Chapter 13 Settling In

After a long wait, the electronic door behind Brother Jue finally opened again.

Outside the door stood a tall figure, his entire body covered in foil armor. It had to be said… the design was really pathetic.

"I think… I should represent the League in expressing our apologies to you, Mr. Feng Bujue." Foil Man stood outside the door and said to Brother Jue, "Enwei's reaction was a bit excessive. I hope it didn't make you feel unpleasant."

"No, I'm ecstatic." Feng Bujue glanced at the other party calmly and said casually, "Oh, by the way, if you could, please call me Poker Man."

"No problem, Poker Man," Foil Man replied.

Feng Bujue nodded slightly and walked towards the door. When he reached the other party, he said, "You're Foil Man, right?"

"Yes," Foil Man replied. "You can call me Kertas."

"Okay, Kertas," Feng Bujue replied. "Since you're here, that means the discussion of your Supreme Council is over. May I ask… what are you going to do with me?"

"Heh…" Foil Man replied with a smile, "The Universe Superheroes League welcomes you to join very much."

"Well, that's good," Feng Bujue said as he walked out of the room.

At this time, in addition to Foil Man, there were three other people standing in the corridor outside the door, namely Breakdance Man, Tap-dancing Eccentric, and Dr. Eternity.

After Feng Bujue greeted the two cheating aliens, Dr. Eternity took the initiative to say to him, "Hello, Poker Man, I don't think you know me yet." He paused for a moment, "Let me introduce myself, I'm Dr. Eternity, and I'm also a hero from Earth." He stretched out his right hand from under his cloak.

"Hello," Feng Bujue replied while shaking hands with the other party, "It's a pleasure to meet you." He smiled, "I just wanted to find someone to ask… what's the difference between this Earth and the one in my universe."

"Heh… I think we'll have a lot to talk about." Dr. Eternity also showed a profound smile.

"Alright, you two, there will be plenty of time to chat later, now…" Foil Man interjected, "Let's help Poker Man settle down first and take care of some necessary procedures."

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In the next hour, Feng Bujue, accompanied by these four heroes, received a "Hero ID Card" (a card made with special technology, which can identify not only DNA, but also brainwaves, making it almost impossible to be stolen), and registered the hero name "Poker Man." From now on, Brother Jue could move freely within the League with this ID card (but his card privileges were still very low, and there were many areas he could not go to).

During the procedure, Foil Man and Dr. Eternity explained to Feng Bujue how to use the ID card and some basic knowledge related to the Universe Superheroes League; in addition, they also mentioned the "Hero Rank Test"… After explaining a bunch of settings, the two big brother-level figures left.

About an hour later, all the miscellaneous matters were settled, and Feng Bujue followed Breakdance Man and Tap-dancing Eccentric to the door of a certain room in Zone Z of the "Hero Dormitory." This would be his future residence.

"We'll send you here," Breakdance Man said.

Tap-dancing Eccentric continued, "Remember to keep in touch, Poker Man."

"Well, thank you both," Feng Bujue replied.

The three exchanged a few more pleasantries and then parted ways. Brother Jue used his hero ID card to open the door of Room Z250 and walked into his dormitory.

"Well… it's not as shabby as I imagined…" Feng Bujue muttered as he looked at the environment in the room after entering.

As mentioned earlier, the scale of the Universe Superheroes League headquarters is already close to a small planet, so its functions are very rich. Heroes can replenish supplies, train, receive treatment, and receive missions here; some dangerous criminals (such as Dr. Decay) or items will also temporarily stay here and wait for processing; in addition, the base also provides technical support, such as transportation, communication, reconnaissance equipment, and weapons.

In addition to heroes, there are also a large number of researchers and other staff, whose food and accommodation are also taken care of by the Universe Superheroes League. And the place where the heroes live is the hero dormitory.

As a living area, the space occupied by the dormitory is very limited. It's good enough to ensure that everyone has their own separate room. It's impossible to have two bedrooms and a living room. For example, Feng Bujue's Room Z250 has a total area of ​​only forty square meters. The entrance is the living room, and the only partition is the bathroom.

Of course, though the sparrow is small, it has all the vital organs. Basic living facilities, such as beds, wardrobes, air conditioners, refrigerators, microwave ovens, water heaters, and toilets (depending on the race, the configuration will be different. The room that Feng Bujue moved into is obviously suitable for human habitation), are relatively complete.

"Ah, the cooldown for the skills of the Yakyuken is up again." After Feng Bujue closed the door with a flick of his hand, he unleashed another one.

This was the seventh time since entering the script… There were still a full fifty-three punches to go before Lv2.

"Anyway… let's observe the environment first." Feng Bujue walked forward and began to search the room.

The furnishings in the dormitory are very simple, and there isn't much to check. Considering that he would have to use it in the future, Brother Jue naturally couldn't conduct a "destructive" search like in ordinary scripts. He could only carefully touch and knock around to confirm whether there were any hidden compartments, secret passages, hidden cameras, bugs, or anything like that.

As a result… he found nothing.

"Well… with Toad Man's personality, it would be abnormal if he didn't monitor me." Feng Bujue thought to himself, "And he should also know that I would think that way, so… his monitoring methods must be extremely difficult to detect." He touched his chin and murmured, "Maybe… he's already used some means to put a miniature monitor in my stomach…"

"Forget it, as long as I find the safe house, his monitoring equipment will be invalid." Feng Bujue was still quite confident in the system.

After searching the living room, the next step was the bathroom. Brother Jue pushed the door open and went in, and then he saw a gratifying scene…

In addition to the basic facilities, there was also a door in the bathroom. On the door panel, there was a circle painted, and the word "surprise" was written in the circle.

"Ha… what you wish for comes true." Brother Jue was overjoyed and walked straight over.

After he stepped into the safe house, he heard a system prompt: [Under normal circumstances, NPCs will not actively approach the space where the safe house door is located. Please do not try to deliberately guide NPCs to the safe house, otherwise it will cause a chain reaction and increase the "rejection" of this universe towards you.]

"Oh? The 'rejection' of this universe towards me…" Feng Bujue repeated thoughtfully, "Sounds like some kind of hidden value…"

His mind flashed, and his actions continued. As soon as Brother Jue entered the safe house, he walked to the elevator door.

In order to obtain a better rating in the "Hero Rank Test", he decided to leave the script first and come back when he was fully prepared next time.

[Warning, you are performing the operation to leave the script. There will be a game coin fee for entering next time. Are you sure you want to do this?]

He heard such a prompt the moment he walked into the elevator. Feng Bujue shrugged and directly reached out to press the "Close Door" button.

The metal door closed in response, and the elevator started to move. At the same time, the system prompt said again: [Please select the time you want to log into this world next time]

Before he could finish speaking, a virtual menu popped up in front of Brother Jue, with five options on it: [1. One minute later; 2. One hour later; 3. Three hours later, 4. Twelve hours later, 5. Forty-eight hours later.]

This setting can be found in the game instructions and the detailed introduction of the new mode, that is: when players normally leave the universe of the free exploration mode, they can choose the time to enter next time. If you do not choose, or exit the script abnormally, the system will default to "forty-eight hours later".

At the moment, Feng Bujue thought for a while and clicked on the third option. In this way… no matter how long it took him to play the free exploration mode again, even if he entered it again after a year, only three hours would have passed in this universe.

[You have left the free exploration mode] Not long after, the elevator stopped moving, and the system voice sounded.

After a fleeting sense of detachment, the settlement menu was displayed on the screen in front of Brother Jue.

[The free exploration mode has ended, and the reward is being settled.]

[Obtained experience value: 27760, game currency: 100]

[Obtained item equipment: "Poker Man" hero ID card]

[Obtained skill value: 670]

[The settlement has been completed, please continue.]

"Heh, it's quite concise…" Feng Bujue muttered as he looked at the settlement screen.

Indeed, compared to other modes, the settlement screen of the free exploration mode is very short. There are no clearance rewards, no mission-related items, no fear ratings, and no skill value bonus rewards.

In addition… since it was the first time entering this mode, Feng Bujue's income was quite small. Of course, this is also very fair. The difficulty is directly proportional to the income… It was already good enough to get this little experience and skill value by crushing a group of villains with extremely weak IQs behind two cheating aliens. In fact, these twenty thousand experience and six hundred skill values were mainly thanks to Marshal Qiongqiongqiongqiong…

"Well… with my current strength, it's impossible to achieve the evaluation of a Galaxy-level hero." Feng Bujue muttered on the way to the storage room, "Even Planet-level is a bit difficult…" He put the hero ID card into the warehouse and pondered, "The initial test is very important. If the level is too low, I will encounter a lot of obstacles in the future… It seems that it is best to practice for a while longer, and then go back when my strength is stable enough to become a Planet-level hero."