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Chapter 183: Task Settlement, SS! (Large - , Please Subscribe, Bookmark, and Vote for Monthly Ticket)

Chapter 183: Chapter 183: Task Settlement, SS! (Large Chapter, Please Subscribe, Bookmark, and Vote for Monthly Ticket)

[Task evaluation settlement in progress···]

[Your task evaluation is SS]

He Ao looked at the subtitles jumping before his eyes and took a deep breath.

Actually, from the previous four system evaluations, He Ao had gradually begun to discern some patterns in the system’s evaluation criteria.

The system’s evaluation consisted of four parts, including two evaluations for the main task, one for the side task, and one for the hidden task.

For He Ao, the easiest was actually the hidden task, because all it required was fulfilling a character’s wish or, in other words, their obsession, to receive a high evaluation. The challenge was in capturing the character’s obsession.

The side task evaluations, however, were part of a gradual increasing process, from an A for the novice task and the first official task, to an S for the second official task, and then an SS for the third official task.

Since there was a process of increase, He Ao had also gradually summarized some patterns in how the system scored the evaluations.

For the novice task, the side task was to kill the attacking enemies. The task was not completely finished but partly done, so the evaluation was A.

The first official task’s side task was to strike at the Witch Church, and He Ao injured the Dancing Girl, indirectly aiding the completion of the task. But since he did not complete the task himself, the evaluation was also A.

For the second official task, the side task was to kill Najia and foil the Mayor’s conspiracy. This task was completed by He Ao himself, and even though not everything was done by him, the entire process was led by him, earning an S evaluation.

He Ao conjectured that to obtain an S evaluation for a side task, the ’player’ must lead the completion of the task.

For the third official task, which earned an SS, the side task was to kill the Witch of Desire’s offspring, thereby saving lives that were originally supposed to be lost.

From S to SS, the nature of the task had changed. Simply leading the completion of the task was not enough; one also had to perform some kind of operation with a ’difficulty’ level that was extremely high.

For example, in the third official task, there was actually no need for He Ao to kill the Witch of Desire’s offspring. If he had persisted until reinforcements from the Federal Bureau of Investigation had arrived, with their help, he would have been able to take down the offspring.

But since he defeated the Witch of Desire’s offspring on his own and saved many people, he received an SS evaluation.

This is similar to video games, where killing the enemy with difficulty and completing a level without taking any damage require different levels of difficulty and yield different evaluations.

Through these tasks, He Ao had also vaguely mastered the specific content rules of the side tasks.

All side tasks started from the subjective judgment of the Copy World characters, attacking or striking at hostile forces. The heavier the damage inflicted on the hostile forces and the higher the difficulty of completion, the higher the evaluation received.

The system had no subjective likes or dislikes; side tasks were all based on the subjective perception of the Copy World characters.

If the Copy World character was an Evil God Priest like Yezola, then Selena would be the enemy, counted as a target to be eliminated in the side task.

But if the Copy World character was a Federal Bureau of Investigation officer like Ande, then Selena was an ally, and the side task targets would include the Witch Church, which was opposed to Ande.

Similarly, in this copy, the Copy World character was Joey, whose parents were murdered.

The side task targets then included Joey’s enemies, the Avis Group, and the financial and mayoral powers that followed Avis.

Based on the arrangements He Ao had made before leaving, this side task should also be able to receive at least an SS evaluation.

Therefore, for this settlement, the SSS evaluation for the hidden task and the SS evaluation for the side task were within He Ao’s expectations before he returned.

As for the main task, He Ao had not yet grasped the evaluation method for the main task, but he made some attempts according to the pattern of the side tasks.

The higher the difficulty of completion, the higher the evaluation.

Since the intrinsic difficulty of the task was fixed, He Ao could add difficulty for himself.

For instance, removing the cheat.

And this cheat was... Selena.

In fact, He Ao had realized in the previous copy that Selena’s existence, in a way, was a tool used by the system to lower the difficulty level of the game.

The entire Copy World actually followed a principle, that of equivalent exchange.

If you sought Roger’s help, you needed to provide a certain commission or something of equivalent value.

To get Christos’s assistance, you had to make Christos see the benefits of doing so.

In the Copy World, no one would help He Ao for no reason.

Selena was the exception.

This lady truly was the kind... as long as you asked her for help and what you were doing was ’just’, she would genuinely rush over to assist without a second thought.

For example, this time, if He Ao simply went to Selena and expressed his difficulties, then shared some of the truth with her,

the entire copy, whether it was the investigation or the process of killing Pena in the end, would be much easier with Selena’s help.

He Ao had actually considered this method right from the start.

Without any cost, it would greatly reduce the difficulty of the game.

But in the end, he chose to abandon this method and complete all tasks on his own.

This was actually to test the system’s scoring mechanism.

Looking at it now, his test had been effective.

Of course, this does not mean that he can’t ask Selena for help in the future.

He Ao guessed that such a reduction in difficulty only exists in tasks that are originally unrelated to Selena, like this time where, if He Ao didn’t seek her out, Selena would definitely not get involved.

However, if the task itself is related to Selena, like with Ande’s situation, then asking Selena for help wouldn’t make much of a difference.

But for such tasks, one would probably need to think of new methods to increase the evaluation.

However, once the direction is understood, many things become much simpler than before.

He Ao’s thoughts returned to the present, and the subtitles in front of him had turned into the detailed evaluation of this task.

[Main investigation completion evaluation: SS (You independently and perfectly completed the investigation task, which exposed the Avis Consortium’s schemes to the public, indirectly leading to the arrest of several executives and board members of the Avis Consortium in subsequent investigations, and successfully preventing such incidents from occurring again in the Avis Machinery Factory)]

[Secondary investigation completion evaluation: S (You thoroughly investigated the direct cause of Joey’s parents’ death, and obtained the personal confession of Pena, the deputy general manager of the Avis Machinery Factory)]

[Side task completion evaluation: SS (You designed a significant strike against the Avis Energy Group, leading to its closure, which impacted the financial conglomerate monopoly and indirectly resulted in the resignation of Dawn City Mayor, Wente)]

[Hidden task completion evaluation: SSS (You perfectly fulfilled Joey’s wish, killed all the people who caused his parents’ death, and single-handedly destroyed the entire Avis Energy Group)]

[Your comprehensive evaluation is: SS]

’Alone and Perfect’... ’Alone’...

Indeed, finding Selena did allow for task completion and reduced the difficulty of the task, but the score likely wouldn’t be so high.

He Ao’s gaze passed over the last sentence of the main investigation completion evaluation, ’Preventing such an incident from occurring again at the Avis Machinery Factory’.

With the Avis Group gone, naturally, such incidents would no longer occur.

But would this also be included in the task evaluation?

Just as He Ao was pondering this, the subtitles in his view began to change.

However, this time it wasn’t a task settlement that popped up, but rather a new line of text.

[Congratulations on reaching a comprehensive evaluation of SS for the first time, Player Privileges Advancement Task has now been unlocked for you]

[Current task completion degree: 8/38]

Player Privileges Advancement Task.

He Ao was stunned for a moment, then he promptly opened the personal attribute panel, below his name was his permission level.

His current permission level was, [Ordinary Player]

Can this be upgraded too?

Indeed, since there is a level designation, it implies it can be upgraded.

He Ao looked at the 8/38 progress displayed in his field of vision.

What then are the requirements for leveling up this?

His gaze swept over the subtitles in front of him, hoping to find some clues, then they rested on the ’SS’ rating.

His four subtask evaluations were respectively, SS, S, SS, SSS, in total exactly eight S’s.

Additionally, the comprehensive task evaluation seems to directly count the number of S’s from the subtask evaluations, then divide by 4.

Hmm...

The 8 in this 8/38 most likely represents the number of S’s from the subtask evaluations in this mission.

...

The more S’s you get, the quicker the task is completed.

Simple and crude...

While He Ao was reflecting on this, the subtitles in his view changed once again.

[Settling task rewards.]

[Original task reward: Talent Sequence 2: Student]

[Since your comprehensive task evaluation is SS, and all subtask evaluations are S or above, with one subtask evaluation reaching SSS, your reward has triggered a Super Invincible Ultimate Critical Hit.]

[Refreshing your reward.]

[Refresh successful]

[Please select one of the following three rewards:]

[1. Talent Sequence 40: Magician (D Class)]

[2. Overclockable Simulated Prosthetics (D Class)]

[3. Innate Qi Infusion (D Class) (Can significantly enhance Martial Arts proficiency)]

This critical hit’s name really is as simple and crude as they come...

He Ao stared at the ’Super Invincible Ultimate Critical Hit’ and fell into a brief silence, then he redirected his gaze to the rewards below.

They were still arranged as Talent Sequences, Mechanical Modification, and Martial Arts.

After the critical hit, all the rewards turned into genuine D Class items.

As per the usual rules, prosthetics were eliminated first; He Ao wasn’t planning on becoming a robot just yet.

That left choosing between Talent Sequences and Martial Arts.

The Martial Arts option, knowing the system’s nature, if it says D Class, it’s D Class without a doubt, no more, no less; after the Innate Qi Infusion, it would probably still be D Class.

Relying on Super Memory and his own Martial Arts foundation, He Ao could already achieve strength beyond the D Class limit, and he didn’t have a method to advance to D Class for now, so he didn’t need a physical boost at the moment.

Soon to enter the ruins, having additional self-protective abilities is of the utmost importance.

He Ao looked at the three options in his view,

He chose the first one with his hand, Talent Sequence 40: Magician.

Judging from his contact with Slanca, a Magician’s abilities should lean towards those of a Mage, which could compensate for his lack of long-range attack power.

Moreover, he also wanted to see how the system would infuse Talent Sequences into his body.

Would it be a direct Martial Arts Infusion, or would he be given doses of Secret Medicine to advance gradually on his own?

However, once a Talent Sequence is chosen, one can only proceed along the ensuing path.

From the Copy World situation, it seems the abilities of Talent Sequences on the same path are related, which means if the Magician abilities belong to a Mage, then subsequent Talent Sequences should also be Mage abilities, or at least possess Talent Sequences related to a Mage.

In other words, such long-range abilities can grow alongside the growth of one’s Martial Arts prowess.

He Ao took a deep breath, hoping that subsequent Talent Sequences along this path wouldn’t be too difficult to acquire.

As he made his selection, the subtitles in his view gradually faded, and a powerful force surged directly from He Ao’s brain.

Then He Ao stumbled and fell to the ground, intense pain resulting in large beads of sweat continuously dropping down his forehead.

The pain from the direct infusion of the Magician was several times more intense than the pain he experienced when advancing from Mercenary to Assassin.

He Ao felt as though his brain was about to split apart, blooming like petals.