[This novel will be available for purchase starting October 18. Chapters 17 to 68 will be removed from the free version.]
[Pre-release: an upgrade-focused power fantasy, "The Dungeon Entrance Is Right Downstairs from My Home [Infinite]." Please add it to your collection. Click the author's page to find it. The blurb is below.]
One second, Qin Xuezhong was thinking about taking the civil service exam. The next, she had transmigrated to a cyberpunk world and become a low-level clerk who had just started at the Federal Data Department. She had landed a secure job.
Qin Xuezhong: Something this good can actually happen?
Even better, everyone in the department was an expert at slacking off.
On her first day, her supervisor earnestly advised her, "Xiao Qin, the most important thing if you want to fit in around here is to leave work on time and retire as early as possible!"
Before she could even start looking forward to a beautiful life, Qin Xuezhong learned that she was a mole. A conglomerate had planted her in the federal department to steal classified files.
Her dream of a cushy retirement was shattered.
To keep herself alive, Qin Xuezhong worked diligently to keep both sides happy.
By day, she was one of the department's slackers, doing her best not to make mistakes or get promoted. At night, as the conglomerate tightened the screws, she stalled and bluffed like crazy, all to preserve her peaceful life.
Before long, Qin Xuezhong was not only named the district office's Outstanding Employee of the Year, but also received a secret congratulatory message from a conglomerate executive: "Nice work. The new operating funds have been transferred."
Late at night, she stared at the string of zeroes in her secret account balance and thought in despair: Is it too late for me to run away?
The case of the awakened celebrity android
The memory-splitting case
The kidnapping of a person who doesn't exist
The brain everyone wants to claim
Amid one bizarre, surreal case after another, Qin Xuezhong accidentally stumbled upon a conspiracy closely connected to her.
Bonus scene:
After spending the entire night wrangling with the various factions in the conglomerate, Qin Xuezhong arrived at the office exhausted, with dark circles under her eyes.
Her supervisor smiled in satisfaction. "Xiao Qin really has potential. On your very first day, you already grasped the essence of our department. Where did you go last night?"
Qin Xuezhong looked around in bewilderment as her colleagues discussed how much fun they'd had the night before, how they planned to slack off and nap later, and how someone offered to show her the department's high-end massage sleep pod.
Xiao Qin, working two jobs: Human joys and sorrows are not shared...
Reader's guide:
1. A pure cyberpunk setting, with a main plot and episodic little mystery cases.
2. Lighthearted and silly (probably).
3. Everything in the story is fictional. Please don't connect it to reality.
4. I'll add more if I think of anything.
"The Dungeon Entrance Is Right Downstairs from My Home [Infinite]"
Blurb:
One day, an unknown force opened countless adventure dungeons in the real world.
Some players who were accidentally pulled inside changed their fates against all odds, using the special abilities they gained in the dungeons to thrive in the real world. Others met unexpected deaths and became unsolved cases buried in the archives.
Thanks to her encyclopedic knowledge of the area right downstairs from her home, He Lin stood out in her very first dungeon. After working her way up to become a veteran player, she was betrayed and killed by her teammates over a piece of divine equipment she had poured her heart and soul into creating.
When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to one hour before the dungeons opened.
The world had yet to change. Sunlight shone all around her, and everything seemed full of hope.
Bonus scene 1:
Just after entering an early-stage dungeon, He Lin ran into one of the teammates who had betrayed her in her previous life.
Seeing Xiao He’s calm expression and imposing body language, the man smoothly approached her and struck up a conversation.
Xiao He didn't say a word. She immediately activated her ability and took him out.
Then she said coldly, "Do what I say. Don't flatter yourself. Do you understand?"
The other newcomers nodded frantically, terrified.
As it turned out, He Lin led these players to clear the dungeon with an S-rank score. The name Great Demon King soon spread across the forums.
Game forum:
Thread: Excuse me, can each person only have one piece of equipment in this game?
1L: Yes. All of a player's abilities can only be expressed through that piece of equipment.
2L: Help! If you pick the wrong thing, can you not change it?
4L: You can't change it. Whatever you choose when you enter a dungeon for the first time is what you're stuck with.
10L: I'm doomed. I picked my grandpa's enamel mug...
12L: Heh. I'm a roll of toilet paper.
517L: Don't worry. As long as you have enough enhancement materials, one piece of equipment can hold all kinds of abilities. I saw someone kill the clone of Xing Tian with a toilet brush.
972L: What's the strongest ability right now?
973L: The strongest ability belongs to the Great Demon King. Everyone who's seen it is already dead.
Theme: Live well
Oh my god, it's going to be a huge Truman Show for a long time.
There is a feeling that everyone actually exists in this illusory world. Or, only the brain is left in the real world. In order to bury the fact that the world has died, it was decided to let everyone live in an illusion, and those who woke up from the illusion were judged as viruses and then eliminated through various methods?
Selfish capitalist Ouyang is a fart! What kind of bullshit is attributed to her! Vanity! In the end, the common people suffered so much for her self-conceited "merit"! So many people died! Just blame her! Come on Xiao Qin! If you don't BB with the crazy vampire, beat her up
Meow, I like this article very much. I find it very interesting. When will the author publish a new article?
Finish spreading flowers?('ω')?
So beautiful, so exciting!!! I rarely read cyber genres, and this is the official first one. I was attracted by the introduction, and saw that Xiao Qin has multiple identities and is involved in countless conspiracies. However, the author used sandboxing to show these conspiracies very easily, and I didn't seem to be struggling. Every event is interconnected. From the very beginning of the establishment of the Ghost Organization and the terrible current situation of the world, I have been wondering whether the heroine will eventually change the world, not only the bad external environment, but also the mental state of people living in a bad world. For example, the work of the unlimited volume of the Fifth Group has become a "two-hour system", and the depth of the entire story has instantly increased... In addition, I also like the setting of the entire world. I am very happy to watch the heroine's drama and so on, and I can't stop at all!!! The logic of the entire article is also very complete and clear, and the writing style is also beautiful. At least I, who is ten years younger in reading age, like it very much. Finally, I hope it will be updated soon!!! Hungry, hungry, hungry!!!
It's really, really good to watch, a little bit brain-burning, and the pace is fast and not sluggish. It's better than my favorite anime, Alien Invasion, Kanna Tai Gyun Ryu
On the consequences of not being able to fish
This guy is really too strong
"Clarity" is a big thorn in the side of the author~