【Script completed, rewards being calculated.】

【Experience gained: 5500, Game Coins: 55000】

【Item(s) Acquired: Small Knife】

【Completed Accepted Quests: 22】

【Special/Hidden Quests Completed: 0, Unlocked Worldview: The Replaced Zaroff】

【Sudden Scare Value Increase: 0 times, Highest Scare Value: 0%, Average Scare Value: 0%】

【Your Fear Rating is Dauntless, you may receive an additional reward, please select later.】

【Technique Points Gained: 420】

【Technique Points Bonus Experience: 4200, Game Coins: 42000】

【Script Completion Reward: 80% Base Experience Bonus: 4400】

【Calculation complete, please continue.】

Then two more system prompts sounded:

【Your title has been updated to – Story Explorer】

【You have leveled up to Level 15, Stamina cap increased, currently 1500/1500】

【New game modes have been unlocked, you can browse them in the queuing options】

The gains this time were huge, but Feng Bujue thought they were deserved. He himself didn't expect that he could really kill Fude, but since he had completed such a feat, there should be a corresponding reward.

You could tell from the Technique Points that cracking the worldview only got him 200 Technique Points, but other actions actually got him 220. Maybe that whip kick that killed the Boss got him over a hundred.

After Feng Bujue finished the calculation, he went to the storage room to equip the [Casey Jones Mask] and received a system prompt: 【You can choose to show or hide mask-type equipment】

Feng Bujue chose to hide it, and then inspected the menu. Counting the one level increase in Fighting Specialization from the mask, his stats were:

Title: 【Story Explorer】, Experience: 1000/15000, Technique Points: 1080, Game Coins: 339000.

Specializations: General D, Machinery E, Investigation E, Fighting D, Shooting D, Medical F, Spiritual F, ???

Inventory 5/10: Mario's Pipe Wrench, Eye of Hatred, M1911A1 Pistol, Echo Armor, Small Knife.

Equipment: Jazz Dance, Casey Jones Mask

Space 1/10: Jigsaw Puzzle Piece - Monkey

Skills: 【Sloppy Repair】【Brat's Whip Kick】【Ling Shi Gathering Technique】【Decisive Victory from a Thousand Li Away】

Among them, 【Decisive Victory from a Thousand Li Away】 was his new title ability. Unlike 【Concussion】, this time it was an active skill.

【Name: Decisive Victory from a Thousand Li Away】

【Special Ability Type: Active】

【Effect: Directly observe the ability data of the final Boss (if it exists) in the current script, including height, weight, race, moves, weaknesses, etc. This skill can be used repeatedly, with a cooldown time of 1 second. If the Boss's abilities change during observation, the skill needs to be refreshed to see the changed data.】

【Note: Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated.】

This title ability is very useful for players responsible for strategizing, and it doesn't cost anything.

Putting aside passive skills, the non-cost title abilities generally have limitations. For example, Yi Dao Qing Cheng's move 【Heads Will Roll】 can also be activated without cost, so the cooldown time is as long as two hours. If he hadn't encountered a humanoid Boss, but a powerful humanoid monster, he would definitely have to consider whether it was worth using.

And the cost-type title abilities, such as Long Ge's 【Lightning Charge】 and Xiao Tan's 【Quick Retreating Slash】, are all skills that cost 30% of the Stamina cap to activate, so the cooldown time is relatively shorter. The former is one hour, and the latter can be used at will. In terms of effect, the one that can be used at will is naturally worse... It can only be used to escape, and the lethality is basically zero.

As for Feng Bujue's new move 【Decisive Victory from a Thousand Li Away】, it not only has no cost, but also has almost no cooldown time, so it is obviously not a combat skill. Generally speaking, this skill is used once when entering the script, and then confirmed after seeing the Boss. For someone with a good memory, there is no point in repeatedly looking at the same data.

Here's another point: in addition to title abilities, there are also some normal learnable skills that have no cost. In fact, 【Ling Shi Gathering Technique】 is one of them. Although the skill will reduce Survival Value while it's active, the moment it "activates" has no cost; it doesn't require even 1 point of Spirit or Stamina. And for this type of skill that can be activated without cost, you don't have to calculate the "activation success rate." Even if the Specialization level is F, it can be activated with 100% success.

For example, if someone has a no-cost skill whose effect is that snapping their fingers can blow out light bulbs, even if you limit them to only a 20% success rate, it just makes them snap their fingers a few more times, since they don't lose Stamina anyway... 【Ling Shi Gathering Technique】 is the same. If the skill were to fail to activate, you would just repeatedly activate it until it succeeds under no cost. The cooldown time calculation only starts when the "skill stops," but if the skill hasn't even been activated, there is no concept of stopping, so setting an activation success rate for this type of no-cost skill becomes meaningless.

"Ah... I'm already level fifteen." Feng Bujue stretched. "Now that I'm at this level, it seems there's no rush to claim the experience. Hmm... should I... while the prices are still high, claim a piece of equipment or something? Even if it's not good, I can sell it for a good price."

Without delay, today is the first day of the public beta, and the situation is quite chaotic. No one knows what it will be like next time they log in.

Feng Bujue walked to the glass pillar and heard the familiar system prompt: 【Please select your additional reward: One, randomly draw a piece of equipment corresponding to your level; two, 50,000 Game Coins; three, 6,000 Experience Points】

He chose the equipment and looked at the gradually gathering white light with anticipation.

Now that Feng Bujue is level fifteen, since he is drawing "equipment corresponding to his level", he should no longer be able to draw things like 【Stones】. That level of item could only be drawn by players below level five with terrible luck.

However, this time, his expectations were once again betrayed by his own luck...

【Name: Children's Baseball Bat】

【Type: Weapon】

【Quality: Common】

【Attack Power: None】

【Attribute: None】

【Effect: None】

【Note: To ensure the safety of children under the age of ten when playing baseball, we have invented a safe baseball bat with a thick rubber outer layer and filled with air inside, so that it will never hurt anyone, even if it hits their head.】

"It's embarrassing to even call it a weapon when the Attack Power is 'None'!" Feng Bujue swung the white baseball bat hard twice. "This kind of thing is the white equipment corresponding to a level fifteen player!"

He was too lazy to keep this thing taking up space, and resolutely decided to go to the mall and sell it directly to the system store.

Back in the elevator, after the door closed, Feng Bujue set the fixed mall partition number to 10 on the display screen and took a look at his mailbox. He didn't expect there to be two unread emails.

The first one was naturally sent by Si Yu Ruo Li, and the content was very simple: "Sorry, I just got disconnected. I'll contact you again tonight." She couldn't put her mind at ease after dinner and logged in again. Feng Bujue was still in the game at the time, so she wrote this email.

"She's quite serious..." Feng Bujue muttered to himself.

The second email was sent by the system, and the title was 【Your Auctioned Item Has Been Sold】. The content was only two sentences: "The item you auctioned, 【Kenny's Hooded Top】, has been bought by player 【Anonymous】 at the buy-it-now price of: 140,000 Game Coins. Click on the attachment to get the Game Coins."

Feng Bujue clicked on the attachment, and his Game Coins increased to 479000. This time, he was considered well-off. After setting aside 100,000 for opening a guild, he would still have about 380,000 left, which would definitely be enough to buy a few pieces of clothing to add attributes. In addition, Feng Bujue's M1911A1 was almost out of bullets, so he needed to resupply. If possible, he also planned to buy some Survival Value replenishments to cope with the consumption caused by the Ling Shi Gathering Technique.

"Eh? Wait..." Feng Bujue suddenly squinted his eyes and made a strange expression. "What was I planning to do before entering the script?" He paused. "Hmm... eat first..."

…………

Sitting up from the game pod, he looked at the clock. It was already 6:40 in the evening. Although his clear noodle soup didn't take much effort to cook, by the time he took a bite, it would probably be seven o'clock.

Feng Bujue straightened up and stretched in a very standard way, stretching his spine. Lying in the game pod for too long was indeed not good for the body. After all, it was not as comfortable as sleeping in bed.

He glanced at the corner of the living room. Asathoth's plate was empty, and there was dark matter in the litter box.

"Ah? No way." He said in surprise, turned his head and looked around, and saw Asathoth lying on the sofa sleeping. Feng Bujue smiled, "Ha... Genius! He learned it in one go. I thought it would take at least two or three times." He was in a good mood. He pushed himself up with one hand, flipped out of the game pod, and then stepped on another pile of cat poop...

"It's blooming everywhere!" Feng Bujue shouted, "You're having fun, aren't you!"

"Meow~" Asathoth yawned on the sofa, meowed, shook its tail, and turned its head away, ignoring Feng Bujue's reaction.

By the time Feng Bujue had cleaned up and was finally sitting in front of the computer screen with his noodles, it was already 7:15 in the evening.

He found a bottle of Lao Gan Ma chili sauce in the refrigerator that had been there for who knows how many years. The production date on the packaging was a bit blurry, but... as long as the surface hadn't grown green fur, he dared to put it in his mouth.

Anyone who has eaten noodles for n days in a row, with no side dishes at all, should understand that at a certain point, even if you have half a bottle of vinegar in front of you, you will decisively pour it in.

After he turned on the computer, he habitually logged on to the chat software, and was surprised to find that the editor had sent him an email. This was not a common occurrence. Feng Bujue opened the email, and his chopsticks fell on the table...

The email contained only one sentence: "Bujue, are you interested in participating in a TV variety show?"