Chapter 108 Ghost Town

During the ten minutes he was late, Feng Bujue had already taken care of everything he needed to do before queuing for the script. He went to the store and bought five bottles of Survival Value Supplement (Medium) and six clips of submachine gun bullets, spending over 40,000 game coins in total. Then, he searched the Thriller Box for the [One-Hit Kill Handgun] and the [Contra Medal] that he had seen in the previous Nightmare Script, and they were actually there…

The [Contra Medal] in the Thriller Box had the same attributes as the one Feng Bujue consumed using the Black Dragon Wave, costing 20,000 skill points. At this stage, perhaps only the top players on the level leaderboard could theoretically afford it, while the vast majority of players could only sigh at the price.

As for the [One-Hit Kill Handgun], its attributes had been greatly modified by the system. Although the gun's effect was still a one-hit kill, it had lost the guaranteed hit effect, requiring the user to aim themselves, and it was ineffective against the script's final boss and players. The ammunition was still unlimited, but the number of shots was limited to only five shots per hour. Even so, the weapon was still priced at 50,000 skill points.

Although both of these items were of legendary quality, they were still far behind the other legendary weapon Feng Bujue had previously found, the [Tessaiga]. In terms of price, these two combined were not as expensive as that one, indicating that the Thriller Box's pricing was quite reasonable.

Feng Bujue didn't want to make his teammates wait too long, so he quickly bought the items and briefly satisfied his curiosity before immediately heading to the conference room.

The conference room they were in was opened by Si Yu, who was also the team leader. However, after Feng Bujue joined the group, she transferred the team leader permissions.

The specific data of the four people will not be detailed here. Apart from Feng Bujue, the abilities and equipment of the others had not changed much.

Xiao Tan, Si Yu, and Bei Ling were all level 17 now, with the same titles as last time, and their weapons remained unchanged. In terms of specialization, all three had improved slightly. Xiao Tan already met the learning conditions for the [Demon Bat Specter Shadow], so Feng Bujue directly took the skill from the guild's public warehouse and had him learn it.

While exchanging information, Feng Bujue casually mentioned that Long Ao Min had joined another guild, and also mentioned [Hard Drive 2455-A-1] and his agreement with Kuang Zong Jian Ying. The Hell Front members quickly understood… Kuang Zong Jian Ying had been tricked by Feng Bujue. Brother Jue was the real carefree shopkeeper, not having to worry about anything and just waiting for the other party to finish making the equipment and deliver it.

Although Long-ge's failure to join was a bit of a pity, it wasn't a big deal. After all, Hell Front was originally a casual guild, and Feng Bujue didn't plan to create a strong six-person team. He would add like-minded players in the future; he wasn't deliberately forcing the number of people in the guild.

After the four reported their information, they prepared to depart.

They returned to their respective login spaces. After Feng Bujue connected to the team communication and confirmed everything, they entered the queuing system.

[Feng Bujue, Level 19]

[Wang Tanzhi, Level 17]

[Si Yu Ruo Li, Level 17]

[Bei Ling Xiao Gu, Level 17]

[Please select the game mode for the team to join.]

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

[Confirmed, the random value for the number of team members has been generated: five.]

[Your team has entered the queue, searching for other ready individuals or teams.]

[Match complete, coordinating neural connections, script generation in progress…]

[Loading begins, please wait.]

"Welcome to Thriller Paradise." This time the voice was like that of an old witch, with a sinister tone, similar to what Feng Bujue heard when he played the novice tutorial.

[Loading complete, you are currently in Team Survival Mode (Normal).]

[This mode provides a script introduction, and has a chance to generate side hidden missions and special worldviews.]

[Script completion reward: 100,000 game coins.]

[The script introduction will be played soon, and the game will start immediately after the playback.]

The opening CG began to play…

Night, a bright moon in the sky.

On a small road, the sound of hooves approached, and soon a fast horse came.

The horse was a white horse, and the person on the horse's back was also dressed in white.

This white-clad man was dressed as an ancient swordsman, but he didn't have any weapons on his body. No one knew why he was rushing on his way under the starry night.

[Ten years ago, in the Ziyun Ruins, the shocking battle between "Nameless Sword" Xie San and "Sword God" Ye Cheng lasted for two days and two nights without a victor.] Subtitles appeared at the bottom of the screen along with the system voice.

"What's going on…" As soon as Feng Bujue heard this martial arts novel-like beginning, he felt that the plot was going to unfold strangely again.

[Ten years later, the two had become difficult to find opponents in the martial world, and a battle was inevitable.]

[This duel was for the sake of fighting for the title of number one in the world, and even more so to prove their respective sword arts.]

[The location of the duel was set in a desolate place in the southwest, in a village and town that had long been abandoned.]

At this point, the white-clad man in the picture suddenly reined in his horse, staring at the small road in front of him, his eyes sweeping across the shadowy trees on both sides: "I am Bai Dian, the Jade-faced Explorer. May I ask which friend from which path is ahead? Would you please come out and meet me?" His voice was not loud, but in this night, it could still travel far.

"Go back." An old man's voice replied. Although this sentence entered Bai Dian's ears, Bai Dian completely failed to grasp the location of the speaker. The voice seemed to be swirling around in all directions.

"Hmph… I suppose you're also here to witness the unprecedented duel in three days?" Bai Dian snorted coldly. "With just a word from you, you want me to… Ah!" Before he could finish speaking, he fell from his horse and soon became a corpse after landing.

The camera moved, giving a close-up of Bai Dian, and one could see the look of horror in his unclosed eyes. Before his death, he only had time to grasp his unique weapon - a strange-shaped dart - in his hand, but unfortunately, it was of no use.

The camera moved again, focusing on the back of Bai Dian's neck, slightly to the left. Only then did the players see clearly that a bamboo skewer had been stuck in there.

[Cangling Town is surrounded by mountains on three sides. It is rumored that there is a dilapidated temple in the forest north of the village, which is occupied by fierce spirits. Therefore, evil ghosts go down the mountain to cause trouble. Villagers in the town often die tragically and strangely. The government is also helpless. Over the years, local residents have moved away one after another, and this town has become a veritable ghost town.]

[On the fifteenth day of August this year, the two great swordsmen agreed to fight here.]

[The news spread, shaking the martial world, and masters from all sides flocked here. The inns in this desolate town unexpectedly reopened mysteriously in just a few days, housing hundreds of prominent figures in the martial world…]

[What will be the result of this duel? What is the truth of the ghost town? Does some unknown conspiracy lurk behind all of this?]

The script introduction ended here, and the four members of Hell Front and another player who had queued up appeared on the small road where Bai Dian died, but they were at least one kilometer away from the scene.

[Main Quest Triggered]

[Enter Cangling Town.]

"These days, masters don't fight in the Forbidden City, but run to haunted villages to mess around… it's kind of…" Feng Bujue muttered, holding his forehead.

"Ah! You!" A familiar voice sounded.

Feng Bujue looked up and saw a face he didn't want to see, and instinctively said, "Are you kidding me…"

"That's supposed to be my line!" Prince Atobe shouted.

"Where are your three teammates?" Feng Bujue asked.

"Uh…" Atobe replied, "They went to play 3v3."

"You really are a burden…" Feng Bujue said bluntly.

"What are you saying!" Prince Atobe said unhappily, but he really didn't have any follow-up arguments to refute.

"Friend?" Si Yu looked at Feng Bujue and asked concisely.

Feng Bujue hesitated: "Well… sort of…" He turned to Xiao Tan and Bei Ling and said, "Let me introduce you, this is Atobe, the leader of the Ice Emperor Host Club. Xiao Tan, you remember, one of the two guys who were killed in the Blood Wolf Zombie script."

"Oh… right, it seems like that was the name." Xiao Tan had only seen the IDs [Prince Atobe] and [NameToHardToPick] in that script, but had never met them in person.

"Who are you calling a host! Look at your own anti-social crazy style… combined with your gothic guild name, and you still have the nerve to call me that?" As Prince Atobe spoke, he noticed that the two men and two women beside him all had the "Hell Front" badge. He asked, "Eh? You're a guild team?"

"Yeah, I'm the guild leader now too… although I can't say I have much authority, seeing such a miserable example as you suddenly makes me feel a sense of superiority…" Feng Bujue said.

Atobe felt that if this continued, he would enter a dead cycle of constant complaining. In terms of sharp tongues, he and Feng Bujue were not on the same level, so he had no choice but to endure it… He changed the subject and said, "Um… speaking of… what's your guild Buff?"

"Oh… that…" Feng Bujue felt that it wouldn't hurt to tell the other party this information, anyway, the guild Buff would change according to each week's guild ranking. "The first one is [3% reduction in all Stamina consumption in the script], and the second one is [Extend the time limit for forced disconnection after the Terror Value reaches its peak by three seconds]."

Prince Atobe thoughtfully said, "Hmm… it's about what I imagined. Our guild Buff is to add a little bit of Survival Value recovery speed and game coin rewards at the end of the settlement." He paused, "It seems that guilds ranked behind the top 100 on the list all have this kind of addition that's better than nothing."

"You should have known this if you went to the forum and took a look." Feng Bujue said.

"Ah? Uh… really?" Atobe was stunned.

"I say… how long have you not logged off, kid?" Feng Bujue checked in the team column and noticed that Prince Atobe's current level was already 20, and his title was [High-Profile Raid]. "Could it be that within the limited game time allowed, you've been playing except for sleeping and eating?"

"I'm a professional player!" Atobe said with a serious face.

"Alright…" Feng Bujue shrugged.

Because there was only one outsider, Atobe, the five of them didn't need to spend too much time introducing each other. They chatted for a while, and Feng Bujue cleared his throat and began to peddle his first strategy…