Returning to the game record screen of "Night of the Hunt," Ren Suo pondered for a moment before deciding to upload his game record.

Actually, there wasn't much to hesitate about. Although the deadline for uploading the game was December 24 at 23:59, Ren Suo didn't plan to play it again in the following days.

The two side quests suggested by the game, "Hundred-Change Moon Lady" and "Double Lodging, Double Flying," were both too much trouble.

"Hundred-Change Moon Lady" required playing seven different character tags, which meant Ren Suo had to spend a lot of game time on it, inevitably affecting the battle for the Silver Moon Crystal and likely getting his priorities wrong.

As for "Double Lodging, Double Flying," it straightforwardly required Ren Suo to use the default character. Otherwise, where would Luna get a companion of the opposite sex?

Ren Suo estimated that completing these two side quests would, at most, only increase his score by a few points and likely still not help him reach 100 points, so he didn't bother. He enjoyed playing games to achieve the best outcome, but he wasn't demanding when it came to minor side quest achievements, unless they were related to the ending.

It really wasn't Ren Suo's fault for not being hardcore enough. He had encountered particularly frustrating side quests in his previous RPG gaming experiences: conquering an incredibly difficult maze, clicking on a hidden mechanism only a few pixels in size with a mouse, choosing whether to sacrifice his wife or sister for a sword ritual, or collecting various materials from all over the world to craft a quest item. In short, Ren Suo chose to give himself a break.

Before uploading, he glanced at the final frozen frame of the game, where Luna, like the silver moon, bathed in a sea of light, her silver-glowing eyes coldly staring at Ren Suo outside the screen.

"Task evaluation upload complete. You have gained 294 Merit Points. Please use them wisely."

"You have gained a Four-Star Treasure Chest*1, which you can open in the Content Preservation Vault."

"Based on your gaming experience, you have acquired the exclusive reward: Silver Moon Crystal Inscription. You can open it in the Content Preservation Vault."

"According to your task evaluation and game star-level, you have gained the prop 'Rippling Spring Sounds'."

"The upload for Night of the Hunt is complete. Thank you for playing! Endless Fun in the Mini World!"

"Silver Moon Crystal Inscription...?" Ren Suo was slightly startled.

Before clearing the game, Ren Suo had guessed the game's exclusive rewards, as "Night of the Hunt" didn't offer many—only Miracles, Moon Skills, or Silver Moon Crystals.

But the reward given by the game wasn't just any Silver Moon Crystal, but a Silver Moon Crystal Inscription? Inscription—that word sounds like a consumable item!

Ren Suo opened the Content Preservation Vault and saw a new addition: a crystal clear, tear-shaped crystalline object, shining brilliantly.

He found out that the Silver Moon Crystal Inscription was indeed a consumable item, similar to the Blur Stone he had received before; both were special wonders used for strengthening.

However, the difference was that the Blur Stone was for enhancing physical items, while the Silver Moon Crystal Inscription was for enhancing Ren Suo's existing abilities!

"Silver Moon Crystal Inscription"

"Quality Rank: Four-Star Wonder"

"Effect: Silver Moon: The player can choose to equip it in the Ability or Prop slot. Once equipped, all of the player's Moon Skills will be enhanced by 10%."

"Effect: Inscription: The player can apply 'Silver Moon Engraving' to any ability; the engraved ability will receive random strengthening transformation."

"Note: This is gratitude and repayment from the Silver Moon; the Silver Moon will always shine favorably upon you."

Ren Suo was initially pleased, but soon realized a small problem—the number of targets he could use the inscription on was actually quite limited.

Among Ren Suo's abilities, Bond Abilities couldn't be influenced by other forces and could only be strengthened with the increase of Bond Level or the improvement of the bonding partner's strength.

Bond Abilities were like a unique secret between Ren Suo and his bonding partners, which couldn't be strengthened, stripped, or merged.

Besides Bond Abilities, the only abilities Ren Suo had left were a few: Finger Lock, Unlimited Energy, Struggle Warrior (Damaged), Strong Heart Technique, Mysterious Sovereign's Secret Record - Mortal Shedding, Gauze Clothing, Ventriloquism, Ghostly Rapid Step, and Saving Lives and Healing the Injured.

Among these, spells like Gauze Clothing and Finger Lock were things Ren Suo wouldn't strengthen. He was confident he would learn better versions once he advanced to the fourth transformation; strengthening these spells now would be as pointless as upgrading a starter wooden sword to +13 in an online game.

If he were to strengthen something, it would have to be an ability he couldn't learn otherwise.

Abilities like Unlimited Energy and Strong Heart Technique, which Ren Suo hardly used, were directly ruled out.

As for "Mysterious Sovereign's Secret Record - Mortal Shedding," Ren Suo had heard that after advancing to the fourth transformation, he could receive the third chapter of the Cultivation Method from the state. Thus, strengthening this ability seemed pointless; he felt that if the three chapters combined later, the strengthening effect would be lost.

After weighing his options, Ren Suo found he only had three abilities to strengthen: the Healing Magic "Saving Lives and Healing the Injured," which would still be very useful even after he advanced to the fourth transformation; the Cloning ability "Struggle Warrior (Damaged)," useful day and night, indoors and outdoors, for socializing, domestic tasks, murder, arson, home, and travel; and "Combat Basics."

Ren Suo suddenly realized, Yes, I still have that fundamental ability tucked away—"Combat Basics"!

This was the Skill he'd acquired from a Treasure Box after completing his first game, "Assassin." Seeing this ability again brings back a bit of nostalgia!

Then again, I don't think I've ever used it... or maybe once? he mused.

But after activating the Bond System, Ren Suo had seven or eight Bond Abilities to cycle through and no longer needed a basic Skill like "Combat Basics." Besides, I'm not a hand-to-hand fighter.

Rough tasks like melee combat are, of course, left to the Clones anyway.

Therefore, Ren Suo was left with only two choices. He looked back and forth, and finally fixed his gaze on "Struggle Warrior (Damaged)."

During the "Hand of Fate" playthrough, because the Clone had taken over a round for him, it had been strengthened once, allowing Ren Suo to directly control the Clone's actions through a Mind Link.

Since it had been strengthened once, Ren Suo decided this second strengthening chance should also go to the Clone.

Although Ren Suo often used "Saving Lives and Healing the Injured," on the whole, its frequency of use was not as high as that of the Clone; strengthening the Clone offered a better cost-benefit ratio.

And how should I put this... "Saving Lives and Healing the Injured" is something I use to serve others, whereas the Clone serves me. After weighing this, Ren Suo naturally favored the Clone more.

The earlier you invest, the sooner you enjoy, and there are no discounts for tardiness! Without hesitation, Ren Suo used the Silver Moon Crystal Inscription on "Struggle Warrior (Damaged)."

Come now, accept my sincere goodwill!

I believe your potential is far greater than just doing household chores, giving massages, fighting, chopping people up, and delivering takeout!

You still have so much room for improvement; you can become... even stronger!

Under Ren Suo's endless anticipation, the teardrop-shaped gem at the center of the screen radiated a silvery-white light, then gradually disintegrated into grains of sparkling moondust. These surged like meteors into the icon of "Struggle Warrior (Damaged)," as if enveloped by the reflection of a moon's halo.

Moments later, a new Skill appeared at the center of the screen:

"Night Moon Warrior"

"Quality Rank: Four-Star Ability, Prerequisite: None."

"Effect: Upon using this ability, players will obtain a clone that is completely identical to them (in thoughts, habits, physique, and knowledge). The clone cannot think independently and needs to be commanded to act (players cannot remotely control the clone from a distance), but the command can be transferred to others. Depending on the combat power of the clone, the duration varies from 1 minute to 240 minutes, with a cooldown of 24 hours."

"Additional Effect: Hope Link: Within a straight-line distance of 500 meters, players can directly access the consciousness of their clone and take control, or issue commands directly through their consciousness."

"Additional Effect: Combat Merit: Whether the duration ends or the clone sustains fatal injury, the clone can forcibly survive for 50 seconds; each clone can only trigger this once."

"Additional Effect: Night Moon Warrior: During nighttime, the clone will be able to simulate the basic cognitive abilities of the true form and automatically provide reasonable responses to external stimuli."

"Special Note: The combat power inherited by the clone does not exceed 76,000, does not inherit the effects of props, but inherits ability effects, cannot autonomously switch abilities, and can trigger the Key Search System."

"Remark: Actually, he's a warrior."

What Ren Suo first noticed, of course, was that the maximum duration of the clone had been enhanced from 180 minutes to 240 minutes! From three hours to four hours!

This is great! Even if I have the clone run a few kilometers to buy some Little Long shrimp, it should have enough time to finish all the household chores and even give me a health massage.

Moreover, I've been thinking about having the clone knit a scarf; now it finally has the time.

Then there was the Hope Link's distance, strengthened from 333 meters to 500 meters, which didn't make much of a difference to Ren Suo. However, if it continued to strengthen, could I sit at home and remotely control the clone on a business trip thousands of miles away?

The last was the true strengthening effect of the Silver Moon Crystal—"Night Moon Warrior."

The effect description is a bit vague: "the clone will be able to simulate the basic cognitive abilities of the true form." What does that even mean? he wondered.

Luckily, he hadn't summoned a clone to play with tonight, so now was a good time to test it.

Quickly, a naked young man appeared in front of Ren Suo.

For some reason, Ren Suo felt this clone's skin seemed a bit whiter than his own, but he didn't mind. He did, however, notice something special in the Night Moon clone's eyes.

Unlike previous clones, whose eyes were very calm, this Night Moon clone's eyes shimmered with vitality, even seeming somewhat excited. If I couldn't hear any thoughts from it through the Mind Link, I'd almost think this clone had its own personality, Ren Suo mused.

Still, even after two enhancements, the clone can only appear naked... Can't the Mini-World Game Console provide it with a set of clothes!?

Although the clone's physique was exactly like his own, Ren Suo wasn't some kind of pervert who would "pluck feathers from a flying goose." I wouldn't steal the clone's clothes... unless they looked *really* nice, of course.

Once the clone was dressed in an apron, Ren Suo circled it, conducting a thorough inspection. With no hints from the clone and no further explanations from the "Listening Headphones," he could only explore its new functions by himself.

Hmm, its skin really does seem whiter than mine, its hairstyle looks better, and its butt is...

Ren Suo cleared all the idle thoughts from his mind. He thought for a moment and then patted his clone on the shoulder, but the clone immediately shrugged his hand off.

Ren Suo's eyes lit up slightly. After a moment of thought, he suddenly shouted and stamped his right foot hard on the clone's left foot!

The clone reacted very quickly, stepping back with its left foot to avoid Ren Suo's stomp.

Ren Suo took an iced snow pear from the fridge and threw it to the clone, who caught it and started eating it with a crunchy sound.

Seeing the clone's actions, Ren Suo finally understood what "the clone will be able to simulate the basic cognitive abilities of the true form" meant.

So now, as long as it's nighttime, the clone is like a passive version of me. It won't take any action on its own, but as soon as it receives any external stimulus, it will mimic my behavioral habits and react appropriately.

For example, with the shoulder pat, I don't actually like others touching my shoulder, so the clone shrugged my hand off directly.

Take foot-stomping, for instance. When I was in middle school, whenever a classmate got new shoes, there would be an 'initiation' ceremony—everyone would chase them, trying to stomp on their new shoes. If the shoes were stomped, the others had succeeded. But if the owner managed to dodge until class started, it was their victory. I was one of the few victors back then and became quite skilled at dodging stomps.

And with the snow pear: I don't really like apples, but I do enjoy snow pears. I hadn't given the clone any instructions to eat the snow pear, and there were definitely no such commands in its logic system. However, upon receiving the snow pear, it started eating voraciously.

A clone like this... if I sent it to commit murder or arson and only gave it simple commands, it should be able to complete the task perfectly.

However, looking at the clone, who had eaten the snow pear down to the core, Ren Suo rested his chin on his hand and suddenly thought of an interesting possibility.

Ren Suo took out his phone, opened a MOBA mobile game, started a quick match, picked a hero, and then handed the phone to the clone. The clone took the phone and began playing very naturally.

Last-hitting, buying equipment, holding the lane, attacking enemy players, coordinating with teammates... Ren Suo found its gameplay almost identical to his own. It's as if I'm playing the game myself!

However, when he saw the clone give up first blood to an enemy hero, Ren Suo bit his lip and sighed. No good, this clone is much worse than I am.

But the clone's plays were standard and correct, lacking mistakes and highlights, fulfilling its expected role in the team and actually winning the match.

However, Ren Suo, with his keen insight, instantly recognized the clone's strength.

It's like a warrior—meticulous, its movements precise, never overstepping nor retreating, treating the game with the caution of a true fighter!

It is a warrior!

When Ren Suo instructed him to play another match, he clicked on the ranked match button and waited properly for the game to start.

Although it's a bit worse than me, it doesn't make mistakes, so its win rate shouldn't be too low... Ren Suo nodded thoughtfully. This clone might be useful for climbing the ranks...

Now his sister, for some reason, had suddenly started to focus on cultivation and wouldn't accompany Ren Suo for ranked climbing. Lin Xianyu was preparing for her final exams and wouldn't play with Ren Suo either.

So Ren Suo had to rely on himself, or wait for the weekend and let Little Jiu carry him in ranked matches.

Now, with the clone—a ranking machine—Ren Suo had another option: let the clone play on his gaming account to reach a higher tier. After all, the clone plays just like I do, so it's perfectly reasonable for me to show off its achievements as my own.

Ren Suo let the clone play for a while to test its performance. He sat back on the sofa and suddenly noticed a new treasure chest in the Content Preservation Vault, still shining brightly.

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