"Environntal King (0/500): After perfect role-playing, you can gain 120 Dream Quota and a bonus of 5% increased spell power."
Ren Suo discovered that the Experience Points, Dream Quota, and other rewards given by character tags were closely related to the difficulty of role-playing the character.
Although the Environntal King might look like a more powerful version of a sanitation worker, the actual Dream Quota required for this tag was not low—the Luxury Mansion needed 1,000 Dream Quota, and the Environntal King needed 900.
You should know that the Luxury Mansion Ren Suo had his eye on was located in a super-rich area, where even mbers of the League of Legends couldn't barge in. It should be in the center of Moon Night Market. To date, Ren Suo still hadn't seen the edges of Moon Night Market; the city seed boundless. Its land use planning was also completely non-existent. For example, this 65-story building stood next to a European-style villa district and single-ho developnts featuring Flourishing Sakura, with a forest park directly in front.
The greatest significance here, naturally, was that in addition to the doctor's place, Luna had a second place to hide.
Compared to this Luxury Mansion, the value of the Environntal King lay in Luna having a legitimate identity to ask for help from the League of Legends.
Because Luna was the Environntal King, there was no problem with her appearing anywhere, nor was there a problem with her displaying Supernatural Abilities—the Environntal King always had to deal with various issues, such as the Cockroach People on Mars, the sewer rmaid, or the Sli that could transform into a lolita...
The most important thing was, 'the Environntal King gains the recognition of all the residents of Moon Night Market,' aning that all the natives recognized Luna and were willing to offer her help. If Luna clashed with an Apostle of the Moon God and the other party wasn't one of the top ten outstanding youths or soone who touched the hearts of Moon Night Market residents, the natives would most likely help Luna beat them up.
The only downside was that the Environntal King's role-playing difficulty was extrely low; Luna just needed to constantly remove trash from her sight to maintain it. That's why the Experience Points, Dream Quota, and rewards for perfect role-playing were all trashy.
Thinking about this, Ren Suo realized that the character tag 'Lord of the Moonlit Night,' which had a rather generous reward, probably didn't just co with power but also responsibilities. As a Monarch responsible for the entire Moonlit Night, if the Lord didn't bring benefits to Moon Night Market, he would most likely fail in his role-play.
Thinking about this, Ren Suo lost interest in taking the role-playing route.
Just like if one could express their love directly through charm and enter a romantic mode, who would want to hesitantly probe back and forth endlessly?
If one could be straightforward, who would choose a technique-based approach?
I am Level 5 Player Ren Suo! I play 4-star gas, and I should clear them simply and neatly!
Of course, the main reason was actually the high cost of Krypton Gold for Dream Quota; the Golden Ranger was simply robbing money.
Ren Suo found that if an Apostle of the Moon God initially had a higher starting character tag, the price required to exchange for other character tags dropped significantly. For example, now that Luna had a Luxury Mansion, if Ren Suo wanted to exchange for tags like 'Female CEO' or 'Campus Belle,' he only needed to pay a very small amount of Dream Quota.
By role-playing these character tags, he could et more people. As the network expanded, the Dream Quota gained by the Apostle of the Moon God would snowball, while the Dream Quota required to exchange for character tags would continue to decrease.
Therefore, the Level of character tags would accumulate higher and higher. In the later days, it was possible that so Apostles of the Moon God could control big forces within Moon Night Market, especially like the previous girl in a bathrobe who could command Samurai; with more Sleep, she could probably go even further.
But if one focused on character tags and missed out on the Silver Moon Crystals, it would be troubleso to collect them later—Ren Suo wasn't sure if Luna could encounter a Miracle like 'being able to know the locations of other Silver Moon Crystals.'
After considering the options, Ren Suo decided not to waste ti on Masked Sleep anymore and resolved to honestly snatch away all the Silver Moon Crystals.
Ren Suo opened the character interface and began to upgrade Luna's Abilities.
Now, Luna had 4,150 Experience Points. Ren Suo pondered for a mont and resolutely invested all the Experience Points in "Moon Ray."
Without a doubt, due to the huge boost to Lunar Spells provided by the Silver Moon Crystals, investing Experience Points in Lunar Spells should be the best choice.
As for the Lunar Bond Ability "Wax and Wane," after Ren Suo equipped Luna with it, he discovered that the Experience Points required to learn this Ability were the sa as for "Mysterious Sovereign's Secret Record - Mortal Shedding": a full 1,000 points.
Although this indicated the trendous Potential of "Wax and Wane"—predicting that this Ability would extend to include Defense, Move, and area Attack effects—Ren Suo had clarity: he only needed the imnse destructive power of Lunar Spells.
As for Move, Defense, Healing, reconnaissance, and more, Ren Suo could completely rely on other equipnt Abilities and save-loading to compensate for shortcomings.
He doesn't need Omnipotence; he only needs to shoot and explode.
Of course, there was another major reason: Ren Suo was not keen on wasting Luna's innate Talent. It might be hard to understand, but Ren Suo really couldn't stand having an unused Low Level Skill on his ga character, just like having a bunch of gas in his library where he'd achieved platinum trophies mixed with one he'd never even played.
It's a peculiar kind of gaming OCD—incurable and quite hazardous, likely leading to death after a few decades.
Leveling from 1 to 2 required 400 Experience Points, 2 to 3 needed 800 points, and 3 to 4 took 1,600 points...
Ren Suo was thankful he hadn't learned "Wax and Wane"; the exponential growth of required Experience Points was terrifying. If he had started with "Wax and Wane," which required high initial Experience Points, his current Experience Points would have been inadequate. He would have been better off just equipping it.
After "Moon Ray" leveled up to 4, it underwent a subtle change:
"Moonlight Pulse: Level 4. Summons a lethal strike from the night sky's Moonlight, causing at least 0.5 seconds of stun. Experience Points needed to level up: 3,200 points."
Then Luna gained a new Skill:
"Moon Step: Level 1. Allows walking under the Moonlight, slightly enhancing Movent Speed, turning speed, and Dodge Ability. Experience Points needed to level up: 400 points."
Luna had a hidden Skill Tree all along. Ren Suo wondered if every Skill would unlock new ones when leveled up enough... He was relieved he had upgraded the existing Skills, or he would have missed out on this Skill Tree.
After also raising "Moon Step" to Level 3, he only had a few hundred Experience Points left, and the Moon Phase had changed silently from the Third Quarter Moon to a waning crescent.
A new Miracle had erged; Luna could not remain static.
"Your Miracle is the permanent fixing of the benefits of consumable items."
"But your price is that you cannot move your mouth."
"…"
Through observation, Ren Suo had already begun to sense the subtle aspects of these Miracles and prices, but he hadn't expected the Moon God to be such a troublemaker.
It's like a line of eunuchs visiting a brothel, or a Maserati discount voucher—sowhere between useful and useless.
However, the Miracle was indeed good. Being able to permanently fix the enhancents of consumable items ant that if Ren Suo could find so beverage enhancents, Luna could still gain a significant amount of Attribute Points.
Now that Luna's slate was wiped clean, Ren Suo let her roam the streets in peace to see what Moon Night Market had to offer.
As ntioned before, there was no planning to the layout of Moon Night Market. You might pass a mall, suddenly find a Shrine next to it, and maybe even a soccer field further down—the only common aspect being that outside of residential areas, almost all places were open 24 hours.
Being open 24 hours wasn't the odd part; the oddity lay in the fact that there were always people around.
Without the sun in Moon Night Market, there was no distinction between day and night. However, based on the actions of NPC doctors and others, the locals seed to need Sleep. Yet the city itself never slept; when one group of people went to bed, another group was wide awake and enjoying themselves.
It wasn't that the other group stayed up all night with no need for Sleep, losing their hair in the process. Instead, the people in the city operated on different ti rhythms, as if living in different worlds, although they were all in the sa city.
Ren Suo speculated about this but needed more evidence to confirm his theories.
Luna walked onto a comrcial street dazzling with neon lights. Huge, glowing, dazzling Christmas trees stood in the middle of the road. Snowflakes fluttered down from the sky, yet the attire of the people was baffling: so were tightly wrapped in fur coats, so wore sailor uniforms with black stockings and exposed thighs, and others were in shorts and short shirts. Without exception, all outfits prominently highlighted their figures.
Walking down this street, Ren Suo, watching from the screen, felt like he was playing a Chinese online ga—why did every passerby look so handso, beautiful, and stunning? Amidst the crowd, Luna seed utterly unremarkable!
What's so special about sky-blue hair? Ren Suo saw a girl ahead with rainbow-colored hair reaching her waist, naturally flowing with a gradient effect. Her eyes reminded him of the RGB gaming keyboard he'd bought, shining like a spectrum cycle of lights, even resembling a current of electricity, as if she might shoot out a railgun in the next second.
There were many luxury stores and gaming venues on both sides of the street. Ren Suo finally had Luna find a milk tea shop, only to discover it required Wealth Points for paynt.
A pudding milk tea that added only 1 Physical Strength cost 3 Wealth Points!
Oddly enough, Ren Suo could dream of buying buildings, clothes, and even boyfriends for Luna, but he absolutely couldn't give Luna Wealth Points directly.
Ren Suo had Luna try to initiate a trade with the milk tea shop's clerk, attempting to exchange a gold chain from her ho for a cup of pudding milk tea.
Who would have thought that the milk tea shop's clerk, as handso as Lu Sheng, a famous young idol from Mysterious Country, would decisively refuse, "I don't need a gold chain."
No matter what Luna offered to sell, the clerk wasn't interested; he only wanted Wealth Points. However, he did give Luna a quest: "If you're willing to be my girlfriend, I can give you all my Wealth Points."
No wonder everyone else is out shopping while you're still selling milk tea. Turns out you're single after all.
Ren Suo was slightly tempted.
But before he could react, Luna, without saying a word (she couldn't speak anyway), directly paid 3 Wealth Points.
Ren Suo: "…"
Forget it. I still need to snatch the Silver Moon Crystal later. Becoming soone's girlfriend will change the character tag; altering the original strategy just for Wealth Points isn't worth it.
But Ren Suo also found a way to obtain Wealth Points: complete tasks given by the locals. Wealth Points here were different from real-world currency because there was no issue of resource scarcity in Moon Night Market, so the sole purpose of Wealth Points was 'to purchase services'.
But this statent wasn't entirely accurate either because the Mask of the Moon was a dream of the real world, forcibly fitting everything from the real world into it. In short, these Apostles of the Moon God, like Luna, had to serve the locals to earn Wealth Points.
Luna simply tore open the lid of the milk tea and poured it into her mouth. After receiving the buff, she continued searching for more drinks. However, it wasn't long before she was stopped by soone calling out, "Hey, Luna!"
It was the doctor and the nurse.
Although they were no longer a doctor and a nurse, but now a Childhood Sweetheart pair, Ren Suo didn't know their actual nas, so he continued to use the old designations.
Both the doctor and the nurse were holding a water bottle with a straw. The doctor asked, "What a coincidence, you're shopping here too?"
At this mont, tags suddenly appeared on the water bottles they were holding:
"Kumquat Sweet Orange Tea: 3 Agility, 3 Physical Strength, slightly increased attack speed, lasts for 2 Moon Phases."
Ren Suo's eyes lit up instantly. Luna gestured to ask for the doctor's drink. The doctor said, "8 Wealth Points."
After Luna promptly paid up, the doctor was about to hand over his drink. However, the nurse, hugging his arm, hurriedly offered her own drink to Luna instead, nervously holding onto the doctor.
The doctor said, "We are off to the amusent park. See you next ti."
Watching the doctor and nurse leave, Ren Suo thought that these two locals were really interesting. Yesterday they were still doctors and nurses working together, and today they've beco a Childhood Sweetheart pair who go to amusent parks together...
What would happen if he had Luna beco the NPC doctor's lover or master?
Ren Suo thought about it but had no intention of putting it into action.
Although he found the idea amusing, he didn't want to waste ti on such matters.
Of course, it'd be perfect if he could get entertainnt without spending ti—like watching Zhao Huo get torn into three parts.
Ren Suo now anticipated the day when his fiancée, Childhood Sweetheart, and Little Apprentice Sister would gather together. In fact, Ren Suo wasn't gloating over Zhao Huo's misfortune; he just wanted to watch the commotion and harbored a tiny bit of malice...
Once Luna had consud almost all the buffing drinks on the street, Ren Suo noticed the day had fully dawned. He quickly saved the ga and, hoping to preserve his remaining hair, took a nap to recuperate—after all, Little Jiu would be coming to look for him to play soon.
Although Ren Suo had already accumulated ti for all-nighters in advance with "Evolution of the Cat," two consecutive nights of staying up had still taken their toll, so it was ti to return to a normal routine.
But just when he closed his eyes to rest properly, his phone rang.
"Let tear half a mile through this dusk and dawn, a three-foot beam of green light revolves and cleanses the smoke and dust~"
Lying in bed, Ren Suo groaned and picked up his phone to check the caller information. He answered and said, "Mom, you've changed. You used to call at night; how co you've developed the bad habit of calling in the morning now?"
"Happy birthday, my boy!" his mother said.
Ren Suo: "…"
Ren Suo asked, "How co you suddenly rembered this?"
"I was just having breakfast and playing with my phone when I saw your birthday reminder on QQ," his mom replied with frank honesty.
If QQ hadn't reminded you, you wouldn't have rembered. And you called in such a hurry, afraid you'd forget again...
Ren Suo almost instantly understood his mother's train of thought. He smacked his lips and said, "My birthday was also the day a piece of flesh was cut from your body... How could you forget that? It's December 3rd, not December 2nd!"
"What are you talking about... When was the biggest surgery you've ever had? Wasn't it the circumcision during your elentary school sumr break? Do you even rember the exact day of your circumcision? Who would intentionally rember such a painful experience as losing a piece of flesh?"
"…" Ren Suo really couldn't refute that.
His mother said, "Besides, we have a tradition of celebrating birthdays in advance. That's close enough, close enough."
Ren Suo said, ""Celebrating in advance ans getting ready before midnight on the birthday and then celebrating and cutting the cake right after midnight…""
"You young people have so many elaborate ways," his mother said. "Then I'll order a cake."
"Delivery can't reach the academy…"
"Then let's have it sent ho. Your dad and I will eat it tonight and celebrate for you from a distance."
Ren Suo felt that his mother just wanted an excuse to eat cake.
His mother asked, ""So you should have so birthday activities tomorrow, right? Are you going to stay up all night with friends tonight and then go out together tomorrow?""
Ren Suo said helplessly, ""Tomorrow is Monday, a workday. I can stay up all night, but others can't. I can go out tomorrow, but others have to work…""
His mother suddenly sounded a bit worried. ""So you an only Xing i will be with you for your birthday? Oh my, my poor boy, how miserable. It breaks your mother's heart.""
I could have a perfectly comfortable birthday alone, Ren Suo thought. Now that you're pitying like this, it's making uncomfortable too.
Then his mother said, ""Ah, my boy, you're all alone. Even if you can't find a girlfriend, you should at least, at least…""
"At least have a child!"
Mom, you gave birth to a son, not a pea shooter. I can only crossbreed; I can't self-pollinate. Besides, due to a man's innate physiological limitations, it's a given that whether I'm alone or not, I can't give birth to a child...
"Alright, alright, mhm-hmm, yes, yes, yes." Ren Suo quickly hung up the phone, feeling like he was about to lose a few strands of hair after just a few words with his mother.
Actually, Ren Suo had considered whether or not to celebrate his birthday. But tomorrow was Monday; everyone would be busy with work or school, not like him—loafing around and effectively mooching off tax money. Therefore, he hadn't bothered to ntion it.
It's better if everyone doesn't know. That way, I don't have to bother celebrating other people's birthdays either, Ren Suo thought.
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