Su Li transmigrates to a parallel world called Cyber Dawn, where technology is advanced but game design is decades behind.
After binding to the [Higher-Dimensional Emotion Engine], he discovers that:
Collecting players’ [Rage Points (anger/breakdowns)] lets him trade them for real-world cultivation techniques, an iron body, and billions in cash!
But if players “get it” and their emotions ascend into [Faith Points (awe/admiration)], their Rage Points are forcibly wiped out, leaving him with nothing but the ethereal “Spiritual Mentor Aura.”
For immortality, luxury cars, and beautiful women, Su Li grits his teeth and becomes a ruthless game designer, determined to drive all of humanity mad!
And so punishing games like Getting Over It, Little Nightmares, Outlast, Sekiro, and Black Myth: Wukong burst onto the scene.
He expected the whole internet to curse him, but things took a sudden turn:
After a top-tier star gets brutally beaten a hundred times, he bursts into tears: “I get it now! God Su isn’t tormenting me. He’s using hardship to polish my restless soul! This game is a masterpiece!”
A top professor publishes a ten-thousand-word essay overnight: “This is a silent protest against consumerism. Su Li is a guide for the human spirit!”
[Ding! A collective emotional elevation has been detected. Your 100,000 Rage Points have been cleared. Forced exchange: Creator’s Aura.]
Staring at his empty wallet and the ever more dazzling divine aura above his head, Su Li breaks down.
“Please stop praising me! Curse me a little more! I’m only two hundred anger points short of my gene-enhancement serum!”
Currently covered: Getting Over It, Little Nightmares, and Undertale