I Have a City That Never Sleeps

[Secret Identities + Infrastructure Building + Max-Level Account Transmigrates to Ancient Times]

After the large-scale single-player virtual reality game Dreaming of Ancient Times went on sale, Jiang Feng couldn't wait to grind through it again and again. At last, he achieved every available accomplishment.

For his first character, he maxed out his combat ability. Swift as lightning, his sword could kill with a single strike, making him the greatest swordsman in the world.

For his second character, he maxed out his charm. A peerless beauty and renowned performer, he became the world's greatest intelligence agent.

For his third character, he maxed out his medical skills, saving lives with miraculous cures and becoming the world's greatest physician.

Finally, for his last character, he wanted to experience the thrill of having a golden finger. He created an elegant, jade-faced young gentleman and maxed out his combat ability, charm, social skills, bearing, intelligence, and every other attribute... but somehow forgot the constitution attribute.

Jiang Feng: Hmm... Whatever. It's not an important attribute anyway! Create character!

--Then his vision went blurry.

When he opened his eyes again, he'd transmigrated into his own game character!

With a max-level character at his disposal, Jiang Feng should have been set for life. But this body coughed up blood with every step, and his face turned paler with every stride. The downside of having no constitution was all too clear.

Jiang Feng: ...I hate this!

Then the accompanying homestead-building System came online. Once he earned enough achievement points, he could exchange them for other characters' secret identities or improve his own constitution. Jiang Feng's eyes lit up, and he immediately decided to devote himself to infrastructure building!

*

There's a legend about a city that never sleeps on the frontier.

This mysterious, fantastical city only opens at night.

Some say the city is always brightly lit, with not a single light going out all night. Some say its food is so delicious and fragrant that its aroma carries for miles. Others say its beauties are peerless, like angels descended from heaven... The City That Never Sleeps is the true paradise of happiness and joy from the legends!

But it only truly became famous thanks to a white-clad swordsman who never lost and wielded an extraordinary blade, a beautiful performer who knew every secret in the world, and a miraculous physician who saved hundreds from a plague...

When asked where they came from, they all gave the same answer: the City That Never Sleeps!

The great nations and powers all grew deeply interested in the city and sent envoys to visit at night. There, they met its lord: a frail young gentleman as gentle as jade, a bright vermilion mole between his brows, seated in a wheelchair and smiling warmly at them.

Reader's Guide:

[Please read the content warnings in the author's note of Chapter One!]

1. Multiple secret identities; infrastructure building. The order of the identities is undecided.

2. Everyone admires and respects the protagonist. No romance.

3. Updates daily at 9 p.m.!

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Recommended upcoming novel, coming soon!

1. Coming Soon: Everyone in Our Sect Is an Undercover Agent

[In progress...]

[Absurd comedy + everyone is undercover + gradual overinterpretation + infrastructure building]

Legend has it that Qin Ming, the leader of the demonic cult, is a ruthless killer with profound martial arts skills and a meticulous mind.

The orthodox sects all sent their disciples to infiltrate the demonic cult, determined to eliminate this great fiend.

But the problem was, Qin Ming was an undercover agent too!

The System required him to disguise himself, infiltrate the demonic cult, reform it, and put it on the righteous path.

But he'd only gotten a little too into character and looked a little too fierce. The previous cult leader decided he had great potential and handed him the position of leader on the spot!

Qin Ming: This was not the path I expected!

Now he could change the demonic cult however he wanted, but the people around him looked at him with nothing but suspicion.

Undercover Agent 1: Look at this fiend staring murderously at a map of the orthodox sects. He's a monster!

Undercover Agent 2: The fiend is smiling! He must be planning to attack the righteous sects. What a wicked man!

Qin Ming: I'm exhausted.

The undercover agents, each unaware of the others, tried their hardest to win the fiend's trust and steal information. They all offered Qin Ming advice, each suggestion more vicious and ruthless than the last. They were even more villainous than he was!

Every day, Qin Ming racked his brains to keep the orthodox sects from being wiped out!

He decided to match wits with these troublemakers and drive them all out of the demonic cult.

*

Being an undercover agent is dangerous work, and nobody wants the job.

They knew the orthodox sects had abandoned them because of their physical disabilities, and they had always harbored resentment.

But while spending time with the fiend, they realized that he had quietly pointed out their problems and, without letting on that he knew, thoughtfully helped them recover.

They were so moved they could barely stop crying: So the cult leader really is so good to us!

From then on, they decided to abandon the righteous path and pledge their loyalty to the cult leader!

So one day, while Qin Ming was busy matching wits with undercover agents as usual, he suddenly realized that they had all gone a little crazy!

The agents: Cult leader, which orthodox sect are we attacking today? Let's do it right now!

Everyone overinterprets everything.

Qin Ming: ...?

In any case, he should start by teaching them back onto the righteous path!

Theme: Develop and promote culture, and build things steadily and diligently.