【The script is complete, rewards are being calculated.】

【Experience gained: 1,200,000, Game Coins: 100,000】

【Items/Equipment obtained: None】

【Accepted quests completed: 1】

【Special/Hidden quests completed: 4, Worldview Decryption: Survival Rights Test】

【Jump Scares: 0, Highest Jump Scare Value: 0%, Average Jump Scare Value: 0%】

【Your Fear Rating is "Fearless," and you will receive one additional reward. Please select later.】

【Skill Points Gained: 2681】

【Skill Points converted to Experience: 26810, Game Coins: 100,000】

【Script Completion Reward: Jigsaw Card*2】

【Side Quest Reward: Right Foot of the Sealed One】

【Hidden Quest Reward: Left Foot of the Sealed One, Right Arm of the Sealed One, Left Arm 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 clearing the script were listed on the screen.

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

Clearly, before Feng Bujue left the script, Woody gave him some intelligence, and rather important intelligence at that…

“Well… no matter what his purpose is…” Jue Ge stared at the settlement screen for about five seconds, then turned and walked towards the storage room, still talking to himself, "Since I already know, I have to prepare early…"

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

【Please select your additional reward: 1. Randomly draw a piece of equipment corresponding to your level, 2. 50,000 Game Coins, 3. 19,200,000 Experience Points】

The familiar system prompt sounded again, and Feng Bujue took the experience without hesitation. He came online to level up, and before he teleported back, Woody 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 claiming 40% of the current level cap in experience, Jue Ge barely reached Level 49, only one level away from the maximum level.

Considering that *Thriller Paradise* v1.10 had removed the level leaderboard, "guessing the experience acquisition speed through rankings" was no longer possible, so… Jue Ge could claim experience and level up without restraint. If he was fast enough… he could level up that last level by dawn tomorrow.

Of course, he wasn't in such a hurry. After all, Woody gave 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 for these three days, he could still level up comfortably with the "additional rewards."

"Okay… let's take a look at the other things…" After getting the experience, Feng Bujue headed towards the other glass pillars.

First, he claimed the jigsaw cards. This time… the cards he drew were [Jigsaw Card-Sword] and [Jigsaw Card-Sweater]. These two were clearly unrelated to his planned Zodiac combination, so he temporarily put them away.

Then, he claimed all the rewards from the side quests and hidden quests in one go. Judging from the names alone, these items seemed to be the limbs of a certain person (or possibly another creature). But in reality, these were just four cards.

The basic designs of these cards were the same… The front was a golden yellow background with black borders, and the back was a coffee-colored swirling pattern with yellow borders.

"What's going on…" Feng Bujue took the four cards out of the glass pillar, held them in his hand, and muttered, "Isn't this just a very ordinary *Yu-Gi-Oh!* (Trading Card Game) card…" While complaining, his gaze shifted to one of the cards.

Actually, these cards were different from the *Yu-Gi-Oh!* Duel Monsters cards, because these cards only had images and no race, star level, attack, or defense values, nor were there any annotations…

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

【Name: Right Foot of the Sealed One】

【Type: Other】

【Quality: Normal】

【Effect: Unknown (Bound on Pickup)】

【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, the only difference being the name; the same went for the "Right Arm of the Sealed One" and "Left Arm of the Sealed One."

"Well… I got some weird stuff again…" After reading the description, Feng Bujue put the cards into his bag and muttered, "And… it's even more坑爹 *kengdie* than the previous 'Wind, Forest, Fire, Mountain, Yin, Thunder' series…" (坑爹 *kengdie* means "pitiful," "disappointing," or "scamming").

He said this because he knew a bit 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… It was like getting 10, J, Q, K when playing stud poker, but being short one Ace, which was equal to 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 brain in 2055 could perform many complex calculations and responses, and the situation Jue Ge mentioned wasn't 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 warehouse slots were low, the drop rate when they killed monsters would change… The more players didn't have space to put things, the more diverse the things the monsters dropped became. Note that it was "diversification," not "increased drop rate." Although the types of things that dropped increased, they were still the same level of trash… The main purpose was to make players feel annoyed due to insufficient storage space, and then get angry and recharge.

"Well… next time I meet Woody or a high-ranking derivative, I have to find a chance to ask…" As Feng Bujue pondered, he switched the login space's exit settings to the mall option.

"[Jigsaw Card-Sweater] can be kept for now. As long as I get the 'Zodiac Series' together, the storage room will be basically empty, so I can just leave it there. As for this [Jigsaw Card-Sword]… it's obviously a versatile card that can be used for trading… I can set some conditions." As soon as Jue Ge got out of the elevator, he headed straight for the jigsaw card exchange, "Let's trade it for two…" He had already thought it through before he even got to the door, "Trade it for one random card plus one specified card. The specified card should be related to 'Virgo'…"

…………

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

He estimated that… by the time he logged in again, that card would probably have been traded away.

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

"Then plug in the feeding tube and the catheter, and lie in there for the rest of your life." Asathoth, 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 for now. When this great one masters the *Dunjia Tianshu*…"

"You'll turn me back to my original form and then arbitrarily ravage me?" Asathoth interrupted him and returned a sneer, "Heh… didn't you read the information Gu Chen gave you properly, meow? Do you know what realm an ordinary Demon Hunter has to reach to defeat a demon of my level, meow?"

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

"Putting aside your basically unfounded and shameless self-confidence…" Asathoth squinted her cat eyes and continued, "Does cultivation have anything to do with 'looks,' meow?" She paused, "Also… that Gu Chen is sick, right? Why would he make such a boring annotation…"

"Actually… he added such annotations to almost all the information, and all with his own personal experiences as examples. He said… it was for me to refer to…" Feng Bujue shrugged and said, "Also, he left a message at the end of the information, which basically meant… 'If your cultivation progress is faster than mine, it must be because I didn't take it seriously. If it's slower than mine, it's because you're stupid.'"

"Hey, hey…" The corners of Asathoth's cat mouth twitched, "Could it be… that your efforts over the past half month have all been due to this ridicule…"

"How~ could~ it~ 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 sounded from the living room.

"I said…" 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, casually throwing the duffel bag on her shoulder onto the sofa and putting down the suitcase in her hand, "I came in through the kitchen window."

"This is the thirteenth floor… heroine." For some reason… cold sweat had already seeped out of Jue Ge's forehead, "By the way… why did you bring so much luggage?"

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

"'Oh-ho-ho~ A pink and passionate life with Ruoyu~'" At this moment, Asathoth, who was on the sofa, suddenly interjected, laughing and muttering in a lewd tone. The next second, she returned to her usual lazy and slightly irritable state and continued, "That's the thought that just flashed through Feng Bujue's mind."

As soon as her voice fell, the two people and one "cat" fell into a brief silence.

Three seconds later…

"Well… you can see…" Feng Bujue started talking nonsense in a serious manner, "She's a pervert whose gender and race have been twisted. Her mental state is extremely unstable while her physiological state is abnormal. It may be related to being abused by her parents when she was young, or it may be due to the long-term pressure accumulated at work. I'm still studying 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 to look at Asathoth and said, "I'm moving in, do you have any objections?"

"Hey! The landlord is here!" Feng Bujue shouted.

But the other two ignored him and just talked to each other.

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

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

"They decided on their own!" Feng Bujue was shocked.

"Then…" Ruoyu greeted Asathoth and glanced in the direction of the bedroom, "Starting tonight, I'll sleep in that room…"

"Uh… this is progressing a little too fast…" Feng Bujue squinted at Ruoyu and muttered.

"You can sleep anywhere else other than the bedroom, make yourself at home." Unexpectedly, she had more to say.

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

"Oh, right… my game pod will probably be delivered tomorrow morning. I originally wanted the moving company to deliver it today, but because 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 tomorrow morning to take care of some things, so you can take care of things at home, call me if anything happens."

"Your tone is like a hostess… your headstrong attitude…" Feng Bujue stared with dead fish eyes, unleashing his full power of吐槽 *tucao* (吐槽 *tucao* means "to roast," "to criticize," or "to lampoon"), "…are you planning to forcefully have a trial marriage with me? Don't you think you're skipping some important steps in between? Why don't you wait a few more days, I'll brew a love letter of several thousand words and fax it to you, and we'll 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 have spiritual abilities too, but the work of 'supervising and protecting'…" He pointed to Asathoth, "She's already doing it, you don't have to…"

"Our positions are slightly different." Ruoyu replied, "They can't be generalized."

Hearing the word "positions," Feng Bujue's expression changed slightly, "Ruoyu… could it be that you're also…"

"Let's talk about anything over dinner." Ruoyu didn't let Jue Ge continue, "Don't worry, I'm not from the Ninth Division, nor do I belong to any government agency." At this point, she changed her tone, "However… I do have some connections with the Ninth Division."

"Well…" Feng Bujue said in a deep voice, "…you're also one of their surveillance targets?"

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

"Wait…" Feng Bujue saw Ruoyu turn her head and rush to the bedroom, and quickly stepped forward, "…I'll help you!"

At this moment, a cold gaze came over, murderous and full of spiritual power.

"Go cook."

"Yes, ma'am."

…………

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

The dinner that Feng Bujue had cooked was almost ready, just waiting to be set out.

"This bag is something you usually use often, I've sorted it out for you, so you don't have to keep running to my room." Ruoyu walked to the middle of the living room, put down the backpack in her right hand, and raised her voice to Jue Ge in the kitchen.

"You said 'my room' so naturally…" Feng Bujue squinted and muttered in a low voice, "It was clearly my room an hour ago…"

A few seconds later, Ruoyu dragged the trash bag and walked towards the door, "Throw this bag away now, I never want to see the things inside again."

"Can I open it and check… in case there's anything I want to keep…"

"I'll count to three…"

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

…………

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-cooked dishes.

"Not bad." Ruoyu had good table manners, she only spoke when she didn't have food in her mouth, "Better than what my dad makes."

"You're flattering me…" Feng Bujue replied casually, he wasn't so particular, he was stuffing things into his mouth while talking.

"Well… since you mentioned your father…" After a slight pause, Jue Ge took the opportunity to continue, "You moving in with me… don't your parents have any objections?"

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

"That's right… that's what I thought…" Feng Bujue said in a drawn-out tone.

"They thought it would be better for us to get married before living together." Ruoyu's latter half of the sentence was always delayed by a second or two.

"Pfft—" Feng Bujue spat out the rice that wasn't chewed clean, "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 the reason and purpose of my moving in to them." Ruoyu was calm and continued, "They understood and said… they trusted you very much."

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

"It probably has 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…" Jue Ge opened his mouth, only to find that he had nothing to say.

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

"Well…" Feng Bujue said in a deep voice, "…you're also one of their surveillance targets?"

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