Thriller Paradise - Chapter 96

Chapter 96

[EXP received: 5,500 . ]

[Game Coins received: 55,000]

[Items received: A Dagger]

[Completed/Received Quests: 2/2]

[Special, [Hidden Quest] completed: 0]

[Decoded Worldview: The replacement of Zaroff]

[Fear Value surged: 0 time .

Highest Fear Value: 0%

Average Fear Value: 0%]

[Your Fear Rating: A whole sack of guts . This first rank grants you a bonus . Please select later . ]

[Skill Value received: 420]

[EXP increased by Skill Value: 4,200 .

Game Coins increased by Skill Value: 42,000]

[Rewards for completing the scenario: 80% of EXP required to level up]

[Calculation completed . Please continue . ] 

Another system’s notification immediately popped up .

"Your Title is updated – The Plot Seeker . "

"You’ve reached level 15 . Your Physical Value has increased . Current Physical Value: 1500/1500 . "

"New Game Mode is unlocked . You can check it out through queuing options . " 

Feng Bujue got a big harvest this time; anyway, he thought it was supposed to be like that . He didn’t expect that he could finish Rainsford, but if he made such a great move, he should have a corresponding return .

From the Skill Value, it could be seen that he had received 200 Skill Value points for decoding the Worldview, which meant his activities in the game had helped him receive the other 220 points, noted that killing the BOSS with a lower side-kick contributed 100 points .

After Feng Bujue had read his calculation, he came to the storage to equip the [Casey Jones’ Mask] . The system reminded him, "You can choose to show or hide your mask type items . "

Feng Bujue chose to hide the item, then he checked his menu . The mask had upgraded his Fighting Specialty to one more grade . Now, his stats were as follows:

Title: [The Plot Seeker] .

EXP: 1000/15000

Skill Value: 1080

Game Coins: 339000

 Specialties: Common D, Weapon E, Investigating E, Fighting D, Shooting D, Curing F, Spiritual Technique F, ??? (new locked specialty) 

Bag: 5/10 slots occupied, including [Mario’s Pipe Wrench], [The Eye of Hatred], [M11A19 Pistol], [Echo Armor], and a [Dagger] .

Equipment: [Dance of the Knight], [Casey Jones’ Mask] 

Login Space storage: Jigsaw Puzzle Piece – Monkey .  

Skills: [Perfunctory Maintenance], [Lower Side Kick of a Brat], [Spirit-Body Congregation Technique], and [Planned Victory From a Thousand Miles Away] .

The [Planned Victory From a Thousand Miles Away] was his new skill granted from the new title . This one was different from [Cerebral Concussion] since it was a proactive skill .

[Name: Planned Victory From a Thousand Miles Away]

[Special Ability Type: Proactive] 

[Effects: Observe the scenario's final BOSS' stats directly (if any), including competence, height, weight, race, skills, weak points, etc . This skill can be reused with the cool-down time of one second . If the BOSS’ competence changes at the moment of the observation, reactivate the skill to see the changed data . ]

[Remarks: Know yourself, know your enemies, be ever victorious . ]

 The special skill granted from this title was advantageous to players who liked to plan for strategies . Moreover, it didn’t consume anything .

Let alone the passive skills, such skills granted from titles that didn’t consume anything like this often had limits . For example, One Saber To Conquer The City had the [Falling Head] skill, which didn’t require any consumption to be activated and thus its cool-down time was two hours . If he didn’t meet a humanoid BOSS, but it was just a humanoid mob, he would have to consider whether it was worth it or not .

About the skills granted from titles that consumed some value, for example, Long-Ge’s [Colliding Lightning] and Little Tan’s [Retreat and Chop Rapidly], which all consumed 30% of their maximum Physical Value to activate,, these skills’ cool-down time was a little bit less than the other . The former required one hour cooldown, and the latter could be used randomly . And from the effectiveness aspects, that ‘random use’ was, of course, a little bit less compelling… as he could only use the skill to flee away while the lethal power was zero .

Talking about Feng Bujue’s new skill called [Planned Victory From A Thousand Miles Away], it didn’t consume anything nor needed time to cool down . Apparently, it couldn’t be a fighting skill . Generally, this skill would be used once when he had just entered the scenario and saw the BOSS to confirm its stats . To a player with a good memory, refreshing to see the data again was meaningless .

Here I should add something . Besides the skills granted from titles, players could learn other skills which didn’t require consumption . In fact, although the [Body-Spirit Congregation Technique] consumes Survival Value to maintain player’s special status, it didn’t consume anything at the moment it was ‘activated’ . No single Physical or Spiritual Value point needed . Moreover, the skills that could be activated without consumption didn’t bother players in terms of ‘success launching rate’ . Even if they had the related Specialty graded F, it could still be 100% successful .

For instance, someone who had a skill that didn’t consume anything with the effect of a snap of his finger could burst a third-wheel to death, even if the success rate was just 20%, he just needed to snap his fingers several times more; it didn’t waste his Physical Value anyway… The Body-Spirit Congregation Technique was the same . If he failed launching it, in case he didn’t consume anything, he could refresh continuously until he could successfully activate the skill . The cooldown time only starts when the ‘skill stops’ . But if the skills weren’t activated successfully, there was no ‘stop’ concept . Thus, the default setting for success rate when launching skills that didn’t require consumption would be meaningless .

"Ah . . . I’ve reached level 15 . " Feng Bujue stretched his body . "At this level, I don’t need to rush and earn EXP . Yeah, I should seize the chance when the goods are still expensive . If the items that I’m about to receive is not good, I can still sell it at a good price . " 

This shouldn’t be delayed . Today was the first day of the Open Beta, everything was still messy, and no one knows what scene it would be at his or her next visit .

Feng Bujue came over the glass column, and the familiar notification arose . "Please choose your rewards, one, a random item that suits your level, two, 50,000 game coins, three, 6,000 EXP . "

He had chosen the item and hopefully waited for the white halo to be materialized .

 As Feng Bujue’s level was 15 now, the ‘item that suits his level' shouldn't be that random ‘stone’ or something like that . Such items, perhaps only players at level 5 with nasty moral standing could receive them .  

 However, this time, he got disappointed again with his thug life…

 [Name: Children’s Round Bat]

[Type: Weapon]

[Quality: Normal]

[Attack Power: None]

[Attributes: None]

[Special Effects: None] 

[Remarks: To ensure safety for children under 10 years old when they come to play baseball, they have invented a safe, round bat, covered with rubber material and filled with air inside . Even if it hit someone on the head, he will not get hurt . ]

"You didn’t even feel shame to claim that this is a weapon with zero ‘attack power’!" Feng Bujue grabbed the white bat and swung it twice . "This white toy is suitable for a player at level 15, huh!"

He was too lazy to keep such an item that wasted his storage as he determinedly came to the Mall and sold it to the shop .  

When he returned to the elevator and the door slid closed, Feng Bujue saw that the number of the Mall Section was set at 10 . He also checked his mailbox and unexpectedly found two unread mails .

The first mail came from Like Rain . It contained a simple message: "I’m so sorry I got disconnected . I will contact you later tonight . " Since she was having dinner, she couldn’t calm her mind . She then logged in, but Feng Bujue was in the game at that time, so she just left him a mail instead .

"A very serious person…" Feng Bujue told himself .

The second mail came from the system, titled [You’ve successfully sold your item . ] The mail contained two sentences, including [Your auctioned item is sold to an [Anonymous] player at 140,000 game coins . Click on the attachment to get the payment . ]

Feng Bujue clicked on the attachment and his game coins increased to 479,000 coins . At this time, he could be considered well off . After spending 100,000 coins to establish a Union, he would still have 380,000; it should be enough to buy some costumes and enhance his attributes . Besides, Feng Bujue was about to run out of bullet for his M11A19 Pistol; he needed to buy supplies . Perhaps he needed to buy some Survival Value supplement medicine to make up for the consumption on his Body-Spirit Congregation Technique .  

"Oh, and so on!" Feng Bujue suddenly had nothing in his mind as he was wearing a strange expression . "Before the next scenario, what should I do?" he paused for a while then muttered, "yeah… eat first…"

  . . .

 When he got up from the game cabin, the clock displayed 6:40 PM . Although his plain noodles broth didn’t require fine technique to cook, it should be around 7:00 PM when he could finally put it into his mouth .

Feng Bujue sat up and stretched out his arms in a standard stretching position to relax his backbones . Indeed, it wasn’t good to lay inside the game cabin for a long time since it wasn’t as comfortable as sleeping in his bed .  

He looked at the corner of his living room to see the food was still in Arthas’ bowl, and there was something dark in his sandbox .

"Oh? No way . " He was surprised as he turned around to search for the cat, only to see it snoozing on the sofa . Feng Bujue smiled . "Ha, ha, genius . Got it after just one training course . I thought it would need two or three times more to learn it . " He was in a really good mood as he placed one hand on the edge of the cabin to support his body while jumping out of it . Then, with the first step, he trampled on another cat poop on the floor… 

"This is multidrop bombing!" Feng Bujue cried . "Do you think it’s funny if I trip?!"

"Meow, meow ~" Arthas yawned a big one on the sofa, swung his tail, and walked his way pass Feng Bujue as it refused to give him attention .

Afterwards, when Feng Bujue had cleaned up everything and was sitting in front of the computer together with the bowl of noodles in his hands, it was already 7:15 PM .

He found a bottle of chili sauce in the fridge . No one knows since when it had been staying there . The expiration date on the package was unclear . Anyway, if it didn’t have green hair, he could always put the food in his mouth .

When you have noodles, but you don’t have anything else to add in, such experience, I guess anyone can understand . At that moment, although you are not sure about it, you will still determinedly pour it into your noodles .

After he had turned on the computer, he habitually opened the chat software . Surprisingly, he found a mail that his editor had sent him . This wasn’t normal . Feng Bujue opened the mail, and the contents made him drop his chopstick on the table…

The mail read, "Bujue, aren’t you interested in participating in a variety show on TV?"