Picking Up Bodies in a Haunted Game

Yu Chen is a BUG who can roam freely through every area of a game. One day, he wakes up to find that he has taken over a corpse and left the game. His adoptive parents are still forcing him to ghostwrite for their biological son, but Yu Chen refuses. From that day on, the original author's works, whose credit had been stolen, begin to fade. Behind their vivid, cheerful colors lie eerie, sinister horror paintings, and the buyers' homes are no longer peaceful. When the paintings are classified as banned and opposed across the internet, they become the favorites of certain people, who offer astronomical sums just to acquire one. When asked why: Big Shot A lights a cigarette with a solemn look. "I'm not buying a painting. I'm buying a life!" Big Shot B says, still shaken, "That person had no name. We all called them the 'Corpse Collector.' I was lying in a pile of bodies, my body shattered into countless pieces. That person gave me a second life." Big Shot C says, trembling with fear, "When we fought against the indescribable, we all prayed we might run into them. They might be the only chance of survival in a situation where death is certain." Later, the big shots' identities are exposed. They all came from the Seventh Hospital, including the world-famous horror painter Yu Chen. [※Reader's Guide※] ◆ This is a fictional setting. Please don't read it as a representation of reality. ◆ This is not a game story. The focus is on the protagonist in the real world. ◆ If it's not for you, don't criticize it. Just click X and drop it; there's no need to let me know. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Next story: "My Island Farm [Wasteland]". Please add it to your favorites. Wen Shiyu inherited a valley farm and was about to enjoy a bumper harvest. But while playing a game, his pet peacock mantis shrimp punched through its tank, sending water flying and electricity crackling everywhere. When he woke again, he was in a Wasteland world submerged by the sea. The few remaining islands had become vital survival resources that humanity fought over. Humans struggled to survive in an ocean world ravaged by sea beasts and prowled by water corpses, where food and fresh water were in desperately short supply. Sitting on the back of a mantis shrimp enlarged a hundredfold, Wen Shiyu became a drifting wanderer with no land to call home. A wanderer's fate was to be eaten by sea beasts or water corpses, or to die of thirst or starvation. After raising shrimp for a thousand days, his pet could finally take care of its owner. [Valley Farm System activated. Daily usage limit: 1 hour.] To remove the time limit on returning home, he had no choice but to work hard to obtain biological crystals and upgrade the System. After a successful upgrade, he unlocked the "Lucky Draw" feature. [Congratulations! You have won a deserted island (area: 1 square kilometer; can be upgraded).] [Congratulations! Second prize: a small shelter boat (shelter cabin area: 15 square meters; can be upgraded).] [Congratulations! Third prize: 10 packs of 100 kg of premium rice seeds.] [Congratulations! Third prize: one solar-powered cabin.] Some time later, Wen Shiyu, utterly absorbed in developing his land, realized that his deserted island had changed beyond recognition. Rumor had it that a new island had appeared in the southwestern sea. The various factions rushed there, only to find fragrant rice fields, fruits and vegetables covering the ground, and livestock roaming the hills. Countless people fought to get onto the island, but couldn't even touch a single stone. They could only watch helplessly as it vanished before their eyes. [The farm owner refuses visitors.] [Valley Farm's invisibility shield has been activated.] ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ==★★[Forthcoming stories. Please add them to your favorites.]★★== ● "Global Nightmare": A guide to surviving in dreams. ● "My Island Farm [Wasteland]": Becoming a farm owner in a Wasteland world. ● "I'm Just a Frail Little Merman": A temperamental little merman's life among humans. ● "I Opened a Zoo in the Interstellar Era": My animals are adorable and well-behaved, and they can fight! ● "After Reincarnating as a Cannon-Fodder Merman Bride": A violent great white shark becomes a delicate, soft, beautiful merman. Theme: Hold fast to your convictions. Death cannot keep us apart. Together, we can build a better life.