Chapter 108 The Logic of a Madman

In the mall, Feng Bujue perfunctorily said a few words to Meng Jingchan and left with a look of disgust…

“Who is that?” Gui Xiao watched his receding figure and said to Meng Jingchan beside him, “It’s rare to see someone so indifferent to one of Order’s trump cards…”

“How should I put it…” Meng Jingchan lit another cigarette and replied, “He’s a very interesting guy.”

“Interesting my ass…more like a disgusting madman…” Atobe muttered from the side.

These words fell into Wu Si Canshen’s ears, and he immediately understood something, so he cautiously probed, “Oh? This young man from Hyotei, do you also know this Feng Bujue? I wonder how strong this Mad Bro is?”

“What young man from Hyotei…my ID is displayed above my head, and I’m also the leader of this club!” Atobe said unhappily, “Why is the embarrassing ‘Three Amigos Who Struggle With Names’ so famous! But no one knows who I am!”

“It’s because you directly copied the name of a two-dimensional character and added the suffix ‘-sama’…” Xiao Ming (Name’s Really Hard to Pick) said.

“If we’re talking about embarrassing, your ID alone is worth more than the three of us combined…” Lao Qu (Picking a Name is Really Hard) chimed in.

Zhen Ge (Really Hard to Pick a Name) also said, “Besides…the main reason you’re not famous is because you’re too weak. If you were super strong, even if your ID was ridiculously embarrassing and your height was only 1.6 meters, you could still be very famous.”

“Hey!” Gui Xiao roared, “Am I dead here! You wanna fight! Just because I can’t memorize your ID after one glance doesn’t mean I don’t remember it!”

These guys, one after another, instantly went off-topic and started bickering and complaining about each other.

“Hah…” Wu Si Canshen sighed helplessly upon seeing this and turned to walk in another direction.

“Where are you going?” Sheng Yu Pian asked in a deep voice when he saw him leaving.

“Some small matters…I want to confirm.” Wu Si Canshen replied, “I’ll be right back. You guys…keep an eye on these kids for now.”

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On the other side of the information tower, Feng Bujue was standing in the crowd, looking up at the auction house information that was constantly being refreshed above.

In fact, he didn’t want to buy anything; he just came to check on the current market situation.

As the Peak Hegemony Competition approached, the recent prices had fluctuated significantly again. However, they hadn’t yet returned to the outrageous pricing levels that existed at the beginning of the public beta. It seemed that most of the sellers and buyers were still relatively rational, and only a few fools truly treated others as fools.

“Excuse me, Mr. Feng Bujue.” Wu Si Canshen walked to Jue-ge’s side and spoke.

He didn’t pat Jue-ge on the shoulder, because in the game’s public space, making physical contact with a stranger without their consent was somewhat dangerous.

Things like intentionally groping or taking advantage were impossible because the system’s limitations prevented such intentions from being converted into actions. However, actions like pushing, pulling, patting on the shoulder, or holding hands were difficult to define. What might seem casual to some might be considered impolite by others. Therefore, in public spaces (including conference rooms), casually patting someone on the shoulder could potentially result in being killed by the mall’s virtual guards…

The strength of those guards was quite astonishing. They were nearly two meters tall, had the appearance of Terminator-like machines, and the back of their black uniforms had a large character that meant “Manage”… Just looking at their appearance, you knew they were cool and powerful. And the players outside the scripts would have their physical fitness restored to the level of ordinary people and wouldn’t be able to use most of their skills and combat items, so they naturally wouldn’t be a match for the guards. Moreover, the guards had the ability to directly kick players offline. If necessary, the optical brain could remotely lock the player’s game pod and contact the public security department…

It could be said that Thriller Paradise had taken foolproof precautions against potential violence, insults, threats, obscenity, and other factors that players might cause in public spaces, ensuring the harmony of the social environment in the game while guaranteeing the immersive realism of the nerve-linked game.

It was worth mentioning that this series of tough and effective measures had been strongly praised and supported by the relevant government departments and might even become an industry standard in the near future.

Of course, some people had protested these settings made by Dream Inc. and posted many dissatisfied arguments on the forums. Needless to say… these people’s citizen IDs had already been blacklisted by the cyber police department for future use…

“Huh? Who is it?” Feng Bujue turned his head and saw the person who had come.

In that instant, his gaze moved rapidly across the other person’s body, and his brain was running at high speed, “Wu Si Canshen, Order, Gotham City, Cape Scramble, one of the six, the others were originally on the combat strength rankings, ranking changes after the battle, coming to talk to me alone…” A series of thoughts flashed through his mind like a white horse passing through a crack.

In a second, Jue-ge deduced a conclusion, “He vaguely suspects that I am the anonymous player ranked second on the combat strength rankings, so he wants to come and test me.”

Therefore, with almost no hesitation, Feng Bujue replied, “Alright, it’s me. I don’t mind you reporting this to the people inside the studio, but please don’t spread it around.”

“This…” Wu Si Canshen was caught off guard by this sudden sentence.

Generally speaking, the steps people take to think about problems are from A to B to C, step by step, until they finally reach the conclusion of Z. The shorter the time required for this process, the faster the speed of thought.

Wu Si Canshen was also a rather scheming person, and his reaction wasn’t slow, but he still needed a certain amount of time to think about problems.

But Feng Bujue… simply put, had practiced.

When Jue-ge communicated with people he wasn’t very familiar with, he wasn’t willing to waste time with unnecessary words. Therefore, the situation would arise where someone opened their mouth to say A, and he would directly answer Z.

“Uh… Mad Bro, I haven’t asked anything yet…” Wu Si Canshen said.

“I know you were planning to start with a roundabout test and finally ask a core question.” Feng Bujue said, pointing to the combat strength rankings high above, “I’m just saving you some time.” He paused and turned to look at the other person, “What? Do you want to chat about something else?”

This was undoubtedly a blatant eviction order.

“Heh… No, that’s all. You’re busy.” Wu Si Canshen smiled helplessly and turned to leave, thinking in his heart, “Feng Bujue… a face I’ve never seen before, and I’ve never heard of his ID; but his words don’t sound like he’s lying. Could it be… the second place on the combat strength rankings is really him…” He looked back again and saw Jue-ge picking his nose…

“He’s… really an interesting person…” Wu Si Canshen’s mouth twitched, and he really didn’t know how to evaluate this person.