Chapter 1 Script Completed, Calculating Rewards

【Script completed, calculating rewards.】
【Experience gained: 70000, Game Coins: 100000】
【Acquired item equipment: None】
【Completed accepted quests: 13】
【Special, hidden quests completed: 0, Worldview cracked: None】
【Sudden increase in Scare Value: 0 times, Maximum Scare Value: 0%, Average Scare Value: 0%】
【Your Fear Rating is Fearless, and you can receive an additional reward. Please select it later.】
【Technique Value gained: 1950】
【Technique Value bonus experience: 19500, Game Coins: 100000】
【Script Completion Reward: Jigsaw Puzzle Piece * 2】
【Settlement complete, please continue.】

The countdown after the script ended hadn't finished when Feng Bujue chose to return to the login space. Because after the three minutes of [The Advent of the Fighting Demon] ended, he would enter a state of 1% survival value, 0 stamina, and 0 spiritual power. Even if he stayed, he couldn't do anything in those less than 180 seconds.

Judging from the settlement screen, the rewards for this slaughter game weren't very generous either. It was probably because he only completed the main quest, so he didn't get much experience.

Regarding those two side quests... the first one, [Join the Classic faction and end the war], was naturally out of the question. When Musashi Koganei created the Pufferfish Warrior, Feng Bujue had rethought the problem. His guess was: if you want to complete the side quest, it's best not to see the NPC "Prophet"; even if you do, don't say extra words. Then... the plot wouldn't develop to a level related to the Four Pillar Gods, and the information the player had would stay on the basic setting of "Toy Story".

Then, as long as you followed the other side quest, [Assist Jazz and Nightwatch in investigating 'Lego House'], and continued to do it, you would gradually let the plot unfold and eventually achieve victory in the war. Of course, this "victory" might just be a drama created by the system; as soon as the players left, the Prophet would restore everything.

But there was no point in saying any of this now, because he didn't go back to find Optimus Prime to report, so the reconnaissance mission wasn't considered complete either.

"Hmm... anyway, this bit of experience, plus 40%, is already enough for me to level up to level 30." Feng Bujue said and casually clicked the "Accept" option on the screen, responding to Xiao Tan's conference room invitation.

He wasn't in a hurry to go to the storage room to collect his rewards either. Since he had already decided to take the experience points, he might as well go later. So, he directly pressed the conference room button in the elevator control area and walked out.

"Whoa... what's going on... are you going to sacrifice him to the heavens?" As soon as Jue-ge entered the door, he saw Xiao Tan sitting at the conference table with his head and face covered in snack crumbs, looking glum.

"It's already good that it's like this. If this space allowed people to fight, you'd be seeing a WWE-level scene right now," Xiao Tan muttered dejectedly.

"You seem a little dissatisfied?" Bei Ling chimed in from the side.

"No!" Xiao Tan quickly said, "Absolutely not!"

Feng Bujue took a few steps forward and whispered to Si Yu next to him, "What's going on with those two..."

"Don't know," Si Yu replied. "It's best not to ask."

"Hmm..." Feng Bujue turned his head and sat down as if nothing had happened. "I'll be level 30 as soon as I get my reward. Should we consider trying a team nightmare difficulty..."

"Hey! You're just changing the subject directly! Don't you care about what happened to me?" Xiao Tan shouted.

"What's there to ask," Feng Bujue replied weakly. "It's nothing more than saying something you shouldn't have said, or doing something you shouldn't have done..."

"Team leader is wise." Bei Ling added appropriately, while glaring at Xiao Tan.

"As a man, you should just kneel down and apologize, and you should be able to get the woman's forgiveness," Feng Bujue continued.

"Don't apply your behavior patterns to everyone!" Xiao Tan said again.

Feng Bujue stared with his dead fish eyes and slowly turned to Bei Ling. "You too... look how pitiful this kid is. You usually bully him anyway, and if there's no matter of principle involved, just forgive him. Based on my observation of the two of you, your fates are aligned, your eight characters match, and your division of labor as one dominant and one submissive is clear. Given time, you might even end up with a rich man becoming a couple..."

*Pa*—

A bag of potato chips flew out of Bei Ling's hand and landed on Feng Bujue's face.

"I told you not to get involved," Si Yu said coldly. "And here you are, just starting to transfer the hatred."

"Ah~ I've been focusing on taunting for decades, and I never miss when I speak." Feng Bujue grabbed the potato chips on his face and put them in his mouth, not caring at all.

"Bragging again..." Si Yu shook her head and chuckled.

"Hmph..." Feng Bujue snorted coldly and proved it with action. He only spent less than a second formulating his lines and said to Si Yu, "By the way, as a hardcore fan, don't you want to have a child for me or something?"

*Pa*—

Another bag of potato chips flew out of Si Yu's hand and also landed on Feng Bujue's face.

…………

Feng Bujue exchanged information about the practice battles with his companions in the conference room, and then chatted about other things. This time, even the setting of Soul Intent was revealed.

And so, before they knew it, it was late at night. The group agreed to meet again in the sleep mode server at dawn and went offline to wash up and sleep.

At forty-five minutes past midnight on the morning of April 24th, Feng Bujue logged into the game again. This time, he logged in more than ten minutes early, wanting to deal with some trivial matters so that he wouldn't make his teammates wait for him again.

The first thing he did was naturally to collect his rewards. There's no need to elaborate on the operations after entering the storage room. In short, after taking the current level's 40% experience and drawing two new jigsaw puzzle pieces, Feng Bujue's data was as follows:

Title: 【Dark Vanguard】, Title Ability: 【The Advent of the Fighting Demon】

Experience Points: 398003000000, Technique Value: 19450, Game Coins: 1765000.

Proficiencies: General C, Machinery D, Reconnaissance D, Fighting C, Shooting D, Medical E, Spiritual Arts C, Summoning E.

Inventory (11/15): Mario's Pipe Wrench, Flashlight, Eighteen Bronze Men's Folding Stool (No. 5), ***-500 (10/20), Anti-Gravity Catapult, Miss Moxxi's Bad Touch, Vajra Bell, Proyánbina's Vacuum Cleaner, Survival Value Supplement (Medium) *2, Endless Grenade Magazine, WJQ-308 Military Shovel (Never Fading Type).

Equipment: Jazz Dance, Spider Silk Gloves, Death Poker (Psionic Weapon), Echo Armor, Goblin Poison Gas Mask, Artemis' Embrace, Implanted Alchemy Amplification Device.

Storage Room (6/10): Jigsaw Puzzle Piece - Monkey, Jigsaw Puzzle Piece - Sunglasses, Jigsaw Puzzle Piece - Strawberry, Jigsaw Puzzle Piece - Leather Jacket, Jigsaw Puzzle Piece - Motorcycle, Jigsaw Puzzle Piece - Shotgun.

Skill Slots (7/12): 【Not So Hasty Repair】【Spiritual Sense Gathering Technique】【Ice Alchemist's Perseverance】【Nanto Flying Dragon Fist】【Summoning Technique - Musashi Koganei】【Moon Step】【Rankyaku】

It can be seen that from level thirty onwards, the upper limit of experience points has increased by another zero, becoming three million. In a sense, this is good news for Feng Bujue... Relying on his advantage of not feeling fear, the experience rewards he can get at each level have become very astonishing.

Another thing worth mentioning is the improvement of the summoning proficiency. Because he repeatedly used "Watch This" in the cloak battle, performing random summons dozens of times, his proficiency in this specialization was actually already very high. Therefore, after summoning Musashi Koganei twice, he happened to level up.

Currently, Feng Bujue's "character quest" 【Use summoning skills and successfully summon summoned creatures fifty times】 has a completion rate of 17/50. It seems that it will take at least another ten days or half a month to complete this step.

"Eh? These few cards..." Feng Bujue finished collecting his rewards and was putting the jigsaw puzzle pieces into the warehouse when he suddenly noticed something.

He casually took out all the jigsaw puzzle pieces and held them in his hand, opened the virtual menu in front of him, and selected the "Combine" option.

A system prompt immediately sounded: 【A possible combination sequence has been detected】

The window in front of him displayed: Deck Name: 【T-800】 (Terminator), Consumption: 【Jigsaw Puzzle Piece: Sunglasses】, 【Jigsaw Puzzle Piece: Leather Jacket】, 【Jigsaw Puzzle Piece: Motorcycle】, 【Jigsaw Puzzle Piece: Shotgun】 can form a combination.

"A deck that requires four cards to form..." Feng Bujue muttered, "I smell the scent of perfect-grade equipment..."

【You have chosen to generate the deck combination: T-800, please confirm this operation.】

As the four cards turned into white light and recombined, a tarot-sized card floated into Feng Bujue's hand. The card was printed with the image of a tough guy wearing sunglasses, riding a motorcycle, wearing a leather jacket, and holding a gun. Moreover, it was in a ink wash painting style, full of incongruity...

The system prompted again: 【The deck has been generated, would you like to exchange it for equipment?】

After selecting "Yes", a pillar of white light appeared on the other side of the storage room and quickly turned into a glass pillar for receiving rewards.

When Feng Bujue walked closer, the equipment inside had already taken shape. The thing looked like a strange machine, about the size of an accordion, with a complex structure. One side had a conveyor belt entrance, but the other side had no exit, only a circular convex lens. There was only a lever next to the machine, with no other adjustable parts.

He already had a faint sense of unease in his heart and quickly took out the item and inspected it...

【Name: Zero-Type Magic Crusher】
【Type: Tool】
【Quality: Trash】
【Function: Creates Trash】
【Effect: Has a certain chance of creating legendary items (at least three pieces of equipment no lower than excellent grade are required to activate)】