There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game

Xu Shuo had always known something was a bit off with himself.

But now, if he looked at it from a programmer's perspective, he suddenly felt that maybe he was just too powerful, causing compatibility issues with lower-level systems.

Anyway, he had already obtained Professor Li's Character Card.

Moreover, stumbling upon the Memory Palace was a complete accident; he had naturally found the threshold when entering the headquarters of the New An Bureau.

It was only later, when he explored Professor Li's Memory Palace, that it took him several days, consuming a lot of spiritual power, but all things considered, it went pretty smoothly.

"By the way, does the 'Free Night' world produce any other scripts?" Xu Shuo suddenly asked.

"Quite a few," Hong Rao replied, "because the world's setting is quite unique, so it receives a lot of attention. However, most scripts from there are High Rank and faction-based scripts. Something like this Second Level Script is a rare existence."

"Such a big world should logically have a lot of Low Rank scripts, right?" Xu Shuo paused.

He was thinking of taking the opportunity to practice his spiritual power there, and there were also many things to learn in that world, such as technology and games that were thousands of years beyond Earth's.

Hong Rao pondered and explained, "Um, it seems that the director of that world doesn't deign to extract Low Rank scripts. The 'Free Night' script is only extracted because she has some connection to it, and the script's background also pertains to events from a long time ago."

Xu Shuo discerned the key point—real wealth.

How rich must one be to show such disdain? Luo Kai even treasured a mere Level One script like a precious treasure.

And even Luo Kai, who had never extracted a Level Three script before, was extremely wealthy.

Seeing that Xu Shuo had asked so much, Hong Rao sensed his interest and offered, "If you're quite fond of scripts from this type of world, I can keep an eye out for you."

"Thanks," Xu Shuo did not refuse.

"No big deal," Hong Rao waved it off then immediately asked, "You did get the victory prop for the script, right?"

"This thing?"

Xu Shuo took out a small blue-glowing bead.

The mission prop Hong Rao had asked him to team up for and freeload was this item; it was the prop that every player from the winning faction could get if they won the game.

The bead was the size of a marble, translucent sea-blue, and looked exceptionally pretty.

It was also called a "Spiritual Pearl."

Hong Rao took the bead, then took out a necklace with a hollowed-out geometric pattern to secure the bead in, and handed it back to Xu Shuo, saying, "Wearing this close to your body can increase your spiritual power and soul strength. Once the spiritual power inside is used up, it will dissipate automatically, which should take about a month."

Xu Shuo stroked the little bead and suddenly asked, "Can it be eaten?"

"...It can, but it's not an ingredient that can be absorbed by flesh and blood. It's a solid energy body, so you'd have to consider your stomach and intestines. The most likely possibility is that it will be expelled in its original form."

"...Oh."

"..."

"Can it be taken to the real world?" Xu Shuo asked again.

"That depends on whether the nature of your world allows it." Hong Rao drank a sip of her nearly cold tea.

Xu Shuo nodded and placed the necklace in his inventory.

Props that can increase soul strength have always been rare, which is why Hong Rao had been eager for him to join a team and leech experience and props—the sooner, the better.

Hong Rao also began preparing for his upcoming arrangements.

Because this script took more than ten days and was a High Rank stage script, which considerably drained his mind and spiritual power, Hong Rao planned to have him rest for a few more days.

However, Xu Shuo had a different opinion about that.

"It doesn't matter to me if I rest or not, but could you arrange a suspense script with a higher difficulty for my next mission?" Xu Shuo said.

"What's the matter?" Hong Rao looked at him.

"I feel like my brain needs to be more active. It seems that grinding through the ordinary scripts too much has caused my thinking to become rigid."

"I see, that's okay."

Having such an ambitious student, Hong Rao felt very relieved!

To be honest, she had been worried that this student, taking advantage of the director's help, would grind through too many ordinary scripts and not grow, but Xu Shuo's situation forced him to grind more first-level scripts to conceal himself.

Therefore, she could only find another way to broaden his horizons, such as entering high-ranking Punishment Worlds and grinding high-rank second-level scripts in advance.
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Starting from second-level scripts, mutant scripts gradually became more frequent. "Let me see if there's one suitable for your current situation." Hong Rao remembered that Xu Shuo had a title, so she tried to avoid weird worlds as much as possible.

"It's okay if there are weird things," Xu Shuo said.

"It matters to me," Hong Rao replied sternly.

"..." Xu Shuo.

"Don't rush. After you have acquired self-preservation skills from The Holy Side, it's not too late to explore the oddities. Speaking of The Holy Side..." Hong Rao suddenly remembered something and started flipping through the scripts.

Xu Shuo remained quietly silent, simply shifting his gaze to the side. The young man's expression was calm and serene, as if he was contemplating the taste of the refreshments on the table.

The moment Hong Rao caught a glimpse of his familiar demeanor, she immediately sighed and put a hand to her forehead.

"Alright, I'll go ahead and arrange it for you!"

Not following this guy's words, he would definitely sneak off to random scripts, and random scripts were even more dangerous than the ones she arranged!

Does he really like seeking thrills that much?!

Hong Rao felt less reassured, flipping through the pages huffily, with several scripts' covers rustling past.

Xu Shuo then took the opportunity to ask, "By the way, I've always been curious about what the world of The Fifth Hospital is like. There should be weird creatures in there too, right?"

"You've even got your sights on the world of The Fifth Hospital?!" Hong Rao's pupils shook before she firmly refused, "With your condition, that world is absolutely off-limits!"

"Why?" Xu Shuo asked when he didn't understand.

"What do you think isolates that hospital in a desolate mountain area?"

Outside The Fifth Hospital was a rotten wasteland.

Although the players' air wall didn't just enclose that hospital, they could never leave that place, just like Patient No. 8 ran for miles but was still in the deep mountains.

That's because the place itself was isolated from the world.

Hong Rao frowned and said, "That world is quite unique. After being invaded by the Abyss, instead of collapsing, it absorbed the power of the Abyss and turned itself into a world where oddities run rampant. The special abilities of those patients in the hospital are the result of contamination.

"If you didn't have the title of Patron, I wouldn't mind you going in for some training, and I would even support it.

"But with your current situation, throwing you into that world would be like putting a rabbit into a den of wolves!

"So, absolutely not!"

Hong Rao was very adamant in her rejection, for even if Xu Shuo picked random scripts himself, it was very unlikely for him to come across the world of The Fifth Hospital among the tens of millions of scripts.

Xu Shuo did not insist, as he was just trying to learn about the nature of that world.

Although there were forum posts, opinions varied, and there were very few posts analyzing that world, suggesting that not many players had emerged from that world.

"By the way, you wanted a script with a high intensity... Look at this one."

To prevent Xu Shuo from continuing to get sidetracked, Hong Rao quickly selected the appropriate script and slid it over. It was a suspenseful one with a touch of mutant elements.

Second-level script "Explosive Amusement Park"!

Hong Rao thought the name alone was stimulating enough.

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