Finding New Partners

Tonight was very fulfilling.

First, he attended the society's gathering, then patrolled the streets with Xi, and after that, visited the teacher.

By the time Chen Miemie came out of Fuxiao's house, it was almost midnight.

The city was already under curfew, so the late-night streets were completely empty.

Chen Miemie's sedan chair ran head-on into a convoy of vehicles.

Chen Miemie guessed that it was the people from the [Nan Jun Society] returning.

The people in the convoy also knew who was in the sedan chair. After all, with an elusive sedan chair wandering around right under their noses in their own territory all day, the [Nan Jun Society] would definitely investigate its background.

Inside the second car of the convoy.

"Boss [Nan Jun], it's Chen Miemie who lives in the South District building. He just graduated this year and joined the [Silver Moon Court]."

The speaker was a muscular brute, probably close to three meters tall. He tried his best to shrink his body inside the car, otherwise his head would surely hit the roof.

The internal organizational structure of each society was quite different.

In the [Nan Jun Society], the president's main duty was to lead the members in training and combat, while intelligence gathering was handled by dedicated personnel.

"Yeah, I've heard of him. A very interesting 'little car'."

"Boss, this kid is actually walking right in the middle of the road without any intention of giving way. Should we teach him a lesson?"

[Nan Jun] shot the muscular brute a sideways glance.

"Rock, don't look for trouble. Tonight is the Frost Night. He's obviously heading home after attending the Frost Night gathering. If you bully him and he turns around to complain to those lunatics at the [Silver Moon Court], claiming we disrupted their gathering..."

The brute codenamed [Rock] shrank his neck.

He had actually forgotten about tonight's moon phase.

Everyone in the city's mystic circles knew that on the Night of the Frost Moon, you shouldn't provoke the [Silver Moon Court]. Otherwise, you wouldn't even have to wait until the next day; a fight would break out that very night.

As a famous society with a long heritage in the South District, even if the [Nan Jun Society] couldn't defeat the [Silver Moon Court], they wouldn't fear them. However, picking a fight with lunatics for no reason was simply unnecessary.

Chen Miemie wasn't being arrogant either.

The sedan chair moved a few meters to the side, yielding the middle of the road so everyone could pass.

As the convoy brushed past the sedan chair.

Through the fluttering curtains of the sedan, Chen Miemie saw that the bodies of the convoy's vehicles were covered in pitted dents, as if they had suffered a powerful area-of-effect attack.

After the minor interlude, Chen Miemie wanted nothing more than to go home and fall straight asleep.

Unfortunately, Bobo, who had developed a new flavor, pestered him, insisting he try the honey cheese roast chicken.

"Bobo, are you sure you can perfectly control your exclusive weapon?" Chen Miemie shot a suspicious look.

"Don't worry, Loop has been eating it at home all day, absolutely no problem," the roast chicken guaranteed, patting its chicken breast.

"Alright, I'll trust you this once."

Chen Miemie tore off a chicken wing, closed his eyes, and stuffed it into his mouth.

His [Immortality] was currently at 9, so he wasn't afraid of eating himself to death.

"Hmm?" Chen Miemie opened his eyes. "This flavor, it's really delicious."

"Of course! Have another wing." Bobo stood up proudly from the plate, rolled over by itself, and presented the remaining chicken wing to Chen Miemie.

Loop brought over a cup of water and placed it in front of Chen Miemie:

"I experimented at home all day. The [Moon Phase Cheese] is amazing. Aside from its stronger mutating power, it significantly enhances Bobo's aroma and deliciousness."

Chen Miemie took a sip of water and tore off the other chicken wing.

"Hmph, this is a great treasure. Mian Ruyan actually planned to ask for it back; she's simply dreaming."

"Right, simply dreaming!" Bobo quickly shouted, supporting Chen Miemie's firm stance.

"Wait!" Chen Miemie stopped chewing.

"What's wrong?"

"Something's not right. I feel like the power inside my body is a bit off... like it's enhanced a little?"

The Moonlight ability currently had no direct attack power, so testing it directly wouldn't show any results.

Chen Miemie closed his eyes and chose to seek help from his cheat-like friend.

'Xiao Shuang, help me pull up my personal panel.'

[Chen Miemie (Xiao Shuang Blessing Edition) [Mystery Degree]: 2.2+0.2 [Immortality]: 9, Abilities: Moonlight, Self-Healing, Lunar Palace, Mirror Flower Water Moon, Witch's Luck, Eternal Moon]

'My feeling was right, I did get a little bit stronger. Xiao Shuang, is the additional 0.2 because of the food I just ate?'

[Yes. According to detection, some components in the food's power are related to the moon phase. Today is the first quarter moon. It is estimated that the bonus will increase during a full moon.]

Opening his eyes again, Chen Miemie revealed an unconcealable smile on his face.

"Good news. For others, the focus of this [Moon Phase Cheese] is on the cheese, and its effect is to increase aroma. But for me, the focus is on the moon phase, and its effect is to enhance my moon-related [Mystery] according to the lunar phase."

After discussing with Xiao Shuang, Chen Miemie got one good piece of news and one ordinary piece of news that wasn't too bad.

The good news was that the enhancement amount was not a fixed value, but a percentage. Right now it was about 10%, and during a full moon, the effect might double.

The not-so-bad news was that the enhancement effect would decrease during a new moon, and all the enhanced values couldn't directly help Chen Miemie break through a major tier.

Chen Miemie wasn't surprised that it couldn't break through an integer major tier. After all, it was just a bit of food. If he could easily level up a major tier just like that, it would be too broken.

Bobo was very proud; its strategic position had risen again.

Previously, it was already the team's meat shield, aggro magnet, hard crowd control, and damage dealer. Now it could actually buff Chen Miemie; it couldn't be more versatile.

The whole family messed around for a long time, not going to sleep until past 3 AM again.

Sleeping late naturally meant waking up late.

The entire morning inexplicably vanished once more.

Fortunately, Chen Miemie had nothing to do during the day, so he simply stayed at home to practice his weaving skills.

In a flash, the afternoon passed, and night fell again.

Yellow moonlight shone upon the earth; tonight was the Eternal Moon.

Chen Miemie had recharged his batteries for the whole day, rubbing his hands together in preparation for a big operation.

"Tonight, I plan to add a new member to our family."

"Oh, yay!" Qinghua and the other two clapped their hands.

On the night of the Eternal Moon, Chen Miemie, especially after transforming into [Yellow Clothes], didn't need anyone's protection. He went out alone.

It was the same old routine: first, take a lap around Sixiang City to see what unlucky anomalies he could catch.

Tonight, Chen Miemie went out with a mission.

He didn't just collect any anomaly.

The first prerequisite was that they had to be pleasing to his eye;

Secondly, their abilities had better be useful;

Thirdly, their personalities needed to mesh well with the existing family members.

As for whether they were evil or highly murderous, those were not factors he considered.

As the future Lord of Anomalies, Chen Miemie himself wasn't exactly a psychologically normal human being either.

Tonight, Sixiang City was surprisingly peaceful.

There was very little fog. There were only three patches in the entire city, and two of them didn't even have anomalies inside.

The third patch was in the east of the city. Within a patch of fog, a massive shadow appeared.

This was a shadow anomaly without a physical body. It just stayed in place and didn't move around.

For others, intangible anomalies were extremely difficult to deal with because conventional methods simply couldn't hit them.

For Chen Miemie, even without mentioning his currently limitless [Mystery] level, his moonlight power alone was the natural bane of shadows.

Wearing his yellow Garment of the Eternal Moon, Chen Miemie walked up to the puddle of shadow.

The shadow didn't react.

Chen Miemie stuck his foot out, trying to give it a kick as a provocation.

Instead, his foot passed right through the shade, kicking nothing but air.

With a great leap, he jumped on his own accord right into the center of the massive shadow.

"You in the yellow clothes, what are you doing? Go away," the shadow let out a weak, timid voice.

Where he stood, the shadow actively retreated, creating a blank, shadowless area around him.

Chen Miemie raised a hand, and moonlight fell from the sky. It encircled the outer edge of the shadow, illuminating the surrounding area.

The shadow immediately shrank back in fright.

With Chen Miemie standing in the center and a ring of moonlight on the outside, the shadow on the ground was forced into a hollow ring, looking just like a donut.

"Confess! What are you?" Chen Miemie shouted.

The shadow grew even more terrified, the entire donut shape trembling slightly.

"I... I am the [Socially Anxious Shadow]. I have severe social anxiety."