Mini World Game Console

"I'm at Sister Ling's place having lunch; hurry down!"

Hearing Gu Yueyan's call, Lin Xianyu responded and tightened her blanket to continue playing with her phone.

After Gu Yueyan got dressed, she saw that Lin Xianyu was still curled up in bed like a caterpillar, so she climbed up, flung off her blanket, and gave her a good smack on the butt. "Get up!"

Lin Xianyu, unbothered by the attack on her buttocks, seemed completely accustomed to the class president's strength. She looked at the class president, hesitated for a moment, drew her knees up to her stomach, her little feet stiff with cold, and said, "Class President, could you maybe get takeout from the cafeteria..."

"No way," Gu Yueyan's tone was as cold as the wind outside.

"I don't have classes this afternoon or evening; I just want to laze around in the dorm playing on my phone..." Lin Xianyu sniffled pitifully.

"Then you can go hungry tonight."

"Don't be like that~" Lin Xianyu realized her protests were in vain and reluctantly got out of bed to dress, muttering, "Just wait until Sunday. I'll bring my laptop up here and play all day in bed..."

Gu Yueyan snorted. "And what about when you need to eat, drink, pee, and poop then?"

Lin Xianyu pulled a sweater over her head, fished her long hair out from it, and tied a casual ponytail, responding, "Isn't there still you, Class President... You'll be cultivating all Sunday, so when I'm hungry or thirsty, you could help out a bit..."

Gu Yueyan's face turned as black as coal. "Find someone else for such a good deal; don't count on me."

"Ah, if only I had a boyfriend," Lin Xianyu said as she slipped on her fleece-lined boots. "Then I could laze on the couch all day, watch movies, play games, have my boyfriend feed me cola when I'm thirsty, and fava beans when I'm hungry. And he would prepare a lavish meal at dinnertime."

"That sounds more like raising a pig."

"Raising a pig? This is love! I wouldn't be like this every day. I just want to be lazy for one day and hope my boyfriend treats me nicely!" Lin Xianyu put on her gloves, stomped her feet on the floor, and pouted at Gu Yueyan. "Don't you wish for the same thing, Class President?"

"Not at all!" Gu Yueyan declared decisively. "I don't like being lazy, nor being waited on, and I certainly don't need a boyfriend!"

Lin Xianyu glanced at Gu Yueyan, then suddenly nodded thoughtfully. "Right... if anything, you'd be the one doing the serving... Hey, hey, hey! Stop pinching! If you keep pinching, my melon seed face will disappear!"

「... ...」

After lunch, Ren Suo switched on the Mini-World Game Console, determined to conquer the Fifth-cycle Moon Phase in one go.

The daily life during the Fifth-cycle Moon Phase was utterly relaxing and comfortable. Luna didn't need to do anything. People waited on her for everything, and her day was spent leisurely indulging in food and fun, perfectly embodying her Character Trait.

While this trait hadn't granted Luna any power in the Moon Masked World, the rewards were quite good. The 'Comprehension +10,' in particular, significantly reduced the Experience Point requirement for Skills in the game by about 20% to 25%.

Was Luna's Comprehension initially that low? She seems like a little child.

Since Ren Suo knew that Skills in this game evolve every three levels, meaning a major enhancement at Level 4 and another at Level 7, he had been saving Experience Points all along. With the Experience Point requirement dropping so much, he poured all his Experience Points into Moonlight Pulse.

While it would have been good to invest in the "Mysterious" Skill, raising Mysterious Sovereign's Secret Records to Level 4 might allow Luna to reach a Fourth-Tier Rank. However, Luna's previous one-shot takedown of a Fourth-Tier Rank woman in white made Ren Suo realize: with Luna holding a dozen Silver Moon Crystals, improving Moon Skills would yield the highest return.

With nearly a 400% amplification, it could bridge the gap between ranks, not to mention the Moon Skills also came with a Skill Tree, offering excellent value.

'Moonlight Pulse: Level 4, summons a lethal Attack from the night sky's moonlight, causing at least 0.5 seconds of Dizziness. Experience Points needed to upgrade: 2,400.'

Level 4 to 5 required 2,400 Experience Points, 5 to 6 needed 4,800 Experience Points, and 6 to 7 needed 9,600 Experience Points...

Previously, upgrading Moonlight Pulse from Level 4 to 5 required 3,200 Experience Points. After the +10 Comprehension, it needed 25% less Experience Points. This also drastically decreased the subsequently doubled future Experience Point requirements.

Nevertheless, those over ten thousand Experience Points completely drained Luna's accumulated points from this period. If Ren Suo hadn't had Luna act out Character Traits to earn Experience Points, he wouldn't have been able to gather that much.

And after leveling up, this Skill did not disappoint Ren Suo's expectations:

"Lunar Eclipse: Level 7, summons a deadly strike from the moonlight in the night sky, dealing damage to all enemies in the area and causing at least 0.5 seconds of Dizziness. Experience Points required to upgrade: 19,200."

"Refraction of the Moon: Level 1, all moonlight Attacks will automatically refract once, dealing the same Attack effects to other nearby enemies with 30% of the original Attack's damage. Experience Points required to upgrade: 2,000."

These were group battle divine Skills, super map-clearing abilities, and ultimate crowd-control techniques!

After reviewing these two Skills, Ren Suo instantly had several ideas.

Action speaks louder than words. Now, as it was nearing the waxing gibbous moon of the fifth cycle, Ren Suo immediately had Luna leave the house, ready to snatch the last Silver Moon Crystal of the fifth round.

As she was about to leave, the NPC doctor had already prepared a black cloak for her and said, "We're tired too. Remember to come back early; we'll be waiting for you."

"Okay," Luna said.

The location where the Silver Moon Crystal of this waxing gibbous moon descended was still the old place.

It used to be a park, but now it was... the League of Legends Headquarters.

Yes, the League of Legends Headquarters.

If the Apostle of the Moon God who had installed steel pipes at the descent site was retaliating against society, then this Apostle, who moved the entire League of Legends here, could be described as hogging it all.

Ren Suo was certain that this Apostle of the Moon God probably held a position at the League of Legends, with the freedom to come and go, which was why he was so unscrupulous in letting the Silver Moon Crystal descend right into the central garden of the League of Legends.

Although it was the League of Legends Headquarters, Ren Suo now realized something. The so-called League of Legends was just humanity's general impression of all major Supernatural Organizations in reality. For example, they were all perceived as having a duty to protect the public and possessing unfathomable powers...

In the Moon Masked World, there was no distinction of nationality or ethnicity. People from different nations or ethnicities, or even from different cities or neighborhoods, wouldn't have any conflicts because their dreams simply didn't intersect.

People you didn't know in reality naturally wouldn't meet in dreams. Of course, there were also fans who dreamed about having an earth-shattering, soul-stirring romance with their idols, but the stars never dreamed about these fans, so there was no intersection.

The League of Legends was the only exception: it carried all sorts of impressions and longings the public held towards governments and Supernatural Organizations, twisted into a perfect, unified, and integrated force within the Moon Masked World. Consequently, all Transcendents were also distorted into stereotyped 'Guardians.'

That said, there were still differences within the League of Legends: for example, there were ten buildings in the headquarters with vastly different architectural styles, probably belonging to different Supernatural Organizations. These ten buildings together made up the League of Legends Headquarters.

When Luna arrived, she saw many people silently peering from nearby rooftops. It was not difficult to guess this location: there were a total of seven old places; three of which had now seen Silver Moon Crystals, and the other three had crystals appear the day before.

The likelihood of the Silver Moon Crystal appearing at the League of Legends Headquarters was extremely high.

However, everyone was waiting more than two hundred meters away from the League of Legends Headquarters, and no one dared to go in.

Everyone knew that if there really was an Apostle of the Moon God holding a high position within the League of Legends, the moment they entered, they would surely be captured and thrown into prison.

Everyone was waiting.

When the waxing moon became the waxing gibbous, a silvery-white pillar of light descended quietly.

Like the starting gun at a track meet, all Apostles of the Moon God simultaneously launched an Attack on the League of Legends Headquarters.

Only then did Ren Suo realize that other Apostles of the Moon God had also become extremely strong without him noticing. It was only because Luna had always employed blitz tactics and never directly fought against other Apostles of the Moon God that Ren Suo didn't have much awareness of this.

They were no longer afraid of the powerful members of the League of Legends.

When facing immovable buildings, the combat power of the Apostles of the Moon God was fully displayed. In an instant, the earth shook, fiery flames engulfed the buildings, meteors crashed to the ground, and moonlight rendered the world a destructive, pale white.

Just as Ren Suo was ready to reap the rewards from their conflict, a message suddenly popped up in the game:

"Only blood and death can make the longings of dreams echo through the night sky."

Hmm?

Ren Suo remembered this game prompt; it meant an Apostle of the Moon God had fallen!

How could someone have died all of a sudden?

At the same time, Ren Suo saw a silver-white column of light suddenly fall from a high-rise building outside the League of Legends Headquarters!

The silver-white column of light was fleeting, clearly indicating that the Silver Moon Crystal had been picked up as soon as it had fallen.

Ren Suo was momentarily stunned, then immediately realized what had just happened: someone's Miracle involved summoning a Silver Moon Crystal at the cost of an Apostle of the Moon God's death!

No, it wasn't like that...

Ren Suo opened the character interface and discovered that Luna suddenly had a new Status:

"Apostle of the Moon God: Under the aura of the Silver Moon Crystal, completely killing an Apostle of the Moon God allows the summoning of a new Silver Moon Crystal."

It wasn't the Apostle of the Moon God; it was the influence of the Silver Moon Crystal!

Ren Suo didn't know when this Silver Moon Crystal aura had appeared. It might not have been just now. It was just that Luna had snatched the Silver Moon Crystals so quickly in previous instances that even if someone had noticed this influence, they wouldn't have had time to act.

Now that the Silver Moon Crystal appeared at the League of Legends Headquarters, everyone could Attack without hesitation, thus creating an opportunity!

Moreover, this trait was possessed by all Apostles of the Moon God; the hunters were also the hunted.

In the blink of an eye, the killing began to stir. Some chose to exit the fray, while others chose to join the carnage!

Battles also broke out inside the League of Legends Headquarters, but the slaughter would not end before the silver-white column of light dissipated.

Even after the silver-white column of light disappeared, there would inevitably be those who would murder other Apostles of the Moon God in the next struggle for the Silver Moon Crystal!

The Night of the Hunt began to show its ferocious face.

Ren Suo pondered for a moment, recalling the advice of the tavern owner and the five-player party:

"Never seek to please the Moon God."

Frankly speaking, this setting was actually advantageous for Luna. As long as Ren Suo played his cards right, he might even be able to end the game in this round by killing seven or eight Apostles of the Moon God to collect enough Silver Moon Crystals.

But... every gift granted by fate already had its price tagged on it.

The ending reached by this method might not be what Ren Suo had hoped for, and he might not be able to clear the game. The real difficulty of this game might lie entirely with the final boss.

So, should Ren Suo stop the mutual slaughter among the Apostles of the Moon God?

After contemplating, Ren Suo chose to reload a previous save.

At the moment the silver-white column of light appeared, before anyone had yet made a move, Ren Suo then had Luna Teleport to the sky above the League of Legends Headquarters and call out loudly:

"I'm not targeting any one of you specifically."

"What I mean is, you're all trash."

Dazzling moonlight mercilessly fell like sword thrusts, piercing all buildings. Edifices crumbled, the ground heaved, living beings were driven into the earth, and countless radiances refracted and leaped among them.

In an instant, everyone was severely injured!

The belated rumbling sounds represented the collapse of buildings one after another; the magnificent League of Legends Headquarters was now reduced to ruins.

Such a vast Lunar Eclipse nearly depleted all of Luna's energy. Now, she couldn't even use Stealing Star Moon Steps and could only rely on Teleport to move quickly.

Luna Teleported next to the silver-white column of light and found several people still standing, including the Red Witch, the Bear Warrior, the five-player party, and other Apostles of the Moon God.

They had all been heavily struck by the Light of the Lunar Eclipse, but being high-level combatants, they still had the strength to fight.

However, they were all dazed by the Light of the Lunar Eclipse and, upon regaining consciousness, saw Luna taking away the Silver Moon Crystal.

"Blue Witch..." someone from the five-player party gritted their teeth and said, "You're courting death..."

The young girl in a yukata, hiding behind the Red Witch, said, "Think carefully about your past deeds; the entire Moon Masked World will have no place for you!"

"You actually destroyed this place!"

"You are now a public enemy; you'll never achieve Divine Enthronement!"

After using Teleport to evade Spells and Miracles, Luna suddenly turned her head back and proudly declared:

"First, my name is Luna."

"Second, so what?"

Luna's ability to taunt seemed innate. It instantly drew the firepower of everyone present, and the League of Legends and the Apostles of the Moon God simultaneously began to furiously hunt her down!

As the Silver Moon Crystal had already been taken, the aura of the Silver Moon Crystal naturally disappeared as well. Regardless of the thoughts of the Apostles of the Moon God, they now had only one choice: to hunt down Luna!

After Teleporting around ten times, suffering from severe internal injuries and spitting out several mouthfuls of blood, Luna finally managed to escape her pursuers and barely made it back to the doctor's house.

However, at this point, the whole city was under martial law. The League of Legends and the Apostles of the Moon God had both put in effort, and Luna became a wanted criminal in Moon Night Market, hunted by all. Transcendents patrolled everywhere, and wanted posters were plastered in every location.

It seemed Luna had no way to redeem the Character Trait for public recognition...

The doctor's house was pitch dark; the Little Nurse seemed to be asleep already. Only the doctor was awake, waiting for Luna's return.

When Luna came in, the doctor immediately locked the door and then said suddenly, "My healing skills are actually pretty good..."

Luna replied, "What does it have to do with me?"

The doctor said, "You seem to be in physical discomfort..."

Luna responded, "What does it have to do with you?"

The doctor said, "If there's anything I can help with, just let me know."

In the dark, Luna pushed the doctor against the wall, grabbing his collar, and said fiercely, "Really? Anything at all?!"

Oh, is it time for the daily fitness and stress relief?

Beat him up, beat him up!

With his legs crossed, Ren Suo waited for the onslaught, but the screen suddenly turned white.

"Welcome to the Dream Within a Dream world."

Ren Suo blinked. "…Why have I suddenly entered sleep time?"