The Poison Ivy Is Tricking Players Again Today

On how to be a proper poison-using drama queen in a Fourth Calamity world

Jun Wanxi wakes up one morning to find she's transmigrated into an NPC in a full-dive game: a little poison-wielding girl from the Hundred Gu Manor. She has a silver butterfly hairpin on her head, a venomous spider pouch at her waist, and a green-scaled snake behind her that can roll its eyes.

From then on, the martial world gains a poison-wielding girl with a decidedly odd style:

Fooling players: “Young hero, want to learn the Bone-Eroding Gu? Just 998 contribution points, and I'll teach you everything you need to know!” (In reality, she teaches them the recipe for itch powder.)

Everyday teammate sabotage: She swaps out the pearl tears of Lan Yun, the little merfolk, for chili pills and watches him bristle and leap into the sea. She smears phosphorus powder on the mechanical wings of Gong Shuyan from the Heavenly Secrets Tower, making her fly like a “human firework.”

Then one day, a System alert suddenly pops up:

“Warning! Player affection has exceeded the critical threshold. You have been voted the NPC players most want to kidnap!”

Jun Wanxi: ...Is it too late to change classes?

(Highlights)

An NPC who defies expectations: The heroine uses poison and acting skills to lead players around by the nose;

Cross-species friendships: Merfolk, mechanists, and sword cultivators are all forced to join her troublemaking squad;

A record of player torment: From “poison mystery boxes” to “fake quest chains,” the martial world is full of traps.

“Others transmigrate and become big shots. I transmigrated and became a drama queen

(Cute martial world × cross-species adventure × players' outrageous antics × a youngling's growing-up diary)