Seorang pemuda yang dikatakan sebagai pemain terkuat, pemain pertama yang berhasil mendapatkan level max, namun dia berhenti bermain karena sesuatu, namun dia ingin membangun legendanya sekali lagi di game Vmmofps Mirror

Pei Ge smiled while reading the online comments about her, which were getting out of hand by the second.
In Wu Wei's eyes, his superior was behaving weirdly today.
"Boss, are you saying that we should leave things as is and let those people continue scolding you?"
He looked at his superior in disbelief, totally not understanding what she was thinking.
He felt that, no matter what means she used to clear her name in the future, those ugly rumors about her would forever be etched in other people's minds.
No matter how she cleared her name, as long as her name was mentioned, others would recall these rumors about her.
"Of course not."
She retracted her smile, her beautiful eyes flashing coldly, but her next words made him even more flabbergasted.
"Tell the PR department to start working; join those people online in scolding me."
"Ah—huh? Join them in scolding you?"
He looked at her dazedly, his eyes filled with perplexity.
"That's right, but the method used should be different from them. Do it like this…"
Following her explanation, the assistant's confusion disappeared.
Right now, what he had on his face was worship and awe.
"So it's like that! I understand now, boss; I'll definitely properly have your order executed!"
With a smile, he exited her office.
In her office, she stared at her computer screen broodingly.
As she read the comments scolding her online, the smile on her lips deepened.
Just then, the method she had told her assistant was actually very simple.
She had merely ordered her people to take the initiative in scolding her online. Of course, what they were doing was scolding for the sake of scolding and without any logical reason.
With it, they should also bring in Qiao Jingyun.
Once she finally made her move, everyone would understand that it was that woman who had been pulling the strings behind the scene.
When that time came, she would make use of people's inherent nature of protecting the underdogs and pitying the weak by making them feel guilt.
By then, she believed that, no matter how badly she was being scolded online now, once the truth was revealed, that woman would suffer the full brunt of it!
"I want to see what kind of tricks you still have up your sleeve…"
She casually surfed through the net, acting like a separate person from the one being slandered badly online.
On another end, it was the opposite for Qiao Jingyun.
She ran to her room and frantically took off her clothes. Naked from waist up, she stood in front of a full-length mirror and looked at the black mole on her left collarbone.
The black mole was glaring on her snow-white skin.
"Ahhh!"
With a scream, she picked up a flower vase nearby and hurled it onto the mirror.
Crack!
The mirror and flower vase broke into pieces.
Staring at her distorted image reflected on the broken mirror, she suddenly started laughing crazily.
"Ha ha ha! I won't let you guys destroy me. I'll definitely not let you guys destroy me…"


After a series of life-changing events, Pei Ge decides to start anew and rediscover her place in this world. She gets a new job, new friends and… a new boss whom she mistakes as a male host!

He helps her to get revenge on a back-stabbing friend, supports her when it seems that the world has given up on her, encourages her to be more confident about herself and even… messes up her blind dates!

With her strong working abilities and fiery attitude, she manages to climb up the ranks in the company (under the devious scheme of a certain CEO) and even gains a fan girl who can’t wait to be her sister-in-law.

As Pei Ge navigates through the ups and downs of office politics, family drama, finding her right partner and societal expectations, she realizes that things are not as simple as it seemed and everything she had believed in is tested…

The Big Misunderstanding:

“You asshole! Why didn’t you use protection?! I’m pregnant!”
“…It’s not mine.”
“Asshole! You actually dare to not admit it?! I gave all my firsts to you! You jerk!”
…
At the gynecologist, she read her pregnancy lab report and was stunned: Irregular period.
The man raised an eyebrow and smirked, “Didn’t you make a ruckus about being pregnant with my child? Where is the child?!”
“…” Who is scared of who? Let’s make a bet!

An aura from the dark abyss swept across the area, and everyone felt chills all over. 
Indistinct evil snarls even seemed to be sounding by their ears!
Looking at Dark Sage's Demon Lord-like form, many people held their breaths instantly. Their hearts were filled with nervousness and fear. 
The ball of energy—which was like a black sun—exploded. 
An energy storm wreaked havoc in the area at once! 
Waves—that rippled outward—appeared in mid-air, and it seemed to have turned into a water surface.
Pieces of mirrors—with runes glowing and shining on the edges—then emerged in the air, not far from the humans. 
The area was almost entirely covered by smooth rivers, becoming a world in the mirror. The mirrors reflected every pale face and figure! 
The unknown often made one fearful. Everyone had never heard of such a scene before, so exclamations rose unceasingly.
"What is this?"
"So many mirrors; is this magic? Or is it a domain skill like the Prophet of Death's silence domain?" 
"We're all being reflected in the mirrors… Will there be some frightening consequences?" 
"Why do I feel like my reflection in the mirror is strange!" 
The [Doomsday Online] players vigilantly stared at the mirrors not far from them. 
Some people attempted to do an action, but the 'them' in the mirrors did not reflect the change. 'They' remained rooted to the spot instead. 
There were even people in the mirrors whose mouth corners lifted slightly to reveal unusually evil smiles… 
Many people's hair instantly stood on end! However, the even scarier events had yet to come. 
Deep-purple glows rose from the smooth mirror pieces; there were ripples on them like water surfaces. 
The reflections originally inside the mirrors actually began walking out of the mirrors slowly!
These mirror people were exactly like their original owners in terms of appearances, even levels, and weapons. 
The moment they stepped out of the mirror, they started sending attacks at their original 'owners'—who weren't far away—without hesitation. 
Before some [Doomsday Online] players could react, the cold blades had already struck them, and blood stained their clothes!
"Monsters! These monsters in the mirrors are exactly like us—even the skills they wield are the same!" exclaimed someone after engaging with mirror people. 
Xue Linglong, Luo Xinghe, and the other close-combat experts were also frowning hard as they became entangled with fighting their own mirror images. 
These reflections practically possessed the same combat ability as their original owners; it was difficult to determine the winner for a time.
Together with the surrounding Undead creatures' attacks, the [Doomsday Online] players instantly sunk into a painful battle, and the situation was not optimistic! 
The Dark Sage watched the masses battle it out with their reflections. The corner of his mouth moved, and he seemed to be smiling. "Truly a beautiful scene that pleases one." 
All of a sudden, he let out a soft 'eh' and looked in a certain direction. 
At this moment, a small beast with a dense blood mist lingering around it—which was hiding between the gravel—suddenly exploded, turning into fresh, crimson blood that flew in all directions! 
In the distance, Bloodseeker—who was in the city ruins—suddenly trembled. A streak of fear and panic flashed across his withered face. 
The Blood Fiend Gang members noticed his unusualness and asked, "Master, are you alright?" 
Bloodseeker shook his head lightly, but a few hints of fear remained in his eyes. "I'm fine. One of my blood shadow clones was destroyed. To think a Stage Six abyss creature actually appeared during the siege this time! It seems like Link is surely dead! It's truly regrettable that I cannot tear off his head personally!" 
Listening to Bloodseeker's recount, the Blood Fiend Gang members all revealed looks of shock. 
Stage Six abyss creature!? That is absolutely an existence that current humans can't counter!
Such a terrifying creature has actually arrived so early?
…
In front of Unfallen City, a crowd of Undead creatures and mirror images constantly launched attacks, closing in with every step. 
When the Dark Sage looked in Link's direction, a speck of surprise indistinctly flashed through his eyes.
Not far from Link was also a space with lit-up runes that then became a smooth mirror. It was about to cast his reflection. 
But while the [Doomsday Online] players' reflections had taken form and walked out of the mirrors, the reflection that belonged to Link remained in a misty state. 
A black shadow cloud was inside the mirror. It squirmed ceaselessly, unable to take form even after a long time had passed. 
The Dark Sage's eyes narrowed, and his heart shook slightly. Creating a mirror image with the same ability as its original was a unique skill similar to curses and domains, and it would consume his magic. 
The more powerful the existence, the greater the difficulty in creating a reflection resembling it. Even if the reflection was created, its capabilities would be significantly weaker.
However, the aura radiating from the human before me is merely a Stage Four one. Why is it so difficult to create his reflection? This is completely beyond logic! The corners of the Dark Sage's eyes twitched slightly, and he upped the magic output. 
The more magic the Dark Sage released, the more surprised he was in his heart! 
The mirror near Link was like a bottomless black hole that continuously devoured his magic, so much so that he sensed threads of extremely unusual traits and aura coming from that human being! 
That was [Death] and [Void]!
How can a mere human possess such an aura? Even the Dark Sage's heart was no longer calm now!
Following the continuous infusion of magic, the purple glow on the mirror near Link intensified even more. The squirming of the black figure inside the mirror also sped up.
Link stared at the mirror, feeling slightly moved.  He possessed the Taboo-grade profession—[Great Void Taboo Master]—as well as a Super God-grade profession, [Death Judge]. 
It was practically impossible to clone him.
Link did not allow the Dark Sage to exercise his skills, but he quickly brought out a strange mask.
The mask was glossy and simple, seemingly made from the skin of a certain unknown creature. There was a jet-black whirlpool drawn on it. 
After looking at it for a long time, one would feel as if their mind was about to be devoured by that black whirlpool and then degenerate and become warped with it.
This was the reward Link had obtained after clearing Killing Purgatory and earned a SSS rating.
Through [Supreme Blessing], [Lost Mask] had become [Mask of the Faceless]!
[Mask of the Faceless]
Grade: Myth (Upgradable)
Description: The lost mask of a certain taboo existence with countless incarnations. It can be a present that drives one to madness or a gift that causes disaster. 
Additional skill 1: [Faceless] (Passive Skill): Wearer will receive the chaos's protection. Wearer cannot be deduced, spotted, and identified——Creeping within the chaos, 'He' is the god of a thousand faces.
Additional skill 2: [Cirrus Limbs] (Active Skill): Wearer can extend mental strength into cirrus form. The wearer can expend mental strength to carry out attacks or defensive maneuvers. When using Cirrus Limbs, all attributes increased by 100%. Skill additionally causes spiritual pollution to enemy units when offensively striking——Cirrus that dances wildly with an indescribable body; 'He' is chaos itself.
Additional skill 3: [God of Evil's Whispers] (Active Skill): Wearer mobilizes mental strength and strength within the mask to release God of Evil's whispers, causing mental confusion to enemy units. There is a 10% chance of directly causing enemy units to degenerate and become twisted——Listen! Sounds of madness keep coming from the chaos…
Additional skill 4: [Chao's Messenger]: Hidden skill. As the Mask of the Faceless is damaged, this skill cannot be used!
…
This was an extremely powerful piece of equipment, but it was more inclined to chaos and degeneration. Using it might bring disaster to himself, so Link had not used it previously.
Presently faced with Stage Six monsters, Link placed the mask that radiated evil on his face without any hesitation.


Doomsday Online has descended, reducing the entire Earth to a ruined playground. It is occupied by countless terrifying monsters.
Link awakens the one and only SSS-grade talent, Supreme Blessing, which can increase the quality of any equipment, skill, or item, at a rate of 10-10,000.
Skeleton Longsword (Iron-grade), blessing successful, upgraded to Epic-grade weapon—Divine Sword Red Sky!
Death Charge (Silver-grade), blessing successful, upgraded to the Legend-grade skill—Holy Charge!
Void Summoner (Epic-grade), blessing successful, upgraded to the Taboo-grade profession—Great Void Taboo Master!
In this lifetime, he shall rule over the world when awake, and be with beauties when asleep.
Link wants to be king in this doomsday!

The next morning, I had made breakfast for Yuki and me, except this time, she doesn't get ready for school. I was setting the table, and I heard shuffling coming down the stairs. Yuki was half asleep and wearing her pajamas, which was just her underwear and a shirt.

*Yawn*

"Morning, mom."

"Morning, Sweetie. Remember, after breakfast, go get dressed and make sure you have a spot in your room for the VR Pod. They are coming today to install it."

"Don't worry; I will."

Even though our house is small, the room size is are decent. My room is downstairs with the bathroom next to it. The bathroom has two doors, one to my room and one to the living room. Yuki's room is upstairs directly above my room. Not the best floor plan, but its what we can afford.

We spent the morning moving stuff around in the bedrooms. I thought about getting rid of the bed as the pod could be used while sleeping, but in the end, I didn't.

The installers came by afternoon and were moving the equipment into the rooms. They even had some mover androids with them too. Androids were commercially used back in 2042, so it was common to see them now. About an hour and a half later, all pods were set up, and they had left. 

Yuki and I went to the living room for a quick lunch while she did some of her schoolwork.
 
"Hey mom, you know what race you are going to play?"

"What's that? I don't know what you mean by race."

"Sorry, I forget you don't know much about video games. The race is what species you want to play as. Usually, in these kinds of games, you have humans, elves, and dwarves."

"Oh, then I guess I will be a human."

"Don't play as a human! You will have so many choices; you should play something different."

"Alright, calm down. I'll think about it. I just don't know how I am supposed to act if I am something like an elf."

"You don't need to act like anything. Just pick a race that looks good to you and just be yourself."

I nod my head and walk over to our computer and turn it on. If I am going to play this game for money, I should probably research it a bit. Spending about an hour going through everything, I got a bit more knowledge of the game.

There are only three confirmed races; Human, Elf, and Dwarf, just like Yuki said. There are, however, over 108 different races, and most of them you can only mutate into by meeting specific requirements. Reading the thing about mutating reminded me of that horror movie about a thing in Antarctica.
 
I also found out something about a level cap. I got more information about this from Yuki as I didn't know what a level cap was. The level cap is 300, at which point you need to visit the Shrine of the Reborn, where you rebirth yourself. Your level becomes 1 while your total level and stats don't reset. During this process, you can also choose to mutate your race, but doing so is permanent.

I also found out you can only talk long distances with other players if you use an item called a word stone. Since the game is aiming for immersion, that will help with something some people call 'Meta Gaming.' I didn't know what this was and had to look online for the meaning.

Seeing as there wasn't a whole lot of information out yet about the game, I turned off the computer. I walked back over to the couch and sat down with Yuki.

"Looks like after we make our characters, we will be placed randomly into the world." I had said while watching Yuki do her homework.

Without looking up, she responded. "That will put a small wrench into our plans. Since we can't add people as friends unless we are in the same area, we can only meet up at the main capitol."

"I guess we will have to tell your Aunt to meet us at the capitol and then make our guild thing."

Yuki gives out a slight laugh at my comment.

"You know, mom, it's going to be fun watching you play. I am curious to see how well you do."

I feel like I was just insulted, but I can't bring myself to reprimand her for it.

----

The next day came, and Yuki was up early, finishing her homework for the day so she could play the game.

The website had said that it would go live at around 10:00 am our time. I had to make sure that breakfast was ready, and Yuki finished her homework was finished.

"Remember Yuki, you can skip lunch, but I will not allow you to miss breakfast or dinner. You still need to take care of your body as well, which is why on Sundays, we will not play but spend time doing some sort of physical activity."

"Yes, mom, I will take care of myself."

Ten was rolling around, and we decided to head to our rooms to our pods. I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little anxious. This is a brand-new world with all kinds of fantastical things. Maybe a second life would be just what I need.

The pods need as much skin contact as possible so it can read your biometrics and vitals, so I had dressed down to my underwear. I looked down at my D cup breasts and sighed. These things always did kill my back.

The pod I received was the Elite version, meaning that it did come with the ability to feed your body sustenance as well as massage the muscles to prevent atrophy. I didn't want to rely on these, so that was why I set ground rules for Yuki and myself.

I crawled into my pod and attached the various sensor sand other attachments and laid back. I pressed the green button on the inside wall, and the pod door closed. The next thing I see is a white room with some floating text that says choose your game.

The only game I can choose at the moment is Rebirth Online, so I chose that one.

The surrounding turn dark and a wall of words appear in front of me.

Warning: Rebirth Online is intended for an adult audience. There may be some adult and/or morally questionable content. By creating a character, you agree to the terms and conditions for Rebirth Online. You may read these terms and conditions at our site.
Do you wish to continue?

Now I am kind of scared to play this game. But I really could use the money right now. Plus, if I don't like it, I can quit it and find something else. With my resolve strengthened, I continue with the game.

The scenery changes, and I am now back in a white space. This time there is a tall floor mirror and a woman standing next to it. She is wearing a sleeveless black dress with a slit going up on one side and some black heels. I decide to walk up to her and greet her.

"Hello, how are you?"

"Welcome, ascended one. My name is Eri. I have been chosen to be your guide by the gods. You are their chosen champion summoned from another world to help bring prosperity to this one called Elara."

Eri gives me a small bow before continuing.

"You have retained your old appearance from your old body, but if you would like, you can make some changes."

She directs my attention to the mirror next to me.

Looking at the mirror, I see my self in all my nude glory. From my big breasts all the way down to…
(Wait! Did the pod scan my body? Am I trimmed the same way down there as in real life? Nevermind just going to ignore that.)

Pushing those thoughts out, I focus on the mirror. In front of me are the words saying choose a race.

Human
Dwarf
Orc
Beastkin
Halfling
Elf

I go through each one reading their descriptions. I was told I should choose something other than human, so I ignore that for now. I read the description for Dwarf and ignore that too, as it is too brawny. I also overlook the orc as that reminds me of those creatures from that old Rings of the Lord movie that Yuki and I watched. Beastkin sounds a little unusual; I also don't know how I feel being a half-cat or half-wolf. I skip halfling as they seem too childish for my tastes too.

 "Hmm, elves have a long-lasting life span and almost endless youth…"

"Eri, I choose elf!"

"As you wish."

The floor mirror then morphs into a small hand mirror and floats in front of my face. Eri then speaks back to me to explain the next steps.

"You are limited in how you can change yourself. Your appearance will be based on your old self and the new race you chose. You may change some facial features and your hair color as well."

Looking back into the hand mirror, I see a younger, more vibrant version of myself staring back at me. Seeing myself like that brings tears to my eyes as I stare at myself for a bit.

Coming out of my thoughts, I decide to adjust some of my appearances. I did not like the long elf ears, so I shortened them a bit, so they retain their elven beauty but are much shorter now. I was messing around with the skin features and found I could give myself scars if I wanted to but decided against it.

In the end, I changed some facial features such as the chin, jaw, and nose. I then settled on black hair which was opposite of my blond hair. When I finish my appearance, the mirror disappears.

"It looks like you are done with your appearance. Next, I will explain some of the basics to you."

Sarah Allen had a good life with her husband, who was also the CEO of a large tech company which was developing the worlds first VRMMO.

But not all was good. Betrayed by her husband, she now lives a poor life with her daughter, trying to get through the day.

How is a single mother suppose to support her family, and what do you mean I triggered a world event?

Long Yi roamed his eyes around the interrogation room. Despite the air condition inside the room, beads of sweat can be seen trickling down Long Yi's forehead. After the video was spread online, the police invited him again. This time, his lawyer informed him that the case is already strong against them. Clearly, the CCTV was enough proof that Huang Xiaoxuan went to see him on the night that she committed 'suicide'. Right now, there is already a possibility that the police won't allow him any bail because of the controversies that surrounded the case.
He eyed his watch. It was already ten in the evening and he had been here for two hours now. Yet, not one policeman showed up to talk to him. He could feel their gazes from the mirror across him, but for some reason, not one of them came in.
However, the fact that his lawyer also didn't arrive is making Long Yi nervous. His lawyer promised that he would take him out of this prison tonight. What was happening outside? Why was he still in prison?
The slow sound of the door being opened brought him back from his stupor. He looked at the balding man who walked inside.
"Why am I here?" Long Yi asked.
"You should know why you're here Mr. Long."
"Would I ask you if I know?" Long Yi argued. "Whatever it is… I am innocent."
The police personnel didn't answer him. He sat opposite Long Yi and put a folder in front of him. "Tonight, an article was released against you. Someone leaked the autopsy report. I think it is only right that you know what was leaked." Without waiting for Long Yi to say anything, the man opened the folder and showed images of Huang Xiaoxuan's body.
"She died of asphyxiation. The bruises on her neck clearly came from a hand—a huge hand. Judging from the angle of the bruises, the man was taller than her. Almost six foot."
Long Yi just kept staring at the photos, no emotion can be seen on his face. For some reason, the photos are reminding him of his anger. The need to blame someone else because of what was happening in his life. Of course, he still thought that Huang Xiaoxuan was to be blamed for her death.
"What does this have to do with me? You can't keep me here just because of some bruises! This isn't enough evidence."
"We are locking you up to protect you."
"What?"
"When this analysis went online, the net exploded. Women from some women's rights groups started demanding justice. A few tens of them are already outside, wanting to strangle you. Just like what you did to your own wife."
Long Yi gnashed his teeth. This is the best time to maintain his silence.
"Mr. Long… we were able to back up the CCTV and saw Miss Huang driving to the village where your house was located. Though her car was never found in your house, we also didn't see the car leaving the village We already have a strong case against you. I suggest— "
"I have the right to remain silent." Long Yi said. "I know my rights. I will wait for my lawyer to arrive." He insisted.
"Alright then— "
"I can't stay in the cells. I am already paralyzed. I would like to stay here to make sure that I would stay safe." He demanded.
"Mr. Long… that's not how it works."
"Well… you can't detain me here. All the evidence is circumstantial at best. It's either I go outside and cause a riot or you let me stay here."
The cop clenched his jaw. Rich people and their f*cking rights! He gathered all the photos and stood.
"Where are you going?"
"Leaving." The cop said and turned towards the door without saying anything.
However, before Long Yi could let out a sigh of relief, the door was opened revealing a familiar face. "Zi… Zi Yan?"
Huang Zi Yan glanced at him, his face a little pale and exhausted. His chilly gaze caught Long Yi off guard. "How— How did you get inside?"
"Long Yi… you aren't the only one with connections." Huang Zi Yan stood opposite Long Yi. "I am not here to kill you," he declared. "I just wanted to know why." Before Long Yi could answer, Huang Zi Yan signaled towards the mirror.
After a few seconds, Long Yi watched as the lights inside the interrogation room were dimmed. Long Yi eyed the mirror. He could see the other side clearly. It seemed that Huang Zi Yan was able to tell the people watching him turn off the camera and leave the monitoring room?
"Why did you kill my sister?"
Long Yi snorted and turn his head away, saying nothing.
"All she did was loved you. It wasn't a very healthy emotion, but my sister never hurt you. She was jealous and petty, but she wasn't a criminal. She never did anything that could hurt you! All she did was fall in love with the wrong guy!"
Once again, Long Yi didn't answer. Inside, he was sneering at Huang Zi Yan. Huang Xiaoxuan was the reason why Lyca avoided him. At that time, he was about to sleep with Lyca, but Huang Xiaoxuan suddenly arrived. Instead of stopping Long Yi, she actually went along with it and sleep with him.
Then the next morning, Long Yi saw her in Lyca's room. Clearly, she told Lyca everything that happened that night! Because of Huang Xiaoxuan… Lyca avoided him.
That woman was just a selfish b*tch who wanted his money, his fame! A woman like that didn't deserve to live anymore!
"My father… fell into a coma." Huang Zi Yan added. "He tried to kill himself. The bullet was lodged somewhere in his cheeks and he survived. He would have the ability to wake up again, but the doctors don't have any idea when. And if he will wake up… he won't be able to move his body again. He wouldn't be able to use his arms and legs. He would become paralyzed from the neck down."
This caught Long Yi's attention. "What does this have to do with me?"


#R18 #MatureContents #NORAPE #strongfemalelead
Reader discretion is advised.
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Sloth
noun
-reluctance to work or make an effort; laziness.

A lazy and casual life.

That was the only thing that Lyca Huang wanted after transmigrating into the body of a rich young miss. Tired of schemes and killing, the lazy elite assassin vowed to enjoy her second life and live a life of luxury while lazing around and bossing over her servants.

With her doting mother and loving father, Lyca thought that she could easily achieve this goal. Oh boy was she wrong... so wrong.

Who would have thought that her prominent grandfather would introduce her as the heiress to his security empire? 

How could her lazy ass manage a conglomerate? She wanted to protest! She must decline the offer in front of the whole Huang Family! 

However, at the time of the announcement she was so busy eating her freshly peeled grapes and could not find the time to just open her mouth to speak. Second, she was too lazy to argue or create a strain of conversation with anyone else at the party.

In the end, Lyca nodded at her grandfather’s words as she continued eating. Sometimes… food was more important than pointless arguments, ah.

Moreover an heiress sounded really interesting. That only meant... more food and servants, right?

……………………….

“Oi, Shen Qui, do you like me?” she leaned towards him, showing a little bit of her chest that was covered by her thin robe. She smiled and batted her eyelids.

“No,” he answered, his face stern. “That will never happen.”

“Good!” The smile on her face disappeared as she nodded, satisfied at the lack of emotion in his face. “Then… marry me.”

…………………………

"You stayed in your room for three days," he stated.
"So?"
"Without going out."
"Hm," she nodded.
"You just slept and ate all day."
"And?"
"Well… that's not very healthy, is it?" His lips curved into a wry smile.
"No. Not healthy."
"I don't want to become a widower at twenty-five."
Lyca's eyebrow lifted. "Are you cursing me?" She fought the urge to laugh. What widower? This man's honesty is sometimes infuriating. "I am tired," she said.
"From doing nothing?"
She nodded. "I am saving energy."
"To do nothing?"
She looked at him and didn't miss the concern in his eyes. "To do you." She uttered and immediately laughed when she saw his face reddened. 

.........................................

One lazy heiress.
One hardworking illegitimate soldier.
Two opposite worlds.
Two different goals.
And one marriage due to her laziness.

......

VOLUME 2 - Aden Shen's Story -  HIS SAVAGE LOVE
STARTS AT PAGE 495 - can be read separately.

Killing her son in front of her wasn’t enough to satisfy their savagery. So they cut off her limbs and laughed as she bled to death.

In the end, the life of the prodigy Gabrielle Sutton ended with her eyes full of unwillingness and thirst for vengeance.

Who would have thought that the end she had expected never arrived?

Instead of falling into the abyss of death, she woke up ten years before her demise.

Would she be able to save herself this time?



Book 2 of Seven Deadly Sins Series
Sin of Sloth: Lazily Yours

*Bang!*
As he heard his bedroom door slam open, using all his will, he put a casual smile on his face to hide the pain he was feeling a moment ago, and slowly got out of bed.
Standing at the entrance to his room, Xie Yao was looking at him with a worried expression. However, when she saw Xie Feng's face correctly, the worry on her face turned to incredulity, and she stared at him with her mouth slightly open.
Yaoyao, is something wrong? Xie Feng asked with a slight frown. Seeing Xie Yao looking at him like that, somehow he felt that something was wrong, so the smile on his face slowly disappeared.
"Big brother Xie Feng... Are you okay...?". Xie Yao only spoke after hearing Xie Feng's voice and breathing a slight sigh of relief. Even then, her eyes and voice clearly expressed the confusion she felt.
Hearing Xie Yao's strange question, Xie Feng thought she had noticed something, but after looking at her better, he noticed that Xie Yao did not even seem to notice the objects on the floor. Her gaze was fixed on his face, apparently unable to turn away.
With a clearly confused tone of voice, he asked: "I'm fine... Yaoyao, I have something on my face?".
Xie Yao shook her head. She took Xie Feng's hand and wanted to drag him into the bathroom, but that's when she noticed that his body was soaked in sweat. She looked at the untidy bed, the almost completely torn sheets, the clear teeth marks on the pillow and the objects scattered on the floor.
She avoided looking at Xie Feng and looked away. Her beautiful eyes were flooded with tears, but she bit her lower lip hard and closed her eyes for a moment. Then, without saying anything about what she had just seen, she silently dragged Xie Feng into the bathroom, as he had no mirror in his room.
Seeing Xie Yao act this way, Xie Feng could not help but sigh inwardly. 
'This girl...'
Xie Yao clearly realized everything, but to avoid making things more difficult for him, she avoided asking questions and did her best to contain the pain that her heart felt.
Without saying anything, Xie Feng threw her gently into his arms and kissed her on the forehead.
When she felt his hug, Xie Yao finally couldn't hold back his tears and began to cry in silence. Except for the slight sound of a young woman crying, the room was silent with two people hugging and comforting each other.
Ten minutes passed before Xie Yao's crying stopped. 
When he finally lifted her face, Xie Feng gently caressed her cheeks and to try and lighten the heavy mood a little, he joked: "Do you want to become a panda?".
He took a picture of her with his cell phone and showed it to her.
Although Xie Yao doesn't need to wear makeup at all. But girls, as beautiful as they may be, always try to look even more beautiful. This is especially true for Xie Yao, since she lives next to Xie Feng, so she wants to be beautiful for him. Therefore, she always wears a little makeup to emphasize her innate beauty even more. 
Because she was crying for so long, the makeup in her eyes made her look like a panda teddy bear. Along with her pitiful appearance, she really looked extremely adorable at this moment.
When Xie Yao saw her current appearance, she blushed slightly and tried to take her cell phone away from Xie Feng.
Xie Feng quickly took the cell phone away from her, and with a playful chuckle said, "You can forget about that, Miss Xie. This picture will be my precious treasure from now on".
To prove that his words were no joke, Xie Feng put the picture he had just taken of her as his wallpaper. He looked at her with a smile and waved his cell phone as he showed her what he had done: "The young miss of the Xie family is really nice. She is even willing to pretend to be a panda teddy bear for me... I wonder how she knew that I like pandas...".
"You...you... Give it back to me!". Suddenly, Xie Yao jumped on Xie Feng like an angry tigress.
Xie Feng clearly did not expect her to do this, so he lost his balance and fell on the bed again.
When Xie Feng saw Xie Yao on him, stretching out her hands to take away his cell phone so that she could delete the picture, Xie Feng began to scream: "Help! A panda woman is attacking me!"
As if responding to his call for help, a person ran into the room and jumped on the bed. Now, two people were lying on Xie Feng's body.
"Animal Control at your service, let me help you capture the wild panda".
Xie Feng and Xie Yao looked at the new member in astonishment. But before they could think too much, Gu Qianxue started tickling Xie Feng, making him unable to help but start laughing.
Amidst the laughter, he protested: "Hahaha! You...haha... traitor! Clearly you said you were animal control but you are helping the panda!".
As if she had forgotten what happened before, as if her tears were a lie, Xie Yao joined Gu Qianxue and started tickling Xie Feng.
The room that a few moments ago was impregnated by an aura of sadness and loneliness, now radiated light and joy. Only the laughter of three people was heard for a long time.
***
Before leaving Xie Feng's room, Xie Yao gave him one last glance and with a slight blush on her face, she said, "Big brother Xie Feng, you'd better see your present appearance for yourself in a mirror".
"Xie Feng, hurry up and get down the stairs! Tonight, due to the strong request of many fans, Shen Xinya will sing a small fragment of her song called Love of God!". Said Gu Qianxue with a happy smile.
After saying that, she and Gu Qianxue went downstairs and began to finish the preparations for dinner.
When Xie Feng saw the two ladies leave his room, the happy smile on his face disappeared and he breathed a sigh of relief.
What Xie Feng wants least in this world is to worry Xie Yao. Therefore, no matter what means he has to use, he will always make sure that the tears on her face are like a passing rain before the arrival of a beautiful rainbow on a sunny day.
He stood up and went to the bathroom in his room. However, when Xie Feng looked in the mirror, his first reaction was a normal expression.
The next second, he frowned and passed his hand over the surface of the mirror. Soon, his whole body shook and his eyes opened wide.
"What is this all about!!". A scream that could probably be heard by the neighbors came from Xie Feng's mouth as he stared at the mirror.
Xie Feng's look was always approximately 6/10. However, in the last few days he noticed that his appearance seemed to improve little by little, so that 6 was updated to a 7. 
The problem is his actual appearance. If before, his physical appearance was improving so gradually that the change was barely noticeable, then the current change is simply too much to be described in words.
Xie Feng was sure that no one, not even those Koreans with fake, operated faces, could compare to how good-looking he looked right now. He never saw a man who exceeded his current appearance... No, there was one.
His appearance on Samsara Online. 
Xie Feng's appearance in Samsara Online changed due to the Ring of the God of Destruction. It was a divine appearance, it definitely surpassed all human sense and could no longer be described in words as beautiful, handsome or hot. There were no words to describe it.
Suddenly, Xie Feng's eyes shook fiercely when he realized something that he had previously ignored. But now that he thinks carefully and puts some pieces together, he finally couldn't help but think about it... A thought completely unreasonable and meaningless to anyone else.
My physical appearance started to improve quickly after I started playing Samsara Online... Even before I could step outside the Beginner's Village, an forbidden item, the Ring of the God of Destruction, chose me as its holder... Before, I had not paid much attention to it, but now that I think about it, my appearance was slowly but surely approaching my appearance in the virtual world... The change in my appearance actually was a big jump, coincidentally today, the Pearl of Light chose me as its holder.
Xie Feng's eyes narrowed and, instead of continuing to think internally, he murmured in a low voice:
"A God, 7 pearls and my present appearance... What the hell is going on here... What's going on with Samsara Online... ".
The threads of destiny finally began to move into an unknown future.
************** End of volume 2! **************


In the year 2030, Samsara Online, a 100% immersive VRMMORPG that allows players to bring their innate real-world skills to the virtual world, is launched and supported by the World Central Bank.

With terrifying analytical ability, inhuman reflexes, and monstrous reaction speed, Xie Feng's travel starts into a world that he will gradually discover is not as normal as it seems.

It was also from that moment that Xie Feng's life started to deviate from the norm, changing his destiny completely.

”As long as I exist in this world, no one else is allowed to be #1!”

”All those who made her cry will pay!”
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Note: In chapter 4 it might seem that something is forced, but trust me when I say that it is not.
Everything has a logical reason, I just hope you continue reading to discover it!

Note to readers who dislike the harem: The harem in this novel will not be like in 99% of the novels where the protagonist only picks up girls madly. This harem has a logical reason and a specific destiny connecting the protagonist with the girls. Believe me, if it wasn't a harem, at the end of the story you would just cry.

Tags: Romance - Harem - R +18 - System - Reincarnation - Virtual Reality - Game elements - Student life - Mystery - Espers - Revenge - Cultivation - Gods - Demons - Angels - Fantasy - Adventure - Strong to Stronger - Cruel MC

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The entire world was busy killing demonic beasts, and Starting Point City was merely the tip of the iceberg.
Since Li Yi was waiting for the Sacramental Stone to recharge, he could not come online at the moment. However, since he was already at Level 200 and did not need any extra equipment, not coming online was no big deal to him.
After five hours, Li Yi came online once more. By then, Li Yi noticed that the surface of the Sacramental Stone had gone back to its original form.
Li Yi continued to use the 'Teleport and Resurrect' tactic to progress. Soon, he had passed the Seventh Demon God Altar.
At this point, other than Genghis, there were no more bosses or sub-bosses in the Foreignlands. All the Demon Gods had joined the fray, as they started to spawn randomly at various parts of the world.
The progress using the Sacramental Stone's Resurrection was quite slow. The number of demonic beasts Li Yi had encountered was much higher than he had expected. By the time he had arrived at Karan City, an entire day had already passed.
There weren't many demonic beasts over inside Karan City. Everything seemed to be normal, but upon closer inspection, Li Yi found that during the demonic beast invasion period, the Morphing spell could not be used.
"What would Aragon be doing right now?"
Out of sheer curiosity, Li Yi stopped his trip and headed over to Aragon's straw hut.
As the former Emperor of the Continent, what would he be doing at this moment?
When he opened the door to the straw hut, he found that it was completely abandoned. The former Emperor of the Continent Aragon had already long disappeared.
…
Three days later, Li Yi finally arrived at the Demon God Castle.
Full-scale demonic war was still ongoing, but the damages on the Ninth Continent and the Invincible Continent side were minute at best. Only the Assembled Gods Continent, who had lost to wave after wave of attacks, lost all of their major cities to the demonic army.
From news from the Assembled Gods Continent, the Fluttering Snow Alliance was literally doing nothing in defense; they just abandoned one city after the other. These actions caused a huge commotion in the continent as players all started to go to the World Channel to flame Bai Xiaoya.
The reason they were flaming Bai Xiaoya was simple. Before the demon war even started, Bai Xiaoya went all over the place to contact all the nations, forming a whole new 'Assembled Gods Alliance" in preparation to fend against the incoming demon invasion. However, now that the war actually began, as the commander of the alliance, she was literally just bringing her men to abandon cities and fleeing. This was just outright trolling at this point!
A lot of people were lost to taking it anymore as they blamed all the damage they had suffered on Bai Xiaoya. From morning till night, everyone had been spewing toxic slurs targeted at her.
To be frank, Bai Xiaoya was truly ruthless this time around. She managed to screw with every single person of the continent. At this point in time, she did not even bother to give an explanation, she had completely disregarded all the junk flung her way.
As for what the Fluttering Snow Alliance was doing after they fled, it was an open secret. They were now at the Emperor Ruins, running the Ancient Kings dungeons.
"Backstabbing son of a b*tch, I'll see that bastards like you die!"
"Bai Xiaoya, don't you f*cking dare to let me see you, otherwise you'll defo not walk out alive!"
"Bai Xiaoya! F*ck your mum!"
Every so often, similar lines like these would appear on the World Channel. Bai Xiaoya had truly hurt that group of players.
…
Compared to the earlier areas, the Demon God Castle was much quieter.
At first glance, there was not even a single demonic beast.
There were literally no demonic beasts at all in this place. All the demonic beasts that spawned, without any exception, had been forcefully sent straight to the entrance of the Foreignlands, joining the demonic invasion.
It seemed like it was finally time for the Sacramental Stone to take some rest. Li Yi speedily walked down the familiar corridors of the Demon God Castle. Based on his knowledge, he effortlessly arrived at the Demon God Halls.
"Ba-dump! Ba-dump! Ba-dump! Ba-dump!"
As compared to the Genghis of the past, this current Genghis in the Demon God Halls was at least three times larger. Its heart beat rhythmically as its veins were all popped out.
The Demonic Tribe could use Blood Sacrifices to increase their own strength. This current Genghis' strength was definitely on par with the past seven spawns.
The moment Li Yi went in, he immediately retreated. With its remaining HP at around 5,000, this thing's attack was terrifying.
Li Yi pulled out a pale blue long rod from his inventory, wielding it in his hand. A moment later, the long rod started to shine, occasionally letting out a weird buzzing sound. 
This pale blue long rod was something the new form that Thunder God's Heart and the Divine Tome had merged into. Last time, lending the power of the moonlight, Li Yi unintentionally merged the Thunder God's Heart and The Divine Tome together. Just a while later, he had also discovered another secret. 
When the Thunder God's Staff was absorbing energy, it would start to shine and let out a buzzing siren-like sound. 
Li Yi then pulled out the Superior Vignette Mirror. As the mirror was vibrating non-stop, his face instantly lit up. 
The Superior Vignette Mirror was a Tool of Ascension. Its vibration meant that one could weaken a targeted demonic beast's strength. 
In layman's terms, the buffed up Genghis could be weakened by the Superior Vignette Mirror. 
"Come out, Alleria!" 
The beautiful White Elf Vagabond appeared, standing majestically in front of Li Yi. 
"Go in and unleash Godless." 
"Leave it to me!"
Alleria nodded as she waltzed into the Demon God Halls. 
'Godless' was a Level-one Ultimate skill. Although Genghis' powers had been buffed, it was still not a True God. Hence, it was still affected by the ultimate.
LI Yi waited for 3 seconds before going in. 
Genghis' heart was still beating, but it did not use bone spur to attack Li Yi. It had entered into a dazed state for 30 seconds.
"Weakening Light!" 
With a loud battle cry, Li Yi pointed the Superior Vignette Mirror at Genghis. 
"Tschh——" 
A white beam of light shot out of the mirror, landing a direct hit onto Genghis' body. Its heart rapidly started to shrink as its power started to wane. 
"Water Clone! 
"Time Stinger Arrow!" 
"Ptschh——" 
The dazed Genghis was nothing more than a punching bag to Li Yi at this point. No matter how he attacked, it did not fight back. Hence, every time Li Yi attacked, he was using his strongest skills. 
After two Time Stoner Arrows landed on Genghis, the damage numbers all popped out at once. 
"Ba-dump! Ba-dump! Ba-dump! Ba-dump!" 
Genghis' heart started beating even faster. This was a sign that it was about to explode. However, Li Yi did not retreat out of the hall. He pulled out the Thunder God's Staff and waited there silently. 
"Buzz——" 
The Thunder God's Staff fired a huge bolt of lightning that wrapped itself around Genghis. Black energy, visible to the naked eye, started to surge out towards the staff, being purified into Divine Power. 
The Divine Power value of the staff slowly ticked up. By the time Genghis' power had been sucked dry, the value had went from 3 points all the way up to 10. 
10 points of Divine Power! 
"Poof!" 
Genghis self-destructed right before he died. However, since his power had already been sucked dry by the Thunder God's Staff, the explosion felt as impactful as a fart. It dealt literally no damage. 
The Superior Vignette Mirror also started to turn dim. At the same time, the system notification was sent to the World Channel breaking the news that Li Yi had defeated the First Demon God. 
[Due to a certain mysterious player's efforts in defeating the First Demon God, the Demonic Tribe's powers have been greatly weakened…] 
Li Yi chose not to reveal his name, solely because he found interest in all the speculation threads that were bound to come up. 
How much Genghis was buffed when he was alive was equivalent to how much he was weakened after his death. In turn, due to his death, it had caused the front lines of the demon army to crumble completely. 
The originally absurdly strong Demonic Tribe had now turned into a pushover. Their ATK was lowered, their HP was lowered, their DEF, SPE… There was literally no attribute of theirs that was not lowered. Instantly, they turned into helpless creatures massacred by the players. 
Hence, this demon war had ended anticlimactically at the hands of Li Yi. 
[Ender of Demonic Beasts!]
[Glorious God Archer!]
[Hero of the New World!]
[You are now Worshipped by all NPC forces throughout the continents!]
…
As Li Yi stood at the Demon God Hall, it took more than an entire minute just to receive all the rewards.
As per the Pantheon Continent's lore, the Demonic Invasion expansion had officially come to an end. Of course, the Foreignlands was still open to the players, whilst the Demonic Tribe would still occasionally organize an invasion on the major cities. However, all of these events were no longer canon. The demonic beasts after this point would only give the players EXP and equipment, it no longer rewarded players with Glory points or Reputational Value.
Since the Thunder God's Staff had absorbed Genghis, it was normal for Genghis to not drop any equipment. Li Yi did not mind either. To him, his equipment was already satisfactory. At this point, he only had one single goal - to ascend to Godhood.
Li Yi mumbled to himself, "Now that the Demonic Invasion expansion ended, the Wings of the Sky should be open, right?"
After waiting in the Demon God Hall for a long time, there still was not any system notification that he had been expecting.
The Pantheon Mystery pre-expansion event Wings of the Sky was still not released!
'This… This is weird!'
In his past life, as soon as the Demonic Invasion ended, the Wings of the Sky were immediately released! Why was it not released this time?
Maybe, was it because there were no players who had completed their Ascension yet?
Li Yi pulled out the Divine Looking Glass and entered "Fluttering Snow Purple Water Chestnut" before confirming the selection.
The Divine looking glass flashed a screen filled with information. 
[Fluttering Snow Purple Water Chestnut]
[Attributes: Unknown]
[Current Location: Tower of Remorse Floor 68]
"Floor 68?"
Li Yi was wide-eyed.
…
Since the Demonic Invasion expansion had ended and the same-leveled Ancient Kings series of dungeons had all been ran through by the OP-ness of the reborn player, the current level cap was still the same as in Li Yi's past life. It was still capped at Level 200. However, the God Wars Competition that Li Yi was excited about still had not started.
Although the God Wars Competition was actually a scheme by the other Gods, to players, being able to get a high rank in the competition was already a great honor. It was a game after all, who would not want to be at the best of the best, being admired by everyone else?
Dozens of days passed by in the blink of an eye as the new Seasonal Championship for the arena was announced. However, Li Yi did not participate this time round. He was currently tasked with an extremely difficult mission - Kill the World Bosses!
He was just traveling throughout the Pantheon Continent, killing all the bosses he could.
Based on his experience, if he wanted to increase the Thunder God's Staff's Divine Power, he had to kill the World Bosses. Killing normal dungeon and raid bosses would not increase the Divine Power of the Thunder God's Staff by even the slightest; it had no effect.
Li Yi had vaguely grasped how the Ascension Quest worked. His current goal was most likely to charge the Divine Power of the Thunder God's Staff to its maximum capacity!
Fluttering Snow Purple Water Chestnut was also doing the Ascension Quest. That was a fact that Li Yi had gotten proof of. As Li Yi was now running all over the place repeatedly killing the World Bosses, it was actually a race against her, a race to decide who shall be the first one the ascend to Godhood!
…


Li Yi once lived the dream of every pro gamer. He was at the top of his game with the best equipment, the highest stats, and everything a gamer could ever hope for. However, he soon realized that none of his ill-gotten gains for his to keep when he was branded Public Enemy Number One and killed in the biggest battle of the ages. 

Now, he has the chance to turn back the clock and return to a time before his first mistake put him on the path of no return. This time, Li Yi will make different choices. With that, comes many interesting encounters — like saving a woman in distress then making love to her seven times in a row while her child slept in the next room. However, will he get back to what truly matters?

One thing is for sure, with the memories retained from his past, he will become King of this game. 



Chapter 1: My Instagram Crush 

The Artist's POV 

My favourite task of the day, I mean every single day when I get any seconds to spare off my Artworks or house chores Is slaving over hot dripping celebrities whom I know will never take notice of my existence not that I am any special from the billions of online humans. 

" I keep looking in the mirror 

'Til I see myself, I see myself, eh 

Hey lover, will you blow my cover? 

'Cause I'm not myself, I'm not myself 

I wake up in the middle of the night 

And I look like a stranger in the bathroom light 

I, I keep looking in the mirror 'til I see myself 

I'm trying so hard to forget you 

When were you last online? 

I should pretend I never met you 

I'm still so desperate all the time..." 

I sang loudly to "Mirror" my favourite song of the week which was loudly booming through my iPods as my newly manicured slender fingers scroll through my Instagram feed. 

These bags are crazy, "Dior has mercy, what Vanity" sent my comment to Christian Dior's bag page where I feed my eyes with luxury bags I can only dream of. His recent collections are small-sized and square-shaped tote bags with the chain wrapped wound of the hands of the bag, the iconic 'C' shaped symbol dropping elegantly. Liking and scrolling past all the digital classes Ads popping up on my feed as if Nigerian schools are not enough trouble to deal with already. 

"Bro do you forex thing must you tech someone" I fired another reply to a bitcoin Instagram account spamming my inbox with cryptocurrency tutorial request messages. 

"Oh, wait a sec!" I scrolled back to make sure I saw this right. He is in Africa!? I shouted jumping from the bed almost knocking off the glass containing half-filled orange juice on the bed stool ignoring Anya's glare which I can see through the mirror while she kept fixing her eyebrows wrongly, by the way, she glared at me one more time before she stormed out, her perfume filling the room we both share. 

Anya is my elder sister 24 years old, she seniors me with 3 years even though most people think we are twins which I don't get it Anya is curvier while am more light-skinned. One will think we will get along so much because we have always shared a room in this 3 bedroom apartment situated in the military estate right from when we were kids but one shouldn't be too sure. God When will I get my room to myself! I thought before bringing back my attention to my iPhone 8 plus sitting pretty in an Ankara themed aesthetic phone case. 

"Oh my gosh! he Is really in Africa. Far Africa but Tanzania is still Africa, all thanks to Instagram location feature and celebrity E-News Pages, sassy so needs to hear this" I whispered to an empty but a typical girlie interior designed room; Pink walls, very bright bed sheets, fluorescent blinking tiny bulbs and quiet several Teddy's lying around. 

Sassys blue bold long braids popped up on my phone's screen before the second dial. Her name is Sarah but she with her bubbly personality one will swear she was named Sassy right from birth and fortunately for me Sassy happens to be my only friend. 

You can't keep a man if you desperately pick up your phone calls like this, take your time young lady" 

Rolling her eyes, she adjusted her phone on the kitchen cabinet and continued washing plates, trust sassy to always act sassy. 

May I remind you that I have broken almost a dozen of guy's heart plus I took advantage of their bank accounts as dating bonus just this quarter of the year "said replied with a smirk. 

"Be careful because I would not throw any chance of blackmailing you to your mum using this call, I might be screen recording " 

"you wouldn't want to do that girlie" she winked...giving me that look that seems to say I dare you. 

"I don't know how you don't get heartbroken amidst all this your palava " 

"Naa, I won't allow you mar my gift and talent of sharing, I am generous enough to share my love. Its called having a big heart. There is nothing wrong with loving multiple people at the same time besides you should be ashamed of yourself too for cheating on Jerry with all these Instagram photoshopped guys. Take my advice and go for the real deal" she said folding her hands defensively and eyeing me through the phone with her long false lashes which compliments her baby round face. 

"Are you talking about me?" she made some funny hand gestures that got me laughing hard 

"They are just my Instagram celebrity crushes, you know it's only Jerry. I did not call you to chit chat. Dante Esparaza is coming to Nigeria can you believe this!" 

"Oh okay, who is this Espresso guy again?"I rolled my eyes at her choice of words 

"He has this tousled dark short curly hair, which is thick and lustrous. His eyes were a mesmerising deep ocean blue which looks grey in most movies and his perfect lips... " 

"Madam poetic it's okay ahh just tell me who the damn guy is already"Sassy jeered while rinsing some marble plates before keeping them on the plate rack. 

"Jeez calm your horses, remember the main lead from the Spanish series 'Alfernado' and the American blockbuster Alpha Wolf movie 'Taming His Luna'" 

"So this Spanish dude or something, what's the fuss about him then?" she asked putting her hands up dramatically 

"You are the smart one that's why I called. What do you think I should do? Comment, send a DM? " 

"So madam you called me this hot afternoon to seek advice on how to comment on some photoshopped espresso guy's picture. I need to knock some sense into your big head, comment like 300 times you will still not get noticed. Most of these celebrities don't even handle their social media pages themselves" she said folding her arms. I Sat on the dressing mirror stool biting my fingers lost in thoughts when Sassy's voice came up again. 

"I don't have your time eh, just make sure to be among the first 10 to comment on these celebrities post, that's what the notifications buttons are for. The least you can get is an emoji! since you are not even a minor celebrity with just about 7 thousand followers or why don't you send his agency an email if you're that in crush " She shouted air quoting the "In crush" before hanging up. 

This girl is crazy, why is she calling again 

"Zuri, did you see the trending gist online, the comments are crazy " I sighed knowing how Sassy loves reading and following Twitter comments on crazy subjects. 

"Which one is that?" 

"About some couples that got engaged, he sent her an email and she replied that's how their relationship started, how mad is that!" What is this lady implying my subconscious mind asked. 

"Very crazy, don't think I will do crazy things for love like this o ahh" 

"Yen yen yen says someone who was about to send 300 hundred comments to an Instagram celebrity crush, the second part of the gist is..." 

"Huh, were you not washing plates Sassy" She ignored my question 

"This guy brought about the topic of independent and career women not getting married on time and most of the guys agree that men don't want all the affair to be based on how good her career, they need also want a naughty woman someone who takes life easy hence the bad girls end up with the glam husband while the good girls keep praying for miracles. You feeling me?" 

"No Sassy, go and talk this out with you Twitter people Mrs Marriage therapist abeg" 

"This is premium advice you're getting for free Sis! leave those wallpaper guys and focus more..." 

"I hear you Sassy, off you go" Crazy girl. Yawned and checked Dante's 27min old pic which already had 11thousand likes and 494 comments, guess the fan base is pretty big. Just when I was about to leave his page, he posted another set of mouthwatering yet professional looking pictures, I wasted no time commenting. 

"If you happen to swing by Nigeria, you've got a hot muralist at your service" comment sent. 

The third to comment kept surfing between admiring artworks on Pinterest and stalking his page waiting for his reply, 13min passed and nothing. Not even an emoji or a like. 

1hr later, still nothing. It's over Dante, you did not even like my comment! I logged out resisting the urge of sending an email.

Unlike every other young lady out there crushing over celebrities, she never knew that an innocent comment on a Spanish-Italian Actor will bring her so much fortune and yet mishaps. 

For one, there are scenes of stunning, crackling chemistry. And there's also the potential for scandal and a case of Amnesia.

This is a modern romance novel that balances genuine romance with sheer sexiness between an African lady who happens to be an Artist and the Multi-racial famous Actor. 

Dance with the Artist and the Actor as they toast to Tequila celebrating Arts, Culture and the beauty of life despite all Odds.

Inside a dark room; in front of the blinking monitor – sat a youth on a leather chair. His hair was short and black, but oily and chaotic, his eyes were green but there were circles of exhaustion around them. His face was handsome but dirty. His body was slim but a foul odour came from it.
The youth stared directly at his computer screen, his left hand mashed the buttons of his mechanical keyboard while his right hand constantly moved his mouse and clicked it every so often. The screen flashed and the youth continued mashing the buttons with his left and moving his mouse with the right. This lasted for five breaths of time before stopping with one last screen flash. The youth's hands relaxed and a smile formed on his lips, in front of him, on the computer screen a message flashed <You Win!>
"I did it!" he mumbled. His eyes closed and he fell asleep. 
Several hours passed and the youth's eyelids wavered and eyes opened, in front of him, he saw – a black computer screen. He rubbed his eyes and stretched while yawning loudly. He grabbed his mouse and moved it slightly. In response to the movement of the mouse, the computer screen flared up but unlike before a new message was now printed in the middle of the screen, <You have been disconnected from the server>
"Did I win?" He asked himself as he stared at the message, a moment passed and he recalled – the last message he saw before falling asleep. His lips curled up in a smile and he laid back on his chair and shouted out happily."To think that I would win!" A wide smiled formed on his lips.
"Since I won, I can get a free copy of the first VRMMO – RE: Alternate World Online!" he shouted out in a very happy voice. He rotated his chair away from the monitor before jumping up from his chair and when he landed on the ground, he felt his right foot squishing down on something. His eyes looked down and he frowned as he saw that his right foot landed on an opened candy bar.
The youth raised his leg up from the candy bar and he saw that there was chocolate on his right foot. He frowned, "I have to wash my right foot now." 
After this thought, he walked past the mess of his room and entered the bathroom. He walked up to the bath, turned on the water and rinsed off the chocolate from his right foot. He then turned around and prepared to walk out of the bathroom but before he could, he caught sight of himself in the mirror. The mirror that was only left of him. 
He looked into the mirror; looking at it, he saw his dirty self. "I can't go into public like this… now can I?" He mumbled before sighing and walking back to the bath.
…
After taking a bath, he walked back to the mirror and looked at himself once again. He nodded his head and walked out of the bathroom. He carefully navigated to the dresser, carefully evading the trash that littered the entire floor of his room.
After changing into fresh clothes, he then put his phone into his left pocket and his wallet into his right pocket and walked out of the apartment; as he did, he was greeted with sun rays directly into his face. His eyes squinted and at the next moment, he shielded them with his left hand. "How long has it been since I was outside? A month? Two months? … No, it was four months if not more…," he thought. He then shook his head and thought, "No matter… I should go and retrieve my prize from that company. The less time I spend outside, the better."
He with a hastened step walked away from his apartment building and made his way to the closest bus stop. As he travelled to the bus stop, there were many people walking past him but he didn't pay any of them any mind. When he made it to the bus stop, he bought the ticket and boarded the third bus as to why he took the third bus, it was because it had his destination as one of its stops. 
When he sat into the bus, a commercial started playing on one of the monitors that were on the bus. The youth looked at this commercial with great interest, after all, it was the commercial of the product that he was on his way to retrieve.
"Presenting RE: Alternate World Online, the first VRMMO to hit the market and the first MMO that will connect players from all over the world. Our real-time translation technology will allow all players all over the world to speak in a single language and it will also give them complete immersion into our world. Get yours today for only 10,000 Chinese Yuan!" 
As the commercial ended the youth moved his eyes away from the monitor with his eyes shining in excitement, he couldn't wait to play this newest game which promised complete immersion. Ten breaths of time passed and the bus stopped at the youth's destination. He stepped out of the bus and saw a large ten storey building appear in front of him.
The youth rushed into the building and inside he saw a long line. He sighed and lined up. Thirty breaths of time passed and it was finally his turn, he walked up to the counter and he was greeted by a smiling woman of around 26 years old who stood in front of a computer. "She is around my age?" the youth thought when he saw his attendant. "Would you like to purchase RE: AWO?" she asked with a smile.
"I am the winner of the competition that took about eights maybe ten hours ago," he stated. Even though he lived as a NEET for a few years, he was still confident when he spoke to her.
Her face showed surprise and she nodded, "I see, I will send an authorization onto your mobile device to confirm your identity."
He nodded and he retrieved a smartphone from his left pocket. A notification flashed on his screen and he pressed the button the popped up <Authorize>. The woman nodded, "You are indeed the winner of our competition, now I need only your personal identification card."
He nodded and from his wallet, retrieved his identity card and passed it to the woman. She looked at the card and inputted something onto her computer.
"Mr.Yun Shin, I will give you your product shortly." She from below the counter retrieved a medium sized bag which had the logo of the company imprinted on it. She extended the bag and with a smile said, "Please enjoy your copy of the game."
Yun Shi quickly walked out of the building and quickly made back to his apartment. He walked past the fifth on his floor then cleared away his bed and opened the bag, inside he saw two items – a choker and an instruction manual.
He first opened the instruction manual and quickly read through it, from it he found out three things how to start the game, how to access the menu and how to activate the skills. There was no more information besides that.
Yun Shi put on the choker and laid down on the cleaned bed, he closed his eyes and in his head shouted out, "RE: Start!" 
After saying these words the choker lit up and he could feel his eyelids feel heavy and before he knew it, he lost his consciousness. After he lost his consciousness, his eyes opened and in front of him he saw a white space and in this white space, several messages flashed before him/
<Welcome to RE: Alternate World Online>
<Character Creation Initialized>

"AH!"
Qiao Liang was taken aback. His eyes involuntarily looked at the black clothes that suddenly appeared but at the same time, the entire mirror broke with a loud bam—!
Qiao Liang was really scared this time. He even leaned back involuntarily and almost toppled onto the bed behind him with the chair.
The mirror inside was already broken when he looked at the screen again, revealing the darkness behind the mirror.
A line of numbers in bright blood-red appeared in the right corner. 10:00.
This line of words quickly became 9:59, which seemed to indicate that the game could only be played again in another 10 minutes.
Qiao Liang was slightly shocked, but he calmed down in no time.
"It seemed like this step is purely to test the psychological quality of a person. You must start at the center of the mirror without drifting away. Otherwise, you'll fail immediately…
"Alright, I'll train hard now and try to succeed in one shot 10 minutes later!"
Qiao Liang was full of motivation at that instant. He realized that all puzzles set by Boss Pei should be successfully solved as long as he passed this test!
… 
One hour later…
Qiao Liang stared at himself in the mirror, and a bloody ghost floating in the air had stretched out its bloody hand and was about to touch his neck…
Qiao Liang felt his heart thumping very loudly, but he still gritted his teeth and stared at his eyes in the mirror, using his will to force his eyes to remain motionless. 
That terrifying ghost, which was always wandering around the mirror, was constantly using all sorts of ways to attract Qiao Liang's attention.
Finally, it seemed to have completely lost his patience, came to the center of the screen, opened its huge mouth, and let out a shriek towards Qiao Liang!
Qiao Liang was pretty smart, he did not turn on the sound of the speaker so he could not hear the sound. However, the scene that appeared in front of him was enough to make his heart race like crazy!
However, a whirlpool suddenly appeared in the mirror, sucking the ghost in!
This ghost seemed to be constantly struggling. However, there was no avail as it quickly disappeared in the mirror.
A line of bloody words appeared in the mirror. "Congratulations, the first guest of Thriller Hostel!"
He clicked randomly with his mouse and exited this program. The invalid buy button lit up on the 'Be Quiet' page which meant that Qiao Liang could finally spend money buying the game!
Qiao Liang was so moved that he was nearly in tears.
That was tough! How could it be so tough to buy a game in this era?!
However, that was all worth it since he was the first player of Be Quiet!
"I have to share this news immediately with others!"
Qiao Liang opened his fan group and shared the solution to the last puzzle excitedly with his fans.
… 
At the same time, Pei Qian spat out two words slowly after sitting in the office for some time.
"The f*ck…" 
A chill ran down Pei Qian's back seeing the eye-catching number '1' on the backend of the Be Quiet purchase counter. It was still solved in the end. A puzzle he thought could last for one month only lasted until the 11th! Not even half a month! 
"Sigh, my previous estimate was still too optimistic. It is really impossible to trap players for a month with a puzzle of this difficulty. However, that did not mean there was no use at all. It's still alright."
Pei Qian knew very well that this puzzle had been completely solved since the first buyer showed up. As long as this person shared his experience, more people would be able to receive the invitation and purchase.
However, even so, there were still barriers to purchase!
Pei Qian set the price of The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer as free and then silently followed the changes in sales. His mode of operating was the most optimal under the strict restrictions of the system.
In layman's terms, the difficulty in solving puzzles and the restrictions of everyone buying the game was different.
Finding clues, solving puzzles, etc., involved the players. Once someone solved the puzzle, everyone could continue to study the next step. The difficulty would naturally be set higher.
The game itself would have a purchase threshold even after knowing and understanding how to solve the puzzle.
The players must drive a car in The Lonely Desert Road for a while, personally reach the 'Game Designer' ending in Game Designer, then go to the TPDb website to search for 'Thriller Hostel', enter one's own account password, enter the dynamic code into the bloody handprint of the game, complete the eye-tracking mirror challenge before one could purchase the game. 
That was the highest threshold allowed by the system and could not be higher.
Of course, Pei Qian had nothing to be dissatisfied with. This threshold could help him to screen out numerous players.
There was also Pei Qian's attempt to make The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer free. It seemed to be creating convenience for the players, but in fact, it was to make less money.
Pei Qian found that the system allowed the games to be completely free, but the requirements were more demanding.
It had to be a standalone game.
It must have been officially on sale for more than 10 months.
The revenue from last month must have fallen to one-fifth of the revenue when the game first went on sale.
The system would only allow the game to be free based on these three conditions. The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer happened to meet this condition so Pei Qian was able to make them free.
He did not even need to consider web games like the Ocean Stronghold.
Repent and be Saved had been released for 10 months, but it was very difficult for its monthly revenue to drop to one-fifth of its starting revenue. This game was more durable, and there seemed to be an endless stream of newcomer players interested in masochism.
In short, the puzzle might be solved, but the purchase threshold was still there. It could help Pei Qian make a lot less money, at least in this settlement cycle.
Pei Qian turned off the platform and thought some time about the sales volume growth and what countermeasures to be taken.
The most important thing right now was…
He would first take a look at the pre-sales situation of the OTTO E1 cell phone before sending money to Lu Mingliang and Chang You!
Two days had passed from the opening of reservations on Thursday. The reservation for OTTO E1 cell phones increased to 4,728. It might still be increasing, but it has been extremely slow.
Pei Qian was very happy that the situation was not that much different from what he had previously estimated to be. The number would be capped at 5,000 by the time they had reached Sunday. It was absolutely impossible to go any higher.
Pei Qian decided to give 5 million yuan to Lu Mingliang to open up more Upwind Courier stations in Lincheng and the remaining 20 million yuan to Chang You to let him stock another 5,000 units from the original 4,000 units.
If the 5,000 cell phones could be sold, the remaining money would be used to stock up. There would then be a backlog of about 13,000 cell phones in the warehouse.
This money would then be staying happily in the warehouse until the next settlement cycle. Perfect!
… 
Pei Qian leaned on the chair and let Assistant Xin arrange everything. He could finally rest a little. He turned on the computer and casually looked at the comments of the netizens towards Be Quiet and the OTTO E1 phone.
The solution to the puzzle had been completely revealed. Posts on how to purchase the game had been spread everywhere. However, there was a clear polarization between players' comments. There were even quarrels online.
"Crazy, you can't even buy the game even if you solve the puzzles. Why did you have to make such a complicated pre-step? Are they crazy?"
"That is, that you even have to bear the brunt of the producers' emotions even though you are paying for the game! Tengda Games is really awesome, ah? They don't even give any face!"
"I still don't quite understand what the purpose of this ARG[1] is. I purely wanted to experience the game, no in solving the puzzle!"
"That's right, I definitely won't buy it. I'll just sit here and wait for this game to fail!"
"…who do you think you are? Do you think Tengda cares about this? They started this ARG and set the purchase threshold to screen out no-brainers like you."
"You can go and play a no-brainer shooting game like Ocean Stronghold. It's not like Tengda Games doesn't have any other games that do not suit you."
"This ARG is very interesting. I might not be able to solve it, but I'm so excited about watching the big boss solve them online every day!"
"This ARG, as well as the last step with the eye-tracking game, really amazed me. I feel that it's really worth it! This is equivalent to a large-scale, multiplayer free brain-burning game. It's equivalent to buy-one-get-free for the Be Quiet game. What's not enough?
"Moreover, Tengda made The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer free, they have a conscience!"
People on both sides argued hard.
Pei Qian was not interested in the content of their argument. He only cared about how many people were dissatisfied with the game Be Quiet, which could reduce the game's revenue this month.
He then saw what the netizens said about the OTTO E1 phone. They were basically in a polarized state as well. However, the people who supported this phone were obviously in a weak position.
The reason was simple, there were too few quantities sold!
Only about 3,000 units of this phone had been sold so far. Even if they were satisfied with the cell phone, there were only 3,000 users. Some of them might not even discuss this online.
A larger proportion of users were actually questioning the brand, quality control, stocks, etc. Many believed that this cell phone was made by speculation and whether the specific value was worth buying or not.
Pei Qian was very satisfied with this. You just wait and see, you have to insist on your own judgment and don't buy it!
Finally, Pei Qian took out his cell phone and glanced at Gou Yan.
On the 18th day of Tomorrow is Beautiful with a box office of 4.184 million yuan today and an estimated box office of 225 million yuan!
Tomorrow is Beautiful ranked second in the box office. The first place was given to the domestic film that was released just two days ago.
Pei Qian held his forehead with this hand, his face full of pain.
Why did the estimated box office increase significantly?! That meant that the stamina of the movie was very strong. People probably went to watch it twice or thrice.
This was very bad news for Pei Qian. Pei Qian would earn a few million yuan more if the box office of this movie improved even a little.
What evil!
Pei Qian swiped to the right subconsciously, wanting to view the lineup tomorrow.
However, under the presale column, Tomorrow is Beautiful which originally occupied the second place, directly squeezed to the third place. The first place was an upcoming American blockbuster!
Pei Qian's eyes lit up.
My savior!
Great, the box office would definitely not reach 225 million yuan! Bro, why didn't you release half a month earlier?
[1] 'ARG' stands for Alternate Reality Game, a game that makes use of the real world as a platform to be altered by the player's choices.


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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