Mini World Game Console

When the Truth Seeker placed the last hat down, the entire table was covered with nineteen hats, all emanating a green glow, completely transformed.

The pitch-black, decaying bark of the wooden hut began to peel, and the candles beside it snuffed out without any breeze, yet the hut was filled with a gentle, warm light.

It was the lingering ghosts.

The ghosts radiated a warm yellow light, and their floating, misty forms drew in around the light. They reached out to pick up the hats on the table, and as an ancient song began to play, they naturally passed the hats to the right.

The song was in a language Ren Suo couldn't understand, something like an ancient, lost form of Chinese, or a sacred hymn sung by shamanistic performers.

Yet Ren Suo mysteriously comprehended its meaning, as if the voice activated the language center in his brain, playing the meaning directly into his mind like piano keys.

It was just like when he played "Devouring the Spirit of the World" and gave various language Skills to little animals. He finally experienced that sensation of 'I don't speak human language, but you understand me' for himself.

'Wind and snow, rain and dew, heavenly calamities, and earthly trials; to rise is due to fortune, to decline is fate.'

'Life is impermanent, stirring the mundane; blessings are due to fortune, disasters are fate.'

'Since ancient times, partings have triumphed over reunions; with each glance back, regret intensifies. In life's relentless trials, eight or nine out of ten bring remorse, wearing away at one's resolve.'

'It is suffering; it is fate.'

'In this eternal night, how can one bear it alone?'

The Truth Seeker and The Mist Girl, too, were part of the hat-passing. As the ghosts passed the hats along, when their own hats came to them, they put them on. When the Truth Seeker received her own hat, she tried to pass it to the ghost beside her, but the ghost did not move.

When the Truth Seeker and all the ghosts wore their hats, The Mist Girl expressed a sentiment that seemed like a sigh, her voice tinged with sorrow:

'You all have your hats on, but what about me? My hat is too heavy; I can't wear it...'

The wooden hut crumbled, and the liberated ghosts all fled, dissolving away.

The space around the Truth Seeker began to distort and transform; the only thing unchanged was the Truth Seeker herself.

In the end, everything returned to darkness, save for the faint luminescence of the Truth Seeker's hat.

The moment the Truth Seeker took off the hat, it quietly dissolved, turning into light that drove away the darkness.

Ren Suo then saw on the screen the Truth Seeker, clearly standing in a room with windows that appeared to be made of one-piece glass and immovable.

The room was empty, with cameras in each of its four corners pointing at a platform in the center. Four incandescent lights, set behind glass panels in the ceiling, brightly illuminated the entire space.

In the middle of the room was a glass safe, inside which there was a black hat.

It was called a hat simply because it somewhat resembled one—in truth, the hat was entirely made of black mist, concave from bottom to top. If turned upside down, calling it a bowl wouldn't be far off.

As the Truth Seeker approached, the black mist drifted upwards, passing straight through the solid glass safe to recondense on the outside, forming a pure black Witch's Hat.

As the Truth Seeker reached to put on the hat, several people appeared outside the room, standing on the other side of the window, watching the Truth Seeker motionlessly. Due to the perspective and distance, Ren Suo couldn't make out their expressions.

At that moment, a voice erupted from the television, shaking Ren Suo so much that his controller dropped to the floor: 'Put it down!'

Then the Truth Seeker put on the hat.

This really had nothing to do with Ren Suo...

"Truth Seeker donned the Hat of Regret."

"Truth Seeker is experiencing Wan Changqing's regret."

"Truth Seeker is experiencing Ansei Doton's regret."

"Truth Seeker is experiencing Teypal's regret."

"Truth Seeker is experiencing..."

In an instant, the screen flooded with a stream of messages. Ren Suo watched as this 55-inch 4K TV screen was packed full of information about the Truth Seeker's experience, the entire screen becoming a sea of white text.

It was no longer within Ren Suo's control.

Just when Ren Suo thought it would turn into a cutscene to be watched passively, a very clear line of text appeared in the center of the screen:

"Due to entanglement with 9,645,287 portions of Resentment, it triggered the game character 'Truth Seeker's' special effect: Heavenly Heart."

"Heavenly Heart: An unswervingly loyal seeker of the Dao and discerner of the Dao, who will enter the Heart Retreat phase. Although a physical body still maintains life, the mind will no longer be influenced by the body's chemical substances, achieving complete self-forgetfulness."

"Truth Seeker endured 9,645,287 portions of Regret with Heavenly Heart."

"Resentment could not affect the Truth Seeker."

"Truth Seeker utilized the purpose of heaven to neutralize 9,645,287 portions of Regret."

"The Truth Seeker successfully transformed the Hat of Regret."

With this chain of events, Ren Suo had no chance to do anything but watch helplessly as the Truth Seeker completed the game on her own.

When the Truth Seeker successfully transformed the Hat of Regret, the series of messages disappeared instantly. On the screen, the Truth Seeker took off the hat from her head to find it had become a white, pointed hat, and a detailed description popped up:

"Rectified Pursuit Hat"

"Quality Rank: Four-star Item, Prerequisite: Must have a head, requires Spiritual Energy to operate."

"Effect: Wearing this hat will unravel all heart knots, calm all ripples, and permanently free one's Concentration from all distractions, as well as temporarily boost Comprehension by 300%."

"Note: The Ancient Yellow River harbored a Wild God named Dou, known for consuming sorrows and drinking down regrets, adept at dispelling disasters and resolving difficulties, often seen as a Rain Traveler with a Conical Hat. Later, after Cutting All Ties with Heaven and Earth, Dou broke faith. However, his believers did not cease, offering sorrows and regrets to his robes. As the heavens and earth are spiritual, the crown, filled with sorrows and regrets, followed its will, engaging in the erasure of such emotions. Yet, not being a god nor Dou, it lacked the power to dispel disasters and resolve difficulties. It only granted eternal sleep to the sorrowful and forgetfulness to those in suffering, storing within it sorrows, griefs, and regrets.

Furthermore, when a Cultivator donned this crown, their consciousness would fall into eternal slumber, their body becoming the Claws and Teeth of sorrow and regret, Manifesting Saintliness In Front of People, leading the masses into an eternal, grief-less slumber. The world is indeed a place filled with sorrow and resentment, and life is bound to encounter suffering. The only solution is tarnishing oneself; that is true liberation.

Today, a Truth Seeker has dispelled millennia of resentment. By attaching the will of Seeking the Path to its Spirit Core, channeling countless years of wishful power onto the right path, purging grudges, and sharpening Hope, the hat has ultimately become a new generation of Spiritual Objects."

Such a great item! Can I take it with me? I want this reward!

Ren Suo's eyes lit up at the sight. This was a great object transformed by the Truth Seeker, definitely her spoils of war, right?

But in the next second, the hat slipped through the Truth Seeker's hands and fell lightly to the ground.

At that moment, it seemed as if someone had opened the room; many people rushed in, but Ren Suo couldn't remember what they said.

All he saw was the Female Seeker beginning to dematerialize, radiating white light, and finally transforming into a ball of light that completely dissipated—

"Mission Complete"

"No mission rating available, unable to upload."

"'If You Are Strong, Climb Ten Thousand Meters' is now available for continued play."

Huh? Could it be that you can't play this game when there's a bet involved?

Ren Suo wasn't bored enough to play it again; indeed, he hadn't paid attention to this detail before.

It's fine if there are no Merit Points rewards or mission ratings, but there should be a unique reward at least!

"According to your game experience, you have earned an exclusive reward: Seeker of the Dao Correction Hat, which can be accessed in the Content Preservation Vault."

Then, the main interface popped out of the game. The next second, the game "Pass the Hat" also directly shattered and disappeared from the main interface, leaving Ren Suo staring in astonishment.

This game ended itself so quickly!

But the reward wasn't the "Rectified Pursuit Hat"; it was the "Seeker of the Dao Correction Hat"... Why is the name reversed?

Excited, Ren Suo went to check the "Equipment Interface," and his face immediately fell.

In the "Props" section of the "Equipment Interface," along with "Unlimited Fried Chicken Set" and "Goddess Jade Pendant," there was an additional "Seeker of the Dao Correction Hat."

The problem was that the description of this item was somewhat different from what Ren Suo understood!

"Seeker of the Dao Correction Hat"

"Quality Rank: Two-Star Item, Prerequisite: Must have a head, must have a physical hat."

"Effect: After the Player equips it, they receive a 10% Comprehension bonus, and get 'Enhanced Confession,' 'Enhanced Apology,' 'Enhanced Comforting,' 'Enhanced Praise'... and other effects."

"Note: A hat formed from the memories of the Truth Seeker. After being tainted with the power of other hats, the original Ability of the hat slightly declined, but it also acquired other powerful memories."

What a rip-off! This is called "powerful" memories?

Isn't this just the ability extracted from other red-light hats, and only slightly useful in the game "Pass the Hat"?

Ren Suo's life is without regrets; he doesn't need these Skills to help him untangle heart knots!

And it even lowered the hat's original '+20% Comprehension' by half!

This game was truly a waste of time. What a loss!

Ren Suo calmed down. However, this game doesn't need to be uploaded; it ends as soon as it's cleared...

I feel like not only did I rush through the game, but the game itself was also in a hurry to be cleared.

The place where the hat's True Form appeared is very modern. Where could it be...?

At that moment, a message popped up in the upper left corner of the main interface:

"You've received a message."