Chapter 1646: Pure Heart and Game Backdoor
This trait could be used in combination with Passerby A's other professional traits. After all, surveillance instruments and items in some places cannot necessarily be interfered with or destroyed, and leaving evidence behind afterward would be quite troublesome. It would be even better if this trait could turn the footage from surveillance instruments into pixelated mosaics without triggering an alarm.
Of course, this was just Xu Huo's imagination. How this trait would actually be used still required experimentation.
As for the next items, three C-grade items were not particularly outstanding but were still decent. Additionally, there were two B-grade items: "Open Door Visit" and "Look How Pitiful I Am."
"Open Door Visit" was a long-distance teleportation space item. The space teleportation device "Head-to-Tail Ring" that Xu Huo had purchased earlier could shuttle between cities, crossing larger cities or modest provinces without issue. However, "Open Door Visit" was more convenient—it could pinpoint specific locations on a map, such as unexpectedly entering someone's home or places that refused visitors. It also had some wall-penetrating ability, and its maximum range was more than double that of the "Head-to-Tail Ring."
This was a very good long-distance teleportation item, not to mention it also had a function similar to a "key."
"Look How Pitiful I Am" was a theft item.
When Xu Huo saw the item description, his expression turned slightly strange. From the special item "Hungry Snake" to another B-grade item "Addicted to Theft," his "career" seemed to inadvertently include some minor vices, and the game seemed inclined to reward him in this regard.
But regardless of why these theft items came about, they were still decent items, especially "Addicted to Theft," which had just stolen something from the Box Carrier.
Although "Look How Pitiful I Am" was classified as a theft item, it did not directly steal items from others. Instead, it stole their pity.
[What's the difference, stealing is stealing?]
The item description stated this with righteous indignation.
Of course, this item was not as straightforward and crude as "Addicted to Theft." Instead, after wearing it, it easily aroused sympathy in others, making it easier to gain help when in difficulty and to obtain better shares when dividing spoils. Its effect range was not fixed, meaning that as long as it was worn, it could take effect anytime and anywhere, and regardless of how many people were around, anyone involved in the same matter could be affected.
This was quite suitable for the "Passerby A" profession, after all, who wouldn't pity a weak, helpless, and barely noticeable passerby?
Additionally, there was another special item, "Like a Gentle Breeze." This item had a usage limit of half an hour, but it allowed the user to become as light as a swallow and fly freely within a range not exceeding twenty meters above the ground. How exactly to fly and what effects could be achieved depended on the player's skill.
Xu Huo had previously snatched a similar item, "Same-Speed Flight," from someone else. However, that item was mainly used to track vehicles and had a speed limit, so he hadn't used it much.
"Like a Gentle Breeze" was much better. Even with the twenty-meter height restriction, the fact that it could be used anytime, anywhere and didn't take up much space made it very worthwhile.
General aircraft required energy storage and were inconvenient to carry. This was somewhat like thermal weapons—although there was no explicit restriction against storing them in the luggage compartment, players usually didn't let aircraft take up too much space. If not for long-distance flights, some flight items could serve as substitutes.
These were the more important items among the rewards. After briefly glancing over the rest, Xu Huo selected the special reward obtained from this instance.
[Pure Heart: Like the Light Gentleman Medal, this is a special prize awarded by the game to players with high recognition. Unlike the Light Gentleman Medal, players who obtain the Pure Heart can receive one instance of protection from the game.]
[When a player cannot save themselves through items or tickets, the game determines that the player's risk of death is infinitely close to 100%, thus triggering the Pure Heart.]
"Cannot save themselves through items or tickets..." Xu Huo paused. Protection from the game—this was essentially the Dimension Rift game unilaterally granting him an extra life. Of course, the description specifically supplemented items and tickets, meaning the triggering condition for "Pure Heart" was when he could neither use a ticket to escape, nor had any uses left of "Three Seconds of Life" for time rewind, and "Cat's Triple Life Loan" and "Selfless Substitute for the Dead" had also failed... If he truly reached such a state, then he indeed could not save himself.
Rescue from the game would most likely not fail. This was not simply about gaining an extra escape opportunity, because being unable to save oneself through items and tickets included not only item depletion and ticket failure but also the inability to open the personal panel. This counted as a legitimate backdoor.
Moreover, this special reward reminded him of another thing: that the game itself had permissions that could override normal game rules. He had only stumbled upon one chance to use a game backdoor, but he didn't know if there were players who could open backdoors anytime.
The company that developed the game, or players directly under the company, would certainly have some additional permissions. But as Dr. Wu said, the game might not be entirely controllable. There might be another balance maintained between the two.
Xu Huo took out the "Pure Heart." It was a bright red, translucent, heart-shaped gem. Holding it in his hand, he could even feel a slight warmth emanating from it.
At this moment, he was exceptionally calm.
However, this calm did not last long before it was broken. Liao Jie, after shaking off the security guards and doctors, found the dean's office and knocked on the door.
Xu Huo frowned and took out the "Codex Pen" and "Custom Law."
Both of these items were obtained from the "King's Gem" instance. The former was a B-grade item that allowed the user to write laws and make them take effect in the shortest possible time, while the latter allowed the absolute holder to enforce laws within a certain range.
This instance was his, so the rules in the hospital should naturally be set by him. As long as the rules were not particularly outrageous, and as the dean, he also had certain "privileges."
So when the second knock sounded, Xu Huo wrote on the "Custom Law": "No one may enter the dean's office without the dean's permission."
And when he put down the pen, the first rule of the hospital, posted on the first floor and at the dean's office, was changed to this sentence.
Lucky break—the game recognized the new rule he had established within the instance.