The Whole World Is Forced to Grind Games, and the Top Player's Weapon Is a Slipper

On Monday morning, office worker Lin Gou, sporting bedhead, wanted only five more minutes of sleep. Then a cold notification jolted him awake: [Welcome to the Sky Screen System. This week's game: Sweet Home (Ultimate Horror Edition). Mission: Keep the "little cutie" company for 12 pleasant hours. Failure penalty: Experience the full Saw package in real life.]

The whole world wailed. Countless tough guys cried like 200-pound babies in paranormal dungeons. But Lin Gou looked at the blood-soaked ghost in red before him and quietly pulled out a pair of Red Double Happiness brand slippers he'd treasured for years. "Sis, how about we make a deal? Let's skip the chase and play online Dou Dizhu instead. If I lose, I'll burn you the latest VR headset!"

While others ducked and ran through a hail of bullets or gnawed on mutated canned food in the post-apocalyptic wasteland, Lin Gou played mahjong with BOSSes using his slippers and saved the world with his silver tongue. Then one day, a rift in the game opened downtown. An SSS-rank Hell dungeon descended upon reality, and a tide of billions of ghosts surged out...

The global command center descended into chaos. "Quick! Get that slipper-wielding legend here to save us!" On Monday morning, office worker Lin Gou, sporting bedhead, wanted only five more minutes of sleep. Then a cold notification jolted him awake: [Welcome to the Sky Screen System. This week's game: Sweet Home (Ultimate Horror Edition). Mission: Keep the "little cutie" company for 12 pleasant hours. Failure penalty: Experience the full Saw package in real life.]

The whole world wailed. Countless tough guys cried like 200-pound babies in paranormal dungeons. But Lin Gou, looking at the blood-soaked ghost in red before him, quietly pulled out his long-treasured...