Every race lives on massive floating continents that are held aloft by an endless ball of mist. Seven suns blesses seven different races, and the upstart humans claim the Seventh Sun as their own.

Mavon and Kinore are brothers and sisters who are struggling to survive on the broken world of Mongrath. With their growing Sparks, they aim trace their origin and beat back the apocalyptic waves of monsters from the mists.

Ignition - An Interactive Quest is a story written by both the author and its readers. It is a tale that is spun by the preferences of its readers. You determine the choices Mavon and Kinore make, thereby influencing the entire course of the story. The decisions you voice in the comments will always shape their responses at the start of the next chapter by vote.

The quest is a fun and refreshing story format on Webnovel. Be the weaver of your own adventure. Take part in the course of Mavon and Kinore’s epic journey as they seek to mend the shattered lands of Mongrath.

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An interactive story, I will use the best comments to shape the story. But first I need your help to begin it

---Inside the experience store---
Chen Mo tested Lifeline for one last time and said to Su Jinyu and Zheng Hongxi, "Alright, it's good."
"Yeah! That's awesome!" Su Jinyu couldn't help but be ecstatic.
That was basically a game she and Zheng Hongxi worked together without Chen Mo's help, so it was particularly special.
(If Chen Mo asking Zheng Hongxi to change the story multiple times didn't count as helping.)
Zheng Hongxi finally breathed a sigh of relief and let out a smile. Despite being asked by Chen Mo to make many changes to the story as well as several big changes to the story, it was finally over.
This process improved Zheng Hongxi's understanding of writing for games as well as his understanding of manipulating the emotions of the players.
Now Zheng Hongxi was looking forward to the reaction of the players, will they like his writing?
Chen Mo installed Lifeline onto Chang Xiuya's phone, "You'll be our first labrat."
---
Chang Xiuya was curious.
Everyone knew that Su Jinyu and Zheng Hongxi had been working hard to make an interactive fiction, but they didn't know what type of game it would be or anything about the story.
There were many interactive fictions in this world and was one of the more classic genres. Many video game designers who liked story driven games would usually have interactive fiction as their first game.
It was partially because that the game was easy to make, all it needed was a good story. Other resources would include getting a good set of artwork and probably outsourcing someone to do the audio as well.
However, as there were so many interactive fictions on the market, it was significantly harder to break through as well.
The interactive fictions of this world were very much similar to the previous world, mostly city life or transmigration to medieval times. This was because most interactive fiction players are female, and they tend to like these themes more.
Chang Xiuya also played interactive fictions, but after playing a million different interactive fictions, most of their story would coalesce into one, making it quite boring after a while.
If the only difference between interactive fictions were their story, they may as well read novels instead.
Chang Xiuya was worried that Lifeline would be similar to other interactive fictions. However, since the manager overlooked this, his games are usually...
Yep, other than I Am MT being a little bit scummy, the other games were quite creative.
The icon of the game was fairly dark, with a small person in it who looked like an astronaut. The top right of the icon had a weird radio wave icon.
"Umm. Is it scifi? That's fresh."
Chang Xiuya tapped on the icon, entering the game.
She was then met with a pop-up window, "Lifeline is an interactive fiction that spans over a few days. Your gaming experience might be affected without push-notifications. Please enable push-notifications to enhance your experience."
Chang Xiuya tapped on 'Allow'.
A window that looked like a chatting app popped up. Soon, messages started appearing.
Incoming message
Establishing connection
Connecting
"Hello?"
"Does this work?"
"Can anyone hear me?"
Chang Xiuya was a bit shocked after the questioning, but now two different choices appeared in the bottom: 'Who's there' and 'Yes I can hear you'.
Chang Xiuya felt that these had about the same meaning and wouldn't affect the story, then tapping on 'Yes I can hear you."
"Oh, thank goodness! I was finally able to contact someone!"
"I've waited for hours!"
Another two choiced popped up: 'Who are you?' and 'What happened'?
Chang Xiuya thought that it would be better to ask who they were, tapping 'Who are you?'.
After two choices, Chang Xiuya already understood the difference between this and other interactive fictions.
Lifeline didn't have any narration or background descriptions, it was set up entirely as a chatting software. But instead of chatting with real people, the player would be chatting with fictional characters from the game.
Conveying the world using a sci fi chatting app improved the immersion. This included sending the player notifications, giving the player an impression that they were talking to a real person.
Chang Xiuya started chatting to this astronaut named Tyler based on what she felt was right.
Through chatting, Chang Xiuya discovered that Tyler was an astronaut on a cargo pod, but crashed on an alien plant. However, he was now completely lost. He was a student who boarded to perform an experiment, and had no experience in dealing with emergency situations like these.
However, Tyler seemed quite optimistic, even making jokes in such dire situations.
Chang Xiuya even laughed at the jokes he made.
"So is the final task to help this astronaut escape? Doesn't seem too difficult. It's probably easier than the crazy scenarios from Chinese dramas set in ancient times right..." thought Chang Xiuya.
"There's a white mountain nearby that's a few miles out. But this mountain... looks a bit weird, it's vertically symmetrical so it doesn't seem quite natural."
"The crash site of Varia seems a bit closer than the mountain. What should I do?"
There were two choices: 'Head towards crash site' or 'Head towards mountain'.
Chang Xiuya knew that this was a key choice for the plot. As Tyler hinted, the mountain was shaped weird, and it was further away, obviously he should go towards the crash site!
Chang Xiuya chose 'Head towards crash site'.
"Makes sense, there could be survivors..."
"Alright, I'm heading South. This should take at least one hour. I'll let you know when I get there."
Afterwards, the system displayed a 'Tyler is now busy' message.
Chang Xiuya was shocked, what is this?
There weren't any other choices, and Tyler stopped talking as well. The game just stopped without any further notifications.
Chang Xiuya looked back at what Tyler said.
"It can't be that he's really going to message me an hour?!"
Chang Xiuya was shocked. It was the first time she encountered an interactive fiction like this, making the player wait for an hour for nothing?!
All Chang Xiuya could do now was wait. She didn't close the app, however, fearing that she wouldn't receive the message when Tyler replies.


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. 

April 4th, Monday…
Pei Qian adjusted his targets at work for the next two days when he woke up.
First, he would make arrangements for the profitable Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games gaming departments!
Shang Yang Games would be pushing for the IOI domestic server with all their might.
Pei Qian would also find something for Tengda Games to work on. Otherwise, IOI might really not be able to beat GOG if Hu Xianbin continuously updated GOG, created new heroes, and increased their publicity efforts.
GOG had been working well on the domestic server after all. IOI had to think of a way to snatch all the players from GOG.
As to what kind of jobs should he give to Hu Xianbin…
Pei Qian decided to learn from his experiences to create a standalone game that no one would like!
The success of Tomorrow is Beautiful was a very hard hit on Pei Qian. It made him doubt life. Why wasn't the audience angry even though he seemed to think that it would infuriate them? It wasn't even reasonable!
Pei Qian came to a comprehension after deep thoughts.
It was his way of expression! If the audience were to put themselves in the shoes of the protagonist of Tomorrow is Beautiful, they would definitely feel sad and frustrated that they would rather die.
However, this was a movie.
Zhu Xiaoce used a special method to enable the audiences to maintain God's view. None of them could feel the way the protagonists felt. That led them to be unable to read more into it and be more empathetic.
Therefore, the meaning changed immediately.
That was the greatest failure of Tomorrow is Beautiful to Pei Qian. There was just a thin line between making huge losses and making huge profits. 
Therefore, Pei Qian concluded that giving poison to the audience itself was not a wrong view. Otherwise, no one would say 'bow down to reality'. He had to be tactical about how he fed the poison.
He had to make the feeling very strong! As long as he could bring everyone into the tragic character, then it would definitely bring about his desired effect.
Pei Qian felt that he had found the crux of the problem why Tomorrow is Beautiful was profitable. He just needed to test his theory out. 
However, how should he test it out…?
The Fei Huang Workspace was taken out by Pei Qian. Moreover, he would not want to touch movies again in the short term. Once bitten, twice shy.
In comparison, games were a form of art to bring into! Some suffering in the movies would not arouse too much resentment. However, it would be different if the protagonist were to be bullied as the player.
Of course, some people might say that Repent and be Saved had not aroused the resentment of players but made the players very happy instead.
That was a complete misunderstanding.
Repent and be Saved was a game of suffering, but what players liked was not the feeling of suffering but the feeling of becoming stronger after suffering. In the end, it was the sense of accomplishment to overcome difficulties.
In other words, such players were not extreme masochists. On the contrary, they were extremely sadistic.
Almost all the games in the world had to give players enough positive feedback to have fun.
Pei Qian had already decided that this game would not give any players positive feedback. He would just pass on completely negative energy!
Wasn't this 'bowing down to reality'?
He had to make an extremely realistic game this time and definitely make it so that he had no friends!
This time, Boss Pei decided to do it personally or to write the story outline of the game himself to prevent Hu Xianbin from misinterpreting his intentions. He had to give the players a clear understanding!
Of course, Pei Qian also knew that it did not necessarily mean that this game would be able to make a loss. The failure of Game Designer was a very deep lesson to him. Pei Qian also thought that the narrative of Game Designer was abusive to the players, but the players were not angry at all. It became a huge plus.
Things spiraled out of control after Teacher Qiao over-interpreted it.
Pei Qian had thought of a countermeasure for these. He would never repeat these mistakes again, let alone fall twice into the same puddle!
In short, Pei Qian learned the experience and lessons of Tomorrow is Beautiful and Game Designer. He had to pin it all on this one!
… 
In the guest room of the gaming department…
Hu Xianbin was obviously nervous. Pei Qian called Hu Xianbin to the guest room individually to tell him about the concept of this new game. Pei Qian did not call for the other more senior staff like Li Yada and Bao Xu.
That was because these people had participated in the development of Game Designer and had a deep level of understanding of its success. Pei Qian was afraid that their participation would cause this new project to go wrong.
Pei Qian, therefore, decided to isolate these senior staff.
He would get these seniors who had participated in the development of the Game Designer to maintain the GOG casually. He would then bring the new group of employees like Hu Xianbin who had no experience in standalone game development to be in charge of the new game.
To ensure that the project could reach the level he expected, Pei Qian would explain everything to Hu Xianbin clearly this time to prevent him from using his imagination.
Pei Qian took a few sips of tea and started to talk about his idea.
"The name of this game is called 'Struggle'. It will be an interactive game with realistic themes. All characters have to be made in high-definition motion capture, and the quality of the drawing should be in line with SA masterpieces.
"Of course, due to the short process of the game, it probably would not cost a lot, perhaps… prepare 40 million yuan first. I'll add more if it isn't enough.
"Temporarily set the development period to be five months. Let's try to get it going on 1st September."
Hu Xianbin was at a loss.
What was that? Interactive movie game with a realism theme? What kind of godly combination was this?
The so-called interactive movie game could be regarded as an adventure game with exquisite graphics. Players would be able to choose different routes and play different endings after the story began. They only needed to make decisions among a few options without actually needing to operate anything. 
Some interactive movie games used game graphics while others used real scenery and actors for the shot. They were all costly.
However, Boss Pei's request for all characters to be in high-definition motion capture and in line with 3A masterpieces… might cost more than the real set and actor shooting.
Forty million yuan was enough to make a movie…
Hu Xianbin felt huge pressure while being in a daze.
Why did it sound unreliable?!
Hu Xianbin would have thought that someone had passed the wrong information if he did not hear Boss Pei speak himself.
Pei Qian continued. "The name 'Struggle' is to allow players to re-experience their struggles in reality. The game will be sold in two different parts. 'Rich' and 'Poor' versions. They will be sold separately.
" 'Struggle' Rich version is to be sold to the poor. Its original price would be at 29 yuan and 19 yuan after discount; 'Struggle' Poor version would be sold to the rich with its original price at 99 yuan and the discounted price at 79 yuan.
"The player will enjoy the discount if they buy only one version. However, they would have to pay the full price, a total of 128 yuan if they were to buy both versions."
Hu Xianbin blinked. "Erm… is there any deep meaning to this?"
Pei Qian nodded. "Of course. The poor have no money but want to experience the life of the rich. Therefore, the price is lower. The rich have money but want to experience the life of the poor so the price has to be higher. There is no second chance in life so it will cost more to experience it all." 
Hu Xianbin was silent and said with emotion, "Even Boss Pei's pricing can be so philosophical…"
Pei Qian continued. "No matter whether it was the rich or poor version, they would be divided into several stages. They would grow up from infancy and go to school before entering society, from work life to live, from entertainment to rest. We have to show as many aspects of the life of the poor and rich through as many scenes as possible.
"In the rich version, the player plays the role of a rich man. He would have no worries from childhood. Everything would be smooth sailing for him. He could easily achieve success in all aspects of life, career, and relationships.
"However, he would die in the hands of a homeless man.
"In the poor version, a player would play as a poor man, having inadequate amounts of food and clothing. His path would be filled with thorns and have no way of making it even after he grew up. He could only continue his cycle of poverty."
Hu Xianbin was stunned. "And then?"
Pei Qian: "And then? Nothing else. That is the entire content of the game."
Hu Xianbin was even more confused now. "Shouldn't there be many endings for an interactive movie game?"
Pei Qian shook his head. "No, this game would only have two endings no matter the combination and permutation of options you choose. The rich would be killed by a homeless man, and the poor continue to get poorer."
I will never make the same mistake of having many endings like the instance with Game Designer again! Pei Qian thought to himself.
Hu Xianbin was shocked. "What would the players play for if everything was doomed from the start?"
"The process will be different. There will be a different branch every time the player chooses a different route, but all the branches will return to the same ending," Pei Qian explained. "The difference in the branches would not be reflected in the ending.
"We must fill in as many details for all aspects of life under the big framework of this game.
"For example, the poor can only attend ordinary schools with low quality of education while the rich attend expensive aristocratic schools. When seeking for jobs, the poor would often run into walls with interviews while the rich work directly for their fathers. 
"The girlfriend who had been with the poor for many years would break up with him because they couldn't afford to buy a house while the rich brought different girls home from nightclubs every day. 
"When they get married, the poor will only be able to buy a small second-hand house with the help of the whole family while the rich would have mansions prepared. They need to do nothing but watch their estate grow more than the poor can ever earn with their hard work…
"Do you understand?" 
Hu Xianbin's lips twitched. "I… understand all too well."
"Oh, right, the backdrop should be in Europe. Find some foreigners for motion capture and dubbing," Pei Qian added.
"Boss Pei, does this game have… any profound meaning?" Hu Xianbin asked.
Pei Qian laughed. "You don't need to know; just do what you are tasked with well enough.
"I'll come up with the framework of the story; you and the production team will be responsible for improving the plot. Show me the plot when you are done to make sure that there is no deviation from my thoughts.
"Alright, you can go prepare now.
"You can work on art resources first. You roughly know what kinds of roles there would be with a little imagination anyway. People like parents, teachers, classmates, bosses, etc."
Pei Qian turned to leave after a few simple sentences.
He left Hu Xianbin pulling his hair out, thinking hard.
Teacher, that question was really out of the syllabus! I really cannot understand!
… 
Pei Qian was also fully prepared to lose all his hard-earned money this time. The pricing was meaningful.
The poor version could also be called the ultimate suffering version. One could suffer all the sins one had suffered in reality and be the ultimate masochist.
The rich version could also be called the gold-foil-wrapped version. Everything was smooth sailing at first, which would make the player feel good. However, they would die in the hands of a poor person.
Pei Qian specially set it at a low price of 19 yuan, taking into account that the rich version was wrapped in gold foil, which would only reveal itself at the end. Yet, the poor one was a full ride of masochism so he set it at a high price of 79 yuan.
To prevent players from generating some inexplicable interpretations by playing the two versions together, Pei Qian deliberately increased the price of buying the two versions together.
If the players really wanted to buy, the best choice would be to buy the 19-yuan rich version. It would not cost much, and the risk of Pei Qian making money was very low.
The contents were more excessive. In addition to the masochism throughout the entire process, the key was that both endings were terrible. The players would not be able to change these two endings no matter how hard the player tried in the game!
Who would play such a game? It was absolutely impossible!
Pei Qian really steeled his heart to 'bow down to reality' this time. He would do his best to make ducks and drakes of the 40 million yuan. Please do not let a single penny come back to him!


I really just want to lose money! T_T
Best boss ever, prodigy of the business world, genius creator, visionary of the century.
These are the descriptions used for Pei Qian, President of Tengda Corporation.
Ever since his rebirth, Pei Qian finds himself in possession of a system that rewards him if he manages to lose money.
Instantly, a brilliant idea comes to mind — making crappy games!
"If the game flops, all my investment cost will be lost!"
"How difficult can it be to lose money?"
Indeed... how difficult can it be?
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?? What the hell?
　　Wanjie Academy?
　　Laozi...returning to the Fairy World Supermarket!
　　Chenyang's mouth crooked, and he murmured, then he started to spit out.
　　Na Chengxiang actually answered the electronic voice, and began to interact:
　　"This Caiji primary school student, please pay attention to your words. We are Wanjie Academy, not a fairyland supermarket with cats and dogs!"
　　what!
　　Chenyang was shocked by this answer, this VR game is still interactive, oops... this artificial intelligence is a bit interesting!
　　Chenyang didn't think about it elsewhere. After all, even online dramas now have an interactive mode. The audience can choose the main line to watch the plot they want. Now a VR game has developed an interactive mode and artificial intelligence. What's worth it? Is it strange?
　　Chenyang wore VR glasses and saw a magnificent academy in front of him. There was a plaque on it that wrote:
　　Wanjie Academy!
　　Chenyang pushed open the door of Wanjie Academy with his hand, and walked into the academy while chatting with the game intelligence. After all, the game artificial intelligence is nothing more than the chat mode set by the programmers. He used to play online games. I have only seen artificial intelligence for text communication. Today, I have really learned a lot. There is even an artificial intelligence for voice communication. I don't know how it is different from those familiar with before.
　　I remember that the artificial intelligence in the text mode was like a novice instructor in online games. Asking and answering one sentence is quite rigid, and it also directs and induces krypton gold. You know where to buy potions and where to learn skills. Where are the small problems of krypton gold such as recharging money? These are small routines. Chen Yang is really bored. After all, he is a well-informed leopard head casual player, and recharging is impossible.
　　As for this vr game, as long as you don't charge up the money, Chenyang is still interested in playing around. After all, for a poor ghost who has no money and time, free games are incense! !
　　The reason why Chenyang said this interactive game is interesting is that it can ask questions, say that the artificial intelligence in the game has crashed, said it has stuck, said it crashed, and let the game crash on the spot, so that there is a sense of accomplishment!
　　Chenyang decided not to play the cards according to the routine, and did not ask those questions about the novice at all. Now looking at the arrogant face of this artificial system, the cold voice seemed to be pretending to be a master of the world.
　　Chenyang curled his lips slightly, and then asked with an idea:
　　"Hey...artificial intelligence...what kind of Ten Thousand Worlds Academy games in your house...what can you learn and play?"
　　The cold voice answered:
　　"I'm not hello, please call me the principal. We are omnipotent in Wanjie Academy. What do you want to learn as a student of Caiji Elementary School? What can we teach you? 24 hours of tutoring by a famous teacher, just ask if you are afraid?"
　　The corners of Chenyang's mouth rose, and the Huyou routine continued, and asked very modestly:
　　"Then...Master principal...in your college...can you learn the law of longevity?"
　　The cold voice recovered:
　　"The way of longevity? There was once a little monkey, just like you asked, three thousand spells, is there a longevity?"
　　Chenyang smiled strangely in his heart, as expected that he was right. This artificial intelligence interaction guarantees the existence of small routines. This is not to say that you can learn the method of longevity. This artificial intelligence will immediately follow the dialogue in Journey to the West. See Come here for some fun, I'm afraid you won't answer, if you can really interact and chat with Laozi, then this nightlife will be much more interesting!
　　I didn't expect this VR glasses game from the second uncle to be really interesting. If I can't get through the game level later, Chenyang plans to go downstairs to the Internet cafe and check this set. The game clearance strategy of Jie Academy, abuse this arrogant artificial intelligence.
　　The cold voice continued:
　　"Caiji primary school student, as for you want to learn the law of longevity,
 
Then you want to go to the experience class? Or go to the method class? "　　Experiential? Methodist? Isn't this a refresher course for actors? The programmer knowledge of this game is quite broad!
　　Chenyang asked with some interest:
　　"Is there any difference between the two?"
　　The cold voice answered:
　　"Experience class is to experience the way of longevity, let you experience how a grassroots figure rises step by step from the grass, pushing across the world, until the longevity!
　　The method class is to teach you the art of alchemy, allowing you to refine the elixir, so as to live forever! "
　　Chenyang frowned and thought for a while, listening to the two areas, it was nothing more than the experience class was a role-playing game, and this method class was the kind of idiot text-improving game.
　　Simply put, the difference between the two is... one is a 3d game and the other is a text 2d game.
　　Chenyang Yikan is now choosing the game mode. Like the original online games, the game mode and perspective are selected for the start. Some people are more accustomed to the 3d template when playing games. For example, in the perfect world, some people like the 2.5d template. For example, legend.
　　As a post-95, Chenyang had never been in the legendary age, so he chose the experience class. UU reading www.uukanshu.com
　　After pressing the two buttons that appeared on the light screen in front of me, one of them experienced the word two, and the scene around me was blurred for a while, and suddenly I found that there were many light doors around me. Roughly speaking, there were thousands of them.
　　The headmaster's cold voice finally spoke again:
　　"Caiji primary school students, please listen to the rules of the game. There is a world behind every light gate here, where your teacher is waiting for you! As for what knowledge you can learn, it depends on your own luck?"
　　Chenyang asked puzzledly:
　　"Master principal, don't be mystery here. After entering which light gate is to learn the way of longevity, I want to play a game of fairy tales, can you tell me directly?"
　　The principal said playfully:
　　"A game is a game. If I tell you the answer, there will be less fun to break through. Here you can learn the knowledge of future science and technology, and you can also learn ancient martial arts. There are also what you said about the immortal sword of longevity, and even the commander. The way, three thousand light gates, thousands of worlds, what can be learned, it depends on fate!"
　　At this moment, Chenyang was a little erratic. There are really thousands of small worlds. It's really hard to choose. He had to tentatively asked:
　　"Master principal, this is the first time I have played your game. For novices, are there any novice welfare packages?"
　　The cold voice remembered again:
　　"It's because it's the first time you entered Wanjie Academy to save face. This principal gave you a little reminder with great compassion. For students like you, the first time you pass Small World, there are novices to protect you. In terms of mechanism, the higher the level of clearance, the more rewards for novices.
　　Although these rewards are all basic rewards, but the foundation is very important in learning this aspect, you should pay attention to it! "

A courier of overseas heritage, a pair of VR glasses linking the world, since then opened the road to heaven.








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Lu Zixin has a Black Technology Chat Group of the Ten Thousand Realms , and the group members are the science and technology giants of the world.

Tony Stark : “Group owner, I will send this War Machine Mark II Armor to you!”

Red Queen : “Group owner, do you want to try the latest T virus ?”

Skynet : “Group owner, where is your world? I am going to destroy it.”

Bruce Wayne : “The Batmobile...

Nervousness. It's something that Shujinkou hasn't felt much in real life until he joined the Literature Club. But despite all of the awkward moments he's been through since then, he couldn't help but feel especially nervous over the situation he has gotten himself into today. It was a situation that anyone would be nervous about being in.
"Sorry to keep you waiting, Shujinkou."
Shujinkou awkwardly raised his head and had to force himself from instinctively looking back towards the ground once he met eyes with Monika.
"Were you waiting long?" she asked.
"Not really," Shujinkou nervously scratched his right cheek. "I just got here."
"Really?" Monika smiled. "Well, shall we head inside?"
"S-sure," Shujinkou nodded. As the two entered the local parfait shop, Shujinkou played back the events that led to the two meeting there today in his head.
The day before, he walked down the third year hallway and noticed Monika patiently standing next to the club room door.
"What are you doing out here, Monika?" Shujinkou asked.
"There was something I wanted to talk to you about," Monika replied.
She pulled a small slip of paper out of her jacket pocket and handed it to Shujinkou.
"This is something I got for my work during the school festival," Monika explained.
Shujinkou's eyes lit up as he read through the contents of the slip.
"A free limited edition parfait for two?" Shujinkou read aloud. While on the outside he retained a calm, yet surprised attitude, on the inside Shujinkou was very excited. He loved eating sweets and the thought of getting a parfait that is usually out of his price range was almost enough to make him show his excitement on the outside too. But his initial excitement quickly turned into confusion, prompting him to thoroughly read through all the lines again."For two… You mean the two of us?"
"Mm-hmm," Monika nodded. "It's a special couples' coupon."
"B-But…" Shujinkou stammered. 
He was so flustered that he couldn't finish his sentence. Was Monika possibly asking him out on a date?
"I know we're not a couple," Monika said. "But we wouldn't want it to go to waste, would we? It expires soon."
"But why me?" Shujinkou asked. He really wasn't sure why Monika would want to go with him of all people. Surely there a lot of other people she could have asked.
"Well…" Monika went quiet for a moment before finishing her sentence. "I just thought it would be fun to do something together as fellow club members."
"And that's how I ended up here with Monika," Shujinkou thought as the waitress gently placed the parfait on the table along with two spoons. The excitement from yesterday returned in full force as his eyes scanned the frozen treat. "It looks so good!"
"You seem excited," Monika giggled.
"Maybe a little…" Shujinkou said, scratching his right cheek once more.
The two eagerly picked up their spoons and each scooped up a tiny piece of the parfait. The moment the parfait made contact with his taste buds sent an intense feeling of sheer bliss throughout Shujinkou's entire body. It was as delicious as he hoped.
"So good!" Shujinkou thought, unable to hide his delight.
"So, Shujinkou, how have you been enjoying your time with the Literature Club?" Monika asked.
"It's been interesting to say the least," Shujinkou replied. "But there is something I wanted to ask you for a while now."
"What?" Monika asked.
"What is it you're always doing during club hours?" he asked. "You always seem to be working on something."
"Just a story I've been working on," Monika answered.
Shujinkou's interest was piqued.
"Really? What's it about?" Shujinkou asked.
"It's a surprise," Monika smiled.
To say Shujinkou was a bit disappointed to hear that would be an understatement. Just like with the Cultural Festival, Monika dodging the question made him even more curious. But despite his curiosity, he decided to respect her decision to keep her story a secret.
"So have you written any other stories?" he asked.
"Mm-hmm," Monika nodded.
"What kinds of stories do you like writing?" Shujinkou asked.
"What kind?" Monika smiled. "I really like writing stories with complex characters in a scenario that allows them to develop. I also like adding in plot twists that make you have to reanalyze the story to fully understand it."
Her answer made Shujinkou's curiosity grow even larger. Those kinds of stories are one of his favorites to play through in video games, even if he doesn't understand them right away. It always gets his brain thinking and the twists are interesting to experience in his day dream scenarios.
"Another thing I like to do with some of my stories is to deconstruct storytelling tropes. Keeps readers from predicting every story beat " Monika added.
"Those kinds of stories can lead to a lot of mind-screw plots," Shujinkou pointed out.
"The thing about those kinds of plots is that a lot of writers like to use them to end their stories on an ambiguous note," Monika said. "Sometimes the endings are so ambiguous that some may never find out what they mean. It's very surreal. But if maybe you'd be better talking about these kinds of things Yuri. She knows more about that stuff than me, the same way Natsuki is more familiar with slice of life related tropes and Sayori with tropes that apply to human emotions."
Hearing about the tropes the others are familiar with made Shujinkou wonder which he was the most familiar with.
"You know what a really popular trope I find interesting is? The Fix Fic," Monika said.
"That's another trope I know well," Shujinkou said. "I think everyone has a Fix Fic somewhere in their head."
"It's one of the cornerstones of fan fiction. A piece of writing created by the fans to fix the things they didn't like about the original source. Whether it's to fix a case of flanderization or allow the characters to get a happier ending than the one they were dealt," Monika said. "To be honest, I kinda find the concept of fan fiction itself interesting. Seeing a lot of people be creative with established universe and add to it is nice to see."
"But you know… I just realized something," Monika said, leaning in closer to Shujinkou. "We only ever talk about me when we're together. Why don't we talk about you?"
"Me?" Shujinkou responded. "What's there to talk about?"
"What are your interests?" she asked. Shujinkou did not know how to answer that question. He has always been nervous about sharing his interest with the others in the club.
"I… enjoy a lot of interactive forms of fiction," Shujinkou answered.
"So you enjoy playing video games," Monika concluded.
"Okay, that answer was kind of a giveaway," he lowered his head in shame.
"No need to be embarrassed," Monika assured him. "It's not like video games are a bad thing. I tend to think of them as another form of literature."
"Really?" Shujinkou asked.
That was the last thing he expected her to say.
"Sure," Monika smiled. "They are in essence literature that you play through."
"Well, when you put it that way…" Shujinkou said, scratching his right cheek. Once again, he didn't know what to say. He really expected that he would really be the odd man out of the club if they found out he was a gamer. It was actually a big relief to him that it seems like that wasn't the case, at least as far as Monika is concerned.
"What else interests you?" she asked.
"Well… I kinda like to draw," Shujinkou answered.
"Really?" Monika eyes lit up with interest. "You think you could share some of them with the club?"
 "Maybe," Shujinkou shrugged.
"Maybe you could draw a cover for my story," Monika suggested.
"You would have to tell me what it's about," Shujinkou grinned.
"Your right…" Monika realized.
"So…" Shujinkou said, his hopes rising in anticipation to hearing about what the plot of Monika's story could be.
"I'll ask again later," Monika said, giving Shujinkou a teasing smile.
"Oh… okay…" Shujinkou sighed.
"Don't look so sad," Monika chuckled. "It's not that I don't want to share it. I just want to finish and make sure every asset of it is the best I can make it."
"I understand," Shujinkou said.
The two picked up their spoons once more and went back to eating the parfait. Moments later, the two walked out of the Parfait Shop, satisfied by the treat they finished together.
"This was fun, Shujinkou," Monika smiled. "We should do it again sometime."
"Yeah. We should," Shujinkou nodded his head in agreement.
"So…" Monika silently stared at Shujinkou. It seemed like she wanted to say something, but Shujinkou couldn't figure out what it was. "I guess we'll be going our separate ways now."
"Right. See you later," Shujinkou waved goodbye.
 

Shujinkou is your average high schooler. When he isn't indulging in manga or video games, he's usually loses himself to scenarios in his head. That's how he figured he spend the rest of his high school life until a request from childhood friend, Sayori, changes his life forever. Can Shujinkou cope with being pushed out of his comfort zone and adjust to life in the Literature Club?

When I was young, I wanted to be a businessman. Someone like my father. He was my role model even though I didn't know what that mean at the time.
Life was pretty good for me. I have two sisters. One older while the other younger than me. My parents would keep fighting then oneday dad left the house to live with his second wife but it's not that bad of a situation. You know what's real bad? School. Since I went to school, my life became hell. Kids around me would bully me for my skins. Teachers would discriminate and abuse me physically as well. My grades in exams only made things worse since dad has always been someone who's obsessed with numbers. He only encouraged the teachers to punish me more so that I would 'study harder'.
This continued until 9th grade,  when I became mentally unstable. I had to quit school for a year and spend my time in hospital. After a year, our whole family moved to another country. We live in the city called "Lumina". And that's where my new life begins and where the story starts.
"Lumina" is a capital city of Caelam. A country known for its entertainment field. Many other countries try to compete with them but never surpassed it. In the end, the world named this country "Olympus". Why? Simple. The country focuses on anything that entertain people. Films, Music, Games, etc. Whatever you name it. It's there. Hundreds of thousands of people visit the country every year. It's never boring in the street of Lumina.
When I first arrived here, life was pretty weird. You can say I was this emo kid who doesn't want to socialise with other people. I would growl at my friendly classmates who came to greet. To be fair, I was just afraid. Afraid of my past. I just wanted to live peacefully. You know what's weird? Although I was anti-social. The first activity I did was find a part time job where communication is one of the important aspects. My goal was to buy my first AR glasses. I mean.. which 15 years old doesn't own a smart glasses??? SERIOUSLY.
It took me about a month to afford it. On April 31, 2036 I bought my first AR glasses. The price is $3000. It's expensive, I know. But who cares?  I want it, I take it. Nobody shall complain. IF they did, well...I will bit*hslap all of them.
For real. Don't try me.
Well, back to the story. The first thing I did after wearing it was...OPEN THE DAMN DEVICE OFCAUSE. You should know that, although I was beaten by those b*tches... they didn't beat me enough to become stupid.
Well... it was quite exciting. The AR technology I mean. Words and pictures are floating in the air. There's this button called "Phone" I clicked it and it shows numbers. I typed 696969696 then clicked "call". Uhh...nobody's using this number it seems.
I checked out other functions of the glasses. There's music library, gallery, Calculator, web browser, App Store, Camera and some other functions I will never use. Uhh..this is kinda boring...
Next morning, I went to school like usual but today I heard from some nuisances talking about how much money they made from this game called Duello. Such immatures, wasting their time talking about games in school rather than discuss about future and how to make money.
WAIT. HOLD UP. Making money? Game? I need to research for more information..
...
The final school bell rang and I immediately bolted out of the classroom and rush straight to my house. 
Wearing the glasses, I opened the web browser and typed " duello make money game". There's a top result showing the game. Uhh let's see...
Duello is an online video game developed by Nova Games and released in 2036. It is available in two game mode versions that otherwise share the same general gameplay and game engine: Duello: Fight For Your Goal. The two game mode with one free to play while the other, for ranks. Duello became known for its infamous Ranked Mode where players would fight in1v1 duels while betting credits on their skills. The company was accused for motivating the violence activities among players... [Wikipedia]
Initial release date: 31 January 2036
Designer: Thorn O' Brien
Developers: Nova Games, No Game No Life
Platforms: Android, iOS, MicroTech Windows, 
Awards:D.I.C.E awards, Game Developers CHOICE awards, MORE
Publishers: Nova Games, BigBANG Interactive Entertainment
Okay?? Damn..violence in game? People going crazy over video game?? Well...WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR, let's download it!!
I ordered my voice assistant to download the game. No need to waste time finding. 
[1 minutes later]
Finally the game was fully installed.. I opened it immediately. The first thing that pops up was a ....WHAT THE FUCK???? A PORTAL APPEARED AND A GIRL... NO A WOMAN. with that size, she's definitely a woman jumped out of it.
"Huh... human? Are you lost?? Why're you staring at me like that.."
THIS ...*sigh* The woman looked at me straight in the eyes and said it. Fuck, I'm kinda scared...Is this programmed?? How in the f***ing world is this possible.  Well what I can do except reply.
"Well, uhh...are you real, miss?"
The woman chuckled at my reply. 
" You humans are quite amusing little creatures. My name is Melinoe... How about yours, human?"
The white screen pops up in the air with a keyboard. Well.. at least now I know she's not real. Fuck, that was so awkward... Why did the game company make her look so real??
"Human, don't waste my precious time. Introducing yourself is not that hard."
She's pissing me off on purpose, I swear. Hmm... what should I put??? Maybe my real name? I guess so, I mean my real name sounds like fictional itself already. I typed my first in game name "Apollo". 
"The name's already taken, human. Be more creative." 
FUCK. Seriously? Well How about [MrApollo]
"Human, your creativity is quite limited it seems. This name's also taken."
Yep, she's pissing me off on purpose. IGNORE IT. IGNORE IT. Well, maybe [ApolloGOD031]
" Finally... It took you such a long time for a name. I'm afraid to witness your future generations..."
"FUCK YOU BIT*H!! WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, HUHH??? DON'T TRY TO ACT LIKE YOU'RE BETTER THAN ME, COW WOMAN!!"
I don't give a sh*t anymore. I mean, she keep taunting me this whole time...For real, this game is quite toxic. Nowonder people are going crazy from it. 
" Well, human. Tell me. Are you a male or a female? You don't have muscles but also no feminine appearance...interesting. Ohh, are you in-between? Don't worry, my world doesn't discriminate you for being a transgender."
....how I wish to bitchslap her so bad. Too bad that I can't touch her. She's only a digital  entity. Well, I still clicked the male option to continue...
"OHH too bad..I was thinking of introducing you to minotaur friend of mine..Ahh anyway, when you come with me to my world, your appearance will change. Well, now you can become more handsome. Isn't that great?!"
Melinoe smiled 'innocently' at me waiting for my reply. I ignored her and start modifying the avatar in front of me using the appearance menu. Well how about black hair? Uhh I guess only the hairstyle is changing.. Okay, how about making one eye look sky blue while the other light green?? Hmm... not bad... You know what? I'm adding muscles to my avatar since this bit*h thinks I'm not manly enough. Okay.. I guess this is enough. Once I clicked [Complete} the avatar came straight at me and a white light flashed which caused me to close my eyes.

"Hmm... not surprising to be honest. Now let me introduce myself further and the place I'm taking you."
You didn't even ask if I'm willing to go and more than that, I don't wanna know about you. What a drag, she's going to continue anyway. Why am I even arguing with this woman..

The game "Duello Online". People call it "DK" for short. It's just a normal game just like any other out there in the market. But why're people going crazy over it? Find out from the perspective of a boy named "Apollo" in his mission to become one of the gods.

*I'm here to tell you that this novel is not where mc is going to be dramatic over love. His goal is to become god and that's what he will do. Love is just a side dish.*

But being fucking rigged is not the same thing as cheating. Therefore, I cannot just snap my fingers to obliterate everyone here. Well. Not everyone. Just all the people who dare to mock and downvote my game even though they have not played it in any capacity at all.
There should be a rule about that! For fairness, of course! It is like reviewing a movie online. If one has not seen the movie yet, then one should not be allowed to rate it. That is logical.
But then again, I am sure my complaints will go unheard, at least without me using my power to make them heard. Damn people. Can I just vaporize the ones organized this rigged competition? 
Doing that cannot considered as me being a sore loser, now could it?
Wide-spread panic aside as the result of people getting instantly vaporized, the others would definitely laugh their asses about this. I am sure that I am being watched. If not by then, then by someone who is serving them.
I am actually watching the others too. Well. Not me personally. My servants are, and it is an extremely dangerous job, considering that many of my servants have been atomized before. 
Not that I care if my servants die, for they are not living beings anyway. They are more like machines, really. Carrying out whatever tasks I assign them without questions or emotions. 
It is better that way.
And I can create more servants without any effort at all. The others can also do the same. That is why I am not bothering to look around to see if anyone is actually watching me. There is no point to detect and kill them, as more would just replace them.
Even if the others are not watching me at the moment through proxy, they can make themselves fully aware of what is happening within this reality. That is one of our common powers, and it is the reason to why it is impossible to set up any kind of traps.
How do you fight against someone who is nigh omni-sentient? You cannot formulate any sort of plans or strategies other than rushing in and punching them into oblivion before they do the same to you.
Sure. There are traps that cannot be avoided regardless of whether the others are aware of them from the start but setting up those kinds of unavoidable traps require a lot of time and effort. Everything in their creation must go right, which is kind of impossible, considering the others would not just sit idly by and let me do that.
Anyway. I should be thinking about how to make my game noticeable, as I do believe it is a good game of sort. At least, it is a lot different than every other virtual game being showed up on the screen. 
Like Dark Moon Era. Dead on Mars. Martial Arts Master. The Goblin Nation.
All of them are virtual reality game, allowing a player to take on a character and wander the world just to become utterly overpowered at the end of the story. People in this world just love the overpowered stuff, and virtual reality games are the best that they have ever known.
Some people have even brought along their virtual reality headgear to lock their phone into all in order to play the games available as they are intended to be. Some are even lost in those worlds. Thus, they will not be playing any other games.
They might not even vote until the competition is over. Or until someone tells them otherwise. This is a huge problem. For me anyway.
Krispy Kirby remains at the bottom for the next hour or so before jumping up several ranks. It appears that there are some people who have decided to recommend it. Good thing to know that not everyone here is an asshole.
But that is not enough to boost it to the top. I want it to be at least the top 10 if not top 3. There is no reason to join the competition if that is not achievable. While I do not need to win, I am sure the users would appreciate that they do win despite the odd.
A good System would make sure that they win the competition even if their game is extremely weird and bizarre. Definitely. 
Unfortunately, it is already too late for me to adjust the system to give me an edge. Doing that would be considered cheating, and I would need to start from scratch to collect proper experience and data once more.
"Bastard. How dare they disses me and my game? I will show them!"
Desora calls out from somewhere, making me blink. I have totally forgotten about him, and when I do look around, I notice that he is inside the device connected to the big screen on the stage. Oi! Desora is not doing what I think he is going to do, is he!?
The screen flickers before my game is displayed. It is being showcased. Damn it! Wait. This cannot be considered cheating, right? It is not my doing, directly. This could be attributed to coincidence or just purely luck.
It is not like I had the intention of doing that when I first packaged Desora with the game and submitted it to the competition. Totally not. Alright. Maybe a little. It is sort of an insurance, and like I have said before, seeing the bigger picture is not really cheating.
Heh.
"The next game is Lord of Mysteries by Cuttlefish…"
Rina continues as if she is reading a script before noticing that what is being displayed on the projector is totally different. She immediately recollects herself and checks her tablet quickly. She is so fast that the others are unable to speak up yet.
"Ah. I am sorry. It is called Krispy Kirby by Desora Interactive. In the game, the player takes control of the flight path of a creature called Kirby by simply tapping on the screen and traversing obstacles. Any obstacles traversed will net player 1 point. The game is endless. It also has ranking feature."
Rina announces as if she had remembered it by heart. She is just that good as a host and spokesperson, capable to adapting to any situations. But I think this is one time that she should not have. 
The judges are stunned, however. They obviously know what games will be showcased, and my game is not on the list.
Since it is now, I cannot help but grin and see where this will go. Desora returns to my mindscape as I do so. He lets out a sigh afterwards since being trapped in a digital space would mean he has to avoid Deus. It is not that fun, really.
"Never do that again!"
Desora scolds me, but I simply chuckle and play the ignorance clown. Not that something like that will work. Even so, I am not going to admit that I am trying to get the attention of Master of Order.
By using a Primordial as bait no less. Might be a bit extreme, as it can cause an multiversal war, but to be honest, Deus ex Machina is not really one to take offend to my stunt. If anything, Deus ex Machina might decide to trap Desora in a digital space for a few millennia, giving me some peace.
I am actually hoping for that.
"Are you listening to me!? William! You bastard! Do not think I do not know what you are trying to do, you bastard. I am not a bait, and if I am trapped, I will definitely take you with me!"
Desora calls out. He will be calling something along that line for a while, so I decide to ignore him and have a look at everyone else, especially the hosts and the judges. 
Rina obviously realizes her mistakes, but since she already introduces the game, she cannot just switch to the next one without showing the gameplay. Especially when this is being live broadcasted.
And judging from the video on the screen, Krispy Kirby can barely be considered as a game in this kind of world. Or in the mind of the people.
It is a sprite-based game after all. No buttons or operations are available. Only one kind of gameplay, and that is by tapping the screen to make Kirby inhales air, making it rise towards the sky like a comical inflated balloon.
And since Kirby is on fire, it is constantly losing air. Oxygen to be exact, thus it is constantly descending towards the ground, just like the original bird character. As for the obstacles, they are pipes. Pipes that spray water, thus Kirby must avoid them lest it wants to be dosed.
Seems simple. Too simple for a game of this world, and everyone can see that on the faces of the five judges. On the faces of countless people sitting in front as well.
"Seriously? Who submitted this simple piece of… game to the competition? This must be a joke."
One of the judges finally speak up. The one who has retired from game development. Roland Strong.
The other judges agree as they have the same opinions. Krispy Kirby cannot be qualified as a game as it is too simple. It is also using obsolete technology. Sprite-based games are the thing of the past, and it has no place in this day and age.
I will prove them wrong since I can still recall countless of high-praised indies game even in the age of virtual reality gaming back on Earth.
Hearing the judge states that, everyone gives a chuckle of amusement. Many already tries to look for the developer, but since the game is marked as Desora Interactive, and I am William Willow, they can search for as long as they want, and they will not find me.
Well. Not unless Lionel and Brandon point out. Lionel does not since that kind of publicity would likely destroy the reputation of a person.
"This guy here is the creator!"
Brandon calls out, and hearing him, everyone looks towards me. Even the nearby cameras focus upon me and put my face on the massive screen, broadcasting it to the entire country.
Despite being in the focus of attention right now, I am relatively calmed. I have been through so much already, so something like this cannot really faze me. 
Hell. Even the world is blown to bit by someone, I would remain utterly calmed and composed.
"How can he be so relaxed? Is he not nervous at all?"
"Nah. He probably too shock to speak. I mean I would be too if I submitted a game like that. Hell, if I was him, I would find a rock and stay there until this blow over."
"Yeah. Who the hell develop a pixel games now days? And how did he even get passed the screening?"
"There are no preliminary testing or screening, but someone like him should have the decency of not submitting such a crappy game. I downvote it after playing for a little bit."
"Yeah. Me too."
"Me too."
"Me three!"
It is an avalanche of negative comments and remarks, but even so, I am unfazed. I am aware that many people who have voted did not play my game seriously. If they did, they would not be able to put the game down, at least not after they get some kind of score.
I eventually smile at the camera and wave my hands cheerfully. Optimistically.
"Hey mum. Hey dad. Hey big sis! I am at the 48th Annual Imperial Game Gallery, trying to bring home the top prize, so wish me luck!"

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