Aotu World: A Scoundrel in the Infinite Flow

Warning! This story has no transmigration or rebirth. The heroine is selfish, self-serving, ruthless, and willing to abandon or even sacrifice her teammates for her own sake! She has no morals! The romance is complicated, and everyone is trying to survive Infinite Flow instances! There is some swearing and horror early on, but the horror disappears later. The romance has a love-triangle-from-hell dynamic and develops gradually at a slow pace.

If any of the above is a dealbreaker, feel free to leave now. You won't be missed!

I'm Shi Yu, and I consider myself a terrible person.

When I was ten, my mother jumped from the roof. As she lay in a pool of blood, she told me, “Live well.” I learned that feelings were a burden and trusting people was foolish. At seventeen, I clawed my way to the top through schemes and betrayal, until I was thrown into this cursed competition, a mashup of Infinite Flow instances.

Here, I kept being the terrible person I was. To stay alive, I'd shove teammates toward monsters. For points, I'd smile while stabbing someone in the back. The monsters ranked in the competition's top hundred, arrogant Lei Shi, the strongest Jia De Luo Si, and cold Ge Rui, looked at me with suspicion, disdain, and a damnable curiosity.

The naive Jin said, “We're friends.” The knight An Mi Xiu condemned me as “having no bottom line.” The liar Pa Luo Si laughed and called me “one of his kind.” How ridiculous.

Until one instance forced me to face the memories of that rainy night when I was ten. Until I nearly got that idiot who was always smiling at me killed just to steal an escape pod.

…This is so damn annoying.

This cursed competition, these irritating people, and the part of my heart that was starting to soften all drove me mad.

Whatever. If I'm a terrible person, then I'm a terrible person.

But this time, I want to try… and see if this selfish path can veer toward a different ending.