Chapter 131 A Letter from Snow

It was still that snowy day.

In the evening, Feng Bujue saw Xiao Tan and Bao Qing off.

After that, he began to work.

After playing games, eating, and chatting nonsense with those two gay friends all day… Feng Bujue felt he had benefited a lot.

First, he got a lot of material for creation.

Second, he learned a completely new way of naming things today…

In short, the subsequent work progressed very smoothly, and the well-conditioned Jue-ge directly completed a week's worth of work.

He was busy until nearly midnight before he took a shower and lay down in the game pod.

Then, he logged into the game in sleep mode…

These days, the time and duration of Jue-ge's online sessions have been relatively stable. In addition to playing games with his teammates, he also uses his personal time to level up more.

After all, he is still burdened with the mission of "winning the Candidate Game," and improving his character's abilities is essential.

Due to the reform of the "extra reward" system in the new version of Thriller Paradise, Jue-ge can no longer level up through that "40% bonus to the current experience cap" like before.

This… also has its advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that his current levels are all earned through real game time, which is very beneficial for the growth of specialization and the acquisition of equipment skills. There will be no phenomenon of "the character level is very high, but the hard power in all aspects is a bit out of sync."

As for the disadvantages… naturally, he has to spend several times more game time than before to earn "experience points," something he never had to consider in the past.

Even Feng Bujue himself couldn't help but complain: "After someone moved away, it's like I'm about to return to my room, but in reality, I still sleep in the game pod every day…"

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Late, 11:55 PM.

Feng Bujue woke up in the login space and began his Thriller Paradise journey tonight.

His habit after logging in hasn't changed; he starts by checking his mail.

"Let me see… harassment, harassment, harassment, flirting, flirting, worship, harassment, harassment…"

Jue-ge classified the emails with his rapid browsing speed while performing corresponding delete, block, ignore, and reply operations.

In the S2 competition, Si Rui Group has successfully made Feng Bujue's popularity resound and expand… Now, in addition to being a "well-known writer," he is also labeled as a "famous non-professional player." Dealing with emails from these gaming circle fans has become his daily routine…

Fortunately, this extra work is relatively easy for him… Compared to when he defeated the popular goddess Xu Huai Shang in the Butterfly Battle, the number and content of emails are now much friendlier.

"Eh? What's the situation?" Just as Jue-ge was about to clear his mailbox, he suddenly noticed an email signed "Snow."

The appearance of this name couldn't help but make Feng Bujue's expression freeze for a moment.

"'Dear Mr. Crow, AkA—Feng Bujue. As you can see, I have also created a character in this game. To be honest, I haven't touched online games for many years because my impression of this thing has never been very good, but this Thriller Paradise is a bit beyond my expectations… even it can be said to be surprisingly good. I am ashamed to say—I think I am completely addicted to it (laughs); although my current level is still very low, I hope to have the opportunity to play with you happily in the future.'" Feng Bujue quickly recited the content of the email and moved his gaze back to the signature, reading, "[Snow]? I feel like I've been targeted by another very troublesome guy…"

Obviously, the [Snow] who wrote the email is the "organizer" who is very interested in Jue-ge—Adolf Snow.

Putting aside everything else, just the "two-character nickname" shows that he is not an ordinary person…

You know, Thriller Paradise has been open for more than eight months so far. At this stage, in this game with an extremely large player base, wanting to register a two-character (four-byte) ID that has a certain meaning… is almost impossible. Even some meaningless two-character combinations have been used up.

However, Snow was able to create a character with the same name (surname) as his own at this time.

So, what does this mean? Anyway, Feng Bujue's first reaction was… the person who previously occupied the ID "Snow" must have experienced some things during this period.

Maybe he/she got a lot of money; maybe he/she was threatened with force; maybe he/she was invited to participate in a strange gamble; or maybe… he/she has now been stuffed in a sack and sunk to the bottom of the Huangpu River.

In any case, what is certain is… when Snow decided to play Thriller Paradise, the nickname [Snow] no longer belonged to anyone else.

"Sigh… troublesome people and things are really popping up one after another." After thinking for a moment, Feng Bujue deleted the email and muttered, "I feel like… whether it's the game or reality, I'm gradually drifting away from the 'life of an ordinary person'… Is this going to push me back to the world of my chuunibyou days…"

That being said, he didn't take Snow's letter very seriously. After all… compared to existences like Gu Chen and Woody, Snow is still far behind…

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"Okay, let's go to the Free Exploration Mode first today…"

After dealing with the emails, Feng Bujue prepared to join the script world.

It should be mentioned here that after completing the script of "The World Without Games," the reward Feng Bujue received—"randomly draw a skill card that can be learned"—allowed him to draw a very strong composite skill. After obtaining this skill, he immediately learned it and equipped it in the skill slot.

[Name: Grimoire of Greed]

[Skill Card Attribute: Active Skill, Permanently Mastered]

[Skill Category: Machinery, Spiritual Art, Summoning]

[Effect: Randomly summons a weapon from the void with a quality of at least Perfect (cooldown time of twenty-four hours)]

[Consumption: One pint of human blood, 35% of maximum Stamina Value and Spiritual Power Value]

[Learning Conditions: Machinery, Spiritual Art, and Summoning Specializations are all above A-level]

[Remarks: The existence time of the summoned weapon is inversely proportional to the quality, attributes, and advantages and disadvantages of its effects; players cannot buy or sell the summoned weapon to NPCs or monsters in any form; only the summoner can hold the weapon summoned by the Grimoire of Greed… even if he does not have the equipment conditions.]

After getting this skill, Jue-ge finally gritted his teeth and stomped his feet… and used game coins to expand a skill slot.

And this journey in front of him is also Feng Bujue's first return to the universe of Free Exploration Mode after obtaining thirteen skill slots…