Chapter 1 What a Mistake?

“Hey, hey…” Feng Bujue looked at the [City-Level] Hero lettering embossed on the ID card like a steel stamp (the card used Cosmic Script, but the system had built-in translation), and immediately read aloud, “Are you kidding me?”

Clearly, “kidding” was impossible. The hero level test scores were very rigorous; all data would be jointly reviewed and evaluated by a supercomputer and a team of senior evaluators (the manual processing was the reason for the half-hour wait), and then a comprehensive assessment was derived. Unless the tester deliberately concealed their strength or severely underperformed, overestimation or underestimation of the level would never occur.

Of course, no “kidding” didn’t mean there were no “mistakes.”

With Feng Bujue’s abilities, his physical fitness alone was enough to put him in the ranks of planet-level heroes, but the fact that he was ultimately assigned the lowest city-level was undoubtedly a mistake.

And the originator of this “mistake” was Toad-Man Enver Slob.

It had to be said… this cosmic-level hero known for his wisdom was worthy of the words "deeply scheming." In his first meeting with Jue-Ge, he instinctively sensed a dangerous aura and made a relatively accurate judgment of Jue-Ge's character.

Call it intuition or prejudice, but Enver Slob was unwavering in his belief that Mad Detective Feng Bujue was not a “hero” at all.

However, he had no evidence; objectively speaking, Jue-Ge had not revealed any flaws. Therefore, Toad-Man came up with a plan as a “test” for Jue-Ge.

“If Mad Detective Feng Bujue is a true ‘hero,’ then he won’t care about his level at all.” Toad-Man convinced Tin-Foil Man with this sentence.

After the two of them discussed it with other colleagues on the United Superhuman Alliance’s Supreme Council, they began to implement the plan… changing Jue-Ge’s test level to the lowest [City-Level].

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“I say…” Feng Bujue returned to the service desk at the test area entrance and tried to ask the staff, “Isn’t there some kind of problem here?”

The staff member looked at him expressionlessly and replied, “You feel your level is too low, right?”

“Yeah.” Feng Bujue replied matter-of-factly, “At the very least… city-level is too…”

“Fill out this form and give it to me.” The other party didn’t even let him finish speaking before taking a form from the desk and handing it over.

Feng Bujue took the form and took a closer look: "Upgrade Test Application Form?" he asked with a questioning tone.

"The time interval between two tests must not be less than three cosmic years (approximately one hundred and fifty-six cosmic weeks)," the staff member replied. "Submit the form now, and you can come back to retest after the time limit has passed."

Feng Bujue understood from the other party's expression... his appeal was meaningless. In any case, the United Superhuman Alliance would never change the test results that had just been obtained. Their attitude was similar to that of some pseudo-democratic governments: in any case, the bottom line is, I am not wrong. Even if I am wrong, I won’t admit it, and even if I admit it, I won’t change it, and even if I change it, I won’t do anything about it. Even if I am really outrageously wrong, you can only pay for my mistakes and take a few detours; and you are not allowed to criticize me, otherwise it’s your fault. If you are wrong, I will punish you on behalf of the moon, bang bang bang bang…

“Well… forget it…” Feng Bujue considered it for a few seconds, then put down the form and said, “Sorry, I bothered you.”

Having said that, he took his city-level hero ID card and turned to leave.

At the moment of turning around, Feng Bujue also raised his head and gave a provocative smile to a surveillance camera high up.

At the same time, Toad-Man, who was observing Jue-Ge’s every move through monitoring on another part of the asteroid, had a change of expression: “Tch… is this kid showing off to me…”

The information contained in Feng Bujue’s smile was at least three things: first, he already knew that someone had tampered with his results; second, he also knew that the person pulling the strings behind the scenes was currently monitoring him; third, he didn’t mind exposing the fact that “he already knew the above two points” to the other party.

“Not only smart, but also arrogant…” A sneer quickly appeared on Toad-Man’s face, “Hmph… I’ll see what kind of character you really are…”

…

“Phew… what bad luck…” Twenty minutes later, Feng Bujue had returned to the hero dormitory, fell on the bed and stretched, “If I had known this would happen, I would have just done the test when I was level forty-three…”

On the way back, he had already gone through the whole thing in his mind. Although he couldn't be one hundred percent sure who had tampered with his test scores, the name "Toad-Man" was undoubtedly at the top of the list of suspects.

“Ah… but… you can’t blame others.” After taking a breath, Jue-Ge supported his head with both hands and muttered, “If it were me, I would use this kind of strategy too…” He licked his lips, “Letting someone who has just arrived and whose intentions are unpredictable directly obtain the authority of a planet-level or even galaxy-level hero is not appropriate… especially since this person is ‘from another multiverse’ and there is no way to find out their background.”

After thinking it through, Feng Bujue not only didn't feel annoyed or frustrated about his level being restricted, but on the contrary... he agreed with Toad-Man's approach from the bottom of his heart.

He was just this kind of person… even when faced with more despicable and shameless methods and more unfair results, he could still accept it calmly and respond with a contemptuous smile. He would even stand in the other person’s position and think about the rationality and profitability of this approach.

Acknowledging the despicable, understanding the despicable, but disdaining the despicable… this was Feng Bujue, rationally clever, but stubbornly foolish.

Of course, when he felt it was appropriate and necessary, he could be more despicable than anyone else…

“Alright… I’ve already come, I can’t just go back like this.” Feng Bujue continued, “It costs twenty thousand game coins every time I come in…” As he said that, he sat up from the bed, turned on the computer in the room, and inserted his hero ID card into the card slot on the computer.

[ID card being retrieved…]

[Identity confirmed.]

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

“Okay… let me take a look.” After Feng Bujue logged into the United Superhuman Alliance's "Hero Activity Self-Service Client," he was automatically assigned to the [City-Level] Hero Channel.

After quickly scanning the user interface, he clicked on the [Hero Mission Acquisition and Assistance] option without hesitation and began searching for missions he could accept.