"Found the Key."

"The Key is in Sleep mode, starting to retrieve."

"Key has been formed..."

After one last look at the sleeping Su Jinxuan, Ren Suo took Little Jiu by the hand and left Starbucks.

I hadn't expected Little Jiu's homeroom teacher to be an Awakener too! he thought.

Ren Suo had just gone out to pick up his child from school, and he even managed to get a Key!

Although it's only a first turn Awakener, as the saying goes, a thief doesn't leave empty-handed, and even a mosquito's leg is still meat!

Ren Suo sighed once more. There really are a lot of Awakeners, yet not everyone wants to 'control their own destiny against fate.' Instead, many prefer to live quietly, like Li Ke'er, who wanted to be a fashion designer, whom I met before, and Su Jinxuan, the elementary school teacher I encountered today.

Furthermore, Ren Suo estimated, I might already have enough Keys now.

After tricking his way to this Key, Ren Suo wasn't in a hurry. First, he took Little Jiu out for dinner (of course, he wasn't about to cook at home), then went home to practice Cultivation while supervising Little Jiu's homework.

As a Guardian, he had to lead by example. It was only natural that Ren Suo wouldn't play on the computer while making Little Jiu do her homework.

Seeing Ren Suo practicing Cultivation with his eyes closed, Little Jiu had no choice but to obediently put down her phone and do her homework.

Once she finished her homework, Ren Suo yawned, stood up, and was about to play some games with her, but Little Jiu suddenly had an idea. "Big brother, is the game console fun?"

"It's fun!"

"Then let's play the game console!"

Ren Suo had no objections. He connected the Hell 4PRO to the TV screen and then looked for an interesting puzzle game that Little Jiu could enjoy.

As it happened, because his sister often came to his house to play games, Ren Suo had also bought quite a few new games for his sister to amuse herself with. He opened the TV cabinet, and there were more than a dozen games for Ren Suo to choose from.

Suddenly, Ren Suo was attracted by one game.

After a moment of silence, Ren Suo took out the game disc, sat next to Little Jiu, and asked, "Little Jiu, do you like playing games a lot?"

"Mhm!"

"Well, I have a very fun game here. It's puzzling and interesting, and the graphics are very pretty. You'll definitely like it."

"Little Jiu wants to play!"

"Hold on. To prevent you from getting addicted, how about we make a little agreement: For every death in this game, you study for 5 minutes. We'll tally it up the next day, how about that?"

Little Jiu looked skeptically at Ren Suo. "Is this game easy to die in?"

Ren Suo immediately pulled out his phone to search for a video. "Look, there's a video here of someone clearing it in 1 hour and 30 minutes without dying!"

Little Jiu looked. It really was possible to clear it in 1 hour and 30 minutes. This must be about the same difficulty level as arcade games. And dying only means 5 minutes; even if I die ten times, it would only add up to an hour!

Still, she cautiously asked, "Is this not a fun game? If it's not fun, I won't be able to keep playing it."

Ren Suo immediately went to the most authoritative game review website. "Look, IGN rated it 9.9, STN rated it 10; it's a game of the year. Could the official ratings be fake? Look at these Player reviews."

Little Jiu glanced over the Player reviews, most of which were: "It's so fun, I'm almost addicted," "A very fun dating simulation game," "Special praise: Woke up startled from a near-death dream, and the journey begins again," "Simple and relaxing parkour rolling game," "Clearing it in one life is as easy as flipping your hand," and so on.

"Hmm… it really does look fun."

However, Little Jiu quietly pondered and felt she was at a disadvantage, so she asked back, "I get punished if I die in the game, but what about rewards if I clear the game?"

Ren Suo blinked and said, "How about this: if you clear it before the 20th of this month, I'll buy you any skin you want!"

"But remember, you can only play after you've done your homework. And if you die too many times today, you'll have to study hard tomorrow and can't play."

"No problem!"

Feeling very confident, Little Jiu took the game titled 'Ashen Soul 3: Embers Fade' from Ren Suo's hands and started her thrilling gaming journey.

Then—

"Ow… Ow!? Why does this small soldier hurt so much when he hits me!"

"You hit small soldiers, and they also feel pain. Isn't that reasonable?"

"Ah! The shield can't hold anymore! How do I beat this big guy!"

"How about trying to roll and Dodge to hit him?"

"I'm down to half health already!"

"Just one more hit and he would have been dead!"

"How could Little Jiu make a mistake here…"

"...Victory! Little Jiu won!"

The excited Little Jiu rushed over and hugged Ren Suo, rubbing against him and frantically rubbing her hands on Ren Suo's chest as if kneading milk.

Ren Suo chuckled and patted her little head in praise, smiling as he said, "How about we calculate the time you need to study tomorrow."

Little Jiu stiffened.

"Let me see… you died 18 times, so tomorrow you need to study for 90 minutes, that's an hour and a half… I'll make sure to supervise your studying!"

"How can this be—"

Heh heh, this was a hardcore action suffering game that I couldn't even beat myself, and only Ren Xingmei managed to clear. Little Jiu really fell for it this time, Ren Suo thought.

But seeing Little Jiu's aggrieved expression, Ren Suo thought, I should still properly coax her. So he said, "Little Jiu, don't you feel like your gaming skills improved rapidly while playing just now?"

Little Jiu blinked. Initially, when fighting bosses, I got killed instantly, but later on, I could even use a shield to kill bosses without taking any damage. My progress was indeed substantial. She nodded vigorously.

"Now that you've become stronger, do you have confidence to clear this game? Do you have the confidence to clear future games in one life? Do you have the confidence to get all the hero skins in 'Honor of Kings'?"

"Yes!"

"Good. The game isn't cleared yet, and Little Jiu still needs to work hard. It's bedtime now; we will continue the challenge tomorrow!"

Using the Good Dream Technique to put Little Jiu to sleep, Ren Suo finally breathed a sigh of relief. He then summoned a clone to do the laundry and clean the house—now that two people were living in the house, the amount of laundry had significantly increased.

After sorting out the household chores, Ren Suo leisurely sat in front of the computer, opened the Mini-World Game Console, and directly entered the Content Preservation Vault.

He now had a total of 14 One-Star Keys, 2 Two-Star Keys, and 1 Three-Star Key, as well as a 'use when needed' Key of Light. The only Three-Star Key came from Bai Ji.

Two days ago, after opening a Two-Star Treasure Chest from 'High Energy Ahead', he had counted his Keys and suddenly realized his folly. I actually had enough Keys to create a Four-Star Key then, but because I used one Two-Star Key, I was short again!

Some of these Keys were obtained by Ren Suo while he was Healing teachers and tactical team members of the Heavenly Lotus Academy on the night of the attack on September 21st. Others were skimmed off students during the days Ren Suo sent his clone to work at the school infirmary.

This is the advantage of being a Healing Cultivator at Heavenly Lotus Academy—it's very easy to put students and teachers to sleep under the guise of 'Big brother is checking your health' and then take their Keys.

Originally, Ren Suo had planned to wait until he obtained Qiao Muyi's Three-Star Key before making a move. But now that he had obtained Teacher Su's One-Star Key and the number of Keys was just right, he decided not to wait any longer!

Fourteen One-Star Keys turned into 7 Two-Star Keys. Adding the 2 original ones, he had a total of 9 Two-Star Keys.

Nine Two-Star Keys were combined into 3 Three-Star Keys. With the addition of Bai Ji's 1, that made a total of 4 Three-Star Keys.

Finally, the 4 Three-Star Keys were combined into 1 Four-Star Key!

Looking at the shining, crystal-like Four-Star Key in the Content Preservation Vault, Ren Suo felt a bit excited. I've never opened a Four-Star Treasure Chest before. Now I can finally see what good things are inside!

Ren Suo had two Four-Star Treasure Chests, originating from "My Life is Not Your Game" and "Midnight Walker." Unable to tell which came from which, he randomly chose one to open.

Wait a minute!

Ren Suo stopped his impulse to open the Treasure Chest. He suddenly went out to the guest room where Little Jiu was staying and patted her head.

After thinking it over, he felt, Little Jiu probably wouldn't wake up. So he simply picked her up and carried her to the bedroom. Little Jiu was like a cat in her sleep; once Ren Suo held her, she curled up against him, saving him some effort.

Ren Suo first washed his hands, then sat down in the bedroom, feeling in very good shape. Especially with Little Jiu in my arms for a luck boost. This lottery draw has a huge advantage!

"You consume a 'Four-Star Key' to open this Treasure Chest."

"You have obtained the wonder 'Blur Stone'."

A wonder? Neither an Ability nor a prop? Could it be... a jackpot!?

"Blur Stone"

"Quality Rank: Four-Star Wonder"

"Effect: Blur: Players can choose to equip it in either the Ability slot or the prop slot. After equipping, the Player's appearance will become blurred, and all observers will only see a normal but false image (effective against all observers, including optical devices, biological devices, ultrasound equipment, etc.). Biological observers will also quickly forget the image."

"Effect: Inscription: Players can perform 'Gem Inscription' on any item. The inscribed item will gain the equipped effect of the gem.

Requirement: The inscribed item needs to cover 50% of the face to activate the 'Blur' effect."

"Note: While people always wish to add a 'beauty' filter to themselves, the Little Nine-Tailed Fox does the opposite. Because her beauty only blooms in front of those who love her."

Ren Suo glanced at the Little Nine-Tailed Fox in his arms, slowly carried her back to the guest room, and covered her with a blanket.

He looked at the mobile phone on the bedside table, which only had half of its battery left and was not charging. Ren Suo sighed softly, plugged in Little Jiu's phone, and then left the guest room, his good deed done silently.

This 'Blur Stone' is actually quite good. And perhaps it was because I was holding Little Jiu that I really did draw this item so closely related to her. It's evident that this Treasure Chest must have come from 'My Life is Not Your Game.'

Little Jiu had initially applied the 'Blur' effect to herself and Ren Suo, so they had left the comic convention venue unimpeded. No one had remembered their faces, and not even the cameras had captured their appearance. It was highly practical.

The problem is... I don't really need this thing. Out of all the games I've played, only 'Devouring the Spirit of the World' required me to hide my identity and swindle people everywhere, while almost no other game required hiding one's identity. Even if it was necessary, the game would mostly provide a solution, like an Invisibility Technique or something, which is far superior to 'Blur.' So, although the 'Blur Stone' is nice, this thing will most likely end up thrown in storage, as there isn't really a place to use it.

"Why not try the Inscription effect?"

Ren Suo blinked. This thing is basically useless in the game now; it might be better to create an Extraordinary Item for fun.

Once he decided, he acted. The Inscription needed an item that "covered 50% of the face." Ren Suo contemplated. What could meet this criterion? A mask definitely meets the requirements, but if you're already wearing something as blatant as a mask, why would you need to blur the face...? This Inscription effect seems quite superfluous: if you've already covered 50% of the face, do you still need to blur it? Is there anything that could cover 50% of the face, be worn daily without attracting attention, but still carry the possibility of being recognized, thus requiring a Gem Inscription to enhance the concealing effect?

Determined, Ren Suo activated "Demon King Descent - Imperial Edict" to strengthen "A Thousand Miles in a Day." In an instant, he thought of an item that met these criteria—a face mask! Facial organs like the eyes, mouth, and nose—a face mask covers two of these, along with features like cheeks and chin, enough to cover 50% of the face!

Ren Suo immediately rummaged through his belongings and actually found a face mask—from when he played "High Energy Ahead." Because he needed to scan various things, he had bought many miscellaneous items. Some were taken by Zhao Huo, but Ren Suo still had some left.

Among them was a very thin, breathable white face mask that could cover the face.

First, Ren Suo equipped himself with the "Blur Stone," then held the face mask and thought inwardly, "Inscribe."

His fingertips lit up with a pink light, touching the face mask, which then emitted a shimmer of pink light.

Quickly, the light from his fingertips faded, and the face mask returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.

But Ren Suo knew. The 'Blur Stone' has indeed disappeared. That means the Inscription is complete.

Ren Suo put on the face mask, then summoned his clone, who was washing underwear, through a Mind Link to take a picture of him.

CLICK.

Ren Suo looked at the photo of himself. Although he was wearing the same face mask, Ren Suo could easily spot a significant difference in the appearance of the person in the photo. For some reason, the me in the photo wearing a face mask looks a bit feminine. But with that, absolutely no one should be able to recognize it's me.

In fact, even when wearing a face mask that only shows the eyes and eyebrows, there's still a chance of being recognized. But with such multiple layers of 'Blur,' even my own mother wouldn't recognize me. The experiment was successful, and the effect is good!

Ren Suo had headphones hanging around his neck, his face was covered with a face mask, and then he put on his hood. Now, I've broken through the prop slot restriction and can simultaneously equip three Extraordinary Items!

"So... what's the use?"

Ren Suo silently took off the face mask and went back to sleep.

I'm living a good life; why blur my own face? I don't want to become a Grand Theft Auto character or a Flying Dragon Exploring Clouds Hand; I have no need to blur my face! Perhaps if Zhao Huo's backyard ever catches fire and he's about to be devoured by the ladies of his harem, then I can give him this face mask to help him escape the calamity.

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