Please ask the dream.

Chapter 20 What is a born gangster?

The young boy surrounded by heavy rain stepped out of the sea of ​​fire. Beside him were two children who looked like drowned rats. In front of this young boy who held his head high were firefighters wearing protective clothing with astonished faces.

The picture froze at this moment, and Feng Xue's consciousness also left his body. In front of him, there was only the slowly emerging settlement interface -

[Operation ends, perfect tactics]

[Node settlement: Fantasy +3]

[Drop extraction in progress...]

[No drops in this battle.]

……

"Ah, this..." It was the first time that Feng Xue encountered a situation where there was no drop, and he was a little confused.

"No, I got the drops when I successfully survived the normal combat, but the perfect tactics in the emergency combat didn't drop any, right?"

Looking at the reward of only 3 points of fantasy dreams, Feng Xue always felt empty in his heart. He used to think that this pigeon was quite conscientious, but now it seems that it is not conscientious at all!
Seeing the settlement interface disappear, Feng Xue looked at the next node——

meet by chance.

"I wonder what it will be this time..." Feng Xue muttered to himself and clicked on the node directly. The flag-like lines came into his eyes again.

"It seems that all the lines in the unexpected encounter are the same..." Feng Xue secretly complained, but the scene in front of him had changed. What appeared in his field of vision was a not very spacious classroom.

A group of children in their early teens brought small stools and sat together. In front of them was a TV that didn't look very old, but looked very weathered. On the screen, a low-level orc animation was playing. Although I had never seen it before, I could feel the overflowing "childishness" of it just by looking at a few clips.

"Children watching TV?" Feng Xue looked at the scene and inevitably recalled the scene in kindergarten in his previous life. He could no longer remember the specific scene, but the feeling of moving a small stool and sitting together was still familiar.

[It’s the long-awaited entertainment time again. As the most prestigious person among this group of children, the remote control is naturally handed to you. Faced with this childish program, will you change the channel? ]

[1. Only three-year-olds would watch such a stupid show. Change the channel!]

[2. This show is a bit childish for kids, but it’s just right for me. I won’t change it!]

"Does it really have an impact?" Feng Xue was watching the idiotic animation playing on TV, and the first thing he thought of was not this option, but the information revealed in the description.

You know, in his first pigeon fight, he also experienced the node of "youthful spirit" in children's fights, but this time, he became the "most prestigious person". Considering the fact that he was expelled from school for beating up a classmate before, he had reason to suspect that this node was most likely affected by his previous experience of saving people in a fire.

But if this conjecture is true, then he must consider his next choice a little more -

Although the choices and battles within the nodes are all dominated by him, the nodes are ultimately just a few small slices in the character's life, and the rest is the result of the character's own evolution each time.

This means that the choices he makes are likely to serve as a "beacon" for the character's growth.

In the previous simulator, he wanted to become a gangster. Perhaps it was because he beat his friend to tears in "Youthful Spirit", which led him to develop a directional mindset of gaining status through violence.

It would be fine if this cheat code only allowed him to obtain his predecessor's legacy, but if it was like those simulator cheat codes that could tamper with the timeline and affect the past, he would have to consider the possible character changes that each choice might bring.

Thinking of this, Feng Xue once again turned his gaze to the TV, thought for a moment, and decided to change the channel.

If the TV was a special effects film like Kamen Rider or Ultraman, he would tolerate it, but it was hard for him to say "just right for me" against his conscience about this kind of childish half-orc. His thoughts triggered the options, and his hands moved at the same time. The picture on the TV changed instantly, and a group of adult men who didn't look like good people appeared on the screen. At the same time, new text spread out in Feng Xue's field of vision -

[You said NO to the animations for children without hesitation! Then, you switched the program to your favorite gangster crime theme. After noticing your preference, your respectful friends made a gift for you. ]

【You obtained the wooden sword (blue).】

Looking at the text that popped up, Feng Xue hesitated for a moment, but ultimately couldn't help but uttered in the elegant Central Plains accent.

"I take it back. Whether I choose it or not, my previous life is destined to be a gangster!"

Taking a deep breath, Feng Xue stopped thinking about the fate of his predecessor, which seemed to have been predetermined, and turned his attention to the collection.

Name: Wooden sword
Category: Survival support

Quality: Blue Excellent

Effect: Legacy +6
Notes: A crude wooden knife cut from a tree branch, once a child's favorite toy.

……

"Okay." Looking at the simple and crude Legacy +6, Feng Xue no longer had the idea of ​​complaining. No matter what, this thing could at least guarantee that he could exchange it for an expert-level skill in the store.

The line of sight moved, and after the gray node, two forks appeared. The upper one was an unexpected encounter, and the lower one was a combat node.

【Afternoon Nightmare】

"It's this node." Feng Xue did not go to see the unexpected encounter. With 6 points of legacy in hand, the benefit of safely arriving at the store to buy skill unlocking coupons is undoubtedly the highest.

Although there is a monster of unknown depth in the Afternoon Nightmare node, it is obviously safer than stepping on a landmine if you know how to pass the level.

【Escape is shameful, but very useful. 】

As the node was triggered, words with a warning flashed by, and Feng Xue felt the existence of his body again, but there was an obvious difference from the last time he entered this node.

"The style of the bed is different from before, the children around here look older, and the patrolling teacher has become a man... Is it because of the location of the nodes? Even on the same floor, there will be differences in the same nodes at different locations?"

Feng Xue pondered the reasons for this subtle difference and the possible consequences, but did not rush to take any special action.

According to his last experience, it would take some time for the nightmare monster to appear, and he planned to follow his previous plan and use this time to train his resonance with the G·I force field.

His consciousness gradually focused, and the drop of water in his sea of ​​consciousness was also taking shape quickly. Along with this process, Feng Xue gradually began to feel that his consciousness was establishing a connection with something in the outside world.

However, the feeling this time was completely different from the feeling of taking a stand in the [Fire Scene Strange Power] node. Not only did I not feel that everything was under control, but I even felt a little cold and...

Biting!

Feng Xue suddenly realized something, his eyes suddenly widened, and the san value that was at the top of his vision had dropped below 60!

(End of this chapter)