[The King's Avatar] Why Is Ye Xiu the One Who Came Out of the Genie Lamp?

Lu Yuchi, nineteen, Glory account booster, college sophomore.

Main job: Raid open-world bosses at 3 a.m. and make enemies of the top five guilds on the server.

Side job: Hunt for anime-girl merchandise on secondhand websites.

Tonight's find is a lamp.

The seller's title reads, "Glory Merch Aladdin's Genie Lamp, Make-a-Wish Lamp, Out of Print, Rare."

9.9 yuan with free shipping.

Even if it's crap, I have to try it and see how it tastes!

Lu Yuchi, a sharpshooter with her phone, decisively clicks "Buy Now."

The lamp arrives the next day, and the seller has deleted their account.

Before Lu Yuchi can even file a complaint, a wisp of blue smoke rises from the lamp

and takes on a blurry human shape in her room.

...Ye Xiu?

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No one told me the God of Glory was inside the lamp!

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Ye Xiu made a wish that he could live inside Glory,

and now he's trapped in the lamp.

The lamp is connected to the world of Glory, so he can see everything happening in the game.

Ye Xiu says he needs a Glory player's inputs as a medium to interact with the outside world.

The stronger the player, the more he can do.

Ye Xiu: Hello. I have something I'd like to discuss with you.

Lu Yuchi: What is it?

Ye Xiu: You're a genius. How about becoming a pro? I'll teach you.

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Lu Yuchi thinks this is all pretty surreal.

A few hours ago, she was worrying about rent.

Now she's actually considering competing in the pro league.

A translucent being who might be Ye Xiu is standing in her room right now,

and after just a few words, he's convinced her that she really can do it.

She suspects that if Ye Xiu hadn't played Glory, he'd have done pretty well in a pyramid scheme, too.

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Could I really be a genius?

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Lu Yuchi eventually signs up for the Blue Rain training camp.

She thought she was just there to see what the world was like,

but it turned out she was the one showing the training camp what the world was like.

On the first day, Yu Wenzhou comes in person to observe, filling three pages of his notebook.

On the second day, Xiao Shiqin shows up at the Blue Rain training camp and watches the whole session, then turns to Yu Wenzhou and asks: Has she signed with Blue Rain?

Yu Wenzhou smiles: She's only been here two days. We're still working through the process.

Xiao Shiqin nods in relief: Good. The slower the process, the better.

On the third day, Zhang Xinjie, vice-captain of Tyranny, spends the entire afternoon at the Blue Rain training camp, supposedly to "observe and learn."

Before leaving, he asks Lu Yuchi for her contact information and messages her: Tyranny has a starting spot for you.

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Lu Yuchi lies sprawled on her bed as her phone keeps buzzing.

Yu Wenzhou: You can take a couple more days to get used to Blue Rain's training environment.

Xiao Shiqin: Thunderclap's tactical system is more flexible. We'd love to have you as our core player.

Zhang Xinjie: Tyranny needs an all-rounder like you. And we keep a regular schedule, which is good for your health.

Ye Xiu: Don't rush her. She still has to learn how to play Glory from me first.

Lu Yuchi: ...Could you stop stirring up trouble?

Ye Xiu: I'm helping you sort through your options so you don't pick the wrong team.

Lu Yuchi: Then tell me, which one should I pick?

Ye Xiu: Obviously, Happy.

Lu Yuchi: Didn't you say Happy's pace was too fast for me?

Ye Xiu: Plans change!

The three master tacticians: ...Could you stop being so possessive?

[Reading Guide]

1. Set one year after the World Invitational.

2. A feel-good power fantasy. The heroine is the boss, a fan-favorite whose strength is beyond question. She's a genius at both mechanics and tactics. The in-game battles have plenty of bugs, all in service of the plot.

3. The story focuses on her career. Everyone is friendly, and relationships outside the two main characters are platonic.

4. Exclusive to each other, 1v1, happy ending.

Theme: Everything for the love of the game.