[Behind-the-scenes mastermind + The Fourth Calamity + NPC awakening + squeezing players for every penny + lighthearted comedy + cultivation]
Lu Chen transmigrates into the full-dive game Firmament Online.
The good news: he has memories of his past life. The bad news: he has become the blacksmith NPC in the starting village, with only three lines: “Buying equipment?” “Repairing equipment?” “If you're not buying, don't block the way.”
For three years, players have poked and prodded him, and he hasn't even been able to talk back.
Then one day, he accidentally opens a panel hidden beneath the game's interface.
[GM Admin Console: Publish Quests] [Player Data Search] [Forum Moderator Access]
Lu Chen looks at the row of shining buttons on the panel, then at the crowd of ridiculous players outside his smithy, hacking at one another for half an hour over three copper coins.
For the first time since transmigrating, he gives a genuinely sincere smile.
“Young hero, I can tell you have extraordinary bones. How about this hidden quest...”
From that day on, he uses his GM privileges to pull the strings from behind the scenes. The players think they're playing a game, but in reality, every one of them is working for him.
Until the world boss appears and the entire server is helpless.
Lu Chen walks out of the smithy and loosens his wrists.
The players are all stunned.
“Wait... who exactly is this blacksmith NPC?”
