Save the Overworked NPCs in the Lawless Lands

[Two male leads + 1v1 + both devoted only to each other + funny, sweet romance + livestreaming + bittersweet sweetness]

[Workplace-slave snarky bottom Ji Ning vs. pure-hearted, cool-dog top Gu Ren]

Ji Ning was an original NPC in Dream City.

During beta testing, he was the only humanoid NPC with a character model. So Ji Ning worked diligently as a corporate drone, holding down five jobs and handling every basic task in the game.

At last, the studio secured investment, and the game began its full-scale push toward its public release.

Ji Ning was overwhelmed with gratitude. He obediently awaited retirement, looking forward to becoming the gentle big-brother NPC who took strolls in the park, just as originally planned.

But... could someone tell him what the heck Out-of-Control City was?

“The game has added more than 3,000 types of weapons and equipment, as well as zombie and Cthulhu modules. There will also be random disasters across the server, and we've added over 800 NPCs with high aggression who fit the game's setting, along with a weapons merchant.”

Ji Ning's mouth twitched.

“Then we've kept the personality and lifestyle of Ji Ning, the popular beta-testing NPC. He'll still be in charge of exchanging leisure supplies!”

Ji Ning nearly fell to his knees.

“Finally, let us begin: Out-of-Control City.”

Ji Ning had just finished listening to the sky screen and hadn't even had time to react when, courtesy of “your grandma's triangular bamboo basket,” he went “thump” and was precisely launched into the sky.

Unable to take damage, he kept getting blasted into the air while having to run in place between five workstations: corporate drone Ji Ning:

“New shareholder, you son of a...”