April Fool's Day Rating

"Wait for me to tear open the half-mile of twilight's universe, three feet of green light rotating to wash away the dust~"

Ren Suo, who was dozing on the sofa, heard his phone ring nearby. He mumbled, picked up the phone, glanced at the caller ID, perked up a little, suppressed his morning grumpiness, and answered, "Hello, this is Ren Suo."

"Ren Suo, you need to report to the Lianjiang National Security Bureau before 2:30 PM tomorrow." Director Ye's voice came from the other end. "Just woke up?"

"Yeah..."

"Ah, these young people nowadays, sleeping so late, just like my son in middle school..." Director Ye nagged, "Oh right, remember to go. If you don't, it will be considered automatically giving up your interview qualification."

"Giving up qualification?" Ren Suo sat up, becoming more alert. "What qualification?"

"It hasn't been explicitly stated yet," Director Ye lowered his voice, "but if you pass, it's likely a direct lateral transfer to the National Security Bureau."

"National Security Bureau!" Ren Suo was startled. "Are the benefits good?"

"I don't know," Director Ye said, "but the basic salary is higher than the street office, and there are more miscellaneous subsidies."

"Then I'll go!" Ren Suo said happily. Discovering his position was upgraded for no reason made even a fool happy. "Is there anything I need to pay attention to?"

"There's nothing special to pay attention to, but only you and Li Qingxuan from our place are qualified. You should communicate well," Director Ye's voice was filled with a strange smile. "Li Qingxuan's phone number is 14..."

After hanging up Director Ye's call, Ren Suo rubbed his face, went to wash his face and brush his teeth, and found that it was already 10 o'clock.

10 o'clock on April 1st.

He bought If You're Strong, Climb 10,000 Meters on March 28th. On the 30th, he continued the challenge from the Base Camp at an altitude of 5896 meters, then stayed up for a day and a night and another day, finally getting the Seeker of the Way to reach 10,000 meters last night at 11 PM!

The fatigue of this process goes without saying, and the mental exhaustion was even more overwhelming. After reaching the Base Camp, the difficulty of this game suddenly jumped. At first, the gaps between platforms were just larger, and the platforms were just wide or narrow, with occasional gray platforms that would shatter upon touch.

Later on, it became formidable...

The background directly turned into snowy mountains and ice waterfalls. The Seeker of the Way could encounter fierce Gale Winds just by standing, which would directly blow her away, or blow her off her target landing spot when she jumped.

Then there were some slightly light blue platforms. Jumping on them would actually cause ice spikes to burst out, resulting in a game over. However, safe platforms were located within the ice waterfall platforms, sometimes even the only gray platform was within the ice waterfall platforms. From above, no other safe platforms could be seen, so the Seeker of the Way could only jump on and immediately continue jumping, then rely on Ren Suo to quickly change direction to land.

In addition, there was stormy weather. The screen would be completely white, making it impossible to see safe platforms. In this situation, the Seeker of the Way could only stay in a safe area and wait for the weather to end. Moreover, even after the storm subsided, white areas would still remain, and only when the Seeker of the Way jumped into them could the situation be seen.

Furthermore, the game seemed to have day and night changes. Before the Base Camp, it was fine, but after the Base Camp, day and night had a certain impact – for example, making it difficult to distinguish the color of the platforms...

Compared to the difficulty starting from 0 meters altitude, the difficulty after the Base Camp was simply the difference between reciting pi forwards and reciting pi backwards...

The most frustrating thing was that Ren Suo could occasionally see other stick figures. They naturally weren't jumping on these dangerous platforms like the Seeker of the Way, but were slowly moving forward along a gentle path. When they saw the Seeker of the Way, they would stop and ask if she needed help, and the game, as always, gave two options: "No, thank you" and "No, thanks".

Through countless deaths and trials, Ren Suo controlled the Seeker of the Way, climbing all the way to the Advance Camp checkpoint at 6690 meters, the First Camp checkpoint at 7200 meters, the Second Camp checkpoint at 7900 meters, the Third Camp checkpoint at 8400 meters, the Fourth Camp checkpoint at 9000 meters, the Fifth Camp checkpoint at 9600 meters...

Then, at 11:11 PM last night, Ren Suo finally got the Seeker of the Way to climb to an altitude of 10,000 meters for the first time, jumping onto the golden platform!

The next second, he fell asleep directly.

His tense body and mind suddenly relaxed after achieving the final goal, causing him to fall into the deepest rest until he slept for a full 11 hours before being woken up by his phone. After that...

"Ah, ahh..." Ren Suo found that he was almost too hungry to move, so he had to make a call: "Hello... two large bowls of Braised Beef Brisket Noodles with Fried Sauce... Tianlan Garden, Building 233, Room 1506... just above you."

Fortunately, he remembered the phone number of Jian Ji downstairs, otherwise he might have actually starved to death at home...

It was then that he remembered he had completed the game and quickly opened the game console to check his score.

"Mission accomplished."

"Completed basic mission objective - 60 points;"

"Total rating is 60 points, evaluated as barely passing."

"This mission rating: 60 points (barely passing), highest mission rating: 60 points (barely passing)"

"Do you choose to upload this result as the final result? After successful upload, you will receive Merit Points and exclusive rewards corresponding to the evaluation level."

"Evaluation can only be uploaded once."

"Only 60 points!?" Ren Suo was stunned. Is this game a single-player game? How can there be a difference in scores?

The mission evaluation was slightly different from Assassin. Assassin would prompt the game to close after uploading the evaluation, but If You're Strong, Climb 10,000 Meters did not. It seemed that purchased games were different from free games.

"Because the player received a barely passing evaluation and met the hidden requirement, information about the hidden side mission for this chapter will be granted."

"Assassin's hidden requirement was 'fairly good', but this game only requires 'passing'... Is this game too difficult, or is it too low-quality..."

"Side Mission: A strong person who is watched is a true strong person; a strong person no one knows is just a pitiful strong person! Please let more people see you ascend the 10,000-meter peak. The more onlookers, the higher the rating."

Ren Suo almost spat. What the heck? Do I have to deliberately find an audience to show off?!

In some novels, when someone shows off, there are always a bunch of miraculous passersby who know everything from the cause of the Big Bang to the principles of circuit analysis, from the material of the emperor's chamber pot to what the new anime episode tomorrow will be about, explaining things on the side.

Even in the cutscenes of TV shows, movies, animations, and games, there would be a deep, magnetic voice-over narrator.

This game not only lacked an audience, but it also forced him to show off; and not only did it force him to show off, but it also required the player to find people to watch...

"Find people, find people... Where are there people..." Ren Suo complained. Just then, his Jian Ji delivery arrived, and he went out to get it. When he came back, he found that the game had automatically loaded a save, returning to the Fifth Camp at 9600 meters.

At this moment, five stick figures on the screen were setting off from the Fifth Camp, struggling to move forward