【Script completed, rewards being calculated.】
【Experience gained: 560000, Game Coins: 100000】
【Items/Equipment obtained: None】
【Accepted quests completed: 11】
【Special/Hidden quests completed: 1, Unlocked Worldview: ***Observation Project】
【Sudden increase in fear value: 0 times, Maximum fear value: 0%, Average fear value: 0%】
【Your Fear Rating is "Fearless," you will receive an additional reward; please select it later.】
【Skill Points gained: 10000】
【Skill points converted into experience: 10000, Game Coins: 10000】
【Script completion reward: Randomly draw four jigsaw pieces】
【Hidden quest reward: Randomly draw a perfect grade equipment】
【Calculation complete, please continue.】

After Feng Bujue returned to the Login Space, these messages had already been refreshed on the touch screen in front of him.

"Hmph... the 180-second time limit clearly wasn't up, and they kicked me out anyway..." Brother Jue muttered this sentence as soon as he stood still.

He didn't dwell on the events of the previous world, because he understood... that at this very moment, that world had probably already been purged by the System, or something else.

"If I'm not mistaken... this so-called '48-hour limited experience' is also one of Woody's schemes..." Feng Bujue was already considering some more profound matters, "Thriller Paradise has been encroaching on too many universes since its launch... and there must be some planes among them that have a strong desire to explore or resist multi-dimensional space."

"Although the 'System' is theoretically an absolutely reliable 'space-time hub,' Woody's personality dictates that he must 'test' it before he can rest assured."

"In the final stage of the game, before the official launch of 'Infinite Worlds,' Woody must ensure that the game environment is completely under control... preventing any unplanned chain reactions caused by interference from other universes."

"Thus, he planned this so-called 'limited-time experience' event..."

"As early as when the S2 preliminary rules were announced, he had already calculated this step; he brazenly issued this 'helping him conduct tests' work as a 'prize' to the strongest two hundred and fifty players on the server."

"Our strength guarantees the completion of the test, and the 'only solo mode allowed' setting ensures that we act separately... so that we can probe more universes."

"In these seven days, Woody can decide how to handle those 'high-risk universes' based on our performance in the scripts; for example, the one I just experienced... it could already read my character data and inner monologues. A universe that can even impersonate the System definitely can't be allowed to remain."

Brother Jue pondered for a while in place, a hint of displeasure showing on his face.

However, he quickly adjusted his mindset and digested the emotion...

"Hmph... forget it, let him do as he pleases." Two minutes later, Feng Bujue snorted and thought, "Testing is testing... at least objectively speaking, I do have a 48-hour advantage before the new version arrives..."

Thinking of this, he had already turned and pressed the button next to the elevator door.

When the door opened, a brand new storage room appeared before Brother Jue.

"Oh? Did the company help with the renovation?" Feng Bujue walked into the storage room, looking around, and found that it had undergone a complete transformation.

The originally somewhat pale and monotonous space had now become more textured... The color of the room's walls and the light emanating from them had become softer; the storage boxes had been moved from the corners of the room to the middle section of one wall, and their shape had been changed to an upright metal cabinet; a five-square-meter metal platform had also been added in the center of the room, so that... players finally didn't have to organize their equipment on the floor (customer service had indeed received some complaints like this, mainly from those tycoon players with a lot of equipment and items, while ordinary players didn't really have that much stuff to spread out and organize).

"The pulverizer hasn't changed..." Feng Bujue muttered softly as he passed by the [Type-Zero Magic Pulverizer].

"Then..." Next, he walked to the wall opposite the elevator door, looking at the drawer-style iron gate in front of him, "This should be the new 'reward acquisition channel,' right."

His guess was undoubtedly correct, because as soon as he entered the storage room, he noticed that the "glass pillars" that used to hold script rewards had not appeared. Looking around the renovated room, only this drawer seemed like a replacement.

"Reminds me of the clothes donation boxes in the neighborhood..." Feng Bujue muttered subconsciously as he went to pull the drawer. Then he grabbed the handle on the iron gate and pulled hard...

*Clang—*

The drawer was pulled open, and a piece of equipment and four jigsaw pieces lay quietly inside.

"Hmm... let me see..." Feng Bujue wasn't in a hurry to look at the equipment's stats, but picked out the four jigsaw pieces first and held them up in front of his eyes.

The four pieces were [Jigsaw Piece - Tobacco Pipe], [Jigsaw Piece - Wig], [Jigsaw Piece - Silly Grin], and [Jigsaw Piece - Sugar].

"Hey hey... what's with these four pieces?" As soon as Brother Jue saw these four pieces, he didn't even need the system to search... a viable combination had already popped into his head.

"Is this joy4? It's definitely joy4, right!" The next second, Feng Bujue couldn't help but complain aloud.

While he was shouting this, he had already called up the game menu and started the jigsaw piece synthesis system.

【A possible combination sequence has been detected.】

Sure enough, the system gave such a voice prompt – Deck Name: [joy4], consuming [Jigsaw Piece - Tobacco Pipe], [Jigsaw Piece - Wig], [Jigsaw Piece - Silly Grin], [Jigsaw Piece - Sugar] can form a combination.

"It really is joy4!" Feng Bujue shouted, but didn't stop acting in the slightest...

【You have selected to generate the deck combination: joy4, please confirm this operation.】

Brother Jue chose to confirm without hesitation, and the four cards in his hand turned into white light and recombined. Two seconds later, a new card floated into his hand.

【Deck has been generated, do you want to exchange it for equipment?】The system's next prompt also sounded.

Feng Bujue chose [Yes] again, but this time... the [joy4] in his hand didn't disappear into light like the usual decks.

【Please note that joy4 is a special deck, and there is a certain risk in converting it into equipment. Therefore, you have one chance to re-split the deck into four jigsaw pieces. Please choose carefully.】

After another system voice, a new virtual window popped up in front of Feng Bujue, with two options on it...

One: 【Re-split the deck into jigsaw pieces】.

Two: 【Continue exchanging for equipment】.

"What does this mean?" This time, Feng Bujue wasn't so decisive, "Hey hey... what does 'risk' mean?"

Brother Jue knew that this kind of thing that relied on luck and probability was very... very unfavorable to him.

For others, a 1% danger was a 99% danger for him...

Murphy's Law was meaningless in front of Feng Bujue. The saying "If something can go wrong, it will" was replaced with — "Let us consider the countermeasures after things go wrong and then act".

"Split or not split... that is the question." After hesitating again and again, Feng Bujue decided to shelve the question for now.

He put [joy4] into his pocket and went to look at the equipment in the drawer...

【Name: Mouse Hammer】
【Type: Weapon】
【Quality: Perfect】
【Attack Power: 1】
【Attribute: None】
【Effect: Each attack deals 1 point of damage】
【Equipment Condition: General Specialization D (Binds on Pickup)】
【Remarks: A baffling weapon that deals damage by hammering. Its attack power is very low, but it can injure even the strongest enemies.】

"This is a perfect grade equipment?" Feng Bujue was shocked by the stats.

He did know the origin of this weapon... the Mouse Hammer can be said to be a classic "spoof" equipment in the *Xuan-Yuan Sword* series. Its original effect was – "When used, a hammer will suddenly appear above the enemy's head. Every time you click the mouse or press the space bar or enter key, the hammer will hit the enemy once."

Although this weapon had the characteristic of "being able to deal damage to even the strongest enemies," the "damage" was a fixed value and wasn't very high.

And the [Mouse Hammer] that Feng Bujue had obtained was obviously more坑爹 (keng die - disappointing/scammy) than the original... because this thing didn't even have the effect of cross-space attacks, and players still needed to hold it in their hands to hammer people.

"Okay... I understand..." After staring at the item description for a while, Brother Jue muttered, "The reward is 'randomly draw a perfect grade equipment,' not 'randomly draw a perfect grade equipment that matches your current level,' so... I was scammed as always."

"Sigh..." He sighed and said, "Judging from the equipment condition of 'General Specialization D,' characters in their teens can use this thing. Given my current level 50 character's abilities, a fine grade equipment that matches my level is better than this..."

Thinking of this, he picked up the [Mouse Hammer] and walked towards the pulverizer.

"But... there's one thing that's very strange..." In the process of moving forward, Feng Bujue casually muttered, "The weapon's attack power is actually displayed as '1'... what's going on with that?"

This was indeed an abnormal phenomenon, because logically speaking... attack and defense and other data in Thriller Paradise had never been represented by specific numbers.

"Since the health of everything is just a void concept, what's the point of showing the attack power for this hammer?" As Feng Bujue spoke, he put the [Mouse Hammer] on the conveyor belt of the pulverizer and turned to pull the control lever.

However... at this very moment...

"Wait..." Feng Bujue's hand stopped instinctively.

"Holy sh*t!" A second later, he quickly released the control lever, took a step forward and took the [Mouse Hammer] back in his hand, "So that's how it is!"

Brother Jue realized belatedly at this moment... that he had actually cracked the "hidden effect" of this piece of equipment.

The real purpose of this [Mouse Hammer] was – it could test the specific health of any unit in Thriller Paradise.

"Whew... that was close." Feng Bujue exhaled a long breath, "I almost turned such a sharp thing into a pile of 'detenerated dregs'."

He picked up the [Mouse Hammer] again and thought, "I'll find Little Tan to experiment with it when I have time, and then I can roughly measure how much health a level 50 player has based on the percentage of health he loses..."

Seeing this, some people will definitely ask... Isn't Feng Bujue able to see through "data"? Can't he see how much health an individual has?

Yes, he can't see it.

Simply put... the "health bar" of other players or NPCs that he sees from a data perspective is also displayed as a percentage, without specific numbers.

However, now with the [Mouse Hammer], this situation can be changed...

After Feng Bujue tests the health, he can use this as a reference to test the damage of his various skills... and then use the skill damage to calculate the damage of armor and weapons, and so on. Combining this with his "Zero Time Difference Calculation" to apply it, the informational advantage he can gain in combat in the future will become more concrete...

It can be said that this [Mouse Hammer] is in Brother Jue's hands, making the most of its usefulness, and all its potential can be developed.

"Hehehe..." After putting this perfect grade treasure into his backpack with satisfaction, Feng Bujue let out bursts of cold laughter and said to himself, "This must be the legendary 'unlucky in love, lucky in gambling' effect, right?"

He didn't know why, but he explained the eight-character fallacy in a tone that described a physical phenomenon.

"Good!" Brother Jue shouted, declaring that he had successfully established a psychological defense line called "self-deception," and took out the deck from his pocket just now.

"Taking advantage of the luck, let's open this too!" As Feng Bujue spoke, he raised the [joy4] and called up the previous window again, choosing the [Continue exchanging for equipment] option.

Here, let me use the God's-eye perspective to explain what the risk of this deck is.

The equipment that [joy4] can exchange for can only be one of the following five things –

1. [Red Combat Umbrella], a legendary composite weapon with extremely high attack and defense, and can summon an extremely powerful Yato Tribe boy to fight for the player for three minutes.

2. [Purple Combat Umbrella], a legendary composite weapon with high attack and defense, has the function of a machine gun, and can summon a highly skilled Yato Tribe girl to fight for the player for three minutes.

3. [Brown Bamboo Hat], a legendary piece of armor with low defense, but has near-immunity defense against beam-based and mental-based damage, and can summon a highly skilled Yato Tribe girl to fight for the player for three minutes.

4. [Blank Writing Board], a legendary weapon with low attack power, almost no practical use, but can summon a mysterious creature to fight for the player for five minutes.

And finally, the fifth thing is...