Chapter 13 Hasty Repair

[Name: Hasty Repair]
[Skill Card Attribute: Active Skill, Permanently Learned]
[Skill Category: Machinery]
[Effect: Temporarily upgrades a mechanical creation of Trash or Ruined quality to Normal quality for three minutes.]
[Consumption: Stamina 100]
[Learning Requirement: Machinery Specialization f]
[Note: As everyone knows, the great founder of the "Rotten Apple" company, the goblin inventor and entrepreneur known as the pioneer of the industry, Mr. Steve Chew-Jobs, used to be a repairman when he was young. His epitaph reads: "Only a noob tries to fix something completely." To help more people understand this saying, he even printed the company logo (an apple with a bite taken out of it) on his tombstone.]

Feng Bujue had always had terrible luck in games, and getting this skill was a good example of that. At low levels, skills like Explosion God Fist, which have low learning requirements and consumption, but have a limited number of uses, can be of great help to players.

But this Hasty Repair is the kind of skill that... even if the skill bar isn't full, players will feel like they can take it or leave it after level 20.

The effect is mediocre, the consumption is quite high, and the worst thing is that the target is limited to "mechanical creations." If this skill could be used on all equipment, it would have some value. For example, if a player picks up a rusty iron pipe of Ruined quality, they could use this skill to turn it into a Normal quality iron pipe if they have enough stamina, which would slightly increase its power.

But the reality is cruel. This skill can only be used on machinery. Feng Bujue was already imagining what situations he could use this skill in... If he found a malfunctioning chainsaw... then spending 100 stamina to make it work for three minutes would be worthwhile. Theoretically, this skill should also restore malfunctioning vehicles. If he were at full health and got into a broken-down car, he could time it so that he used the skill again a few seconds before it expired, and the car could run normally for almost fifteen minutes.

But these are just assumptions. It's hard to say whether vehicles will actually be affected by this skill. After all, large objects like cars in scenes don't count as "items," and players can't check their attributes.

Anyway, keeping this thing wouldn't make him any money during the open beta, so Feng Bujue learned the skill. An additional item immediately appeared in his skill bar. Then, he came to the second glass pillar, and a system prompt appeared:

[Please choose your additional reward: 1. Randomly draw a piece of equipment corresponding to your level, 2. 5000 game coins, 3. 200 experience points.]

Feng Bujue resolutely chose the equipment. First of all, he didn't need the latter two options at this stage. Secondly, he just didn't believe that he was already level 5 and had nothing but a useless skill and a plastic syringe. Could he really draw another Stone?

White light converged, solidifying from nothing, and the white shadow of a piece of equipment gradually appeared in the glass pillar. Before it was fully formed, Feng Bujue knew that this time he had a chance. Judging from the outline, it was definitely a weapon.

[Name: Mario's Pipe Wrench]
[Type: Weapon]
[Quality: Excellent]
[Attack Power: Medium]
[Attribute: Fire]
[Effect: When attacking the head of a humanoid or humanoid creature, there is a high chance of causing a critical hit.]
[Note: The owner of this pipe wrench is very famous. He claims to be a plumber, but he never fixes pipes. He just crawls in and out of pipes, jumping around. He spends his days fighting evil forces, saving kingdoms, and searching for princesses. Sometimes he disguises himself as a frog, a raccoon, or even Jizo Bodhisattva. Sometimes he throws fireballs and hammers... but he never! Please note, "never" uses this essential plumber's tool. So, this pipe wrench is angry. It's furious. It wants to prove that pipe wrenches can totally be used in combat!]

"This worldview is a bit strange..." After reading the attributes, Feng Bujue couldn't help but complain, but he was still quite happy. No matter how bizarre the content of the note was, at least the other attributes of this equipment were very good.

After walking back to the elevator, Wang Tanzhi's communication request was already displayed on the screen. Feng Bujue clicked accept and sent a team invitation. "How is it? Did you reach level five?"

Wang Tanzhi replied, "Ah, I have just enough experience. What about you, Brother Jue?"

In the friends list, you can only see the other person's nickname and current status, and the level is not displayed. But just as Wang Tanzhi asked this question, because he accepted the team invitation, the team status bar appeared on the display screen, and he could see Feng Bujue's level information.

"Sure enough, you're here. Brother Jue, did you get any equipment?" Wang Tanzhi continued, "I just used up the remaining Explosion God Fist. Before the scenario, I found a piece of armor in addition to the fruit knife I already had."

"Let's not talk about that for now... In the last part of your scenario, did you use a key?" Feng Bujue asked.

"Ah? Yes, how did you know?" Wang Tanzhi replied.

"How did you get that key?" Feng Bujue asked again.

Wang Tanzhi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then replied, "At the end of the scenario, I found a key lying on the ground in front of the exit door. I still don't understand what's going on... I was about to give up, my Survival Value and Stamina Value were both at rock bottom, and there was something chasing me in the distance. I didn't expect that in such a place, picking up a key and opening the door would directly complete the scenario." He paused for a moment. "Eh? Brother Jue, do you know why? Is your scenario like this at the end?"

Feng Bujue said, "How could that be... My scenario was very difficult. Your situation... I guess the system thinks that with your intelligence, picking up a key and unlocking a lock is already a puzzle, so it gave you such a setting."

"This kind of puzzle is for gorillas!" Wang Tanzhi exclaimed.

Feng Bujue smiled. He was deliberately changing the subject and joking, "Are you ready? Is there anything you need to sort out before queuing for team survival?"

"I'm fine, queue up." Wang Tanzhi replied.

Feng Bujue operated the touch screen and quickly brought up the queuing menu. After they both reached level five, the available modes changed. The menu now showed Single Survival Mode (Normal) and Team Survival Mode (Normal).

The training mode has been turned off and has become an invisible option, and the Single Survival Mode is now grayed out and cannot be selected.

[Feng Bujue, Level 5]
[Wang Tanzhi, Level 5]
[Please select the game mode you want your team to join.]
[You have selected Team Survival Mode (Normal), please confirm.]
[Confirmed, the random team size has been generated: Five players.]
[Your team has entered the queue, searching for other ready individuals or teams.]
[Match complete, coordinating neural connections, scenario generation in progress...]
[Loading begins, please wait.]