[Female Lead: I Hear the Heavenly Court's Three Rebellious Rogues Are All Looking for Me to Settle Their Love Debts?]
The player has recently become obsessed with a new full-dive romance game. You can reload saves and enjoy a high degree of freedom, but your starting identity and instance are randomly assigned from the start, with no option to choose.
[Instance One: Wilderness Survival]
System: A friendly reminder: don't pick up men you find by the roadside.
Player (fox spirit): That's what the game world says.
She brought the man back without a second thought, then searched him and found a piece of lotus root. She stewed it into soup to nourish him, curious to see what storyline would unfold and how she'd clear the level.
As it turned out...
He said that was his arm!
Player: ...Sorry about that.
[Instance Two: Creatures That Vanish Into the Night]
System: A friendly reminder: don't pay attention to handsome men who appear at night.
Player (White Bone Spirit): I'll do things my way.
She brought the man back to her cave and played dress-up with him all night. The next day, thoroughly satisfied, she left him behind and went to find other NPCs to trigger story events.
Only...
For some reason, wherever she went, she kept running into that handsome man with the glittering golden eyelids. He'd knock out any male demon who came near her with a single strike of his staff.
The player's eyes burned with longing: ...I want that staff.
[Instance Three: Dungeon]
System: A friendly reminder: don't pick up weak-looking men.
Player (snake spirit): You're saying that to a snake spirit?
She dragged the frail, handsome man into a whirl of passion. In her daze, she seemed to see something throbbing on his forehead.
A month later, the dungeon was destroyed. She collected her reward and left the instance.
During exam week, the player didn't log in for a whole week.
When she logged in again, there was a bounty posted on the world channel by an NPC. Word was, the Heavenly Court's three rebellious rogues were all looking for a demoness who'd deceived them in body and heart.
The player clicked her tongue in amazement and drew a new identity: "Mortal Girl."
System: Congratulations, Host! You've achieved the "Peerless Heartthrob" achievement and earned the title "Handsome Man Collector."
The player stared in confusion: ...Huh?
[Reading Guide]
1. This is not a Fourth Calamity story. The female lead has no interest in being adored by everyone and doesn't realize she's loved.
2. The overall tone is lighthearted, but the instance worlds are connected, and there are love rivals galore.
3. The female lead has multiple endings. This is not a traditional one-on-one romance.
Theme: Love yourself before you love someone else.