Feng Xi, a diplomatic genius fought over by more than a dozen top companies, navigated among countless overworked salarymen, charming people in every situation and knowing exactly when to give and take. They called him the King of Empty Promises.
Maybe he'd made too many grand promises. One day, he woke up to find himself thrown into a horror game as a player.
Ghosts and monsters, murder scenes, lambs led to slaughter, breakdowns and despair: these were the reactions the horror game usually brought out in new players.
Feng Xi was different. Whether human, ghost, or NPC, as long as they had a mouth, he could keep spinning his grand promises. The King of Empty Promises was unstoppable.
In the [Ghost Doll] instance, Feng Xi discovered the doll factory's shocking secret as soon as he entered. Starting with the [Gatekeeper NPC], he spun the old man a tale about love and a meeting of hearts. That very night, he helped the old man get together with the pink-JK-loving middle-aged woman he had long yearned for. At the ripe old age of 73, could he really have a pair of twins? But why were the twins ghost dolls?
To thank him, though, the old man let him in on a secret, unlocking a hidden instance that had never been triggered before and earning him double rewards.
In the [Chef Who Loves to Cook] instance, the chef liked stewing various parts of the players' bodies. Feng Xi saw that the chefs were also being exploited by capitalists, so he got them talking about salaries. He told them that in the neighboring instance, chefs didn't have to do menial work, had assistants to prepare ingredients, earned three times as much, and, most importantly, got pension insurance.
At the mention of pension insurance, the chefs couldn't sit still. They all threatened to quit, forcing the instance to close. Feng Xi even helped them win a substantial compensation package.
In the [Zoo] instance, Feng Xi told the director, who was human by day and a lion by night, that a lion should be king of the pride, with a pride of lionesses of his own. The lionesses could even give him a whole litter of cubs, so he should stop thinking about eating players all day.
The lion coolly told him he wasn't into lionesses. He liked male lions. Male humans would do too, of course.
To make his promise come true, Feng Xi immediately gritted his teeth and said he was willing to elope with him and rule the grasslands together.
With the director gone, the Zoo instance lost its penalty mechanism and became the first A-rank instance with no casualties.
In the [Amnesiac Husband] instance, players had to test their husband's clinginess every day. The player with the highest clinginess rating would win first place.
Feng Xi found himself in his element, making all kinds of romantic surprises while forcibly inventing all sorts of naughty everyday moments. When he got carried away, he even touched and kissed him, acting like a downright devious little flirt.
He thought the instance husband wouldn't take things all the way, but he was proven wrong: his husband reached an unprecedented 99% clinginess rating. The System prompt said that reaching 100% required fulfilling their marital duties...
W-wait! Everyone's just trying to survive. There's no need to get so competitive, is there?
The [Husband] pinned him against the glass door and sneered. "You flirt with me in every instance. Do all those vows you made mean nothing?"
"Y-you..." Feng Xi said, forcing himself to keep a straight face. "A man's word is worth nothing. Even a sow could fly up a tree. Don't you know that? Huh? Don't bite my lips..."
Feng Xi was dumbfounded. No matter how powerful the King of Empty Promises was, he was no match for the one who ate them up.
A mad, high-level player on the receiving end X a scheming top on the giving end with multiple identities
Theme: Even in desolation, I never lost you.