This couldn't be blamed on Ren Suo. Yesterday, Bai Ji had remembered that due to an invitation from the Tactical Bureau, he wouldn't be free at all the next day, and the paper assigned by the education system was due on the 4th.

However, Bai Ji had already completed most of it, leaving just a bit of finishing work. So, Ren Suo slacked off while padding out the paper-writing process—a few minutes on the paper, then checking the forums, QQ, and the intranet, then scrolling through the comment section of Ren Naiser's videos to see if any new "sand sculptures" had appeared. Pretty normal, right?

The main reason was that Bai Ji had written it so well that the remaining bit of finishing work gave Ren Suo the feeling of, I can handle this quickly, making him especially lazy. If Bai Ji had given him a paper that was only half-written, Ren Suo would definitely have buckled down and finished it swiftly.

The adage, "On a hundred-mile journey, ninety miles is but half the way," was a perfect description of people like Ren Suo. He was accustomed to getting things done in one go, but if you gave him a job that was almost finished, he'd treat it as a secondary objective, turning it into work done on the sidelines of entertainment.

Back in the day, when he would get his homework halfway done, he would then start playing online games while continuing with his homework, writing a bit more whenever he cast a Skill or died in the game. This was all because of that mentality—Oh, this game is so fun; sparing some time for your homework is already doing it a favor!

Moreover, Bai Ji had indeed written it well, so Ren Suo's finishing touches also became very meticulous and fussy. He accidentally worked until midnight, only stopping when he realized he was running out of clear-headed time, at which point he quickly finished writing and went to bed.

Going straight to sleep after work means you'll forget a lot of things.

Ren Suo sighed and secretly made up his mind: no matter how late he stayed up, he would play on his phone for at least half an hour.

This half-hour was to give his brain a chance to regret and remember some very important things that absolutely had to be done.

For example, as soon as he woke up, he remembered that the part of the paper he had completed had quite a few typos, and there were many places where new arguments could be added.

But he didn't revise it, as there were more pressing matters at hand.

"Minor World, endless fun~"

Today's startup sound was slightly strange, as if a mischievous little girl was speaking.

Entering "Hand of Fate," Ren Suo blinked:

'Because 84 minutes have passed, Violent Energy has accumulated to the 16th wave (84 waves remaining).'

What does that mean?

As Ren Suo was watching, the prompt changed: 'Because 85 minutes have passed, Violent Energy has accumulated to the 17th wave (83 waves remaining).'

It seemed that being late to play the game wasn't a problem, at least not more severe than the 'leakage of Despair Energy' in the Second Chapter. Relieved, Ren Suo opened his laptop to sort out his thoughts.

Firstly, just as the "Abyss of Despair" was about fighting the big boss of Despair, the enemies in the "Night Parade of One Hundred Demons" were also clear now—fighting the hundred demons.

Then, the prompt seemed to indicate there were a total of one hundred waves of enemies. Because Ren Suo was 85 minutes late, the first 17 waves seemed to have accumulated together.

In other words, according to the normal gameplay of the fourth chapter, Ren Suo was supposed to control Disaster Girl to face one hundred waves of enemies successively and finally complete the game, somewhat like an Unparalleled-type game or a tower defense game.

Ren Suo was late, but the live broadcast game hadn't sent out troops right away; it had chosen to forgive him.

However, it had accumulated that wave of enemies into the second wave. Then, after a few more minutes when Ren Suo still hadn't arrived, it had held back the first two waves for the third wave… It was snowballing, getting bigger and bigger, just like homework piling up daily over a holiday.

Being late was permissible, but the work still had to be done.

And according to the game's usual antics, splitting the attack into one hundred waves was probably to accommodate the game character's level. This was a 5-star game, and Ren Suo didn't think the game would divide one hundred weakling fighters into one hundred batches for him to chop down.

Most likely, it would divide a large group of enemies capable of challenging the game character into one hundred waves. Each wave would probably give the game character a bit of trouble, but the character should be able to power through.

Every wave of enemies… was it about the same as the six Shikigami Onmyoji who got hit by the train yesterday?

Ren Suo simulated what would happen if he started the game now: enter the game, Disaster Girl encounters a large wave of enemies, gets killed, resurrects, gets killed, then the next wave comes, gets killed… What to do?

Ren Suo was thinking. He realized another five minutes had passed, and 18 waves of enemies had already accumulated.

Ren Suo answered a call; it was from Dong Chengling. He accepted the task: [Take Care of Little Jiu: Dong Chengling couldn't return in the morning due to an urgent task and entrusted Ren Suo to look after Little Jiu, ensuring she did her homework and didn't play on her phone. Rewards: Dong Chengling's Favor, Little Jiu's Favor (possibly already maxed, so no guaranteed increase).]

Ren Suo was thinking. Then, he answered another call; it was from Zhao Huo.

Ren Suo received a welfare activity: [Zhao Huo's Seafood Buffet: Although the comic convention was ruined, life-winner Zhao Huo managed to intimidate the event organizers with his power and secured their prizes. Zhao Huo wants to treat the entire manga club to a seafood buffet at noon, and that includes you, you poor single pup. Reward: a seafood buffet meal.]

Ren Suo gave up thinking.

Ren Suo went over to Dong Chengling's house, where a just-awakened Little Jiu came to open the door.

Ren Suo helped Little Jiu brush her teeth and wash her face but refused to help her change her Clothing.

Ren Suo urged Little Jiu to do her homework.

Ren Suo played "Honor of Kings" with Little Jiu.

Ren Suo, having dragged down the elementary school student in their game, gloomily helped Little Jiu with part of her homework.

Ren Suo took Little Jiu to find Zhao Huo. Little Jiu used "Enchanting Sound and Illusory Fragrance" on Zhao Huo, causing him to drop a 'Seafood Buffet' (exclusive to Ren Xiaojiu).

Ren Suo's Satiety +100.

While eating, Ren Suo sneakily played on Little Jiu's phone, logged into "Honor of Kings," and frequently quit mid-game, leading to a 6-hour PvP ban on Little Jiu's account.

Ren Suo used "Adult's Ugly Mug" on Little Jiu, saying: "Little Jiu, you played too much 'Honor of Kings' this morning. The system knows you're an elementary school student, so it banned you for six hours. That means you have to focus on studying and doing homework this afternoon."

Little Jiu didn't see through Ren Suo's "Adult's Ugly Mug," and her negative emotions soared by +999.

Ren Suo brought Little Jiu back to Dong Chengling's house, then returned to his own to switch on the Mini-World Game Console.

"Mi. Nor. World. Its. Joy. Is. End. Less."

This time, the startup tone was articulated slowly and deliberately, as if the console harbored a subtle irritation.

After returning from lunch around 2 p.m., Ren Suo glanced and saw that the Violent Energy had now accumulated to 98 waves—only 2 waves short of all enemies piling up into one massive wave!

Since it had come to this, Ren Suo naturally gave up on playing skillfully. He silently switched to "Rippling Spring Sounds" and waited patiently for the accumulation to reach 100 waves before starting the game.

A bright ray of sunlight shot out from the screen, outshining the gloomy weather over Lianjiang. The urban setting in the game dazzled Ren Suo—skyscrapers soared, the sun shone brightly, well-dressed urbanites bustled to and fro, the sound of cars was incessant, and large advertising screens on buildings looped commercials featuring beautiful spokesmodels...

WHOOSH.

The next second, all the lights in the city's buildings, advertising images, and shop lights vanished. Concurrently, the sun, as if during a solar eclipse, was completely obscured.

The sunny, thriving metropolis plunged into the deepest darkness in an instant.

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