【Script complete, rewards being calculated.】

【Experience gained: 5000, Game Coins: 50000】

【Items and equipment acquired: None】

【Accepted quests completed: 22】

【Special/Hidden quests completed: 0, Worldview decryption: None】

【Jump Scares triggered: 0 times, Highest Jump Scare value: 0%, Average Jump Scare value: 0%】

【Your Fear Rating is Fearless, granting you an additional reward to be selected shortly.】

【Skill Points earned: 317】

【Skill Points converted to Experience: 3170, Game Coins: 31700】

【Script Completion Reward: Skill Card * 1.】

【Calculation complete, please continue.】

Before teleporting, Feng Bujue didn't forget to return the lantern to Si Yu, so that item didn't appear in the settlement.

The rewards from this script were quite high. It only consumed about two and a half hours of virtual time, but the experience gained was close to what Feng Bujue earned in the previous Deranged Ones script.

As the level increases, the base difficulty of the script also increases, this variable, like time, can increase experience gains.

However, after completing a script, Feng Bujue has fewer and fewer items on him. It can be said that his attitude toward the game directly leads to this situation. If he were a professional, or some players with obsessive-compulsive tendencies, finding items, equipment, side quests, and hidden quests would be higher priorities. In the previous script, if it were any other player, they might not have saved their teammate. Anyway, it wasn't their responsibility, and the other person was only trapped during the call, so they should have had some time before dying. Rushing upstairs and searching all four floors of the second teaching building would have given them a high chance of finding equipment or side quests.

It wasn't that Feng Bujue couldn't think of these things, but there were many things he wouldn't consider.

As mentioned earlier, he would spend lavishly to buy an expensive gaming pod, but at the same time, he would be meticulous about calculating every bowl of clear noodle soup he would eat for the next month.

He was a very contradictory person. It seemed like he had the ability to think deeply before doing everything and make the most rational choice. But in reality, he often acted foolishly or impulsively.

There are many things in this world that are useless to think about, such as a very classic question: If your wife and mother both fall into the river, who should you save first? To give the correct answer, you should definitely save the one who can't swim first, then save the other, so that both have a chance to live.

But then you will get an advanced question: What if neither of them can swim?

I will now tell you the correct answer... Find a passerby to help you and go down together to save them, so you have a chance to save them all.

If you get another advanced question: What if you're the only one there?

Then you can answer the woman who asked you the question... Let's die together.

In short... people, people are not machines, not programs, people can't always make the "right" choice, because for people, many things can't be distinguished as right or wrong. Countless such choices in life determine where we will go, there is no need to measure afterwards whether we have chosen the wrong path, assumptions and regrets are meaningless. Because those momentary decisions truly determine who we are.

【Player "Si Yu Ruo Li" has invited you to the conference room.】

The system prompt soon sounded, and Feng Bujue tapped "Agree" on the screen, then went to the elevator door and pressed the [Conference Room] button.

This time when the door opened, he entered Si Yu's conference room space.

That being said... actually, the conference rooms all look the same, it doesn't matter who goes to whose place, there are no similar space decorations or furniture props in the game for the time being, but it is not clear whether there will be any in the future.

Si Yu was already sitting at the conference table, and when she saw Feng Bujue coming in, she said, "In a public space, you can directly send me a team invitation."

"I'll try..." Feng Bujue also sat down at the conference table and said two words to the other person, "Team up."

Si Yu chuckled, "Use the menu!"

"Uh..." Feng Bujue smiled awkwardly and completed the team formation.

"Thank you for the script just now." Si Yu then said.

"Um... I think it's mainly thanks to you. I definitely couldn't have handled the part of the fight you resolved." Feng Bujue replied.

There was no end to the pleasantries, and Si Yu didn't say much. Since Feng Bujue said that, she simply got to the point: "I invited you here to ask you some things."

"I'm not a professional player." Feng Bujue said immediately.

Si Yu said, "I didn't want to ask you that."

"Huh?" Feng Bujue's attempt to look cool failed, and he was speechless, only able to say, "Oh..."

"Why do you think I would ask you if you are a professional player?" Si Yu said.

Feng Bujue replied, "Um... because I think you might be a professional player, and you invited me here to recruit me to your studio."

"If I were a professional, I would definitely be above level twenty by now." Si Yu's words sounded a bit arrogant, but they were indeed objective, "And I think, if you were a professional player, you definitely wouldn't be at your current level after experiencing an internal test." She paused for a moment, "I just wanted to ask, about what you said last time, are you really a novelist in real life?"

"Um?" Feng Bujue was stunned, he didn't expect the other person to ask about this, "Yes, what's the matter?"

"What's your pen name?" Si Yu wanted to hear Feng Bujue say it himself.

"My pen name is 'Bujue,' what's wrong?" Feng Bujue said.

Si Yu suddenly sped up her speech and asked, "What is the most terrifying thing between a man and a woman?"

"Getting... a marriage certificate in anger..." Feng Bujue found it strange that the other person suddenly asked this, but he knew the "answer" very well.

"What advice does Detective White Cards like to give to criminals the most?"

"Don't bend over to pick up soap in prison..."

"What was the name of the unfinished novel you wrote two years ago?"

"Uh... 'Murder on the Internet' is not unfinished..."

"In 'The Time Travel That Can't Be Returned,' the heroine finally said in the protagonist's ear..."

Feng Bujue interrupted, "She said, 'I'll wait for you in the future, remember me'." He sighed, "I discussed this sentence with the editor and finally decided to delete it. But you are the first reader to ask about this. What else do you want to ask?" At this point, Feng Bujue understood that the other person wanted to test whether he was an imposter of "Bujue." The questions she asked were all related to the plot of the novel, and covered multiple works, including the stories Feng Bujue wrote when he was completely unknown. These were obviously questions that only hardcore fans would ask.

Si Yu said, "No need, I believe you now."

Feng Bujue smiled, "I say, Si Yu..."

"What?"

"Actually, with my fame... even if someone were to impersonate a third-rate little celebrity, they wouldn't impersonate me." Feng Bujue said, "But you seem to be my..." He originally wanted to say "loyal supporter."

But before he could say the last few words, Si Yu interrupted, "No."

"Then how do you know so..."

"I have a good memory."

"And also..."

"I have a wide range of reading."

"Um..." Feng Bujue smiled awkwardly, "Okay."

Si Yu maintained a cold tone, with no change in expression, and her reaction was extremely fast. She tried her best not to admit that she was a fangirl, which made Feng Bujue laugh and cry a little, and suddenly felt that this girl was quite cute. Discovering that a friend in the game was his die-hard reader, Feng Bujue was undoubtedly very happy, a narcissist's sense of superiority hit him in the face.

Si Yu immediately changed the subject and said, "By the way, I wanted to ask, are you interested in forming a guild?"

"I'm quite busy these days, I haven't even read the game instructions for the open beta version yet." Feng Bujue replied, "Besides a uniform badge on the clothes, what other benefits are there to a guild?"

"There will be a public warehouse function in the storage room; a guild option will be added to the social panel; when forming a team, every additional member of the same guild in the team can increase experience by 1%, and filling all six members is 5%; and... depending on the guild's ranking on the two leaderboards, the system will randomly give all guild members two buffs, which are refreshed once a week." Si Yu said a few key points, of course, she couldn't explain it as detailed as the system prompts. As for the details, you still have to look at the game instructions to understand.

In short, objectively speaking, forming a guild is indeed a beneficial thing with no harm.

"Um... sounds like opening a guild isn't bad..." Feng Bujue pondered.

"Don't forget to add me after you open it." Si Yu assumed that Feng Bujue had already decided.

Feng Bujue thought for a while and said, "To be honest... with your strength, why don't you apply to join some large guilds? They wouldn't refuse, right?"

"Large guilds generally have studio backgrounds, or they are opened by some players who are rich and have a lot of free time." In fact, Si Yu's own family situation also belonged to the category of being rich and having a lot of free time, but she didn't mention this matter now, "The former only recruit players outside the studio to expand their strength. Outsiders can't access any core resources at all. Players with strength use their strength in exchange for benefits. It's just a transaction. The latter... non-professional players invest money to make the facade bigger, just to become famous, to feel good, and to pick up girls. Recruit some strong players to fill the facade; recruit some ordinary players to work for the guild; recruit some beautiful players with ulterior motives..."

Listening to her description, Feng Bujue was a little surprised. It was the first time he had heard a girl state these things in such a cold tone, quite explicitly. It was also the first time he knew that there were such heroines in this world who could say the word "pick up girls" without any sense of incongruity.

"To put it simply, just find like-minded friends to play games with and stay in a small guild." Si Yu finished speaking.

Feng Bujue smiled, "I really didn't expect it, you and I are really..." He paused, wanting to say that they were birds of a feather, but he changed it, "Um... great minds think alike."

"I'm going to claim the rewards and browse the mall." Si Yu didn't respond, stood up and said, "In the future, if there's nothing special, let's lock the 10th area of the mall. Maybe we can meet in the mall."

Feng Bujue also stood up and said, "Then I'll go check the game instructions and do some preparations. I'll notify you when I'm done."

The two said goodbye and opened the door to the conference room exit in two separate times, returning to their respective login spaces.

…………

The content of the open beta version update patch document wasn't too much, at least not as much as the complete game instructions Feng Bujue had read during the internal test. He only spent more than ten minutes reading it.

The part about guilds was very similar to the "guild" system in other online games, and the conditions for establishment weren't too excessive. As long as the player's level reached level ten, they paid the system 100,000 game coins, and found three other people besides themselves to sign.

After seeing this condition, Feng Bujue instantly guessed that... Ice Emperor and those guys probably only have four people in their guild...

Regarding money, Feng Bujue was a little hesitant. He could afford 100,000, but after spending it, buying clothes to enhance his attributes would probably have to be postponed again.

On this matter, Si Yu was a little taken for granted. For her, 100,000 game coins were not taken to heart at all. According to the exchange rate, it was actually less than 50 RMB. Besides, if a player who has participated in the internal test doesn't even have 100,000 on them, then it's too much to say.

Feng Bujue didn't dwell on this matter for too long anyway, he could still play without buying clothes, and besides, he didn't have that little money now. After the previous script, his game coins had increased by more than 80,000. If all goes well, the [Kenny's Hooded Top] in the auction house can still provide him with 140,000. In short, as long as he endures one or two more scripts, he will definitely have everything when he reaches level fifteen.

The current Feng Bujue is still level thirteen, and his overall state is:

Title: 【Cold-Blooded Headshot Maniac】, Experience: 8700/13000, Skill Points: 660, Game Coins: 242000.

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

Inventory 4/10: Mario's Pipe Wrench, Eye of Hatred, M1911A1 Pistol, Echo Armor.

Foot Equipment: Jazz Dance.

Storage Room 2/10: Jigsaw Card - Monkey, Casey Jones' Mask.

Skills: 【Sloppy Repair】【Brat's Low Sweep】【Concussion】

Feng Bujue had seen that last proficiency in the patch, it was called "Summoning". Summoning skills are very rare, and the consumption required to use them is uncertain, and sometimes you must consume specific items. As for what items... random.

For example, the effect of a certain skill is to summon a horse, then the skill notes will specify the conditions for summoning. When summoning, the player must sacrifice a spoon, or a glass, or a bucket of water, or a petal... and so on, all kinds of things are possible. What summons correspond to what items are all random. The same summons may require different sacrificial items for two players.

In addition to the limitations of sacrifices, summoning skills have many other limitations. They may only be used once in a script, may have a super long skill cooldown time, or may only be activated in specific environments, etc...

Currently, the discussions on the summoning proficiency on the forum are basically still at the YY stage, and it seems that no one has opened it yet. Perhaps this is the content that will be accessed in the mid-to-late game.

When he finished reading the patch document, Feng Bujue still hadn't received an email, indicating that the pit item in the auction house hadn't been bought yet. He didn't care too much, and wasn't worried that the equipment would be returned. Perhaps for ordinary players, that thing is very dangerous, but for professional teams, this equipment with unlimited passive taunt attributes is still very good for the players in the team who are responsible for tanking monsters. When you meet a knowledgeable studio player, they will definitely buy it.

Feng Bujue then came to the storage room and first went to claim the fear rating reward. Because he wanted to reach level fifteen quickly to wear [Casey Jones' Mask], he chose experience points this time.

According to 40% of the current experience cap, Feng Bujue increased his experience by 5200 points, and the system quickly prompted him that he had been promoted to level fourteen. His physical strength increased to 1400, and his experience became 900/14000. If he can increase his experience to 60% of the current level in the next script, which is 8400/14000, then he can directly reach level fifteen with another extra reward.

Next, Feng Bujue came to another glass pillar to draw the "learnable" skill card for the completion reward.

What he was most looking forward to was to draw a skill from the new proficiency "Spiritual Arts", followed by the Fighting skill. To be honest, his combat ability was really too bad. It was fierce, but without any technical content. The only active combat skill was 【Brat's Low Sweep】, although he didn't know which two unlucky people the remaining two legs would trip, but relying on this, plus his street brawl-style blunt weapon head smashes, he obviously couldn't cope with real high-level combat.

"May the heavens be with me..." Feng Bujue put his hands together, raised them above his head, and shook his palms like shaking a sign tube when asking for a sign. He stood in front of the glass pillar, watching the skill card being generated, and muttered, "Brother Woody, you have to bless me and draw a good skill. It's best to have a Shattering Heaven and Earth Primordial Palm, and I won't ask for anything else once I get it. If there's really nothing good, at least give me a Ghoul Arts or something, either Destruction or Binding, even if the number is a single digit..."

I don't know if Woody heard this atheist's unintentional prayer, but even if he did, it would be useless. Demons don't give alms, they only make deals.

Feng Bujue jokingly said these few words, picked up the skill card, and checked the attributes:

【Name: Spiritual Awareness Gathering Technique】

【Skill Card Attributes: Active Skill, Permanently Mastered】

【Skill Category: Spiritual Arts】

【Effect: After activation, the player's physical abilities will be greatly enhanced (strength and speed will be at least twice as high as before), and Survival Value will continue to be lost. The skill will automatically stop when Survival Value reaches 1%, or it can be actively stopped. The skill must be used again after an interval of thirty seconds, and it cannot be activated when the Survival Value is below 10%.】

【Consumption: Reduce your own Survival Value by 2% every five seconds】

【Learning Conditions: Spiritual Arts F】

【Remarks: Basic Daoist arts recorded in the Demon Subduing Chapter of the Seven Chapters of the Ghost Valley. The way of the Ghost Valley Sect does not focus on state of mind or morality. It opens up a new path outside the orthodox Xuanmen, which is quite like a speculative and opportunistic evil way. Even the introductory exercises can quickly improve the strength of the practitioner.】