First Official Mission Settlement

[Calculating mission evaluation...]

[Your mission evaluation is S]

He Ao lowered his head to look at the detailed mission evaluation below.

[Suspect Tracking Completion Evaluation: S (You successfully predicted Mu Xiu's whereabouts and communicated with Mu Xiu)]

[Investigation Results Completion Evaluation: S (You successfully deduced the reason for Mu Xiu's entry into Dawn City and obtained Mu Xiu's tacit approval)]

[Side Mission Completion Evaluation: A (You injured the Dancer and, to a certain extent, helped foil the Witchcraft Church's sacrifice plot)]

[Hidden Mission Completion Evaluation: SSS (You perfectly completed Ander's revenge: The Thug is dead, the Dancer is in prison.)]

[Your overall evaluation is: S]

Based on the mission evaluations from the previous novice mission, the first two should be main missions.

Although the mission issued by the system was 'Investigate the reason why Mu Xiu, the Priest of the God of Chaos, came to Dawn City', this mission didn't seem to be completable just by guessing; it required face-to-face confirmation from Mu Xiu.

Therefore, when He Ao initially guessed that Mu Xiu had come to Dawn City chasing the Dancer, he didn't receive a mission completion prompt. It wasn't until he confirmed it with Mu Xiu that he received the mission completion prompt.

Of course, it seems this confirmation didn't require Mu Xiu to directly admit it, tacit approval was sufficient.

And to find Mu Xiu for face-to-face confirmation, he had to accurately predict Mu Xiu's whereabouts, thus completing the two main missions.

The side mission seemed to be the branch related to the Witchcraft Church's plot, but in foiling the Witchcraft Church's plot, He Ao didn't actually play a significant role. He merely survived the Dancer's attack and injured her, somewhat delaying her actions. The one who truly took down the Witchcraft Church was Smith.

So overall, this mission, as the first official mission, wasn't actually difficult. Predicting Mu Xiu's actions and guessing the reason for his entry into Dawn City were both easy. He Ao also had the powerful support of Selina.

As long as He Ao brought Selina, his powerful bodyguard, when confronting Mu Xiu at the end, combined with the power of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Dawn City Police Department, he could definitely catch Mu Xiu.

But in that case, he wouldn't be able to complete the 'Revenge'.

So he chose to face Mu Xiu alone. This wasn't just his choice, but also 'Ander's' choice.

Theoretically, Mu Xiu was the one who attacked He Ao first.

As an investigator for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, He Ao had the right to kill someone who violently resisted law enforcement officers.

Yes, it was legal.

However, regarding the four mission evaluations, He Ao's last ones were S, A, A, SSS. This time they are S, S, A, SSS. One A has become an S, and the overall evaluation is still S. It seems that after reaching S, it's very difficult to further improve the overall evaluation.

As He Ao pondered the mission evaluation, the subtitles in his vision changed further.

[Calculating mission rewards.]

[Original mission reward: Basic Firearms Introduction]

[Due to your overall mission evaluation being S, and a single mission evaluation reaching SSS, your reward has triggered a luxurious critical hit.]

[Refreshing rewards for you.]

[Refresh successful]

[Please choose any two from the following three rewards:]

[1. Basic Firearms Proficiency]

[2. Soul Restoration Potion (with container)]

[3. Gauss Pistol (full magazine of ten rounds)]

Choose two out of three. Last time it was choose one out of three.

The individual items didn't seem as good as the previous 'Talent Sequence', 'Mechanical Modification', or 'Vermillion Fruit', so this time the system directly allowed him to choose two items.

He Ao looked at the three rewards.

This mission was relatively simple, so the original reward 'Basic Firearms Introduction' also seemed relatively poor. After the critical hit, the reward increase seemed quite significant. He wondered if it was because he had over-completed the 'Revenge' hidden mission.

At this moment, He Ao's soul was still somewhat weak. He had fought with Mu Xiu for about a minute, which meant he had also forcibly activated Super Memory for a minute. Burning life force for temporary pleasure, followed by the crematorium.

Although the consumption of burning life force had decreased somewhat after Super Memory advanced to Rank E, and he seemed to have received some soul feedback when he returned, replenishing about two-thirds of his consumption, he was still in a weakened state.

So for the first item, he chose 'Soul Restoration Potion (with container)' without hesitation. As for the second item, he also didn't hesitate and chose 'Basic Firearms Proficiency'. The reason for choosing this was also very simple: in Middle Earth, it is illegal to possess firearms without permission, so the Gauss Pistol was directly excluded.

He Ao was a law-abiding good person.

As for what use Basic Firearms Proficiency was without a gun...

In emergency situations, it is legal to seize a thug's weapon and act in self-defense.

However, this kind of operation is very dangerous. Most thugs are very vicious, and during a struggle to seize a weapon, it's easy to fast-forward directly to burial. Therefore, He Ao would usually choose to prioritize protecting himself and calling the police.

As He Ao made his choice, the text in his vision gradually disappeared.

Immediately following was a massive stream of information that suddenly poured into his mind. At that instant, He Ao felt as if his already weak soul was about to explode, but this was not as strong as the impact from the God of Knowledge, so He Ao's consciousness remained clear and stable.

This sense of impact quickly faded, and countless images echoed in He Ao's mind. After a brief observation, He Ao realized that these were Ander's training memories.

At the same time, as these memory images echoed, He Ao felt a strange power permeate his body, transforming some of his neurons.

Soon, this was building his 'conditioned reflexes', which is body memory.

As the memories in his mind and body merged, He Ao felt as if he had gained another life, a life of arduous training. He was intimately familiar with the disassembly, assembly, maintenance, and use of firearms, and could even perform some shooting actions without thinking.

However, the firearms in the instance world were actually somewhat different from the firearms in the main world, so He Ao's memories could not be directly applied to the use of firearms in the main world. But with this experience, it shouldn't be difficult for him to master the firearms in the main world.

After all, the fundamental principles remain the same.

As He Ao digested the knowledge of 'Basic Firearms Proficiency', a silver test tube also appeared in his hand. A transparent liquid with a faint purple glow was quietly stored inside.

This silver test tube was somewhat similar to the test tube that held the 'Waiter' secret medicine before. He Ao held it up and shook it. It couldn't be said that they were unrelated, only that they were exactly the same.

The test tube that held the secret medicine could contain extraordinary substances. He wondered if this test tube could also contain extraordinary substances. If so, this test tube could actually be considered a treasure in some sense?

He Ao carefully examined the test tube. The design of the test tube was very simple, sealed with a brown cork stopper. The cork had a faint, refreshing fragrance.

He Ao had never smelled this fragrance before and didn't know if it came from the cork itself, but after inhaling the fragrance, he clearly felt his listless spirit improve.

He pulled out the cork, put it in his pocket, and then slowly brought the opened test tube to his mouth.