the story of those three best friends, yui, Alex and nubis who are trapped in an accidental game world that involves their past causing them to decline, did they manage to restore the situation as usual?

my english is not good enough hope you guys enjoyed it. /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\

"I am Mo, the best "pro" player on Earth. 

I played games since I was 7 years old. 

Be it online or offline games, RPG, Puzzle, Simulation or any genre of games, I am always the best when I play it. 

For 20 years, I was crowned as the greatest "immortal" gamer. 

Even the World Government built a museum for my achievements on all the games my IGN was a part of. Until that fated day..."





Release rate: 1/day

Author's Notes: My practice novel renewed after a long hiatus! Please support and add some reviews. 

P.S. Please go easy on me!

I wore a light blue shirt and slack. Dark blue for tie. What a matching color to wear on Thursday. Tomorrow Friday then weekend. I planned to finished my game on weekends. Just couples 'act' left to reach the ending.

Been waiting all weekends to play 'Fiend Home'. Its my favorite game of all time. Ever since i am kid, I've collected and played all sequel of 'Fiend' collection. 'Fiend Home' is the last game of 'Fiend' collection. Game developers said this is the last game before they went close their company. 

'The Eye' a mysterious and weird company. They never revealed their company information. Nobody knows if they exist or not. They usually tells on their social media, website and news. But their 'Fiend' games still receive positive feedback from all players. 

Their game can only buy online at their website. Every 'Fiend' game, players has 2 years to finish the game. If players don't  finished in 2 years, all save data and game data become corrupted. Never be played again. 

Even though it sounds easy, many players give up on couple acts at the beginning. Their game have different genre of survival with weird puzzle, decision, mechanism to be solved. Also you have to survive and collect  materials until the end to solve every puzzle. 

If a player were to expose the game puzzle to the Internet, their(exposer) game got corrupted. I don't know how they do it but they definitely can do it. Creepy company that can corrupt a single player game wireless and trace location. 

Well they(exposer) deserve it. On the game casing, The Eye already gives warning to all players. Everyone knows they can still talk to other people face to face so developer still can't stop them. Even if they were to expose game walkthrough, the game itself has different puzzle, arrangement, difficulty from each other. 

Players so eager to know how they make every game so different to each other. Still all player bought and played with patience. 'Fiend' itself is a special games to play. Playing their full sequel will definitely feel satisfying.

Being nice and kind is hard. You're being exploits by someone. Either be kind and weak or evil and strong.

The strong can do what ever they want. They all just kill whoever they want. Don't care if its cruel or being hated. 

A game that change your life. Reach the last Act to unlock your potential. Using the knowledge of the game to explore the possibility.

Meet, fight, kill or be the strongest creatures. 

Fiend game collection:
Fiend Beginning
Fiend Adventure
Fiend Faction
Fiend War
Fiend Home


Reed didn't care about my mood disorder; he just started pumping me for information. "Tell me about your classes?" he asked after we placed our orders.
Someday I'd get the unsociable girl attitude down properly. I gave in with a small puff of air, which moved a few flighty strands of hair from my face. "There are only two this semestermath and English. At the rate I'm going, I'll graduate from college in ten years."
"You're taking an advanced math course."
"I tested out of basic, took two math courses last semester, and decided to push myself a little this time. I know it's weird, but I like anything to do with numbers. "
"Do you ever play Sudoku?"
I rolled my eyes. "Not anymore. They're too easy."
"Prove it." He stood up and walked to the diner's front counter, grabbing a newspaper.
I used to play the puzzles from the newspapers at the library, but seriously, they became too easy. He went through the paper and folded it before placing it in front of me.
"Are you going to time me or what?" I was having trouble not laughing at how sure he was that I couldn't handle the puzzle in the newspaper.
"No, I just want to see you try one. They didn't have a pencil," he said as he handed the pen over.
"I don't need one." This was my element and my middle name was cocky.
"We'll see," was his smartass reply.
I wondered why he thought a Sudoku puzzle was so special. There were much harder math brainteasers out there. I looked the puzzle over and the numbers started falling into place. Our food arrived as I was finishing up. Far too easy.
I turned the paper upside down, lifted my fork, and took my first bite.
Reed looked back and forth between the paper and me. "You can finish after you eat. I don't mind waiting."
"I'm done."
He gave me "the look" and I couldn't help laughing. "You wanna check my work?"
He turned the newspaper over and started examining the puzzle.
"How'd you do that?"
"Eat your food, jock man. Why is the ability to do a Sudoku puzzle so important to you?"
He took a bite of food and I watched his mouth while he chewed, loving the way his jaw moved. Was anything this man did non-erotic? His eyes were bright and he ate slowly, savoring each bite of the diner food. He swallowed and I watched his Adam's apple move as I slid my gaze back up to his eyes.
He was watching me, just the corners of his mouth tipping up. "A friend of my father's is obsessed with Sudoku puzzles. He got me addicted and at least once a week, I spend a of couple hours figuring it out."
"A couple of hours?" He had to be kidding.
"Yes, Miss Brainiac. They calm me down and require all of my focus. I like to work on one when I'm nervous before games."
He was the rising star in baseball. "How can you be nervous before games?"
His face flushed slightly. "This isn't good table conversation."
I laughed. "What do you do-puke?"
Reed Tyler's cheeks turned completely red.
"Seriously?" I asked, completely dumbfounded.
"Not if I work on a puzzle. The guys tease me about it, but we each have our own way of dealing with game day stress. But now I don't know if I can ever do one of these again." He flipped the paper over. "You just completed one in under ten minutes."
"Closer to five." I couldn't help tossing that out.
"What are your plans when you graduate?" he asked between bites.
"I'll need false teeth by then, so they'll come first."
"Hmm, some things could be pretty interesting with no teeth."
I choked on the bite of food I'd just put in my mouth and picked up my napkin, trying hard not to spit it out.
He threw back his head and laughed.
I swear my ears turned pink.
"We aren't going there yet, Jaycee."
I managed to swallow, but I wanted to hit him. He gave off so many mixed signals. He looked at me like he wanted to fuck my brains out, but then he backed off. I'd offered to have sex with him in exchange for the vet bill and that pissed him off. Then he made jokes about blowjobs. God, at least I think that's what he referred to. Every time I looked at him, I thought about sex. He wasn't a boy, he was a man. So why the hell were his signals so messed up?
He winked. "I'm not going to ask what you're thinking right now, so let's change the subject."
It was a good idea, so I took a small bite of food and let him do it.
"Let's talk about you moving in with me."
I managed to continue chewing and watched as he took another bite. He acted like what he said was no big deal.
It had to stop. I took a deep, calming breath so I could explain it to him unemotionally. "So-I move in. Uproot my sister and brother. Don't sleep with you. Do your house management thing while you're out of town. And then what? Or, let's say I sleep with you. What happens when you're bored, Mr. Jock Man? My sister and brother have started a new school, but it's time for us to move along. If we lived over the garage, Bitsy will think of you as a big brother or, better yet, a father figure and poofno more hero."
I watched his lips pull in tightly as I talked. He was a nice guy, but he had no place in my life and I had no place in his.
"Eat your food," was his reply.
Maybe things were finally sinking in. I broke into his house for god's sake. He played professional baseball and made a gazillion dollars each year. We were like Apple and Microsoft. We didn't belong anywhere near each other.
***
Reed took me home after the veterinary office called and said they needed to keep Don Gato overnight. I knew Jon and Bitsy were there and I was incredibly relieved that I didn't need to tell Bitsy her cat was dead.
"Thank you." It came out softer than I meant it to.
"Was that so hard?"
His bad mood was gone and a crooked smile flashed across his face. Suddenly, all I could think about was our last kiss. "Yea, it was kinda hard, but really, thank you."
"I heard what you said earlier, Jaycee, but I still want you to think about my job offer. I can have the trailer towed to my house so it's available if you need it. I could use the help while I'm gone, and having you there will keep my mind on the game. Spring training is a lot of work. We go straight into regular season after that and I'm away as much as I'm home."
I shook my head. "You're full of shit and you don't really need me."
I opened the door and got out, knowing he watched. I knocked on the trailer door. Unable to help myself, I turned and looked at Reed. I couldn't read the expression on his face, but his fingers came off the steering wheel in a semi-wave. I didn't return it.




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There’s nothing sexier than a hot jock any day of the week even if you don’t like sports. Think sizzling dirty sweat and hard muscle that melts ice instantly. These jocks are ready to meet their match and score for life. Come along for the ride. Find a nice cool spot and bring plenty of cold water.


"We will have a series of five games. In every game we will be eliminating five pairs, if you got eliminated at the first game, you'll get one point for this activity." The students whined. "I'm not changing my mind. Two points for those eliminated at second round, three points for third, four points for fourth and only one pair will be getting a perfect score."

"Sir it's an advantage for Natalia since you're her partner!" One girl complained and the others agreed with her.

"I will play by the rules, and the games need more cooperation and synchronisation than strength." He explained. "And one more thing, your special powers are prohibited. The first two games will be held here, and for the other three, will be doing it at the open field. Now... Let's start?" We shouted a 'yes'. "The first game is..." He raised a huge box. "Untie the knot. Say goodbye to the last five pairs to untangle the strings. Once it is cut off, you loses. No one touches it until my signal, anyone cheating can also say their farewell." Every pair standing in front of a stool with a bell. He put the strings one by one on top of it. He placed one in front of me. Woah! It's so thin and tight and long. "For your information, I am not the one who tied these strings... When you're done ring your bell and sign upfront and make sure to include the place you came in. And since I can't really observe because I will be playing, I ask everyone to be honest." He walked to my side. "When I ring this bell, it means start. I'll give you two minutes to discuss strategy with your partners."

I'm hesitant to approach him so I just stared at the string. Be good to me string. "Hey you don't want to win? Because I do. I'm feeling so competitive right now, let's win this." I laughed.

"Can I nag at you if you happen to mess up?" I joked to him.

"If you agree to have a failing grade if you're the one messing up." 

"That's abuse of power." I said while laughing.

"I was just trying to put you at ease. I'm encouraging cooperation and synchronisation, might as well practice what I preach. And I'm trying to prevent you from sleeping at my class again." I gave an embarrassed laugh.

"I'm pretty sure I won't... today." And we both laughed.

"Let's work on opposite ends." I nodded at him then he rang the bell. We held the string up, our body facing each other but our eyes on what were doing. This fucking string! It would've been easier if it's a bit thicker. We had just untangled half, when two bells rang. I moved faster, my face moving closer to the string. My pupils almost crossing. I lost count of the rings, we were almost finished. Few knots are left, I leave them up to Sir Zach. I placed my hands on top of the bell, ready to ring it. When Sir Zach looked at me giving me signals that he's done, I quickly pressed it. We ran upfront then signed, we wrote number eighteen next to our names.

"We almost didn't make it." He panted. Why is he breathing heavily? We just stand there. I laughed at him. I went back to my position leaving Sir at the front.

Sir Zach blocked a pair. "Hold up! The party's full." The pair hissed. He marked the names of the eliminated. "Let's move on to th-" The door suddenly opened revealing Blaze. I smiled widely. He looked at me confused why the room's a mess right now. I pointed at him then at me, trying to tell he's my partner. 'You're mine.' I mouthed him. And he looked shock. I returned my focus to the front. Why couldn't I think of better words to describe the situation? That was so embarrassing. "Blaze you're finally here. Then that ends my comradeship with Ms. Natalia." I laughed. Then he motioned Blaze to my side. "You could ask your partner for explanations." Sir Zach rounded again, giving every pair a small tray with something inside.

"Hey where have you been?" I shout in a whisper.

"What's happening?" I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Figure it out on your own." I rolled my eyes at him.

"What?" Why is he mad? I'm just doing what he always do.

"Well, you never answer any of my questions." I shrugged.

"Your question is different from my question." 

"How is it different? They are both questions!" We were arguing while trying to keep our voice low.

"My questions are rational, yours is-"

"Irrational? Sorry for asking you irrational things. I won't do it again. Ever." I rolled my eyes at him. Sir Zach reached us and placed the same thing he placed to others, I noticed a cutter with it. What are we going to do with that?

"Next game is... Puzzle!" What? Everybody is asking how is this a puzzle. "You see the cutter, right? And there's a board right? You need to cut the board with exactly seven lines. You need to cut from end to end, you cannot stop half-way, understand?"

"Can we cut it parallel?" A student asked.

"Yes, you can." Sir answered.

"Then that would be easy!" Another exclaimed and the others agreed to him.

"Yes it would be easy... for the one who will solve your puzzle." The whole class is confused again. "You will give the board to the pair next to you and they are the one who will solve it. So I recommend you to cut it into the most complex way you can rather that cutting it parallel... I will give you five minutes to cut and solving will be a race. First fifteen pairs will be advancing to the third game. We'll start cutting in three..." The whole class joined in counting. "Two... One! Now!"

I picked up the cutter and stared at the board. I'm thinking of doing this thing on my own. First, I cut it horizontally. Then I just cut it thoughtlessly. "I noticed you don't use your brain often." I looked at Blaze. Keep calm Sheen. I handed him the cutter and he was surprised. I didn't utter the word and just wait for him to figure out what I wanted to convey. "How many cuts you already did?"

"You don't know how to count mister?" I said not looking at him. I heard him exhaled sharply.

"In three... Two... One... Give the board to the pair on your right." He handed them the board and I got the board from our left. I put it at the table and just stared at it. Blaze pushed me to the side and started solving the puzzle. "Ring the bell when you're done." Sir Zach shouted.

"You're just gonna watch?"

"Are you asking for help because you can't finish it?" I mocked him. He stared me down then rang the bell. What the? I looked at the board, it's done. He walked to the front holding the puzzle on his hand. Sir Zach acknowledge our success then let us sign our names, writing the number one beside it.

~I'm not sure I'll be welcomed back at the light realm, and I really don't think I want to be there. And there's this mystery that I fucking want to solve and my heart suggests that I will be able to unriddle it here. If this will be my end, then let be it. 

They say every life has purpose but there's none for me or maybe I was born to make my own. Sometimes I wondered if it's possible that I'm not living, but just existing. Something inside me tells me I don't belong, not only to the light realm but on both.~

Sheen Natalia is a second-born child that lives in a realm where someone like her are almost deemed useless. 

Every guy in the domain can only produce one off-spring that possess special powers, that's why first-borns are given more affection than the second-borns.

Will Natalia be able to bear with all the first-borns surrounding her? Or the first-borns would not be able to bear her?

Many videogame media released their articles for Minecraft following the conference.
Chen Mo's newest game: Minecraft
Chen Mo's first VR game exposed
Minecraft: Pixel art building game
Minecraft and Thousand Hells released at the same time
Chen Mo: nothing but praises for Thousand Hells during his conference
These articles went over the details that were shown during the conference, including the playstyle, as well as some gameplay footage.
Soon, the news was spread among the players. There were various different reactions, but most of them had some element of shock.
Chen Mo's first VR game is a building game?
But most of them could tell what the point of the game was just by looking slightly deeper into the articles.
From the looks of it, it was a game based around creating. Just like Don't Starve, it featured an open world and more complex online modes.
But even Don't Starve players had some doubts about the game.
Don't Starve was popular because it was a smaller game that could be played on both PC and mobile. Moreover, it was priced at a competitive twenty RMB.
However, Minecraft is a VR game. VR games are usually quite expensive, Earth Online for example was priced at three hundred and ninety nine USD, and VR games of similar calibre would cost around one to two thousand RMB in China.
Some Chinese MMORPGs were relatively cheaper, some even around five hundred RMB. But those games usually had microtransactions such as it was incredibly difficult to break even just by selling copies of the games.
Although most of the VR player base was in a higher income bracket, but wanting them to spend one thousand RMB for a building game?
Nobody would spend that kind of money even if they had plenty right?
There was a lot of discussion on the forums too.
"What's Chen moi thinking? How could he make a building game as his most crucial game when entering the VR market? Honestly, I haven't seen a VR puzzle game make big money."
"From what Chen Mo said, the game isn't just a simple puzzle game, it's still a sandbox game similar to Don't Starve."
"But the main fun of the game is creating! Moreover, how many copies can he sell as VR games are priced so high. Is he able to break even?"
"I think breaking even isn't a problem. The game has pixel graphics, and a lot of the game is built by players. Many of the resources can be reused too. How high could the development cost really be?"
"It probably wouldn't cost much to develop the mobile or PC version, but porting it to VR would still cost a pretty penny. And you've seen the real gameplay videos, the graphics are really detailed. Chen Mo probably didn't skimp on spending money, it wouldn't look as good otherwise."
"I think it's in the millions, but it can't be over twenty million. That's peanuts for CHen Mo."
"Twenty million for a VR game is incredibly low. Chen Mo could price it lower and sell more copies. If he sold each copy at two hundred RMB, he could totally make it all back. Would the people who own VR gaming pods care about a measly two hundred RMB?"
"I don't think it's as you said. Is Chen Mo worried about making money at all? I don't think he cares about wasting twenty million. On the other hand, he'd care more about his first VR game being a total trainwreck!"
"And he's releasing it at the same time as Thousand Hells too. It'd look so bad if he lost to Thousand Hells in all aspects!"
"When he loses, he could say that he made a puzzle game and didn't stand a chance."
"We'll see. I can't afford a VR gaming pod anyways. If the game performs well, I'll just have to try it out in an internet cafe."
---
Soon, Thousand Hells and Minecraft started showing their faces all over the internet. Although the games never mentioned their rivals, the players could tell that the games have treated each other as such.
Thousand Hells in particular showed many aspects of their characters, maps, special effects, story, and gameplay, all of which were incredibly detailed, and the game seemed really satisfying to play. All the players were incredibly excited for its release.
Players showed their eagerness for Thousand Hells on the forums. Beta keys were being sold at prices over two thousand RMB, even higher than its initial release.
But on Chen Mo's side of things, everything was kind of lukewarm.
A lot of the basic resources were revealed early on on Minecraft's official forums. They didn't try to make a big deal about revealing all of it. The only thing noteworthy was the cinematic that was shown during the conference.
The reactions to the cinematic were also so-so as it was easy for the gameplay to differ greatly from actual gameplay. Many games have incredible cinematics that are completely different to the gameplay.
Moreover, the cinematic lacked any charm as it looked like a child's drawing compared to the cinematics of Warcraft and Diablo.
The players were all incredibly confused.
Chen Mo had many ways to promote his own games. He made an animated series for I am MT, used Arthas' sketch for Warcraft, the song A Life of Fighting is but a Dream for Wulin Legend, and Gokuraku Jodo for Onmyoji...
But how come there was nothing for Minecraft?
They just did a shoddy job in promoting the game, how many people would care on its release?
Among all the confusion, Chen Mo finally made a move.
Chen Mo unexpectedly posted a Weibo at noon that day: "Minecraft: Forbidden city. Note: All of this is actual gameplay."
The players were utterly shocked.
Forbidden city?
Does that mean Chen Mo built the Forbidden City using blocks in Minecraft?
They started watching the video.
Although there have been many games in the past that recreated real life scenes, those were all done by professionals, and most of the time, they were only for looks.
But Minecraft was a building game. If the Forbidden City really was built, doesn't that mean players could run around in the Forbidden City?


Chen Mo liked calling himself a video game designer, despite being a mere video game producer.
After dying one day from work-related stress, he transmigrated into a parallel world as himself, right after he graduated. He was now in the body of his younger self, who also aspired to be a video game designer. 
Will he be able to fulfill his dream after being reborn in this oddly different new world, and become the best video game designer in that world?
Follow Chen Mo on his romp through video game classics as he brings the great games of the past to a whole new world in pursuit of his dreams!
Note: This Novel has been continued as a passion project by its translator. The continuation of this novel will not affect the result of Trial Reading or Voting Pool. 

There was an explosion of interest for the demo at the booth!
Voices of unexpected surprise by the gamers were constantly sounding!
Ha Qiqi wondered and asked, "The booth babes have already left, but why are there still so many people?"
"Plants vs. Zombies?" Little Wang hesitated for a moment, then said, "How can a game with such a title be any fun? Could these people be shills paid for by the video game company? Why are so many of them praising the game? How much money did they spend to employ them!"
Shills?
Shills your sister!
Zhang Ye rolled his eyes at her.
Wu Yi came up from behind them. "Looks like there's a lot of praise for this game, I’m also gonna give it a try."
Wu Yi went to join the line. When Little Wang and a few others from The Voice's program team saw that, they were also itching to give it a try. Ultimately, they ended up joining the line to give the game a try as well.
When it was their turn to try, their indifference at the beginning turned to shock!
When the game started for Ha Qiqi, she was startled for a moment!
It was the same for Wu Yi. He immediately started clicking the mouse and was so focused on the game that he couldn't hear his colleagues talking even though they were right beside him. His full attention was squarely on the game.
Little Wang even exclaimed, "This game is ten times more fun than Fishing Master! Is this a new game or a sequel? Why haven't I heard about this game before if it's this fun?"
Wu Yi marveled, "After just two levels, even a person like me who doesn't usually play games is getting a little addicted. This creativity, graphics, design, and the attention to detail! This should be a game made by some foreign company, right?"
A female editor pointed at something. "No, look there. It's a domestic video game company."
Wu Yi said unbelieving, "There's actually a domestic video game company that can create such an excellent product?"
Little Wang immediately waved to the area outside the booth. "Director Zhang, come and try, come and try it out!"
Zhang Ye laughed, "I'm fine here, thank you."
"It's super fun, really!" Little Wang praised loudly.
Thinking about it, Zhang Ye also joined the line. Of course he knew how good this game was. Back in his previous world, be it Plants vs. Zombies or Plants vs. Zombies 2, he had played them both. The reason he was going to give the game a try was mainly because he wanted to see how close to the original game Fat Sis's company had managed to make it. He wanted to know if they closely followed his plan and design. In addition, if there were any bugs he could inform Fat Sis to get them fixed in time.
Once he started the game, Zhang Ye had a good grasp of it.
The restoration level was very high!
It was probably at about 90% of the original game!
Knowing this, Zhang Ye began to feel reassured. He knew that Fat Sis and her staff had made this game in accordance to his design, without adding any modifications of their own. The design of the plants, the zombie's speed and health, the graphics style, every plants' cooldown times—they were mostly all the same as the original.
At this moment, a few media representatives from a video game magazine and some newspaper publishers headed over when they heard about the popularity of this booth. Extremely curious of all that was going on, they also joined the line to give the game a try. As a result, the few of them ended up looking at each other, and could see the shock in each other's eyes. Immediately, they lowered their heads again and continued to research this game. Judging from their expressions, they were quite stunned with amazement at this Plants vs. Zombies game, and simultaneously felt that it was incredible!
A domestic video game company?
It's even a small, unknown video game company?
And yet their game is fantastic! But no one has ever heard of a domestic video game company that had such standards! Which rock did they pop out from under?
What exactly was a puzzle game? To the countless people in this world, their concept and understanding of a puzzle game would surely be simple graphics, simple gameplay, and simple controls. However, on this day, Plants vs. Zombies had made them open their eyes and made them get a renewed understanding of puzzle games. Real-time strategy? Combined with tower defense features? Looking at those demo versions with their grayed out game modes, there was even an adventure mode included? Zen Garden? Mini-games? The depth of richness of this game and replayability was simply many times greater than other puzzle games! If puzzle games could be segregated into large, medium, and small, then Plants vs. Zombies was clearly considered as a mega-scale puzzle game!
These video game media personnel were in disbelief!
Around them, the gamers who had tried out the game also thought that this game was a great surprise to them!
"I have a feeling! That this game will definitely be an instant hit!"
"This is really uplifting for our countrymen!"
"Yeah, can you think of a time when a video game company from our country made such an amazing puzzle game? In the past, haven't we always just been imitating the foreign games and picking up their leftovers?"
"Although I don't wish to admit it, the development of our country's puzzle games is much poorer than puzzle games from other countries. Their game production standards are ahead of ours by four or five years, like that very popular Fishing Master which was developed overseas, and was only licensed by a domestic video game company. If I have to say it, then there are no puzzle games made by our domestic video game companies worth mentioning. But all of that has changed now! A worthy name has appeared! This game is definitely world-class standard!"
"Not only that! I think that Plants vs. Zombies is even leading the overseas standards by a couple years! I've never heard of any foreign video game companies that could create such an excellent game! It's way too much fun!"
"When does it go on sale?"
"I can't wait!"
"Fuck, I've always pirated games in the past, but I think I should definitely support the original this time! It's so rare that we finally get a game that can match a foreign-made game!"
... 
At Hall 3.
Some of the staff members at several game booths were chatting.
"Eh, why is the crowd getting smaller and smaller?"
"Yeah, where did everyone go?"
"It's not even lunchtime yet. Weren't there a lot of people just a while ago? Why did it become so deserted now? It has never been like this in the past years, has it?"
"Don't you all know yet?"
"Know about what?"
"A lot of the visitors have gone to Hall 2. I heard that there's a puzzle game being exhibited there, a game called 'Plants hitting Zombies' or something. It's such a hit that all the gamers have the booth surrounded. More than twenty of those video game magazines and media outlets have also gone over to take a look. It seems to be causing quite a sensation, but I don't know about the details myself."
"Puzzle game? How can a small-scale game like that be any fun!"
"What? Rather than coming to try out our large-scale 3D graphics games, everyone went over there to play some puzzle game instead? How's that possible! Those people must be confused, right?"
"I wonder about that too!"
... 
At the booth of Plants vs. Zombies.
Right now, this place was extremely packed, with the visitors gathering and extending to the outside of the booth for dozens of meters! It was basically full of people!
When the organizers received news of this, they flew into a rage, thinking that this exhibit must have gotten the bikini booth babes to come back to their booth. They immediately brought a team of security personnel and rushed over, but when they got there, they were dumbfounded by the scene they saw. Rather than the bikini booth babes, they saw that the booth babes who were within the dress code had all been nudged out of the booth to some place else instead. The entire booth was filled with gamers! A sea of gamers!
What…what was this situation?
Fuck, why are there so many gamers gathered around here!
And they were still wondering why the other games' booths in Hall 2 were so empty. So it was because everyone had come running over here!? Are you guys giving out games or giving out cash? The popularity over here is getting too hot to handle!
Inside the booth.
Zhang Ye and the others made their way out from the booth after they finished playing a demo of the game. Only after they left did they notice that Jiang Yuan, his kid, and the dozens of Central TV Department 1 staff were all lining up to try out the game.
Jiang Yuan also saw them, but did not make any direct eye contact. Central TV Department 1's relationship with Zhang Ye had completely broken down, and since they couldn't get their hands on The Voice's overseas copyright from him, the overseas license deal that they had already completed negotiations on with the foreign party—worth a large sum—couldn't be completed. Not to mention Zhang Ye's court case that everyone knew about which had left them all embarrassed. Whether it was a matter of image or interest, their relationship was ruined beyond all repair. The only relationship that the two parties had right now could only be described with one sentence: Fight it out! Let's see if our Central TV Department 1's freezing of artists is more powerful or whether you, Zhang Ye, have more endurance! In Jiang Yuan's opinion, this battle was already decided the moment it started. No matter how many lawsuits Zhang Ye could win against them, he could not escape from the "freeze" they had in place for him! Making a celebrity lose their source of popularity in less than a year would definitely be a fatal blow to them. It was as good as a death sentence! Since it had already come to this, no matter how capable Zhang Ye was, Jiang Yuan could no longer be bothered by the sight of him anymore. He had basically caused so much trouble for them at Central TV Department 1 that the executives of Department 1 hated him to the bone!
"Dad, is it our turn yet?" Little Qi asked impatiently
Jiang Yuan replied, "It should be our turn soon. There's still five more people ahead of us."
Little Qi said angrily, "Why are they so slow? Tell them to hurry up!"
Beside them, Jiang Yuan's secretary suddenly called out loudly, "Director Jiang, let Little Qi come over to this line. It's my turn over here!"
"OK." Jiang Yuan let Little Qi run along.
After a short while, a young staff member from Central TV Department 1 flanking him fawned, "Director Jiang, come over to my line. I've got a spot for you!"
Jiang Yuan did not stand on ceremony as the console with the demo was coincidentally situated right beside his son. He strolled over casually and picked up the mouse to accompany his son to test out the game.
Innermost of the booth.
A woman who was in charge of the booth for Plants vs. Zombies finally freed up some time to welcome the media. "Hello, everyone. Sorry to have kept you waiting. I will start accepting interviews from the media now." Looking at her, she seemed very excited, probably because she hadn't expected such an explosive scene today. She had just gotten off the phone a moment ago after making several calls to report to the company on the situation here.
At this moment, more than 15 media outlets surrounded her!
They included those from the video game magazines, newspaper firms, and even Central TV!
A reporter from one of the top video game magazines in the country quickly kicked off the interview. "This is just the first day of this year's National C-G Gaming Expo, but your company's game is already getting all the headlines. You're even outclassing other titles like Spiritual Realms: The First War, The Immortals Descend, and other anticipated MMO and RPG titles that the gamers were looking forward to for a long time now. It could be said that this is the greatest dark horse to emerge in this year's National Gaming Expo!  Can you let us know if you all had anticipated this?"
The manager smiled and said, "Our company is extremely confident about our game, but honestly…" Her eyes swept across the booth. She gave a wry smile and continued, "…we really hadn't expected this at all. Thank you, everyone, for your love!"
A reporter from the newspaper firm hurriedly asked, "How much money did you all invest into the game?"
The manager hesitated for a moment. "I can only say it was in the tens of millions."
A media reporter from Beijing asked, "I tried out the game just now, and it's absolutely amazing. Our country's puzzle games are still only in the infancy of development, but to suddenly have a product that is so amazing pop up from nowhere, can you explain to us how you all did it? Isn't this leap too great? What inspired your company to create this Plants vs. Zombies?"
Hearing this, the manager could only smile. "Regarding the inspiration, I actually don't know about it either."
"Ah?" The media personnel were all taken aback by this reply.
The surrounding gamers were also in disbelief when they heard that. You don't know about it either? The fuck? You're the publisher! If you of all people do not know, then who would?
The manager laughed and said, "This game was actually done with the aid of a patron." 
"Patron?"
"What patron?"
"Can you clarify what you mean by that?"
Nobody could understand this explanation.
... 
Not far from them.
Little Qi was clapping and exclaiming, "This is so fun! Dad, this game is way too much fun!"
Also surprised, Jiang Yuan played two stages and commented, "Yes, this game is indeed different from other puzzle games. Even I, who has almost never played any games before, got the hang of it quite quickly, hur hur. This game is really quite interesting! Quite interesting!"
Even the director enjoyed playing it?
Jiang Yuan's secretary immediately observed, "Director Jiang, your evaluation of the game is spot on. This game truly is very enjoyable to play and easy to get the hang of. It suits people of all ages, whether they're young or old!"
Another person from Central TV Department 1 remarked, "I didn't know that puzzle games could also be this much fun!"
The person from Central TV Department 1 who had earlier clashed with Ha Qiqi and the others said, "When it gets released, I'll be buying a copy for my son. He will definitely love this game." 
Little Qi said, "Dad, I want one too!"
Jiang Yuan smiled. "Sure, I'll buy it for you. Even I'm getting interested in this game after playing it. A game is just like a TV show. It depends on how innovative it is, which is where this game excels in. I wonder which company created this game that even got me interested even though I don't usually play games."
Zhang Ye looked over.
When they heard Jiang Yuan, his secretary, and the rest of the group praising the game nonstop, Ha Qiqi, Little Wang, and the others who were standing outside shot them a glance.
But suddenly, the next line from the manager who was taking questions from the reporters about Plants vs. Zombies astonished everyone at the scene!
In the face of all the media outlets' microphones and cameras, the manager chuckled and said, "The patron. Well, since I was just coming to it, let me make use of this chance to make an announcement here. Plants vs. Zombies will officially be launched next week, and for the endorsement of the game, we have already discussed with a big shot celebrity. That person is Teacher Zhang Ye, who will be acting as our spokesperson." Before the crowd could react, she threw out another bombshell of an announcement. "Teacher Zhang also happens to be the patron I just mentioned. I myself really do not know what inspired this game, because it was all from Teacher Zhang Ye. He contributed to the game's name, Plants vs. Zombies, the character models, the graphics palette, technical support, mathematical attributes, level designs, and many other things. The entire concept of the game was by Teacher Zhang Ye, so you can say that this game was a collaboration project between Teacher Zhang Ye and our company!"
At that moment, the entire venue burst into an uproar!
"What?"
"Damn! Teacher Zhang came up with the concept?"
"Ah?"
"Fuck, is this for real?"
"Did Zhang Ye cross over to the video game industry as well?"
"What the hell!"
"It's Zhang Ye? Seriously, again?"
The media was stunned! 
The gamers were dumbfounded!
No one knew how to react anymore!
Ha Qiqi was staring with her eyes wide!
Little Wang stared dumbfounded at Zhang Ye, who was next to her!
Wu Yi shouted out "fuck" and went into shock!
Then, after the shock, Ha Qiqi, Wu Yi, and the others suddenly turned their sights in unison to Jiang Yuan, his secretary, and the entire group who were still playing the Plants vs. Zombies demo. They looked at them without batting an eyelid!
Jiang Yuan's face turned green!
Jiang Yuan's secretary let out a swear and dropped the mouse in his hand!
The other Central TV Department 1 staff, who were just praising how good this game was, were all staring at each other with their mouths agape. Their faces flushed red and paled at the same time, their expressions looking somewhat distorted!
Zhang Ye's?
Having praised the game so much, they discovered now that this game was created by Zhang Ye?
Suddenly, a few gamers in the crowd suddenly cried out.
"Eh, look at that person who's playing the game! Why does he look so familiar?"
"Eh? Isn't, isn't that the person who was fighting the lawsuit with Zhang Ye?"
"Oh, I remember, I remember! I saw him on television a few days ago. He is Jiang Yuan, the Deputy Director of Central TV Department 1! The Central TV Department 1 executive who did not issue Teacher Zhang's salary to him, and even tried to steal his copyright!"
"Surely not? He was really enjoying the game just now and even praising it to the high heavens."
"Yes, that's him! That's definitely him!"
Jiang Yuan: "…"
His secretary: "…"
When those words were said, the entire venue quieted down. Everyone was staring at Jiang Yuan and the people from Central TV Department 1 with subtle looks in their eyes!
Silence!
Dead silence!
At this moment, it was as though the sound of face smacking was reverberating out from nowhere, as the invisible hand smacked across the faces of Jiang Yuan, his secretary, and their group of people!!
Ha Qiqi mouth twitched.
Little Wang held in her laughter until her face turned red!
The Central TV cameraman who was holding the camcorder up for the interview was also dumbfounded, as he stood still where he was!
Wu Yi also stood there in amazement for the longest time. He had seen before how Director Zhang face-smacked others, but this was the first time he was witnessing such a harsh face-smacking!
This was far too ruthless!
This face-smacking was so hard that it nearly left its victims shitting in their pants!!
Right now, Jiang Yuan only had one thought. If there was a sewage pipe in the ground, he would have definitely crawled inside to escape all this!
Zhang!
Fuck your grandpa!!!


Zhang Ye was originally a mundane college graduate with aspiring dreams to become a star, but unfortunately has below average looks and height. However one day, he woke up and suddenly found himself in a parallel world! 
It’s like the same world, but wait a minute…many brands, celebrities and even famous works from his world changed and are gone in this new world! Armed with the profound literary knowledge of his previous world and a heaven-defying Game Ring that gives him magical items, stats and skills, Zhang Ye embarks on a journey to pursue his life-long dream of becoming famous!
Follow Zhang Ye as he takes the new world by storm, one plagiarized piece at a time, to hilarious reactions!

"I know…" Sheng Ruming glanced at her lips and the next second he pounced on her like a hungry wolf. 'Lixi, I will make sure it will be the happiest moment in our life!'
Luo Lixi's head bumped against a soft cushion and it rolled on the floor. She was more angry rather than shy.
He pressed on her body from above and wanted to cuddle her because he was happy but Luo Lixi abruptly kicked him and the man fell on the floor.
Sheng Ruming was dumbfounded and glanced at her in shock. It was too much for him to digest that she would do this to him.
"Why?"
"Don't always act like a hooligan! The door is open!" She gritted her teeth against each other.
"So what…" 
Luo Lixi sat up on the sofa and hurriedly adjusted her dress. Then, she stood up and ran towards the open door.
"Where are you going, baby?" Luo Lixi asked the little girl who was standing before the elevator.
"You are busy. So I will come later." Sarah turned around and told her in her sweet baby voice. But her face was strange. There wasn't any lovely expression like she always showed.
"Sister isn't busy, not at all. Come." Luo Lixi brought her inside the penthouse. Sheng Ruming had already stood up. He narrowed his eyes as the little silhouette came in sight.
"Good morning, uncle." Sarah bowed slightly.
"Hmm." 
Sarah's face turned sad.
Luo Lixi glared at him fiercely because of his cold reply. Sheng Ruming saw it. He was sure she would reprimand him later and it's unpleasant.
 "Good morning… Sarah. What are you doing here in the morning?" The man saw her school uniform and asked, "Will you go to your school?"
"School has ended. I came here directly when I knew sister is at home. The receptionist uncle told me." 
Then, Sarah turned towards Luo Lixi. "I just came back. Also, my home is empty. Sister, come with me. Let's play video games again." Sarah held her pants and shook it.
"Alright." 
"Yay! Hug me." 
So, Luo Lixi had to hug the child. Without leaving any words behind, both of them walked out.
Sheng Ruming saw them as his arms were crossed on his chest. Then, he walked to the study room. There he sat on the leather chairs. 
Before him was his laptop. While turning it on, he called someone, "We will return tomorrow. The destination is Long city."
After the call ended, his eyes turned to the laptop. The man decided to emerge himself in his tasks before those were sorted out.
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After both Luo Lixi and Sarah went to the 19th floor's penthouse, she helped the girl to change into a comfortable dress.
"Let's play a game."
Luo Lixi shook her head. "Did you finish the puzzle?"
As they talked, both of them reached Sarah's big play room. 
"I can't finish it. It's too hard!" Both of them walked up to the big puzzle on the floor. It had onerous 200 pieces was difficult to put in place.
"You are a baby, that's why you are saying it's hard. But it's easy. Come, I will help you."
Luo Lixi sat down and then took the chubby child on her thighs. "Place it here. Try this…"
As Luo Lixi instructed, Sarah placed those pieces on the places from a box. 
The puzzle was of a cute pikachu with togepi. Both of them spent most of their time trying to match.
"Sister, you also failed." Sarah said as she stared at the messed up puzzle.
'I made a fool of myself before the child!' She took hold of her loosened hair and made a bunch which rested on top of her head.
"Don't give up, Sarah. Let's try until it's done!" She fisted her hand and tried to give the girl motivation.
Sarah nodded her head vigorously and shouted, "Okie~"
So the two females, one small and one big again started to work on the puzzle. When they finally matched that at the third attempt, Sarah clapped her hands loudly.
"Yay! Finally!"
At the kid's joyful laughter, Luo Lixi smiled. "Look it's done."
Sarah nodded her head. But then, her face became sad. Luo Lixi saw this and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Sister, uncle is a badie." She pouted her cheeks.
"What?! Why is he a badie?!" 
Sarah continued to say, "I saw, he pushed you down and must have beat you. I was so scared that I ran away."
Luo Lixi turned speechless. "He didn't beat me."
"But I saw. In our school, there is also a bad boy who once pushed down a boy and punched him. It's the same." 
'What should I say now?' Luo Lixi thought to say something. "It was an accident. He didn't beat me at all. Look, Sister is alright. Three is no bruises."
Sarah saw Luo Lixi's face and there wasn't anything. She felt relieved.
"Gosh! I thought, I should call my father. It's good that you are okay." The girl stood up from her thighs and tightly hugged her.
"Sarah, don't mention it again in front of outsiders." Luo Lixi told her in a deep voice. 
"Mommy…"
"No. Not before mommy as well. Promise me." Luo Lixi raised her pinky before Sarah and asked, "Promise?".
Sarah immediately hooked her own little pinky around hers. "Promise. Not before mommy."
"Hey, not before everyone."
"Not before everyone." Sarah answered as both of them tightly hooked their pinky fingers. 
"Done." Luo Lixi said as she was pleased. She vividly remembered what Yuexin told her once about the sound coming from the balcony.
Afterwards, they played video games together. As well as watching some anime. It was the first time as Luo Lixi even saw those childish things.
Some hours had passed already. Luo Lixi saw the time on the clock of the play room."Why isn't your mommy back yet?"
"I don't know. She will come back soon." Sarah rubbed her .


[Completed] Luo Lixi was once a lovely and bright child loved by many people. She had many little dreams in her life. After the death of her parents, her only close family was her grandfather and little brother. 

She thought they loved her as much as she did. but a betrayal from her brother, Luo Lixiang made her world view crumble to dust.

She was heartbroken and vowed never to love someone in her life.

But a certain someone came to her life unexpectedly and made her waver in her vow. He was also a person who had many goals and ambitions to achieve. He was the one who taught her to live for herself and to love him.

She came to know a side of herself that she didn't know exists till then.


*** ***


Sheng Ruming said as he pressed her head in his chest. "Are you listening? Listen carefully. This heart beats only for you. You're the only girl I loved from my young days till now. Back then I was immature, didn't know what to say or do to please you...but now." He lifted her chin with his right hand as he looked at her eyes as if staring straight at her soul. 


Luo Lixi was shaking as she felt her heart was pounding rapidly. This stimulation was too much for her. As he forced her to face him, just looking at those familiar black eyes caused her to feel tingling in her heart. 


As her hot tears kept falling she heard a deep voice rang by ears, "Listen carefully. I had said this back then, but you didn't believe me yet thought I was joking with you. Now I'll say this again..." She turned her face to him as she heard his next words, "I love you..."

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That night, as usual, I sneaked out of the village and headed directly to the entrance of the tombs. I had Levi carefully examined our surroundings to make sure I was not being followed. The few opportunists of the previous night seemed to have learned their lessons as I did not see any lit torches in the middle of the canyon.
"Squeak squeak!"
As I crawled through the narrow tunnel to enter the tombs, a familiar and dreaded sound came from the room ahead. I froze and carefully took out my dagger from my storage belt. I could not use my spear in such a narrow space, but my dagger could still protect me.
"Levi? How many giant rats?"
The fairy, who was floating in front of me frowned lightly. "None. There were two giant rats in the room, but they ran away after sensing our presence. They may have gone to alert the other giant rats."
"They ran away? I doubt they are going to alert the other giant rats. While the giant rats live together, they do not really help each other. Everyone is left to fend for themselves, find their own food and survive by all means." I grunted as I moved my body forward. Eventually, I reached the chamber where I could stand up properly.
The chamber was empty aside from the dim firestone in the centre. Out of the three doors, the leftmost one was open. When I left this place on the previous night, I was unable to close the doors behind me. I did not spend much time trying to do so either as I did not want to risk having to solve all the puzzles all over again.
"Can you go and scout ahead?"
"You are really starting to abuse our agreement!" Levi grumbled but nevertheless flew toward the opened door.
I took out my spear from my storage belt and followed behind the fairy. Wearing my new silk robe and the armguards, I was confident in dealing with the giant rats.
As I expected, I found two giant rats waiting for me on the other side of the corridor. They squeaked threateningly.
"There's one more rat in the side room ahead." Levi warned in a low voice.
I nodded and carefully stepped forward with my spear drawn. The giant rats hissed. They worked together, one attacking me from the front while the other aimed for me side.
I was already prepared for their attacks. I let the giant rat jump at me and raised my arm, positioning the armguard right where the giant rat was about to bite. Its mouth closed onto my arm, but its teeth were unable to pierce through the armguard. Instead, it was the giant rat who was suffering. The Thorn enchantment activated itself, it sucked a small portion of my mana, sending an invisible wave of energy inside the giant rat's mouth.
The giant rat squeaked in pain but it did not last long as I quickly smashed its body against the wall. Meanwhile, I was keeping the other giant rat at a reasonable distance with my spear. When it saw its companion suffer, it lunged forward, only to be met by my spear covered with barely visible sparks.
The two giant rats died before long. I checked my armguard and confirmed that it was still in good shape. As long as I could protect my body against the giant rat's infected teeth, it was extremely easy to deal with these rodents. I took out a torch from my storage pouch and lit it up. Holding onto it with my left hand and my spear with my right hand, I started my second night of exploration.
A few moments later, I once again entered the larger room at the end of the tombs' slave section. I now had five giant rat corpses in my storage pouch and was actively looking for more. Unfortunately, the room was completely empty this time. There was only another large door and yet another puzzle waiting to be solved.
However, this time, the puzzle was different. It was no longer about moving the dyed block out of the maze of blocks. There were several small stone tiles neatly arranged on the floor. The stone stele once again depicted a large square with several lines dividing it into smaller squares which just happened to be the size of a tile. I understood that I needed to fill in the gaps with the tiles on the floor.
The square already contained two tiles: one with a yellow dot and one with a white dot. Judging by the patterns on the stone tiles, I could roughly guess the concept of this puzzle. I needed to connect these two points using the stone tiles. The patterns on the stone tiles were either a straight line, a corner or a T-shape crossroad.
'This looks very familiar. Like a puzzle about building a road to connect buildings. These stone tiles should indicate the shape of the road and what I should do is simply arrange the patterns to connect the yellow dot to the white dot.'
I explained my hypothesis to Levi and started arranging the stone tiles. Like before, I was extremely careful when handling potentially harmful objects. Fortunately, everything went as planned. The familiar rumble of the door resonated across the room and I now had access to the Worker's section of the tombs.
This new section did not look very different from the slave section. Time had already worn out the decorations, leaving only cold dull stone walls. As for the piles of bones, when dead, everyone looked the same. The only positive point was that these workers were slightly wealthier than the slaves. Most skeletons held on to one or two Nazlock coins, some even had five Nazlock coins which all ended up in my storage belt.
I came across a few giant rats who all perished under my spear. As I went deeper into the worker's section, the number of giant rats slowly increased. With Levi's help, I was able to effectively plan my path through the new section.
We were very happy with our harvest, totalling four hundred coins after plundering five different rooms. Just like yesterday, we lost the majority of our time solving the puzzles. They progressively got harder and more frustrating. There were now black dots that I needed to not connect to the path connecting the yellow and white dots. The stone tiles' pattern and shape also changed. Levi was unable to help much in this matter; it was evident that neither of us had puzzle solving skills. Opening the doors was mostly a matter of luck and trial and error.
"Stupid puzzle. It reminds me of the games I often played on the throne. They start up easy to give you a taste and then suddenly ramp up the difficulty to make you spend money on things like hints or extra attempts. At the very least, there are no annoying ads to watch if I fail here." I grumbled as I tried to connect the yellow and white dots.
"You are not as smart as you claim to be." Levi chuckled happily.
"I never said I was."
"Tsssk. So you were a king in your world before coming to the tower? No wonder you knew so much about the tower and the rooms from the start." Levi commented with a thoughtful expression.
"What? What do you mean? I was never a king." I said, confused by Levi's words.
"Did you not say that you sit on the throne to play games?"
"Oh. Well, in my world, most people have a throne at home. But the function of that throne is a little bit different from the ones in the tower."
"Explain yourself?"
"…"
At that very moment, I put down the last stone tile and miraculously connected the white and yellow dots. The door shook loudly as it slid open. Our conversation was cut short, but I was not going to complain.
We quickly headed to the new room where we were greeted by the loud squeaks of the giant rats. The room was dimly lit by firestones but thanks to my torch, I was able to see about ten pairs of red pupils focusing their attention on the newly opened door.
'A small nest? Looks like we just disturbed a small group. How annoying. This must be their home; there is no choice but to fight.'
I frowned lightly as I knew the next battle was not going to be easy. The giant rats were not happy that an enemy came to their nest. They hissed loudly before rushing toward me from all directions.
I did not retreat, knowing that the best position to face them was the doorway. I lightly bit my lips, lowering my torch to use it as a weapon.
The first giant rat jumped and aimed for my face, only to have its head smashed by the burning torch in mid-air. Unfortunately, while the giant rat's fur was flammable, the torch did not stay in contact with it long enough for it to catch fire.
The second giant rat came soon after. I thrust my spear, but it easily dodged my attack. It jumped and aimed for my shoulder.
Meanwhile, two more giant rats had reached my legs and dug their teeth through the leather pants. Another aimed for my waist, but the silk robe was able to stop it from sinking its teeth into my flesh. I was quickly overwhelmed.
I grunted in pain from the two giant rats munching on my legs.
'Annoying!'
Heal!
My spell had negligible effects on the injuries. It was not instantaneous and was more suited for post-battle treatments. Fortunately, the virus transmitted by the giant rats' bite also had a delayed effect. I would be fine as long as I consumed the antidote in the next few hours. In the corner of my eyes, I could see more giant rats rushing in my direction.
The only silver lining in this situation was that I now had two easy targets to aim for: the two giant rats biting my legs. Once they sunk their teeth in my flesh, they stopped moving and simply focused on digging their teeth as deeply as possible. The giant rats were simple-minded creature; now that they had injured their target, they simply waited for it to die.
I pierced the defenceless head of the rodent with my spear, but they were quickly replaced by the other giant rats. Each one bit a different area of my legs. It was painful but also the only way I could deal with those rats.
'There are so many. It is annoying and painful to use my body like this but there is no other choice. As long as they don't reach my head, I should be fine. No pain no gain.'
Heal! Heal! Heal!
I constantly used the Heal spell, overlapping their effect and focusing each one on a different area of my body.
'I should have bought a suitable pair of pants and boots too…'
I ignored the pain in my legs and continued to kill the giant rats one my one. Compared to what I endured in my past life, this amount of pain was nothing. I stabbed with my spear, blocked their bites aiming for my upper body with the armguards while swinging the burning torch around.
Very soon, a pile of corpses had accumulated at my feet, but it came at a heavy cost. My legs had been ravaged by these rodents. Without the Heal element, it would take me days or even weeks to recovered from these injuries.
There were only two giant rats still alive. They squeaked and carefully retreated. They had been angry that their home was suddenly attacked but after witnessing the death of so many companions, they knew they did not stand a chance and chose to run away.
"You did it. All the monsters in this room are either dead or have run away." Levi commented after a quick scan of the room.
"D*mn." I cursed and sat down on the floor. My legs were shaking.
Heal! Heal! Heal!
"You really have some guts. With such a weak body, you endured the bite of more than ten giant rats."
"If I was not confident in my Heal spell, I would not have done so. Since I am alone and you are unable to fight the monsters, using my body like this was the only solution. There were just too many rats." I replied after casting Heal a few more times. Thankfully, my mana pool had grown significantly over the past few days and I was able to cast Heal as many times as I needed.
All that was left to do now was to wait for the wounds to close themselves. I took out one of the antidotes I bought at the merchant tower and drank it without hesitation.
I was exhausted and unwilling to put any additional stress on my legs for the next few minutes. "You can go and collect the valuables. It looks like we have reached the end of the Worker's section. There should be some good stuff in there."

I was sent back in time to fulfill my wish of living peacefully. I returned to the day it all started; the day the humans first entered the tower of hope. I was the chosen one; the only human with the knowledge of the upcoming events. And yet, I chose a different path. I am tired have no intention of joining the frontline. I earned my retirement and shall live peacefully at the cities as a healer. But first, I need to get through this tutorial and shall squeeze out all the benefits I can from the zeroth floor.

“I will be posting this story on RoyalRoad”

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Sure enough, as soon as I clicked the next tile in place a single monster spawned. It was a kobold. It was hairy with a dog snout and shabby leather armor covering its body. It wielded a sword and shield. As a monster, they had some intelligence and knew how to fight pretty well. Sady for it though, as soon as Sam saw it, he had already shot multiple fireballs at it burning it to ash. To be honest it was not a pretty sight. Unlike how you would see it in games when a kobold was hit by a fireball it would be singed slightly before turning into particles of light and dying. No, this was pretty gruesome in so many ways. I mean the agonizing screams it released from its mouth as it died and the look of unwillingness it had in its eyes, was all too real. But if it was the other way around it would have been one of us in the same situation. 
This was just a small reminder of how real this world is. Although, I understood all of this after bloodying my hands for the first time. But still seeing things like this just sets it in even more. I wondered if there will be a day where I take everything as the norm. Then again. I now do not even think when killing a human. Well, my stomach still turns when thinking about it, so I guess I am not one hundred percent used to it yet.
But with only one monster spawning on my first mistake, I wondered if my second mistake would spawn two. I soon learned that this was not true. My second mistake spawned three kobolds, the third time was nine, and when we got to the fifth time, twenty monsters spawned. I was starting to get nervous because the last fight was a little tough for us all, with such a confined space. If we continued like this, we would end up with this room being filled with hundreds maybe even thousands of monsters.
"Rei, don't move any more blocks for now." Able suddenly spoke up. He was also tired. Even with my higher stats, I was starting to feel it as well. Defending and attacking while trying to keep both Marsil and Sam safe was not easy. Like just now after twenty kobolds spawned we had spears and swords coming at us from all sides. Both Sam and Marsil did not come out unscathed this time. Sam was slashed in the arm with a sword and Marsil took a spear to the leg. It was a very difficult battle. But if you cast the wrong spell you could end up hurting more than just the enemy. I was starting to think I should have practiced my magic much more. with my current control, I was scared of harming Able and the rest, in such an enclosed space.
"I know… we got to figure out a better way of dealing with this..." I said as I laid on the floor.
"From what I know, puzzle rooms normally have only one way to solve things but some had two. We could see if there is another way to escape." Able explained.
"What happens if you solve the puzzle?" I asked. I mean I was curious, was there some kind of prize for completing the puzzle? Or do you just regain your freedom?
"As far as I know a chest will appear after the puzzle is completed and sometimes a decent artifact will drop." Able replied. I suddenly felt like I was living in an RPG! (Role Playing Game) This was the only thing I could think of when I heard you get an item from completing the puzzle.
"So, I'm guessing if we escape the room without completing the puzzle we get nothing right?" I felt a little reluctant to give up the prize but if we continued trying to fight all the monsters that spawned we would end up dead eventually. And to be honest I did not want to start over again from the kidnapping incident. I mean it is lucky that I am able to die and be resurrected but… I do not want to watch those close to me die either… The system did say that when I die I will remember everything that happened. 
"Yes, in order to successfully get the item at the end, one must solve the puzzle. " Able confirmed my question. I looked at both Sam and Marsil who were wounded and fell into thought. "Let's see if there is a second way out of the room. If we continue as we are someone will end up seriously injured or dead. If all else fails, I can always try to kill everything at the same time." 
Everyone nodded at my suggestion but unfortunately, our luck was not good. There was no second easier puzzle. The room was completely empty except for the chest. The door itself was sealed off with neganite so we could not use magic to open it. I ever tried using my sword to cut it open but since it was made with magic it did nothing. We all fell to the floor to our butts and let out a long sigh.
 "Looks like our only choice is to continue with the puzzle..." Marsil looked very unwilling but I could tell she also knew that we had no other choice. 
"For now, let's just study the puzzle and figure out how it should look in the end. Because if we keep doing it blindly we may end up with a block stuck on the opposite side of where it should go." I suggested. I wanted to reduce the number of battles as much as possible.
"This is a good idea. Then we can arrange which tiles should be moved next and reduce our battles by a great amount. Rei and I will work on this while you two heal up."
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Is love so easily accomplished? For a girl, they can flash a little skin and get boys to fawn over them. Can that be considered love?  Wouldn't that just make them sluts? I would rather kill myself than be touched by a man I do not love. I might be old fashion but this is how I was raised for fifteen years of my life. 

The one day I decided to open my mouth and say something, was the day I truly found out how screwed up this life was. 

After my death, I found myself in a familiar place with an annoying system talking inside my head.  I was somehow reborn in my favorite otome game? And I was neither the protagonist nor the villainous? Just a side NPC! Not only did it have the same game system as the otome game but it also had a small twist which required me to cultivate my magic?

If this was not enough I found that all the love interests keep trying to talk to me.  

With my head swirling with all the things happening around me will I finally find my chance at true love?


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