I’m Really Scared - Chapter 6: System Rewards

“Boom!”

As soon as Guan Shan ran out of the alley, there was a huge explosion behind him.

As he turned his head, he saw a raging flame burst out of the dining room, shattering the glass windows in the process.

The fire grew stronger in the wind, and in the blink of an eye, the whole building was wrapped in dense smoke.

In the night, the cannibal restaurant was eventually consumed by fire.

“Hiss—”

Looking at the gradually collapsing walls and roofs, Guan Shan took a breath: “This is the so-called destruction scene? Isn’t it a bit too extravagant?”

But on second thought, this simulator said before that it simulates scenes based on reality.

Although the monsters and scenes he saw were false, it was true that he ran and rolled around in a certain area, and was beaten up by all kinds of things…

In other words, if he was really in that SX snack at the time, then there was a high probability that the tables and chairs had not survived, and there might even still be some bloodstains—of course, his own.

Thinking about it this way, it’s really necessary to “destroy the evidence”.

“Fortunately, it was an abandoned shop, no one should be injured… Uh, no one saw me, right?”

Guan Shan suddenly had a guilty conscience.

Imagine this scene, a man randomly jumping around left and right, making all kinds of unthinkable movements, while pretending to seriously shoot at something…

If that was really seen, it would be more terrifying than a horror game.

A large-scale social death scene!

“There’s no way there would be people walking around in the middle of the night, right? Haha…”

Guan Shan smiled and comforted himself, before looking around subconsciously.

He didn’t see anyone, but he did hear the sound of police sirens gradually approaching from a distance.

Hesitating, but due to his instinct as a reporter, he took out his phone to find a good angle and took a photo of the SX snack that was engulfed in flames.

At the same time, the countdown finally reached zero.

The simulator interface opened.

【Game simulation has ended: Meat restaurant】

【Kill the final boss: 1/1 (Evaluation level ↑)】

【Killing elite monsters: 1/1 (Evaluation level↑)】

【Kill ordinary monsters: 15/15 (Rating ↑)】

【Items obtained: Glock 17 (Magazine Capacity: 0/17) x 1】, Large Boning Knife x 1】, Entangled parasites x 7, Butcher’s Heart x 1】, Original Meat Nest Embryo x 1】

【Evaluation level: Perfect (Can keep all the obtained items)】

【Reward: Game Coins x 1】000, Skill Points x 1】

【Unlock achievement: Break Up Kitchen (Kill all the Monsters in this Simulation)】

【Achievement Reward: Skill Book 【Rotten Flesh Pile】x 1】

【All rewards have been distributed to the backpack, please confirm.】

【Shop, Achievements, and Skill Bars are unlocked】

【Settlement has been completed, please wait patiently for the next simulation to begin.】

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The next day, 7 a.m.

Guan Shan yawned on the bus, holding the ring in one hand, looking down at the phone with a look of sleepiness.

When he came out of the restaurant yesterday, he realized that it was already two o’clock in the morning, and there were no more transportations left.

So, he could only walk home by himself and send a message on the way to comfort Shen Dinghua, who had waited for no one.

That idiot drank all the cold white fungus soup by herself in a rage… As a result, she stayed up all night with a stomachache.

He stared at his phone in a daze as he had to see the message from Guan Shan before going to bed.

By the time Guan Shan laid down on his bed, it was close to four o’clock.

It was almost dawn.

‘Fortunately, the damaged clothes and bloodstains on my body were restored when I took the healing medicine…otherwise, it would be a problem to even go home.’

‘Don’t ask why healing medicine can heal even clothes, It’s just one of the staples of horror games!’

“It took until 5 a.m. to sort out the rewards and props. If it weren’t for the ability to stay up all night in college, I would have to ask for leave today.”

Guan Shan glanced at the half-floating Shop, Achievements, and Skills panels in front of him.

These were the three newly unlocked features after clearing the scenario yesterday.

The achievement system was easy to understand at a glance, after fulfilling certain conditions, the corresponding achievements would be unlocked, and additional rewards can be obtained.

His only unlocked achievement so far was “Break Up Kitchen” which gave him a skill book 【Rotten Flesh Pile】.

But the skill book only gave the qualification for learning skills, and skill points were still needed to unlock and learn them.

Guan Shan, who had only one skill point on his hand, had no other options, so he decided to just learn it.

Now one of his four skill slots was occupied.

【Skill: Rotten Flesh Pile (Level 1)】

【Type: Passive】

【Cooling time: None】

【Effect: Increase Health Bar by 10%; Each monster killed increases power by a certain amount.】

【Explanation: Death and decay will bring you strength】

At present, mostly everything in the shop was basically grayed out. There were only four things that he can buy at his current level.

【Backpack Expansion Pack x 1】. 】

【Unlimited Ammo (Gun model cannot be changed after equipped) x 1】

【Nuclear flashlight x 1】

【Newbie Survival Pack x 1】

The lower right corner showed his current number of game coins — 2300.

In addition to the 1000 Coins from the system reward, he also exchanged the 【Original Meat Nest Embryo x 1】to the shop for 1300 Coins.

By the way, the items retained after the simulations were completed could be exchanged for game coins in the store.

Guan Shan got two drops from the chef yesterday.

【The Butcher’s Heart (3/3)】

【Effect: Power is greatly increased when used, lasts for 30 seconds, and occupies a jewelry slot】

【Explanation: A butcher who doesn’t want to be a berserker is not a good cook. 】

【Original Meat Nest Embryo】

【Effect: After swallowing, gain the ability of 【Parasite】 (Expand for Details), there is a certain chance of mutation.】

【Explanation: A strange vitality brews within.】

Ignoring the explanation of the former, the effect of this thing was quite good.

Although it could only be used three times, this was a “great” increase in power!

Guan Shan has experienced the effect of “slowly recovering Health” before, and he was sure that the description of the degree word specified by the simulator was a bit different from the understanding of ordinary people.

It said it was a great increase, so it must be that – a great increase.

And the other one was full of uncertainty, from the effect to the description, and even the activation requirements for the skill【Parasite】were very restrictive.

So, Guan Shan finally decided to sell it for game coins.

But the Backpack Expansion Pack and Unlimited Ammo were both 1000.

The Nuclear flashlight cost 666 coins, and it seemed quite useless, so Guan Shan ruled it out first.

Novice Survival Pack requires 648, which included 【First-aid bandage x 1】, 【Adrenal hormone injection x 1】, 【Crowbar x 1】, and 【Strange Mark x 1】.

Apart from the unclear meaning of the Strange Mark, the things inside were all very good, and they were must-buy items.

This meant that he could only choose between the Backpack Expansion Pack and Unlimited Ammo.

“From my experience in playing video games, the backpack expansion is very important, but if there is no ammo, the Glock in my hand will be useless… And this is my only main weapon.”

“But I’m still in the novice stage, there’s no need to rush.”

“The total number of slots in the backpack is currently 10, and the items equipped on my body are not counted as slots.”

“If you count the items in the Newbie Survival Pack, I have 5 slots left in my backpack, which should be enough for the next simulation.”

“The most important thing is to arm yourself first!”

Guan Shan was remembering the pressure and lethality of the chef, and finally made the decision to buy the unlimited magazine and the Newbie Survival Pack.

The unlimited ammo was installed on the 【Glock 17】, and the coins he had suddenly became only 625.

When he got off the bus, Shen Dinghua suddenly sent a message.

【Ruixiang】: Guan Shan, hurry up, don’t be late today, the deputy editor-in-chief is getting angry ヽ(.>Д<)o゜

Guan Shan was taken aback.

【Qingshan outside the mountain】: What’s wrong?

【Ruixiang】: Last night, the SX snacks gas pipe was in disrepair and exploded. He’s complaining that since we couldn’t even get the first-hand materials from such a close distance. We could only transfer the leftovers to others, and couldn’t grab the headlines… Speaking which, last night didn’t you go there?

【Qingshan outside the mountain】: No, I went the wrong way.

‘So, it turned out to be a gas explosion. I don’t know if it was a coincidence, or if it was arranged by the simulator.’

But in short, there was no risk of social death… for the time being.

【Ruixiang】: Fortunately, you went the wrong way, otherwise I wouldn’t know what to do if you got hurt╭(╯^╰)╮

【Qingshan outside the mountain】: “I raise you.jpg”

Guan Shan looked at the “I raise you.jpg” sent to Shen Dinghua on the phone, smiled knowingly, and looked up at the building reflecting the sunlight in front of him.

The eighth floor of this building was the office floor of the “Hangcheng Evening News”.