Mini World Game Console-Chapter 786 - 787 Task Evaluation Settlement, 99 Points!

"I have no freedom, I've lost my freedom, my heart aches and tears flow..."

Ren Suo, who had successfully maximized hostility, was kicked out before he could even eat his fill. He was also informed not to go out unless necessary, and if he did go out, he had to report his whereabouts and activities in the WeChat group—as if he were serving a life sentence at home.

He wasn't even married yet, but he had already entered prison.

However, this punishment wasn't because Ren Suo had defied the girlfriends' court, but because they had already reached a consensus to reasonably plan and arrange Ren Suo's time to prevent him from meeting new girls and dragging them into the same pit.

Qiao Muyi thought even deeper: Ren Suo had already tried dressing up as a girl to seduce men this month. Even though Ren Suo's state was a bit off at the time, the act of cross-dressing happens either zero or countless times. So now, it's not just girls they need to guard against, but sleazy men as well. Like Bai Ji, who should be beaten up with sticks if he ever came close. Like Zhao Huo, who was even more dangerous due to same-sex attraction; even though Ren Suo said his female attire couldn't charm Zhao Huo, his male attire might just do the trick. And Yu Kuangtu and Li Dan must be kept under constant vigilance; Yu Kuangtu had the 'husband' attribute, and Li Dan was the quiet, expressionless type, both possessing special appeal.

Actually, they were very tired too. If Ren Suo had been cheating in the normal way—inviting girls out for meals, movies, and hotels—they could have stopped him right at the source, even by breaking his legs, since he could heal himself anyway.

They could even throw out fierce threats, asserting their collective claim: "He's our man—belonging to the Deputy Director of the Tactical Bureau's daughter, Heavenly Lotus Academy's Fourth Transformation Space Cultivator, the future Time Traveler, and the daughter of the Tactical Headquarters' Fourth Transformation Head Instructor! Whoever dares lay a hand on him will lose theirs!"

However, Ren Suo didn't follow the usual playbook; or rather, he had no playbook at all. Let's not even mention Gu Yueyan, who disliked Ren Suo the most; even Qiao Muyi, who thought of him as a little angel, faintly felt—"Honestly, could anyone else really be interested in him?"

His method was always the same: dig holes with his life and then try his best to shelter others from the wind and rain.

Then they all fell into the pit.

Now, the pit was already crowded. If one or two more fell in, seven days a week wouldn't be enough for Ren Suo—he at least still had two days of rest now.

For the sake of their own love, for the future of others, and even more so for Ren Suo's life safety, they could only band together to restrict Ren Suo's movements, preventing him from going out and digging more holes. Even if they couldn't fully restrict him, there would at least be someone by his side assertively claiming sovereignty.

After all, Ren Suo had always stayed at home; now, they were just giving him the title of 'Home Guard.'

The only issue was that it used to be their secret plan, attempting to occupy Ren Suo's time by arranging dates.

But now they finally realized they weren't chasing a boyfriend; this wasn't about inviting him out for meals—it didn't need to be gentle, polite, or filled with frantic hints. They could directly, as his girlfriends, lay down the law for Ren Suo. After all, Ren Suo wouldn't resist.

Indeed.

Thus, Ren Suo could only return home alone, while Luna stayed over at Dong Chengling's. This afternoon, she would stream live with the help of Lin Xianyu and Ren Xingmei. The streaming equipment was at the Dong Chengling family home, and Lin Xianyu expressed her reluctance to enter Ren Suo's house.

With nothing better to do, Ren Suo turned on his computer to access the intranet and discovered that the speculation about the Dragon Witch Ancient Ruins written by "Rational Ren Suo" had been adopted. With the Points he had earned these days, Ren Suo was now eligible for promotion to a Level 4 Researcher!

Benefits increased! Salary increased! Extra monthly income from scriptwriting increased by 1,500 yuan! Reward for accepted papers increased by 20%!

Just as "Rational Ren Suo" had expected, even though Ren Suo couldn't control the Door of Truth, he hadn't wasted this month. At least in his career, he had gotten a raise, a step closer to financial independence.

Well, that was about it. Ren Suo basically had no hope of being promoted to Level 5 Researcher. Level 4 Researcher was the ceiling he could reach—a level designated for members of nationally directly-affiliated research institutions. A freelance researcher like him had his limits.

However, there was one additional perk: the intranet was willing to give Ren Suo access to log in from mobile devices, no longer limited to wired connections. Ren Suo just needed to download an app on his phone and a program on his laptop to access the intranet anytime, anywhere.

Ren Suo checked the intranet and noticed many discussions about the Black Coffin Demon King.

After all, the Gatekeeper successfully taking control of the Door of Truth was almost a foregone conclusion. Papers related to it had already been written in droves before the fifth trial even began. And before the Door of Truth demonstrated its impact on reality, all speculation about it was baseless and likely to be proven wrong.

But discussing the Black Coffin Demon King was different—a new power, a new storm, new characters. Especially since the Black Coffin Demon King had previously beaten up Angel Zack, it prompted everyone to brainstorm.

In the feature "Black Coffin Demon King, Dread Chronomancer, Voidwalker, Mister Darkmoon," Ren Suo found many inspirations—

Top-Liked Answer · Level 5 Researcher 'Awei': "We have reason to assert that these four new Transcendent powerhouses come from a chaotically aligned force. Hereafter, we will refer to these four individuals as the 'Four Demon Heads.'

Firstly, the trial of the Door of Truth is supported by the Fairy Palace and the World Tree. Therefore, no Transcendents from these two forces appeared in the trial.

Since both the Fairy Palace and the World Tree acknowledged the Door of Truth, we can assume that the Door of Truth is beneficial to the world—in fact, observation points in March reported a significant increase in the concentration of Spiritual Energy, clearly due to the advent of the Door of Truth.

Conversely, among the challengers of the Door of Truth, Earth's Transcendents were there due to irresistible forces, but the Four Demon Heads arrived as projections, wearing masks and battling the Gatekeeper.

They didn't die; rather, their projections vanished, and the likelihood of their continued existence is over 80%.

If the arrival of the Door of Truth is good, then the Four Demon Heads standing on the opposite side are naturally evil."

Wrong. In fact, the Door of Truth is evil… but Ren Suo knew that even if he spoke the truth, he would only be ridiculed terribly. Truth really is in the hands of the few.

Another highly applauded answer from a Level 4 Researcher, 'Kun,' further speculated based on the premise of the Four Demon Heads: "The Four Demon Heads likely come from an organization similar to Hell.

From the live broadcast of 'Destiny,' we know that Heaven and celestial courts once existed; thus, Hell and the Netherworld also naturally existed. And the Black Coffin Demon King made his first appearance by capturing and brutally maltreating the passing Angel Zack.

If there had been no prior grievances, the only reason for Zack being attacked was clear: he was an Angel Awakener.

Those who despise angels, besides Fallen Angels, are none other than Demons in the Bible.

Just look at their titles: Black Coffin Demon King, undoubtedly belonging to the evil faction, perhaps even a Fallen Angel.

Dread Chronomancer, who teases others with emoticons, likely a prank-loving Demon.

Mister Darkmoon, polite and old-fashioned, possibly a noble Demon like a vampire.

Voidwalker, always laughing loudly, yet exceptionally powerful, probably a Demon obsessively pursuing martial prowess.

The organization of the Four Demon Heads must be greatly related to Hell!"

Your ideas are very impressive. Now they all belong to me.

Ren Suo enriched the character setting of the Black Coffin Demon King based on the content in this topic, saving himself the hassle of thinking up settings the next time he wanted to show off.

Ren Suo also hoped to earn some pocket money through this opportunity. As he scrolled down, he encountered a question: "Why do all four of them speak Chinese? Even the Gatekeeper speaks Chinese?"

This is it!

Ren Suo replied, "If they spoke English, you would ask why they speak English. In fact, they aren't speaking a human language at all. These Transcendents come equipped with a translation converter, which translates their language into the predominant native language of the current region."

After helping everyone patch up the character loopholes of the Black Coffin Demon King and his associates, Ren Suo returned to the living room and picked up the controller after a long absence.

He could finally use this conventional method of control again.

The screen lit up, displaying the usual Earth startup screen, followed by a crisp, cheerful female voice:

"Mini World, endless fun~"

Then a message immediately popped up: "The evaluation revision for 'Door of Truth' is complete. Please check."

Is it finally completed? Hopefully, it won't actually prove I had someone else play for me, will it?

Anxious, Ren Suo selected "Confirm." The screen once again displayed the image of the Gatekeeper entering the Door of Truth, followed by a series of settlement information:

"Task complete."

"Achieved the basic goal of the task—60 points;"

"Truth is in the hands of the majority: Not defeated by any Seeker—5 points;"

"Truth is in the hands of the minority: Prevented any Seeker from touching the Door of Truth—5 points;"

"Bankrupt: Total traded Truth Points over 500,000—5 points;"

"Nothing Left: Once sold all emotions—5 points;"

"Absolute Rationality: Completed the game in a state of Absolute Rationality—5 points;"

"Affection Out of Nothing: Developed feelings while in a state of Absolute Rationality and having nothing—5 points;"

"Everything One Expects to Find: Mastered the Door of Truth—5 points;"

"This·Is·My·Equivalent·Exchange: Player reclaims everything lost; Gatekeeper gains Perfect Truth Authority—5 points."

"Loss of Wisdom: A slight regret—Minus 1 point."

"Total score is 99 points, rated as Monumentally Meritorious."

"This mission score: 99 points (Monumentally Meritorious), highest mission score: 99 points (Monumentally Meritorious)."

"Because the player achieved a Monumentally Meritorious rating, meeting the hidden requirements, information on the game's hidden side quests will be unlocked."

"Side Quest: Absolute Sensibility. Complete the game in a state of Absolute Sensibility."

"Side Quest: Perfect Harmony. Harvest emotions of ultimate, invaluable worth."

"Side Quest: Undying Loyalty. Do not trade feelings."

"Side Quest: This·Is·Everyone's·Equivalent·Exchange: After acquiring enough perfect emotions, the player completes the game through their own strength, easily guarding all emotions and reclaiming everything lost; the Gatekeeper gains Perfect Truth Authority."

Ren Suo practically spat out a mouthful of blood.

This time, the Mini-World Game Console had actually treated him like a person, not just a substitute player. But this result was even worse than being treated as a substitute!

What's up with this minus 1 point!? Loss of Wisdom!? Where did I show any loss of wisdom? I didn't have any regrets at all! Are they just trying to dock me a point to keep me from getting cocky?

Ren Suo had never expected that, in a state of Absolute Rationality, he would actually achieve such an incredibly high evaluation of 100 minus 1 points for this game.

But he just wanted to score a perfect 100 once! Why could all his clones do it, but not him, not even once! He wasn't particularly coveting the extra rewards for 100 points, but it was still a personal achievement! This might have been the closest he would ever get to 100 points!

And what's more, he could understand all the achievements he had already gained.

But those new side quests confused Ren Suo.

If he wasn't mistaken, all these side quests belonged to the 'Absolute Sensibility' path. Perfect Harmony, harvesting feelings of ultimate worth? Do emotions even have a limit to their value? And how could they be harvested? Undying Loyalty, not trading feelings—how would one gather Truth Points to become stronger then? This·Is·Everyone's·Equivalent·Exchange clearly stated that players must complete the game through their own strength. But the final level involved fighting the quartet of Emotions. Ren Suo found it extremely difficult even after reaching Sixth Transformation Cultivation; how could he possibly win on his own?

Ren Suo squinted slightly.

This damn game, could it be counting his Bond System as well? The so-called perfect emotions, could they equal max-level Bonds?

Indeed, if Ren Suo could elevate everyone's emotional Bond to the highest level, he would essentially acquire 'Chengling's Voidwalking Technique,' 'Prince of Wood Devil's Law,' and even stronger effects. And when 'Rational Ren Suo' exchanged these Spells, he hadn't learned new ways to use them; he could just use these Spells continuously without limit, but the Bond System often provided many practical derivative Spells.

Following this line of thought, if Ren Suo maxed out all Bonds, his strength could realistically rival the Sixth Transformation, and he wouldn't need to sell any feelings to directly clear the game.

But Ren Suo had spent over a year, and his girlfriends' Bond levels had barely reached 5, still far from being maxed out.

How could he possibly max out all Bonds in a month?

Ren Suo pondered for a moment, then looked at the names of these achievements: Perfect Harmony, Undying Loyalty, Everyone's Equivalent Exchange...

While looking, Ren Suo suddenly licked his lips, subconsciously glancing around.

I suspect you're up to something naughty, but I have no evidence.

But since the game record had already been uploaded and integrated into reality, no matter how much more Ren Suo thought, it was of no use. So, he directly entered the next interface.

"Task evaluation upload complete. You have earned 495 Merit Points. Please use them wisely."

"You've earned a Six-Star Treasure Box *1. You can open it in the Content Preservation Vault."

"Based on your gameplay experience, you have earned a unique reward: The Door of Truth. You can open it in the Content Preservation Vault."

"Based on your gameplay experience, your game character 'Black Coffin Demon King' has changed. Please check promptly."

"Based on your task evaluation and game Star-level, you received the prop 'Rippling Spring Sounds'."

"The upload of 'The Door of Truth' is complete. Thanks for playing. Endless Fun in the Mini World!"

He really obtained the 'Door of Truth'?

Ren Suo was startled but quickly calmed himself. He wasn't in a state of Absolute Rationality. As long as he wished, he wouldn't use the Door of Truth if he didn't want to. Unless he started going bald. Unless he encountered some unspeakable issues. Unless his toothache became too severe. Unless…

Before Ren Suo could enumerate his 'unless list,' 'The Door of Truth' already resolved his lingering worries:

"The Door of Truth"

"Quality Rank: Six-Star Ability. Prerequisite: Possess both sensibility and rationality."

"Effect—Truth: When equipped by the player, all Supernatural Abilities increase in effectiveness by 50% and decrease in consumption by 50%. Cognitive abilities increase by 11% (related to rationality), communication skills increase by 85% (related to sensibility), and reaction capabilities increase by 400% (related to Cultivation)."

"Effect—Door: This ability is effective when placed in the spare slot; it does not need to be in an ability slot."

"This is a Passive Ability, with no active effect and no side effects."

"Note: 'Not everything in this world can be exchanged equivalently. For example, giving one's whole life can sometimes yield the return of five lives—that's something even equivalent exchange cannot achieve. I'm envious.'"

So, it turned out to be a passive ability with no side effects.

Although its effects were severely nerfed, at least Ren Suo could use it without worrying about suddenly losing his wits and doing something irreparable, like impulsively trading Zhao Huo's emotions for personal gain...

However... 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Ren Suo looked at the boosts from 'Truth.' Why did cognitive abilities only increase by 11%, while communication skills went up by 85%? Weren't these two effects supposed to have the same multiplier? Maybe not, Ren Suo thought.

The 'Door' effect was very practical, allowing him to keep one ability slot free. Ren Suo would almost always carry this Ability.

Six-Star game exclusive rewards were quite nice, like 'A Different Life' and 'The Door of Truth.'

Seeing that the evaluation mentioned a change in the 'Black Coffin Demon King,' Ren Suo opened the Equipment Interface to check.

Then, in the Black Coffin Demon King column, he saw four avatars appear.