Chapter 1 Oh? The Extra Rewards Have Changed Like This?

“Oh? The extra rewards have changed like this?” Feng Bujue, upon seeing the three options, chose the first—4000 skill points—almost without hesitation.

The other two options meant nothing to him…

The newly added skill slots could be bought with money; the version update patch had clearly stated this. Jue-Ge, while not comparable to those multi-billion-game-currency tycoons, could still cough up eight-digit sums. Once the store opened, he could buy them directly with game currency; even if each of the three new skill slots cost three million, he could afford it.

As for the title reset right… he'd just used one today, so he naturally didn't need it for the time being.

"Judging from the second option, the rewards should be changing every time now…" Feng Bujue mused after claiming the 4000 skill points, "Because there's a limit to skill slots. If the 'Guts Galore' rating always gave the same rewards, then once players had acquired all three new skill slots, it would become a completely useless option."

His deduction was correct; the current extra reward system had indeed been revamped into a "different reward each time" format.

Now, after each script was settled, the system would give out corresponding rewards based on the player's current character abilities, performance in the script, and fear rating, and the reward content was still optional.

The old system of fixed rewards would become very lackluster in the later stages of the game… Even if the player had no fear value fluctuations in the script, the only reward they could choose was often "a random piece of equipment corresponding to their level," and the quality of this equipment couldn't be guaranteed. Drawing "trash" was also a matter of fate…

As for the remaining two options… one was experience, which was useless to max-level players; the other was money, which also had a limit. To those players who weren't short on cash, this amount of money was unattractive. And for those players or organizations who earned RMB through the game, this small profit… while it couldn't be said that the payout wasn't proportional to the effort, it was probably impossible to earn a living from it.

Over time, the "Fear Rating Reward" setting became a very unpopular thing; the feeling was… you worked your ass off, mustered your courage to survive a script, and finally got a relatively good rating, but in the end, you only got a useless piece of equipment or a tiny bit of game currency—this really didn't motivate people.

Just like the "use skill points to exchange for game currency" system in the first version of the Horror Box, the Dream Company definitely couldn't tolerate this kind of tasteless, even completely useless, setting…

No matter how domineering and authoritarian they were in some aspects, the Dream Company still put user experience first in the most core parts of the game; therefore, taking advantage of this version update, the Dream Company performed a major surgery on the extra reward system and changed it to what it is now.

“Hmm… Still can’t browse the merchandise…” After claiming the rewards, Jue-Ge tried to open the Horror Box’s merchandise interface, but he quickly received the system prompt \[This function is not yet available].

Obviously, the Horror Box’s shopping function, like the store, would only be opened when the new version was officially launched on December 1st.

"Well… even if it were open, I wouldn't plan to spend my experience time looking at equipment." Feng Bujue muttered, then stood up from his seat.

As he left his seat, the puppet that popped out of the box began to struggle to pull the spring beneath it, trying to "stuff itself back" into the box.

For this seemingly cute behavior, Jue-Ge chose to ignore it and left the room without looking back…

When he returned to the elevator, the door beside him closed automatically.

"In any case… I'll queue up for a script first." Feng Bujue stood in front of the touchscreen again, raised his hand and tapped a few times, "This late at night, a long-line solo nightmare is just right…"

He muttered to himself as he prepared to join the queue.

However…

"Eh?" At this moment, Jue-Ge thought again, "But if I do that… wouldn't that be exactly what Woody wants?" He stroked his chin, pondering, "Why should I cooperate with him so much?"

"Hmph…" Feng Bujue thought for a while, then cancelled the operation, "Let others do the work of testing high-risk dimensions, I have other options…"

Thinking of this, he immediately turned around, pressed the switch, and went to the storage room.

He arrived at the new "storage cabinet" (now it's a cabinet, not a box), opened the cabinet, and took out that long-sealed—\["Poker Hero" Hero ID Card].

"Hehe…" Feng Bujue actually missed that universe quite a bit, he smiled, "It's time to go to the Super-dimensional Union to farm some rewards."

…………

Not long after, Jue-Ge returned to the screen with the card.

\[Mad Detective, Level 50]

\[Please select the game mode you want to join.]

\[You have selected Free Exploration Mode.]

\[Each entry into this mode will cost 20,000 game currency, please confirm the operation.]

Feng Bujue quickly selected the mode and confirmed the payment operation.

\[Confirmed…]

\[Searching for your multiverse]

\[Loading begins, please wait.]

As the voice prompt proceeded to this point, Jue-Ge could clearly feel the elevator shaking.

"Welcome to Thriller Paradise." Subsequently, the system's standard voice directly read out this opening line.

\[Loading complete, you are currently in Free Exploration Mode.]

\[This mode has no quest system, no time limit, no negative game judgment.]

\[You can travel between the login space and the script world through the "safe house" (each entry into this mode will cost 20,000 game currency).]

\[The script has begun, please leave this safe house within five minutes.]

After this passage, the elevator door beside Feng Bujue opened.

At this moment, what appeared before his eyes was the "safe house" he had entered the last time he left this universe.

That is… the Universe Super Hero League's… Hero Dormitory Z District's… Room Z250's… Toilet.

"It's been a while, I wonder how long I set the departure time for last time…" Feng Bujue said, as he pushed open the door leading from the toilet to the room and walked into the not-so-spacious living room.

Here, let's briefly review the situation before he left last time…

That day, after he had dealt with the "Blood Corpse God Crisis" caused by "General Quirk" on Sloth Star, he returned to the Sloth Alliance with several other heroes.

When the Blood Corpse God reached an agreement with Jue-Ge and transformed himself into the \[Blood Corpse God's Magatama], Jue-Ge deliberately avoided the on-site video and audio recording equipment. And the other heroes present were either unconscious or still unable to think under the influence of "fear projection."

Therefore, when Feng Bujue returned, he declared that he had "blasted the Blood Corpse God into nothing."

As the saying goes, the dead tell no tales, and plus Jue-Ge was originally sent by the Super-dimensional Union to provide support, no one would doubt his statement, let alone think that he could actually "recruit" the Blood Corpse God…

So, he bluffed his way through and returned to the Super-dimensional Union with the seriously injured planetary hero "Tough Guy." The latter was sent to the operating room as soon as he returned to the Super-dimensional Union headquarters due to a broken spine, while Feng Bujue… returned to his dormitory and left this script world through the safe house.

"Oh… it seems I chose 'one hour later'." After recalling for a few seconds, Jue-Ge found the answer in his memory attic.

At this time, he had already sat in front of the computer in the room and inserted his hero ID card.

\[ID card is being searched…]

\[Identity confirmed.]

\[Welcome to log in to this system, Poker Hero.]

“Okay… let me see what the rewards were for the last mission.” Feng Bujue operated on the computer for a while and looked at his mission execution record.

At this moment, the event record of the last time he handled the incident had been updated in his personal profile.

Moreover, the level of this incident had been changed…

When Feng Bujue accepted this mission, it was only a \[C-level crisis], that is, "a crisis sufficient to destroy a planet"; and at that time, all the heroes of the "Sloth Alliance" who submitted the application believed that this was an event that was "90% sure to be handled." Therefore, the Super-dimensional Union only sent Tough Guy, a planetary hero, while Jue-Ge went as a "sidekick."

However, no one expected that… with the unfolding of the event, the appearance of the Blood Corpse God… the Sloth Alliance was almost wiped out, Tough Guy was beaten into a paraplegic (of course, the technology of the Super-dimensional Union could cure paraplegia), and in the end, everyone actually relied on a "city-level hero" who had just participated in the hero level test to turn the tables.

In any case, on the way back to the Super-dimensional Union with Feng Bujue and Tough Guy, this incident had been upgraded to a \[B-level crisis] (a crisis that could destroy a galaxy); in fact, if Feng Bujue hadn't dealt with the Blood Corpse God in the first place, then this matter could have completely become an \[A-level crisis] (a major crisis that could destroy multiple galaxies), but that kind of assumption does not exist now…

"Hmm? Is that all?" After reading the event report, Feng Bujue looked at his profile again, and then he discovered a very serious problem—no rewards.

“So… engaging in hero activities, there is no material reward at all…” Jue-Ge pondered, “Or rather, the material reward is that you can enjoy the various resources given by the alliance, so as to carry out hero activities more conveniently?”

His speculation was correct… the Super-dimensional Union is such an organization.

The so-called "superhero" is originally such a group of people—"hero" is not a job, but a title.

"Soldiers", "police", and "mercenaries" are jobs, but heroes are not.

Superheroes are a group of people who risk their lives to uphold the justice in their hearts or to protect something… and do not ask for anything in return.

Of course, there are also people who hold different views on this…

First of all, in the eyes of the governments of most planets, "heroes" are an armed force that they cannot control, exercising force that they cannot control, and maintaining "justice" that they cannot control.

And "justice" and "law" are in conflict in many cases, and even "justice" and "justice" will conflict with each other due to different understandings of different people.

Secondly, in the folk, there are also many people who hold the view that "heroes are outlaws," "they have no right to abuse their power," and "need to be supervised."

As long as there are still differences and selfishness in the individual thoughts among the intelligent life in the universe, as long as there are still differences in beliefs and concepts in the universe… then similar contradictions and conflicts of ideas will always exist.

However, there is also a natural law that always works, that is—the person with the bigger fist has the final say.

There are many ridiculously strong guys in the Super-dimensional Union, they have enough "ability" to keep those guys who are clamoring all day long that "heroes' abilities are too great and need to be supervised" from touching them, and they have enough "belief"... willing to protect all ordinary people, including the above-mentioned people.

The seven members of the "Super-dimensional Union Supreme Committee" are the most typical examples, they can be called the beacon of the good camp in the entire universe, it is precisely because there are such "great" heroes sitting in charge that the organization's concept and the organization itself can continue to exist and be passed down.

As for Feng Bujue… his concept is actually in conflict with that of the Super-dimensional Union; he is definitely not great enough to protect and tolerate those individuals or groups who are thinking of banning or controlling him all day long.

His idea is—"Those who think I am a threat, need to be supervised, need to be controlled, when you face a situation where you need me to save you, please find a way to find those who in your opinion are not a threat, have been supervised, and can be controlled to save you, but don't come to me."

By the way… this is just the point of view that Feng Bujue holds "standing on the position of a superhero". If he does not have the identity of "hero", then he will choose to directly kill these people…

Beep beep—

A few minutes later, just as Feng Bujue was preparing to browse other tasks, two beeps suddenly sounded. In the same second, a pop-up window for an email appeared on the computer screen.

"Hmm?" Jue-Ge glanced at the sender, which showed "Tin Foil Man," and the content of the email was also very simple—\[The coffee shop in the 15th block of the living area has launched new snacks, let's go have afternoon tea together if you have time!]

"Hehe…" Feng Bujue smiled after reading the email, "Is this going to be some kind of dirty transaction…"

That being said, he quickly typed a line of words into it—“I’m free right now.” and clicked reply.

About ten seconds later, the other party responded: "Then let's do it now, I happen to be near that store."

"Okay, I'm coming from the dormitory, I should be there in a while." Feng Bujue added this "should" because he wasn't very familiar with the terrain of the Super-dimensional Union, so he didn't know exactly how long it would take.

"Okay, I'll wait for you in the store (smile)." Tin Foil Man then replied.

“Even added a ‘smile’…” Jue-Ge said with a twitch at the corner of his mouth after seeing the other party’s reply, “This guy is quite lively…”