【Script completed, rewards are being calculated.】

【Experience gained: 1200000, Game Coins: 100000】

【Items and equipment obtained: None】

【Completed accepted quests: 1】

【Special, hidden quests completed: 4, Cracked Worldview: Right to Survival Test】

【Sudden surge in Scare Value: 0 times, Highest Scare Value: 0%, Average Scare Value: 0%】

【Your Fear Rating is Dauntless, you may receive one additional reward, please select it later.】

【Skill Points gained: 2681】

【Skill Point bonus Experience: 26810, Game Coins: 100000】

【Script completion reward: Puzzle Card*2.】

【Side quest reward: Right Foot of the Sealed One.】

【Hidden quest rewards: Left Foot of the Sealed One, Right Wrist of the Sealed One, Left Wrist of the Sealed One.】

【Settlement complete, please continue.】

After ending his conversation with Woody, Feng Bujue returned to the login space.

At the same time, the rewards for completing the script were listed one by one on the screen.

"This guy telling me 'these things'... there must be some kind of conspiracy, right..." Jue Ge muttered to himself while browsing the content on the screen.

Clearly, before Feng Bujue left the script, Woody had given him some information, and quite important information at that…

"Hmm... regardless of his purpose..." Jue Ge stared at the settlement screen for about five seconds, then turned and walked towards the storage room, still talking to himself, "Now that I know, I have to prepare early..."

As he spoke, he passed through the elevator doors and quickly walked to the glass pillar where he received his rewards.

【Please select your additional reward: One, randomly draw a piece of equipment corresponding to your level; two, 50,000 Game Coins; three, 19,200,000 Experience Points】

The familiar system prompt rang out again, and Feng Bujue unhesitatingly took the experience points. He had come online to level up anyway, and before he teleported back, Woody had specifically reminded him to claim the experience. Therefore… Jue Ge did as he was told.

【You have leveled up to level 49, Stamina limit increased, currently 4900/4900】

After receiving 40% of the current level cap experience, Jue Ge barely reached level 49, only one level away from the maximum level...

Considering that version 1.10 of Thriller Paradise has removed the level rankings, the tactic of "inferring the experience acquisition speed through rankings" no longer exists, so... Jue Ge can fearlessly receive experience and level up. If he's fast enough... tomorrow morning, he can level up that final level.

Of course, he wasn't in that much of a hurry. After all, Woody had given him "three days," which was a full seventy-two hours; starting from eight o'clock this morning, it wouldn't end until around eight o'clock on August 7th. Even if he only cleared one script each day during these three days, he could still reliably level up with the "additional rewards."

"Okay... let's take a look at the other things..." With the experience in hand, Feng Bujue headed towards the other glass pillars.

First, he collected the puzzle cards. This time... the cards he drew were [Puzzle Card - Sword] and [Puzzle Card - Sweater]. These two were obviously unrelated to the zodiac combination he had planned, so he temporarily put them away.

Next, he collected all the rewards for the side quests and hidden quests in one go. Judging from the names alone, these items seemed to be the limbs of someone (or some other creature). But in reality, they were just four cards.

The basic design of these cards was the same... the front had a golden background with a black border; the back had a coffee-colored swirling pattern with a yellow border.

"What's going on..." Feng Bujue took the four cards from the glass pillar and held them in his hand, saying, "Isn't this just a very ordinary Yu-Gi-Oh! (trading card game) card..." As he complained, his gaze shifted to one of the cards.

Actually, these cards were still different from Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Duel Monsters cards, because these cards only had pictures, without any race, star level, or attack and defense values, and no annotations...

The picture on the first card was a golden, armor-like right foot, with a golden anklet tied to its ankle.

【Name: Right Foot of the Sealed One】

【Type: Other】

【Quality: Normal】

【Effect: Unknown (Soulbound)】

【Remark: Infinite power will be obtained after the seal is broken】

The second card had a "Left Foot" printed on it, and its item description was the same as the first one, the only difference being the name; and the same was true for the "Right Wrist of the Sealed One, Left Wrist of the Sealed One."

"Hmm... I got some strange stuff again..." After reading the description, Feng Bujue put the cards into his bag and pondered, "And... it's even more of a坑爹 *kengdie* (pitiful/scam) than the previous 'Wind, Forest, Fire, Mountain, Yin, Thunder' series..."

He said this because he knew more about this "Sealed One" series. He knew... that to "break the seal," he needed another card—[The Sealed Exodia], but his reward was missing one piece… This was like getting 10, J, Q, K when playing stud poker, but missing an Ace, which equals zero...

"I always feel like... ever since I upgraded my bag, I've been getting similar items..." Feng Bujue said as he walked out of the storage room and back into the elevator, "Could this be the system's way of forcing players to further upgrade their bags..."

He wasn't a conspiracy theorist, he was just making a reasonable guess based on his experience playing other online games...

The game optical computers of 2055 can complete many complex calculations and responses, and the situation that Jue Ge said was not difficult to achieve. In fact, most game operators had already done this... In some "free online games" where storage space was already tight, when players' backpacks and warehouses had few empty slots, the item drop rate when they killed monsters would change... The more players had no space to put things, the more diversified the items dropped by the monsters would be. Please note that it was "diversified," not "increased drop rate." Although the types of dropped items increased, they were still the same level of trash... The main purpose was to make players feel uncomfortable due to insufficient storage space, and then get angry and recharge.

"Hmm... I have to find a chance to ask Woody or a high-ranking Derivative next time..." While Feng Bujue was thinking, he switched the exit settings of the login space to the mall option.

"[Puzzle Card - Sweater] can be kept for now, as long as I put together the 'Zodiac Series', the storage room will basically be empty, so I can just leave it there. As for this [Puzzle Card - Sword]... it's obviously a versatile card, I can use it for trading... I can set some conditions." As soon as Jue Ge got out of the elevator, he headed straight for the puzzle card exchange, "One for two..." He had already thought about it before he even reached the door, "Exchange for one random card, plus one specific card, the content of the specific card just needs to be related to 'Virgo'..."

…………

After leaving the exchange, Feng Bujue returned to the storage room and sorted out his things a bit, then he logged out of the game.

He estimated... that by the time he logged in again, that card would probably have already been exchanged.

"Huff..." Feng Bujue, who got up from the game pod, let out a long breath and stood up to stretch his muscles, "It's the deluxe version after all... my waist doesn't ache, my back doesn't hurt, it feels more comfortable than lying in bed."

"Then plug in the feeding tube and catheter and lie in there for the rest of your life." Asas, who was on the sofa, saw Jue Ge get up and took the opportunity to complain.

Feng Bujue sneered, "Hmph... you can only be arrogant now, when I master the Dunjia Tianshu (遁甲天书,遁甲天书 - a Daoist book on strategy and divination)..."

"You'll beat me back to my original form and then wantonly ravage me?" Asas interrupted him and returned with a sneer, "Heh... Didn't you read the information that Gu Chen gave you properly, meow? Do you know what level a normal Demon Hunter has to cultivate to in order to defeat a demon of my level, meow?"

"I read it." Feng Bujue replied, "Old Gu even specially noted in the information... that he reached that level after cultivating in a 'so-so' manner for five years." Jue Ge arrogantly continued, "With my aptitude, diligence, and looks... five months is about enough, right?"

"Putting aside your basically unfounded and shameless confidence..." Asas squinted her cat eyes and continued, "Does cultivation have anything to do with 'looks', meow?" She paused for a moment, "Also... is that Gu Chen sick? Why would he make such a boring note..."

"Actually... he added such notes to almost all the information, and all used his own personal experience as examples. He said... it was for me to refer to..." Feng Bujue shrugged, "Also, he left a message at the end of the information, roughly meaning... 'If your cultivation progress is faster than mine, it must be because I wasn't serious, if it's slower than me, it's because you're stupid'."

"Hey hey..." The corners of Asas's cat mouth actually twitched, "Could it be... that your efforts for the past half month have all been due to this mockery..."

"How~ could~ be~" Feng Bujue tilted his head and replied, "Do I look like such a childish person?"

"Of course, you do." Suddenly, another person's voice rang out from the living room.

"I say..." Feng Bujue instantly recognized who it was, his expression changed drastically, and he slowly turned his head, "Can't you knock on the door before coming in..."

"Sorry." Li Ruoyu replied as she casually threw her travel bag on the sofa and put down her suitcase, "I came in through the kitchen window."

"This is the thirteenth floor... Lady Hero." For some reason... cold sweat had already broken out on Jue Ge's forehead, "Speaking of... why did you bring so much luggage?"

"Moving in to live." Ruoyu's answer was concise.

"'Ohoho~ Pink-colored love life with Ruoyu~'" At this time, Asas, who was on the sofa, suddenly interjected and recited with a wretched tone. The next second, she returned to her usual lazy and slightly irritable expression and continued, "That was the thought that just flashed through Feng Bujue's mind."

As soon as she finished speaking, the two of them and one "cat" fell into a brief silence.

Three seconds later...

"Well... you saw it too..." Feng Bujue began to talk nonsense in a serious tone, "She's a pervert whose gender and race have been distorted, and while her physical state is abnormal, her mental state is also extremely unstable. This may be related to being abused by her parents when she was a child, or it may be due to the pressure accumulated over a long period of work. I'm still researching the specific reasons... so you don't have to take what she says to heart."

"Oh." Ruoyu looked at Jue Ge expressionlessly and responded, then turned her head to look at Asas and said, "I'm moving in, do you have any objections?"

"Hey! The owner of the house is here!" Feng Bujue shouted.

But the other two ignored him and just continued their conversation.

"Do as you please, meow~" Asas also looked at Ruoyu and replied, "As long as it doesn't affect my work."

"Okay." Ruoyu said, "Then I'll be disturbing you."

"You decided on your own!" Feng Bujue was shocked.

"Then..." Ruoyu and Asas finished greeting each other and glanced in the direction of the bedroom, "Starting tonight, I'll sleep in that room..."

"Uh... this is progressing a bit too fast..." Feng Bujue squinted at Ruoyu and said.

"You can sleep anywhere else besides the bedroom, make yourself at home." Unexpectedly, she had a second half to that sentence.

"What do you mean make myself at home..." The veins on Feng Bujue's forehead popped out, "Isn't this my house? Even if it's rented, it's still my house, hey!"

"Oh, right... my game pod will probably be delivered tomorrow morning. I originally wanted the moving company to deliver it today, but since that kind of super-large electronic equipment has to be disassembled before it can be transported, it's too late for today." Ruoyu said, "I have to go to the gallery to take care of some things tomorrow morning, you can take care of things at home, call me if you need anything."

"This landlady-like tone... this self-willed attitude..." Feng Bujue glared with dead fish eyes, his complaining power fully activated, "...Are you planning to forcibly try living together with me? Don't you think some important steps have been skipped in the middle? Otherwise, wait a few more days, I'll brew a love letter of a few thousand words and fax it to you, let's start from..."

"You're overthinking it." Ruoyu interrupted Jue Ge with her usual cold tone, "I'm moving here mainly to supervise and protect you."

"Huh?" Feng Bujue was stunned for a moment, "That... Ruoyu, I know you also have spiritual abilities, but the work of 'supervising and protecting'..." He pointed to Asas, "She's already doing it, you don't have to..."

"Our positions are slightly different." Ruoyu replied, "They cannot be regarded as the same."

Hearing the word "position," Feng Bujue's expression changed slightly, "Ruoyu... could it be that you are also..."

"Let's talk about whatever you want to talk about while we're eating." Ruoyu didn't let Jue Ge continue, "Don't worry, I'm not from the Nine Divisions, nor do I belong to any government agency." At this point, she changed the subject, "However... I do have some connection with the Nine Divisions."

"Hmm..." Feng Bujue said in a deep voice, "...Are you also one of their surveillance targets?"

"No." Ruoyu denied his guess, and said in a very calm tone, "Simply put... Gu Chen is my maternal grandfather's sister's husband."

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An hour later, Ruoyu walked out of the room carrying a large backpack and an overly large garbage bag.

And the dinner that Feng Bujue had made was almost ready, waiting for the bowls and chopsticks to be set.

"This bag is what you usually use often, I've helped you sort it out, so you don't always have to run into my room." Ruoyu walked to the living room, put down the backpack in her right hand, and raised her voice to Jue Ge in the kitchen.

"She said 'my room' without any sense of incongruity..." Feng Bujue squinted and muttered, "It was clearly my room an hour ago..."

A few seconds later, Ruoyu dragged the garbage bag again and walked towards the door: "This bag... take it downstairs and throw it away now, I never want to see what's inside again."

"Can I open it and check it... in case there's something I want to keep..."

"I'll count to three..."

"Okay~ okay~ I'll throw it away... I'll change my shoes and go..."

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In the evening, at six twenty, Jue Ge and Ruoyu were already sitting at the dining table.

There were three dishes and one soup on the table, all home-style dishes.

"It's really good." Ruoyu's table manners were very good, she would only speak when there was no food in her mouth, "Much better than what my dad makes."

"You're too kind..." Feng Bujue replied casually, he wasn't so particular about it, he was still stuffing things into his mouth while speaking.

"Hmm... since you mentioned your father..." After a half-second pause, Jue Ge took the opportunity to change the subject and smoothly continued, "Your parents don't have any objections to you moving in with me, right?"

"When I first mentioned this to them, they had some objections..." Ruoyu replied.

"That's right... I knew it..." Feng Bujue lengthened his tone and continued.

"They thought it would be better for us to get a marriage certificate before living together." Ruoyu's second half of the sentence always had a delay of one or two seconds.

"Pfft--" Feng Bujue spat out the rice that hadn't been chewed properly in his mouth, "Ah cough... cough..." He coughed out the rice grains that had choked into his trachea and said with difficulty, "I really don't know whether to say they're too open-minded or too conservative..."

"Later, I explained to them the reason and purpose of my moving in." Ruoyu was calm and composed, and continued, "They understood and said... they were very relieved about you."

"Cough... what does relieved mean?" Feng Bujue's breathing gradually returned to normal.

"There are probably two meanings." Ruoyu replied, "First, they think you're a good person and they trust you. Second, you're no match for me anyway."

"Uh..." After Jue Ge opened his mouth, he realized that he was speechless.

"So... let's talk about the question you wanted to ask me earlier." Ruoyu steered the topic back to the right track, "Don't worry, I'm not from the Nine Divisions, nor do I belong to any government agency." At this point, she changed her tone, "However... I do have some connection with the Nine Divisions."

"Hmm..." Feng Bujue said in a deep voice, "...Are you also one of their surveillance targets?"

"No." Ruoyu denied his guess, and said in a very calm tone, "Simply put... Gu Chen is my maternal grandfather's sister's husband."