Mini World Game Console-Chapter 676 - 677: Suo’s Loss of Wisdom

"Bro, wake up... Wow!"

Just as his sister was pulling off his quilt, Ren Suo was startled awake by her voice. He sat up bewildered, looking at her beside his bed. "What's wrong? Is there a cockroach!?"

His sister covered her eyes with her fingers, but gaps wide enough to fit an egg showed through. "On you, you have..."

"I have a cockroach on me!?" Ren Suo got a fright and sprang to his feet. It was at this moment that his mother, passing by with a pile of dried clothes, promptly tossed them into the room. She then dragged his sister away and swiftly shut the door, her voice echoing back, making Ren Suo burn with shame: "Xingmei, stop looking, you'll get a stye..."

Embarrassed, Ren Suo picked up the clothes and looked down at his naked self. He then glanced at the pajamas he had taken off beside him and turned to look at the Black Cat snoozing comfortably on the pillow. His chaotic thoughts began to sink into the abyss, and a beastly possibility crept into his mind.

No way...

I can't be that beastly...

I remember my arm was numb from Luna lying on it, and then I fell asleep...

But now I don't remember anything, not even the slightest feeling of a first experience; isn't this too much of a loss...

Even though Ren Suo desperately searched for objective reasons—like the bed not being dirty, Luna probably having already transformed back, or his own lack of memory—he vaguely remembered having a dream last night.

In his recollection, he seemed to be wearing only an apron in the dream, with nothing else underneath.

He remembered that in the dream, he was laboring diligently, breaking out in a profuse sweat.

Even though he didn't clearly remember the specifics of the labor, as soon as he thought about it, it felt like although it was tiring and repetitive, there was a sweet reward at the end—and that the reward only got sweeter and sweeter.

"Emmmmm..."

Ren Suo silently got dressed and sat down to ponder. Just then, the Black Cat yawned widely, let out a soft MEOW, wagged its tail, and gestured with its paw toward Ren Suo, indicating it was hungry.

Ren Suo picked her up and asked seriously, "Do you feel pain anywhere? Are you uncomfortable?"

"MEOW~?" The Black Cat looked at him, perplexed.

"Right, that... I mean, after I fell asleep, did I do anything strange to you?" Ren Suo asked cautiously.

The Black Cat tilted its head in thought for a moment, then nodded vigorously.

Feeling like he'd been hit by a bolt from the blue, Ren Suo held the Black Cat in his arms, picked up a comb, and began to groom her fur. "I... I will take responsibility... You really don't feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

"MEOW~ MEOW~" The Black Cat rubbed its left front paw against Ren Suo's clothing, jumped down from his arms, gracefully pressed the tablet's button, and continued to watch videos.

However, Ren Suo was stunned. He quickly picked her up again, asking, "Did I just drool in my sleep, getting it on your arm?"

"MEOW."

"Nothing else strange happened?"

"MEOW." The Black Cat thought for a moment and added, "MEOW MEOW MEOW, MEOW MEOW."

Ren Suo blinked. "So... after you turned back into a cat, you saw me suddenly taking off my clothes?"

After receiving an affirmative answer, Ren Suo breathed a heavy sigh of relief. He happily set up the tablet on its stand for Luna to watch and went off to brush his teeth and wash his face. So I was just sleep-disrobing! That scared me to death.

Although he had suddenly acquired the bad habit of stripping off clothes in his sleep, it was an easy fix.

I'll just wear two sets of clothes to bed: one to wear and one to spare. Perfect.

It's just that it might get a bit hot during sleep in the summer.

But by the time summer comes around, I'll definitely have returned to the academy. Then I can just adjust the chores timetable so my clone can watch me while I sleep, instructing it to hold down my hands if it sees me trying to undress.

This was a trivial matter, and Ren Suo didn't pay much mind to it. He was more concerned about the quality of his sleep these past few days. Although he felt fine after waking up, why did every night's sleep feel like a long, exhausting dream, after which he remembered nothing?

How to put it? It's like being used thoroughly and then not even paid for it, or like cramming all the winter holiday homework in one night—nothing gained besides a whole lot of fatigue.

During lunch, Ren's mother coughed and said, "Son, remember to lock your bedroom door when you go to sleep."

"You guys could just avoid entering my room at random," Ren Suo casually responded as he picked up a piece of crab stick and scrambled eggs—finally, they had finished the New Year's food and got to eat something fresh.

"That's an unreasonable request. If you saw a sow climbing a tree on the street, wouldn't you take a second look?" his mother argued righteously. Then she turned to Ren's father. "Hey, have you fiddled with that camera of yours yet? Teach me how to use it later, and make sure it's silent photography, without the flash and shutter noise."

"That's called 'Steal Camera'!" Facing his mother's blatant threats, Ren Suo tugged at the corner of his mouth. "I'm your son, you know! Is this necessary?"

"Speaking of which," Ren's mother lamented, "if I had WeChat back then, I might have taken photos of you post-bath as a baby and posted them... I see others posting baby pictures, and I really want to show off too."

Ren Suo chuckled. "Good thing you didn't."

Ren's mother pursed her lips. "What do you mean, 'didn't'? It's just that the photo quality was too low back then; the resolution was very poor. If they were taken again, they'd probably all be blurry, so I couldn't be bothered to post them."

Ren Xingmei's eyes sparkled. "There really are such photos!?"

"What!?" Ren Suo was stunned, then shook his head. "Impossible, there are no such photos in the album!"

"Of course not," Ren's mother laughed slyly. "I put all your embarrassing photos in another hidden little album before you hit your rebellious teenage years and became self-conscious. Occasionally, I take them out to reminisce with your father. If you had found them, you would have definitely hidden them. So, I hid them before you could find them."

Ren's father, who was quietly eating, thought to himself: It's truly a case of 'like father, like son; like mother, like daughter.' A mouse knows its son will dig holes.

Ren Suo tugged at the corner of his mouth. "Fine, I will make sure to lock my door before going to sleep, and even if I'm not sleeping, I'll lock it!"

Ren Xingmei asked curiously, "Are there any embarrassing photos of me as a child?"

Ren's mother blinked, hesitated for a moment, then said, "Of course not. Xingmei was the cutest as a child; how could there be any embarrassing photos? When your brother leaves, I'll show you the hidden album." 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

"What, you only took embarrassing photos of me?" Ren Suo complained, giving Ren Xingmei a 'you-know-what-I-mean' look. Ren Xingmei nodded and said, "Mom, you can now scan the photos onto the computer. It's absolutely lossless and preserves them forever."

Ren Suo was speechlessly choked. I can't stay in this house any longer, he thought. Having an idea in mind, he made a call in the afternoon, then stuffed the Black Cat into his backpack, letting it play on the tablet inside, and took it with him when he left.

On the way, Ren Suo took out his phone and continued with the strategy for "Light and Dark Traitor."

Once he started playing, Ren Suo regretted it a bit—The splendor of Luoyin City's Royal Court just couldn't be showcased on a 6.5-inch phone screen!

Los followed the Divine Descendant Guard as they escorted the Yisu Great Law into one of the rings of Luoyin City—the Royal Court district. The glaze-colored gates separated the inside from the outside. Once permission was granted, the gates displayed green hexagrams that quickly dispersed and parted. After they all entered, the gates reappeared once again.

At the same time, the sky, where the sun and the Silver Moon were present, began to crumble. A curtain of light descended vertically, illuminating countless crystal architectures. All buildings featured six or more sides and were in cool hues, with the tallest being the central palace tower. The ground was entirely made up of smooth, seamless crystal. Within the Royal Court, myriad energy barriers were in place, clearly indicating that there were rings within this ring.

"You have been temporarily granted the qualification to enter and exit the Royal Court," Sony the Great turned his head towards the Divine Descendant Guard and said leisurely. "Lanaya, take people to escort Yisu Great Law to his room. Remember to show the utmost respect, and reserve the best, biggest, and safest room for him to prevent any accidents... Yisu Great Law, your retainers still might be Dragonborn Los. For your safety, we cannot risk letting you stay in the same room as your subordinates. Please understand."

Yisu Great Law sneered but remained silent, just resting his hand on the hilt of his sword.

"Yisu Great Law, please don't misunderstand. There's no intention of house arrest in the Royal Court," Sony continued. "His Majesty Xides is about to venture on the Path of Armor Cloak and open the Door of Annihilation. All sixteen Great Magistrates will enter the Royal Court to stand guard, sharing the glory of the Door's opening."

"Exactly," the Graceful Great Law said. "The moment the Door of Annihilation opens, the Royal Court will be the first to face the energy storm and the temporal storm. By then, those of us in the Royal Court can receive the baptism from the Azure Silver Temporal Space. We might even make further progress and Evolve again. As for any other issues, let's resolve them after the Dimensional War is over."

Yisu Great Law glanced at Sony and nodded, clearly planning to settle accounts later. Sony appeared to be not afraid at all, waving his hands. Lanaya, the Three-Star Divine Descendant beside him, then led the Divine Descendant Guard to 'escort' Yisu Great Law deeper into the residential area of the Royal Court.

Lanaya took them to the Northeast area of the Royal Court. Although Sony said it wasn't house arrest, Lanaya arranged for Yisu Great Law to be placed in a palace with a large number of palace guards on duty around it. She then took Yisu's subordinates to a rest chamber further away, a move that almost caused an uproar among Yisu's men.

Lanaya noticed this as well, but she wasn't a Bloodline Great Law, and she was not at all courteous. "You still haven't cleared yourselves of the suspicion of being Dragonborn Los. To avoid any accidents, we are going to arrange for people to watch over you, one-on-one."

"Someone, leave a team behind to stand guard. The Royal Court Guard has other tasks."

The Guard Squad Captain nodded obediently. At this time, Ren Suo naturally had Los volunteer to stay behind. Unlike Yisu Great Law, whose members each had a palace, Yisu's subordinates all lived in the same low-rise tower with multiple rooms.

The mission of Guards like Los was to stand guard in front of the doors.

Once the others had left, Los's map lit up with a target: the location of Yisu Great Law.

The target was clear, but Los was currently a Guard, with other colleagues watching nearby. He couldn't just leave. What to do?

Take them out.

With "Blind Brutality," "Brutal Aura," "Brutal Warrior," and "Blind Fool," along with the silent operation from the "SEGA Bloodline War Armor," Los had become a veritable human-shaped reaping machine.

To avoid leaving bodies behind, Los would instantly kill and then immediately use "A Different Life" to merge the corpses. From Ren Suo's perspective, it looked as if two Great Han collided and then fused into one.

Using this Skill, Los took 40 minutes to completely eliminate the four Guards on the first floor. When it was time to leave, he lured an outside Royal Court Guard inside. Moments later, he left under the identity of that Royal Court Guard.

Unlike the temporarily assigned Divine Descendant Guard, the Royal Court Guard had more freedom to Move around. If Ren Suo had let Los leave right away, it would have certainly triggered the Royal Court's alarm system.

However, Los couldn't just swagger out. He maintained silent operation and stealthy movement all the way to the palace where Yisu Great Law resided, only to be stopped by the densely packed outer guard force.

What to do? Charge in?

Ren Suo scratched his head. Uncertain of what to do, he had Los charge in—only for Los to be ganged up on by several Three-Star Divine Descendants after a few rounds of fighting, meeting an instantaneous death.

What now...

Just then, the subway required a transfer. While saying, "Excuse me, excuse me," and squeezing out, the Black Cat in his backpack meowed discontentedly.

The cat's meow caught the attention of some kids, and suddenly, a bratty child pointed at Ren Suo and shouted, "It's him, it's him, the Third-turn Cultivator Healer Suo!"

Ren Suo's face lined with black threads. What the heck was Holy Fist Lotus Seed, Battle Axe Nurse, and now Healer Suo?

"I'm not; you've got the wrong person..." He hurriedly walked to the platform to switch subway lines.

However, the beautiful young mother holding the bratty child's hand pulled Ren Suo back and said excitedly, "Are you Ren Suo? Can I have your autograph?"

"Shh, keep it down." Seeing a beautiful female fan, Ren Suo immediately acted reserved and said, "So... do you have a pen and paper?"

The attractive young woman exclaimed softly and searched through her small bag before apologizing, "I'm sorry, I forgot to bring a pen and paper today... Mr. Suo, are you also a Bai Yun person? How about we... add each other on WeChat?"

Ren Suo's eyebrows raised. Hmm?

I, Ren Suo, have finally reached the point where I get hit on by beautiful women on the street!?

Looking back on the past, Ren Suo was filled with emotion. He took pride in his current achievements and maintained the humility to continue striving. Of course, he didn't forget that he was already spoken for and politely declined, "Sorry, my WeChat is a bit private..."

"Ah, is that so." The attractive young woman didn't seem too disappointed. She looked around and whispered, "I have another favor to ask... I hope you can agree."

Ren Suo's eyebrows shot up. No way, are female fans now trying to skip even the step of exchanging WeChat? What does she want? There are many budget hotels nearby in this business district—

"Are you friends with Qiao Muyi?" she asked softly.

Ren Suo was taken aback for a moment, then nodded. "Yes, that's right."

"Then could you give me Brother Mu's WeChat?!" she asked excitedly. "Her Weibo account is all officially managed; it's not genuine at all. I heard you're close to her, even had meals together. You must have Brother Mu's WeChat—"

"Wait, what did you just ask me?" Ren Suo suddenly asked.

The attractive young woman was startled, then said, "Could you give me Brother Mu's WeChat?"

"The sentence before that."

"Are you friends with Brother Mu?"

"Sorry, I'm not her friend," Ren Suo said, waving his hand and quickly slipping away.

Unexpectedly, the woman who came to hit on him was actually looking to use him as a stepping stone to get closer to Qiao Muyi! Ren Suo was filled with righteous indignation. What kind of world is this, where even girls like other girls!?

Although I never intended to flirt with my fans, not wanting to flirt and not being able to flirt are two different concepts!

However, Ren Suo quickly calmed down. After all, he hadn't lied. He and Qiao Muyi were indeed not just friends; they were lovers. Thus, his thoughts quickly switched from I have no female fans to Hee hee (#^.^#) Young Master Mu has so many fans, and he started to cheer up.

After changing subway lines, Ren Suo took out his phone, and suddenly a Spiritual Light flashed in his mind.

He had Los, lurking in the shadows, cast "A Different Life" and transform into the appearance of Sony!

However, Los refused.

[I would rather die than impersonate that despicable person doomed to a tragic end!]

Alright, then let's change into the appearance of Graceful Great Law.

Then Los strutted his way into the palace of Yisu Great Law. The Royal Court Guard naturally came out to intercept him, but Los simply said, "Out of my way! The Great Magistrate is here to discuss matters of dimensional warfare with Yisu Great Law. Dare you stop me!?"

The Bloodline Great Law was just that domineering, and since Los came alone, the Royal Court Guard considered it and then made way for Los to enter.

It worked indeed!

The female fan's actions had reminded Ren Suo: there were so many Great Laws within the Royal Court. He could simply have Los impersonate another one to walk around openly, serving as a stepping stone to approach the mission target!

Inside the palace, furniture fragments were strewn everywhere. Yisu Great Law was sitting on the ground, gently stroking the sword in his hands, which emitted a whining Sword Chime.

He watched Los approach coldly. As Los came within five steps, Yisu Great Law stood up, pointing his sword at Los, signaling him to state his purpose.

At that moment, the action options appeared: "Reveal true form and attack" or "Attack directly."

Los had become well-known in Luoyin City. His collaboration Skill "Blind Brutality" now provided an additional 165% damage and a 24% increase in dodge rate. Therefore, without a doubt, Ren Suo had Los reveal his true form and attack!

CLANG!

Seeing Los's form, Yisu Great Law was astonished. Immediately, a murderous intent arose, bursting forth with the Blood Offspring's aura!

「Los is affected by the "Aura of Knowledge."」

「"Aura of Knowledge": Enemies affected by the aura will be relentlessly pursued by Knowledge. This causes them to descend into madness when attacking, reducing their hit rate by 50%. They fall into a stupor when defending, increasing their Dizziness chance by 50%. They lose their balance when dodging, increasing their likelihood of falling by 50%. Finally, they become confused when using special Abilities, increasing their chance of failure by 50%.」

A terrifyingly negative aura effect!

Before attacking Yisu Great Law, Ren Suo already knew that as one of the sixteen Bloodline Great Laws, and with SEGA being so powerful, Yisu Great Law would certainly not be far behind. However, he hadn't expected Yisu to be this outrageously strong!

While SEGA's Brutal Aura strengthened itself and weakened the enemy, Yisu's Aura of Knowledge was thoroughly nauseating to the enemy!

However, at the same time, it suggested that Yisu's True Form strength was likely similar to that of an ordinary Three-Star Divine Descendant, not even close to that of the Martial Faction's SEGA!

However, after just one clash, Los was so hindered by the Aura of Knowledge that he struggled in every aspect: he couldn't land a blow when attacking, got stunned while defending, tumbled during dodges, and became confused while Casting Spells!

Although the defensive power from the Brutal Aura prevented Yisu Great Law from killing him, as the battle rounds piled up, they caught the attention of the Royal Court Guards outside. This resulted in more Three-Star Divine Descendants arriving to besiege Los.

He had to take down Yisu Great Law within three rounds!

But how to deal with this aura...

After thinking for a moment, Ren Suo, upon reloading the file, had Los equip an Ability he hadn't used in a while from the reserve slot—

"Miracle Full Moon"!

He had been getting good Sleep these days and had also accumulated more than a dozen points of Lunar Phase Energy, hoping Los would get lucky.

For this, he also equipped Los with "Wax and Wane." Having done his best, it was time to start the draw!

However, it was unclear whether his luck was exceptionally bad or if the protagonist's luck was exceptionally good. On the eighth round, he drew all three matching patterns—all of them depicted a silver-haired beautiful girl.

「Your Miracle is to foresee the enemy's actions.」

「But your cost is that you cannot Move.」

"Emmmmm..." Ren Suo hesitated for a moment, feeling that the Miracle was of no help in the situation. After trying it out, it indeed proved useless, and Los was beaten even more miserably.

Draw again!

Six rounds passed, and Los won again, collecting three patterns—astonishingly, the pattern turned out to be Sony! Unbelievable!

「Your Miracle is to heal all injuries instantaneously.」

「But your cost is you're perpetually in a state of Loss of Wisdom, with the highest priority.」

(Note: Loss of Wisdom Status means all damage is always at its lowest value, and none of the Skills will trigger probability-based special effects, including critical hits.)

What kind of Miracle is this, utterly useless... huh?

Ren Suo looked again closely. The cost of this Miracle was the very high-priority Loss of Wisdom Status. In that case...

After some thought, Ren Suo allowed Los, now in the state of Loss of Wisdom, to launch another surprise attack on Yisu Great Law.

This time, Los was still affected by the "Aura of Knowledge" but did not trigger any negative effects!

It was unclear whether the extremely high-priority Loss of Wisdom Status overrode it, or if the aura itself was affected by Loss of Wisdom and could not trigger probability-based special effects.

Loss of Wisdom, prevailing above all!

Anyway, Los managed to neutralize Yisu's "Aura of Knowledge." Relying on his own "Brutal Aura," he crushed Yisu effortlessly!

As his Spiritual Energy Barrier disappeared, Yisu Great Law stared at Los, his mouth moving. However, he couldn't utter a single syllable before Los completely took him down!

At that time, the subway arrived at the station. Ren Suo also breathed a sigh of relief, packed away his phone, exited with his backpack, and found the shop he had reserved.

「Sweet DIY Cake and Handmade Chocolate Workshop」

Yes, Ren Suo acted on his ideas. Having decided to make handmade chocolates last night, he came to find a shop today. Lacking proper tools at home, he naturally had to go to a specialized DIY shop to make chocolates. What's more, a clerk there could teach him.

He let Black Cat out to play with the tablet on the side. Then Ren Suo spent the entire afternoon diligently following the clerk's instructions to make chocolate.

"You're very adept at this; have you learned before?" the female clerk asked curiously.

Ren Suo shook his head. "No, I just roughly know how to do it."

"Are you planning to make handmade chocolates for your girlfriend?"

"Yeah."

"That's rare, a boyfriend making chocolates for his girlfriend."

"Hehe, they like the thoughtfulness."

Hmm?

The female clerk blinked, feeling Ren Suo might have misspoken, and continued to ask, "How many do you plan to make?"

"About seven or eight. I also plan to let my family try them."

After making the first batch of chocolate, Ren Suo tasted it himself and also covertly let Black Cat try it—this couldn't be seen by others, who otherwise might think he was poisoning the cat.

Black Cat didn't mind, finding it alright, acceptable even.

Then, Ren Suo compared his chocolate with the clerk's demonstration batch and had to admit that the chocolate he made was almost as good as the sample—equally delicious!

However, making chocolate wasn't particularly fun. Therefore, Ren Suo made a very romantic decision: I won't make it myself next year, to avoid any potential decline in my skills that could change the taste. I want this thoughtful chocolate to remain unchanged and cherished forever.