Chapter 982: Game Government Interview Notice
The few C-grade items weren't much to look at. Their effects overlapped with some of the items Xu Huo already had, making them interchangeable with little difference.
The B-grade items were slightly more interesting:
[Addicted to Theft: A bag that looks like a coin purse, very convenient for storage and even more convenient for hiding items. Adhering to the philosophy of "if someone else has something good, I want it too," it will try to steal any high-grade item. Of course, whether it actually succeeds is another matter entirely.]
This was similar in effect to the special item "Hungry Greedy Snake," though the Greedy Snake's "theft" frequency wasn't high, and its success rate was very low. At least so far, Xu Huo hadn't pulled out any particularly noteworthy items from it.
As for the A-grade item in the personal reward, it was a spatial defense item:
[Inviolable Domain: A one-square-meter territory is still a territory. Within one's own domain, the holding player possesses maximum defense rights, unless the opponent can destroy the space itself.]
Xu Huo immediately tested it once. The item was a ring; it activated upon a light brush, and while the effect wasn't visible to the naked eye, he could feel a fully enclosed spatial barrier appear around him, one meter in length and width, two meters in height, lasting for three seconds.
He had quite a few defense items, but none that provided full coverage, including complete isolation from the ground. Items like "Compressed Air" or "Three Hundred and Sixty Defenses" naturally couldn't compare to an A-grade spatial item. Especially since this one was also very convenient to use, it made up for his shortcomings in defense.
Currently, the three A-grade items Xu Huo possessed — "Life Core," "Holder's Demise," and "Inviolable Domain" — perfectly balanced defense and offense. He wouldn't dare claim he could go head-to-head with an A-grade player, but at the very least, he had no problem dealing with B-grade players.
He was very satisfied with getting three such agreeable items from this trip.
Additionally, the game had awarded an extra B-grade item, a control-type item shaped like a collar. It activated when the holder clasped their hands together, tightening around the target once secured. Upon a second clasp, the collar would constrict without limit until it killed the person.
Xu Huo just glanced at this one before moving on.
Then came the main event — the Primary Trait.
[New Primary Trait Added: The Storyteller's Charm.]
[Note 1: Encountering events, discovering facts, recording content, spreading the truth — this is the duty and mission of a passerby. And as a crucial part of his role, text is often less captivating than speech. Therefore, the passerby usually chooses to narrate orally. Although no one knows his identity, every listener will involuntarily believe that what he says is absolute truth.]
[Note 2: When a person stops to listen to the passerby's tale, they will, like any gossip enthusiast, insist on hearing it through to the end, regardless of whether the passerby's tone is exaggerated or the content deviates from reality.]
[Note 3: The more truthful the narration, the more captivated the listener. Be mindful of the scale when fabricating rumors; excessive deception may backfire.]
[Note 4: When using, please loudly announce "Everyone, listen to me." Duration: three minutes.]
Simply put, this was a trait that could call for a large-scale halt. However, it wasn't compulsory; instead, it leveraged humanity's common love for gossip to attract others to listen voluntarily, while also having an effect of making others believe. It was a relatively "gentle" trait.
Of course, most of the traits associated with the passerby profession were fairly gentle.
For the team reward's one Primary Trait upgrade, Xu Huo chose to upgrade "Truth Transcends All." This trait could isolate item, trait, and weapon attacks within three seconds, making it worth upgrading.
[Congratulations, passerby, for successfully upgrading the Primary Trait "Truth Transcends All" to "Truth Transcends All 2.0." Trait effect remains unchanged; usage duration within twenty-four hours is doubled.]
Truth Transcends All 2.0... Every extra character in that name screamed "half-hearted effort."
Still, extending the self-protection time from three seconds to six seconds was very worthwhile. In a battle where every second counted, a single second could change one's fate.
The personal reward also included one item upgrade at no cost difference, allowing a C-grade item to be upgraded to B-grade for free without paying the difference. Xu Huo replaced "Controlled Weightlessness" with "Forced Levitation." When used, this item could put people and objects within a ten-meter diameter into a state of weightlessness.
As for the aircraft and robots, they were just ordinary high-tech machinery. White Notes, potions, and the like went without saying.
Xu Huo had received the "Light Gentleman" medal before, so it wasn't new.
Subclass Stones were stones whose properties had been altered by the permeation of other substances. There were many types of Subclass Stones, ranging from simple, special gems to those that could be used to craft items. The best category was a type of Subclass Stone derived from a Primordial Stone called "Time Origin." This kind of Subclass Stone could potentially be used to craft temporal-spatial items with special attributes.
The game didn't specify the type of this Subclass Stone, but just from its appearance, it wasn't as good as the one He Pu had left for him. Perhaps he could find an Artificer later to craft it into an item.
Finally, there was the Game Government Interview Notice.
This was the first time Xu Huo had received such an item. It stated that it was for an interview for the "E27 Wormhole Point General Government Clerk" position. Aside from a specific address and an attached ticket, there was no other relevant information. So, he searched for it on the game platform.
Besides Ticket Players who were required to enter an Instance Dungeon once a month, there was also a type of Gray Player in the game world. Unlike players who had suspended their player status and could no longer open their Personal Panel, Gray Players could retain the authority to use their Personal Panel without entering Instance Dungeons. However, Gray Players usually worked for the Game Government, such as the permanent staff in the 011 Zone Game Base Government.
Most of the Game Base Government's staff were dispatched from other wormhole points. These people were born in the game and, after rigorous screening, became staff members. Their birthplace, experiences, and true identities were kept confidential from the outside. For players like Xu Huo, becoming a Gray Player required paying a considerable price.
For example, Director Sanyang had used ten medals to become a Gray Player. This wasn't a clear-cut rule; one could say that whether someone could become a Gray Player depended on the Game Government's decision.
The Interview Notice was different. It meant that the Game Government believed Xu Huo had already met the standard for a Gray Player. No additional exchange conditions were needed; as long as he passed the interview, he could become a Gray Player.
The interview location was also significant. Generally, the notices issued by the game to Ticket Players were for their origin wormhole point. It was like working a job — one needed to climb the ranks step by step, from the Zone Base Government to the Large Zone Intermediate Government, and then to the Wormhole Point General Government. If one performed well, they could even go to a D-level wormhole point. Although there was no clear hierarchy between wormhole points, the wormhole points that had been gamified earlier were certainly stronger.
(Chapter End)