Players Across the Nation: I Work at an Evil God Cafe

A virtual-reality game descends, merging the real world with the game world. Humanity enters an age where everyone is a player.

Cthulhu-like evil gods, fairy-tale worlds, folk legends, urban ghost stories, modern deities, alien civilizations, internet meme horror, otherworldly demons...

As virtual reality connects with the real world, countless creatures of fantasy arrive in reality. In a world shaped by the mind, anything is possible.

Slide-tackle a tiger to death, ram a ship into Cthulhu, Donghuang has its Dragon Group, a hundred thousand soldiers serve the God of War, a kindly old librarian, a young man whose engagement was called off.

Who will come out on top, the arrogant chosen one or the Mary Sue?

Can the magic of fairy tales suppress alien technology?

Can meme horror counter rule-based horror?

An employee at an evil god's cafe, Azathoth's piper, Nyarlathotep's fiance, the one who commands the Mother of Black Goats, the night watchman on a full-moon night... Li Wei, the first player of the virtual-reality game, declares: "The Fourth Calamity fears nothing! First, I'll ride Cthulhu, then open a Bubble Gate. Today, I conquer the universe!"

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.