Chapter 54 The New Game Cabin

In late July, Feng Bujue suddenly stopped logging into the game, claiming he was “in seclusion to write.”

This sudden and unusual behavior naturally caused quite a stir among his friends…

Fortunately, he didn’t have many friends…

Xiao Tan was the easiest to fool, just like the song says—"Tell him a lie twice and he'll believe it's true."

An Yueqin was also easy to deal with. After all, she hadn’t known Brother Jue for very long. As long as Feng Bujue delivered his manuscripts on time and up to standard… the editor wouldn’t have anything to say.

As for Bao Qing… his relationship with Brother Jue was currently very delicate. When the two of them met alone, the atmosphere was like a secret rendezvous between underground party members. But when they communicated in a crowded environment, they always seemed to be engaged in some kind of acting contest…

Finally, let's talk about Ruoyu and Xiaoling.

Those two… were clearly not so easy to fool.

However, Brother Jue quickly realized that he didn’t need to fool them. Because not long after he gained his spiritual sense, he discovered that… both Li Ruoyu and Gu Xiaoling had spiritual senses.

Feng Bujue understood that since he could sense their abilities, they could definitely sense his as well. Therefore, he neither asked questions nor offered explanations. The meaning was… the matter of spiritual sense was something they all knew about but wouldn’t mention; when to bring it up was up to them.

…………

August 4th, eight o’clock in the morning.

Feng Bujue went for his usual ten-kilometer run and then returned home.

"Haa…" He took a long breath as he pushed the door open and closed it behind him.

"Hmm… my physical fitness has been improving by leaps and bounds lately… At this rate, I could go out and be a wandering hero…" he muttered to himself as he changed his shoes and habitually headed toward the bathroom.

Three seconds later, just as he rounded the corner of the living room, something caught the corner of his eye…

"Hey…" His first reaction was to turn and question Asathoth on the sofa, "What happened to my game pod…"

The reason Brother Jue asked this was because… in the half hour he was out running, the original game pod in his home had been replaced with a new one that was larger and slightly different in design.

"Woody's idea," Asathoth stuck out her tongue and licked her lips. "The old one's already been disposed of for you. Got you a new one, nya."

"You could've at least asked me first…" Feng Bujue muttered.

"No need to ask," Asathoth replied. "It's free, a standard pod for a deluxe pod. Plus, it's a one-stop service for moving, replacing, and installing. You have no reason to refuse." She paused. "Because I know you hate trouble, I made sure to get it done quickly while you were out running, nya."

"The way you put it, I should praise your thoughtful service and give you a good review…" Feng Bujue replied, squinting.

"No need," Asathoth rubbed her face with her paw. "Giving you a deluxe pod is also to help you play the game better and perform better in the bet." She raised a paw and pointed at the game pod. "As the saying goes… 'If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools.' You're almost level fifty, so it's only right to give you some hardware support, nya."

"Heh…" Feng Bujue smiled. "Actually, Woody just noticed I haven't been online for a while and used this method to remind me, right…"

"Correct," Asathoth replied. "And he already predicted that you would smile and say the above sentence, so he told me to convey the following message to you after you finished speaking—'Feng Bujue, although you are exceptionally talented, your foundation is not solid… With your unique traits, when practicing the *Dunjia Tianshu* (Mystical Escapology Manual) such a profound Daoist skill, you must not be impatient, otherwise, there is a risk of becoming devil-corrupted.

For the past half-month, your abilities have been improving daily. Now, your progress should be slowed down temporarily, which is in line with the principle of gradual progress.

Therefore, I suggest you take a three-day break and level up to fifty in the game first.

Hehehe…'"

"Why do you have to repeat the 'hehehe'…" Feng Bujue interjected.

"He said to repeat it 'word for word', so I did it, nya~" Asathoth replied. "Alright, I've delivered the message. I'm going back to sleep, don't bother me, haaa… nya nya…" As she spoke, she yawned… and curled up her body and tail.

…………

Half an hour passed quickly.

Feng Bujue took a cold shower, ate a homemade nutritious breakfast, and then eagerly lay down in the game pod.

To be fair, he was quite happy to get a free new pod. After all, the inside of the deluxe pod was more spacious and comfortable to lie in; and it also came with an expensive air filtration system, humidity control system, and temperature control system.

Besides… he hadn’t been online for a long time, and for a playful… oh no… a professional writer who liked to gather material, the game itself was very appealing.

【Welcome to our company's product. Scanning has begun, please wait.】

【Scanning complete. Confirmed citizen ID: sh13***313, name: Feng Bujue; connected device: nL2055 deluxe single-person game pod, no abnormal external hardware detected; cardiopulmonary function within normal range; neural connection program ready, please select connection type.】

【Connection type is non-sleep mode, adjusting… adjustment complete, please confirm loading game or return to the previous option.】

【Program starting, loading game in ten seconds…】

After a familiar voice prompt, Feng Bujue entered the long-missed login space.

As usual, he first opened his in-game mailbox.

Because he hadn’t logged in for a long time, there was a large number of emails accumulated in his mailbox. Fortunately, Brother Jue was already used to this. He skillfully operated for a while and cleared all the messages from the past half-month.

"Okay… let me see…" Then, Feng Bujue opened the social tab. "Whoa… there are quite a few people online on this weekday morning…"

This sentence was actually nonsense. Most of his friends were professional players, and their job was to play games, so it was perfectly normal for them to be online on a weekday morning.

"Hmm… looks like I'm the only one online in our Hell Frontline." Brother Jue then muttered. "Alright…"

At this moment, he suddenly realized… that he was the least serious person, so… he decided to solo a Nightmare scenario to calm his nerves.

Considering that Brother Jue's character attributes haven't changed much since the last scenario, I won't go into details here, to avoid suspicion of padding the word count.

In short… after skillfully operating on the touch screen for a while, he entered the queue for single-player survival mode (Nightmare)…