Wandering America: My kill threshold is far ahead

「5...4...3...2...1...」

As the 90-minute countdown ended, Ma Jieke left the IAA building almost right on time.

I didn't dare linger nearby. After walking two traffic light intersections, I randomly found a KFC to sit down at.

Today is Crazy Thursday, and Original Recipe Chicken is half price!

After receiving the meal, he started checking his five-star reward while eating.

[Challenge completed. Please choose from the following rewards.]

[Treasure Hunter]: Generates a permanent halo with a radius of 1000 meters centered on the user, marking all lost items on the map. This skill can be fused with Treasure Hunter to become ???

(Different colored signals correspond to items of different values: silver for common, blue for rare, purple for epic, gold for legendary, and prismatic for mythical. To filter low-value items, please turn on the filter.)

【Buy Now (Consumable)】: Randomly select an existing skill and upgrade it to 7-star quality.

【Demon Contract】: Take away all skills currently on the reward panel, at the cost of stopping the refresh of tasks for 5 days.

Huh! Ma Jie's first focus was on the Demon Contract. Isn't that the legendary "first come, first served" approach?

Although you'll be locked up for 5 days, who can guarantee that you'll get another five-star skill during those 5 days?

To put it bluntly, neither the previous destruction of police cars nor this infiltration mission was accomplished through sheer skill.

It's either a bug that causes you to get stuck in a quest or a bug that causes you to miss skill combos; there's definitely an element of luck involved.

However, even if you don't complete the five-star mission, it's still easy to get five basic skills, and you might even be able to complete two or three additional challenge missions.

That means you can exchange 5 basic skills and 2 to 3 two-star skills for one five-star skill.

No, no, no, that's not how the accounts are calculated... Thinking of this, Ma Jieke felt that something was not quite right.

Time cost! No matter how simple the task, it cannot be completed without spending time and effort.

In this way, the equivalent formula becomes: [5-star skill plus extra time] equals [basic skill x5 plus number of unstable 2-star skills].

Of course, whether it's worthwhile or not depends on what the reward actually is.

Treasure Master, to be honest, is visibly overpowered, essentially a permanently enhanced version of [Explorer].

The former has no limit on the number of times it can be used, exists in the form of a halo, and expands to a radius of one kilometer.

The latter can only be used once and can only mark the highest value item within the range.

Hmm... Is this an updated version?

What's even more impressive is that this skill can be fused with Treasure Hunter, but the effect is unknown and will only be known after selection.

Of course, this mechanism is not new in Roguelike games; there are even games where fusion can continue to be super-fusioned.

However, even though it's unknown, surely it won't weaken the user after fusion?

At the very least, it should be an optimization and enhancement while retaining the original skill characteristics.

As for "buy and hold": randomly select a skill you already possess and upgrade it to 7-star quality.

So here's the question: which skill is useless once it reaches 7 stars?

Opening the skill list, I found that I already have 8 skills.

[Fake Boxing Champion (Active)] [Mixed Martial Arts Lv1] [Ruthless Combo (Passive)] [Working Saint Body (Passive)]

[Plumber Lv1] [American Iaido Lv2] [Wall Climbing Lv1] [Treasure Chest Hunter]

Don't rush, take it one at a time.

The fake boxing champion, once upgraded to 7-star quality, will definitely have its cooldown period significantly reduced and its duration increased, eliminating the possibility of a "Tyson with impotence" situation. It might even provide additional combat power.

Anyway, if I get it randomly, it's a sure thing. I already have permanent residency, so I can definitely participate in official competitions.

This is much safer than fighting in underground boxing matches, and it's much less likely that the referee will be bribed by the Koreans.

OK, the current score is 1-0.

Next up is mixed martial arts. There's not much to analyze. Basic combat power plus explosive combat power equals super combat power, so it's two to zero.

The relentless barrage is a bit awkward. Does upgrading to 7-star quality increase attack speed by 1000%?

That's what it looks like! It's like the Pegasus Meteor Fist! Before you can even take down your opponent, you're already broken and battered. It's two to one.

The "Working Saint Body" skill increases the extra stamina bar by 80%. Upgrading it to 7-star quality will add ten extra stamina bars.

If he went to a construction site to carry bricks, wouldn't he overwhelm his colleagues?

The same applies to participating in sports competitions. I'm invincible when it comes to running marathons; I'm the universe's number one endurance runner.

If I can get professional skills related to [football] or [basketball] later, I'll be able to take off right away.

The red team scores another point, making it 3-1.

Next up, American Iaijutsu. Need I say more? Getting this is a win, four to one.

The parkour course felt a bit lacking, as the track is too narrow and can't compare to general skills.

The blue team pulled one back, making it 4-2.

As for the plumber, I don't even want to complain anymore. What good is reaching the maximum level? Can he grow bigger by eating mushrooms and shoot bullets by eating flowers? Probably not.

The Blue Team is about to equalize, making it 4-3.

Please welcome the last contestant, the Treasure Chest Hunter. This one is going to be tough.

After all, I decided to take the Demon Contract. Once I got it, [Treasure Master] and [Treasure Chest Hunter] would undergo a double five-star fusion.

So, which will trigger first: fusion or "buy and hold"?

If it's the former, then you'll lose a lot of money.

My two five-star characters aren't even worth a seven-star? If I get one randomly, it'll be a complete waste.

If it's the latter, then you should first upgrade [Treasure Hunter] to 7-star quality, and then fuse it with [Treasure Master].

But this is still a loss, since it's already a five-star, it's definitely not as beneficial as upgrading directly from one star to seven stars.

That's why they say "once you place your bet, you're done"—it's a gambling addict's skill.

No matter what version of the season is updated, gamblers will never be absent.

However, after calculation, it can be found that the probability of selecting it is 12.5%. Unless you are extremely unlucky, it is quite difficult to get it randomly.

Forget it, let's take a gamble. We're not going to win a house or land, so what's there to be afraid of?

As I always say, all in, all in, leveraged across the board!

Take the Demon Contract directly and load the results screen.

The [Treasure Hunter] and [Treasure Chest Hunter] skills have been merged into [Grandmaster of Secret Treasures]. Please see the new skill description.

The "Place Your Bet" effect has been triggered, and a skill is being randomly selected.

A golden frame moved back and forth between the eight skills, looking much like a fruit machine.

At first, the speed was invisible to the naked eye, then it slowed down and began to move horizontally, one square at a time.

The final result was set on [Plumber lv1].

"Fuck, I'm so mad!"

MaJack instantly turned red-hot, transforming into a Zaun warrior who unleashed five bursts of energy in a second.

Just as he was about to unleash his full power, the golden frame miraculously moved forward one space.

[American-style Iaijutsu lv2] has been upgraded to 7-star quality.

"Awesome! Awesome!!!"

The roar echoed throughout the KFC, and customers and staff alike stared at him as if he were a fool.