After Entering a Cyberpunk Game, I Killed the Boss and Claimed the Throne

[I’ve been informed about the troll incident in the comments, and I sincerely apologize to everyone. The inappropriate content in the blurb has been deleted. A detailed announcement is in the author’s note of Chapter 1. 26.04.05] [For updates on the simplified Chinese edition, follow WB @AnbaiANBAI. Volume 2 of the simplified Chinese edition went on sale on August 22, 2025.] The cyberpunk, Cthulhu-inspired virtual reality game Crimson Soil is about to launch. Wei Xin has a stroke of rotten luck and is selected as a beta tester for Crimson Soil. But things take a bizarre turn, and she discovers that she isn’t playing some virtual reality game at all. She has transmigrated to a parallel world that actually exists. In a forest of steel and iron, people struggle to survive. Beneath the colors of neon lights, those in power raise their glasses together. Corporations control the economy, while a super AI monitors everyone’s every move. Superpowered people, cybernetically enhanced humans, secret cults, and mutants all take the stage… The moment Wei Xin logs into the game, she gets the feeling that something terrible is about to happen to her. Question: What do you do when you discover that your in-game identity is a Federation Class One wanted criminal, and you’re also an undercover agent in an official investigative department? Answer: The most dangerous place is the safest place. Put on a show of investigating yourself, then find a chance to fake your death and escape. … Name: Wei Xin Identity: An undercover agent sent by a rebel organization to infiltrate the Federation’s investigative department. Mission: Stay alive and level up as much as possible. After reading the mission, Wei Xin decides it won’t do. Being a double agent is a dead-end job. Just staying alive and leveling up isn’t exciting enough. She wants to pull off something big. Like taking out the boss and taking their place. That sounds like a real thrill. … [Reader’s guide] 1. Readers on a reread, please don’t post spoilers. There’s little romance, and I won’t reveal who the pairing is to preserve the story experience. This is not a multiple-love-interest story; it’s a serious, plot-driven story. The characters’ endings will depend on how the story develops. This is a romance novel, and it has been tagged as romance since it began in July 2021. It is not a no-romance story. Feel free to ship whoever you like; there is an official pairing, but the author ships the heroine with everyone. The story is a slow burn, with the early chapters focused more on exploration, mystery-solving, and growth. 2. Superpowers exist in this world. This is my take on cyberpunk, with only a small amount of Cthulhu-inspired content. You can understand the story without knowing these genres, but I recommend looking them up to improve your immersion and reading experience. This is neither orthodox Cthulhu fiction nor orthodox science fiction. It borrows only some of their concepts to provide the basic framework and worldbuilding. 3. The story has two timelines progressing in parallel, and only covers what the heroine experiences over seven weeks. The ending is open. This is an unconventional “fourth disaster” story: the players transmigrate together and travel back and forth between two worlds. 4. The parallel world is fictional, so please don’t compare it to reality. If you insist on judging characters by your own moral standards, this story isn’t for you. The characters’ views do not represent the author’s. 5. Please don’t bring up other people’s novels in my comments, and don’t bring up my novel in other people’s comments. Let’s show mutual respect. Thank you. Please communicate in a friendly way and discuss things peacefully. Personal attacks are forbidden. I hope everyone can enjoy the story in a harmonious atmosphere. … [An introduction to cyberpunk, from Baidu Encyclopedia] Cyberpunk is a portmanteau of “cybernetics,” “neuro-mechanics,” and “punk.” Cyberpunk works are generally set in a world where “low life and high tech” coexist. They usually feature advanced technology juxtaposed with a society in a certain state of decay. Their striking visual elements may include neon lights on the streets, iconic street advertisements, and towering buildings. The main colors are usually black, purple, green, blue, and red. The plot centers on a social order under tight control by the government, corporations, or secret organizations, with the protagonist exploiting a loophole to make some kind of breakthrough. Cyberpunk plots usually revolve around conflicts between hackers, artificial intelligence, and large corporations. They are set on a dystopian Earth in the not-too-distant future, rather than in outer space as in early cyberpunk. In practice, the genre marks an improvement on earlier science fiction, which often failed to provide specific details about information technology. [An introduction to the Cthulhu Mythos, from Baidu Encyclopedia] The Cthulhu Mythos is a fictional literary universe based on the works of American author H. P. Lovecraft and created collectively by numerous writers. A recurring theme in Lovecraft’s works is humanity’s insignificance in the universe and the pursuit of knowledge that ends in catastrophe. Humanity is often constrained by powerful beings or other cosmic forces. These beings are not so much malicious as indifferent to humanity. Lovecraft called this outlook “cosmicism.” Ultimately, humanity is alone and defenseless in an indifferent universe. In a boundless cosmos devoid of reason or purpose, the laws and concepts humanity recognizes and defines are meaningless. Humanity is insignificant, and the gods are invincible. We cannot comprehend the universe in its entirety, and objective laws do not change according to human will. Theme: Never give up; pursue freedom.