Chapter 1 The Focus of Global Attention

【Feng Bujue, Level 57】

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"Wel-wel-wel-welcome... to-to-to-to... Thriller Pa-pa-pa-paradise."

Soon after selecting the scenario, the familiar opening lines arrived, but this time, the voice reciting the opening was a slightly harsh, software-simulated electronic voice, and it even had a *guichu* effect (a type of internet meme involving repetitive, glitched audio).

【Loading complete. You are currently playing Single Player Survival Mode (Normal).】

【This mode offers a scenario introduction and has a chance of spawning side hidden quests and a unique worldview.】

【Scenario Completion Reward: Randomly draw one Fine-grade piece of equipment.】

【The scenario introduction will now play. The game will begin immediately after playback.】

*Thriller Paradise* has been online for almost a year. According to the summaries of many players, the rewards for single player normal scenarios are 99% of the time one of the following:

One, a Fine-grade piece of equipment (with a certain chance of having the words "suitable for current level" or "usable").

Two, one to two random jigsaw puzzle cards.

Three, a skill.

Four, extra experience points or skill points commensurate with the difficulty.

Five, extra game currency.

Although the game has been updated several times during the year, and Meng Corporation has been constantly adjusting the appearance rate of certain tasks in real time (for example, reducing experience reward tasks when most players on the server do not need to level up; increasing or decreasing game currency tasks when the exchange rate needs to be controlled; increasing skill point reward tasks when there are too many items in the Surprise Box), in general, the rewards for normal single player scenarios do not have many variations; therefore, Brother Jue's completion reward this time can be regarded as quite satisfactory.

【Here, is the focus of global attention】

Before long, accompanied by a male voiceover using a "recitation tone," the opening CG began to play; Feng Bujue had also lost control of his body and entered "viewing mode."

The screen began with a strange set of DNA sequence diagrams and some images that could only be observed with a microscope.

"Hmm... could it be a scenario in the *X-Men* universe?" Feng Bujue reacted quickly before he even finished hearing the first sentence.

【Here, is the forefront of agricultural technology.】

"Huh?" However, the second sentence of the voiceover made Brother Jue faintly feel a trace of strangeness.

【Here, is the location of the global Fortune 500 enterprise—the Jinkela production base...】

"What the f*ck?" As a result, Brother Jue was completely shocked as soon as the first half of the third sentence came out.

At the same time, the CG screen was also changing in coordination with the voiceover: first cutting to a few aerial shots of big cities clipped from unknown sources, then suddenly inserting an extremely low-quality slide image, which showed a towering skyscraper.

【...American Shengdiyage International Agricultural Group】(For your personal safety, please do not search for this company online)

"Hey! Is that even allowed?" Feng Bujue shouted loudly in his heart, but this did not stop the voiceover from continuing.

【Here, surrounded by jungle, heavily guarded by 5,000 special forces soldiers; every newly elected American president must visit here in person.】

【Here... it supports American agriculture, leads American agricultural development, and influences world agriculture... Flying~ higher, going~ further!】

While the recitation-toned voiceover was passionately reading these lines that made people feel ashamed and suspect there were grammatical errors, the CG also maintained its previous style—a lot of obviously stolen video footage from various unrelated places was spliced and randomly inserted, matching the commentary, with things like special forces, presidents, research institutes... everything you could imagine.

【Earl William, President of American Shengdiyage International Agricultural Group, enjoys the same honor as the American President. In every presidential election, whoever Shengdiyage supports will become the most powerful presidential candidate.】

"God..." After the initial shock passed, Feng Bujue quickly entered another state, which was feeling a pain in the ass about the content he was listening to.

【A small atomic bomb changed the entire course of World War II...】

"Hmm... his knowledge in all aspects such as geography, politics, physics, and history... no... is common sense... is so lacking that it makes people feel joyful and sympathetic... that's indeed a skill." Brother Jue had already entered the complaining mode at this point.

【A golden Jinkela particle has accelerated the development of global agriculture.】

【Jinkela, in America's top secret, is ranked first alongside nuclear weapons. It is a nuclear weapon that changes the agricultural landscape of a country. Its importance is self-evident!】

"Undoubtedly... the person who wrote this copy is the nuclear weapon of the advertising world... I, this humble one, am willing to admit defeat."

【Jinkela, the essence extracted from 80 kinds of natural and rare minerals; Jinkela, produced by large computer positioning, precisely refined at 30,000 degrees Celsius; the raw materials for 1 kilogram of Jinkela cost as much as 5 million US dollars...】

"The word 'value' should be added after 'raw materials', this copy is really worrying... but, assuming... there really is a refined substance that can withstand temperatures twenty times higher than the melting point of titanium alloy without being vaporized, then a cost of five million per kilogram is also justifiable."

【...and the amount of resource extraction each year is limited. Jinkela, eliminates fertilizer waste, loss, and evaporation; Jinkela, activates the nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium deposited in the soil 2 meters below...】

"Wait... this sentence 'limited amount' has no follow-up after the contextual shift? The following content has nothing to do with this sentence, so what's the point of adding this half sentence here?" The occupational disease of a novelist caused Feng Bujue to fall into confusion.

【Jinkela, allows farmers around the world to obtain the greatest harvest with the least amount of investment; Jinkela, has allowed 68 countries to achieve agricultural modernization five years ahead of schedule.】

"So the key to agricultural modernization lies entirely in fertilizer..."

【Every day, from Shengdiyage International Agricultural Group... 3,000 special trains, 1,000 freighters, and 500 aircraft, fully loaded with Jinkela, are shipped around the clock to 129 countries around the world.】

"Putting aside whether the railways, docks, and airports of these 129 countries can withstand the unloading needs of your special trains, freighters, and aircraft... just talking about this shipment volume... was that previous sentence 'limited amount' just teasing me?"

【Technology is the primary productive force driving economic development...】

"A company that uses 3,000 special trains, 1,000 freighters, and 500 aircraft every day to transport goods costing 5 million US dollars per kilogram to all parts of the world, and it's still 'fully loaded'... does that kind of world's economy really still need to develop?"

【If you mix Jinkela into your fertilizer, one bag can do the job of two! If you mix Jinkela into your fertilizer, the wheat yield per mu will be 1,800 catties!】 (One mu is approximately equal to 0.16 acres, and one catty is approximately equal to 0.5 kilograms)

【America, Shengdiyage. American·shengdiyAge~】

When reciting this last sentence, the voiceover deliberately used an English accent to pronounce the last two words, as if that was very foreign and high-end.

"shengdiyAge? sandiego?" Feng Bujue only knew of two places that could be translated into Shengdiyage in Chinese, one was the city of San Diego in California, and the other was the capital of Chile, "and it's written as shengdiyAge, but read as 'God crush dog'?"

Just as Brother Jue's complaining power was gradually rising under the oppression of the pain in the ass, the scenario introduction came to an end.

After watching this inexplicable opening CG, which seemed like a low-quality advertisement forcibly trying to make people feel intellectually superior, Feng Bujue immediately gained the ability to move.

"Ah... is the teleport point in the jungle..." After standing still, Brother Jue habitually scanned the surrounding environment first.

The tall trees, the impenetrable vegetation, the irregular terrain, and the distant and near chirping of birds and animals... all indicated that this was not some kind of park.

【Main Quest Triggered】

The main quest of this scenario also came very straightforwardly. In less than ten seconds, a voice prompt rang in Feng Bujue's ears.

He opened the quest bar and saw a very clear quest instruction: 【Explore the jungle, find and infiltrate the headquarters of American Shengdiyage International Agricultural Group.】

"Heh... hehe..." Feng Bujue chuckled twice and muttered to himself, "So that's how it is... in other words, in countless parallel universes, there really exists a Jinkela universe with settings even more outrageous than a spoof skit?" He shrugged, "Then needless to say, there must be five thousand special forces soldiers in this jungle."

He guessed correctly...

Just as his voice fell, he heard a series of "da-da-da" sounds.

In that second, at least three assault rifles opened fire on Feng Bujue simultaneously from three different directions.