Chapter 18 Script Rewards and Armchair Detective

Nankang City in December was damp and cold.

The cold air rushed in through the gaps in the trouser legs, wrapped around the body, and made people feel uncomfortable.

Gao Yi looked around blankly and quickly determined that he was standing at Exit 2 of the [Hongshan Temple] subway station.

The experience in the fog and the supermarket just now was now jumping in his mind like a series of phantoms.

Like a dream, like an illusion.

Raising his left wrist and looking at the strange tattoo that suddenly appeared on his body, Gao Yi barely found a sense of certainty.

That was not a dream. He really participated in a weird "script" and successfully passed it.

The rain had not stopped yet. Gao Yi, standing under the eaves at the exit, touched the shoulder bag on his body.

Shirts, mobile phones, notebooks, and various personal belongings were still there.

Recalling that these things were clearly scattered on the side when he was on the subway, but now they are all gathered in the bag.

"It's quite humane..."

Smiling and shaking his head, Gao Yi took out his mobile phone.

A large number of news reports and debt collection messages filled the small screen, which gave him a headache. He cleared the notification bar.

It was already nine o'clock in the evening. According to a rough estimate, the long experience in the "copy" just now only took a few minutes in reality.

But at this time, Gao Yi suddenly realized a problem.

He was on the last train just now, but something happened. The [Return Ticket] automatically put him in a safe place.

That is, Exit 2 of the "Hongshan Temple" subway station where Gao Yi is now.

And now the entire subway line 3 has stopped operating.

So, how is he going to get home?

Hongshan Temple is still two stops away from Gao Yi's destination, and the straight-line distance is about five kilometers.

And if you still remember, Gao Yi is not only in huge debt, but also used the last money to buy a recorder that can automatically upload to the cloud.

Now he is literally penniless.

Under this premise, it is naturally impossible to take a taxi.

If this is in another city, Gao Yi might be able to get a shared bicycle.

But in Nankang, a mountain city built on the outskirts of the basin, riding a bicycle is basically torturing yourself, and no company will come to put it in.

Sighing slightly, he looked at the drizzle that showed no signs of stopping.

Gao Yi, who had no other choice, hugged his shoulder bag in his arms and rushed into the dark rain curtain.

......

Ten thirty in the evening, in the rental house.

Gao Yi, who had just taken a shower, was wearing slippers and slowly wiping his hair with a bath towel.

It is worth mentioning that since he went bankrupt, he has not been to the barber shop for more than two months, and his curly hair is now a little difficult to manage.

Looking around the house, the small rental house with one bedroom and one living room was kept quite clean by Gao Yi.

Due to his poor current situation, he could not afford any decorations, and most of the furniture in the whole room was left by the landlord and the previous tenant.

The style can be said to be "simple" or "simple".

Gao Yi has not considered sharing a house, but his regular irregular life and habit of staying up all day and going out at night are really a bit tormenting for his roommates.

After several comparisons, I finally chose this youth apartment.

The owner of this small building in the suburbs is a kind-looking old lady. It is because of her that Gao Yi's [Friend of Elderly Women] was upgraded to level 2.

Considering the fact that Gao Yi has owed rent for one and a half months, "kind-looking" may not be enough to describe the kindness of the landlord's wife.

Putting aside these complicated trivial matters, Gao Yi, who put on pajamas, sat at the desk and sorted out the gains from the previous "script".

He first called up the light curtain and found that a rather "gamified" email icon appeared in the upper right corner. After clicking it, the first line had a line of small words.

[Script Summary - Heart Strange Fog]

After clicking, a large string of information came out one after another.

[Cleared the dungeon: Heart Trickster Mist (Holy Grail 5)]

[Completed the main mission III: Find the truth of the script and defeat it]

[Script rewards have been issued: one return ticket, a small increase in the player's evolution rate, 8 random potions, a small amount of game coins]

[Conquered the script "Heart Trickster Mist", obtained the feature "Armchair Detective", and obtained the prop "Mist Mask"]

[Detected that the player completed the script for the first time, and the "Attributes" panel has been unlocked]

Follow the instructions and slide the light curtain again, and the attribute panel will appear.

[Player nickname: Gao Yi]

[Player level: E]

[Evolution rate: 10%]

[Game coins: 500]

[Features (1/3): ① Armchair detective (purple): greatly improves perception and observation; active use can greatly improve information collection and processing capabilities in a short period of time]

[Items (2/5): ① Mist mask (purple): randomly changes the user's appearance, body shape, and voice within one hour

②: Director's whistle (orange): unknown]

[Potion (8/20): ① C-level physical healing agent *1: stops bleeding, relieves pain, and quickly recovers physical damage, but has limited effect on large limb loss and severe physical tearing

② C-level evolution potion *1: moderately increases the player's evolution, and can be used for the highest C-level players

③ B-level damage potion *1: can be used externally or internally, home travel, and must-have for killing

④ E-level physical healing agent *5: stops bleeding, relieves pain, and slowly recovers physical damage, but has no effect on limb loss, severe physical tearing, and large wounds]

[Tickets: Heart Trick Mist (already conquered), Toy War (Eight of Swords), Black Island Prison (Seven of Wands)]

[Countdown to next game: Fifteen days]

Taking out his notebook and summarizing his new abilities in detail, Gao Yi began to experiment in the rental house.

The first and most obvious change was the effect of the feature [Armchair Detective] [greatly improved perception and observation]

At the moment of unlocking, Gao Yi felt that the whole world became much clearer.

First of all, the five senses were greatly enhanced, especially hearing.

The movements of the neighbors in the rental houses around him became clearly audible, the office workers upstairs exercising, the couples next door doing double sports, the mother guiding her children to do homework downstairs...

Even the beating heart in the chest, Gao Yi could clearly hear its beating sound.

Afterwards, Gao Yi tried his active ability [which can greatly improve the ability to collect and process information in a short period of time]

In an instant, the already strong ability to collect information was increased again.

Standing up, Gao Yi looked at his hands in disbelief.

Now he is in a state similar to "bullet time", and he feels that everything around him has become extremely slow.

At the same time, a large number of details that he had never noticed before were quickly captured, analyzed, and deduced by him.

Looking out the window, from the dumping of street trash cans, animal feces, and tiny scratches on the wall.

Gao Yi can even reproduce the wild cat fight scene that happened before from a third-person perspective, just like watching a drama - he can even pause and rewind at any time.

This is definitely beyond the scope of normal human capabilities, and in a sense, it has entered another realm.

Gao Yi's current ability is infinitely close to, and even exceeds, those detective characters that only appear in virtual novels.

Of course, after the duration of this characteristic skill of [Armchair Detective] ended - that is, about a minute later, Gao Yi's brain suddenly began to throb.

Obviously, this is the consequence of exceeding the limit.

Perhaps as a "player", after his [evolution rate] is improved, he can make better use of this ability.

But for Gao Yi now, using it once within 24 hours is already the limit.

This was enough to keep him tired for several hours like he had stayed up all night.

The script reward also included two items.

I really didn't know what the [Director's Whistle] given by the little boy director at the end was for.

The [Mist Mask] was quite straightforward.

According to the instructions, Gao Yi wiped his forehead lightly, and a pale vortex mask appeared on his face.

As the introduction said, it can [randomly change the user's appearance, body shape, and voice within one hour]

After using it, Gao Yi saw himself in the mirror blurry for a while, as if wrapped in layers of mist.

When he became clear again, he had become a bloated middle-aged bald man.

From body shape to voice, there was no trace of Gao Yi himself.

I have to say that this [Mist Mask] is really very useful.

But the problem is that its changes are random, and this mask cannot be used to disguise yourself as a specific person.

This reduces its scope of application a lot.

Of course, there is still a lot of room for operation in this hour of disguise, but it requires more thinking and attempts.

The remaining harvest included two "tickets" and eight bottles of "medicine".

They were all disposable, so Gao Yi couldn't do any experiments.

He could only put them away first, prepare to start gathering information tomorrow, and then make plans.

Reopening the light curtain, Gao Yi looked at the bottom of [Attributes].

The last line read:

[Countdown to next game: fifteen days]

"That is to say, at most half a month later, I have to participate in another 'game'?"

Gao Yi muttered, and tapped the table twice with his right knuckles, as if he had made up his mind.

But before making further plans, he still had a little reward to claim.

In his own [Tag System], he also completed a [Special Task].

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