NOVPUBChapter 587: Chapter 507 Refusing Video Calls During the Game!
Chapter 587: Chapter 507 Refusing Video Calls During the Game!
Xu Shuo had confiscated the archaeologist’s “Archival Notes,” but hadn’t used them up to now.
After all, the example of the side effects was right in front of his eyes.
The other person knew full well that the object would have a negative impact on their thinking, yet they couldn’t help but use it frequently, which was obviously problematic.
And that woman’s Inspiration hadn’t been completely drained by the “Archival Notes” till now.
Aside from her own stronger spiritual power, it was speculated that the existence of the Star Guild also provided her a certain degree of protection.
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Therefore, this artifact could only be used in case of emergency.
Lost in thought, Xu Shuo looked at the Star Guild’s information.
When he thought about the woman reporter’s brain, he suddenly thought of another problem.
He and that woman had gone through the same script twice within a few short days, and both scripts had collapsed terribly.
There were too many doubts left this time.
Even without the “Archival Notes” directly providing answers, as long as the woman was a bit sensitive, she might be able to guess his identity.
With this in mind, Xu Shuo typed a new question into the forum search engine.
[How to find other players who haven’t performed scripts together?]
The threads that finally came up for discussion all had somewhat unsatisfactory methods.
In short, Xu Shuo didn’t find a way to search for people that was both quick and suitable for him.
It seemed that whether in the vast multi-world or in the Script Space, finding a stranger whose real name and details were unknown was somewhat difficult.
And even if he found the other person, he could only send a greeting message without following each other; they couldn’t communicate or visit.
They might not even have a chance to meet again in the future.
That wasn’t something Xu Shuo worried about anymore.
Let’s just leave it for now.
…
He lay lazily on the red leather sofa, browsed the forum for half a day, and scrolled through dozens of posts.
And Hong Rao still hadn’t replied to his message.
This immediately piqued Xu Shuo’s curiosity.
He opened Hong Rao’s personal panel and flipped through her “Performed Scripts.”
The top listed performed script was still “Aurora Ballroom,” which meant she hadn’t entered any new scripts recently or died in one.
Moreover, with Hong Rao’s performance score, she could have taken the Fifth Level assessment script long ago, but seemed to be delaying her upgrade due to some reasons, and currently was just stalling time by taking in students.
In other words, she definitely wouldn’t enter a script before Xu Shuo had completed his apprenticeship!
Then, she must have encountered something in the real world, right?
Or had she gone to the Abyss Battlefield to frolic?
Xu Shuo judged the time and felt it was still early for dinner, so he decided to wait a bit longer to avoid the situation where he would go out and then Hong Rao might suddenly pop up to call someone.
However, waiting around was pretty boring, so Xu Shuo took out the new artifact to try it out.
Although the dean hadn’t been able to provide him with a Character Card this time, the reward he got was not a loss.
At least he got two skills and two artifacts. 𝓷ℴ𝓿𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝓬ℴ𝓶
One of the skills, although not very useful, was quite interesting.
[Special Skill “Brat Buster”: When a target under the age of ten gets angry with you, you can activate this skill to make the target freeze in place for 10 seconds.
After that, you can beat up the brat to your heart’s content!
(Skill can be upgraded)]
From the effect of the skill that appeared, one could see how much the dean hated those brats deep inside.
But to be honest, this skill was a bit discriminatory.
What?
Why can it only be used against children under ten?
Is someone fifteen not a child anymore?!
This was outright age discrimination!
So, filled with anticipation, Xu Shuo immediately upgraded the skill.
Spending a thousand points, the age range for beating brats didn’t increase, but the freezing time went up from 10 seconds to 20 seconds.
Xu Shuo stopped his losses, feeling disappointed.
Compared to the insane behavior of beating up brats, the other skill and two artifacts seemed a lot more normal.
[Special Skill “Hunt Moment”: An ax in hand, and I own the world!
Enter the Hunt Moment, and use your special weapon to lock onto the target’s location for an attack.
Skill lasts for 10 minutes.
(Skill can be upgraded)]
[Special Artifact “Myriad Forms”: Can be used against all Character Cards, materializes the Character Card’s Vessel for a second perspective.
However, the character card’s skills cannot be used.
(Artifact can be upgraded)]
[Special Artifact “Investigator’s Diary”: A good Investigator writes their own diary, but perhaps due to being muddled by something, half of the experiences they record are real, and the other half are false.]
These were all the special rewards obtained from this script.
It’s worth mentioning that the diary was the first contractible item that Xu Shuo managed to get from his draws.
So, he contracted it on the spot!
After all, it only consumed a bit of his spiritual power.
Besides that, the rest of the things were very practical, just reading their descriptions made them seem more useful than skills obtained from Second Level Scripts.
The item Xu Shuo wanted to experiment with was the exclusive Character Card artifact called “Myriad Forms.”
This artifact looked like a small glass bead.
It didn’t feel special to touch.
Xu Shuo randomly chose a Character Card, flicked his finger to merge the bead into it, and right after that, the Character Card shattered.
Xu Shuo: “…”
Did I sense the wrong way to use it?
But very soon, the Character Card that turned into light fragments reassembled into a human shape in mid-air, and finally, Qiuzi, lively and lifelike, appeared before him.
Qiuzi opened her eyes and saw a person in her line of sight.
Xu Shuo instantly felt two perspectives.
Two images flickered and overlapped in his mind, making his head spin a little.
He quickly realized, retracted the spiritual power from Qiuzi’s body, and that feeling disappeared, while Qiuzi, like a puppet, was still standing there quietly.
Xu Shuo’s gaze was burning as he stared at Qiuzi.
This item…
definitely a good thing!
He closed his own eyes, and the next moment, they opened within Qiuzi’s vessel, and he could move his hand, swing, walk—his control was extremely smooth!
Once he got used to the overlapping of the two perspectives and became proficient at doing two things at once with a single mind, he could completely have two bodies to carry out tasks!
With such a good item, Xu Shuo did not hesitate to upgrade it!
[Special Artifact “Myriad Forms·One”: When used on all Character Cards, can materialize the vessel of the Character Card to provide a second perspective.
The vessel can act autonomously after programming instructions.
However, it cannot use Character Card skills.
(Artifact can be upgraded)]
Programming instructions…
This was Xu Shuo’s area of expertise.
It’s just like coding.
The only difference was using spiritual power as the medium, infusing his thoughts as commands into the vessel, like creating an artificial intelligence.
It was just unclear how intelligent it would be.
Xu Shuo brought out Qiuzi again to give it a try.
Then, as he sat on the couch, he watched Qiuzi dance around in front of him in a stiff manner and fell into deep thought.
After a while, Xu Shuo took back the Character Card and the artifact and continued to look at his own points.
He hesitated for a moment.
To upgrade again would require ten thousand points, and Xu Shuo hadn’t had any other income of points recently; he had been relying on the slow accumulation from the previous “Perfume” Script.
If he continued to spend, he’d be completely broke.
But after carefully analyzing the practicality of the artifact, Xu Shuo frowned and clicked upgrade!
He would just have to figure out a way to earn some back later!
[Special Artifact “Myriad Forms·Two”: When used on all Character Cards, can materialize the vessel of the Character Card to provide a second perspective.
The vessel can act autonomously after programming instructions.
The vessel can simulate the personality of the Character Card for autonomous action.
However, it cannot use Character Card skills.
(Artifact can be upgraded)]
Seeing the extended skill description, Xu Shuo’s eyes lit up suddenly!
Indeed, there’s a reward for the effort!
He couldn’t wait to give it a try!
But just then, a system notification window suddenly popped up in the corner of his vision.
[Your friend “Hong Rao” has requested to visit your personal space.]
To be honest, this untimely visit was akin to playing an intense game, and suddenly a chat friend unexpectedly popped up with a video call.
Uh…
so she’s back?
Uh…
Xu Shuo kind of felt like bailing now.
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