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However.

Unexpectedly.

Faced with the threat of the gun, Anthony's reaction was somewhat beyond the white man's expectations.

Sitting in the car that was dented from the impact, Anthony's originally scattered pupils gradually regained focus as the white man yelled threats at him.

He twisted his stiff neck and looked at the white figure that appeared outside the car.

Anthony tugged at the corner of his mouth, a comical expression that was both a smile and not a smile appearing on his face.

Click, click——

He reached out and pulled the car door handle, but the dented door didn't budge.

Bang, bang, bang!

Without any hesitation, Anthony raised his head and slammed it against the car window.

The muffled banging sounds coming from inside the car were startling even to the white man.

However, Anthony himself seemed to be completely unaware of what he was doing, repeating the action over and over again.

Crash——

With a crisp sound of shattering glass, the tough car window was broken open.

Anthony grabbed the window with both hands, ignoring the sharp shards of glass around the window, and forcefully squeezed himself out of the car.

He rolled over and fell onto the street, the shattered glass on the ground leaving bloody marks on his body. But he completely ignored all of this, staring down at his bloody, trembling hands.

A few seconds later, after making sure that he was no longer back in the car, he collapsed as if he had lost all his strength, letting out a cry that was both suppressed and crazed.

"Haha, I'm out, I finally got out of that damn loop..."

Standing to the side, the white man witnessed the whole process of Anthony's struggle to escape from the car.

The white man, who had originally rushed over full of anger, now seemed somewhat bewildered.

He looked down at the submachine gun in his hand, then at Anthony, who was lying on the ground, emotionally unstable, crying and laughing at times, completely insane.

After a long while, he seemed to finally react, raising his gun and aiming it at Anthony.

"Anthony, I don't care if you're really crazy or faking it..."

"Even if you are really crazy, you still owe me every penny of that drug money!"

……

Meanwhile, inside the car.

In a corner that none of the three had noticed.

The music box slowly closed.

The sad melody of "Für Elise" abruptly stopped.

……

"As expected, the overall plot design is still a bit too rushed."

In the cheap apartment.

After watching the final 'easter egg' of the system's evolved script, Allen let out a long sigh of relief, but there was a hint of regret on his face.

However, he quickly put those emotions away.

After all, as he had said before, the initial creative idea for the script "Loop" was for Allen to test what functions were left of the half-crippled system after it was repaired.

And from this point of view, "Loop" had clearly achieved that.

Through the evolution of the "Loop" script, Allen had roughly figured out the specific process of the system's so-called [Script Evolution].

In short, the [Script Evolution] function was like a way of filming a movie that was played out in the real world.

The [materials] that fit the plot were equivalent to the actors in a real movie shoot. The [materials] didn't have to be special, or at least they didn't need to be special for now, but they had to fit the content of the plot.

For example, in the "Loop" script, the system determined that the music box was more in line with the needs of the plot setting than the ballpoint pen.

And the [evolution location] was even more direct; it was almost equivalent to the filming location of a real movie.

Obviously, the system did not have, or perhaps originally had but currently did not have in its broken and crippled state, the function of evolving scripts over long distances.

He didn't know if this half-crippled state could be repaired in the future.

His eyes swept over the broken system panel in front of him, but Allen didn't hold out much hope for this.

However, from another perspective, this might not be a bad thing.

A strange thought flashed through his mind and disappeared.

In the apartment.

Allen's eyes moved slightly, and his gaze landed on the top of the system panel.

[Plot Value]: 1720

As expected, the acquisition of system [Plot Value] was directly related to the evolved script.

Looking at the [Plot Value] points displayed on the data panel, the last bit of unease in Allen's heart dissipated.

Now that he had determined the true way to acquire [Plot Value] and had an accurate acquisition channel and method, it meant that Allen would no longer have to worry about acquiring system [Plot Value] in the future.

"Perhaps, I can try to see if I can create higher-level and more powerful scripts, instead of just limiting myself to short films like "Loop"."

Looking at the more than one thousand [Plot Value] on the system data panel, Allen felt a little restless.

However, recalling the previous operation process of [Script Evolution] and the system's series of prompts, Allen's excitement was like being doused with a basin of cold water, instantly calming him down.

"As expected, I was still being too optimistic."

"Although the system doesn't have a more detailed introduction due to the damage, it can be seen from the attempt with the "Loop" script that in order to use the system's [Script Evolution], you have to invest the corresponding [Plot Value]. Just a simple script like "Loop" requires an investment of nearly three hundred [Plot Value] points, and this doesn't include possible unexpected plot developments, such as the scene in the last act of "Loop"."

Theoretically, with the more than one thousand [Plot Value] that Allen currently had, the scripts that could actually be evolved were actually very limited.

At least, it was impossible for him to evolve an earth-shattering, tear-jerking script and earn a lot of [Plot Value] with just this little [Plot Value], as he had fantasized.

"You're already broken like this, why is it that the part of the settings about [Plot Value] is preserved so perfectly, without leaving any loopholes?"

Glancing at the broken system panel in front of him, Allen could only helplessly put away his idea of making a comeback with a small amount of [Plot Value], putting this dream back to Hollywood.

"Huh?"

"I remember this part of the system used to be gray, didn't it?"

Just as Allen was full of regret, his gaze inadvertently swept over a certain part of the system and then stopped, a look of confusion appearing on his face.

He saw that on the cracked panel, the [Redeem] item column, which was previously full of gray garbled code, was now abruptly lit up in a small area.

Clicking on it with confusion.

"..."

After a brief pause and distortion, a few seconds later, a flashing panel with crooked text appeared in front of Allen.

【***System&……Background***History……Record……&%￥Redeem……&Exchange&*Shop……】

【Script 1】: "Loop"

【World Evolution Rate】: 0.01%

【Plot Prop - Music Box】 (100/Redeem)

【Effect: Hallucination】

【Introduction: A music box eroded by a faint mysterious power.】

【Note: Never open it!】

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