Chapter 27 The Real World (1st update + 2nd update + 0.5 update for 1.6w nutrient solution) [VIP]

The Foundation forcibly logged out all exploration team members. When Bai Jinshu opened his eyes again, he had returned to his familiar bedroom.

A little light came in through the gap between the undrawn curtains at the window. Bai Jinshu fumbled for his mobile phone under the pillow and pressed the power button. The screen was black and there was no response. It seemed that the phone was out of battery.

The screen of the Foundation's combat watch on his left wrist was shattered into spider-web-like fragments by the pressure of the evil god. The touch screen had no response at all. Bai Jinshu pressed the side button several times but was unable to wake up the screen. It seemed to be scrapped.

He had no choice but to get out of bed, throw his phone on the charger to charge it, and pull open the curtains.

The morning light was dim outside the window. Bai Jinshu slipped into slippers and went to the kitchen to make a cup of coffee, then turned on the TV.

The time in the upper right corner shows that it is now 5:30 in the morning. It has been exactly four days since he entered the unknown space. He entered the First Hospital at around 1:00 p.m. four days ago. Now it is 5:30 in the morning four days later.

He had been in unknown space for exactly four days.

If the time in the unknown space is the same as that in the outside world, it means that a total of five and a half hours have passed from the time he entered the old apartment building in the oncology department to the time the evil spirit completed the possession and came out of the bedroom.

That’s long enough.

Breaking away from Skao's emotions, all the emotions he had in the dungeon were reset to zero. Bai Jinshu picked and chose and recalled them, just like after having those extremely real dreams before, he was reluctant to let go of these vivid emotions.

Unimportant memories such as those of teammates like Xu Ze, Lu Mingcheng, Chen Fei and Zheng Yunyun were packed up and thrown into the farthest corner of his memory. They never caused any emotional fluctuations in Skao from beginning to end, and there was not even a label for them in his memory.

Yang Pei, who made him feel angry and happy, turned around in Bai Jinshu's mind and was thrown aside. By the way, this person's label is a tool man and a fool.

Bai Jinshu agreed.

Fang Shaoning, an interesting unknown creature, I wonder if he has escaped from the unknown space by using Chen Fei's body. Compared with the previous four, his label in Skao is a little longer: an old immortal who is a little smart but whose IQ has not kept up with his age.

Scarao's tongue was indeed quite poisonous. Bai Jinshu had a mouthful of coffee stuck in his throat, which took him a long time to swallow.

I didn't realize it when he became Skao, but once I got out of his mindset, I realized that he was really rude.

The remaining memories also include Lu Changfeng. The strongest emotion he aroused in Skao was regret. Until the last second, he tried to kill Lu Changfeng to test whether his ability could bring the dead back to life, but unfortunately failed.

So his label is semi-finished art.

Thinking of the fate of those "artworks" in Scar's Secret Art, Bai Jinshu silently took a sip of coffee and felt that the semi-finished products were pretty good.

At least alive.

Obeying the law is a good civilization, and artistic works have been processed. It would be better for him to stay away from the identity of Skao in the future.

After all, no matter what, Scaro is just a villain in a film or TV series, and in the end he was defeated by the protagonist as expected. If his actions were to happen in the real world, he would not be far from being caught.

And... the last evil god, Skao's strongest emotion towards him is love, and what constitutes love is deception, exploitation, and madness.

With his limited knowledge of emotions, this love seemed not right... Bai Jinshu thought expressionlessly.

However, he has never acted in a romance film, and most of the roles he took before had nothing to do with love, so let's just assume that this is really love.

As usual, after recalling these feelings, he washed the cup. His mobile phone, which had been turned off due to lack of power, had restarted by itself. On the chat software, the top few messages, the 99+ message box belonging to his agent, were particularly conspicuous.

Bai Jinshu sat by the window and finally clicked on the dialog box with the note "Agent Lao Wu".

His logistics customer service mentioned that once the team members enter the exploration, they will also leave their own world.

So when he left here, he told his agent that he might disappear for a few days, but he didn't say how many days or what he was going to do. If Old Wu didn't know that he had such a personality in private, he would probably have called the police.

Bai Jinshu picked up his phone and casually flipped through the message sent by Old Wu.

Old Wu is usually a talkative person. He originally thought that Old Wu's 99+ messages were all about asking him where he had been and whether he could reply to his message. But unexpectedly, in addition to these, he also brought a message.

A sequel to Scarlett's film is in the works.

It was the film that was nominated for the Best Actor at the International Film Festival. The nomination made the director famous and brought him to the audience. Half a year later, the director raised a large sum of money with the huge box office of that year and found the original crew to shoot the second film. As the leading actor, he was naturally invited.

Bai Jinshu happened to be in an unknown space when the director sent the message. Old Wu never expected that he would disagree and agreed directly. He sent the message to seek his opinion. He suggested that he should not receive any salary for this film and directly invest as a shareholder to get dividends after the film is released.

Considering the success of the previous film, this one is sure to make a lot of money.

Bai Jinshu frowned as he read all the messages sent by Lao Wu and replied: [I won’t go.]

If it had been before he joined the foundation, he would definitely have accepted the director's invitation to make a sequel.

But now that he has joined the foundation and has experienced what it feels like to be a complete person, there is no point in going back to "play" him.

Those are two completely opposite feelings.

One is to use your own thinking to simulate others, and the other is to completely become someone else from the inside out.

Once you have experienced the latter, the "acting" of the former will seem lackluster and unappealing.

It was 5:30 in the morning. I don’t know if it was because Old Wu had set him as a special follower. He hadn’t even sent the message for a few minutes when a reply popped up quickly:

【？ ？ ？】

【Why not go? 】

[After the release of the first film, many viewers wanted to watch the sequel, so there was no need to worry about the box office. ]

[You don't have to worry about the script. Director Li is more demanding than you are. When he approached investors, he made it clear in advance that the script could not be changed.]

[You can rest assured that the sequel will definitely make money and will not lose money, and will not lose its reputation. 】

Bai Jinshu was dazzled by his string of messages. He opened the input box and slowly typed: [It’s not because of this. ]

【Why is that? 】

[You don't want to compete for the Oscars anymore? ]

[The reason you didn’t win the award last time must be because of your qualifications. Director Li also said that the editing must be to blame. This time we started the project six months in advance, so there is definitely enough time.]

[Although the script has not been released yet, Director Li is definitely keeping a close eye on it, and the Oscars like this tone.]

At around five in the morning, Old Wu sent messages very quickly, and it seemed that he really had high hopes for this sequel. Bai Jinshu waited until he finished sending messages before slowly replying: [But I didn’t say I wanted to win an Oscar, did I? ]

Old Wu: ???

Old Wu suddenly lost all sleepiness, put down his phone and pinched himself hard.

Is he having a nightmare... What a horrible nightmare!!!

When the real pain came, Old Wu finally burst into tears in his heart.

Bai Jinshu, Brother Bai, the ancestor of the entire studio, you really are a textbook example of having no desires or demands...

He was so tearful that he forgot to ask where his artist had gone during the four days he disappeared. He was thinking, "Is he going to become a monk?" Even an Oscar winner didn't want to, so how could his artist really want to become a monk? ? ?

It would be big news if the last year's best actor nominee became a monk, right? ? ?

Wait...it's not impossible for Bai Jinshu to do the same.

As Old Wu was terrified, the note on the top of the dialog box slowly turned into a line: Input in progress...

Then, the ancestor on the other side of the dialog box sent a message that shocked his whole family: [I'm tired of playing Skao, it's boring, I want some new scripts. ]

What was even more shocking was the following sentence: [Is there any script for a romance movie? One about faith or something like that?]

It's raining red from the sky, and Bai Zuzong, the professional villain who can become a monk at any time, is actually going to act in a romance movie.

Old Wu suddenly jumped up from the bed.

Wait a minute! Does he no longer have to worry about Bai Jinshu becoming a monk?

He was suddenly full of energy!!!

*

At the other end, it was also around six in the morning.

A brand new Land Rover suddenly appeared at the entrance of a small northern village.

The farmers who got up early in the morning to work looked curiously at this car they had never seen before as it drove into the town entrance and then slowly stopped in front of Lao Chen's house.

The driver's door opened and a handsome young man in a suit jumped out.

"Dad! Mom!" He took out a lot of things from the trunk and knocked hard on the door of Old Chen's house.

The villagers who were observing the place from behind discovered that this person was Chen Fei, the boy from the old Chen family.

"I'm coming!" A woman's voice came from inside the door, "Who is it? So early in the morning."

"Fei Fei?!" The woman complained as she opened the door. She was stunned for a second before she shouted in shock.

"Mom," Fade Chen stood at the gate of the old Chen family in a brand new suit, looking like a man returning home in glory. He looked completely different from the man he was before, like a big boss in the city, "I'm back!"

Behind him was a brand new Land Rover and gifts piled on the ground, just like when that bad boy from the other side of town came back a while ago.

Speaking of which... these two guys have always had a good relationship since they were young, and can be considered childhood friends. Could it be that the boy from the previous family became successful and came back to the town to help his childhood friend?

The villagers behind him, whose eyes were focused on the door of Lao Chen's house, became excited.

"Ouch! Ouch!" At the door of Old Chen's house, the woman grabbed her son's hand and didn't know what to say. "Old Chen! Old Chen, come and see!"

"What are you looking at?" a man's voice rang out.

"Look at your son! Your son has made great progress!" The woman hurriedly ushered Chen Fei in, complaining while laughing, "Why are you here so early in the morning, kid? If your father and I weren't going to the fields, who would open the door for you?"

"I'm in a hurry to come back to see you..." Chen Fei smiled and followed the woman into the house.

In other words, Fang Shaoning followed the woman into the door while laughing.

If Bai Jinshu was here at this moment, he would know why Chen Fei dared to be so arrogant and seek death in the beginning.

It was not because he was a brainless idiot, but because he was eager to surpass his childhood friend and return home in glory. When his fixed attribute [Future] took effect, he really saw the scene of himself leaving the unknown space and returning home in a suit and tie.

So he firmly believed that he would survive to the end.

What he didn't know was that his fixed attribute [Future] did predict the real future, but things might not be what he thought.

For example, who can be sure that the person wearing Chen Fei's skin is definitely Chen Fei?

In the living room of Old Chen's house, "Fade Chen" stood up from the sofa and gave his childhood friend a big hug.

"Oh, Liuzi is here, hurry up and thank him." Chen Fei's mother also stood up and wiped her eyes. "Thank you, Liuzi, for taking our Feifei with you even though you have become successful in the city. You two have been close since childhood, you are closer than brothers."

"Yes," Fang Shaoning smiled gratefully, "I have to thank him."

If it weren't for him, how could I have gotten this body?

*

After seeing off the crying Old Wu, Bai Jinshu returned to the living room.

Before this, he had always been a professional villain in the circle. Although he was considered the leading actor and held up the box office after playing Scaro, the stereotype was hard to eliminate. He did not take the initiative to transform, and most of the scripts handed over by other directors were villain roles. It was really difficult for him to find a romance film all of a sudden.

Old Wu looked through all the recent invitations and found several roles that were brought to him. Although they were all related to love, they were all villains who could not get the love they wanted, or villains who turned love into hatred. Bai Jinshu flipped through them and felt that these emotions were not exactly the same as what he experienced with Scareo. It could only be said that they had nothing to do with each other.

There are also many books related to faith, as well as some invitations to guest star in foreign language films. Bai Jinshu flipped through them and found that he had no interest in these books with strong religious elements. He currently has no plans to experience these emotions.

There is a niche Cthulhu theme that is quite interesting. His character seems rational but is actually crazy, always on the edge of sanity value being empty. This feeling is somewhat similar to the emotion he experienced when he became Skaor and saw the evil god. Perhaps it can also be called a variant of love?

It's a pity that this script is for a low-cost web drama. If a movie star like him were to play this role, Old Wu would be very angry about it.

This person followed the principle of casting a wide net, and took all the scripts that were related to love and religion. There were too many scripts, and Bai Jinshu had not read them all. Now that he was gone, a pile of scripts were placed on the coffee table in the living room, waiting for Bai Jinshu to choose like a concubine.

Bai Jinshu was just about to take another look at the niche book when he heard two knocks on the door.

Old Wu had only been gone for a few minutes. Did he forget to take something and come back again?

Bai Jinshu looked around subconsciously, but didn't seem to see any fallen bags or other items.

He stood up from the sofa and opened the door: "What did you forget to take?"

His words got stuck in his throat.

The person standing at the door was not Old Wu, but an unmanned mechanical vehicle delivering a package.

He hasn’t had any express delivery recently, has he?

Bai Jinshu squatted down. This unmanned mechanical vehicle was completely different from the ones he had seen before. It was painted in matte black, and a faint line of "For delivery of important items" was printed on the mechanical arm next to it. There was a small box in the basket at the back. Bai Jinshu picked it up and saw a line of words neatly written in the recipient column on the box: Pioneer JS5418345.

Pioneer JS5418345. Only the Foundation would call him that. This is a courier from the Foundation.

Bai Jinshu squatted down to sign for the express delivery. He watched the black unmanned vehicle extend its mechanical arm, press the elevator and leave. Then he closed the door and found a knife to open the box.

In the middle of the plain matte black box lies a familiar watch.

This is the Foundation's war watch.

The old watch was scrapped before logging out of the space. The logistics customer service should be a program installed on the watch. Bai Jinshu was thinking about how to contact the foundation to get a new one, and the courier came over. It seems that they knew about the scrapped watch.

Perhaps for those who want to escape from the Foundation by destroying their watches, the courier truck delivering the watches directly to their doorsteps is a silent yet ostentatious warning, and a silent deterrent from the Foundation to them.

But for Bai Jinshu, he only saw that the foundation's logistics services were really convenient and fast.

They even have their own driverless delivery vehicles.

It would be great if next time *Feng could deliver the goods to your door at 10:30am if you place an order at 5:30am.

Bai Jinshu was daydreaming aimlessly while putting on his watch and finally opened the backend of his foundation's task panel.

As soon as he clicked on it, a shockingly huge number appeared before his eyes.

Bai Jinshu clicked on the points details. The Foundation had already explained the source of each point in the content statistics:

The upgrade from E to B in the unknown space will have a guaranteed score of 100,000. This is the basic point income for everyone who comes out of the unknown space alive, regardless of their performance in the space. This is the basic salary offered by the foundation.

The three regular points betting of the nerve knife converted the dealer's points into a total of 1,500,000, and the total points converted from 2,000 angel investment captains were 4,000,000, which was his personal income.

Since all the rules of this space were filled in by Bai Jinshu alone, all the dividends from the new investments after the new rules opened the investment round went to him, reaching an astonishing number: 90,000,000.

In the foundation's space income, the higher the level of the space, the higher the subsequent value and rebate will be. Therefore, if the investment project is upgraded from low-level to high-level, it is a sure-win deal for investors.

Bai Jinshu single-handedly raised an E-level space to B, a jump of five levels. Investors in the entire live broadcast room were pouring money into it crazily, and naturally the investment dividends reached a terrifying number.

Counting all the above gains, Bai Jinshu’s current total score has reached: 95,600,000, a number that would make people dizzy just by counting the zeros.

If he were to go out now with these points and say that this was his first time participating in the foundation's space exploration, I'm afraid no one would believe him.

Bai Jinshu had no idea about this number, and naturally didn't know how terrifying it was for him as a newcomer to have this level of points and captaincy. If he wanted, he could even continue to be active in mid-to-high-level space exploration as Skao. If he continued to accumulate in this way, sooner or later he would reach the top.

But he didn't want to.

Just like he told his agent Lao Wu, he was tired of playing "Skao" and he had experienced enough of the emotions of being Skao. What he wanted to do most now was to change his identity and continue to enter the foundation, using his fixed attributes to become a new character.

The personal panels of the Foundation's exploration team members are open to investors in the live broadcast room. Bai Jinshu already has ideas on how to eliminate these marks belonging to Skao when playing the next role.

"Logistics Customer Service," he tapped the back of the task panel, "Is there any miracle that can conceal the identity?"

The Foundation's miracles are of many kinds. Just look at Yang Pei, and you'll know that there are probably quite a few people who have made enemies with other explorers. There should be a huge market demand for this kind of miracle, so it's impossible that there isn't one.

"Hello, yes."

Indeed, there is.

The customer service representative still had that friendly voice: "Now I will recommend you the following items in order of price from top to bottom: Custom Mask, Mist, Name Change Card, Identity Blind Box, Temporary Vest, Cognitive Fuzziness..."

Bai Jinshu opened the shopping mall interface and directly searched for the miracle with the highest selling price by points recommended by the logistics customer service.

[Miracle: Custom Mask]

[Customized Mask: What kind of person do you want to be? Why not customize it? 】

It looks good, Bai Jinshu clicked on the detailed instructions below: [After use, users can freely define their displayed identity, points level, and background information. This miracle is a time-based miracle, with a basic price of 1,000 points per minute. If the user's points balance is insufficient, it will be invalid immediately. Please pay attention to the points balance and plan the length of use. ]

Bai Jinshu searched the following few again.

[Mist: Cover yourself with mist. While it is in effect, others will not be able to see through your identity outside the visual distance.]

[Name Change Card: Change your name on the Foundation's backend information. This is a permanent effect and cannot be revoked after use.]

[Identity Blind Box: Want to try your luck? No refunds or exchanges will be accepted after the result is announced. ]

…

As expected, expensive things are good. Bai Jinshu searched all of them according to the recommendations of the logistics customer service. Many of the miracles at the end have restrictions of varying degrees. For example, [Mist] will become invalid once it enters the visual range, [Name Change Card] cannot be withdrawn and cannot be changed back to the previous name, and [Identity Blind Box] has no idea what identity will be opened, and it cannot be returned or exchanged...

After a comparison, it’s no wonder that the miracle of [Custom Mask] was listed first by the logistics customer service. Compared with the shortcomings of other points, the only disadvantage of [Custom Mask] is that it is expensive.

1000 points per minute. If calculated based on the five-day time limit of his last exploration, if he stayed for a full five days, that would be 60*24*5*1000, a total of 7,200,000 points, which is indeed not something that most people can afford.

After all, according to the general income level of the foundation, the guaranteed income for clearing a B-level space is 100,000, which is only enough to use this miracle for 100 minutes.

But the high price is a disadvantage for the buyer, not for the product. From the perspective of hiding one's identity, this miracle has almost no disadvantages.

The only concern is whether the user will use this item to forge a false identity, thereby disrupting the calculation of the Foundation's potential value, so the only limitation of this item is that all custom values ​​​​cannot exceed the current values ​​​​of the team member.

In other words, it can only be lower, not higher, and in order to leave room for deductions, it is best to deduct the points that will be consumed by the timing miracle in advance.

However, for Bai Jinshu, who now has a huge amount of points, he can still pay this amount of money without blinking an eye.

"Let's take this one," Bai Jinshu clicked on the miracle, chose to buy it, and checked the automatic renewal option. "For this kind of miracle that charges by the hour, can I just click to use it after entering the unknown space?"

"Yes." The logistics customer service confirmed, "After using it, your background information will be attached with the [Mask] buff. Points will be automatically deducted during the buff. You can now start customizing your identity."

Bai Jinshu opened the editable content, and his basic information appeared in front of him, along with some brackets that were not there last time:

[Pioneer No.: JS5418345] (Front display: on/off)

[Pioneer name: Bai Jinshu] (front display: on/off)

[Explored Collection: 1] (Front Display: On/Off)

[Current Points: 94,600,000] (Mandatory front desk display)

[Current angel investors: 2000] (Mandatory front desk display)

…

[The miracle [custom mask] has been purchased, the above information is subject to change. ]

Things like names and numbers can be chosen to be displayed, and are closed by default when no operation is performed. It seems that there are many team members with special identities like him in the foundation.

Since the Foundation provides the opportunity to hide identity information, there are probably many exploration team members who have forged other identities like him.

As for the large amount of information below that has nothing to do with the real identity, it is mandatory to display it so that investors can reasonably evaluate the level of the team members.

"There's no rush to customize your identity." Bai Jinshu exited the editing interface. Suddenly, he found a small red dot flashing in the background belonging to the explorer in the upper right corner.

When I clicked on it, it turned out to be an invitation to explore.

An invitation to explore Class A space.

Shouldn't it?

Bai Jinshu was stunned for a second. He did not update the exploration reserve price. Logically speaking, without a bid, all captains could not send him an invitation.

"I suggest you accept it." His exclusive logistics customer service suddenly spoke.

Bai Jinshu: "Reason?"

Logistics Customer Service: "This invitation is for high-end space exploration."

Bai Jinshu tapped the screen with his finger: "Let me first talk about the difference between high-end space and other spaces."

It was the first time he heard this word.

"High-end space is the Foundation's general term for A-level and above spaces. It is only available for investment by certain people. Generally, the exploration process is not broadcast live to the public, and explorers cannot choose to enter on their own."

"The composition of the team members in this type of space will be determined by the investors. The investors will send group invitations to the exploration team members they like, and those who accept the invitation will form a full-member directional exploration team to enter. High-end space team members will invest in technology, and there is no guaranteed score. They will share the space income with the investors after the end, so they can bypass your exploration reserve price to send it out."

It seems that some rich guy was attracted by Scario's "lucky" attribute of never failing, and thought that he was a high-end player from a high-end space, so he sent him an invitation.

"But the reason why I suggest you accept it is that this space is quite special and different from normal high-end space." The logistics customer service suddenly said.

"In view of your performance in upgrading from E-level to B-level in your last exploration project, the Foundation has made minor adjustments to the ratings of some spaces containing divine life forms. The ratings have generally risen, resulting in this B+-level space, which was originally selected and blindly voted, being upgraded to A. level, entering the ranks of high-end spaces," the logistics customer service opened the space data description for him, "so although this space is nominally a high-end space, it still broadcasts live and is open to subsequent investment rounds. For novices, it is also a good choice to contact this kind of high-end space for the first time."

Bai Jinshu understood.

The customer service representative said that this space was originally only B+, but due to his last operation, the foundation had raised it to balance the rating and put it into the high-end space category. However, in terms of difficulty and strength, the original B+ project is still far behind the real high-end space, so it is more suitable for novices who are exploring high-end space for the first time.

Besides, high-end spaces are only available by invitation. If he does not choose this, the only spaces available to him are E-B+.

Furthermore, through analysis, it can be seen that the investment round of live broadcast is the major source of points income for Bai Jinshu. Entering the high-end space of profit and dividend while maintaining live broadcast is also the best choice for him.

"Okay," Bai Jinshu weighed the options in his mind and immediately agreed to the invitation, "I accept the invitation."

The targeted exploration of high-end space is confidential before it is opened. Only after accepting the invitation can you see the specific content. Bai Jinshu clicked to accept and confirmed the dividend ratio before he could see the detailed information of this space:

[Unknown Space: Those Who Left Me]

[The Foundation predicts that the collection level: A (originally B+)]

[Explorer team personnel quota: 10 people]

[The longest time this unknown space can be explored: seven days]

[The interface is well connected, and miracle redemption and use are open normally]

[Dear directional invitation team members, hello, the unknown space exploration will start at 8:30 in the morning in 3 days, please be prepared in advance]

The author has something to say:

Metal: I understand. Love is all about deception, exploitation and madness.

Brother Jiamu: ??? Who taught you to love like this?

The rating was upgraded from E to B. After investors spent money crazily, the foundation said: Don’t cue, the upgrade from E to B is a huge loss, and the ratings of other spaces are being upgraded.

Let's go to the second dungeon in the next chapter! I really like this dungeon name, which fits the dungeon's core mechanism very well. I got it for free from my gay friend ()