【The script is complete, rewards are being calculated.】

【Experience gained: 5000, Game Coins: 50000】

【Items and equipment obtained: None】

【Completed accepted quests: 22】

【Special, Hidden quests completed: 0, Worldview deciphered: None】

【Sudden increase in Scare Value: 0 times, Highest Scare Value: 0%, Average Scare Value: 0%】

【Your Fear Rating is Fearless, you may receive one additional reward, please select later.】

【Technique Points obtained: 317】

【Technique Points add to experience: 3170, Game Coins: 31700】

【Script Completion Reward: Skill Card * 1.】

【Settlement is complete, please continue.】

Before being teleported, Feng Bujue did not forget to return the lantern to Si Yu, so that item did not appear during the settlement.

The gains from this script were quite high. The virtual time consumed was only about two and a half hours, but the experience points were close to those from the Deranged scenario that Feng Bujue had experienced last time.

As the level increases, the basic difficulty of the script also increases. This variable, like time, can increase experience income.

However, after playing a script, Feng Bujue's items became fewer and fewer. It can be said that his attitude towards the game directly led to this situation. For professionals, or some players with obsessive-compulsive disorder, finding items, equipment, side quests, and hidden quests are higher priorities. In the previous script, if it were another player, they might not have saved their teammate. Anyway, they were not responsible, and the other person was just trapped during the call, so they should have had some time before dying. They could have quickly gone upstairs to search the four floors above the second teaching building, and there would have been a high chance of finding equipment or side quests.

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

As mentioned earlier, he would spend lavishly to buy an expensive game pod, but at the same time, he would carefully plan every meal of clear noodle soup for the next month.

He was a very contradictory person. He seemed capable of thinking deeply before doing everything and making the most reasonable choice. But in fact, he often did stupid things or acted impulsively.

There are many things in this world that are useless to think about, such as a classic question: if your wife and mother fall into the river together, who should you save first? If there is a correct answer, you should definitely save the one who can't swim first, and 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 passersby to help you go down and save them together, so there is a chance to save them all.

If you get another advanced question: what if you are the only one there?

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

In short... people, after all, are not machines, not programs. People can't always make the "correct" choices, because for people, many things are indistinguishable between right and wrong. Countless such choices in life determine where we will go. There is no need to measure whether we have chosen the wrong path afterward; assumptions and regrets are meaningless. Because those momentary decisions are what truly define who we are.

【Player "Si Yu Ruo Li" invites you to enter the conference room.】

The system prompt quickly sounded, Feng Bujue clicked "Agree" on the screen, and then came to the door of the elevator and pressed the [Conference Room] button.

When the door opened this time, 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 room. The game doesn't have any similar space decorations or furniture props at the moment, but it's unclear whether there will be any in the future.

Si Yu was already sitting at the conference table. When she saw Feng Bujue enter, she said, "You can directly send me a team invitation in the public space."

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

Si Yu burst out laughing, "Use the menu!"

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

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

"Well... actually, I think it mainly depends on you. I definitely wouldn't be able to handle the part of the battle you solved," Feng Bujue replied.

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

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

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

"Huh?" Feng Bujue failed to show off and was speechless, so he could only say, "Oh..."

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

Feng Bujue replied, "Well... because I think you might be a professional gamer and you're looking to recruit me into your studio."

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

"Huh?" Feng Bujue was stunned. He didn't expect the other party to ask about this. "Yes, what's up?"

"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 scariest thing between a man and a woman?"

"Reluctantly... getting a marriage certificate..." Feng Bujue was very strange, why the other party suddenly asked this, but he was very clear about the "answer."

"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 novel you abandoned two years ago?"

"Uh... 'Murder on the Internet' wasn't abandoned..."

"In 'The Time Travel That Can't Be Returned', the heroine finally whispered 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 party 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 stories Feng Bujue wrote when he was completely unknown. These were obviously things that only hardcore fans would ask.

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

Feng Bujue smiled: "I said, Si Yu..."

"What?"

"Actually, with my popularity... even if someone were to impersonate a third-rate little star, 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 fan girl, which made Feng Bujue a little dumbfounded, and suddenly felt that this girl was quite cute. Discovering that a friend in the game was his loyal reader, Feng Bujue was undoubtedly very happy. A narcissistic sense of superiority came over him and smeared 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 read the game description for the public beta version yet," Feng Bujue replied. "Besides a uniform badge on the clothes, what other benefits does a guild have?"

"The storage room will have a public warehouse function; the social panel will have a guild option; when forming a team, each additional member of the same guild in the team can increase experience by 1%, and a full team of six is 5%; and... according to the guild's ranking on the two leaderboards, the system will randomly give all guild members two buffs, and the buffs are refreshed once a week." Si Yu said a few key points. Of course, what she said could not be as detailed as the system prompts. As for the details, you still have to read the game description to understand.

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

"Well... sounds like starting a guild is not bad..." Feng Bujue pondered.

"After you start one, don't forget to add me." 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 big guilds? They wouldn't refuse, right?"

"Big guilds are generally backed by studios, or they are opened by some players who are rich and have free time." In fact, Si Yu's own family situation also belonged to the category of being rich and having free time, but she didn't mention this matter now. "The former only recruits players outside the studio to expand their strength. Outsiders can't access any core resources at all. Powerful players enter to exchange their strength for benefits, a transaction. The latter... non-professional players, invest money to make the storefront big, just to become famous, to be cool, to pick up girls. Recruit some strong players to show off; recruit some ordinary players to work for the guild; recruit some beautiful players, with ulterior motives..."

Feng Bujue was a little surprised listening to her narration. It was the first time he had heard a girl use such a cold tone to state these things so bluntly. It was also the first time he knew that there were such heroines in this world who could say the words "pick up girls" without any sense of disharmony.

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

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

"I'm going to collect my rewards and browse the mall." Si Yu didn't continue the conversation, got up and said, "In the future, if there are no special circumstances, let's lock in area 10 of the mall. Maybe we can meet in the mall."

Feng Bujue also got up and said, "Then I'll go take a look at the game description and do some preparations. I'll let you know when I'm done."

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

…………

The update patch document for the public beta version didn't have much content, at least not as much as the complete game description that Feng Bujue read during the closed beta. He only spent more than ten minutes reading it.

The part about guilds is very similar to the "guild" system in other online games. The conditions for forming one are not too excessive. As long as the player's level reaches level ten, they pay the system 100,000 game coins, and find three other people besides themselves to sign.

After Feng Bujue saw this condition, he instantly guessed... Ice Emperor and his gang probably only have four people in their guild in total...

Feng Bujue was a little hesitant about the money. He could afford 100,000, but after paying it, the matter of buying clothes to enhance attributes would probably have to be postponed.

On this matter, Si Yu was a little taken for granted. To her, 100,000 game coins were completely insignificant. According to the exchange rate, it was actually less than fifty RMB. Besides, if a player who participated in the closed beta didn't even have 100,000 on them, then that would be too much to say.

Feng Bujue didn't dwell on this matter for too long. Anyway, he could still play without buying clothes. Besides, he didn't have a small amount of 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 could still provide him with 140,000. In short, as long as he endures one or two more scripts, he will definitely have everything he wants when he reaches level fifteen.

The current Feng Bujue is still level thirteen, with the overall state as follows:

Title: 【Cold-Blooded Headshot Maniac】, Experience: 870013000, Technique Value: 660, Game Coins: 242000.

Specializations: General E, Machinery E, Reconnaissance E, Fighting E, Shooting D, Medical F, Spiritual F, ???

Inventory 410: Mario's Pipe Wrench, Eye of Hatred, M1911A1 Handgun, Echo Armor.

Foot Equipment: Jazz Dance.

Storage Room 210: Jigsaw Puzzle - Monkey, Casey Jones' Mask.

Skills: 【Sloppy Repair】, 【Rascal's Low Sweep Kick】, 【Concussion】

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

For example, the effect of a certain skill is to summon a horse, then the skill annotation will clearly state the conditions for summoning. When players summon, they must sacrifice a spoon, or a glass, or a bucket of water, or a petal... etc., etc., all kinds of things, all possible. What summoning object corresponds to what item is all random. For the same summoning object, the sacrifice items required by two players may also be different.

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

Currently, the discussion about summoning specialization on the forum is basically still in the YY stage. It seems that no one has opened it yet. Perhaps this is content that will be encountered in the mid-to-late game.

When he finished reading the patch document, Feng Bujue still hadn't received an email, indicating that the crappy 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 kind of equipment with unlimited passive taunt attributes is still very good for the player in the team who is responsible for tanking monsters. If they encounter discerning studio players, they will definitely buy it.

Feng Bujue then came to the storage room and first went to receive the reward for the Fear Rating. Because he wanted to reach level fifteen and wear 【Casey Jones' Mask】 as soon as possible, he chose experience points this time.

According to the 40% acquisition of the current experience limit, Feng Bujue increased by 5200 experience points. The system quickly prompted that he had been promoted to level fourteen, his stamina value increased to 1400, and his experience became 90014000. If he can increase the experience to 60% of the current level in the next script, which is 840014000, then he can directly upgrade to level fifteen by receiving an additional reward again.

Then, Feng Bujue came to another glass pillar and drew the "learnable" skill card for the completion reward.

What he was most looking forward to was drawing a skill from the new specialization "Spiritual Arts", followed by the fighting system. To be honest, his combat ability was really too crappy. He was brutal, but he had no technical content at all. The only combat skill he could actively use was 【Rascal's Low Sweep Kick】. Although he didn't know which two unlucky people the remaining two kicks would trip, relying on this alone, plus his street brawling-style blunt weapon head smashing, he obviously wouldn't be able to cope with truly high-level combat.

"Oh heavens, oh earth..." Feng Bujue put his hands together, raised them above his head, and shook his palms like shaking a fortune stick tube when asking for a fortune. He stood in front of the glass pillar and muttered while looking at the skill card being generated, "Brother Woody the Conman, you have to bless me and draw a good skill. It's best to get a World-Shaking Primal Palm, and I won't ask for anything else once I get it. If there's nothing good, at least give me some kind of Ghoul Arts, Destruction or Binding, it doesn't matter if the number is a single digit..."

He didn't know if Woody heard this atheist's unintentional prayer, but even if he did, it was useless. Devils don't give alms, they only do deals.

After Feng Bujue jokingly said these few sentences, he picked up the skill card and checked its attributes:

【Name: Spirit Consciousness Gathering Technique】

【Skill Card Attributes: Active Skill, Permanently Learned】

【Skill Category: Spiritual Arts】

【Effect: After activation, the player's physical abilities will be greatly enhanced (strength and speed will be at least doubled), and survival value will continue to be lost. The skill will automatically stop when the survival value reaches 1%, and it can also be stopped manually. The skill must be used again after an interval of thirty seconds. It cannot be activated when the survival value is below 10%.】

【Consumption: Reduces own survival value by 2% every five seconds】

【Learning Condition: Spiritual Arts F】

【Note: Basic Taoist technique recorded in the Demon Subduing Chapter of the Seven Chapters of Guigu. The Tao of the Guigu Sect does not focus on state of mind and morality, but instead takes a different path outside of the Xuanmen Orthodox Sect, which is quite similar to opportunistic evil ways. Even the introductory exercises can quickly improve the strength of the practitioner.】