Chapter 168

Chapter 168: Intermission (37)

Translator: Sigma Editor: Sigma

Feng Bujue had spent around an hour to bathe the cat . After everything was done, he had many scratches on his arms, also had exhausted himself with sweat . However, it was done now . Originally, he wanted to do some house chores, but when he finished battling with the cat, he gave it up . Bathing a cat was a little too much for exercising after dinner .

He sat down on the couch and gasped for his breath . Of course, if he had already sat down, he should turn on the TV . If he had turned on the TV and he didn’t want to watch commercials of goods priced at 998 RMB, he should switch to the entertainment channel . If he had already changed the channel, he should watch something interesting . Then, he went on to browse the list of horror movies…

Horror movies belong to the genre that usually has sequels . After the viewers have finished the first film, no matter whether it's good or not, with their curiosity they will definitely watch the sequel . Generally, their attitude is like: Maybe the next part is not that bad, right? If not, why would they make the third film?

When they’ve finished the second film, if it’s still bad, the viewers will think about what the situation would be developed in the third film? Why they still make the fourth film? What would happen next? Why this deceptive story can continue? Don’t tell me that it would have an awesome sequel later!

In short, Feng Bujue had watched the whole three horror films each lasted for 90 minutes . Then, he came up with the following conclusion: "I’ve wasted four hours of my life for a bunch of terrible movies . "

He glared at the clock . It was ten thirty in the evening . It was a little bit early using sleep mode to enter the game now . If he used the non-sleep mode… What if he would join a long scenario that would keep him up to 2:00 A . M to solve . Awkward .

Upon his thought, Feng Bujue shifted his look to the TV . "Or else, I can watch the fourth sequel . "

Five seconds later, he slapped his face, shaking off this terrible idea . Then, he lay down in the game cabin, using non-sleep mode to log in .

The login space was the same . When Feng Bujue appeared in the elevator, he went to check his friends list first . Long-Ge was offline, and so was Wild Trace Sword Shadow . Little Tan wasn't online . Like Rain’s and Dispirited’s IDs were glowing but if he could see their IDs on his friends list, it meant they had entered the game with the non-sleep mode . Anyway, their status was ‘playing’ now .

Feng Bujue checked his mailbox . There were a mail and a package from the system .

He opened the email, of which the sender was Zen In Scary Dream . The content of the letter was brief . "Feng-Ge, if you want to give me face, add me as your friend . If you have free time, we should meet in our Studio . "

"What?" Feng Bujue thought to himself, "Won't give you face . " He deleted the email directly . "Didn’t you want to dig for the Derivatives’ information from me . More than that, perhaps they want to head-hunt me to work for Order . " Feng Bujue could guess the other's purpose, and because he was too lazy to explain, he chose to deny it directly .

Anyway, Zen In Scary Dream should understand if he didn't receive the friend request or reply from him .

Afterward, Feng Bujue opened the package from the system . The content inside was the good news to him .

The package titled [Compensation to Player [Feng Bujue]]

When he opened the message, it was such a lengthy email, almost had to be split to another page .

The letter began with some sentences of courtesy . At first glance, he knew it was from some sample letters . [Dear Player, due to the failure of the scenario which caused inconvenience to you,], etc . After around two or three hundred words, the content became more practical . It said that the scenario could only end when the players had to force quit; thus, there would be related compensation .

[Due to the unique feature of rewarding Game coins and EXP, you couldn't receive the corresponding rewards from the scenario . Thus, we’re going to compensate double the rewards of scenario clearance for you . You can randomly draw two Skill Cards that you are able to learn . ]

Although they said [If you have any questions, please contact Customers Service] at the end of the message, Feng Bujue understood that if he kept holding onto it, he wouldn't receive more benefits . Anyway, this compensation wasn’t bad at all . If he were greedy, perhaps he wouldn’t receive anything .

The scenario they had played got a problem with a FLAG that they couldn't finish it . It wasn't that they had completed the quests but couldn't receive the corresponding rewards . These two cases were different . In the first case, it was unknown whether the players had finished the scenario or not . Although everything went normal, they weren't sure that they could complete it .

Also, the reward he was about to receive was the rare stuff at the early stage of the game: skills . Indeed, people from the Order would gladly accept it . By the way, they didn't have any big loss, just wasted a little longer time in a scenario . They weren't like Feng Bujue, who had many of his items broken . Within only one night, he felt like he was living in the pre-liberation time .

After he had checked the package, Feng Bujue didn't hurry to visit his Storage . He then went to the Mall to sell the bullet magazines . It cost 700 coins for a magazine, but now when he sold it to the system, it was worth only 65 coins each . It was unknown how the system calculated this trade .

He bought three bottles of Survival Value Supplement (medium) then visited his Storage . There were two glass columns stood in the room . He took out the two Skill Cards, holding on his hands to check out the properties .

[Name: Dragon of the Darkness Flame] (1)

[Skill Card Attributes: Proactive skill, single-use]

[Skill Category: Spiritual]

[Effects: Release the Dark Dragon, devouring both you and your enemy . ]

[Consumption: 100% Survival Value]

[Learning Conditions: Spiritual Grade E]

[Remarks: To eat or to be eaten…Problem’s solved!]

"Solve my ass! I’m getting eaten too!" Feng Bujue cried . After the previous scenario, his Spiritual Specialty had been advanced one more grade . This skill was truly a suicidal skill where the fish died, and the net was broken . The price to launch this single-use skill was the user’s entire Survival Value . In other words, after you’ve struck out this skill, no need to mention whether the enemy is killed or not, you’re dead .

The second Skill Card was a true, precious passive skill, though its effects were a little bit odd .

[Name: Dedication of the Ice Warlock]

[Skill Cards Attributes: Passive skill; permanent control . ]

[Skill Category: Weapon]

[Effects: Increase the success rate of all proactive skills by 10%]

[Learning Conditions: Weapon Specialty Grade D]

[Remarks: Sir W . W . always told us that, even if you are producing ‘ice,’ from your respect to Chemistry, even a fly isn’t allowed to exist in the laboratory . ]

"Isn’t he Heisenberg! (2) What about the Ice Warlock? What the heck does this skill imply!" Feng Bujue cursed the remarks and resolutely learned the skill .

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(1) Dragon of the Darkness Flame: (邪王炎殺黒龍波, Jaou Ensatsu Kokuryuuha) is a powerful technique that summons black flames from the depths of Demon World and shaping it in the form of a dragon capable of instantly incinerating nearly anything in its path . This technique is performed by Hiei in YuYu Hakusho, a manga series written by Yoshihiro Togashi .

(2) Werner Karl Heisenberg (5 December 1901 – 1 February 1976) was a German physicist, Nobel laureate, and one of the founders of the field of quantum mechanics .