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The Beach Awards 2018
Reviewed by, MissMaven
Publisher: Wattpad

Grammar/Spelling/Punctuation: 8/10
Cover: 4/5
Originality: 5/5
Character Development: 10/10
Plot Development: 8/10
Description: 3/5
Enjoyment: 5/5
Total: 43/50

Grammar/Spelling/Punctuation: "There were a few punctuation mistakes, but this story honestly can't be confined by normal punctuation since it's a story told poetically. Overall, I always knew what the author was saying and nothing stood out as greatly flawed."

Cover: "The cover is delicate and beautiful just like the story, so I felt like it was perfect. The title is a little off but not completely inaccurate, so I just took off one point."

Originality: "This story was absolutely original. As soon as I started it, I didn't put it down until I was finished with the entire thing. Not only is the format original, the plot is too. Also, the blurb for this story was 100% accurate."

Character Development: "You watch this main character undergo a complete transformation in this book in as few words as possible. It's fantastic. The development is both physical and mental, and it's very beautifully done."

Plot Development: "This story's plot is unique in that several parts are meant to be assumed and not explained. There was obviously plot progression that aided the story, but it was not exactly obvious. This was on purpose, but I did dock a few points because it could be seen as confusing for some. I personally had to ask the author some questions at the end to clarify."

Blurb/Description: "It's 100% accurate to the story and really prepared me for what I was about to read."

Enjoyment: "I loved reading this book. Every chapter was pure enjoyment, and I highly recommend this book to everyone looking for an airy light hearted read. It's incredibly creative and beautifully written."

A series of poems all forming a short Korean Drama novel of two best friends that might just be in love with each other. Both have conflicted emotions and one might be lying. Watch out, you might just get fished into their washed up love story.

A Times New Romance story that was created to allow the reader to build their own details within the story. The main characters name, how she changed, and how it all really ended, the readers create it themselves. Let your mind wander with Naughty Fish!

Winner of The Beach Awards 2018 for the Chicklit category!
Naughty Fish made the Watty's 2018 Shortlist for poetry! It was also nominated as 3# for The Poet category. 

All Rights Reserved © 2019 by Times New Romance

Aileene curls up into a ball, her chin resting on her legs, as her arms wrapped around her knees. She glanced to the green covered book on the ground beside her and a small sigh escaped her lips. It had been a day since the first night when she had finished the book and during that time she had managed to reread the book. Though, fortunately, or unfortunately, the book was only about 100 pages long. It was easy to reread quite a few times, but that low number didn't give her more details or clue to decipher the book. 

She had even tried to find more items relating to the books in the attic's dresser, but came up with nothing but dust. So aside from the old furniture, the book was the only item worth mentioning in the attic. 

Closing her eyes, Aileene tried to rest her mind, as the cool evening breeze brush past her face. She was sitting against the stone ledge of a balcony, facing east towards the glimmer of a setting sun. A solemn gaze lingers in her eyes as she reached out to pick up the book again. Her mood wasn't the fault of not being able to decipher the book, per se. It was rather the opposite. 

Crossing her legs together, as she placed the book onto her lap. Aileene flipped the book to the back cover, where a small pocket could be seen at the bottom corner of the book. Pulling the small folded paper from the pocket, she opened the note up. 

'I don't regret.'

Aileene smiled bitterly, was there really no regret? Was she truly happy with her decision? She was a fool. Such a fool. 

But the fool was the mistake she had to fix. It all connected, like a finished puzzle and the very last piece was the note in her hand. 

The Aileene within the book was none other than the Aileene that originally destroyed the ecosystem of Vain. An outbreak of defected games caused by the reversal of the heroine's and villainess's roles within the game. No one knew the cause, but the world system couldn't stomach any mistake. So before too long, the game was completely rebooted, now with a new Aileene installed as the antibody to whatever infection the virus Aileene was. 

Originally the system had not disclosed to her how the original Aileene had came to be or how she was completely rebooted. But now an encompassing sense of guilt seems to engulf her, no matter how uninvolved she was with the whole ordeal. The last words the original Aileene was able to leave echo in her mind. 

'You may not regret, but I'm regretful.' 

❅

Aileene walked the streets of the small town quietly, as she watched more and more people start their early morning day. Night had already passed peacefully, but she couldn't rest her mind. So she had excused herself to her parents to venture the streets of their fief. Of course, she had guards along with her, since her parents could never endanger her, no matter how safe they knew their fief was. They took no chances, so a single guard followed her every step, while many more remained hidden. 

Aileene walked and walked, moving away from the town square, reaching the poorer stretch of the town. Which remained quiet, as many had already started their day away from home to work. Though a single loud crash, and it broke the silence and stillness of the air, as she fell backward onto the ground. 

A heavyweight sat on her body, as she grimaced in pain. Aileene opened her eyes slowly to see a young child on top of her. The child had run and crashed into her, causing the both of them to tumble backward. 

"Miss!" Her guard rush to her side, shock and surprise clear on his face, though it soon turns to concern when he reached her side. "Are you alright?" 

The child who was momentarily shocked before finally regained his senses and climbed off of Aileene with a guilty and scared expression on his face. She held onto her guard to get up from the ground again and she turns to the child with a curious expression. Though the child continues to shake, afraid of her next actions. 

Aileene sighed, it was only a poor child, why would she try to find faults in him. He looked so pitiful in his olden scraps of clothes, barely able to cover him, nevermind keeping him warm in the winter weather. 

"I'm alright, are you okay?" Aileene replied to her guard, letting go of his hand and moving towards the child to try to comfort him. He only looked about a few years younger than her, but she could tell that the malnourishment was digging away his youth and energy. The child shocked by her sudden approach back away and look as if he was about to run any second. 

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you." Aileene smiled reassuringly, taking small steps towards the child. The child continues to shake but seemed to have calmed down enough to not run away from her. Reaching his side, she takes his small, cold hands in hers. "I'm sorry if I scared you, but if you need help. I'm happy to."

Vain, a new otome game pushed into the public, marketed a new type of experience. A self changing game with all decisions made by the player. 

Quests are unlocked by actions of the player, and the actions of the player, itself, are unlimited. Players are to type their own speech, dictate their own actions. Which in turn leaves the effect of the players actions unlimited. 

No endings are alike. 

No heroine are alike. 

All characters can change.

"Thud."
Lu Sheng slowly closed the thick book he was reading. His eyes felt sore.
"The Book of Darkness."
The four words were clearly printed on the cover. It was written in the Language of E.
Dark red fleshy material which resembled a heart protruded from the center of the cover. It rose and fell slowly as if it was breathing.
'I didn't expect that this library would allow me to refer to such taboo material. I reckon that anyone with slightly inferior strength would've had their spirit disintegrate and die with a single glance.'
Lu Sheng reached out and touched the book's cover. It felt like human skin. It was delicate and warm.
He got to his feet and picked up the book. He gently returned it to its spot on the book rack to his right. Then, he took the second Book of Darkness, returned to his seat, and continued reading.
He had kept at this for two consecutive days already. In these two days, Zhao Shengying did not bother him. He did not even hear from her.
According to the doctor who was with him, someone saw Zhao Shengying being sent away via a Transport Formation under the escort of the family.
After Lu Sheng duped Zhao Shengying the other day, he went back and increasingly found the situation strange the more he thought about it.
After the event, Lu Sheng visited the city's library at the first opportunity he got. After paying certain fees, he began researching on the original core.
What he did not expect was that information about this was classified as high taboo. He had to pay more.
Lu Sheng had spent more than 8,000 ice money on searching for it alone.
Time continued to move on with the flipping of pages. The Books of Darkness were flipped through. Although he could not find the original core, Lu Sheng gained a better understanding of the environment here.
"…the other worlds refer to this place as the Heavenly Devil Universe, Chaos World, Fanela, and use several other names. This place is the moniker for evil, destruction, confusion, and chaos. It's the source of all sadness, pain, anger, and jealousy. Among the countless worlds in the universe, this is the only place without a parallel universe. Time ends here. Everything will return to its final resting place here. The Nothing Root spreads its tendrils everywhere. They go around in the guises of the children of the original core…"
'Wait a minute!' Lu Sheng's fingers suddenly stopped. He fixed his eyes upon this sentence.
'It's right here, children of the original core!?' 
He continued reading.
"…nobody knows where the children of the original core came from. Nobody knows what their objective is. There's only one thing that everyone's sure of. The children of the original core are difficult to approach. They're usually hiding in their own Heart Worlds, lying silently in wait. They will only show themselves when they need something or when they're planning to do something, and it's only then that they'll be discovered by others."
Lu Sheng scrutinized this sentence with a frown. There was no other information after this sentence. There was only a short paragraph on the children of the original core. However, it did not have much content.
There was only a mention of something called the Nothing Root.
He quickly referred to the following pages. They were descriptions of the three great starseas of the Heavenly Devil Universe.
The three starseas were each ruled over by three separate forces. This had been the status quo since time immemorial. This place belonged to the Jade Starsea Zone. It was a small system on the edge of the starsea.
The other Books of Darkness did not hold much information.
However, even with this, Lu Sheng's horizons had been much widened. He now had a complete understanding regarding the Yellow Springs Galaxy, the Mother of Pain, and the Green Branch Sect.
'The Yellow Springs Galaxy has existed for billions of years. However, the Mother of Pain and the Green Branch Sect were overlords that rose to prominence during the latter periods. They have existed for less than a million years. They are some of the few rising stars in this part of the galaxy.'
Lu Sheng shut the book and returned it to the bookshelf. He stood up and left the reading room.
He went over all information available here. He also read several other books. In the beginning, he thought about referring to information on skill formulas, but unfortunately, all of the skill formulas he was interested in were so expensive that he would not want to look at them a second time.
He left the library and went directly back to his own house. He activated the formation to seal his courtyard.
'Since I can't come up with a plan for the time being, the choices I have now are either to continue carrying out Arrivals or try my luck with the Iron Flag Council.' Lu Sheng considered his options in his mind.
'Now that my spirit has grown to its peak, the rules of the universe will no longer allow me to have more spirits. It'll be a waste of time for me to carry out Arrivals and settle karmas. The key now are cultivation methods and the improvements and substantial changes in tiers.
'Looks like I have no choice but to give the Iron Flag Council a try. Perhaps I can make some use of my medical art there.'
He acted as soon as he made the decision.
He quickly started setting up the Arrival Formation in his room. Among the formations he knew about, the Arrival Formation was the one with which a dimensional rift could be torn in space.
He had grown familiar with setting up the formation through his experiences. With ample materials, Lu Sheng added some controllable functions in case anything unforeseen were to occur.
Zhao Luoying did not need any further purging for the time being. She was now at the resting stage. The heavy planet pollutants had stopped their emissions as well.
He had at least two weeks until the next emission phase. It was more than enough for him to pay a visit to the Iron Flag Council.
The formation was quickly completed. Lu Sheng quickly went in and sat down. The Yang Essence in his body flowed like golden fluid as it spread into the formation veins on the floor.
The two embedded black crystals started vibrating slightly, and the formation around him began emitting dark red radiant mist.
"Pchht!"
This time was much easier than before. Lu Sheng's spirit was much more powerful than previously. He was now able to reduce the burden of the formation on himself by a mind-boggling degree.
"Pchht!"
The formation easily tore a gray rift in the dimension.
Lu Sheng exhaled and produced the emerald green dagger from his Sea-overturning Orb. He wielded it and morphed into black light as he shot into the rift and vanished.
...
A huge and vast silver orb slowly turned in a clockwise direction in the skies.
The orb was like the sun. Countless silver metal pipes extended from its surface, and their ends were each connected to small silver spheres of different sizes.
The small metallic spheres turned with the silver orb, calm and steady.
These small metallic spheres were connected to similar spheres of varying sizes, and this pattern continued on and on.
The small spheres on the outermost layer were connected to each other. The entire structure was like a polygon constructed by a round ball and wooden rods.
Within a little sphere near the center.
"Hiss."
A gray rift instantly opened up within the silver sphere's dimension.
A beam of black light shot out of the rift, and dropped to the ground. A big, tall, and strong-looking young man's figure appeared. It was the impressive-looking Lu Sheng, who had just activated his Arrival Formation.
He wore black robes and had a deadly grip on the emerald green dagger in his hands. Dark green chains of runes pulsed as they circled around him.
Crisp sounds of clapping hands were heard from a corner of the room. Lu Sheng looked in the direction from which the sound came.
A tall and lanky girl with shoulder-length black hair stood at the exit to the right of the room.
The girl had a complicated black Divine Vein in between her brows. She wore purple leather armor and rested one of her hands on the hilt of the blade on her waist. She cast her gaze in his direction.
"Welcome. Welcome to the Iron Flag Council. Since our parting in the small world, it seems like you've been having a good time." The girl was Mi Guangying, whom Lu Sheng had fought before.
Currently, she was exuding a dangerous aura that was difficult to describe using words. She appeared much more formidable compared to before.
"Mi Guangying?" Lu Sheng walked closer.
"Good. At least you remembered. If not for your killing my little brother, I'd still be stuck in that place for who knows how long." Mi Guangying removed her hand from the hilt. She took out a white origin stone from the pouch on her waist and tossed it to Lu Sheng.
"Take this. I've taken care of your registration. The Iron Flag Council needs talents with outstanding potential such as yourself. Take a good look; you can easily accept all kinds of missions here. If you're confident, you can quickly rake in contribution points." Mi Guangying extended her hand and produced her own white origin stone.
The origin stone was marked by a peculiar bright blue rune.
"Well then, I'll leave you to your own exploration. I'll be going off to finish my mission. For my revenge, I need more contribution points to hire some manpower. The time I've been waiting for has been enough rest for me."
Lu Sheng had more questions for her. However, before he could ask her, Mi Guangying tossed her white origin stone before herself.
With a spurting sound, the origin stone suddenly transformed into an oval door of blue light, and she took a step into it. The light door was instantly shut, and it vanished.
The entire room was silent once more.
"…"
Lu Sheng glanced at the pebble in his hand. He touched it lightly with his spirit.
"Boom!"
A plethora of information surged into his mind instantly.
Metal Interval. This was the name of this world.
There were no lands here. There were only the void and white clouds. Metallic spheres floated around here like islands.
The headquarters of the Iron Flag Council was established in the largest metallic sphere here.
They referred to this place as Silver Sea.
Silver Sea was the Iron Flag Council's core. All sorts of missions were issued and accomplished every day.
In this part of the world, contribution point was king. Those with strength could accept any kind of missions to earn contribution points.
Those without strength could still survive with money and resources. They could still earn contribution points by doing business with the other members who needed resources and money.
There was another group of individuals who could earn contribution points, the technical staff. They could also earn contribution points by carrying out technical tasks.
Contribution points could be exchanged for various resources and treasures at the headquarters' Origin Stone Chamber.
Lu Sheng closed his eyes as he remained on the spot. He quickly digested the information about this place. It took him quite a while before he was able to snap back to his senses.
'Contribution point is king? Interesting… I wonder which powerful being created this place for it to have such a grand setting…'
He picked up the origin stone and gripped it slightly. A complicated blue pattern immediately surfaced on the stone. The pattern glowed with blue radiance and swiftly formed a rectangular light screen before him.
In the beginning, there was a swirling mass of thick black fog in the light screen. The thick fog quickly dispersed, revealing a silver orb which took up half of the screen.
The silver orb turned slowly. Many straight and short rods were connected to its surface. Every short rod was connected to a small silver sphere.
These small silver spheres were each divided evenly into four wards by black lines. There were also words describing the wards.
The four wards were Employment, Skills, Market, and Miscellaneous.
Lu Sheng gave it some thought. With his will, he opened up the Skills column. The category expanded on the screen as densely packed lines appeared.
The entire list contained various kinds of skill formulas, secret tomes, mysterious crystals, and Divine Veins. They varied in might. The highest possible rank and price range of the respective items were listed as well.
Lu Sheng moved his spirit. The list was immediately sorted according to rank, from high to low.


Demons, devils, ghosts and monsters
Plunge the mortals weak in horrors;
Arms of gods and blades of devils,
Shroud the world in untold evils.

Lu Sheng was an ordinary civil servant in the modern world. After waking from a drunken stupor one day, he found himself trapped in a dangerous world where demons, ghosts and supernatural monsters terrorize the land. 

In this world, ordinary mortals live in dark fear and helplessness, without any means to fight against the supernatural. 

As Lu Sheng struggles desperately for survival, he stumbles upon a game mod he had designed for a mobile phone app in his previous life. It unexpectedly becomes his special ability, which enables him to instantly level up any skill he learns, albeit at a cost.

Thus, Lu Sheng begins his journey, striving for power beyond the reach of a mortal as he treads the way of the Devil…  

"Can I?" Anna asked Wu Tang touching the door.

Wu Tang contemplated for a moment, Grandpa Li haven't allowed anyone to enter this room. It's very sensitive topic to him. Whenever he feels low he would lock himself inside Li An Shu's room for hours.

Nevertheless Wu Tang nodded letting Anna to go in. After all it's her mother's room and she's no one to stop her. Wu Tang left once Anna entered the room.

Anna was greeted with a beautiful white room, it was elegant just like Li An Shu. The room was clean and well organized even when no one uses it. There's also a office workspace inside the room. The entire wall was filled with numerous books.

Anna walked around casually glancing through Li An Shu's things. Anna was amazed looking at Li An Shu's perfumes notes. Anna had some idea about perfumes after working on Belle. One can easily tell the love Li An Shu had for perfumes. No wonder Yu Han wanted to make a perfume in Li An Shu's memory.

Anna's eye fell on a thick album hiding behind the perfume notes. It looked old and bit dusty. The album was filled with pictures of Li An Shu, from her childhood to graduation. A smile crept up on her lips looking at the pictures. In one of the photos Li An Shu had buried Li Xiong in mud with his head popped out showing a victory sign steeping on him. Poor Li Xiong was crying looking at the camera.

Looking at the pictures you can say Li An Shu was fun loving person and was easily adored by anyone. She had her own charm. 

Anna squinted her eyes looking at the Li An Shu's University pictures. It was Li An Shu and Yu Kong's picture taken in the campus. It was a group photo, Yu Kong was holding the basketball championship trophy with his teammates and others among the girls Li An Shu was looking at Yu Kong in admiration.

The next pictures was all full of Yu Kong's. Their first date photo was also there with Li An Shu kissing Yu Kong's cheeks.

So, it was a campus love. 

There was another photo which grabbed Anna's attention. It was a group photo of three, Li An Shu, Yu Kong and another person. But, the more Anna saw the photo the more she felt she has seen that person somewhere. 

Not able to put a finger on that person's identity Anna closed the album and returned to it's original place. 

Anna's eyes fell on something else, it was a wooden box. Anna stood on her tiptoe trying to reach the box but was unsuccessful. She had seen a similar wooden box in Yu Kong's room as well with initials engraved as 'LY'. Anna was curious to know what's there in that box. Now don't take it wrong, she just wants to find some clue or anything which can clear the mystery behind Li An Shu's death. 

Standing on the swivel chair Anna successfully reached the wooden box. It was filled with love letters and few gifts from Yu Kong. Anna sighed in disappoinment placing back the wooden box. 

The swivel chair moved slightly making Anna loose her balance, in panic Anna grabbed the bookshelf. Her movements only caused the chair to move further away.

*Thud*

Anna fell on her bum. The wooden box and other books fell on the ground with Anna. It was a mess.

 Anna winced in pain rubbing her bum. Her waist hurt a little as she tried to stand up.

Is Li An Shu angry on me for looking into her things? 

"I'm sorry, I won't do it again. Please don't punish me." Anna immediately clasped her hand together and bowed. If there's anything which can scare Anna then it must be ghost's.

Anna began cleaning up the mess she made. Placing back the books Anna came across a book called 'White love'. The name was quite unique, Anna wanted to open and read it but she controlled herself not wanting to be punished by Li An Shu again.

With a heavy heart Anna placed the book back  to its original place but somehow it wasn't fitting in there. With no choice left Anna decided to put it on the top row which was empty. Anna sighed looking at the swivel chair.

"You better don't make me fall this time or I would sell you off." Anna warned to the lifeless chair.

Standing on the swivel chair once again, Anna placed the book. Before she could get down, the book fell on her making Anna loose her balance again and fell on her bum.

"F**k" Anna cursed out loudly glaring at the swivel chair.

The books had fallen once again. The 'White love' book was lying with it's cover open.

Anna's eyes widened as she saw a another book inside that book. The 'White love' was just a cover. The other book was the personal dairy of Li An Shu.

Is this a blessing in disguise?

Should I read it?

Is this a sign of Li An Shu?

Before Anna could open the dairy and read it the door swung open by Wu Tang. 

Wu Tang's eyes fell on Anna who was sitting on the floor with books sprawled all over.

"I heard some sound, are you alright?"Wu Tang asked in concern helping Anna to stand up.

"Yeah." Anna smiled awkwardly. It was quite embarrassing.

"I was just looking..." Anna tried to explain with a embarrassed smile.

Wu Tang smiled back.

"No problem, I'll clean it up later." 

"Now let's go, everyone are waiting for you." Wu Tang said walking out of the room with Anna following her behind.

Anna sneakily took away Li An Shu's personal dairy with her.

Anna was a cheerful, fierce and brave girl she follows an eye to eye and tooth to tooth concept. But due to some unfortunate fate she met with an accident.

When she opened her eyes, she found herself in a unfamiliar place facing unfamiliar people. What's more shocking is she's no longer Anna Mantis. She's reincarnated as Yu Han who's a rich, soft, shy, caring and beautiful woman, surrounded by the people who love her, who hate her, who wants to hold her in there arm and protect her but also by the people who wants to see her in nothing but pain and wants her dead.

Anna a.k.a Yu Han had finally adopted to her new body and surrounding. Her new life goal is only to take revenge for Yu Han's life.

But fate has another plan for her, one day she has to go back to her ownself but the question is will she be able to leave the people who now has become part of her life, her family and her love??

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sneak peek

"Hubby, do you want to be punished for bringing another woman here." Anna's eye had fire. Ji Yang smiled at his wife.

"I'll be glad when you're the one punishing, I'm looking forward to it.." Ji Yang smirked. Anna is stupefied seeing his shamelessness.

"..and don't worry Feng Yi is not with me.." He switched his position and now Anna is caged between his arms.

"Now let's talk about your punishment for coming with another man here" His voice is low and seductive, Anna lost all her senses as he bit on her earlobe.

 "This little brother is Shi Yan Ming, the librarian of the Sutra Depository Pavilion. If you need to look up a book, you can ask him to help you."
 When the monk left, Wei Xiao Bei did not rush to enter the Sutra Depository Pavillion to go and read the secret scriptures. On the contrary, he curiously chatted with Shi Yan Ming.
 "What is this computer for?"
 Wei Xiao Bei pointed at the computer on the table and asked.
 Shi Yan Ming felt that it was funny and answered, "Could it be that benefactor Wei had never been to a library? This is used to record books and the status of borrowed books."
 Wei Xiao Bei's face immediately reddened as he did not think before asking.
 Although he did not go to the library much, he at least knew that every library had a managing computer.
 Perhaps he had been puzzled by how ancient the Shaolin Temple look that he had forgotten about this.
 How embarrassing!
 "I just never thought that the Shaolin Temple would keep up with the times and would have already caught up with modern society."
 Wei Xiao Bei could not help but sigh.
 "This is nothing big. Even the books that are kept inside the Pavillion have already been scanned and stored inside a hard disk. It's very convenient to look them up. Naturally, this poor monk still feels that looking at its original copy feels better."
 Perhaps he was showing off or really being honest. In any case, Shi Yan Ming's words caused Wei Xiao Bei to become a bit excited. 
 In truth, if he could, he was much more willing to have the hard drive copied.
 Unfortunately, it was an impossible thing to do once he thought about it!
 Perhaps because the number of monks that came to the Pavillion was very few, Shi Yan Ming was rather entertaining in conversation. From his words, Wei Xiao Bei came to understand many matters about the Pavillion.
 There were three floors to the pavilion. On the lowest floor various external techniques such as punching, kicking, and grappling were practiced. On the second floor, internal techniques and weapon techniques were found, including the Shaolin 72 consummate arts.
 The third floor was where the original copies of Buddhist Scriptures and treasured books were found. For the Shaolin Temple, these books were a lot more important than martial arts books.
 Thus, if Wei Xiao Bei wanted to enter the third level, he needed to speak with Shi Yan Ming and be accompanied up.
 This could not be helped. If any of these original copies of Buddhist Scriptures and treasured books were lost or destroyed, the ensuing problems would be huge. 
 Every single book was an antique.
 If Shi Yan Ming was a storyteller, he would definitely be a professional as his words had roused Wei Xiao Bei's interest.
 Wei Xiao Bei did not hold up any more of Shi Yan Ming's time as another monk entered. Shi Yan Ming apologized and served the other monk.
 Afterward, Wei Xiao Bei left the reception and went into the Pavillion.
 The Sutra Depository Pavillion was one of the most important places in the Shaolin Temple. The area that it occupied was very large. Looking at it from the inside, there were rows of bookcases that appeared as if rows of soldiers, making anyone who saw it feel awe at the glory.
 Wei Xiao Bei thought for a bit and walked to the first bookcase. Although the majority of the books there were string bound, they had been maintained quite well. He wore thin gloves that Shi Yan Ming gave him, took out the first book he saw and looked at the cover.
 Chuanquan (Boat fists)?
 The name was quite rare. Wei Xiao Bei opened to the first page and saw that it looked simple. Chuanquan was a traditional martial art from the coastal areas. Its creator was a fisherman, and it was a specialized martial art for use while on boats.
 Because small boats rock a lot and some were only the size of a table that could fit eight people, Chuanquan was very different from other land-based martial arts.
 To train Chuanquan, the most important thing to first do was to have a firm stance! Even if the wind blew and the waves rolled, the stance should be as firm as Mt. Tai!
 Other than firmness, it should also be light. When punching out and retracting it should be light and quick just like an arrow. 
 Although the technique was not famous, it was a thousand-year traditional martial art in the Jiangsu province.
 Wei Xiao Bei looked at the book very fast as the pages flew with a woosh. In less than 20 seconds, he had read the entire book. Moreover, he had already saved everything to his memory, including the images. 
 In truth, if he was not worried that the book might be destroyed, then he could have been even faster and finished the book in less than six seconds.
 It could be said that just this book alone made him feel as if he had benefited.
 It must be said that Wei Xiao Bei's martial arts were mainly Bajiquan, while his auxiliary was the Three Emperor Cannon Fist. However, these two were fist techniques, making his main focus full offensive in battles.
 However, in the Dust World, the situation could change erratically. Who knew if there was a need for him to go on the defensive or perhaps delay the enemy.
 On the other hand, the Chuanquan was mainly defense, supplemented by a bit of offense. It was to the point that training it required the user to not go out of the space of two-feet while the hands should be like doors.
 From this, the defensive nature of Chuanquan could be seen.
 Naturally, Wei Xiao Bei was only reflecting for a bit. He immediately picked up a book and flipped its pages.
 After Shi Yan Ming finished inputting the monk's records in the computer, he got up and went to take a look at Wei Xiao Bei.
 Although he did not know about Wei Xiao Bei's display the previous day, he had a favorable impression of him, thus he was worried.
 In the end, when he saw Wei Xiao Bei, he could not help but be stupefied.
What is this reading speed?
 Initially, Shi Yan Ming originally thought that Wei Xiao Bei was trying to find a book with how fast he was flipping the page, but after careful inspection, he realized that it definitely wasn't the case.
 Who flips the entire book until the end to find a book?
 If he truly wanted to find a book, he should only look at the cover and at most the introduction. Doing so should have been enough to understand the specialty of martial art.
 Could he truly have read the entire thing that fast?
 Shi Yan Ming frowned, but since he knew that Wei Xiao Bei was an outsider that could enter the Sutra Depository Pavillion, then it meant that the other party paid a hefty price.
 Entering the Sutra Depository Pavillion was no simple feat. Even the monks of the Shaolin Temple had to apply one day before to be able to enter it.
 In simpler terms, the Sutra Depository Pavillion was like a big company's classified database. No idiot boss would simply let other companies take a look at their own secret database.
 However, it is impossible for Wei Xiao Bei to simply go crazy like this after paying such a huge price.
 Then there is only one answer to this!
 He is truly reading the books!
 Although his occupation was a monk, Shi Yan Ming had also read manga. This was very normal as reading books could widen one's world view.
 Is he truly reading?
 Can he actually remember it?
 Shi Yan Ming touched his shaven head. He felt as if his world view had suddenly collapsed. He sat back on the chair and stared at Wei Xiao Bei with empty eyes.
Anyway, as long as Wei Xiao Bei did not destroy the books, even if he read that fast, he was still within reason. 
 Wei Xiao Bei noticed Shi Yan Ming's gaze from the start.
 However, even if he noticed, Wei Xiao Bei didn't slow down his reading speed just to cover it up.
 He simply had no choice as there were just too many books!
 After reading more than 100 books, he already noticed one thing. There were not many books that recorded purely martial arts. Many of them were records left by predecessors.
 For example, the books close to the Chuanquan were written experiences by Shaolin monks and some comprehensions by other martial artists. There were even some books that wrote improvements to it.
 In truth, these records were not inferior to the martial art scripture itself.
 In the beginning, martial arts were originally fighting techniques used by Chinese predecessors to fight against beasts. Afterward, they were developed through battle and became capable of killing. Over time, they had formed into various martial arts, from which many other variations originated. New ideas were born as time passed.
 These records had written down that same process.
 It could be said that these records contained senior martial artist's thoughts.
 In truth, if it was in the past, if people wanted to become a Cosmic Jing expert, they would need to learn and master more than 10 different martial arts and consolidate them.
 On the other hand, Wei Xiao Bei relied on his status panel and pushed his Bajiquan to reach the Cosmic Jing level.
 However, this was Wei Xiao Bei's weakness in learning martial arts, causing any further growth to stagnate.
 For him, the benefits of these martial arts records were imaginable.
 From entering the Pavillion at nine in the morning, Wei Xiao Bei had continued reading until he had been called out by Shi Yan Ming, triggering him to come to his senses, "Master Yan Ming, is something the matter?"
 Seeing Wei Xiao Bei's stupid expression, Shi Yan Ming could not help but laugh and raised his left hand, letting Wei Xiao Bei see his watch, "Is something the matter. It's already 11 o'clock, could it be that reading has completely removed your hunger?"
 "Ah, right. It's lunchtime."
 Wei Xiao Bei appeared as if he awoke from a dream and nodded his head and Shi Yan Ming smiled bitterly. 
 How could this guy be a Guo Shu Great Scholar, he is simply a crazy bookworm!
 Perhaps due to being cared for by the head of the Dharma Palace, Wei Xiao Bei's food had been directly sent to him from the kitchen to the Sutra Depository Pavillion. They had even brought Shi Yan Ming's portion.
 Shi Yan Ming had basked in Wei Xiao Bei's light.
 In truth, Wei Xiao Bei was not willing to delay his reading for food. If he was truly hungry he could just eat two pieces of barbecued meat.
 This could not be helped as he could not overstep what was normal.
 First, it was prohibited for people to eat inside the Pavillion as they could accidentally dirty the books.
 Additionally, even if he did not need to eat, Shi Yan Ming needed to eat. Moreover, he would need to run to the dining hall to eat, closing the Pavillion doors.
 Wei Xiao Bei would then have to wait outside the Pavillion.
 This trip back and forth was a lot longer compared to eating outside of the Pavillion.


One day, Wei Xiao Bei gets dragged into The Dust World, a post-apocalyptic world ruled by monsters from myths, legends, games, etc. He also gains the power to travel between it and the real world, as well as the power called the 'Status Panel'. With this power, he chooses to strengthen himself to explore the vast mysteries and terror of the other world. What mysteries await him? What is The Dust World?
Author's Synopsis:
What the hell is this? What the hell happened here?
How did my room become so ruined after a single night?
The floor and table were covered in dust, his new poster of Zhang Liang Ying that had just been posted on the wall a few days ago had already become yellow and tattered all over. Even Zhang Liang Ying’s beautiful face became monstrous as if an old devil was looking at him with a terrifying smile.
The walls were covered by a mist of cobwebs and the fruits placed on top of the coffee table were withered and rotted to the point that the mold on them had turned black. The fruits below even seemed to have turned into mush. The aluminium framed window that the landlord had just installed not that long ago was now covered in a layer of white ash and the glass was filled with cracks and covered in dust.
The computer beside his bed was also covered by cobwebs and was accompanied by an empty water glass with a withered worm inside of it.
Dust filled the air making Wei Xiao Bei choke as he tried to breathe.
Everything seemed to be ash gray without any light as if looking at television static.
After just one night, it seemed like everything in the room had aged for centuries or even millennia.
Mother… is this a dream?
This must be a dream!

VOLUME 1
October 3, 1976 - Alana Hales is born
1981 January - Alana's mind stabilises at age 4
1982 November - A month after father's death Alana starts school
1982 December - Alana meets Jake Matthews
1983 January - Alana is given a violin by Mrs Linda
1983 March - Alana starts official karate lessons under Mr Matthews
1983 May - Katherine Hales' condition worsens
October 3, 1983 - Alana's 7th birthday she receives her triskelion
1983 November - Alana has discovered a stalker, crafted her basic Mindscape and Capricorn I created
1984 January - Capricorn II
1984 March - Inventory system Aquarius is created
1984 May - Child services, Capricorn III, Aquarius II
1984 August- Katherine Hales' death
1984 October - Alana meets Vincent de Azrael at age 8
1984 December -Azrael invites Alana to live with him
1985 November - Capricorn IV, Aquarius III, Pisces I created 
1985 December - Knockturn Alley with Azrael
1986 February - Alana meets Roul
1986 November - Alana steals from the Ashworth Summer Estate, Pisces II
1987 January - The Hit on Archie Tryce and the formation of The Nest
1987 March - Hit on Italian Nicholas Borges
1988 April - France, Aquarius IV, Pisces III
1988 May - Germany, Gregorovitch, Capricorn V and Illegimency
1988 July - The Romanians and Azrael's death
1988 August - Destruction of the Wallachia Coven
1989 August - The Italian Otavio Russo arrives in Britain

VOLUME 2
1990 August - John Dawlish, The Ministry of Magic and the introduction of Alana Vincent
1990 September - The train to Hogwarts, the reappearance of Jake Matthews and Ravenclaw sorting. Leoen Volkov and first classes
1990 October - Capricorn V, Aquarius IV, Pisces III. The Potion Book, Fencing Club and Samhain
1990 November - Astronomy Lesson
1990 December - Yule with Otavio, hunting with Raymond
1991 January - Alana explains her 'job'
1991 March/April - Chiara Lobosca and Nymphadora Tonks
1991 June - The salamander incident and the Weasley twins. Capricorn V, Aquarius IV, Pisces IV.
1991 July - The final feast, the Goblin bank and the brawl on wolfsbane
1991 August - Lilith Bathery and the Werewolf pack

With a gift bringing hope, comfort and relief, it was only fitting that Gaia bestow a curse of equal measure. A child to reap what it could not. A child born of death's greed and life's carelessness. Fate was rewritten then with the dignified scrawl of an unknown deity. Screaming and kicking at the divine injustice of it all, a new life was born into the world. Out of the frenzied passions of a drunkard and a drug addict from the shadowed back streets of London came Alana Hales. Out of the tattered folds of deaths cloak came the worn soul of one Alexis Crevan. 

I don't own Harry Potter, The Gamer, the Labyrinth, or any of their characters. If I did, I would be rich.

At first, Sun Mei thought this was a joke. However, when she started laughing, Mr. Wu gave her a strange look.

"You are serious, sir?" she asked him in disbelief.

Mr. Wu nodded. "I'm afraid so."

"Was this what you agreed to? To keep me here?" Sun Mei asked with a deep frown.

"No. I just promised her that she would get to promote the book if she signed your contract. The problem is, she is technically also your boss now so she can fire you if I don't accept her request."

"That is blackmail!" said Sun Mei, who felt completely exasperated.

"I know." Mr. Wu set the book down on a side table with a sigh.

"Do you have to do it?" Sun Mei asked. "Can't your company say no on your behalf?"

"I suppose…" Mr. Wu looked away uncomfortably. 

"Are the protagonists of the book even Chinese? The author is called Laura Dane," said Sun Mei as she squinted down to look at the manuscript's white cover.

"They are not. But Jenny doesn't care. She said she wants to be on the cover even if her face is not visible."

"That is ridiculous!" Sun Mei didn't know why she was losing her composure over this, but she had a feeling that it wasn't because the models on the cover wouldn't look like the original characters of the book.

"I have to do it," said Mr. Wu calmly. "Not just because she will fire you otherwise. She also promised that Lily could be on set during the photoshoot and then she could spend the rest of the day with her. Lily has been begging to see her for weeks. I can't act selfishly when it comes to her…"

"You are not selfish," Sun Mei said immediately. She wished she could squeeze his hand to reassure him. "She is being selfish." 

"Thank you, Sun Mei," Mr. Wu said with a sad smile. "But I chose her to be my daughter's mother, so now I have to deal with her."

Sun Mei didn't know what to say. Was Mr. Wu really blaming himself for giving Lily a selfish, cruel mother? She didn't think that was completely fair.

"Don't blame yourself for falling in love," she blurted out before she could stop herself. "You… You probably couldn't help it. Feelings can't be helped."

"I certainly can't help the tiny feeling of despair in the back of my throat when you look that dejected and sad…" Sun Mei thought.

"Maybe," said Mr. Wu. "Or maybe I was a fool. Perhaps this is why I haven't dated much since Jenny and I separated. I don't trust myself to make the right choice."

"Yeah, Vivian mentioned that you have turned into a monk," Sun Mei said with a teasing smile in an effort to lighten the mood. 

Mr. Wu laughed a little. "Yeah, you could say that. I have her to think of now." He tilted his head in the direction of the living room, where Lily was still silently watching her favorite movie. "I can't make any more wrong choices. I can't bring someone into her life who will eventually leave and hurt her again." 

Sun Mei's heart almost broke.

She certainly wouldn't leave if Mr. Wu asked her not to…

Sun Mei is a young romantic girl who moves to the US to work as a nanny. When her host family takes advantage of her, charming Mr. Wu steps in to save the day.

Sun Mei moves in with Mr. Wu and his daughter Lily, becomes a member of their family, and slowly falls in love with her handsome boss…

Will their love survive their social class difference, society’s prejudices and the appearance of Mr. Wu’s mysterious ex-wife? Will Sun Mei get her happily ever after? Or will she move back to China heartbroken?

IGO!
His hand rubbed the silver letters on the surface of the metal suitcase. Xia Yu found that it was not locked.
With a click, the cover was opened, and there were two brochures and a bank card in it.
There was a book on the top. The cover was a thin layer of black metal, and most importantly, the cover still had the logo of 'IGO'.
"What is this?"
Xia Yu was puzzled. He picked up the brochure that looked like a certificate and opened his mouth.
There was only one side of the book. At the top was Xia Yu's portrait, and the under it was written in Japanese and English:
"Xia Yu, Chinese nationality. Has lived in Nihon for a long time and is 16 years old. Good at Chinese cuisine."
"One-star chef."
"IGO International Gourmet Organization Certification."
The content of the page was relatively simple. There was a scrawled personal signature in the lower right corner. Xia Yu could barely see that it was Shinhara's signature.
Moreover, the signature had two red seals. One was from the Nihon Department of IGO, and the other was the personal work seal of Shinhara.
There were many occasions to use seal in Nihon, so the intermediary often asked Chinese students to get a seal before going to Japan.
Of course, the focus was not on the seal. Xia Yu kept a firm eye on the words of IGO International Gourmet Organization and took a breath.
He finally remembered that IGO was the abbreviation of the terrorist food organization.
International Gourmet Organization!
In the 'Captive of Gourmet', this food institution even controlled the global order. The number of member states surpassed the United Nations Organization, covering more than 360 countries.
That was the original comic story. Of course, there were not that many countries in the real world. Xia Yu had not heard anything about IGO in these years.
It could be inferred from this that IGO was certainly not as powerful in this world as in the original comic book, otherwise it would not be suppressed by the state and could not make its own voice.
Xia Yu patted his head.
Xia Yu realized that the smiling detective man in front of the counter, a real man, was the manager of the Nihon Department of IGO. He did not think too hard about it. If there were any questions, he simply asked.
"IGO? International Gourmet Organization?" Xia Yu conveyed his surprise very well, deliberately changing it into a questioning tone.
"Yes."
"You are now an IGO-certified international one-star chef. You are qualified to know the existence of our IGO," Shinhara Masato said slowly, "Soon after the end of the Second World War, our IGO broke away from the United Nations and became a completely independent international institution." 
"We have our own Bureau of Publicity, Bureau of Affairs, Bureau of Justice, Bureau of Management, Bureau of Finance, Bureau of Development, and Bureau of Defence."
"Of course, that's the headquarters. The Nihon Department is relatively simply set up. There are only the Defence Bureau, the Administration Bureau and the Legal Bureau."
"Look at the second manual. That is the restaurant qualification of IGO."
Shinhara pointed to the second black book in the metal box.
Xia Yu's heart jumped. He picked up the certificate and opened it. Sure enough, his personal portrait photo was pasted on the page. The personal information and restaurant information were pasted on the bottom.
"Now that you have taken over Xia's restaurant, and Mr. Xia Qing has left Nihon for a while, we can only rate your restaurant as a one-star restaurant according to your current chef level."
"One-star?" Xia Yu asked tentatively, "How many grades does the restaurant have?"
"Normally, it's nine stars, and then the restaurant directly under IGO," Shinhara answered.
"What's the use of your star rating?"
Now Xia Yu was not sure what kind of influence IGO made in the world.
"It's very simple. With our certificate, you can safely run the restaurant regardless of the business license of other government agencies," Shinhara said with a smile, "If there are any problems in your restaurant, such as fire and food safety, government personnel will come to your door. You can take out the IGO certificate. Things will be transferred to the administration of the Nihon Department of IGO, and we will deal with them internally."
"Your grandfather has arranged everything."
He then stood up, reached out to Xia Yu and said, "Give me your cell phone."
Xia Yu heard the words and handed over his mobile phone with doubt.
Shinhara also took out his mobile phone, as if it had opened bluetooth data transmission. A newly installed mobile app appeared on the background of Xia Yu's mobile phone.
"Open it. The login ID is your real name, and the password is your resident ticket number."
Huh?
After taking back the mobile phone, the mobile app had been opened. There was a simple login interface, waiting for him to enter his login ID and password. Xia Yu went upstairs to find his own resident ticket, which was almost equivalent to a household register in Nihon.
"Welcome to IGO online."
After entering, there was a beautiful female voice speaking in the standard Japanese language.
The upper left corner of the app interface was the automatic positioning information: Nihon, Tokyo.
A row of categories appeared on the screen:
[Food Market]
[Battle of Food Wars]
[Application of New Ingredients and Development of Recipes]
The last part was a leisure forum, which seemed to be the place where IGO certified chefs filled up forms and chatted. It was divided into various regions. There were more than 100 latest posts in the Nihon region.
"Food Market?"
These words happened to poke the most concerned question in Xia Yu's heart.
Without hesitation, Xia Yu went in. Eh. Xia Yu found that it was similar to some take out software. There were a variety of food stores covering the whole Nihon area from Hokkaido to Kyushu Island and Okinawa-Jima.
He entered a food and materials store called 'Tokyo Aquatic Seafood' and found that there were actually many comments from IGO certified chefs, some of which were anonymous, some of which directly used their real names.
"As always."
"Thank you very much, Mrs. Senju. Every batch of goods is strictly controlled. We use the freshest aquatic products in our Misty House and make Nihon cuisine that satisfies our guests," commented a very virtuous female chef. 
Misty House. It sounded familiar.
Xia Yu was stunned. He took a look at the portrait image of the virtuous cook and her anonymous ID. He patted his forehead.
Inui Hinako.
Known as 'The Lady of the Fog', she was good at Nihon cuisine.
The key point was she was the 80th issue of Togetsu, the second seat of 'Togetsu's Top Ten'!
"Togetsu Graduates!"
Suddenly, Xia Yu was interested. He looked under her ID and counted in silence. There were five little stars. Did that mean that she was a five-star chef at IGO?
He could not help muttering.
The second seat of Togetsu's Top Ten only had a five-star qualification after graduation.
The original attention on food ingredients immediately turned to the exploration of Togetsu graduates. Xia Yu was a little addicted to looking through the evaluation of various food stores to find the characters he was familiar with.
Kojiro Shimiya, six-star chef.
Suwon Fuyumi, five-star chef.
Chihisa Kiku, four-star chef.
Tsunosaki Taka, four-star chef.
...
Xia Yu focused on the current top ten, and the most powerful the 69th top ten. He only found the evaluation of Isshiki in a curry food store.
Isshiki was a three-star chef.
However, according to that guy's characteristic, he should be clumsy. His real strength was likely to be four-stars.
'There is no sliver of Dojima, no Sainami Joichiro and no Naginiri. It seems that the graduates of the older generation in Togetsu are relatively low-key, and they may also rarely use IGO's mobile software,' Xia Yu thought.


Xia Yu made a wish to eat until he vomited. And this particular wish brought him to a completely strange spirit world which was full of cuisines.
What, Chef God System?
"You need to not only satisfy normal people's appetite but also all kinds of devils and ghosts. Use your food to move them!" the old man said to him coolly.
So, Xia Yu would never stop running on the road of becoming a Chef God.
 

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