Chapter 16

【Name: Hasty Repair】

【Skill Card Attribute: Active Skill, Permanently Mastered】

【Skill Category: Machinery】

【Effect: Temporarily upgrades a mechanical item of Junk or Ruined quality to Common quality for three minutes】

【Cost: 100 Stamina】

【Learning Condition: Machinery Proficiency F】

【Note: As is well known, the founder of the great "Rotten Apple" company, the goblin inventor and entrepreneur Mr. Steve Chews, once worked as a repairman in his youth. His epitaph reads, "Only newbies try to fix something completely." To help more people understand this, he also had the company's logo (an apple with a bite taken out of it) engraved on his tombstone.】

Feng Buju's luck in playing games has always been poor, and being randomly assigned this skill is a good example. At low levels, skills like [Explosive Punch], which have low learning conditions and costs and are limited in use, can greatly benefit players.

However, [Hasty Repair] is the kind of skill that, after level 20, even if the skill bar isn't full, players might feel it's optional to carry. The effect is weak, the cost is high, and the worst part is that it only works on "mechanical items." If this skill could be used on all equipment, it might have some value. For example, if a player finds a Rusty Iron Pipe of Ruined quality, they could use this skill to temporarily upgrade it to Common quality when their stamina is sufficient, adding a bit more power.

But reality is harsh, and this skill can only be used on machinery. Feng Buju is already imagining the few situations where this skill might be useful... If he finds a broken chainsaw, spending 100 stamina to make it work for three minutes might be worth it. Theoretically, this skill could also restore the function of a broken vehicle. If he were in perfect condition and riding in a scrapped car, he could time it so that he uses the skill just before it expires, allowing the car to drive normally for about 15 minutes.

However, these are just assumptions. It's hard to say whether vehicles would be affected by this skill, as large objects in the scene, like cars, are not considered "items," and players cannot check their attributes.

Anyway, keeping this skill won't sell for much during the beta test, so Feng Buju decided to learn it. His skill bar immediately gained a new entry. He then moved to the second glass pillar, and a system prompt appeared:

【Please choose your additional reward: 1. Randomly draw an equipment item corresponding to your level, 2. 5000 game coins, 3. 200 experience points】

Feng Buju resolutely chose the equipment. First, the other two options were not needed at this stage. Second, he didn't believe that, at level 5, he would draw another [Stone] after already having a useless skill and a plastic syringe.

White light gathered, materializing from the virtual, and the white silhouette of an equipment item gradually appeared in the glass pillar. Before it was fully formed, Feng Buju knew this time it was going to be good. From the outline, it was clearly a weapon.

【Name: Mario's Pipe Wrench】

【Type: Weapon】

【Quality: Fine】

【Attack Power: Medium】

【Attribute: Fire】

【Special Effect: When attacking the head of humanoid or human-like creatures, there is a high chance of causing critical damage】

【Note: The owner of this pipe wrench is very famous. He claims to be a plumber, but he never fixes pipes. Instead, he jumps in and out of pipes, fighting evil forces, saving kingdoms, and looking for princesses. Sometimes he disguises himself as a frog, a raccoon, or even a Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. Sometimes he throws fireballs and hammers... but he never! Note, "never" uses this essential tool of a plumber. So, this pipe wrench is angry, it is furious, and it wants to prove that a pipe wrench can definitely participate in battles!】

"This world view is a bit bizarre..." Feng Buju thought after reading the attributes, but he was still quite happy. Regardless of how quirky the note was, the other attributes of the equipment were very good.

Walking back to the elevator, Wang Tanzhi's communication request was already displayed on the screen. Feng Buju accepted it and sent a team invitation, "How's it going? Have you reached level 5 yet?"

Wang Tanzhi replied, "Ah, just enough experience. What about you, Brother Jue?"

In the friend list, only the nickname and current status are visible, not the level. However, when Wang Tanzhi accepted the team invitation, the team status bar appeared on the screen, and Feng Buju's level information was also visible.

"Sure enough, you made it. Did you get any equipment, Brother Jue?" Wang Tanzhi continued, "I used the last [Divine Punch] before the script ended. Besides the fruit knife I already had, I found a piece of armor."

"Let's put that aside for now... In the last part of your script, did you use a key?" Feng Buju asked.

"Ah? Yes, how did you know?" Wang Tanzhi replied.

"How did you get the key?" Feng Buju asked again.

Wang Tanzhi was taken aback for a moment, then replied, "At the end of the script, I found a key on the ground right in front of the exit door. I still don't understand what happened... I was almost out of survival and stamina, and something was chasing me from a distance. I didn't expect to pick up a key and open the door, which completed the script." He paused, "Hey, Brother Jue, do you know why? Was the end of your script the same?"

Feng Buju said, "No way... My script was very difficult. Your situation... I think the system considered that, with your intelligence, picking up the key and unlocking the door was a form of puzzle-solving, so it set it up that way."

"This kind of puzzle is for apes!" Wang Tanzhi exclaimed.

Feng Buju laughed, intentionally changing the subject, "Are you ready? Is there anything else you need to organize before we queue for team survival?"

"I'm good, let's queue," Wang Tanzhi replied.

Feng Buju operated the touch screen and quickly brought up the queue menu. After both reaching level 5, the available modes changed. The menu now showed Single Survival Mode (Normal) and Team Survival Mode (Normal).

Training Mode was already closed and became an invisible option, and Single Survival Mode was now grayed out and unselectable.

【Feng Buju, Level 5】

【Wang Tanzhi, Level 5】

【Please choose the game mode for your team.】

【You have selected Team Survival Mode (Normal), please confirm.】

【Confirmed, the random team size has been generated: five people.】

【Your team has been added to the queue, searching for other ready individuals or teams.】

【Match found, coordinating neural connections, generating script...】

【Loading started, please wait.】

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