"???"

Seeing the system message in the lower left corner, Dr. Qin instinctively opened the personal character panel for a quick glance.

Merit: 11!

He really got 11 points of merit, this system message wasn’t fake, the system did indeed grant him a reward of 11 merit points.

Oh my, could it be a bug?

Dr. Qin’s reaction was just like Guo Mo’s initially, incredulous, a mix of shock and confusion, not understanding what was happening.

What happened?

Didn’t the testers say that merit is hard to obtain, and even a single point is a struggle? Why did his merit increase by 11 points automatically without him doing anything? 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Wait... 11 points?

The number 11 seemed to have made Dr. Qin realize something.

Thinking about how he just switched screens to play "Hunting Moment", signing into his account and casually played a game, with a 14/3 net KD of 11, he suddenly wondered whether there’s any correlation between the two?

"No... impossible, right?"

Although he vaguely felt that there could be some sort of link, Dr. Qin immediately dismissed the thought.

"Cultivation Fantasy" is "Cultivation Fantasy", "Hunting Moment" is "Hunting Moment", these are clearly two different games from two different developers, how could there be a connection?

Even if there was a connection, wouldn’t it be too absurd?

He killed a few Neon players in "Hunting Moment", and "Cultivation Fantasy" gave him corresponding merit rewards from the "Heavenly Dao"?

Aha?

Stop joking, such things...

Dr. Qin was unwilling to believe that anything so outrageous could exist, it was just too incredible.

But aside from switching screens to play "Hunting Moment" just now, he did nothing, "Cultivation Fantasy" was just running in the background.

If it’s not because of this, could it be that he got 11 merit by idling?

Getting merit from idling is equally ridiculous!

Neither of the outrageously bizarre guesses seemed plausible, but after eliminating all other possibilities, the reason he gained merit might indeed be one of these improbable guesses.

Either he earned merit by idling, or it’s intimately linked with "Hunting Moment"!

Sitting idle anyway and not in a hurry to team up for a dungeon, Dr. Qin decided to experiment again, switching screens to play another round of "Hunting Moment".

"Hunting Moment, launch!"

It was the familiar competitive mode, and this round had only two Neon players. Dr. Qin once again transformed into a tyrant, using the distinctive maneuvers and reflexes of a high-tier player, chasing down these two Neon players.

Half an hour later, the match ended.

Because there were only two targets in this round, and other players were sticking together, Dr. Qin’s performance wasn’t particularly stellar, ending at 7/5/3.

"Net KD of 2..."

Based on the previous round’s experience, Dr. Qin clicked to settle the score, then quickly switched back to "Cultivation Fantasy" running in the background.

[Your actions have received approval from the Heavenly Dao, Merit +2!]

Confirmed!

Seeing this system message, Dr. Qin’s hypothesis was finally confirmed, his merit was indeed brought by "Hunting Moment".

Moreover, the amount of merit seemed to be linked to his net KD, where the merit obtained corresponds to the net KD.

"Is it really this rewarding?"

Dr. Qin immediately got interested, amazed by the unexpected collaboration between his two favorite games.

Out of curiosity, he attempted it again.

This time he didn’t target anyone specifically, whether Neon players or others, he killed anyone he saw, with the primary goal of achieving the highest net KD.

In this round, he achieved an impressive 20/1 net KD of 19.

When he switched back to "Cultivation Fantasy", hoping to see a system message for merit +19, he found that he didn’t receive any merit this time.

"Huh?"

Dr. Qin was stunned.

What was going on? Why did the high net KD in this round not earn him merit like the previous ones?

"Was the bug discovered?"

For this phenomenon, Dr. Qin instinctively suspected whether Tianba Studio had noticed his bug-triggering behavior.

But this can’t be right!

If Tianba Studio detected his bug-abusing actions for merit, shouldn’t they have banned his account directly?

Checking once, his account wasn’t banned, there was no anomaly, nor did he receive any warning messages, it was simply that the bug didn’t trigger merit this time.

"So it’s the wrong approach..."

Recalling his last three games, Dr. Qin suddenly realized that for the sake of higher KDA in the third round, he didn’t specifically target anyone.

Could this be why the bug didn’t trigger and merit wasn’t granted in the third round?

To verify his speculation, Dr. Qin switched back to "Hunting Moment" for another round, this time no longer chasing high KD, but continuing to specifically target foreign players, especially Neon players.

[Your actions have received approval from the Heavenly Dao, Merit +5!]

Great, it was successful this time.

Looking at his merit count now at 18 points, Dr. Qin couldn’t help but feel a little dazed.

Is this what the testers repeatedly emphasized as difficult to acquire and highly useful merit? It doesn’t seem that hard, isn’t it just a matter of effort?

He immediately attempted a few more rounds.

Unfortunately, the Heavenly Dao did not grant him merit rewards further, as he learned from the system messages that the same gaming behavior can earn Heavenly Dao Merit only three times a day.

"Only three times a day?"

"Same gaming behavior, what does same gaming behavior mean? Does it mean switching to another game still allows earning merit?"

Confused about the meaning of this statement, Dr. Qin thought of another game he was playing—"Master Duel".

He played this game on foreign servers too, able to match with players from other regions.