Before the teleportation, Feng Bujue did not forget to return the lantern to Passing Rain, so that item did not appear in the rating.
The reward from this scenario was quite high. The virtual time spent was only two and a half hours, but the EXP gained was close to Feng Bujue's previous Anomaly scenario.
As his level increased, so did the difficulty of the scenario. This variable, like time, could increase the EXP gain.
But after one scenario, the number of items that Feng Bujue had on him dwindled. In other words, it was his attitude toward the game that caused this. If he was a professional player or a player with OCD, searching for items, equipment, side quests, and hidden quests would be the highest priority. In the scenario earlier, if this had been another player, they might not have saved their teammate. After all, he was not the responsible party, and during the call, the other party was only trapped and should still be some time away from death. If he hurried up the stairs and searched the four floors of the second education block, there was a high chance that he would find equipment or side quests.
It was not that Feng Bujue did not consider that, but there were many things that he would not consider.
As mentioned earlier, he would throw money away to buy an expensive gaming hub, but at the same time, he would be careful with his spending and pay for every meal for the next month.
This was a very contradictory person. It appeared like he had the ability to think deeply before doing anything and make the most logical choice. But actually, he often did stupid or impulsive things.
There were many things in the world that were useless even if you thought about them. For example, there was a classic question. If your wife and mother both fell into the river, who would you save first? If you wanted to give the correct answer, you should save the one who could not swim first and then save the other. That way, both of them would have a chance to survive.
But then you would get an advanced question. "What if neither of them could swim?
I will now give you the correct answer. Find a passerby to help you, and then you will have a chance to save both of them.
"If you get another advanced question," What if you are the only one there?
Then you can answer the woman who asked you the question … and we will die together. "
In short … Humans were not machines or programs. Humans could not always make the "right" choice, because for humans, there were many things that they could not tell right from wrong. In life, there are countless such choices that determine where we will go. There is no need to measure whether we have chosen the wrong path after the fact. Assumptions and regrets are meaningless. Because those split-second decisions really decide who we are.
[Player "Ru Yu Ruo Li" has invited you to the meeting room.]
The system prompt soon rang. Feng Bujue clicked "Agree" on the screen, then went to the elevator door and pressed the [Conference Room] button.
This time, when the door opened, he entered Like Rain's conference room.
That being said … the meeting rooms all looked the same. There was no difference who went there. There were no space decorations or furniture items in the game at the moment. However, it was not clear if there would be any in the future.
Passing Rain was already seated at the conference table. When she saw Feng Bujue enter, she said, "You can send me a party invite in the public space."
"Let me try …" Feng Bujue also sat down at the table and told the other party, "Form a team."
Passing Rain burst out laughing. "Use the menu!"
"Er …" Feng Bujue smiled awkwardly and completed the party.
"Thank you for the script earlier," Passing Rain said.
"Hmm … Actually, I think it was mainly because of you. The part of the battle that you dealt with, I would not have been able to deal with it," Feng Bujue replied.
Since Feng Bujue said that, she cut to the chase. "I invited you here because I have something to ask you."
"I am not a professional player," Feng Bujue said immediately.
"I did not mean to ask you that," Passing Rain said.
"Huh?" Feng Bujue failed to act cool. He could only say, "Oh …"
"Why do you think I would ask if you are a professional player?" Passing Rain asked.
"Hmm … Because I think you might be a professional player," Feng Bujue replied. "You came to me because you want to poach me to your studio."
"If I was a professional player, I would have been above level twenty by now." Passing Rain's words sounded arrogant, but they were very objective. "And I believe if you were a professional player, you would be higher than your current level after a closed beta." She paused. "I just want to ask, about what you said last time, are you really a novelist in real life?"
"Hmm?" Feng Bujue was startled. He did not expect this question. "Yes, how can I help you?"
"What is your pen name?" Passing Rain wanted to hear Feng Bujue say it voluntarily.
"My pen name is Bujue. What about it?" Feng Bujue asked.
Passing Rain suddenly sped up. "What is the scariest thing between a man and a woman?"
"Angry … marriage certificate …" Feng Bujue was confused why the man would suddenly ask that, but he knew the 'answer' very well.
"What is Detective Baikas' favorite advice to his prisoners?"
"Do not bend down to pick up soap in prison …"
"What is the name of the novel that you finished two years ago?"
"Er … The Internet of Murder is not a bad ending …"
"In The Time That Cannot Be Returned, the female main character whispered into the main character's ear …"
"She said, 'I will wait for you in the future, remember me,'" Feng Bujue interrupted her. He gave a long sigh. "I've discussed this with the editor, and we decided to delete it. But you are the first reader to ask about this. What else do you want to know? " By then, Feng Bujue understood that the woman wanted to test whether he was the imposter 'Bujue' or not. The questions she asked were all related to the plot of the novel and covered many works, including the stories that Feng Bujue had written when he was not famous. Obviously, these were questions that only a die-hard fan would ask.
"There's no need for that," Passing Rain said. "I believe you."
Feng Bujue smiled. "I say, Passing Rain …"
"What?"
"Actually, with my popularity … even if other people were to pretend to be a third-rate celebrity, they would not pretend to be me," Feng Bujue said. "But you seem to be my …" He wanted to say 'loyal fan'.
But before he could say the last few words, Passing Rain interrupted him. "No."
"Then, how come you know so much …"
"I have a good memory."
"And you know …"
"I have a wide range of reading."
"Hmm …" Feng Bujue smiled awkwardly. "Fine."
Passing Rain maintained her icy tone, and there was no change in her expression. She reacted quickly. She tried her best not to admit that she was a die-hard fan, and this made Feng Bujue speechless. Suddenly, he thought the girl was quite cute. Feng Bujue was naturally overjoyed when he realized that his in-game friend was his loyal reader. A narcissistic sense of superiority washed over him and covered his own face.
Passing Rain immediately changed the topic. "Oh right, I wanted to ask, are you interested in forming a club?"
"I've been busy these past few days. I haven't read the game description for the open beta yet." Feng Bujue replied. "Other than having a uniform badge on the clothes, what other benefits does a club have?"
"There will be an additional public storage function in the storage room. There will be an additional club option in the social panel. When forming a party, for every additional member in the party, there will be a 1% increase in experience. If there are six people in the party, then the experience will increase by 5%. Also … based on the club's ranking on the two leaderboards, the system will randomly give all members two buffs. The buffs will refresh once a week." Passing Rain mentioned a few key points. Of course, she couldn't explain them as clearly as the system did. As for the details, they would have to read the game description.
In short, from an objective point of view, forming a club did have many benefits and no disadvantages.
"Hmm … sounds like it's not a bad idea to start a club …" Feng Bujue muttered to himself.
"Don't forget to add me after the meeting." Passing Rain thought that Feng Bujue had already made his decision.
Feng Bujue thought about it and said, "To be honest … with your ability, why don't you apply to join a bigger club? They won't reject you, right? "
"Big clubs usually have the background of a gaming studio or are opened by rich and idle players." Actually, Passing Rain's own family situation was also in the category of rich and idle, but she didn't mention it now. "The former is to recruit players outside of the gaming studio to expand the club's strength. Outsiders have no access to the core resources. Powerful players enter to exchange their strength for benefits. It's just a transaction. As for the latter … non-professional players invest money to expand the club for no other reason than to become famous, to feel good, and to pick up girls. Recruit some powerful players to fill up the front; recruit some normal players to work for the club; recruit some beautiful players with bad intentions … "
Feng Bujue listened to her description and was a bit surprised. This was the first time he had heard a girl use such a cold tone to describe such things. It was also the first time he knew that there was such a heroine in the world who could say the word "pick up girls" without any sense of awkwardness.
"To put it simply, find like-minded friends to play with and stay in a small club." Passing Rain finished.
Feng Bujue laughed. "Who would have thought, you and I are really …" He paused. He wanted to say birds of a feather, but he changed his words. "Hmm … great minds think alike."
"I'm going to get my reward and take a stroll around the market." Passing Rain didn't continue. She stood up and said, "If there's nothing else, let's lock onto Area 10 of the market. Maybe we'll meet there."
Feng Bujue also stood up and said, "Then I'll go look at the game manual and do some preparation work. I'll let you know when I'm done."
The two said their goodbyes and opened the door of the meeting room twice to return to their respective log-in spaces.
…
The content of the patch for the open beta was not much, at least not as much as the full game manual that Feng Bujue had read during the closed beta. He only took ten minutes to finish reading it.
As for the guild, it was very similar to the guild system in other online games. The conditions for establishing a guild weren't too excessive. As long as the player reached level 10, paid the system 100,000 game coins, and found three other people to sign their names, it would be fine.
After Feng Bujue saw this condition, he instantly guessed … Frost Monarch and his gang probably only had four people in the club …
Regarding the money, Feng Bujue was a bit hesitant. He could afford the 100,000 game coins, but after that, he would have to postpone the purchase of equipment to increase his stats.
On this matter, Passing Rain had taken it for granted. She didn't care about 100,000 game coins at all. Based on the exchange rate, it was less than 50 RMB. Furthermore, it would be unreasonable for a player who had participated in the closed beta to not have 100,000 game coins.
Feng Bujue did not dwell on this for too long. After all, he could play without the equipment. Furthermore, he had quite a bit of money now. After the previous scenario, his Game Coins had increased by another 80,000. If everything went well, the Key's Hooded Top from the Auction House could provide him with another 140,000 game coins. In any case, as long as he endured one or two more scenarios, he would have everything by level 15.
Currently, Feng Bujue was still level 13. His overall status was as follows:
Title: Cold-blooded Headcracker, EXP: 870013000, Skill Points: 660, Game Coins: 242000
Mastery: General Ability E, Workmanship E, Sleuthing E, Fighting E, Marksmanship D, Medic F, Sorcery F,???
Inventory 410: Mario's Wrench, Eye of Hostility, M1911A1 Pistol, Echo Armor.
Footwear: Jazz Shoes.
Storage Room 210: Puzzle Card: Monkey, Casey Jones's Mask
Skills: [Hasty Repair] [Brat's Lower Whip Kick] [Concussion]
Feng Bujue had seen the last mastery in the patch; it was called 'Summoning'. Summoning skills were very rare, and the cost to use was not fixed. Sometimes, it would require the use of a specific item, and the item was … random.
For example, if the effect of a skill was to summon a horse, then the description of the skill would state the summoning conditions. When the player summoned the horse, they would have to sacrifice a spoon, a glass cup, a bucket of water, a petal, and so on. There were all kinds of possibilities, and anything was possible. The item required to summon the creature was all random. Even if the same creature was summoned, the sacrifice required by two players might be different.
Other than the restriction of the sacrifice, there were many other limitations to summoning skills. It could only be used once in a scenario, it could have a very long cooldown, and it could only be used under certain circumstances.
Currently, the discussion on the summoning mastery on the forums was still stuck at the fantasy stage. It appeared like no one had discovered it yet. Perhaps this was something that would only be discovered in the later stages of the game.
After reading the patch, Feng Bujue still did not receive the mail, which meant that the item at the Auction House had not been sold. He did not mind it that much and was not worried that the item would be returned to him. Perhaps for a normal player, the item was dangerous, but for a professional team, this kind of item that came with unlimited taunting was not bad for the player who was responsible for tanking the monster. If he ran into a gaming studio who knew its value, he would definitely buy it.
Feng Bujue then went to the storage room to claim the reward for the Terror Rating. Since he wanted to reach level 15 as soon as possible to equip Casey Jones' Mask, he chose the EXP reward.
Based on his current EXP gain of forty percent, Feng Bujue gained 5,200 EXP. The system quickly announced that he had reached level fourteen. His Stamina Points increased to 1,400, and his EXP increased to 90014000. If he could increase his EXP to 60% of his current level in the next scenario, which was 840014000, then with another reward, he would reach level 15.
Then, Feng Bujue came to the other glass tube and drew the learnable Skill Card that he had obtained from clearing the scenario.
What he anticipated the most was the skill from the new mastery, 'Sorcery', followed by the Fighting mastery. Honestly, his combat ability was too weak. It was brutal, but there was no skill to speak of. The only active combat skill was Naughty Kid's Lower Whip Kick. Even though he had no idea which two unlucky bastards would be tripped by the remaining two legs, with just that and his street style of smashing heads, it was obvious that he would not be able to deal with a real high-level battle.
"Spirit of the sky, spirit of the earth …" Feng Bujue placed his palms together and raised them above his head. He waved his palms like he was reading a lottery. Standing before the glass tube, he looked at the Skill Card that was being generated and mumbled, "Brother Woody the Trickster, you have to bless me and help me draw a good skill. The best would be an Earth Shattering Chaos Palm. Once I get it, I won't ask for anything else. If there is nothing good, at least give me something like Ghost Path, Broken Path or Bound Path. It doesn't matter even if the number is in the single digits … "
It was unclear whether Woody heard this atheist's prayer or not, but even if he did, it was useless. Demons did not give alms; they only made deals.
Feng Bujue said those words half-jokingly. He picked up the Skill Card and looked at its description.
[Name: Body Enhancement Technique]
Skill Card Property: Active Skill, Permanent
Skill Type: Sorcery
Effect: After activation, the player's physical ability will be greatly enhanced (Strength and speed will be at least twice the original), but Life Points will continue to decrease. When the Life Points reach 1%, the skill will automatically stop. After the skill stops, there will be an interval of 30 seconds before it can be used again. When the Life Points are lower than 10%, it will not be activated.
Consumption: Decrease Life Points by 2% every 5 seconds.
Learning Requirement: Sorcery F
Remark: The basic spell of the Ghost Valley Seven Chapters, Demon Slayer Chapters. The Ghost Valley Sect does not care about the state of mind and morals. It is a different path from the orthodox sect. Even if it is just a beginner's skill, it can quickly increase the power of the practitioner.
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