Chapter 137 The Eve of the Final Battle

After the Butterfly Battle, there were five full days until the finals.

In Thriller Paradise, a lot can happen in five days…

Take Feng Bujue for example; if he went all out, five days would be enough for him to reach the top of the level leaderboard.

However, his current focus was on his title…

Although the new title, [Hatebringer], subtly revealed the system’s perverse sense of humor, its attached ability was quite good.

The effect of [Furnace of Hatred], to put it simply… was to allow players to release more skills with less consumption. With this concept as the core, countless sharp combinations could be made.

It wasn’t just useful for melee attacks; ranged, defensive, summoning, and even medical specialty players could design terrifying skill combinations around [Furnace of Hatred].

With this title, even players who didn't use their brains and just pressed a bunch of active skills with cooldowns ranging from five to fifteen minutes in their skill bar could become very strong…

For players like Feng Bujue who were good at planning, obtaining this title was like adding wings to a tiger.

Compared to the [Doomsday Descent] tactic that either took the enemy with him or took himself, Brother Jue naturally preferred his current title. Judging from the "free-for-all" format of the finals, his current title was also more advantageous.

Now, Feng Bujue’s only concern was that his title would be changed again on the eve of the finals… In that case, no matter how ingenious his skill combinations were, it would be useless.

This kind of thing was indeed unclear… because the rules for title changes in Thriller Paradise were implicit; even the internal staff of Dream Inc. couldn’t provide this data.

The change in this ability was completely controlled by the system. Every word spoken and every action taken by each player in every script they experienced could affect this parameter. Such a complex calculation was impossible for a light brain to record the process and turn it into visible data for humans.

In fact, even a normal light brain couldn’t perform this kind of calculation; only the "monster" designed by Woody could do it…

Of course, although Feng Bujue had concerns, he didn’t dwell on them. If the title really changed again the day before he entered the finals, there was nothing he could do… He couldn’t just stop farming scripts to maintain his title, could he?

Brother Jue was a man with a secret mission; Woody's words "stop her" sounded nonchalant, but the danger hidden behind them… was unpredictable. Therefore, during these five days, Feng Bujue had to make good use of every minute of game time to make himself as strong as possible.

From the moment he advanced to this final [Contenders' Tournament], Feng Bujue adjusted his thinking. In his view, his opponents were not the other forty-nine players at all… but some other strange things… but he didn’t know exactly what.

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When you're busy, you feel like the days go by especially fast.

In the blink of an eye, the day of the final battle arrived…

After these five days, Feng Bujue's level had reached forty-three, ranking fifth on the level leaderboard.

This… undoubtedly caused a huge uproar in the game, because according to common sense, this was impossible…

After level forty, the player’s experience cap reached eight digits. At this time, the time required to level up took at least three days… Take Goddess Xu Huai Shang as an example. She had already reached level forty three days before the Butterfly Battle, and she was still level forty when she competed with Brother Jue…

After these five days, Xu Huai Shang had only barely reached level forty-two, but Brother Jue was already forty-three.

It should be known that the current stage was no longer the period when various leaderboards changed every day; the level leaderboard was the most stable one. Among the players in the top twenty of the level leaderboard, a large group of people were all at the same level forty-three… Every time the leaderboard was updated, players could directly see who had gained more experience that day based on the changes in the ranking…

But no one expected that a Cheng Yaojin would suddenly appear these few days… People could almost see the guy named [Feng Bujue] surpassing several players above him every day.

This matter was so strange that it was impossible not to attract attention…

So, many professionals from studios began to study this matter. According to their estimates… the player Feng Bujue could obtain at least 20 million experience points per day on average…

And what was the concept of this?

Generally speaking, after level forty, clearing a normal team instance that lasts about four "game time" hours will reward no more than two million experience. If you want to get more experience, you either have to encounter a long-term script or play a nightmare difficulty instance… The former depends on luck, while the latter can be selected, but you have to bear a great risk.

If a player wants to get more than 20 million experience points per day, then he has to ensure… that all the scripts he participates in are cleared. Moreover, there are no killing games or single-player survival modes of normal difficulty.

This kind of thing… only exists in theoretical possibilities. Even [Tun Tian Gui Xiao] cannot do this, because the stronger the player, the more difficult the scripts encountered. The so-called difficulty is different for everyone and is relative.

In addition, there is the "extra reward after clearing" item. Generally speaking, among the five items "Full of Courage, Commendable Courage, Panic, Trembling with Fear, Soul Shaken," getting "Commendable Courage" is already an ideal situation. However, the extra reward that can be selected at this level is only 10% experience or 50,000 game currency. This is much different from the "Full of Courage" that Brother Jue has always gotten.

Of course, there is a reason for this, because the evaluation of "Full of Courage" is very, very difficult to obtain. Although the standard is not to keep the player at zero fear value throughout the entire script, it has almost harsh requirements for the ratio of fear value fluctuations, the highest value, and the number of times they are frightened.

Since the game was launched, countless players have cleared countless scripts, but the number of people who have ultimately obtained this evaluation is very few. Among these people, only one… has obtained this evaluation multiple times, while the others have never obtained it a second time.

In fact, most players in Thriller Paradise, including professional players… are hovering in the stage of Commendable Courage and Panic. The guys from Corpse Blade can generally get "Commendable Courage," but they rely on drugs, so that's another matter.

Fear is a human instinct, and it is impossible to completely overcome it even with systematic training. Even if they are studio players, they are only professional players, not professional killers, and no one will train them for this. Therefore, when facing fear, their reactions will not be much different from ordinary players.

Fear value is a data that fluctuates frequently for players other than Feng Bujue. Just entering a dark and oppressive environment will cause the fear value to react. It is absolutely impossible to keep it at zero throughout the entire script. The same is true for killing games. Although the horror elements of the script itself are reduced, the battle between people will also affect the fear value. Whether it is seeing someone slashing over with a knife face-to-face, or engaging in sniper battles and ambush battles with the opponent, it will arouse a reaction of fear… it's just the difference between being startled and being worried.

In short, adding up all the possible factors, this account on [Feng Bujue]… can only be said to be barely reasonable, or… theoretically, there seems to be no problem.

Under this circumstance, rumors about him cheating spread like wildfire…