"The scenario has been completed. Calculating reward.
"Obtained EXP: 340000. Game Coins: 100000
"Obtained Items: Must-Have Blade of Penetration, Flashlight, Mirror.
"Missions Completed: 6/6
"Completed Special and Hidden Missions: 0. Unlocked World-building: 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 select later.
"Obtained Skill Points: 1,224
"Additional Bonus from Skill Points: EXP: 12240. Game Coins: 100000
"Scenario Cleared Reward: Puzzle Card x2
"Calculation complete. Please continue."
After returning to the log-in lobby, the notification appeared on the touch screen.
"Ah … This is great. I managed to get through one hundred words just like that …" Feng Bujue said something that came out of nowhere. We can ignore him.
"Okay … let's go take a look at the reward first." After looking at the notification, Feng Bujue turned and walked into the storage room.
The two glass tubes were already in place, waiting for him to claim his reward.
Brother Jue went to claim his reward for clearing the scenario. They were Puzzle Card — Banana and Toilet Card. He tried them out, but they could not form a set with the original Puzzle Card — Strawberry, so he temporarily placed them in the storage.
Then, he walked to the second glass tube, and the familiar interface appeared before his eyes. "Please select your extra reward. One, a random piece of equipment corresponding to your level. Two, 50,000 Game Coins (max). Three, 17,000,000 EXP."
"That's 17,000,000 EXP …" Feng Bujue looked at the menu before him. "At level 30, this amount of EXP should be enough for a player to level up four or five times …" As he said that, he selected the equipment reward.
The white light gathered, and the item slowly took form.
Item Name: The Comic Artist's Tuxedo
Item Type: Armor
Quality: Normal
Defense Points: Weak
Element: None
Special Effect: It will always look as new as when it was purchased.
Equip Requirement: General Ability Mastery B, bound after pickup.
[Note: Damn it, the standalone book sales are obviously good, and it even got a chance to be serialized in Weekly Youth Jump, but why wasn't it invited to the annual meeting? I even bought a tuxedo! Only after I bought it did I realize that the mangaka wasn't even on the invitation list!]
"What the hell …" Feng Bujue was shocked when he saw the item's description. "Can this even be considered equipment? This was definitely not an item that was automatically generated by the system, right? What kind of programmer would do something like this? Was it done by the guy who designed the 'Rotten Egg' skill? Leader, why don't you find such people to have a heart-to-heart talk with when you have nothing better to do? "
Without a doubt, this equipment could only be sold in the shop. Because its quality was Normal, even the Disintegrator would not accept it.
Thus, after Brother Jue finished complaining, he took the items to the mall.
Now, Feng Bujue was a superstar. At least in Thriller Paradise, his popularity was no less than the top celebrity players. Therefore, after some discussion with his friends, Brother Jue had changed the mall number that he was used to.
Previously, the members of Underworld Frontline were active in Area 10 of the mall, but now, they had moved to Area 101. This area was relatively at the back, so the number of people would be much smaller, and it could effectively prevent them from being surrounded.
However, the number of people in the area was relatively small. The basic principle of the Phase Space was to separate the players who did not have a fixed area number and send them to the less populated areas. Therefore, as long as it was an area that existed, there would be at least one hundred people in it.
"Hehe! Look! The one in the purple suit! Could it be … "
"Oh! Is that Feng Bujue? "
"Look closer. Recently, there have been people using this style everywhere. Even the hairstyle is similar to his."
"It's him. He looks just like the one I saw in the video."
"Oh? Is that so? Let me take a look … Hmm … In person, there is nothing special about him. "
"Don't be ridiculous. There are rumors that this person is a professional assassin in real life …"
"How come I hear he is a patient at a mental hospital?"
Conversations like these came one after another, and they drilled into Feng Bujue's ears from all directions.
Under the burning gaze of the nearby players and the whispers among themselves, Brother Jue walked quickly to the system shop. He took out his tuxedo, flashlight, and small mirror from his inventory. After selling these useless items, he quickly and quietly returned the way he came.
"Sigh … What is going on …" After Feng Bujue returned to the log-in lobby, he sighed. "Now I'm going to the mall like a thief …" He scratched his head and tapped on the touch screen a few times. "Hmm … There have been a lot less harassing emails recently. Looks like the release of the new update has diverted the public's attention." He paused. "But perhaps there are too many people on my blacklist?"
He was multitasking. As he deleted the spam, he started to think about what mode he should queue for next.
"Another nightmare …" Feng Bujue looked at the screen and mumbled. "Or …" He deleted all the new emails and pulled up the mode selection interface. "Now that I think about it … this new mode is quite interesting …"
With that in mind, Brother Jue had basically decided where he should go.
After all, he was in sleeping mode, and he did not play in the morning, so he did not need to worry about the game going over the time limit in real life. Therefore, he had plenty of time to explore the world in free exploration mode.
"Feng Bujue, Level 43
"Please select the game mode that you wish to join.
"You have selected free exploration mode.
"Every time you enter this mode, 20,000 Game Coins will be consumed. Please confirm.
"Confirmed …
"You have joined this mode for the first time. Currently searching for the multiverse …
"Search completed. Connecting to the multiverse …
"Downloading, please wait a moment."
After that, the elevator started to move.
"Welcome to Thriller Paradise." This time, the opening was delivered by the system audio.
Feng Bujue mumbled, "Isn't this no different from entering a normal scenario? There is no difference …"
[Download complete. You are currently in free exploration mode.]
"This mode does not have a quest system, no time limit, and no AFK-like effect.
"You can travel between the log-in lobby and the scenario world through the Safe House. Every time you enter this mode, 20000 Game Coins will be consumed.
"The scenario has started. Please leave this Safe House in five minutes."
At this point, the elevator door opened.
Outside the door was a space that was shaped like a cave. The four walls and ceiling were made from irregular rocks, and there was a steel door embedded in the wall that faced the elevator. Naturally, the door was closed.
There was a strange-looking device placed at the corner of the cave. It was about the size of a fridge, and there was a creaking sound coming from it. The thing looked like a generator. There were several cables that extended out from the bottom of it, and they were connected to the various simple lamps in the cave.
Feng Bujue walked out of the elevator and looked around. There was nothing inside this so-called 'Safe House'. It was nothing more than a buffer zone that connected the 'log-in lobby' and the 'door to the outside world'.
After he stepped into the Safe House, a menu filled with words appeared before his eyes, and the subtitles started to scroll. "Before you enter free exploration mode for the first time, please understand the following.
"A. When you walk out of the elevator, you have officially entered the scenario world. From that moment onward, returning to the elevator will be treated as' leaving the scenario normally '.
"B. You can only stay in the Safe House for five minutes. Please leave the door or return to the log-in lobby within five minutes, or you will be forcibly teleported back to the log-in lobby. Similarly, you will be treated as' leaving the scenario normally '.
"C. If you leave the scenario outside the Safe House (This includes but is not limited to being killed, forced to quit, or disconnected), your Game Coins, Skill Points, and EXP will be penalized accordingly. When you enter the scenario world again, you will return to the last recorded Safe House.
"D. Within one hour, you can only pass through the door of the Safe House once (regardless of whether you leave or enter). The skills or items that you use inside the Safe House will not affect the people or items outside the Safe House.
[E. You can bring items that are 'able to be brought out of this world' into the safe house. If you need to bring a living creature into the safe house, please ensure that you have obtained the ownership of the creature and put it into your backpack first.]
"F. All conscious entities in the scenario world, including the summoned creatures of the player, are not allowed to enter the Safe House. For exceptions, please refer to Rule E.
"G. Every time you enter free exploration mode, you will spend 20000 Game Coins. If you are not satisfied with the universe that you have been allocated to, or if you feel bored after a long period of exploration, you can use 500000 Game Coins to redistribute the universe.
"Ah … They keep saying that I need to spend 20000 Game Coins to enter the Safe House … They've mentioned it three times already." Feng Bujue only used a few seconds to scan through all the hints before him. He had seen most of them in the update, and the rest could be found in the details, so he only skimmed through them before closing the menu.
"But … if that's not the case, it'll cause quite a lot of trouble," he said as he walked toward the door that led to the outside world.
He had a point. For example … some players might try to walk back and forth in front of the elevator or hide inside the Safe House to repeatedly farm their skills. Naturally, that would lead to them being teleported. Then, they would file a complaint for the loss of 20000 Game Coins. Even though … in essence, it was these people who did not read the game manual that caused the loss, they would still stubbornly push the blame to others. These days, there were many people like that. Even if they were struck by lightning while walking on the street, they would still go to find an individual or organization to file a lawsuit to try and recoup their losses.
"As expected, there's no lock …" Feng Bujue walked to the door that led to the outside world and looked at the thick steel door.
There was only one doorknob on the door. There was no keyhole, and it could be opened with a twist.
"That's true … After all, things from the outside world can't come in." He twisted the doorknob and pulled the door open.
Outside the door, there was a long and narrow passageway. There were rocks all around, but there was no lighting equipment outside. At a glance … they couldn't see the end of the passageway.
Brother Jue did not hesitate to take out the Compound Anti-Gravity Gun from his inventory. After turning on the searchlight at the front, he walked forward.
Just as he took a few steps forward, he heard … two consecutive bangs. He turned back to look … and the door to the Safe House had automatically closed.
There was a mark drawn on the side of the steel door that faced the outside, and it was drawn right in the middle of the door. The mark was very simple. It was a circle with the word 'shock' inside it.
"Hmm … I'll give it a try …" Feng Bujue did not complain about the mark. Instead, he turned back, took two steps forward, and used his hand to grab the doorknob again.
"Sorry, you have entered this door recently. Please try again after 59: 34 seconds." The system prompt and the subtitles appeared at the same time, but the doorknob did not move.
"Okay …" Feng Bujue said casually.
After that, he placed the Compound Anti-Gravity Gun on the ground. Then, he shouted at the air before him. At the same time, he threw out both of his fists in a pincer attack.
After unleashing the first Wild Ball Punch, he fell into deep thought. "Hmm … since this mode has no time limit and negative judgement, why don't I just sit here and unleash one punch every hour …" He calculated in his heart. "If that's the case, I'll level up once in 59 hours. In real life, it'll only take me 5 hours and 54 minutes. That's about one night in the game. If that's the case … after training for 10 nights, I'll be invincible … "
After this thought flashed through his mind, he immediately shook his head. "Tsk … how is that possible …"
Indeed, for Feng Bujue, such a possibility was impossible. He was an adventurous person, a person who could not stay idle. For him, 'boredom' was worse than any punishment. Besides … that kind of behavior was not a person playing the game, it was the game that was playing the person. He was not a professional player, so why should he suffer like this?
"Sigh … Life is so tiring. Let's go." Brother Jue said to himself. He picked up the Compound Anti-Gravity Gun from the ground and moved forward.
The rocky passage ahead was rugged and winding, and it was much longer than he expected. Fortunately, he had all the equipment and skills he needed, so he was not afraid of anything. Even if he encountered a predator, he was confident that he could fight it.
"Speaking of which … this mode is really 'free' …" Feng Bujue said as he walked. "There's not even a synopsis … Theoretically, I could have been shrunk N times, crawling in some kind of insect's nest …" He paused. "Or maybe I'm on some alien planet?"
Just as he was pondering, suddenly …
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