Mini World Game Console

The next noon, Ren Suo had just set down his controller, ready to go out for lunch, when he suddenly received a call.

"How about having lunch together? I'm right downstairs."

Ren Suo walked to the balcony and saw a cute girl in Black Body Armor waving to him from under the shade of the trees opposite the faculty dormitory, a naïve and innocent smile adorning her face.

But Ren Suo wasn't fooled—he still remembered that slipper.

Ren Suo asked, his eyes widening, "Oh? Are you thinking of going Dutch, or perhaps the AB system?"

"I know Dutch, but what's the AB system?" Muyi asked curiously.

Ren Suo explained, "Going Dutch means we each pay our own way, while the AB system means I bring the money, and you bring some 'B' as in 'beauty'—"

"Then let's go with the AB system, thanks, boss!" Muyi immediately said obediently.

Seeing how well-behaved Muyi was, Ren Suo honestly put on his hat and went downstairs—not that he was stingy. Since Muyi had come all the way to Heavenly Lotus Academy to have lunch with him, Ren Suo couldn't possibly let her pay.

Ren Suo said, "There's only a cafeteria here, is that alright with you?"

"No problem, your chef here is just as good as those in big hotels," Muyi blinked. "Although the chef isn't hired by the Tactical Bureau, I have seen their information."

Ren Suo glanced at her. "So you're bored enough to read other people's records?"

"It's better to check out someone's private life when you're bored than to go online and read made-up stories, right?"

Truly terrifying. This woman could utter such a violation of citizen's privacy with the same casualness as 'I'm just scrolling through my social feed.' Although the Tactical Bureau wasn't exactly an intelligence agency, the amount of information they handled daily was colossal. Now that Muyi was a squad leader, she probably had her hands on a fair number of people's dark histories.

This one, she's trouble! Ren Suo was certain Muyi must have seen his file and might even know the dark history that a roommate once had a crush on him!

Therefore, Ren Suo's tone immediately softened. "How did you get into Heavenly Lotus Academy? Theoretically, outsiders shouldn't be able to come in..."

"Oh, I just spoke with your head teacher about it, and she allowed me," Muyi replied.

Head teacher Huo He was exactly the type of smiling tiger that one would expect from a head teacher. Normally, Ren Suo had little to do with her aside from routine matters. However, he learned from students like Lin Xianyu that Huo He was a teacher who took the rules very seriously. Hence, he asked, "The head teacher allowed this just like that?"

"Well, at first she seemed reluctant, but when I unintentionally let slip that she once had hemorrhoid surgery..."

"Got it, I understand."

Arriving at the third floor of the cafeteria, Ren Suo, who couldn't be bothered, asked Muyi, "What do you think about sharing a large seafood hotpot?"

"No problem," Muyi was agreeable.

While waiting to get their meal, Ren Suo noticed that the students nearby were watching a video on their phones, gasping as they watched:

"I wish I had been in New York back then!"

"What's so great about a monkey? It would have been better to see the Nine-Tailed Fox with my own eyes!"

"They say anyone who has seen the Nine-Tailed Fox can never forget it, but it seems rather ordinary on the screen..."

"You just don't get it, this is what's known as 'camera beauty.' Those who look good on camera are always gorgeous in real life. Let me tell you, I saw that celebrity the other day, and she was much more beautiful than on screen..."

When Ren Suo set down the seafood pot, Muyi asked, "Did you see it? Ren Naiser's new video."

"Of course I did."

Half an hour after the Handsome Monkey King split the ocean with one strike, Ren Suo noticed that the spinning disc in the lower right corner of the "Devouring the Spirit of the World" icon had stopped. Calculating the time, this half-hour was probably when Ren Suo was arranging for the Pangolin and the Nine-Tailed Fox's future.

On the other hand, Ren Naiser also uploaded a new video titled "Opening the Spirit Treasury" simultaneously. Once again, it devoured the homepage columns of major video websites, determined to make the whole world's netizens notice the message as soon as they went online—'Grandpa, the uploader you follow has updated!'

Ren Suo was already surprised that the video wasn't named "Devouring the Spirit of the World," but its contents led to even wilder conjecture—

The video was short, just 30 minutes long—compared to the month-long game journey of "Devouring the Spirit of the World," this video could be considered the essence of the essence.

Moreover, the video truly corresponded to the title "Opening the Spirit Treasury": it was all about the matter of the Spirit Treasury.

In the first scene, Sky Capital's Heritage Volcano shone with a ten-thousand-foot red light as the Mysterious Country's Spirit Treasury opened.

In the second scene, London's Big Ben emitted a sunset blue light as Britain's Spirit Treasury opened.

Act Three, the Nine-Tailed Fox descends from the Tokyo Sky Tree, the Flourishing Sakura Spirit Treasury opens.

Act Four...

Act Five...

The first five acts were almost rushed through, with only the Nine-Tailed Fox stepping on butterflies being given a slightly longer segment, seemingly to provide the audience with enough time to drool over the screen.

And then, Act Six took up 90% of the entire video—the entire process of the monkey opening the Federal Spiritual Repository.

From the opening of the Spirit Treasury, when Federal Cultivators burst forth to hunt the monkey, to the monkey hiding underground, suddenly shape-shifting successfully into a humanoid ape, clad in flaming armor, turning molten iron into weapons, and battling the Federal Cultivators 'Angels' in a world-shaking fight—

Or rather, the monkey was single-handedly thrashing the Angels.

In the end, the monkey completely suppressed this human Angel, conjured millions of avatars to suppress Federal soldiers, and facing the dawn sunrise, stood atop the torch of the Statue of Liberty, cleaved the sea with one strike, and left with flair!

In the video, Ren Suo hardly saw Zhao Zili's figure—whenever the camera happened to focus on Port of New York, the area where Zhao Zili was suspected to be would also be obscured by other people, trees, smoke, and such.

As if on purpose.

Actually, that wasn't a big deal in itself, but after watching the whole video, Ren Suo felt that 'Ren Naiser' had done it on purpose—

'Ren Naiser' had cut out all the parts Ren Suo considered bad: the Pangolin's journey; the Nine-Tailed Fox's journey; the Handsome Monkey King being a small monkey transformed by the Nine-Tailed Fox, burrowing underground to use a real monkey prepared in advance, with the help of the "Immortal Legacy" creating the new Devouring the Spirit of the World...

If these segments had been broadcast, they would have created massive loopholes in the lies woven by "Devouring the Spirit of the World" in the game—there would surely be several continuity errors or revealing mistakes.

By then, even if countries around the world still believed in the existence of the Fairy Palace, they would likely become more probing. Ren Suo might not be able to use the 'Fairy Palace' as a banner anymore.

However, Ren Suo didn't really care; the 'Fairy Palace' was a fabrication he had made up anyway.

It was like creating a random guild in a game, and now the guild was about to be disbanded.

Oh (indifferently).

But what Ren Suo didn't expect was that, without distorting reality, merely through video editing, 'Ren Naiser' managed to perfectly perpetuate the lie of the 'Fairy Palace,' as if proactively aligning with Ren Suo's game experiences!

Even the title was deliberately changed!

Ren Suo had known early on that 'Ren Naiser' was certainly no ordinary video editing program—what kind of program could casually edit footage and turn it into blockbuster material?

Moreover, in "Over My Dead Body," the TV shows uploaded by 'Ren Naiser' were, so to speak, beautifully structured. They had a mix of tension and relaxation, order and intrigue, captivating the audience so much that they couldn't stop watching. It had even become classic teaching material in many film academies.

Although 'Ren Naiser' currently only handled video uploads, the intelligence it displayed had already surpassed Ren Suo's imagination.

In fact, now that Ren Suo reflected on it, he realized that 'Ren Naiser' had catered to his gaming experiences more than once.

In "Jedi Priest," Ren Suo, through the mouth of Zhao Zili, informed other citizens of the Mysterious Country about Demons and Ghosts, aiming for the Tactical Bureau to obtain this information.

At that time, Ren Suo had thought it would be great if that part weren't broadcast.

That way, the information would only be collected and archived by the Tactical Bureau. Later, when the Tactical Bureau sorted out the intel, they could very well trade it with other countries' intelligence agencies—Ren Suo was, first and foremost, a citizen of the Mysterious Country and had previously served in the Tactical Bureau, so naturally, he wanted to secure some benefits for them.

Moreover, Ren Suo also didn't want Zhao Zili's experiences broadcast—going around telling people intel about Demons and Ghosts made him seem like a broken record.

Then "Jedi Priest" was divided into two parts and even featured highlights, prompting viewers to guess which Trial Participant would win.

It had seemed completely fine at the time, but looking back now, Ren Suo felt like 'Ren Naiser' was intentionally satisfying his own psychological needs.

Thus, Ren Suo vaguely felt that it wasn't narcissism, but perhaps…

The Mini-World Game Console had taken a liking to him!

"Hello, may I ask what is your relationship with him?"

"What relationship? I like him too."

Ren Suo looked up and only then noticed Gu Yueyan holding a tray, standing beside him with a frosty face, while Lin Xianyu behind her was eyeing the seafood in front of Ren Suo.

And Qiao Muyi's expression was quite subtle. She was licking her soup-stained chopsticks, her face turned towards Gu Yueyan, seemingly conversing with Gu Yueyan, yet her eyes were looking tenderly at Ren Suo—

None of my business.