Infinite Stairway

[A mildly terrifying, plot-focused infinite-flow story] [Next book: My Nemesis Became My Creditor When I Woke Up. Please add it to your favorites!]

Shen Ke was delivering a bouquet for a shop clerk when he wandered into an old apartment block.

Then he realized the address on the bill didn’t exist, and he couldn’t get out.

At the end of the suspended staircase, in the empty space at the very bottom of the building, he saw a strange black cat.

Shen Ke pulled out a small packet of biscuits to feed it, but it only sniffed them before throwing itself into his arms with watery eyes.

“Don’t be afraid. I’ll get us both out of here.”

Countless eyes hid along the staircases above, watching the outsider greedily. They knew this man would soon become one of them: neither human nor ghost, doomed to wander forever.

But Shen Ke survived against all odds. Every floor he passed caused an uproar among the ghosts and monsters, and soon his terrible reputation spread far and wide. He was a demon even more ruthless than the monsters, leaving nothing alive wherever he went.

Shen Ke himself knew nothing about the rumors circulating in the apartment block. He was too busy worrying about one thing: the black cat he’d taken in was clingy, which was one thing, but it also kept biting his shoulder.

Just like the bad habit of the boyfriend who’d walked out on him without a word several years ago.

1. The love interest isn’t human.

2. A fake second-chance romance.

3. Infinite-flow, happy ending, not a super-long story, so feel free to dive in. If you like completed stories, check out my collection for Bringing the Infinite World’s Boss Home.

[A max-level powerhouse love interest who plays the cat toying with the tiger × a ruthless, cold-hearted protagonist who can’t resist a little cat] [Strong leads] [Both looks and fighting ability at their peak]

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My Nemesis Became My Creditor When I Woke Up

Xiao Wang and Mu Xianci were the most powerful ghost hunters of their time, tied for first place by a wide margin on the wealth rankings.

They stole each other’s prey and wrecked each other’s storerooms. Whenever they met, they fought so fiercely the world seemed to turn upside down. Everyone knew they were nemeses.

Many people secretly bet that sooner or later, one of them would die at the other’s hands.

Then Mu Xianci stopped breathing in Xiao Wang’s arms.

With his bloodied hands, he grabbed Xiao Wang by the lapels and kissed him hard before he died.

That last act of revenge was way too much!

Everyone thought Xiao Wang must have gone mad with rage, and wanted to grind Mu Xianci’s bones to dust.

Xiao Wang really did go mad. From then on, he hunted otherworldly creatures without regard for his own life. He hated ghosts and monsters, and disliked humans too. He behaved like a Rakshasa, and the rumors about him grew more and more sinister.

Until a year later, someone saw Xiao Wang standing behind Mu Xianci, who had come back from the dead, gently wiping the blood from his cheek.

*

Mu Xianci faked his death to escape disaster, but woke up with no memories.

The first man to find him was Xiao Wang. He didn’t recognize the name and politely asked who Xiao Wang was.

“Your creditor.”

Xiao Wang answered coldly, then pulled out a document transferring Mu Xianci’s assets, written in Mu Xianci’s own hand.

Mu Xianci stared at the astronomical figure on the paper, then calmly showed him his bank account balance: zero.

“Sorry, I can’t pay you back.”

“I know,” Xiao Wang said. “I wasn’t planning on having you pay me back with money.”

[Everyday Life at the Ghost Bank]

Hunter A: I want to withdraw the three ghosts I deposited last year.

Clerk: Not yet. They’re still in the lock-up period.

Hunter A: Huh?

Clerk: Look, this is the “High-Yield, Compounding Ghost Product” you signed for last year. It has a three-year lock-up period.

Hunter A: What about the interest?

Clerk: If all goes well, they might have little ghosts.

Hunter A: Well, that works... I’m still making a profit... Wait! Hold on! All three I deposited were male!

Reporting! The God Is Taking His Fake Romance Seriously

A little mountain god, hidden away for over a hundred years, was woken by sobbing.

A young woman named Shi Fei had barged into the mountain god’s temple. Her older brother was getting married, and his bride was a fox spirit who’d been at odds with Shi Fei for over a decade, someone she considered her mortal enemy. After drinking, Shi Fei had wept and prayed for three hours, begging the gods to help her.

The little mountain god had no interest in human romance, but this was the only prayer he’d heard in over a hundred years.

So the little mountain god followed Shi Fei home.

There was just one problem: after years without offerings, the little mountain god had hardly any magic left.

Shi Fei came up with all sorts of ways to break the couple up. For example:

“Make the fox spirit ugly?”

Little mountain god: I can’t.

“Make the fox spirit have an accident and lose an arm or a leg?”

Little mountain god: I wouldn’t dare.

“Cast an illusion so the man looks impossible to face to the fox spirit!”

Little mountain god: I can do that! Let me try... Is five seconds long enough?

Shi Fei: ...

In desperation, she glanced at the little mountain god’s extraordinary, otherworldly beauty and casually said, “How about you seduce my brother instead?”

Little mountain god: ...

This is difficult, but for the sake of incense, I suppose I can give it a try.

In the end, the little mountain god delivered as promised. The wedding between Shi Fei’s brother and the fox spirit fell through. But one day, Shi Fei overheard her brother asking an expert what customs he needed to follow to marry a mountain god.

Shi Fei: ...

Big Brother, you could’ve just told me you liked men!!!

[Big Brother: I’m offering a huge reward to find out who spread the rumor that I was getting married. I want to thank them in person.]

Theme: The darker the hour, the more firmly we must believe in the light