Chapter 44 Deciding on the Reward

This time, Feng Bujue decisively chose experience points as his fear rating reward. The puzzle card he drew was [Puzzle Card: Dog]. As soon as he got this card, Feng Bujue immediately thought of a possible combination. He took out the other puzzle cards from the storage and held them in his hand. Then, he opened the menu and pressed the "Combine" option, which immediately prompted the system: [A possible combination sequence has been detected].

A new window popped up in the game menu, displaying a combination that matched Feng Bujue's imagination. Deck Name: [Taz-Mania] (Taz-Mania, a classic cartoon character from Warner Bros.), Consuming [Puzzle Card: Dog] and [Puzzle Card: Spin] can form a combination.

Feng Bujue hesitated for a moment because he already had the [Puzzle Card: Monkey] and now he got this "Dog". It felt like he could derive many other combinations, such as "Three Admirals", "Momotaro", "Chinese Zodiac" and so on. Both of these were part of it, and those were deck combinations that consumed more puzzle cards. The equipment exchanged after they were formed would definitely be better.

But after thinking about it, he decided to combine this deck first and see what kind of equipment a deck composed of two puzzle cards could exchange for.

[The deck combination you have chosen to generate is: Taz-Mania, please confirm this operation.]

Feng Bujue clicked confirm. The two puzzle cards turned into white light and disappeared. Then, a new card appeared in his hand. In terms of size, the deck was the same as a regular puzzle card, the size of a tarot card. Both sides were also painted with pictures. But the edges of the deck had some changes. Although it was a pattern on the same plane, it had a relief-like feel, and the card itself had a bit of weight.

[The deck has been generated, would you like to exchange it for equipment?] The system voice sounded again.

Since it was the first deck he had combined, there was no reason to put it up for auction. Anyway, the equipment exchanged from the deck system was at least of Excellent quality, so Feng Bujue wasn't afraid of being tricked. He chose yes again, and the [Taz-Mania] in his hand turned into white light and dissipated.

On the other side of the storage room, a pillar of white light suddenly appeared and turned into a new glass pillar. Feng Bujue walked to the pillar, and the equipment inside had already formed. This time the item was quite large. He took it out and looked at it.

[Name: Proserpina's Vacuum Cleaner]

[Type: Weapon]

[Quality: Excellent]

[Attack Power: None]

[Attribute: None]

[Effect: Absorbs the survival value of monsters and restores the same percentage of survival value to the player (Absorption rate is 0.5% per second, ineffective against dead, non-physical, mechanical, and Boss-level monsters. The vacuum cleaner cannot store survival value, the absorption effect is immediate, and if the player's survival value is full when using it, they will not be able to recover.)]

[Equipment Requirements: Level 20, General Specialization D, Mechanical Specialization D]

[Remarks: Proserpina is the count's maid in Castlevania. In addition to using her Taekwondo black belt skills to drive away intruders, her most common job on weekdays is cleaning the castle. Proserpina's vacuum cleaner can effectively absorb blood on the ground or walls, which is closely related to the count's habit of throwing cups. Whenever the count sees a visitor from the Belmont family, he always likes to throw the goblet full of blood in his hand on the ground, and then go forward and have a bout of *intimate* dueling. This has been the case for hundreds of years, the meaning is unknown.]

"Hmm... speaking of which... in Symphony of the Night, he really threw them... Soma also threw them in Aria of Sorrow's Bad Ending..." Feng Bujue recalled, "It really is meaningless..." Due to level restrictions, he temporarily stored this equipment in the storage room.

The tactical value of this weapon is still very high, and its effect can even be used until the later stages of the game. Moreover, this vacuum cleaner has no binding restrictions, anyone who meets the equipment requirements can take it and use it. Theoretically speaking, if all six members of a team can equip it, then... in some scenarios with more mobs, they can take turns using this to heal. In the absence of medical personnel, this thing is more reliable than survival value supplements, because the absorption has no diminishing effect.

Ready, back in the landing space, Feng Bujue inspected his current state:

Title: [Scenario Explorer], 1343618000, Skill Points: 2400, Game Coins: 326800.

Specialization: General D, Mechanical D, Recon E, Fighting D (Mask Bonus), Shooting D, Medical F, Mystic F, Summoning NA

Inventory 9/10: Mario's Pipe Wrench, Eye of Hatred, M1911A1 Pistol, Survival Value Supplement (Medium) *2, Flashlight, Folding Stool, SRR-500(2020), Robots Must Die, Anti-Gravity Catapult.

Equipment: Jazz Dance, Casey Jones' Mask, Death Poker (Psychic Weapon), Echo Armor

Space 3/10: Puzzle Card - Monkey, Puzzle Card - Sunglasses, Proserpina's Vacuum Cleaner.

Skills: [Sloppy Repair] [The Brat's Low Sweep] [Spirit Sense Gathering Technique] [Decisive Victory Thousands of Miles Away]

He opened the social options on the touch screen. At this moment, there were two names lit up on the friend list. One was naturally "Kuang Zong Jian Ying". That guy's status was still idle. It was estimated that he was arranging the [Hard Drive 2455-A-1] matter. The other online name was "Long Ao Min", but Brother Long was already [In Game] at the moment. It was estimated that when he went online just now, he found that Feng Bujue was in the game, so he went to queue up by himself.

Previously, Feng Bujue originally wanted to play the Slaughter Game by himself, but after queuing up with Kuang Zong Jian Ying, a round ended without even confronting the opposing team head-on. Unconsciously, it turned into a team survival feeling. It seemed that the title given by the system was really reliable. [Scenario Explorer] really lived up to its name.

Feng Bujue also figured it out. Up until now, what he was best at and preferred the most was the Team Survival mode. And when it comes to the horror elements of the scenario, the Survival mode is also more standard. It would be a bit difficult to expect other players to scare him in the Slaughter Game.

He operated on the touch screen a few times and joined a team survival queue alone.

[Mad Not Crazy, Level 18]

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

[You have selected Team Survival Mode (Normal), please confirm.]

[Confirmed, the random value for the team size has been generated: Six players.]

[You have entered the queue, searching for other ready individuals or teams.]

[Match completed, coordinating neural connections, scenario is generating...]

[Loading begins, please wait.]