"Hey, hey..." Feng Bujue looked at the words [City-Level] Hero embossed on his ID card (the card used Universal Common, but the system had its own translator), and immediately muttered, "Is this a mistake?"

Clearly, a "mistake" was impossible. The hero level test's scoring was very rigorous; all data would be jointly reviewed and assessed by a supercomputer and a team of experienced evaluators (the artificial processing was why the test-takers had to wait half an hour) before a comprehensive assessment was reached. Unless the test-taker deliberately concealed their strength or performed severely below par, there would never be a case of over- or underestimation.

Of course, no "mistake" did not mean there was no "wrong."

With Feng Bujue's abilities, his physical stats alone were enough to put him in the ranks of a planet-level hero, but the fact that he was ultimately assigned the lowest city-level was undoubtedly wrong.

And the mastermind behind this "wrong" was Toad Man, Enver Slub.

It had to be said...this universe-level hero, known for his wisdom, was worthy of the words "deeply calculating." In his first meeting with Brother Jue, he instinctively sensed a dangerous aura and made a relatively accurate assessment of Brother Jue's character.

Call it intuition, or prejudice, but Enver Slub was firmly convinced in his heart – Feng Bujue was not a "hero" at all.

However, he had no evidence; objectively speaking, Brother Jue had not revealed any flaws. Therefore, Toad Man came up with a plan as a "test" for Brother Jue.

"If Feng Bujue is a true 'hero,' then he won't care about his level at all." Toad Man had convinced Tin Foil Man with this sentence.

After the two discussed with other colleagues in the Universal Supreme Council, they began to implement the plan...to change Brother Jue's test level to the lowest [City-Level].

...

"I say..." Feng Bujue returned to the service desk at the entrance of the test area, trying to ask the staff, "Isn't there something wrong with this?"

The staff member looked at him expressionlessly and replied, "You feel your level is too low, right?"

"Yeah." Feng Bujue replied confidently, "No matter what...city-level is too..."

"Fill out this form and give it to me." The other party didn't let him finish speaking and took a form from the table, handing it over casually.

Feng Bujue took the form and took a closer look: "Upgrade Test Application Form?" he asked in a questioning tone.

"The time interval between two tests must not be less than three universal years (approximately one hundred and fifty-six universal weeks)." The staff member replied, "If you submit the form now, you can come back for a retest after the time limit has passed."

Feng Bujue understood from the other party's expression...that his appeal was meaningless. In any case, the Universal Supreme Council would never change the test results that had just been obtained. Their attitude was similar to that of some pseudo-democratic governments: anyway, in a word, I'm not wrong. Even if I am wrong, I won't admit it, and even if I admit it, I won't change it, and even if I change it, I won't do it. Even if I'm really wrong to the point of being outrageous, I can only ask you to pay for my mistakes and take more detours; and you can't criticize me, otherwise it's your fault, and if you're wrong, I'll punish you in the name of the moon, pew pew pew pew...

"Um...forget it..." Feng Bujue considered for a few seconds, then put down the form and said, "Sorry, I bothered you."

With that, he took his city-level hero ID card and turned to leave.

At the moment he turned, Feng Bujue raised his head and gave a provocative smile to a surveillance camera high up.

At the same moment, Toad Man, who was observing Brother Jue's every move through surveillance on another part of the asteroid, changed his expression: "Tch...is this kid showing off to me..."

The information contained in Feng Bujue's smile was at least threefold: First, he already knew that someone had tampered with his results; second, he also knew that the person tampering behind the scenes was monitoring him at this moment; third, he didn't mind exposing the fact that "he already knew the above two points" to the other party.

"Not only smart, but also arrogant..." A sneer quickly appeared on Toad Man's face, "Hmph...I want to see what kind of person you really are..."

...

"Phew...what bad luck..." Twenty minutes later, Feng Bujue had returned to the hero dormitory, fell on the bed and stretched, "If I had known this, I would have just taken the test directly when I was level forty-three..."

On the way back, he had already gone over the whole thing in his mind. Although he couldn't be one hundred percent sure who had tampered with his test scores, the name "Toad Man" was undoubtedly at the top of the list of suspects.

"Sigh...but...you can't blame others." After taking a breath, Brother Jue used his hands as a pillow and murmured, "If it were me, I would use this strategy too..." He licked his lips, "It's not appropriate to let a newcomer, whose intentions are difficult to fathom, directly obtain the authority of a planet-level or even galaxy-level hero...especially since this person is 'from another multiverse' and their background can't be investigated."

After figuring it out, Feng Bujue not only didn't feel annoyed and frustrated about his level being restricted, on the contrary...he agreed with Toad Man's approach from the bottom of his heart.

He was this kind of person...even if faced with even more despicable and shameless means, and even more unfair results, he could still accept it calmly and respond with a contemptuous smile. He would even stand in the other party's shoes and think about the rationality and rate of return of this approach.

Approving of baseness, understanding baseness, but disdaining baseness...this was Feng Bujue, rationally smart, yet stubbornly foolish.

Of course, when he felt it was appropriate and necessary, he could be more despicable than anyone else...

"Alright...I'm already here, I can't just go back like this." Feng Bujue continued, "Every time I come in, it costs 20,000 game coins..." As he spoke, he sat up from the bed, turned on the computer in the room, and inserted his hero ID card into the computer's card slot.

[ID card is being retrieved...]

[Identity confirmed.]

[Welcome to the system, Poker Hero.]

"Okay...let me take a look." After Feng Bujue logged into the Universal Supreme Council's "Hero Activity Self-Service Client," he was automatically assigned to the [City-Level] Hero Channel.

After quickly scanning the user interface, he clicked on the [Hero Mission Acquisition and Assistance] option without hesitation and began to search for missions he could accept.