipment, and the lack of equipment led to the lack of equipment?
This card set system was the solution that the gaming company came up with. It was a way for the players to obtain equipment at the later stages of the game. As long as the player collected a set of cards, they could exchange it for a piece of equipment. The quality was guaranteed to be Excellent, and there was even a chance for it to be Perfect.
But what was the concept of a 'set'? The answer was random and unlimited.
Using this Puzzle Card: Monkey as an example, if one had the Puzzle Cards: Monk, White Horse, Pig, and Cannibal, these five cards could be considered a set.
Similarly, if one had the Puzzle Cards: Rat, Cow, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Chicken, Dog, and Pig, plus this Monkey, the twelve cards could be considered a set.
As long as the system determined that a set of cards could be considered a set, it meant that the concept of the set was valid, and they could be used to exchange for equipment.
From this point of view, any Puzzle Card could theoretically be added to many different sets. For example, the monkey that Feng Bujue brought out might not turn into Puzzle Card: Monkey. It might turn into Puzzle Card: Gorilla, King Kong, Furball, Peach, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and so on. Or for example, if a player brought out a pair of straw sandals from the scenario, it might turn into Puzzle Card: Foot, Straw, Uncle Wong, and so on.
This kind of diversity allowed every plot item to turn into a useful Puzzle Card. At the later stage of the game, if the player was strong enough to overcome most of the difficulties with brute force, then the 'can be taken out of the scenario' attribute on the plot item might change their strategy of clearing the scenario.
Therefore, for players who did not have any equipment, they could enter Solo Survival Mode and only complete the main storyline. They would ignore all the triggered side quests and leave all the plot items behind. When they left the scenario, they would be Puzzle Cards.
Of course, it was impossible for the player to kill themselves after taking all the things they wanted. To obtain the set of Puzzle Cards, clearing the scenario was the minimum requirement. No matter which mode, if the player died in the middle of the scenario, the equipment could be taken away. Only the plot items obtained in the scenario would remain in the scenario. This was to prevent the death of one player in Team Mode from causing the others to be unable to continue the mission.
That was about it. Feng Bujue had finished his inquiry. He ended the call with customer service and then operated the menu to convert the Puzzle Cards into data and store them in the log-in lobby. Then, he prepared to claim the reward for clearing the scenario.
From the beginning, he did not have much hope for the Terror Points because the scenario was not that scary to begin with. However, he was more interested in the chance to draw the lottery.
The Random Skill from clearing the scenario had to be something that he could use, so it would either be a General Mastery or a Workmanship Mastery. With regards to the Terror Rating reward … he had to choose his equipment again because after clearing the scenario, he was still defenseless.
Feng Bujue walked out from the elevator and entered the large metallic room. Similar to last time, there were two hollow glass pillars.
First, he went to the reward for clearing the scenario. Through the virtual menu, he picked up a random skill. A skill card slowly formed in white light inside the glass tube. When Feng Bujue took out the card, he was quite calm, but when he saw the description of the skill, his shrill scream echoed through the room again. "What the f * ck is this!"
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