No Game No Life es unaseriejaponesa de novelas ligeras de Yū Kamiya . La serie sigue a un grupo de jugadores humanos que buscan vencer al dios de los juegos en una serie de juegos de mesa para usurpar el trono del dios.

2010 was the era of smartphones. They changed the lives of millions of people.
But technology continued advancing, and in year 2030, the smartphone era came to an end. It was now the new era of virtual reality. Peach Corporation's virtual reality connection device, V-Gear, gave way to the beginning of this era. For just 20,000 dollars, any household could dive into the world of virtual reality.
The smartphone era was nothing in comparison to the VR era. Virtual reality did not just absorb the technologies of the real world, as new content developed just for the virtual world.
Among them, virtual reality games were the most popular.
Game companies didn't hesitate to invest millions or even billions of dollars into developing this new technology. As a result, they could release higher quality content than any other business in the world.
At the same time, it was the start of a war.
Due to their investments and preparedness, their games had similar quality, and none stood out as the best.
It was the beginning of a warring era.
Game companies experimented with new methods of raising their market shares, and many went bankrupt as a result. The one that put an end to this warring era was not a game company, but an AI developing company called Tobot Soft. It was with their AI program that Warlord was created.
Warlord.
With a typical fantasy setting, the game was not too different from the other games in the market. In fact, it was much tamer compared to games where the players battled in space or flew in the air with wings.
It was the scale of its world and its stability that made it unsurpassable by others.
Tobot Soft's secret lied behind a management artificial intelligence program called M.I.
Simply put, the game wasn't controlled by the company but an artificial intelligence program. Its initial development cost was huge, but the management cost was ground-breakingly small. At a time when the price of VR game programmers was soaring to the sky, the method proved to be especially efficient. A.I.s didn't need a salary.
Plus, it was easy to copy and mass produce an A.I. Hiring a thousand professional programmers took at least six months, but obtaining a thousand copy of an A.I. took only about a month.
Countless A.I.s worked to control and manage the server, and as a result, Warlord became a game that surpassed any other game in existence.
March 11th, 2035, a year after the game made its debut, the player base was well over one million. By its 4th anniversary, the number rose to over ten million, worthy of the game's title as the greatest game to ever exist.
Ten million was not a small number.
To play a VR game, one needed a VR device. Peach Corporation controlled 70 percent of the VR device market and its cheapest VR device, the Level 1 V-Gear, cost 20 thousand dollars.
In addition, one needed 2,599 dollars just to create a Warlord character. Upon creation, one could play the game free for 3 months, but afterwards, there was a monthly fee of 799 dollars.
In Korean standards, it cost 20 million won to buy the gaming device, another 3 million to make a character, and 800 thousand more every month.
There were ten million people who could meet such requirements.
An economist once said,
"If you calculate the average income of a Warlord player, it would be about 80 thousand dollars. A game with over 10 million players and an average income of 80 thousand. That's enough purchasing power to match a country's."
Businesses smelled the money just as easily.
Numerous companies and corporations became sponsors of Warlord players that had fame and influence. Famous rankers, especially the official top 100 rankers, were walking advertisements, and their bodies were worth at least a billion won.
Most importantly, Warlord was fun.
Players with superhuman powers killing monsters with different skills and magic was more exciting than any movie, and the fact that a player could die at any time made the game more thrilling than any sports in the world.
Someone once said,
"The proliferation of virtual reality games had the biggest impact on sports and movie industries. No matter how thrilling a sports is, no sportman puts their life on line, but in the game world, everyone fights with their life on the line. No matter how well-made a movie is, at the end of the day, a movie is a movie. It has a set scenario, while gamers create their own scenario. A game character is one's second life, and in this world, a movie can never beat a real life."
In this era, one could gain the wealth and prestige of a professional soccer player or a major league star just by gaming. As a result, countless people sought to become this era's protagonist.
However.
"Becoming a famous gamer? Only one out of every thousand can do that. Right now in Warlord, there's only about 3,000 people who make over a 100 million won. Considering Warlord's player base, that's less than the top 0.01 percent. Plus, imagine the amount of money you have to spend to maintain your ranking that high. Take any one of these 3,000 people, they probably spent just as much on Warlord as they earned."
Only a very small minority of players could enjoy the life of wealth and fame.
"Not to mention, VR games are completely different than PC games. You can't get better by just leveling up. It's about talent. Even though it's an RPG game, you can't become a ranker with just levels and items. If you start playing with that mindset, you'll end up quiting within a month. You just have to enjoy it. Warlord is the world's most unfair game. If you compare yourself to others, you won't win over your inferiority complex."
Right, virtual reality games were more unfair than any other games.
Even in PC games, there are good players and bad players. In a VR world, where everyone has superhuman powers, the difference was even clearer.
That's not all.
In Warlord, the best way to earn money was through live broadcasts.
However, only 30 channels were given permission to broadcast Warlord-related content. In the past, when problems began to arise from gambling and swearing in private broadcasts, most countries began to require licenses for broadcasting certain content. In the case of Warlord, only 30 channels were given licenses.
That was how the Top 30 Guilds were created. Guilds that obtained broadcasting channels received no small benefits.
Furthermore, these guilds used the money and influence gained through live broadcasts and live tickets to prevent other guilds from challenging their authority. Although everyone aimed to become one of the Top 30 Guilds in the beginning, the gap between a Top 30 Guild and a non-Top 30 Guild only grew wider over time.
They were in a league of their own.
By the time Warlord entered its 4th year of service, no one could threaten to close this gap.
Except one.
The Hahoe Mask Guild.
Its members all fought wearing hahoe masks. Despite a majority of them having started a year after existing rankers, they showed incredible skills and results. In time, they even started to threaten the positions of the Top 30 Guilds.
And in the middle of this storm was Hyrkan.
His nickname, the Hero Slaughterer.
The nickname was given to him because he effortlessly slaughtered the rankers that represented Warlord.
He was a monster that defied logic.
"Hyrkan? He's a real monster, the kind that disrupts an ecosystem. He throws a 150 km fastball, then throws a 250 km fastball right afterwards. Plus, he games harder than anyone else. That's what VR games are all about. No matter how much time you invest, someone without talent can't beat someone with talent. Even if someone with talent achieves something by investing time, it becomes nothing in front of greater talent. I assure you, Hyrkan is at the top in both talent and effort. If he started just a year earlier, no one would be his match."
A monster that disrupts an ecosystem.
It was an apt description.
It was also the reason why Hyrkan was ostracized.
"Why Hahoe Mask Guild betrayed Hyrkan? It's simple. They would've been ostracized by the Top 30 Guilds otherwise. At first, they all fought to recruit Hyrkan, but they soon realized it wasn't going to happen. Hyrkan isn't the type to bow his head in front of others. A tiger can grow up drinking a dog's milk, but a tiger is a tiger, a dog is a dog."
The Top 30 Guilds were already making enormous profit in their own ecosystem.
There was no way they would stand still and watch a monster like Hyrkan ruin it. Even so, they suffered more harm than good trying to take him out.
Hyrkan. Although he was nicknamed the Hero Slaughterer, he never actively sought out to kill others. It was always three or four rankers that attacked him first, and he only retaliated. Hyrkan never wanted to become a "slaughterer."
So when Stormhunter Guild absorbed Hahoe Mask Guild and declared war on Hyrkan, the rest of the Top 30 Guilds promised their tacit support. It wasn't anything unexpected.
"Hahoe Mask Guild is probably thankful to Hyrkan, but their inferiority complex must have been equally big. Betraying Hyrkan and joining the Stormhunter Guild or fighting against the entire Top 30 Guilds. The choice was obvious."
No matter how amazing Hyrkan was, he wasn't capable fight against the Top 30 Guilds by himself.
"In the end, Hyrkan was too amazing for his own good. That's why he was betrayed from Warlord."
Shunned by the whole world, Hyrkan was left with no choice but to quit Warlord.
Of course, all this…
"I can't believe this is happening to me."
Hasn't happened as of now.
"I returned to the past…"
An Jaehyun, he returned to 2036.
With all his memories intact!

Year 2035. The Virtual reality game, Warlord, changed the world. An Jaehyun was one of the many who wished to change his life through the game. After dedicating his life to the game, he was met with a betrayal. A betrayal by his comrades. As a result, he lost everything. But a chance was given to him. A chance to redo everything again! "I won't play with others again. Whatever the outcome, I'll show that I can do it alone." Others rolled a dice to split the spoils of victory. An Jaehyun ate it all by himself. It was the start of An Jaehyun's solo game life.

2010 was the era of smartphones. They changed the lives of millions of people.

But technology continued advancing, and in year 2030, the smartphone era came to an end. It was now the new era of virtual reality. Peach Corporation's virtual reality connection device, V-Gear, gave way to the beginning of this era. For just 20,000 dollars, any household could dive into the world of virtual reality.

The smartphone era was nothing in comparison to the VR era. Virtual reality did not just absorb the technologies of the real world, as new content developed just for the virtual world.

Among them, virtual reality games were the most popular.

Game companies didn't hesitate to invest millions or even billions of dollars into developing this new technology. As a result, they could release higher quality content than any other business in the world.

At the same time, it was the start of a war.

Due to their investments and preparedness, their games had similar quality, and none stood out as the best.

It was the beginning of a warring era.

Game companies experimented with new methods of raising their market shares, and many went bankrupt as a result. The one that put an end to this warring era was not a game company, but an AI developing company called Tobot Soft. It was with their AI program that Warlord was created.

Warlord.

With a typical fantasy setting, the game was not too different from the other games in the market. In fact, it was much tamer compared to games where the players battled in space or flew in the air with wings.

It was the scale of its world and its stability that made it unsurpassable by others.

Tobot Soft's secret lied behind a management artificial intelligence program called M.I.

Simply put, the game wasn't controlled by the company but an artificial intelligence program. Its initial development cost was huge, but the management cost was ground-breakingly small. At a time when the price of VR game programmers was soaring to the sky, the method proved to be especially efficient. A.I.s didn't need a salary.

Plus, it was easy to copy and mass produce an A.I. Hiring a thousand professional programmers took at least six months, but obtaining a thousand copy of an A.I. took only about a month.

Countless A.I.s worked to control and manage the server, and as a result, Warlord became a game that surpassed any other game in existence.

March 11th, 2035, a year after the game made its debut, the player base was well over one million. By its 4th anniversary, the number rose to over ten million, worthy of the game's title as the greatest game to ever exist.

Ten million was not a small number.

To play a VR game, one needed a VR device. Peach Corporation controlled 70 percent of the VR device market and its cheapest VR device, the Level 1 V-Gear, cost 20 thousand dollars.


 
In addition, one needed 2,599 dollars just to create a Warlord character. Upon creation, one could play the game free for 3 months, but afterwards, there was a monthly fee of 799 dollars.

In Korean standards, it cost 20 million won to buy the gaming device, another 3 million to make a character, and 800 thousand more every month.

There were ten million people who could meet such requirements.

An economist once said,

"If you calculate the average income of a Warlord player, it would be about 80 thousand dollars. A game with over 10 million players and an average income of 80 thousand. That's enough purchasing power to match a country's."

Businesses smelled the money just as easily.

Numerous companies and corporations became sponsors of Warlord players that had fame and influence. Famous rankers, especially the official top 100 rankers, were walking advertisements, and their bodies were worth at least a billion won.

Most importantly, Warlord was fun.

Players with superhuman powers killing monsters with different skills and magic was more exciting than any movie, and the fact that a player could die at any time made the game more thrilling than any sports in the world.

Someone once said,

"The proliferation of virtual reality games had the biggest impact on sports and movie industries. No matter how thrilling a sports is, no sportman puts their life on line, but in the game world, everyone fights with their life on the line. No matter how well-made a movie is, at the end of the day, a movie is a movie. It has a set scenario, while gamers create their own scenario. A game character is one's second life, and in this world, a movie can never beat a real life."

In this era, one could gain the wealth and prestige of a professional soccer player or a major league star just by gaming. As a result, countless people sought to become this era's protagonist.

However.

"Becoming a famous gamer? Only one out of every thousand can do that. Right now in Warlord, there's only about 3,000 people who make over a 100 million won. Considering Warlord's player base, that's less than the top 0.01 percent. Plus, imagine the amount of money you have to spend to maintain your ranking that high. Take any one of these 3,000 people, they probably spent just as much on Warlord as they earned."

Only a very small minority of players could enjoy the life of wealth and fame.

"Not to mention, VR games are completely different than PC games. You can't get better by just leveling up. It's about talent. Even though it's an RPG game, you can't become a ranker with just levels and items. If you start playing with that mindset, you'll end up quiting within a month. You just have to enjoy it. Warlord is the world's most unfair game. If you compare yourself to others, you won't win over your inferiority complex."


 
Right, virtual reality games were more unfair than any other games.

Even in PC games, there are good players and bad players. In a VR world, where everyone has superhuman powers, the difference was even clearer.

That's not all.

In Warlord, the best way to earn money was through live broadcasts.

However, only 30 channels were given permission to broadcast Warlord-related content. In the past, when problems began to arise from gambling and swearing in private broadcasts, most countries began to require licenses for broadcasting certain content. In the case of Warlord, only 30 channels were given licenses.

That was how the Top 30 Guilds were created. Guilds that obtained broadcasting channels received no small benefits.

Furthermore, these guilds used the money and influence gained through live broadcasts and live tickets to prevent other guilds from challenging their authority. Although everyone aimed to become one of the Top 30 Guilds in the beginning, the gap between a Top 30 Guild and a non-Top 30 Guild only grew wider over time.

They were in a league of their own.

By the time Warlord entered its 4th year of service, no one could threaten to close this gap.

Except one.

The Hahoe Mask Guild.

Its members all fought wearing hahoe masks. Despite a majority of them having started a year after existing rankers, they showed incredible skills and results. In time, they even started to threaten the positions of the Top 30 Guilds.

And in the middle of this storm was Hyrkan.

His nickname, the Hero Slaughterer.

The nickname was given to him because he effortlessly slaughtered the rankers that represented Warlord.

He was a monster that defied logic.

"Hyrkan? He's a real monster, the kind that disrupts an ecosystem. He throws a 150 km fastball, then throws a 250 km fastball right afterwards. Plus, he games harder than anyone else. That's what VR games are all about. No matter how much time you invest, someone without talent can't beat someone with talent. Even if someone with talent achieves something by investing time, it becomes nothing in front of greater talent. I assure you, Hyrkan is at the top in both talent and effort. If he started just a year earlier, no one would be his match."

A monster that disrupts an ecosystem.

It was an apt description.

It was also the reason why Hyrkan was ostracized.

"Why Hahoe Mask Guild betrayed Hyrkan? It's simple. They would've been ostracized by the Top 30 Guilds otherwise. At first, they all fought to recruit Hyrkan, but they soon realized it wasn't going to happen. Hyrkan isn't the type to bow his head in front of others. A tiger can grow up drinking a dog's milk, but a tiger is a tiger, a dog is a dog."

The Top 30 Guilds were already making enormous profit in their own ecosystem.


 
There was no way they would stand still and watch a monster like Hyrkan ruin it. Even so, they suffered more harm than good trying to take him out.

Hyrkan. Although he was nicknamed the Hero Slaughterer, he never actively sought out to kill others. It was always three or four rankers that attacked him first, and he only retaliated. Hyrkan never wanted to become a "slaughterer."

So when Stormhunter Guild absorbed Hahoe Mask Guild and declared war on Hyrkan, the rest of the Top 30 Guilds promised their tacit support. It wasn't anything unexpected.

"Hahoe Mask Guild is probably thankful to Hyrkan, but their inferiority complex must have been equally big. Betraying Hyrkan and joining the Stormhunter Guild or fighting against the entire Top 30 Guilds. The choice was obvious."

No matter how amazing Hyrkan was, he wasn't capable fight against the Top 30 Guilds by himself.

"In the end, Hyrkan was too amazing for his own good. That's why he was betrayed from Warlord."

Shunned by the whole world, Hyrkan was left with no choice but to quit Warlord.

Of course, all this…

"I can't believe this is happening to me."

Hasn't happened as of now.

"I returned to the past…"

An Jaehyun, he returned to 2036.

With all his memories intact!

Year 2035. The virtual reality game, Warlord, changed the world. An Jaehyun was one of the many who wished to change his life through the game. After dedicating his life to the game, he was met with a betrayal. A betrayal by his comrades. As a result, he lost everything. But a chance was given to him. A chance to redo everything again! “I won’t play with others ever again. Whatever the outcome, I’ll show that I can do it alone.” Others rolled a dice to split the spoils of victory. An Jaehyun ate it all by himself. It was the start of An Jaehyun’s solo game life.

Zheng Zha (Zheng) always felt that he was dead in reality. Go to work, come home, eat meals, go to bed and wake up; he didn’t know where the meaning of his life lay. It was definitely not in that face of his fat supervisor, not in that white collar woman’s body that he met in the bar, and not in this steel and concrete forest – the modern city.

Zheng felt he was rotting. Going to rot from the age of 24 til the end of his life, then become a part of the earth and leave behind a name. No, not even a name, since no one would remember him. No one would remember a little white collar. Whether he lived as a truly graceful person or just pretended to be one, he was just a tiny piece of this world.

He wanted to change something. He wanted to have his meaning.

‘Want to know the meaning of life? Want to live… a real life?’

When he turned on his computer at work today, a message popped up. This was obviously some newbie hacker seeking attention. It would force you to download a virus, whichever option you choose. Zheng laughed at it and was about to close it. Yet, his heart skipped a beat when his hand touched the mouse. He paused.

‘Want to know the meaning of life? Want to live… a real life?’

Zheng felt a little lost. An indescribable force attracted him to put his finger on the mouse. Then he clicked on the YES button and lost consciousness.

—

Cold, shaking…

The moment he woke up, Zheng jumped up from the ground. He looked around in panic. The disparity of the vision of his office and the current environment caused a chaos in his head, but after a few seconds he woke up from the confusion.

“Not bad, you have the best quality of the bunch this time.” A cold voice said.

Zheng turned his head around and saw a black haired guy sneering at him. This person was around 24 or 25, had a very common face, but the few scars on his face made him looked horrifying.

Black haired guy held a cigarette in his hand and took a deep smoke. His sight then looked past Zheng. That was when Zheng realized there were five people lying beside him. Three men and two women. Other than that, there were over ten westerners in this concealed room.

This was the compartment of a train and the train was moving very fast. The feelings of coldness and shaking were coming from the train.

“Where is this place? Who are you? Why am I here?”, Zheng asked these people. Furthermore, due to the presence of westerners, he repeated it in English.

The westerners looked at him for a moment then turned their heads away. Only the black haired guy said to him, “Think carefully, it should have inserted everything into your head.”

Think carefully? Zheng tried to recall everything. He only remembered when he saw the pop-up on the screen ‘Want to know the meaning of life? Want to live… a real life?’, and clicked YES, before he fell unconscious.

Wait… Zheng felt there was something in his head, something about survival and life.

This was a game. Whoever created this game was not known. Maybe it was God, maybe it was the Devil, or maybe they were aliens or humans from the future. Now he had became a player of this game, or maybe part of this game.

A game that brought together those who were lost in life but have yet to become a rotten person. When they chose this game they would be transported to various scenes in horror movies.

“It is Resident Evil 1 this time.[1] Your luck isn’t bad, newbies. Getting such an easy horror movie on the first time. Even when you die it will be an easy death.” The black haired guy took his last smoke then crushed the cigarette in his hand.

“Are you saying only our consciousness came inside the computer? Just like in novels? And when we complete this game our consciousness will go back to our bodies?” A chubby dude next to Zheng asked.

Black Haired took out a gun, a desert eagle. While handling the gun he said, “I don’t know if it’s consciousness or not, but you will feel pain, you will get injured, and you will die. And you were wrong, when you finish this movie, you will go to the next one. Maybe you have seen that movie or maybe not. Every time, God will bring in new members to replace those that died in the last movie. Every movie consists of seven to twenty people. In other words this is a very easy movie, we only have seven people here.”

Chubby Dude said with a sneer, “How do you know those who died didn’t go back to their body? Perhaps they chose to die willingly.”

Black Haired raised his head suddenly, as though he had became a panther in this moment. He bent his knees and in a split second he’s already on top of the chubby dude. His desert eagle stuffed inside the chubby dude’s mouth.

“Then would you want to try and die? Can you imagine that unending terror? I lived through three movies. The first one was Nightmare on Elm Street 1.[2] There were 15 newbies in that movie and two experienced survivors. But do you want to know the ending? They all died in their dreams. Me and another person were the only ones that survived. Do you want to know how it feels to get killed by a stupid dream? Imagine everything around you becomes slithering rotten meat. You watch as a pair of scissors slowly cut through every bit of your body in a gruesome factory. Can you imagine the pain? You piece of shit! Do you want to die?”

Black Haired was shouting like a madman. His intent to kill was so vivid and obvious in his eyes. The chubby dude was scared and unable to move. And with a gun in his mouth, he couldn’t even plead.

Zheng and the other four people persuaded them to break apart. Black Haired walked back to his seat and said, “Dying in an horror movie is a real death. Furthermore, when you die here you will be tortured by the devils in these movies. So if you don’t have determination to live, I advise you to kill yourself now.”

A girl with glasses said, “Then we don’t have a way to return to our bodies?” 

Black Haired said with a sneer, “I have been saying it’s not your consciousness that came into the computer. Do you think humans have the technology to create this game? No, this is the work of God, we are nothing more than bugs in his eyes. We are thrown here to struggle just to entertain him. Both our bodies and consciousnesses have been brought to this world, and can’t go back. At least I don’t think we can go back.”

The glasses girl had a sense of calmness. She thought for a moment and said, “By your tone, it seems like there’s still a way to go back?”

Black Haired took a look at her and said, “The quality of this time’s newbies isn’t bad. You’re right, there is hope to go back.”

Everyone stared at him. “Every time you finish a mission–that is you lived through a movie–you will obtain 1000 points. You can exchange these points for a lot of things, such as the right to live in a movie for 100 days.” Black Haired said.

A middle aged guy said, “Who would want to live in a horror movie? That’s asking to die.”

Black Haired remained quiet. Glasses Girl said, “No, I think I understand what he meant. There are many genres of horror movies, sci-fi like Resident Evil, where everything can be explained with science. You just have to go outside of where the main events are happening, then the rest of the world is normal.

Black Haired snapped his finger, “Bingo. You can indeed live in another part of this world normally for those days. Think about it, after experiencing a couple of life and death trials, the chance to live normally in this world is a blessing.”

Zheng’s body shivered. He thought he understood the meaning of this world a bit. Yes, the reason he was feeling rotten was because his life was boring. Once you experienced life and death, then the mundane life would become what you wish for.

Black Haired continued, “Other than exchanging for time, there are many other things. Such as this desert eagle with unlimited ammunition. It only took 100 points, that’s 10 days of time. You can also use points to improve yourself, including intelligence, mental capacity, reaction time, cell vitality, muscle density, and immunization strength. In other words, if you survive through this movie, you can double your strength. If you lived through a hundred movies, you can become a super human.”

Glasses Girl asked calmly, “Let’s get back to the point, how many points does it take to get back to our world?”

“50000 points.” Black Haired took out another cigarette. “If you don’t use any points, you just have to live through fifty movies. Then you can go back.”

Suddenly, everyone quieted down. According to this guy, if you don’t use your points, it would be impossible to live through fifty movies.

“Of course, 1000 points is the base reward of every movie. You can do side quests in movies to earn points. Like when I explained everything to you, according to God’s rule, explaining to newbies will reward 100 points. You should’ve noticed that special watch on your hand.” He waved his left hand. There was a black metal watch.

Everyone looked at their own left wrist. There were a few lines of info on this watch. A timer that was counting down from 3 hours 7 minutes. A counter for zombies, hunters, newbies…

“You will get one point for every ten zombies you kill, 100 point for every hunter, and 1000 points for every newbie…” He looked at everyone with a wicked face. Only Zheng and the glasses girl looked back calmly at him.

“Of course that’s negative 1000. Okay, if you have any other questions hurry up and ask. This movie is about to begin.”

Glasses Girl looked at Zheng, then continued, “I have three more questions. I saw Resident Evil, the ending is the T-virus from the lab spreading throughout Racoon City. Then if we drive this car and leave the city, wouldn’t that let us survive easily?”

Black Haired nodded and replied, “Take a look at your watch, there’s a name on the upper left side, read it.”

“One.” Everyone read it out, then they noticed one of the westerners had a faint glow on him, then slowly faded away.

“This is the leader of the mercenaries in this movie. This movie belongs to a specified location genre. The plot only happens in the lab. In this kind of movie, you are not allowed to leave the plot area or stay too far away from the cast. If you stay further than 300 feet from One, then bang, you will have nothing left. Understand? Of course when One is dead in the movie this restriction will be moved to another cast.” Black Haired explained.

Zheng then asked, “Who is this God that you have been mentioning?”

“God is the thing that manages our entrance to movies. It gives us points and you also exchange things through it. God is a ball of light. I don’t really know what it is either.”

Glasses Girl nodded and said, “One last question. This number, what does it mean?” She pointed to the timer counting down.

“This is the time that you must stay in this movie. Once the timer is over you will go to where God is and get your reward. There you will also wait for the next movie.”

The train started to slow down. Black haired guy finished his cigarette and took out his desert eagle, “Okay, the plot is starting. The cast will be able to hear our conversations now. Remember, if they hear anything not belonging to this world or spoilers, 10 points will be deducted for every sentence. Well, newbies, try your best to survive.”

1. Nightmare of Elm Street (1984) is a film about Freddy Krueger, a child murderer that was burned alive by the parents of his victim. Now he kills their children in dreams as a living nightmare. Original Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCVh4lBfW-c Plot Summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street#Plot

2, Resident Evil (2002) is a film that follows the amnesiac heroine Alice and a band of commandos as they attempt to contain the outbreak of the T-virus, a virus that it turning everyone into zombies, in a secret underground facility. Original Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6uDnd_v5Bw Plot Summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil_(film)#Plot


“Want to know the meaning of life? Want to live… a real life?” The world changes when you click YES. In God’s dimension, you have to keep getting stronger, keep evolving to survive one horror movie after another. Do you kill everyone in your way to reach the end as a lone king? Or fight along with your comrades and survive through the support of friends? Everything was just for staying alive. Until you find the secret of God’s dimension. Who is the real enemy? 

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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Chapter 1. Returner (1)

2010 was the era of smartphones. They changed the lives of millions of people.

But technology continued advancing, and in the year 2030, the smartphone era came to an end.

It was now the new era of virtual reality!!

Pegasus Corporation's virtual reality connection device, Neuro gear or the Arkane capsule, gave way to the beginning of this era.

For just 10,000 Yuan, any household could dive into the world of virtual reality.

The smartphone era was nothing in comparison to the VR era. Virtual reality did not just absorb the technologies of the real world, as new content developed just for the virtual world.

Among them, virtual reality games were the most popular.

Game companies didn't hesitate to invest millions or even billions of dollars into developing this new technology.

As a result, they could release higher quality content than any other business in the world.

At the same time, it was the start of a war.

Due to their investments and preparedness, their games had similar quality, and none stood out as the best.

It was the beginning of a warring era.

Game companies experimented with new methods of raising their market shares, and many went bankrupt as a result.

The one that put an end to this warring era was the same company that has started it- Pegasus corporation.

It released the game that changed the whole virtual reality scene, the game that was initiated with the help of an A.I. program called 'Origin'.

The A.I. program named Origin created the virtual reality game called Ark.

Ark!!

With a typical fantasy setting, the game was not too different from the other games in the market. In fact, it was much tamer compared to games where the players battled with lightsabers or flew in the air with wings.

It was the scale of its world and its stability that made it unsurpassable by others.

Ark's secret lied behind the artificial intelligence program called Origin. Without it, Ark was just a normal virtual reality game.

Simply put, the game wasn't controlled by the company but an artificial intelligence program. Its initial development cost was huge, but the management cost was ground-breakingly small.

At a time when the price of VR game programmers was soaring to the sky, the method proved to be especially efficient.

A.I.s didn't need a salary.

Plus, it was easy to copy and mass-produce an A.I. Hiring a thousand professional programmers took at least six months, but obtaining a thousand copies of an A.I. took only about a month.

Countless A.I.s worked to control and manage the server with Origin at its center and as a result, Ark became a game that surpassed any other game in existence.

Of course, some top programmers were looking over the game and ensuring that the A.I.s are working properly. They work as game masters or GMs.

November 26, 2033, a year after the game made its debut, the player base was well over a hundred million. By its 2nd anniversary, the number rose to over a billion, worthy of the game's title as the greatest game to ever exist.

One billion was definitely not a small number.

To play Ark, one would have to buy a neuro gear or the arkane capsule. Pegasus corporation controlled 95% of the virtual reality devices.

The cheapest neuro gear was of 1500 dollars and creating a character in Ark needed 1000 dollars. The game was free for the first three months but the monthly fee was 700 dollars per month after that.

In Chinese currency, the cheapest neuro gear was 10,000 Yuan and creating a character cost nearly 7000 Yuan, with 5000 Yuan in monthly fees.

They were not the numbers that an ordinary working man can accumulate. It would take a month's salary just to buy the game.

But was it worth it? Yes, it was definitely worth it!!

If you calculate the average income of an Ark player, it would be about 10 thousand dollars.

A game with over 1 billion players and an average income of 10 thousand dollars. That's enough purchasing power to match a country's.

Businesses smelled the money just as easily.

Numerous companies and corporations became sponsors of Ark players that had fame and influence.

Famous rankers, especially the official top 100 rankers, were walking advertisements, and their bodies were worth at least hundreds of millions of Yuan.

Most importantly, Ark was fun.

Players with superhuman powers killing monsters with different skills and magic were more exciting than any movie, and the fact that a player could die at any time made the game more thrilling than any sports in the world.

The proliferation of virtual reality games had the biggest impact on sports and movie industries.

No matter how thrilling a sport is, no sportsman puts their life on the line, but in the game world, everyone fights with their life on the line. No matter how well-made a movie is, at the end of the day, a movie is a movie.

It has a set scenario, while gamers create their scenario. A game character is one's second life, and in this world, a movie can never beat real life.

In this era, one could gain the wealth and prestige of a professional soccer player or a Hollywood level celebrity just by gaming.

As a result, countless people sought to become this era's protagonist.

However. Becoming a famous gamer?

Only one out of every million can do that. Right now in Ark, there are only about 10,000 people who make over 10 million dollars.

Considering Ark's player base, that's less than the top 0.0001 percent. Only a very small minority of players could enjoy the life of wealth and fame.

Not to mention, VR games are completely different than PC games. You can't get better by just leveling up. It's about talent.

Even though it's an RPG game, you can't become a ranker with just levels and items. If you start playing with that mindset, you'll end up quitting within a month.

You just have to enjoy it!!

Ark is the world's most unfair game. If you compare yourself to others, you won't win over your inferiority complex.

Right, virtual reality games were more unfair than any other game.

Even in PC games, there are good players and bad players. In a VR world, where everyone has superhuman powers, the difference was even clearer.

That's not all.

In Ark, the best way to earn money was through live broadcasts.

There were broadcasting stations that will only focus on Ark related activities. These stations are licensed by the countries and Pegasus corporations to broadcast the content.

These broadcasting stations give money to famous rankers to show the footage of them conquering a famous dungeon or fighting a boss.

It was indomitable that this was the era of Ark and no one can stop it!!

"Lu Fei, do you play Ark?"

Lu Fei turned his head from the TV screen when he heard that. He saw a customer standing there.

"No, I'm not interested in VR games."

"Ah, I thought everyone was interested in it, especially teenagers like you."

"Well, I am not one of them."

"Is there a specific reason behind it?"

Lu Fei scratched his head when he heard that. It was not like he was totally uninterested in Ark.

He still had some sort of interest in it but it was only on the level of watching, he never thought of playing it as he never had the money to play it.

Lu Fei was from a poor household with both of his parents dead. His parents didn't leave him with anything but an enormous amount of debt.

He also had a sister to take care of. He just didn't have the leeway to play a VR game. He can barely meet ends with his part time job in the Forest cafe.

"What's your order?"

"It's an iced coffee."

Lu Fei swiftly changed the topic and wrote down the order on his memo.

"Anyway, if you ever started it, tell me, I'm quite the high level. I will help you as the game is hard for beginners."

The customer left after that.

Lu Fei was a 18 year old teenager who was in his third year of high school. His tall, slender and handsome face made him quite famous in the Forest cafe.

Quite a few high school girls and even college girls will come to the cafe just to see him. Forest cafe has a calm atmosphere, meaning that it has quite a few regulars who will come often.

Lu Fei was acquainted with most of them.

It was currently January 2035, it's been 27 months since Ark has opened its server to the world and its been the rage all around the world.

Countless high school and college students have dropped from their schools, just to play Ark and make a living out of it.

It was another matter that only a small majority of them can even earn. Ark was a relatively hard game that takes both talent and experience to succeed.

This 'experience' was not only in the game world but in the real world too. It is said that real life experience can affect one's in game performance.

There's also a rumour that all the famous rankers have learned martial arts or acrobatics.

"It's not made for me…"

Lu Fei let out a sigh and continued to work, letting all the thoughts regarding Ark out of his brain.

* * *

"Here's your payment for this month."

"Thank you."

Lu Fei received the payment from the middle aged lady in front of him. The middle aged lady was wearing a long sleeved black top that was sticking to her skin and was revealing all her curves. 

In addition to that, she was wearing a red skirt that was showing her jade like long and slender legs.

Lu Fei was trying very hard to not look at her humongous breasts that seems to be sticking out of her black top.

"How's your personal life going?"

"It's going as usual. We are somehow living after paying the interest each month."

"I don't think the earnings from my cafe and other part time jobs are enough to pay back your debt."

'It's not.'

Lu Fei wanted to say that out loud but he refrained from doing it. The middle aged lady has already helped him a lot. 

He can't ask for anymore help from her.

"It's enough for now."

"We both know that you won't be able to pay back your debts by only working part time jobs."

"I know that but I don't have any other choice but to do part time jobs."

Lu Fei really wanted to drop out of high school and work more jobs to pay back the debt, but his mother's last wish was for him to complete his high school education.

He had no choice but to attend high school.

"How about playing Ark?"

The middle aged lady suddenly said.

"I don't think I would be able to earn money from playing a game."

"It's not a simple game. I have heard people becoming millionaires from playing that game. Maybe, it can change your life around."

"I don't have money to buy a neuro gear."

"I can lend you money to buy one. Just return it when you have money."

Lu Fei didn't have an excuse left when he heard that. He actually didn't want to play Ark.

It was not about interest. There was a entirely different reason behind it. Lu Fei was actually someone who had lived in a fantasy world for 10 years.

He was a returner.

He has lived in the fantasy world for 10 years, experiencing life and death battles, and even the death of his comrades. 

The world of Ark made him think about the fantasy world and the death of his comrades. He just couldn't cheer while seeing a sword slicing someone's neck.

That's why, he just left the Forest cafe by giving out an excuse.

"This kid…"

The middle aged lady sighed sitting alone in her office.

Lu Fei, a debt ridden orphan who struggles through his daily life. His only wish is to provide a good life to his sister.

With the threats of the loan sharks knocking on his door, he sets out to try his luck in the VR game called 'Ark'.

With a dark past as a returner and Ian has his alias, he fights in Ark for a better future for his sister.

Will he be able to reach the top?

What will happen when he suddenly got a mysterious class and he can hear the voices of spirits?

* * *

This novel is inspired by novels like LMS, OG, EOSP, Praise the orc etc.

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Gu Qing Shan left his original world.

Ten seconds later.

The world alliance army's command center.

Impartial Goddess brought the few words Gu Qing Shan left behind to this place.

Zhang Ying Hao, Ye Fei Li, Liao Xing, the Confederate President, Monarch Varona and Martial Saint Zhang Zong Yang all gathered.

They stared at the screen and fell into thought.

The thing written on the screen was outside of their imagination.

You could even say that it had no relations to the current situation at all.

Only a single line of text written on the screen.

[The King of Fighters, final boss]

No one could believe this was supposed to be the countermeasure Gu Qing Shan had left them.

[According to Impartial Goddess' guess, these words were left to Ye Fei Li] Zhang Ying Hao said.

Ye Fei Li stood in front of the screen and said nothing.

It seems he was thinking about something deeply.

"Fei Li, what are these words supposed to mean?" Zhang Zong Yang couldn't help but ask.

Ye Fei Li didn't reply.

Liao Xing explained: "The King of Fighters was an extremely famous game, haven't any of you tried it?"

Zhang Zong Yang shook his head.

He looked at the others.

"How would I know, I've never touched these boring games" Monarch Varona said.

"The last time I played these things was probably when I was in college" the President also said.

For now, no one said anything and tried to wrack their brains thinking.

The room fell silent.

While everyone kept silent, Ye Fei Li suddenly let out a deep sigh.

Everyone turned to him with expectant looks.

"Did you understand what Gu Qing Shan meant?" Zhang Ying Hao asked.

"I realized something else, also something very important"

Ye Fei Li solemnly told everyone.

Something else?

Everyone was surprised.

The most important thing right now is to decode what these words meant, why is this brat thinking about other things?

"What do you mean?" Zhang Ying Hao asked.

"I don't know if you've noticed this as well-----"
Ye Fei Li cleared his throat and very seriously spoke: "Truthfully, sometimes I feel like life is like a movie"

Everyone went blank as they heard him.

What is this guy talking about?

"Life is like a movie? Can't you say it a bit clearer?" Liao Xing wasn't too sure.

"It's like, what I meant is that sometimes I feel like I'm living in a film"

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"It could be a film, or a TV drama, or novel, something of the same sort. Basically, I feel that life is unreal, and we're like actors within this film"

Everyone blinked at his words.

Living in a film?
Are you already going insane!?

Liao Xing on the other hand, started to think deeply about it: "It's because you feel that way that you could get into character so much when you portray the Murder Clown"

Zhang Ying Hao also looked at Ye Fei Li with praise: "This is probably your natural talent, the natural-born feeling of being in a movie"

Ye Fei Li made a solemn expression and spoke in a low voice: "But from today onwards, I won't be able to think of this as a film, a TV drama or even a novel anymore"

"Why not?"

Liao Xing couldn't help but ask.

Ye Fei Li smiled looking at him.

"Because there's no such thing as a movie where the savior goes missing right at the moment of the world's destruction"
Ye Fei Li spoke seriously: "A savior has to be present to save the world, this is an iron-clad rule from ages long ago"

Everyone was stunned.

"But Gu Qing Shan just ran away" Liao Xing clasped his hands and said.

"That's right, so he isn't the savior, and this isn't a movie about him" Ye Fei Li spoke without any doubt.

"What a good deduction! I like your conclusion"

Liao Xing excitedly fist bumped Ye Fei Li.

Everyone watching fell silent and said nothing.

Ok, so we actually had two crazy people here!

They silently retorted in their minds.

"Fine, if you the two of you are really so great, tell me what these words mean" Zhang Ying Hao pointed at the screen.

The words Gu Qing Shan left were still sitting on the screen.

[The King of Fighters, final boss]

Zhang Ying Hao spoke: "Gu Qing Shan seems to be implying to us that the secret to defeat the Demis and Wraiths lies at this final boss"

The King of Fighters was a world-renowned game.

The final boss was the most powerful enemy that players would run into at the very end of the game.

Everyone exchanged looks.

No one really knew why Gu Qing Shan would leave a message that mentioned such a game.

Liao Xing crossed his arms: "I played the game, but I couldn't win. I would always lose to the final boss"

"I already cleared it, and I also had a secret method to manipulate the game" Ye Fei Li said.

"You changed the game difficulty?" Liao Xing asked.

"No, changing the difficulty is no fun, I directly selected the final boss and used him as my character" Ye Fei Li said.

"There's a way to do that? Tell me how I can do it! Is it 'Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A'?" Liao Xing's eyes lit up.

"It's not" Ye Fei Li shook his head: "And it's useless to tell you, only Platinum players on the KoF 20th anniversary were eligible to apply for the code"

"You're a Platinum player?" Liao Xing was surprised, "only someone who got all the in game achievements could be considered Platinum!"

Ye Fei Li had a prideful look on his face: "I'm not just Platinum, before the apocalypse, I used to be rank 7 on the world leaderboard. And now, I'm rank number 1"

He puffed out his chest, waiting for the looks of admiration from everyone.

Unfortunately, most of the people here didn't find that a thing to be proud of at all.

Zhang Ying Hao asked: "Does Gu Qing Shan know about this?"

"Of course"

"Is he also a high-ranked player?"

"No, he said that back then, he didn't even have the money to buy the normal version of the game, so he was jealous of me for that"

Zhang Ying Hao and Liao Xing exchanged looks.

Liao Xing said: "Then list out that character's abilities now so that everyone can study it"

"No need" Ye Fei Li said.

He glanced back at the words on the screen and muttered: "These words of his were really left for me"

He stood there, shaking a bit.

"I probably know what he meant, no, I'm sure I know what he meant"

He mumbled in a low voice.

"You know what he meant?" everyone spoke in unison.

Ye Fei Li licked his lips and spoke excitedly: "That's right, I'm the Clown, I beat the Game of the Eternal, so I'm the final boss"

Ye Fei Li gestured to the screen.

Impartial Goddess spoke: [Mr. Ye Fei Li, the Mech armor is prepared, are you ready for take off?]

"I already can't wait"

[Understood] Impartial Goddess said.

With the sound of mechanical movements, a chilling full-body armor raised from the ground.

It was a Mobile Mech about 2-meters tall.

It was jet black, giving off a chilling cold gleam from its thin and compact body frame.

The strangest part about this Mech was its helmet.

Thanks to this helmet, the armor gave off an inexplicable eerie feeling.

------its eyes were blank, its expression was stiff, the nose as thin and long almost like a beak, its mouth curved to form a stiff smile.

At a glance, it seemed like it was trying to flatter somebody, but taking a closer look, you'd find that it wasn't smiling at all. Instead it was the despaired frenzy look of a man who saw something terrifying.

Ye Fei Li walked forward, placing his hand on the Mech.

Blue lines of light expanded from where his hand touched.

[Personal brain waves confirmed]
[Begin equipping]

The Mech split up into parts and quickly reassembled itself onto Ye Fei Li's body piece by piece.

Ye Fei Li was no longer here.

Instead, the Murder Clown appeared in front of everyone.

[Ahh~ it has been so long, but I'm finally back in the game]

The Murder Clown declared so with a rumbling low voice.


The end of all worlds approach.
The Demon King Order harvests lives from all manners of living beings.
Within this darkness full of despair, a single person bypassed Space-time and returned to before the world collapsed, determined to change the fate of the past.
But as time went by, he gradually found that the Apocalypse isn’t quite as simple as he thought…
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Translator: La0o9
Link to the WAO glossary page for possible confusing terminologies, a short character list and overall minor spoilers (I recommend not to check the page out until you reach the latest chapter): 
https://otakutl.blogspot.com/2020/02/wao-glossary.html


One of the bad things about village life was that it would get very dark and windy during the night. Plus Zhou Yu's house was not neighboring with anyone. The closest neighbor was still very far from him. So it would become even quieter and secluded.

Just going to the toilet, Zhou Yu would always feel the cold wind blowing behind him and the shadows of the tree branches were moving in strange patterns as if they were the claws of some strange monsters. It made his heart beat rapidly.

Quickly returning to his room and switching on the light, with the bright light, he was finally able to dispel the fear and carry on the game.

Different to the CG animation, after entering the game, the graphics quality of the game clearly reduced at least two levels. Although it was still in 3D, the characters models of the game were very rough. It was just like Grand Theft Auto III.

But this was actually quite reasonable. If the gameplay graphic was as good as its CG animation, then the game would be as good as those high-quality games. It would not be a tier-two game.

The reason why it was compared to GTA 3, was that this game also seemed to focus on the open world, The level of the detail of the game was also similar.

The 3D version of Luhua village was much more interesting than the 2D version of it. Entering the villagers' houses would always give Zhou Yu a feeling of adventure. It was just that he had never been to other villagers' houses before, so he didn't know if the internal of the villagers' houses were similar to the game.

The game story started out very slow. The group of troubled students was playing around in the village, enjoying the scenery of the countryside after they got off the bus.

Camping, BBQing on the riverside, signing, and dancing, it could be said that the story was not scary again all. But instead, it had a "disgusting" romantic feeling. Only after a statue was accidentally discovered by a girl, did the story started to move toward the irretrievable abyss of terror.

The strange heart changing story, the eerie sacrifice ritual, a slovenly Taoist... Many clues and characters with different personalities constantly emerged one after another. It slowly wove a lifelike terrifying story.

As the game progressed, the troubled college students began to die one after another gradually. Every death CG animation would push the atmosphere of menace to another level.

…...
  
Zhou Yu had been playing for the game for two days now. Although he still hadn't finished the game, the main storyline of the game gradually became clear to him.

The main story of the game was adapted from the story "Judge Lu" in the book "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". After the adaptation, the story became the occult tale that had been told by the villagers of Luhua village for many generations. The deaths of the main character's classmates were all because of this tale.

The people who were dead would have some parts of their internal organs gone missing. Heart, liver, lung, kidney, spleen, etc… the missing body parts were even enough to make a new person.

Based on the current clues, the most suspicious person would be the slovenly Taoist, however, from an experienced game player's perspective, this Taoist should be friendly like Gandalf in the lord of the rings.

Once Zhou Yu started playing the game, it was very hard for him to stop playing it. Especially when he couldn't finish it. So he even stopped writing the light novel and fully focused only on playing the horror game for several days.

Just when he was concentrating on playing the game, his bedroom door was suddenly opened. Although it was in the daytime, it still made Zhou Yu, whose attention was completely attracted by the scary game, suddenly screamed like a little girl. But Zhou Yu's reaction made both Zhou Shuyu and He Yuanyuan burst out laughing.

"Haha, why you scream like a little girl, don't tell me that you are watching something that is not appropriate for kids."

Zhou Shuyu casually pushed away Zhou Yu, making sure that he didn't have the time to close the window. However, what she saw next was a distinctive scene of horror movies. In the dark forest, a person was walking toward a hair-raising ruined temple.

But what made her curious was the that she seemed to have seen the ruined temple somewhere before.

"Yuanyuan, come here, this movie is very strange. Take a look at this. Does it look like the ruined temple near our village?"

Hearing what she said, He Yuanyuan moved closer and removed the headsets so the audio could be played through speakers. Then both girls started to watch the CG animation as if they were watching a horror movie.

'How brave are they. Are they not supposed to be scared of horror movies?' Zhou Yu was speechless. Perhaps they had already seen many horror movies, otherwise, they would not have applied for the directing course.

It was indeed the ruined temple near the village, even the old tree next to it was exactly the same.

Some time ago, they both even went to that place to check if they could use the place to make a movie. The success of the aircraft launching video made them can't hold back their passions for directing a new movie, and they had been thinking about making a new movie idea every day.

However, they didn't expect that they hadn't even started filming, the otaku who refused to leave his house already had a finished product.

It was not a bad CG animation. The background music was very tense, and the visual effect was also top-notch.

Under the old style lanterns, the scary murals were looming on the screen, making the entire animation looked more realistic and terrifying.

The entire CG animation didn't show any signs of ghosts, but it still could still make people sweat in fear. It meant that it was a good horror movie.
  
It was a shame that the entire CG film was not long. It was only three minutes long. What was left was the gameplay. So Zhou Yu took back his chair and carried on playing the game while two girls were watching on the side.

"Brother Yu, this is our village, right? Did you make this?"

"Hmm… My internet friends made it. I was only responsible for taking real-life photos. So no, I didn't make this."

Of course, Zhou Yu would not say that he made it. What if two girls suddenly wanted to learn how to make games, then his lie would be immediately exposed.

In terms of him knowing some other otakus that knew how to create games was very normal. The only thing that was not normal was to create a game with such high quality. But those two girls would not know that. So this question could be ignored.

In fact, Zhou Shuyu and He Yuanyuan just wanted to get to know the people who made the CG animation. Maybe in the future, they would help them to add some special effects into their movie. However, no matter what they did to Zhou Yu, he just would not say anything. All he said was that they were just internet friends, and he didn't know them in real life. Besides, they didn't like to have strangers in their group.  

Because of Zhou Yu, Zhou Shuyu already knew that otakus were a group of strange people. So she could only give up this idea and left Zhou Yu's house with a copy of the game to study the game with He Yuanyuan.

Only after they played the game, were they shocked to find that they had become the characters in the game!

In this horror game, Zhou Shuyu's character and He Yuanyuan's character played important roles. The former one was the wife of the scholar Zhu Erdan, the later one was the ghost that swapped her head with the wife of Zhu Erdan.

Seeing the characters that looked exactly like them, embarked on a bizarre adventure in the game, causing an irresistible sense of immersion. Although both newbie players struggled at the beginning, eventually completed the first game PC game in their lives.

Of course, when they encountered some areas that they really didn't know to play through, they would ask Zhou Yu this otaku for some advice.

They didn't know how to tell if a game was good or bad. But they really like the story of the game. There were sad but beautiful love stories, scary story plots, surprising twists, and endings... All of them made them marvel that it was such a good movie script.

It seemed like that otaku wasn't bragging about himself when he said that he was a writer. He indeed had that kind of talent.

"Yuanyuan, what do you think if we use this story as our movie script?"

"Don't be silly, they must have worked very hard on this game, and they probably want to sell it. There was no way that they would give the script to us."

He Yuanyuan could still think sensibly. Because she knew that making games usually required a lot of investment. Plus there were around 30 minutes of CG animation in total, so there was no way that they would do it for free. At least, they would need to get their investment back.

However, what she didn't expect was that Zhou Shuyu was right this time.

Zhou Yu, a reclusive otaku, who did not like to go out of his house, was one day forced out of his house by a series of unexpected events.

This story is not made by me but I am transporting it here so people so could find this Author amazing work.

One of the bad things about village life was that it would get very dark and windy during the night. Plus Zhou Yu's house was not neighboring with anyone. The closest neighbor was still very far from him. So it would become even quieter and secluded.
Just going to the toilet, Zhou Yu would always feel the cold wind blowing behind him and the shadows of the tree branches were moving in strange patterns as if they were the claws of some strange monsters. It made his heart beat rapidly.
Quickly returning to his room and switching on the light, with the bright light, he was finally able to dispel the fear and carry on the game.
Different from the CG animation, after entering the game, the graphics quality of the game clearly reduced at least two levels. Although it was still in 3D, the characters models of the game were very rough. It was just like Grand Theft Auto III.
But this was actually quite reasonable. If the gameplay graphic was as good as its CG animation, then the game would be as good as those high-quality games. It would not be a tier-two game.
The reason why it was compared to GTA 3, was that this game also seemed to focus on the open world, The level of the detail of the game was also similar.
The 3D version of Luhua village was much more interesting than the 2D version of it. Entering the villagers' houses would always give Zhou Yu a feeling of adventure. It was just that he had never been to other villagers' houses before, so he didn't know if the inside of the villagers' houses were similar to the game.
The game story started out very slow. The group of troubled students was playing around in the village, enjoying the scenery of the countryside after they got off the bus.
Camping, BBQing on the riverside, singing, and dancing, it could be said that the story was not scary again all. But instead, it had a "disgusting" romantic feeling. Only after a statue was accidentally discovered by a girl, did the story start to move toward the irretrievable abyss of terror.
The strange heart changing story, the eerie sacrifice ritual, a slovenly Taoist... Many clues and characters with different personalities constantly emerged one after another. It slowly wove a lifelike terrifying story.
As the game progressed, the troubled college students began to die one after another gradually. Every death CG animation would push the atmosphere of menace to another level.
…...

Zhou Yu had been playing for the game for two days now. Although he still hadn't finished the game, the main storyline of the game gradually became clear to him.
The main story of the game was adapted from the story "Judge Lu" in the book "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". After the adaptation, the story became the occult tale that had been told by the villagers of Luhua village for many generations. The deaths of the main character's classmates were all because of this tale.
The people who were dead would have some parts of their internal organs gone missing. Heart, liver, lung, kidney, spleen, etc… The missing body parts were even enough to make a new person.
Based on the current clues, the most suspicious person would be the slovenly Taoist, however, from an experienced game player's perspective, this Taoist should be friendly like Gandalf in the Lord of the rings.
Once Zhou Yu started playing the game, it was very hard for him to stop playing it. Especially when he couldn't finish it. So he even stopped writing the light novel and fully focused only on playing the horror game for several days.
Just when he was concentrating on playing the game, his bedroom door was suddenly opened. Although it was in the daytime, it still made Zhou Yu, whose attention was completely attracted by the scary game, suddenly screamed like a little girl. But Zhou Yu's reaction made both Zhou Shuyu and He Yuanyuan burst out laughing.
"Haha, why you scream like a little girl, don't tell me that you are watching something that is not appropriate for kids."
Zhou Shuyu casually pushed away Zhou Yu, making sure that he didn't have the time to close the window. However, what she saw next was a distinctive scene of horror movies. In the dark forest, a person was walking toward a hair-raising ruined temple.
But what made her curious was that she seemed to have seen the ruined temple somewhere before.
"Yuanyuan, come here, this movie is very strange. Take a look at this. Does it look like the ruined temple near our village?"
Hearing what she said, He Yuanyuan moved closer and removed the headsets so the audio could be played through speakers. Then both girls started to watch the CG animation as if they were watching a horror movie.
'How brave are they? Are they not supposed to be scared of horror movies?' Zhou Yu was speechless. Perhaps they had already seen many horror movies, otherwise, they would not have applied for the directing course.
It was indeed the ruined temple near the village, even the old tree next to it was exactly the same.
Some time ago, they both even went to that place to check if they could use the place to make a movie. The success of the aircraft launching video made them can't hold back their passions for directing a new movie, and they had been thinking about making a new movie idea every day.
However, they didn't expect that they hadn't even started filming, the otaku who refused to leave his house already had a finished product.
It was not a bad CG animation. The background music was very tense, and the visual effect was also top-notch.
Under the old style lanterns, the scary murals were looming on the screen, making the entire animation look more realistic and terrifying.
The entire CG animation didn't show any signs of ghosts, but it still could still make people sweat in fear. It meant that it was a good horror movie.

It was a shame that the entire CG film was not long. It was only three minutes long. What was left was the gameplay. So Zhou Yu took back his chair and carried on playing the game while two girls were watching on the side.
"Brother Yu, this is our village, right? Did you make this?"
"Hmm… My internet friends made it. I was only responsible for taking real-life photos. So no, I didn't make this."
Of course, Zhou Yu would not say that he made it. What if two girls suddenly wanted to learn how to make games, then his lie would be immediately exposed.
In terms of him knowing some other otakus that knew how to create games was very normal. The only thing that was not normal was to create a game with such high quality. But those two girls would not know that. So this question could be ignored.
In fact, Zhou Shuyu and He Yuanyuan just wanted to get to know the people who made the CG animation. Maybe in the future, they would help them to add some special effects into their movie. However, no matter what they did to Zhou Yu, he just would not say anything. All he said was that they were just internet friends, and he didn't know them in real life. Besides, they didn't like to have strangers in their group.
Because of Zhou Yu, Zhou Shuyu already knew that otakus were a group of strange people. So she could only give up this idea and left Zhou Yu's house with a copy of the game to study the game with He Yuanyuan.
Only after they played the game, were they shocked to find that they had become the characters in the game!
In this horror game, Zhou Shuyu's character and He Yuanyuan's character played important roles. The former one was the wife of the scholar Zhu Erdan, the later one was the ghost that swapped her head with the wife of Zhu Erdan.
Seeing the characters that looked exactly like them, embarked on a bizarre adventure in the game, causing an irresistible sense of immersion. Although both newbie players struggled at the beginning, eventually completed the first game PC game in their lives.
Of course, when they encountered some areas that they really didn't know to play through, they would ask Zhou Yu this otaku for some advice.
They didn't know how to tell if a game was good or bad. But they really like the story of the game. There were sad but beautiful love stories, scary story plots, surprising twists, and endings... All of them made them marvel that it was such a good movie script.
It seemed like that otaku wasn't bragging about himself when he said that he was a writer. He indeed had that kind of talent.
"Yuanyuan, what do you think if we use this story as our movie script?"
"Don't be silly, they must have worked very hard on this game, and they probably want to sell it. There was no way that they would give the script to us."
He Yuanyuan could still think sensibly. Because she knew that making games usually required a lot of investment. Plus there were around 30 minutes of CG animation in total, so there was no way that they would do it for free. At least, they would need to get their investment back.
However, what she didn't expect was that Zhou Shuyu was right this time.


Zhou Yu, a reclusive otaku, who did not like to go out of his house, was one day forced out of his house by a series of unexpected events.
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