Suddenly awakened, Ren Suo opened his eyes and grabbed his phone to check the time.

When he saw "04:52" on the screen, he felt as if every cell in his toes and every hair on his head were immersed in an ocean of bliss. Great, I still have an hour to sleep.

So, he rolled over and closed his eyes.

Five minutes later, he helplessly brushed his teeth and washed his face.

Thinking about only having one hour left to sleep, Ren Suo felt the time was too short, and the thought To hell with sleep, get up and party! popped into his head.

By the time that thought emerged, he had already lost.

Ren Suo glanced at the still dim night sky outside, sat down, and turned on the Mini-World Game Console.

After passing the second level, a countdown timer remained. Ren Suo calculated and realized it was exactly six in the morning. He wondered if every chapter was set to start at that time.

As for why it was six in the morning, it was naturally because that was the time Ren Suo had been playing the first chapter…

I can't sleep too late even during holidays, Ren Suo could only console himself.

Moreover, considering the situation, it was best to start the game on time. Otherwise, some peculiar events might occur. The game hints were ambiguous, but the best way to handle things was to prevent them from happening.

Frankly speaking, Ren Suo had played games for so long, done all-nighters, and slacked off, but playing a game like punching into a job was a first for him.

And he already understood the harm of this kind of game—he was so worried about missing time while playing the game that he couldn't sleep!

Punctuality at work is indeed terrifying, Ren Suo thought. My deepest desire has always been not to work.

Entering the game, since it was not yet time, he couldn't start playing the third chapter, but Ren Suo could now check the status of Unnamed.

However, Unnamed did not have quantifiable data but rather had a list of BUFFs: "Flame Affinity," "Flame Blessing," and "Blessing of Hope." Ren Suo guessed that the way to get stronger in this game was to gain various kinds of blessings.

Unnamed's equipment consisted of "Unicorn's Secret" (a green skirt), "Broken Two-Handed Greatsword," "Just-In-Time Gauntlets," and "Eye of Despair."

"Eye of Despair" was a prop Unnamed had picked up after killing the Lord of Despair boss. Since defeating the boss completed the level, Ren Suo hadn't checked the prop's data and had just remembered seeing it in the inventory.

His expression changed slightly as he looked at the prop:

"Eye of Despair: The world seen through despair will inevitably repay with despair.

Once equipped, the game character will emanate the power of despair, and unarmed attacks will carry 'Despair Toxin';

In all Destiny Card draws, 'Card of Hope' will be replaced with 'Card of Despair';

When drawing 'Despair' and 'Great Despair,' it will impose equal despair on both opponents and allies.'"

This prop needed to be equipped to be activated, and Ren Suo could choose not to equip it.

However, wearing the "Seeker of the Dao Correction Hat," he contemplated and found the prop worth using.

Because in the judgment of Destiny Cards, it wasn't always an equal chance between 'Hope' and 'Despair.' Sometimes there were slightly more Hope cards, and other times, more Despair cards. However, 'Great Hope' and 'Great Despair' were rare.

'Hope' strengthens the protagonist, while 'Despair' weakens the protagonist. At first glance, using this prop might seem like bringing a lantern to an outhouse—a total miscalculation.

But the significance of this prop was actually to ensure that in the drawing of Destiny Cards, players no longer incurred losses. It turned 'Despair' cards from a negative yield to a neutral yield, making it highly suitable for players with bad luck. After all, both foes and friends received the negative effect, so no one was better off.

If you consider the most common arrangement of Destiny Cards—Great Hope, Hope, Despair, Great Despair—ordered by yield, they can be divided into high yield, low yield, negative yield, and catastrophic.

With this prop equipped, the yields changed to high yield, neutral yield, neutral yield, and neutral yield.

And if he equipped this prop, Ren Suo would also find it easier to achieve the 'Dark King' achievement.

Having thought it through, Ren Suo naturally let Unnamed equip this prop. Although he was confident in his intelligence, emotional quotient, and appearance, his luck was utterly unpredictable. He chose to trust science.

Having settled the settings for today's upload, the time reached six o'clock, and the candle flames between fates rekindled.

Ren Suo glanced at the live stream and raised his eyebrows slightly—astonishingly, over three hundred thousand people had joined instantly!

This was at six in the morning, and this live stream was just on one video website!

Ren Naiser's appeal was a bit frightening.

The Cloaked Girl with Blue Hair was still sitting upright across the wooden table. Who knew if she had been sitting there all night? It's quite easy to develop a particularly prominent herniated disc and hemorrhoids from sitting for so long.

"Let us continue to uncover another Path of Destiny in human history," she said.

The chess piece and cards maintained yesterday's setup on the wooden table, with the golden chess piece positioned on one of the cards. The Cloaked Girl with Blue Hair gently waved her hand. The other three cards quietly disappeared, and then four new cards appeared, starting from the chess piece.

She displayed the card under the golden chess piece: a giant canine Strange Creature.

"Killing Yaksha"

"Following the Path of Destiny, the girl came to a rarely frequented forest."

In the view, a lush forest was covered in morning light, and the crisp sounds of birds seemed to announce that nature was waking up. Ren Suo glanced at the live stream, where someone had already confirmed the coordinates through the sunlight and determined that the area should be in Asia. A call was made for botanists to further confirm.

The forest had only a faint animal trail and was full of thorny thickets, yet the girl moved swiftly. The camera specifically focused on her legs: the thorns and branches were seemingly unable to leave any marks on her pristine, smooth legs.

Of course, the chat in the live stream was filled with "LICK LICK LICK" comments.

"After walking for a while, the girl spotted a completely devoured deer carcass ahead, its bones shattered and scattered," the Cloaked Girl with Blue Hair spoke mysteriously. "Here, there seems to be a ferocious carnivore."

In the view, the Great Sword Maiden squatted down, observing Deer Bones under a tree that were emitting a foul smell of decay.

"Quickly, she saw a shallow footprint in the dirt—five fingers, long and slender, like the small foot of a human child.

She continued forward, and the footprints on the ground became more numerous. She was gradually getting closer to the fierce predator."

In the depths of the view, a white figure suddenly appeared—it seemed to be a child with long white hair, wearing a snow-white Hunting Garment.

He was crouched on all fours, his head bobbing, apparently engaged in something.

"Upon seeing a child's figure, could he be the ferocious predator?"

At this moment, two options appeared on the screen: "① Infiltrate closer; ② Shout loudly."

Choosing ② would undoubtedly lead directly into a battle, while ① could mean no battle was necessary, or that a significant advantage could be gained if a battle occurred.

Naturally, Ren Suo chose ①, and as expected, a Destiny Card draw followed: Hope, Hope, Despair, Despair.

Having already equipped the "Eye of Despair," Ren Suo casually chose his card. He was quite lucky this time, drawing 'Hope,' only to watch it turn into 'Despair' before his very eyes.

"The girl quietly infiltrated closer, moving nearer to the white-haired child's position.

The white-haired child suddenly looked up. It was then that the girl saw that the white-haired child had beast ears and a mouth full of ketchup. In front of him lay a large wild boar, one-third of which had clearly been eaten!

His nose twitched as if he was smelling something.

Suddenly, his red eyes focused in the girl's direction, seemingly detecting a peculiar scent!"

At that moment, Ren Suo saw a green light flickering over Unnamed on the screen!

He paused slightly, checking the log, only to see the message "Due to 'Eye of Despair,' Unnamed's 'Hope' turns into Despair" followed by "Due to 'Blessing of Hope,' Unnamed is unaffected by 'Despair'!"

Ren Suo had forgotten—'Blessing of Hope' made Unnamed immune to the 'Card of Despair' effects!

Then he saw on the screen that the girl didn't move an inch as the white-haired child with beast ears approached.

The white-haired child with beast ears got closer to the girl, the bloodlust in his pupils intensifying. Just when they were only a step apart, and it seemed the child might attack first, excitement soared in the live stream.

Just then, the white-haired child with beast ears suddenly turned around and walked toward the spot the girl had just passed, pushing aside some bushes.

Inside, there was a pile of excrement. No one knew who had left it, but it certainly wasn't the Great Sword Maiden, as she didn't have enough time.

The white-haired child with beast ears looked around vigilantly, seemingly cautious of other creatures observing him.

Once he confirmed it was safe around him, the white-haired child joyously cried out and, while unobserved, quickly bent down to enjoy the curry.

Just when Ren Suo thought this was the power of 'Blessing of Hope,' the white-haired child with beast ears suddenly stiffened. His blood-red pupils contracted, and an incredulous expression crossed his fierce face.

"AH..."

"AH—"

The white-haired child with beast ears shouted something in Japanese. Luckily, the game included translated subtitles, so hundreds of thousands of viewers, including Ren Suo, knew what he was yelling:

"The shit is poisoned!"

Who would poison shit? That person is so disgusting!

Ren Suo internally criticized, glancing at the screen before suddenly exclaiming in surprise.

He noticed a footprint mark on the pile of excrement in the bushes.

In that instant, Ren Suo recalled an almost unused effect of the 'Eye of Despair': after equipping, the game character exuded the power of despair, and any barehanded attack would carry 'Despair Toxin'.

Unless the greatsword was broken, Ren Suo definitely wouldn't have the girl attack with her hands, as it was too inefficient.

However, this description's 'barehanded attack' seemed to be a general term—whether the girl used her hands or feet, the attack should carry the 'Despair Toxin'.

And the Unnamed girl, naturally, wasn't wearing shoes, as she had no shoe-type equipment.

Ren Suo covered his mouth, utterly shocked by the game's logic mechanism.

Is this, is this what destiny is?

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