Chapter 1 An Interesting Fellow

In the shopping mall, Feng Bujue brushed off Meng Jingchan with a few perfunctory words and left with a look of disgust...

"Who is that?" Gui Xiao watched his departing figure and said to Meng Jingchan beside him, "To actually treat one of Order's trump cards with such indifference is quite rare..."

"How should I put it..." Meng Jingchan lit another cigarette and replied, "He's a very interesting fellow."

"Interesting? More like an annoying madman..." Atobe muttered from the side.

These words reached Wu Si Can Xuan's ears, and he immediately understood something. He cautiously probed, "Oh? This young man from Hyotei, you also know this Feng Bujue? I wonder how strong this Brother Feng is?"

"What Hyotei's young man... my ID is displayed right above my head, and I'm also the leader of this guild!" Atobe said unhappily, "Why is the embarrassing nickname 'Trio of Naming Difficulty' so famous! And I'm unknown!"

"It's because you directly copied the name of a two-dimensional character, and even added the suffix 'young master'..." Xiao Ming (Naming is Really Difficult) said.

"If we're talking about embarrassing, your ID alone is worth more than the three of ours combined..." Lao Qu (Really Difficult to Name) added.

Zhen Ge (Really Difficult to Name) also said, "Besides... the main reason you're not famous is because you're too weak. If you were super strong, even if your ID was highly embarrassing and your height was only one meter six, you could still be very famous."

"Hey!" Gui Xiao roared, "Am I dead! Are you trying to provoke me! Don't think I can't remember your ID just because I can't memorize it at a glance!"

These guys each said a sentence and instantly went off-topic, bickering and complaining to each other.

"Hah..." Wu Si Can Xuan sighed helplessly at the sight and turned to walk in another direction.

"Where are you going?" Sheng Yu Pian asked in a deep voice when he saw him leaving.

"Some small matters... I want to confirm," Wu Si Can Xuan replied. "I'll be right back. You guys... keep an eye on these kids for now."

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On the other side of the information tower, Feng Bujue was standing in the crowd, looking up at the auction house information that was constantly refreshing above.

In fact, he didn't want to buy anything, just to keep an eye on the current market conditions.

With the Peak Melee approaching, prices have recently fluctuated significantly again, but have not yet returned to the outrageous levels of the early days of the open beta. It seems that most sellers and buyers are still relatively rational, and those who truly treat others as fools are still in the minority.

"Excuse me, Mr. Feng Bujue," Wu Si Can Xuan said, walking up to Jue-ge's side.

He did not pat Jue-ge's shoulder, because in the game's public space, without the other party's consent, physical contact with a stranger is somewhat dangerous.

Deliberately groping or taking advantage of someone is impossible because the system prevents such intentions from being translated into action. However, actions like pushing, pulling, patting on the shoulder, or holding hands are difficult to define. What seems casual to some may seem impolite to others. Therefore, in public spaces (including conference rooms), casually patting someone's shoulder might result in being killed by the mall's virtual guards...

The strength of those guards is quite astonishing: nearly two meters tall, with the appearance of a Terminator mechanical form, and the character “Guan” (管 - Manage) written in large letters on the back of their black uniforms... their appearance screams cool and powerful; while players outside of scripts have their physical fitness restored to ordinary human standards, and cannot use most skills and combat items, so they are naturally no match for the guards. Moreover, the guards have the ability to directly kick players offline, and if necessary, the optical brain can remotely lock down a player's game pod and contact the public security department...

It can be said that *Thriller Paradise* has implemented foolproof prevention against violence, insults, threats, indecency, and other factors that players may cause in public spaces, ensuring the realism of the nerve-linked game while maximizing the harmony of the social environment in the game.

It is worth mentioning that this series of strong and effective measures has been strongly promoted and supported by relevant government departments and may soon become industry standards.

Of course, some people have protested against these settings made by Meng Corporation and posted many dissatisfied arguments on the forum. Needless to say... the citizen IDs of these people have been blacklisted by the cyber police department for future use...

"Huh? Who is it?" Feng Bujue turned his head and saw the person who had come.

In that instant, his gaze moved rapidly over the other person, and his brain was running at high speed. "Wu Si Can Xuan, Order, Gotham City, Cape Scramble, one of the six, the others were originally on the combat power ranking, ranking changes after the battle, coming to talk to me alone..." A series of thoughts flashed through his mind like a white horse passing through a gap.

In one second, Jue-ge deduced a conclusion, "He vaguely suspects that I am the anonymous player ranked second on the combat power ranking, so he wants to come and test me."

Therefore, with almost no hesitation, Feng Bujue replied, "Okay, it's me. I don't mind you reporting this to the internal staff of the studio, but please don't spread it around."

"This..." Wu Si Can Xuan was caught off guard by the suddenness of these words.

Generally speaking, the steps people take to think about problems are from A to B, then to C, step by step, and finally to the conclusion z. The shorter the time required for this process, the faster the speed of thinking.

Wu Si Can Xuan is also a person with some schemes, and his reaction is not slow, but he still needs a certain amount of time to think about problems.

But Feng Bujue... simply put, he practiced.

Jue-ge doesn't like to be verbose when communicating with people he's not familiar with, so it happens that when others start by saying A, he directly answers z.

"Uh... Brother Feng, I haven't asked anything yet..." Wu Si Can Xuan said.

"I know you plan to start with a roundabout test, and finally ask a core question." Feng Bujue said, pointing to the combat power ranking high above. "I'm just saving you some time." He paused, turned to look at the other person, "What? Do you want to chat about something else?"

This was undoubtedly a blatant invitation to leave.

"Heh... no, you're busy." Wu Si Can Xuan smiled helplessly and turned to leave, thinking in his heart, "Feng Bujue... a face I've never seen, and an ID I've never heard of; but his words don't sound like he's lying, could it be... that the second-ranked person on the combat power ranking is really him..." He looked back again and saw Jue-ge picking his nose...

"He's... really an interesting person..." Wu Si Can Xuan's mouth twitched, truly unsure how to evaluate this person.