After Being Parasitized by a World-Destroying Boss

When Xi Rong was a child, he was in a car accident. The truck his uncle was driving went off a hillside, but Xi Rong miraculously survived and found his way home on his own.

After that, strange things kept happening.

His uncle and aunt, who had barely paid him any attention before, suddenly changed completely, becoming "parents" who fussed over him and cared for his every need.

In middle school, an exhibitionist who tried to molest him jumped into a river and killed himself the next day, overcome with shame. The story made the local headlines.

A classmate who had bullied him suddenly apologized.

These inexplicable things weighed on Xi Rong's mind. He always felt that someone was quietly watching him.

Years later, strange creatures began appearing all over the world, one after another, shattering people's understanding of reality.

It turned out that "it" really was inside his body.

The creatures survived by parasitizing humans, and evolved their abilities by devouring other parasites of their kind. Xi Rong was dragged into one desperate battle after another, until "it" became an SSS-rank creature.

Someone told him that the world had restarted once, and that the ultimate villain who destroyed it in the previous life was an SSS-rank creature with the gene sequence XIX399. It was inside his body.

Xi Rong: "Nice."

This life, too, was still headed for destruction. Buildings collapsed, the earth shook, and the world around him was reduced to scorched earth.

Xi Rong sat on the shoulder of a colossal creature, slowly making his way through the wasteland.

It asked, "Do you love me?"

Xi Rong nodded and pressed a kiss to the creature's forehead.

It smiled. "This world is so beautiful. What a shame it'll break."

Bonus skit:

A Sheng: Our kind chooses a favorite place on the body to parasitize.

Xi Rong: So which place did you choose?

A Sheng: Your tailbone.

Xi Rong turned around and saw a black cat's tail sprouting from behind him. He stared, baffled. "Huh????"

Xi Rong: Can we talk about this? Could you choose somewhere else? This is so embarrassing.

A Sheng tilted his head. "? Don't you like cats?"

Xi Rong: "..."

[Cool-headed top student with a warm exterior x calm, devoted nonhuman attacker]

Reader's Guide:

1. Nonhuman character. The attacker's original form is an irregular creature with shapeshifting abilities. Early on, it appears as a black cat; it takes human form later.

2. Light power progression. The protagonist is somewhat of a heartthrob, but only likes the attacker. The two are completely devoted to each other!

Coming soon: Sickly Little Madman in the Infinite Game

Urban legend: Late at night, press the remote control ten times while facing your TV, and a completely unfamiliar competitive gaming channel will appear.

The organizers are unknown, as are the entry requirements and prizes. The only things known are... terror, bloodshed, brutality, and a life-or-death contest where no one cares if you live or die.

This comes from a mysterious force. No one wants to be chosen by it, except Wen Yu.

Wen Yu is passionate about games. He once had a chance to become a pro player, but something went wrong with his mind.

"Electronic Fantasy Disorder" is an extremely rare illness, with only a handful of cases worldwide. During an episode, the sufferer can't tell games from reality, and sees the people around them as monsters. It seriously affects daily life.

Because of this illness, Wen Yu was kicked out by the tournament organizers.

To get treatment, Wen Yu deleted all his gaming accounts and spent several dazed years in a psychiatric hospital, until he entered a game instance.

System: [Welcome, new player "Wen Yu," to the beginner's trial. Clear the instance and survive.]

[Checking player's overall stats. Player "Wen Yu" has received the title "Fragile as a Reed." Maximum starting HP reduced by 50 points.]

Wen Yu: ?

The instance was full of bizarre monsters with blue faces and fangs. Wen Yu suspected that he was having another episode, but only after meeting the other players did he confirm that he wasn't in the real world.

As the other newcomers screamed in terror at the monsters, Wen Yu narrowed his eyes and politely waved at one. "Hello! You look so friendly. Would you like to be friends?"

Monster: ?

Three years of medication had dulled Wen Yu's nerves. Even when a monster ran him through, he barely felt a thing. As long as his HP didn't hit zero, victory was his only goal.

His teammates trembled in fear. Compared to the monsters, Wen Yu was even scarier...!

The game really was his comfort zone, more than the real world.

*

Wen Yu once had a boyfriend. They often played games together, but later Wen Yu began to suspect that he'd imagined his boyfriend.

After entering the infinite game, Wen Yu met a strange man named Bai Nanyin, who claimed to be his ex-boyfriend.

Wen Yu cursed him out for being a scammer and blocked him without hesitation.

Bai Nanyin: "???"

*

Bai Nanyin was a widely celebrated gaming expert who had won multiple tournament championships.

He met someone with a real talent for games: his junior, Wen Yu. He taught Wen Yu how to play, step by step, and the two got together through gaming.

Later, Wen Yu fell ill. His Electronic Fantasy Disorder threw their lives into chaos, and Bai Nanyin eventually had no choice but to let him go.

Three years later, Bai Nanyin met Wen Yu again.

Believing that even if they couldn't be lovers, they could still be friends, Bai Nanyin took the initiative to add Wen Yu, only to be blocked without mercy.

The more Bai Nanyin thought about it, the angrier he got. He pretended not to care, but still found himself watching Wen Yu.

Wen Yu seemed even thinner now. He was fighting monsters in the game world with a low fever...

Bai Nanyin gritted his teeth and went to buy Wen Yu some fever medicine.

Wen Yu (uke) x Bai Nanyin (seme)

Sickly, sweet, and a little crazy uke x softhearted, cool seme

Theme: Live well