Descent Ritual Completion Evaluation: S (The ritual you arranged was especially favored by the God of Knowledge) Descent Effect Completion Evaluation: A (You successfully completed the descent of the God of Knowledge Sub-body) Side Mission Completion Evaluation: A (You killed 7/8 of the attacking enemies) Hidden Mission Completion Evaluation: Rank SSS (You carried out perfect revenge against the God of Knowledge) Your Overall Evaluation: S
He Ao looked at the detailed evaluation before him and immediately understood why the system had not settled the rewards as soon as the mission was complete. The things done during those remaining ninety seconds of buffer time had also counted toward the final mission settlement.
There was probably nothing to say about the Descent Ritual. He Ao was confident in his own thoroughness.
It seemed that the Descent Effect required not only completing the descent, but also restoring the Evil God Subordinate's strength. If He Ao had decided to sacrifice himself back then, he might have received an S evaluation.
The Side Mission was probably about dealing with the enemies. He had not killed Selina in the end, so he had only received an A evaluation.
In other words, if he had obediently completed the ritual, killed everyone like a qualified Evil God priest, and then sacrificed himself, he might have received three S evaluations.
But He Ao definitely would not do that. After all, he was a law-abiding good person.
Besides, if he had done that, he would not have obtained Talent Sequence 272.
That was right. Even after returning to the real world, he could still sense the existence of Talent Sequence 272. This Talent Sequence seemed to be bound to his soul, or perhaps it had been brought back by the system's power. In any case, it seemed that he now possessed this Talent Sequence, worth ten million, permanently.
Profit.
And even if he had received three S evaluations, his overall evaluation would still only have been S. He already had an overall S evaluation now.
He shifted his gaze to the Hidden Mission. The phrase "carried out revenge against the God of Knowledge" was quite interesting. He Ao himself definitely had no grudge against the God of Knowledge. Where would a good person like him get an enemy?
So this sentence was most likely written from Yezuola's perspective. From Yezuola's point of view, he had become a half-mad monster and worked painstakingly to summon a subordinate for the God of Knowledge, all because he wanted to seek "Eternal Life."
But that so-called "Eternal Life" had ultimately been nothing more than a scam, tricking him into working himself to death before finally becoming nourishment for the God of Knowledge.
Thinking from Yezuola's perspective, He Ao could feel his anger and unwillingness.
Yezuola was not a mechanical program working for the God of Knowledge. He had his own joys and sorrows, his greed, and his resentment.
And He Ao's final act of killing the God of Knowledge Sub-body and enraging the God of Knowledge had instead completed the Hidden Mission of "revenge."
Although it had been somewhat accidental, He Ao's feelings at the time had probably been similar to Yezuola's. When he learned that the God of Knowledge intended to devour him, he had been a little unhappy as well.
Though he had never intended to let the God of Knowledge Sub-body live from the very beginning.
He had saved Selina so that she could open that box and kill the God of Knowledge Sub-body at the crucial moment.
The initiative had always remained in his hands.
While He Ao analyzed the various ratings and the possible origin of the Hidden Mission, the system text before his eyes changed.
Settling Mission Reward. The Mission Reward for the beginner mission is: One random bodily enhancement. Because your overall mission evaluation is S, and an individual mission evaluation reached Rank SSS, your reward has triggered a deluxe critical hit. Refreshing rewards for you. Please choose one of the following three rewards: 1. Randomly obtain one Talent Sequence (not soul-bound) 2. Full-body Mechanical Modification 3. Vermillion Fruit
He Ao looked at the three options.
Talent Sequences were probably extraordinary powers similar to Hyperthymesia.
Mechanical Modification looked like some kind of prosthetic body like Selina's? But since the system had not described it as a prosthetic body, it was probably different from one. Something like Job's mechanical arm? A humanoid robot without a human form?
As for the Vermillion Fruit... that was beyond He Ao's understanding. It looked edible.
But since the basic reward was bodily enhancement, Talent Sequences and Mechanical Modification were both advanced forms of "bodily enhancement" in a sense. Could this Vermillion Fruit also be something that enhanced the body?
Just as He Ao was thinking, the sound of "bang, bang, bang" suddenly came from outside the door, accompanied by someone humming a tune as they climbed the stairs.
He turned to look toward the entrance, only to discover that the old security door of his home had somehow been opened a crack.
He vaguely remembered hearing the lock cylinder turn and the door being pushed open when he had started the game.
However, the door had only opened a crack, because He Ao had welded eight security chains onto it. Every one of them was as thick as a thumb and cost a full 168.8 yuan apiece.
Although he was a law-abiding good person, he had performed too many acts of courage, so there were often quite a few people who wanted to come "visit" his home. These people were usually very enthusiastic, carrying Baseball Bats, steel pipes, and machetes. Some wanted to help He Ao "exercise," while others wanted to cut his "watermelon."
As a kind but inarticulate and shy good person, he naturally had no way to refuse these enthusiastic people. So he had welded on a few extra security chains. As long as they could not get through the door, there would be no need to refuse them.
Once these chains were fastened, even a two-hundred-pound strongman could not force the door open.
He Ao walked step by step toward the door and looked outside through the gap held open by the security chains.
Ever since he had sent most of those enthusiastic people in, no one had come to "visit" his home for a long time.
Climbing the stairs was a Youth in a crisp suit. He hummed a cheerful tune while holding a brand-new pair of pliers that had not yet been unwrapped.
He Ao could tell at a glance that the Youth had bought pliers that were too small. They could not cut through his security chains.
He glanced at his phone. It was now 7:37 p.m. More than four minutes had passed since he started the game, while he had spent roughly over an hour in the Copy World. The time flow ratio was probably around one to twenty-something. Different rates of time flow were rather interesting.
At that moment, the suited Youth reached the landing. He had just arrived in front of He Ao's door and was about to unwrap the pliers when he saw a pair of cold eyes appear behind the gap in the door, staring directly at him like a lion examining its prey.
His hand trembled in fright, but he quickly reacted. With a broad smile, he looked at He Ao.
"Are you student He Ao?"
As he spoke, he casually moved the still-wrapped pliers behind his back and tucked them into his pants.
He Ao glanced at him and slammed the door shut with a bang.
Then he looked at the security door's lock. It seemed that the man had just picked it. He would have to replace it with a new lock.
Tsk—
Another major expense.
"Student He Ao! Student He Ao!" The person outside began pounding urgently on the door. As he knocked, he shouted, "I have a big business deal, a money-making deal. Are you interested in hearing about it?"
He Ao immediately turned around, opened the inner door, and looked at the Youth outside through the security chains. "Let's hear it."
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