The Player Abandoned by Everyone's Favorite

In the infinite-flow world, there are many irresistible beauties. With just a beckoning finger and a captivating face, they can make countless powerful players brave any danger and help them clear the game.

And An Ruo was one of the powerful players.

He always wore a mask, quiet and taciturn, mysterious and gloomy.

Because he was so strong, many irresistible beauties depended on him. Later, fearing he might not protect them, they offered their bodies, but An Ruo turned them all down. Then, during one dangerous encounter, An Ruo was badly injured. For the first time, he asked someone for help, but the players and beauties abandoned him without hesitation.

The moment An Ruo fell into the abyss, his mask shattered.

Every player and irresistible beauty looked at him with disgust.

"No wonder he always wore a mask. He's disfigured. How ugly."

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An Ruo had been abandoned twice.

The first time was the year he was pulled into the infinite-flow world. He was a beauty with nothing but his looks, dependent on the powerful, and abandoned when danger struck.

The second time was after he had overcome countless trials and become powerful enough to protect others. Then everyone abandoned him.

The terrifying monster that had dragged him into the abyss wrapped its thick tentacles tightly around An Ruo's slender body, treating him like a precious jewel. Its massive tentacles gently wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, while its hideous tongue slowly smoothed his scars.

An Ruo regained the beautiful face the Creator had favored.

But his hollow eyes held nothing but brokenness.

Sensing his beloved's grief, the monster sang anxiously and clumsily, trying to court him.

In the end, it learned to speak human language.

"An Ruo... I... love you..." The monster pulled out its bloodied heart, strange yet sincere. "...I will stay... with you."

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After An Ruo fell into the abyss and "died," the players lost their pillar of support. The irresistible beauties had lost the quiet, gentle person who had protected them. Only then did they realize in horror that being protected by someone, when all you had was your face, came at a terrible price.

Fierce arguments broke out among the players and the irresistible beauties.

Until they met a beautiful young man.

His skin was white as porcelain, his limbs slender and soft. His incomparable beauty sent all the players into a frenzy, and even the irresistible beauties couldn't help falling for the shy, beautiful boy.

The boy was as delicate as a climbing vine and needed someone to carefully protect and look after him in every instance.

The players and beauties were only too happy to do so.

But as the players and beauties protecting the boy died one after another, someone finally realized something was wrong.

They stared at him in disbelief and horror. "Was this your doing?!"

The boy remained beautiful and delicate. "I can't do anything... What could I have done?"

The players and beauties let down their guard. Then one day, the most terrifying Boss in the infinite-flow instances appeared: a huge, horrifying deep-sea beast, a killing machine devoid of humanity.

As all the players and beauties fought desperately against it, the boy stepped forward. The others were horrified and shouted at him to get back inside the safety zone.

The monster was enraged. It let out a deafening, strange roar that made everyone cover their ears, except the boy. Smiling, he walked toward it without hesitation, one step at a time.

As everyone watched in horror, the monster, covered in players' blood, calmed down. Its tentacles slowly reached for the boy, handling him as carefully as a fragile treasure.

Its enormous eyes held both grievance and greed. The monster gently curled the boy up and set him on its head, speaking in a strange tone. "An Ruo... I missed you..."

Everyone froze in an instant.

The boy turned back, put on the mysterious, gloomy mask he had once worn, and looked down at the panicking people.

The players and beauties heard the boy give a cold, indifferent order, as if it had nothing to do with him. "Aretes, kill them."

I was abandoned by everyone. Only the monster loved me. So I chose to become a monster.

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1. Pure-hearted, obsessive monster x gentle, fragile beauty

2. 2026/10/12

Theme: How much do we remember of the past?