After Returning From the Infinite Game, I [Redacted] the Organization

About putting this story on hiatus: I'm truly sorry to disappoint everyone, but I still feel that, with my current abilities, I can't do justice to a semi-infinite-world story. So in the end, I've decided to pause this one for now. Once I'm ready, I'll start writing it again. I'm very sorry!!! [White Apartment]. These four seemingly ordinary words are the name of a cruel and merciless infinite game, where players from all over the world are imprisoned. The final mission is a slaughter. Only the ten strongest can return to reality! Blades flash, corpses litter the land, and the final ten stand atop mountains of bodies, gazing up at a sky soaked in blood. And yet it is all a lie. Going home is nothing but a vain hope. Bodies are torn apart, souls devoured, and once the White Apartment has absorbed enough nourishment, it welcomes its next batch of players. ...That was how things were supposed to go. That day, the blood-red sky was torn open. Every survivor roared and charged the White Apartment's control room. The perilous otherworld collapsed, and at last they were able to go home. "Hello? Is this the Wenqu City Public Security Bureau?" The young man's voice trembled, as if he were terrified. "I think I'm being followed. Please, come save me. I heard their secret." So spoke the leader of [Chengzhou], one of the White Apartment's five major organizations. One: "We're willing to be absorbed, but we do have some conditions." Wearing a modest white shirt and black trousers, the young man seated across the negotiation table looked like an ordinary university student. He wore an innocent smile, and his voice was gentle. "You can send someone to discuss the details with them. Don't worry, everyone is easy to get along with." "Then, Mr. Xie, what are your conditions?" Leaning back, Xie Chang'an adopted a thoroughly relaxed pose. "My conditions...?" He pondered. Everyone held their breath, waiting to hear the harsh demands of the leader of [Chengzhou]. "Hmm... I want someone." "Who?" "Anyone will do." He held up three fingers and waggled them. "They just need to meet three conditions. One, he has to be a man. Two, he has to be capable enough to make the Xie family shut up. And three, he has to marry me." He chuckled softly. "Sounds simple enough, right?" Two: The man before him was still in his combat uniform. His stern, unyielding face was full of seriousness and resolve, as though he were carrying out an important mission. "Hello, Mr. Xie. I'm Gu Li, and from now on, I'll be your partner." Three: An old-fashioned blue lantern replaced the energy lights, burning silently on the street; an island blotting out the sun appeared above the steel city, and humanlike machines descended from the sky, smashing the hovercars below; dense fog shrouded the harbor, and a towering lighthouse flipped the ocean base; dark purple tentacles emerged from the deep sea and crushed the airborne fortress; blinding white light consumed everything, and all fell silent... Three: Xie Chang'an might never know that Gu Li had volunteered for that mission. Gu Li might never know that he himself was Xie Chang'an's home. Note: Some elements in the story were inspired by the game Cultist Simulator. Warning! This is not a typical infinite-world story. It will feature only five dungeons, with lots of scenes in the real world!!! Theme: Humanity will prevail!