Chapter 1 Back to the Beginning

After Feng Bujue returned to the landing space, he first left the team to prevent Xiao Tan and the others from being unable to enter the queue when they were queuing for the script because of his absence. He had already handed over the vice-leader authority to Si Yu, and the matter of the badge was left to her. Although there was an unexpected situation of disconnection, judging from Si Nvxia's consistent performance, she was obviously a very reliable person, and she would not mess up things that she had taken on herself.

Feng Bujue did not immediately queue for the script. After spending 100,000 points, he still had 379,000 game coins, which was enough for him to arm himself.

He first came to the mall in partition number 10 and sold the [Children's Baseball Bat] to the system store. The price was really fair, only 1,000 game coins, which was equivalent to fifty cents, which was very much in line with the value of this equipment whose attack power was "none" and had no useful attributes.

Bullets, supplements, and lighting equipment were the supplies Feng Bujue planned to purchase, but at the moment he was not in a hurry to buy them, but first browsed the clothing items. That was what would cost a lot of money and could add attributes, and it was something he would have to buy sooner or later, so he wanted to see what he could buy with the 380,000 he had on hand.

Feng Bujue didn't really care about his image in the game, but he wasn't completely indifferent either. He felt that wearing the default novice outfit was nothing, anyway, everyone had to wear it, and it was free. But since he was going to spend money to buy it now, he wouldn't just want to add some attributes and put on a bunch of messy things, and then go out and swagger around. After all, he didn't have the confidence to wear the sharp look of Brother Sharp.

In front of the massive amount of clothing, it would probably take him until dawn to look at each item one by one, so Feng Bujue naturally had a choice. At first, he had a fit of chuunibyou, and had a strong impulse to buy a set of American comic character clothes to play with. But he soon discovered that the specific styling of American comic character suits were all shockingly expensive. For example, a "Doctor Doom" suit would cost a full 900,000 game coins. This suit was divided into three parts, namely the mask and armor, the outer garment, and the hood and cloak, which meant that there were three places where attributes could be added. But this set could not be bought separately, and could only be purchased all at once for 900,000.

Feng Bujue's game coins seemed a little insufficient.

Compared with players like Xiao Tan and Bei Ling, who could spend one million game coins, equivalent to about five hundred yuan, to buy five grid inventory space, Feng Bujue had only about 380,000 on him, which was only equivalent to about one hundred and ninety yuan. And his plan was to earn the money for a game pod, which was definitely a long and arduous task. You should know that the nL2055 standard single-person game pod he was currently using cost five figures. The price of two game pods could buy a car, of course, not including the license plate...

"Um...actually, this set is not that great, the hood is green, and the armor and cloak are not convenient to move around in." Feng Bujue comforted himself.

Afterwards, he searched for another character he wanted to buy—Deadpool. That red and black suit was relatively tight-fitting, and there were no cloaks or anything like that, so it was definitely convenient to move around in. Moreover, the belts and suspenders on the body could help carry swords, guns, and other equipment, saving inventory space. This set only had two parts, divided into a headgear and a full-body suit, which meant that it only added two attributes.

However, the Deadpool suit also cost 700,000...

Feng Bujue comforted himself again: "Um...too cheap, too wretched, doesn't fit my tall image..."

If someone else heard these words, they would definitely ask him two questions. The first question: "Then why did you search?" The second question, "What did you say about your image?"

He then looked through many other characters. To sum it up, basically suits with established images cost more than 500,000. The most outrageous was the Batman suit, which actually cost two million game coins, which, according to this week's exchange rate, was approximately equal to one thousand yuan. Of course, this set was indeed superior, divided into five parts: headgear, upper garment, lower garment, belt, and cape (the clothing column was divided into five grid spaces for head, foot, upper garment, lower garment, and accessories. Regardless of how many parts the established image suit had, even if it only had one part, it would occupy all five grids). It was equivalent to being able to add five attributes, and it could also hide a lot of tool-like equipment on the body, greatly saving inventory space.

After seeing too much, Feng Bujue gave up. It seemed that he really couldn't afford suits. He should just buy individual pieces and mix and match them himself. He would get two attributes first with an upper garment and lower garment, and then consider accessories if there was enough money left.

Thinking of this, Feng Bujue suddenly had an inspiration. He searched by color and style respectively, and successfully found a match that satisfied him very much. Then he showed a smug smile.

If Batman was a profession, then the threshold for taking the job, in addition to personal talent and ability, should also include a net worth of seven hundred million dollars. But the cost of becoming his opponent was very low. For example, the one who gave him the most headache was full of contempt and ridicule for money and life.

Feng Bujue first spent 120,000 game coins to buy an upper garment. The style of the clothing was: a purple suit coat, with the hem about to the knees, with a dark blue plaid shirt, a dark green suit vest, and a tie inside. He then spent 80,000 game coins to buy a pair of long trousers that were slightly darker in color than the purple suit, as a lower garment. Finally, he spent another 40,000 to buy a pair of dark-colored leather gloves.

Spending a total of 240,000 game coins, Feng Bujue completed his Joker suit. Of course, he wouldn't go so far as to turn his hair green, cover his face with white foundation, and cut open the sides of his cheeks with a knife, and then apply lipstick... He wasn't that fanatical.

After purchasing the clothing, to equip it, he had to choose random attributes. The three that the upper garment generated were [Slightly increase stamina recovery speed], [Slightly reduce stamina consumption when moving heavy objects], and [Slightly increase survival value recovery speed]. Feng Bujue chose the survival value recovery speed almost without thinking, because this could serve his Ling Shi Ju Shen Shu (Spirit Consciousness Gathering Body Technique). In theory, the Ling Shi Ju Shen Shu could still exert miraculous effects until the later stages of the game, so attributes that could cooperate with it were all good.

The random attributes of the lower garment were a bit thunderous, namely [Significantly increase stamina recovery speed when upside down (using one's own strength)], [Slightly increase jump height], and [Greatly increase spirit energy recovery speed, but survival value recovery speed decreases proportionally]. Of these three, Feng Bujue would definitely abandon the last one first. The more he looked at the first one, the more he felt it was a rip-off. Although it said "significantly increase," stamina should also be decreasing when upside down... After this increase and decrease, wouldn't it be no different from "slightly increase"? It was simply playing with people's feelings. So Feng Bujue chose the second one, the attribute that looked relatively normal.

The gloves belonged to the accessory category. The random attributes that Feng Bujue drew were [Slightly reduce stamina consumption when moving heavy objects], [Slightly reduce the effects of bleeding], and [Increase a little force when attacking with fists]. These three attributes each had their own tendencies. The first one was relatively moderate, the second one was inclined towards defense, and the third one was naturally biased towards attack.

Feng Bujue considered for a while, and still chose the second one. He already had three weapons in hand, a pipe wrench, a knife, and a pistol, all of which he could choose. When he could use weapons, there was no need to use his fists for this "slight" increase effect. That would be throwing away the watermelon to pick up the sesame seeds. Moreover, Feng Bujue still remembered vividly how miserable Si Yu was with the bleeding effect in the Ye Jie High School script. It seemed that there was no one in the club who specialized in medical skills, and he couldn't possibly prepare bandages, antidotes, burn medicine, and other things to remove special effects in his inventory. It wasn't that he didn't have money, but the item slots weren't enough. So, choosing such a special effect was better safe than sorry. Besides, the gloves were cheap. When he had money in the future, he could spend 40,000 to buy another pair of the same gloves and randomly roll three attributes again.

Thinking of this, Feng Bujue slapped his forehead and said, "Hey! I forgot to ask Xiao Tan to return the Winchester to me just now. I haven't seen him for a few days, and this kid probably forgot." But he then shrugged and thought, "But that weapon is quite practical, it's good for him to have it, it's more helpful to him."

After Feng Bujue selected all the clothing attributes, he summed it up. After spending these 240,000, his survival value recovery speed increased, his jump height increased, and the rate at which survival value was lost would slow down a little after being afflicted with the abnormal state of [Bleeding]. And then there was...he had established his own style in terms of appearance.

There were currently two empty spaces left in his clothing column, namely the head and foot. However, Feng Bujue still had 140,000 game coins left at this time. If he bought one item, he probably wouldn't be able to afford the other. Besides, he also planned to add supplies, so he ended the browsing of clothing.

The items had already been equipped in the clothing column, but the change of appearance could only be performed in the landing space, so there would be no situation where players' appearances changed back and forth in public areas.

Feng Bujue then bought five bottles of blood. He did not buy large bottles, but instead bought survival value supplements (medium). In terms of pricing, supplements were not proportional. A small bottle that recovered 30% cost 2,000 game coins, a medium bottle that recovered 50% cost 6,000, and a large bottle that recovered to full cost as much as 12,000. This pricing was obviously based on the row of notes shared by all blood bottles in Thriller Paradise: [Maximum stack size is 5, continuous use of this item will gradually weaken the effect]. It seemed that small bottles were more cost-effective, but if you drank them repeatedly, three small bottles might only recover a little more blood than an equivalent medium bottle, and they would also occupy more inventory slots.

To put it bluntly, buying large bottles of supplements saved the most space and was the most reliable. And this safe, reliable, and convenient experience naturally required spending more money...

Finally, Feng Bujue bought a flashlight and equipped two clips of corresponding bullets for his pistol. Each clip had seven bullets, because there was still the last bullet in his gun that hadn't been fired. These two clips of bullets would each occupy an inventory slot. Fortunately, he had now bought clothing. Although it didn't come with scabbards, ammunition pouches, and other settings like some professional suits, there were several pockets inside and out of the suit jacket, so he could put the magazines in his clothes after he changed.

After finishing shopping, Feng Bujue left the mall and returned to the landing space. After the elevator doors closed, he received a system notification: [Your clothing column has been opened]