Mini World Game Console-Chapter 617 - 618: Snickering

The Dark Side of the Moon, Crystal Cathedral.

Fighting more than a dozen opponents alone, even with Luna possessing 19 Silver Moon Crystals and described as having unparalleled combat power, she couldn't directly confront the Apostles of the Moon God. Their Miracles took too high a priority. She could only continuously dodge their attacks using Teleportation Feathers, occasionally landing a heavy blow on an enemy before continuing her escape.

But the Apostles had the Dream Death State. Even if Luna blew their heads off, their partners could carry them away for a quick rescue and resurrection.

And if Luna were hit and killed by their attack-type Miracles, a crowd would surely fight over her head.

Luna had planned to just stall them and then quickly slip away. She hadn't expected that after all the ordinary people had died or left, the cathedral would deploy a 'Miracle Barrier specifically for Apostles.' Within the Barrier's range, only Apostles could exist, and they were only allowed to enter, not leave—Luna couldn't teleport out at all.

Their initial sonic boom to clear the field was all to set up this venue Miracle.

However, even faced with such a disadvantage, Luna remained completely unruffled, calmly dodging one attack after another and using her spare moments for Healing her injuries and buying time.

This feeling was very strange, quite fascinating.

Considering Luna's nature, she'd rather use these people's skulls to sharpen her claws.

Yet, she knew very clearly that right now she needed to wait, to endure.

This was an uncanny intuition that surpassed her wild instincts.

More than once she had thought of resisting this intuition.

Sometimes this intuition told her to run, sometimes to curse someone out, and sometimes to sneak around and clonk someone on the head…

She always thought that acting on this mysterious intuition felt a bit odd.

However, this intuition often coincided with some of her own ideas, and the outcomes weren't bad, so she continued to follow it.

Still, she wasn't too fond of this 'very un-wild-like' intuition; it felt as if she was being controlled, and the process of victory it brought was something Luna could never predict.

But over the past few days, Luna suddenly felt, perhaps this intuition wasn't so bad.

Because she had found Pet Leash.

It wasn't that with Pet Leash, she no longer had to fight for Silver Moon Crystals, nor that Pet Leash could fight for Silver Moon Crystals in her place.

But when she returned home sore and tired, Pet Leash would be there waiting for her, asking with a mysterious face, "Heh heh, guess how I just beat that trash?"

While Luna was engaged in fierce battles with other Apostles, an Apostle of the Moon God suddenly passed through the Barrier and appeared on the steel frame.

Looking down at the battle below, he said coldly, "Sword of the Moon! Chronicle Engraving! This very moment is the zenith!"

Silver Moonlight transformed into an Armor Cloak, arming the Moon God Apostle to the teeth. Silver and black armor and leg guards protected him without a single gap, sufficient to withstand bullets and flames. The coat he wore over it shimmered with a hint of Moonlight, possessing strong Spell Resistance—arguably Perfect.

Luna remembered this Apostle; his awakened Spells were among the most unique of the 28 Apostles of the Moon God. Aided by the power of Moonlight, they armed him, greatly boosting his Movement Speed, Attack Power, defensive power, and Physical Strength.

"Is it you? I invited you before, and you refused to join this operation." Watcher Mirand, upon seeing this Armed Apostle, immediately gathered his Spells and threatened him, "Leave at once, or you'll be deemed an accomplice of the Blue Witch and judged together!"

"Hahaha," the Armed Apostle laughed mockingly. "Of course, I'm not the Blue Witch's accomplice."

"But, I'm not your friend either."

"Now, indeed, it is the time for judgment!"

Everyone else was startled. "You…"

Suddenly, a sound like the ticking of a clock rang in everyone's ears, and the entire Dark Side of the Moon came to a halt.

"One must be serious at the time of judgment," the Armed Apostle said with a cold smile, jumping down from the steel frame. He walked directly towards the other contenders and launched his attack.

His Moon Phase Miracle astonishingly stopped time within The Dark Side of the Moon for a full 60 seconds!

But such a powerful Miracle naturally came with an extremely high price: he couldn't use any other Spells while time was stopped. Even with the effects of his armed awakened Spells, his Attack Power wasn't very high. Moreover, only his limbs could affect other objects, so he couldn't use weapons either.

Additionally, after this round ended, his time would stop until the next Full Moon appeared and time resumed its flow.

That is to say, after this waning Moon Phase transitioned, his consciousness and body would freeze for 15 hours straight, only resuming movement with the rise of the Full Moon on the seventh day.

The cost was indeed significant, but it didn't diminish the power of this Miracle!

However, with time stopped for only 60 seconds, the Armed Apostle quickly stunned the other competitors (killing them outright would take too long) and then spent the remaining time administering a beatdown to Luna.

If he could kill Luna and snatch the nearly 20 Silver Moon Crystals she possessed, he would be unbeatable in this trial!

In comparison, being motionless for 15 hours was not an issue at all!

The 60 seconds passed quickly. When time resumed its flow, the other Apostles heard their shinbones give a clear CLANG, then promptly passed out.

And Luna, beaten beyond recognition, collapsed weakly to the ground under the Armed Apostle's expectant gaze, dissolving into a wisp of smoke...

The Armed Apostle watched, completely baffled.

Wait a minute!

The Blue Witch I just killed, as substantial as she was, where did she go?

Aren't Apostles supposed to enter a Dream Death State? Why did she just disappear?

Even if she didn't enter the Dream Death State, the Silver Moon Crystals she carried should have dropped, right?

Just then, the Armed Apostle heard a mocking laugh from behind, "So flashy."

A Moonbeam, solid as a hammer, descended like divine judgment upon the Armed Apostle, shattering his armor and inflicting a temporary or permanent stun effect.

Watching as only she, the victor, remained in the Crystal Cathedral, the Barrier surrounding it quietly dissolving, Luna snorted. She flipped the Armed Apostle over and, with her bridal shoes, viciously stomped on his head, abdomen, and groin.

I just saw this guy brutally beat up my Clone!

Indeed, when the Armed Apostle appeared, Luna suddenly had a strange premonition and acquired a Cloning ability. She created a Clone, while she herself used a Teleportation Feather to hide in the shadows.

Since everyone's attention was drawn to the Armed Apostle at that moment, Luna's movements went unnoticed—remarkably smooth and seamless.

She didn't feel time stop but saw the Armed Apostle suddenly appear before her Clone, and the others suddenly faint. So she decisively emerged, using "Lunar Eclipse" to complete the final harvest.

After thoroughly dealing with the man who had beaten her Clone, Luna looked at the others, still unconscious.

After teleporting so many times just now, Luna's chest still throbbed with a lingering pain.

When Luna left the Crystal Cathedral, the Moonlight had battered the backsides of all the unconscious Apostles.

Luna, lifting her bridal gown and using Moon Step, saw four acquaintances outside the cathedral.

They were the same four girls who had stopped her two days ago, characterized respectively by white clothes, a bridal gown, a very firm bust, and a scarf. Around them were dozens of League of Legends Law Enforcers, busy tying people up and loading them onto vehicles.

Luna looked at herself. I'm not in Pet Leash form today. She then boldly went over to ask, "Did you find the person you were looking for?"

The girls looked at Luna with strange eyes (they hadn't seen Luna's true face before), then shook their heads one after another. "No."

It seems Pet Leash didn't encounter them when he came out.

Luna breathed a sigh of relief. These girls wanted to take my pet away. Since they didn't meet him, Pet Leash must have gone home to wait for me.

"But it seemed like he was being hunted just now. I'm a bit worried about him."

Pet Leash was being hunted?

Luna was startled, her heart suddenly tightening. She immediately turned around, lifted her skirts, and left swiftly using Moon Step.

Watching her departing figure, the four exchanged glances, their eyes reflecting different thoughts.

"No way...?"

"He definitely didn't recognize her before..."

"But he always surprises us in places like this..."

"Then we'll just have to lock him in the basement to keep him from getting frisky everywhere."

Facing the bride's kindly suggestion with a smile, the others did not protest but instead fell into deep thought.

...

...

Luna hurried back home, twisted the doorknob, and entered to find the living room pitch dark; the lights weren't on.

Struck as if by lightning, Luna stumbled in, searching with a cry in her voice, "Where are you? Where are you? Say something, will you? If you're there, just SQUEAK once..."

"SQUEAK."

Luna froze for a second, then activated her Teleportation Feather and dashed over, crashing solidly into Ren Suo on the sofa. Ren Suo groaned in pain.

He sat up and turned on the living room light. Looking at Luna, who was anxiously holding him, he smiled. "You're back."

Luna was still in her rather thin Blue Princess wedding dress. Her soft, bouncy chest pressed against Ren Suo, who had regained some of his Physical Strength, making him rather uncomfortable. He wanted to push her away, but his body honestly couldn't—he truly lacked the strength, as Luna's grip was very strong.

"Why didn't you turn on the lights?" Luna asked, somewhat angrily.

"I wanted to sleep in the living room with the lights off..." Ren Suo asked, puzzled, "But why didn't you turn them on when you came in? Don't you know how to?"

Luna shook her head. Because today was her wedding day, her waist-length blue hair was not tied but draped over her shoulders. As she shook her head, Ren Suo's top-down view was like watching a swaying blue waterfall.

"I know how to turn on the lights; I learned that a long time ago," Luna said, rubbing Ren Suo's cheeks with a bit of a pout. "It's just that when I came back and saw the house was dark, I thought you weren't here. I just wanted to find you first..."

As she spoke, she even licked Ren Suo's face as if her tongue was her strongest sensory organ. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Gu Yueyan, who had just come out of the bedroom, sighed inwardly when she heard Luna's response.

Her first reaction to finding the house dark was not to turn on the lights, but to find Ren Suo first...

Relieved that Ren Suo was all right, Luna became happy again, swinging her legs while hugging Ren Suo. "Oh right, you'll never guess how I defeated that bunch of trash just now..."

"Luna." Gu Yueyan moved Luna aside, sat her down on the sofa, and asked seriously, "I want to ask you a question."

"Sure." Luna blinked her big eyes.

"Do you really like him?"

"I do."

"No matter where you are, you'll still like him?" Gu Yueyan asked, somewhat indirectly.

"Yes."

"So what do you plan to do in the future?"

"Live with him, of course."

Looking into Luna's innocent big eyes, Gu Yueyan knew that even after they returned to reality, Luna would probably find a way to locate Ren Suo. Luna's mental age was low, and she also had no other family or friends (otherwise, she wouldn't have spent these past few days solely taking advantage of Ren Suo). Moreover, she was exceptionally strong, truly able to do whatever she wanted.

Gu Yueyan didn't count on Luna forgetting Ren Suo once they returned to reality; she never liked to place her hopes in others.

Gu Yueyan sat down, looked at Ren Suo, and said, "She really likes you. What are you going to do?"

Ren Suo stroked Luna's smooth blue hair and said with a bitter smile, "She likes me in the way a child does, not seriously..."

Luna immediately looked displeased, pushing Ren Suo's hand away with a 'what are you talking about, little brother?' expression, and staring at him, said, "I am serious, very serious!"

Ren Suo nodded fervently. "I know you're serious, but... Luna, how many outstanding men do you know?"

Luna blinked and started counting her fingers. Ren Suo waved his hand dismissively. "I know, I'm the only outstanding man you know, and that's why..."

"Let me count first..."

"No need to count anymore, there's only me."

Ren Suo pried Luna's hands apart and sighed deeply, saying earnestly, "You're actually just dependent on me right now. But in the future, you'll meet more friends, have more missions, and by then, you'll forget about me..."

In Ren Suo's view, Luna was a friend he'd known for six days, and her affection for him was entirely arranged by the Mini-World Game Console—which was, in fact, his own arrangement.

He knew Luna's affection was genuine. But just because you liked Kamen Rider at age six, doesn't mean you'll still like it at twenty-six. He himself had once declared as a child that he'd love Ultraman Tiga for his entire life.

"That won't happen. I'll live with you in the future, just eating, drinking, having children, and I won't forget you," Luna said seriously.

When Luna said this, she was truly persuasive, and Ren Suo had no way of convincing her otherwise.

Ren Suo turned his head to look at Gu Yueyan. "What about you, Classmate Gu, have you made up your mind?"

"It's not about whether I've decided, it's about whether you've decided," Gu Yueyan said with an expressionless face. "Call me Yueyan."

Ren Suo sighed softly. "Classmate Gu..."

"Do you believe I won't tell Teacher Dong and Sister Qiao that you're bullying me? The kind of bullying that happens when I'm not wearing any clothes?" Gu Yueyan bit her lower lip and said.

Ren Suo scratched his head and said, "Yueyan, you haven't graduated yet..."

"First, I'm 18 years old. Second, according to the current educational standards of Heavenly Lotus Academy, reaching Second Stage Cultivation is actually sufficient to meet graduation requirements," Gu Yueyan, staring at Ren Suo, said slowly. "You are only five years older than me."

"I knew it, I can't win against you." Ren Suo closed his eyes, smiling bitterly as he shook his head gently. He slowly stood up, moving his tired, heavy body towards his room, and said, "Just leave me alone for a while."

Watching Ren Suo's desolate figure from behind, Gu Yueyan felt a sudden pang of pity.

Had she been too hard on Ren Suo?

Yes, for someone like Ren Suo, suddenly finding himself liked by several women and entangled in a complex emotional vortex, he must be at a loss. He's probably feeling incredibly conflicted and pained...

"Ah!" Luna suddenly clutched her chest and moaned, feigning great pain. But Gu Yueyan saw her eyes darting around mischievously; she was clearly pretending.

In a flash of understanding, Gu Yueyan realized this was what she wanted: to become the world's best actress in front of the person she liked. Stubbing her toe would seem like unbearable agony, allowing her to demand comfort without hesitation, instead of having to just hiss, bite down, endure the pain quietly, curl her toes, and bear it all alone.

Ren Suo, who was on his way back to his room, turned his head subconsciously to see what happened when he heard Luna's voice.

Then Gu Yueyan saw the grin that hadn't quite faded from Ren Suo's face; his mischievous, toothy smile hadn't been fully concealed.

In a flash, Gu Yueyan recalled Ren Suo's character and instantly understood everything. She said loudly, "You're actually very happy, aren't you?"

"No, I'm not!" Ren Suo immediately retorted, waving his hands frantically, but he didn't even dare to make eye contact with Gu Yueyan.

"With four pretty and cute girls liking you, you must feel pretty awesome inside, right?"

"Absolutely not! Just now my facial muscles cramped, causing a ridiculous expression. I was definitely not snickering!"

Though he said that, Ren Suo quickly ducked back into his room, his speed in stark contrast to the faltering gait he had shown earlier.

Luna, realizing she hadn't fooled Ren Suo into coming over, first glanced at Gu Yueyan with dissatisfaction, then hugged her ingratiatingly. Widening her eyes and tilting her head, Luna said with a smile, "I'm hungry~"

Faced with this super-powered version of Lin Xianyu, Gu Yueyan was helpless and could only agree to make Luna something delicious soon.

She looked at Ren Suo's room door, feeling both amused and annoyed.

She had actually believed Ren Suo was a gentleman! But the moment he turned his back, he couldn't help but snicker. What a big bad wolf he was, putting on an act!

People like Teacher Dong, Qiao Muyi, and even herself, tend to become more beautiful when they realize they've fallen for someone.

But Ren Suo? When he found out people liked him, he just became more and more of a Sand Sculpture...