Is this an NPC doctor?

Ren Suo flicked the right joystick and looked around. Luna was indeed in a white room resembling a clinic. Directly ahead was a mirror, reflecting Luna in a blue and white striped hospital gown. Her sky-blue hair, which cascaded like a celestial waterfall, fell over her shoulders. Her face was haggard yet heartbreakingly beautiful—Ren Suo had done a great job with the character creation; no matter what, she looked stunning. Perhaps she even had a chance to challenge the Nine-Tailed Fox for the title of the greatest beauty.

The Little Nurse seemed afraid Luna would worry about the propriety of a man helping a woman change. "I changed your clothes for you, so don't worry," she said. "Even though the doctor touched your wounded areas during the treatment, I was watching the whole time to make sure nothing inappropriate happened."

The doctor gave a wry smile and pointed to the nightstand, "Eat something."

A tag appeared on the food on the countertop: [Quite delicious food.]

The game offered the option to eat. Luna did so and gained a buff lasting an entire Moon Phase—'Satiety: Physical Strength and Force increase by 1 point.'

However, after Luna finished eating, the doctor stretched out a hand and said, "That will be 20 Wealth Points. Nineteen of those are for your treatment costs and..."

KNOCK KNOCK! KNOCK KNOCK!

Someone seemed to be pounding on the clinic's main door, and a voice called loudly, "Doctor! Doctor!"

The Little Nurse went to open the door and quickly brought in two Samurai clad in Crimson Warrior Armor. The two Samurai glanced at Luna on the bed and asked, "Doctor, a Moon Phase ago, several citizens fought on the rooftop of Zhou Bofu's Dragon Carving Pavilion. There is still one suspect at large, and that suspect is likely an outsider... Have you seen any suspicious characters?"

The doctor shook his head, "I haven't seen anyone. The Little Nurse and I have been in the clinic the whole time; we didn't go out."

The Samurai nodded, looked at Luna again, and asked, "And this patient is..."

The doctor said, "She's my friend. She has come specifically for treatment of a strange illness…"

The Samurai uttered an "Oh" and further inquired, "What strange illness?"

Suddenly, the game displayed a notification:

'Luna has acquired the character tag: Mysteriously Ill Patient.'

'Luna can integrate into the world of The Dark Side of the Moon by playing the role of the Mysteriously Ill Patient.'

'Luna's current tag: Mysteriously Ill Patient. With each successful performance, the dream will gift Experience Points to enhance strength.'

'Note: Without a character tag, or if a character tag is violated, Luna will provoke the pursuit and expulsion of the residents of The Dark Side of the Moon.'

'Note: Character tags stem from the cognition of the residents of The Dark Side of the Moon, and the contest over the dream realm by the Apostles of the Moon God.'

Play the role of a Mysteriously Ill Patient?

Without playing any role, she couldn't integrate into the world of The Dark Side of the Moon and would be expelled by its residents.

Ren Suo recalled that as Luna fled, countless lights in residents' homes came on. Everyone watched Luna with the same eerie, uniform gaze, as if humans had spotted a patch of rot on a wall...

The Comprehension brought by 'A Thousand Miles in a Day' and 'Seeker's Ornament' allowed Ren Suo to interpret game content with greater ease.

He faintly realized that the 'inherent character tags' of default characters might be more important than he had imagined.

The Dark Side of the Moon was not welcoming to outsiders.

But the Merit Points were already spent, and there were other ways to acquire character tags. Ren Suo didn't dwell on it and opted to continue playing. After all, there were still 24 days left to clear the game.

But how exactly should she play the role of a Mysteriously Ill Patient?

Just then, the Little Nurse drew back the clinic's curtains, letting the Moonlight from outside shine into the room.

The moon in the world of The Dark Side of the Moon was huge. The clinic appeared to be on the fourth floor, and from Luna's perspective, she could clearly see the moon outside had changed again.

It had been a Third Quarter Moon before, where one could see most of the moon. Now it had become a complete Waning Moon, showing only 50% of the moon.

As the Moonlight entered, it once again transformed from invisible to visible before Luna's eyes, coalescing into two lines of light-formed text that seemed ready to dissipate at any moment:

"Your Miracle is to burn everything within sight to ashes with Black Flame."

"But the price is that your eyes will weep blood forever."

No wonder Luna stopped repeating her Miracle. It turned out the duration for her previous Miracle had passed. Now, seeing the moon, she had obtained a new one.

Ren Suo's thoughts shifted. He had Luna look at the moon outside the window and pressed the "R1" button to activate the Miracle.

Luna's clear, transparent, dark-green pupils suddenly brimmed with tears of blood, flowing like a river and dripping onto the towel laid over the cotton quilt. The faces of the two Samurai changed visibly—they didn't see the Black Flame boiling in the sky outside the window.

The doctor immediately said, "She weeps tears of blood at any moment. She'll probably bleed out all the blood in her body soon enough. She might not have many days left to live... Could it be that seeing you two frightened her excessively?"

"Then we will not disturb you any longer. Goodbye," the Samurai said, hastily making their escape.

The game displayed a prompt: "'Mysteriously Ill Patient' role-play successful. The dream gifted 150 Experience Points."

So, acting in line with character tags awards Experience Points gifted by the dream?

Ren Suo immediately understood—this must be the leveling system in "Night of the Hunt."

After all, players might not always have the abilities or props to strengthen their game characters. Luna, as a game character, started like a blank slate with no inherent way to become stronger. How could she compete with other Apostles of the Moon God?

She needed to fight for the Silver Moon Crystal while strengthening herself through role-playing.

It seemed that almost all the games Ren Suo had been playing recently lacked a systemic leveling system. This made him forget that normal games required leveling up and training characters. For example, Young Master Mu in "Inverted World" was the strongest from the start. The Disaster Messenger in "Hand of Fate" didn't need to level up separately, growing stronger with each completed stage. And in "My Life is Not Your Game," leveling up was unnecessary for Rebels.

Ren Suo searched and quickly found the character interface:

"Luna"

"Character Tag: Mysteriously Ill Patient (150/300)"

"Status: Healthy, Satiety, Vision Impairment (due to blood tears, 46 seconds remaining)"

"Mysterious Sovereign's Secret Record - Mortal Shedding: Level 0 (of 3), 1,000 Experience Points needed to level up"

"Ghostly Rapid Step: Level 0 (of 3), 300 Experience Points needed to level up"

"Moon Ray: Level 1, 400 Experience Points needed to level up"

"Mysteriously Ill Patient (150/300): Upon perfect role-play, receive a Movement Speed +20 bonus (just take a walk when you're free)"

"Available Experience Points: 1,150 (?)"

Upon seeing the last line, Ren Suo was slightly taken aback. Didn't she only get 150 Experience Points? Why were there 1,150?

There was a question mark next to the Experience Points. When Ren Suo clicked on it, he discovered that 1,000 Experience Points were a reward for Luna successfully seizing the Silver Moon Crystal.

"The first Apostle of the Moon God to seize the Silver Moon Crystal will be rewarded with 1,000 Experience Points."

Ren Suo excitedly slapped the thigh of the Cloning passing in front of him—Luna being stunned by the Ancient Swordsmen Dance Troupe wasn't a loss after all! Even though she didn't retain the Silver Moon Crystal, at least she scraped up 1,000 Experience Points!

Luna had three skills available for upgrade. Among them, "Mysterious Sovereign's Secret Record - Mortal Shedding" and "Ghostly Rapid Step" were equipped by Ren Suo. They were at Level 0 but also considered Level 3. This meant that if upgraded, they would start from Level 0, but their actual potency would be equivalent to Level 3.

In other words, if Ren Suo brought those two skills to Level 1, the skills would be permanently fixed. Even if he didn't equip Luna with those abilities later, she would have learned them permanently.

"Moon Ray" was probably the game character's basic ability, but Ren Suo didn't use it because it was too weak.

Moreover, besides upgrading skills, Ren Suo could directly apply Experience Points to character tags, quickly achieving a perfect role-play rating and obtaining the tag's exclusive rewards.

Of course, since the Silver Moon Crystal could enhance the potency of Lunar Spells, upgrading Luna's Lunar Spells would be a wise long-term choice. This way, once Luna obtained the Silver Moon Crystal later, her strength could explode instantly.

While Ren Suo was pondering, the doctor closed the clinic door and said, "One Wealth Point is for the food, and 19 Wealth Points are for the Healing and concealment. Fair, isn't it?"

Dialogue options appeared, and Ren Suo chose, "Why did you help me?"

Luna was by no means a friend of the doctor—she had been "born" less than a day ago. Her only friend was probably Ren Suo, watching from in front of the screen.

Of course, Luna didn't have any mysterious illness, and she was very likely the outsider the Samurai were searching for. So why would the doctor help conceal her identity?

The doctor spread his hands and said, "Because I can't bear to see a girl in distress and do nothing."

The Little Nurse poked the doctor in the waist, and he continued, "It's because you really do remind me of a friend. And you appeared so suddenly in front of my clinic; it would have been heartless not to help you."

"If I saved you only to turn you in, wouldn't all my effort have been wasted? Besides, your crime isn't that serious. Apart from being an outsider, you were just brawling with some citizens on the roof of the Dragon Carving Pavilion... Can you tell me why you all were fighting?"

Perhaps because this doctor was excessively friendly, Ren Suo hesitated for a moment, then had Luna tell a half-truth, "We were fighting over a treasure."

"A treasure? What kind of treasure is there on the roof of the Dragon Carving Pavilion? A wild bird used as an ingredient?" The doctor laughed and said, "The Dragon Carving Pavilion isn't far from here. Unfortunately, the Moonlight isn't very bright, so I can't see any treasure there clearly."

Ren Suo blinked. At that moment, a dialogue option conveniently appeared, "You didn't see a pillar of light there?"

The Little Nurse whispered from behind the doctor, "...No."

Indeed, when Luna first set off towards the pillar of light, the pedestrians on the road hadn't seemed to notice its direction either.

Could it be that the residents of The Dark Side of the Moon were unable to see the pillar of light?

According to the game's introduction, the Silver Moon Crystal seemed to be something contested exclusively by the 28 Apostles of the Moon God. It appeared that the residents of The Dark Side of the Moon were unaware of it and had no need for it.

Luna then asked, "When you found me, was there anything else around me?"

The doctor patted the hand the Little Nurse had placed on his shoulder and shook his head, "I opened the clinic door and only saw you, covered in blood. I didn't find anything else."

Luna glanced out the window. The place where I was last stunned seems quite far from here. That means after I lost consciousness, someone rescued me, took my Silver Moon Crystal, but didn't kill me. Instead, they left me at the door of this doctor's clinic...

All the clues now made sense. Ren Suo hadn't expected so many twists in the game's first fight over the Silver Moon Crystal. First, there was the competition among four Apostles of the Moon God. This was followed by a brawl with local NPC residents. In the end, the Silver Moon Crystal was snatched away by a fifth Apostle of the Moon God who had waited for an opportunity.

But that was okay. As long as the Apostles of the Moon God continued to fight for the Silver Moon Crystal, Luna would eventually be able to snatch it back.

Moreover, Ren Suo had gained a lot from this competition: he received 1,000 Experience Points and also made the acquaintance of the NPC doctor, from whom he obtained the "Mysteriously Ill Patient" character tag, unlocking the character tag system.

Therefore, Ren Suo readily gave the doctor 20 Wealth Points. The doctor seemed quite satisfied and said, "If you have any questions, you can ask me. Outsiders always have many questions when they arrive at Moon Night Market."

Ren Suo didn't stand on ceremony and immediately had Luna ask some questions about the world's lore—

Here, time wasn't divided into 24 hours but into 8 Moon Phases: Full Moon, Third Quarter Moon, Waning Moon, Last Quarter Moon, New Moon, Waxing Crescent Moon, Waxing Moon, and First Quarter Moon. Every eight Moon Phases equated to one day.

Although it was stated this way, if Ren Suo chose for Luna to wait, the progress bar that appeared would still show 24 hours in a day, meaning each Moon Phase was equivalent to 3 hours.

They had said earlier that the battle of the Apostles of the Moon God happened one Moon Phase ago, which meant Luna had been unconscious for at least 3 hours.

In the Moon Masked World, people seemed to have regular jobs, like the doctor and the Little Nurse. Moon Night Market was protected by a faction known as the League of Legends.

The Seraph that attacked the Apostle of the Moon God, the Ancient Swordsmen Dance Troupe, and even the two Samurai from earlier, were all members of the League of Legends.

The League of Legends protected the safety of Moon Night Market and would deliver iron-fisted punishment to any wrongdoers.

Under the admiring gaze of the Little Nurse, the doctor elaborated on the worldview of The Dark Side of the Moon, "There are at least five other individuals in Moon Night Market as powerful as that Seraph. Don't get into fights casually in the future, or you'll be hunted down. If you were a normal citizen, you might be detained briefly and then released. But as an outsider, you'd be charged with illegal entry and other offenses. You might be locked up until you die—these Superheroes are not as easy to fool as those two Samurai were."

Ren Suo prompted Luna to ask, "Does the League of Legends really have Angels, Brocade Guards, and Samurai all in one?"

The doctor nodded, "Isn't that quite normal? They are the warriors who are supposed to protect the people, after all."

After the conversation, the Moon Phase had imperceptibly shifted—from the Waning Moon, where half the moon was visible, to the slender crescent of the Last Quarter Moon.

It seemed Luna had been asleep for at least four or five hours, progressing from the Third Quarter Moon to the Waning Moon, and now to the Last Quarter Moon. The amount of time that had passed was a full six hours.

The dissipating Moonlight once again circulated before Luna's eyes. The original Miracle of the Blood Tears Black Flame vanished, replaced by a new Miracle that made Ren Suo's eyes light up!

At the same time, a silver-white pillar of light rose in the distance. The icon of the Silver Moon Crystal lit up on the map, signaling that a new round of the battle for the Silver Moon Crystal was about to ignite!

Ren Suo immediately had Luna say, "Doctor, I have to leave now. Thank you for your help."

The doctor patted the shoulder of the Little Nurse, who was gazing out the window. After they bid farewell to Luna together, he said, "I'm always your friend, Luna. If you need to hide or rest, feel free to come to me."

Ren Suo thought the tavern owner was right; friendly NPCs in this game indeed provided tremendous support to the game characters.

Activating "Ghostly Rapid Step" and "Mage's Death-Defying Feather" with all her might, Luna rapidly approached the silver-white pillar of light under the dim Moonlight of the Last Quarter Moon.

Suddenly, another figure moved at extreme speed beside Luna. By the time Luna noticed the other person, they had already struck—

The sharp Moonlight of the Last Quarter Moon, like falling blades, mercilessly slashed towards Luna from all directions!

「...」

In the Oriental Business Hotel's Bund river-view suite in Shenhai City, Yun Wangshu, seated on a cushion on the balcony, let out a long breath. A white mist formed, not because of the cold air, but from dispersing Spiritual Energy.

Thanks to the Mysterious Sovereign's Secret Records provided by Mysterious Country, his strength was improving day by day, each day making him stronger than the one before.

But it was still not enough.

He didn't even have the qualifications to approach Ren Han.

Because of this, Yun Wangshu didn't slack off for even a second. During the night, the best time for his Cultivation, he would be bathed in Moonlight, ceaselessly refining Spiritual Energy and comprehending Divine Skills.

He returned to the suite. There were two beds. Ba was sound asleep on one, with Little Bald Guy sound asleep on Ba's belly. Changsheng was lying quietly on the other bed, sleeping. Since only one twin-bed suite was left in the hotel and Yun Wangshu didn't need to sleep, he had given the beds to them.

Yun Wangshu had come to get some snacks—he liked to relax with treats like jelly or pudding during breaks in his Cultivation.

As he passed by the bed, Little Bald Guy rolled off Ba's belly and hugged Yun Wangshu's bare feet, murmuring, "Boss Zhou, your pig trotters are really thick..."

BANG—

SLAP!

Kicked to the ceiling, Little Bald Guy fell to the carpeted floor with a slap, hard enough to make a dull thud.

Ba and Changsheng briefly opened their eyes before closing them again and continuing to sleep peacefully—it was a normal occurrence, no need to get up.

Dazed from the fall, Little Bald Guy stood up, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and asked Yun Wangshu, "Wasn't I eating at Dragon Carving Pavilion? How did I end up in Hell...?"

"Today's King of Hell is really handsome, charming, and breathtakingly beautiful! Oh my, my bladder's about to burst!"

Watching Little Bald Guy suddenly wake up and flee by burrowing underground, Yun Wangshu slowly lowered his fist. He returned to the balcony to eat his jelly and enjoy the sight of the Last Quarter Moon in the night sky.

While eating, a dark cloud suddenly drifted over, obscuring the Last Quarter Moon. Yun Wangshu frowned slightly, flicked his finger, and the cloud was immediately sliced apart by Moonlight.

As he watched the cloud, sliced to pieces, scatter and dissipate, Yun Wangshu thoughtfully raised his hand, trying to grasp the Moonlight between his fingers. He murmured softly, "Heaven may shroud me for a lifetime, but it will never cover my eyes; Earth may bury me for two thousand years, but it will never entomb my heart... We have traveled through time, crossed over life and death. Destiny shall be kind to us."

"If you cannot take a single step, it's okay. I will take a hundred steps. I will seize every moment of Cultivation, grab every chance to become stronger, and then, one day... Fairy Palace must prepare your dowry."

"If you are the sun destined to be extinguished, then I shall catch up to reignite you."

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