Chapter 0
[Script completed, rewards being calculated.]

[Experience gained: 1,200,000, Game Coins: 100,000]

[Items/Equipment Obtained: None]

[Quests Completed: 22]

[Special/Hidden Quests Completed: 1, Worldview Decryption: Double Soul Trap]

[Fright Value Surge: 0 times, Highest Fright Value: 0%, Average Fright Value: 0%]

[Your Fear Rating is Fearless, you may select one additional reward shortly.]

[Skill Points Gained: 8250]

[Skill Points converted to Experience: 8250, Game Coins: 8250]

[Script Completion Reward: 80% bonus to base experience.]

[Hidden Quest Reward: 50% bonus to base experience.]

[Hidden Story Reward: Your reputation with the Blackbeard Pirates has increased to “Friendly.”]

[Calculation complete, please continue.]

The players who returned to the real-world Chongjiu Elementary School quickly left the teaching building, subsequently completing the main quest and clearing the script.

And when they returned to the login space, the above information appeared on the display screen.

This nightmare-difficulty team script undoubtedly provided generous rewards. Even though the players didn't spend too much time on it (only a little over an hour in total), they still gained a very high experience yield.

It should also be mentioned that, due to the level cap increase in this version update, the Dream Company officially adjusted the refresh rate of certain "random rewards." During this period, players have a much higher chance of receiving "experience bonus" rewards upon completing extra quests.

This point… had already been mentioned on the game forums, and Feng Bujue was naturally aware of it.

"Everyone, want to take a break?" After looking over the settlement list, Brother Jue immediately opened the team communication and asked the screen.

"Yeah," An Yueqin immediately replied, "Even though that script got a little weird at the end, the first half was super scary. I need to relax for a bit."

"Yeah, me too," Xiao Ling's voice followed.

"I think we can watch a movie to ease up a bit… preferably a comedy," Xiao Tan chimed in.

"Agreed," Ruoyu added.

"Hmm…" After listening to everyone's opinions, Feng Bujue pondered for half a second, then said, "Alright, you guys relax. I want to go solo queue another script."

Hearing this, Xiao Tan immediately responded, "No way… Brother Jue, even if you're not afraid, you don't need to go back-to-back…"

"I didn't say I was going to queue up for another nightmare difficulty one," Feng Bujue replied in a relaxed tone. "I just…" He paused for half a second, "Need to confirm some things…"

"Understood," Ruoyu heard something in Brother Jue's tone and immediately replied, "Go quickly and come back quickly… If you're not out by the time a movie is over, we won't wait for you."

"Heh… okay," Feng Bujue replied with a smile.

…

In short, after chatting with his teammates for a while, Brother Jue left the team and turned to face the elevator doors.

Since he didn't get any item rewards in the last script, he simply didn't go back to the storage room… and went straight to the Surprise Box to claim his "extra reward."

He pressed the button, and when the elevator doors fully opened, Feng Bujue quickly walked into that not-so-large space.

Just like last time, he went to the chair in the middle of the room and sat down, then calmly watched as the colorful box on the table in front of him popped open with a *duang*.

The next second, the cloth doll with a spring attached to its lower body arrived as expected, grinned, and said, [Please select an extra reward.]

This time, the three options that appeared before Feng Bujue's eyes were as follows—

[One, 5000 Skill Points]

[Two, 1,000,000 Experience Points]

[Three, Randomly obtain a Fine-quality piece of equipment that matches your level]

Brother Jue considered the rewards this time for a little while, mainly hesitating between one and three…

A Fine-quality piece of equipment that meets the equipment requirements for a level 50 player, if the stats are good, its value might exceed 5000 Skill Points; but… whether the stats of the randomly generated equipment are good or not involves a question of "luck."

Therefore, after careful consideration, Feng Bujue still chose Skill Points, after all… taking Skill Points was more reliable.

After claiming the reward, Feng Bujue didn't browse the content in the Surprise Box; he also knew that once he started looking, he wouldn't be able to stop, and maybe a few hours would have passed before he knew it…

So, after obtaining the Skill Points, he got up and left, quickly returning to the elevator and closing the doors again.

"Okay…" Feng Bujue took a breath after standing still, and re-selected the script selection interface on the screen, "Although I can't guarantee I'll enter a script in the Main Universe, but… normal difficulty, it doesn't hurt to try." As he muttered to himself, he had already selected "Single Player Survival Mode (Normal)" and clicked confirm.

For Brother Jue now, normal difficulty scripts were basically no difficulty at all; his completion rate was close to 100%, failure was basically impossible; of course, there were also examples of failure… such as his home suddenly losing internet connection or him suddenly having to go to the toilet in real life.

Then, since the topic of "Feng Bujue's strength" has been brought up, the audience should have vaguely sensed what is about to happen next.

Here, let us take a look at the long-lost… I myself don't even remember when it was last announced… [Mad Detective]'s character data.

…

Mad Detective: Lv50

Title: [Dark Vanguard], Title Ability: [Demon Descent]

Experience: 1250140051000000, Skill Points: 81258, Game Coins: 12166000.

Specializations: General A, Machinery A, Investigation B, Fighting S, Shooting B, Medical D, Spiritual A, Summoning A.

Inventory (1925): Survival Value Supplement (Medium) *5, Endless Grenade Magazine, WJq-308 Military Shovel (Indestructible), Chuck Norris' Autobiography, Deception Pocket Watch, Must-Break Defense Blade, Chuck Norris' Razor, Oxygen Pipe, Yi Da, Qi Xu Ru Lin, Dong Ru Lei Ting, Sealed One's Right Foot, Sealed One's Left Foot, Sealed One's Right Wrist, Sealed One's Left Wrist, Blood Corpse God's Magatama, Stellar Cooling Cannon (Not Really), Rat Hammer, just_we.

Equipment: Mad Poker (Psionic Weapon), 1920's Acerbic Armor, Alchemist King's Taunt, Ta Xu, Phantom Lady's Caress, Bell's Everyday Knife, Smiling Face, i_wAnnA_Be_A_BeLt.

Storage (315): "Poker Hero" Hero ID Card, Puzzle Card - Sparrow, Puzzle Card - White.

Skill Bar (1212): [Mekatork's Power] [Spirit Gathering Art - Modified] [Moon Step] [Lankyaku] [Evil King's Inferno Kill] [Flying Sand in the Wind] [Baseball Fist Lv10] [Lingsi Finger] [Card Assassination Art] [Summoning - Musashi Koganei] [Summoning - Mason] [Bear Child's Lower Whip Leg].

Unequipped Skills: [Ice Alchemist's Persistence] [Not-So-Rash Repair] [Spirit Gun] [Nanto Flying Dragon Fist]

Soul Power: Zero-Time Difference Calculation, Rewrite (Second Order).

…

Looking at Feng Bujue's data again after a long time, it gives a feeling of expansion.

In terms of Skill Points, he has already accumulated more than 80,000. Accumulating another 10,000 or 20,000 will allow him to buy divine weapons of the [Tessaiga] (I don't think anyone remembers this equipment that only appeared once, so I'll remind you that when this item appeared in the Surprise Box, its price was 90,000 Skill Points) level.

And in terms of Game Coins… even though Brother Jue almost never sells things to the auction house (they're all stuffed into the crusher), he doesn't have any particularly large expenses either.

Other players, playing in the later stages, have to buy some things no matter what: Machinery specialization players need to buy materials, Shooting specialization players need to buy ammunition, Medical specialization players need to buy supplies, and Spiritual and Summoning specialization players need to buy consumables for casting spells.

Finally, there are a large number of players practicing Fighting specialization… don't think that this specialization saves money, just buy some blood bottles; in reality, after leveling up, this seemingly lowest-threshold specialization… actually requires the most money to be spent on equipment and skills.

Players of other specializations can make trade-offs in terms of equipment and skills, for example… if a Shooting-type player doesn't have much money, they can just buy a good gun and equip a few killing skills, as for defense… it's better to wait until they have money to consider improving mobility and defense; similarly, Summoning-type players' strategy is also like this, if they don't have money, they'll stack a few affordable armors, and then invest all their funds in powerful summons.

But what about Fighting specialization players? Attack, defense, and mobility cannot have too many shortcomings; on this basis, they must also consider the situations when dealing with Shooting, Spiritual, Mechanical Creations, Summoned Creatures, and other specialized skills or objects, so as not to be countered by some targeted strategies.

In short, high-level, high-standard fighters are undoubtedly very money-burning… if you really want to say which specialization in Thriller Paradise (not counting General) is more economical, then it's only the "Investigation" project, which can usually only be practiced as a sub-specialization.

Of course… the above are general statements, and there are also extreme special cases—Feng Bujue is an extreme special case.

Under normal circumstances, he doesn't need to buy things as often as other players, because his things are almost all obtained through trickery and deception from the script world…

If Survival Value Supplements could be sourced from scripts, it is estimated that Feng Bujue would also get them from there… it's not difficult for him, it's just a matter of finding a way to turn someone in the Main Universe who can make this item into his ally or younger brother…

Next, let's talk about specializations.

After these few months, Feng Bujue has raised his Investigation and Shooting specializations to B, and his Summoning specialization has been raised to A. To put it bluntly, this is a matter of accumulating little by little… theoretically, every player can practice all specializations to A, even if you keep buying skills of the corresponding level and specialization and repeatedly grind them, you can level up.

Right now, Feng Bujue's hope is to find some kind of opportunity to raise his Spiritual and Summoning specializations to S, but that kind of opportunity… is something that can only be encountered, not sought after.

Again… in terms of items and skills, there's not much to say. Anyway, Brother Jue lists detailed data every time he obtains something. The only change… is that he exchanged a few puzzle cards when we weren't looking.

Finally, let's talk about three things that are not listed in the character data.

First, Feng Bujue also has a skill that is not displayed in data form, which is his and Ruoyu's combination skill—[Holy Demon Flash Destruction].

They have only used this skill once in the Harem Chapter when dealing with Yin Loulan. It requires two players with tacit understanding, telepathy, extraordinary strength, and a certain compatibility in Soul Power to successfully activate it.

The benefits brought by such harsh activation conditions are self-evident… aside from things like the "Chuck Norris series" that play with causality, among the moves formed by conventional data, [Holy Demon Flash Destruction] should be listed among the "top tier."

Second, Feng Bujue also has two items that are neither placed in his inventory nor in his personal or guild's storage space.

The [Kunlun Seal] and [Na Yuan Thorough Marrow Powder], which were also obtained in the Harem Chapter, are still being kept by Lute.

During s2, because the two had not met directly, the matter was put on hold. Fortunately… this matter did not have any impact on Brother Jue's layout in s2.

Third, there is a matter that has not been mentioned for a long time, which is the "character quest."

Perhaps you have forgotten this setting, so I will remind you here… Feng Bujue's first character quest was [Use Summoning skills and successfully summon summons fifty times], and the second character quest was [All summons use skills a total of one thousand times]. The reward for the former was [Summoning - Mason], and the reward for the latter… was Mason's additional skill [Spring and Autumn Eight Methods].

Character quests are usually the kind of quests that require players to accumulate for a very long time to complete, similar to "achievement system" quests.

The period for Brother Jue to complete the first character quest was from the eve of the Cloak Scramble Battle to the process of the s1 competition; and he did not complete the second quest until the second half of the s2 preliminaries.

At present, the third character quest that Feng Bujue is still in progress has nothing to do with the Summoning specialization. The content of the quest is—[Complete 60 nightmare difficulty scripts, current progress 2460]; as for the reward for this quest… it cannot be known until he completes it.

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Okay, that's all for the general overview of Feng Bujue's data.

This time, his character situation has been explained more comprehensively. Next, let's return to the story…

So, what is the first sentence after returning—

To know what happens next, please see the next chapter.