Isn't This a Simulation Management Game?

Lu Miao used to be the messenger NPC in the simulation game Ideal Town. He was responsible for settling disputes between residents and helping players deliver and retrieve items and letters. The work was easy and enjoyable, there was always gossip, and he even got full employee benefits. Lu Miao was very satisfied. But new games kept appearing, and Ideal Town eventually shut down for good. He thought he could retire and go home, but after waking up, he found himself back in Ideal Town, this time in its horror game version. The NPCs had gone berserk, order had collapsed, and the once-lovely town was no more. Lu Miao blinked and patted his little shoulder bag. "I wonder if this new job comes with full benefits!" -- In a terrifying world crawling with bizarre monsters, humanity's kindness had long since been worn away by endless monsters and death. When they saw the delicate, fragile, beautiful newcomer, they were certain he wouldn't survive the first night. The next moment, Lu Miao slung his little bag over his shoulder and knocked on the door of the final boss, as everyone watched in horror. In a repressive family dungeon, the players were the boss's children. The slightest misstep meant a brutal "family punishment." Lu Miao broke the house rules the moment he arrived. He looked up almost innocently at the butcher knife in the boss's hand and pulled a pink letter from his little shoulder bag. "Old Wang, Old Wang, I've got a love letter here from your 3,672nd lover." A moment later, warm-hearted questions and furious roars rang out from inside, followed by the game boss Old Wang's tearful pleas for mercy. [System notification: You have cleared the level.] In a terrifying paranormal dungeon, the blood-covered boss launched a point-blank attack, and countless players fled in terror. Lu Miao calmly met the boss's gaze for two seconds, then took a face mask from his little shoulder bag. "Your online order is here! Hurry up and wash off that homemade face mask. It's terrible for your skin!" The boss fell silent for a moment, snatched the mask, and rushed back to its lair. [System notification: You have cleared the level.] After clearing one dungeon after another, Lu Miao climbed to the top of the game leaderboard with his trash-tier stats panel. The players: "?????" -- Countless players had entered Ideal Town, but no one had ever reached the final level. When Lu Miao reached it, the whole world watched. But the entire world was full of birdsong and flowers, impossibly warm and bright. A man of breathtaking beauty sat amid a sea of roses, gazing at Lu Miao with a lovesick stare. His eyes were bloodshot as he fixed them on Lu Miao's fragile neck, then... He awkwardly managed a smile. "Welcome home." My god. -- Sickly, innocent bottom × devoted, obsessive top [Content warning: Male protagonist-focused story, not a delicate, helpless beauty | Dungeon setting inspired by Stardew Valley | Livestream ranking progression follows Jinjiang's ranking system | Entertainment-industry livestream with lots of viewer comments] [Thanks to Bixia Gugu for the prompt. Post ID: 1812196] [Recommended completed story by a friend: Old Wang Doesn't Want to Die [Reborn] by Taoli Shengge: If you can't beat him, just make him your dad] Strong-strong redemption infinite flow prequel, Infinite Tomb Exploration Livestream, available in my author page~ My next story will be an occult-themed one, I, Five Elements Short on Money Blurb: Ke Xingzhou, the unloved second son of the Ke family, was finally brought back from the countryside. But it was because the Ke family had found their real second son and wanted to throw him out. When the Ke family went to the countryside to fetch him, Ke Xingzhou was wearing a ragged Taoist robe, and one leg of his sunglasses was missing. He was calculating on his fingers how many kittens the neighbor's orange cat would have, all for the sake of a piece of aged tangerine peel candy. When he heard why they had come, he slapped his thigh. "You finally realized you brought home the wrong baby!!" He was so gifted and clever. How could he possibly be the child of this pair of idiots from the Ke family? The Ke couple: ? Ke Xingzhou was a Heavenly Master. He'd known from the start that he was the fake young master, so he left the Ke family early and moved back to the countryside. Feeding cats and dogs, catching ghosts and telling fortunes: his laid-back life was wonderful. That was, until the real young master was found and Ke Xingzhou was told to appear on a variety show as a stupid, lazy foil to help the real young master make his debut. Ke Xingzhou looked disgusted. His adoptive parents: "Five million. After that, we're strangers, no matter what happens to us!" Ke Xingzhou stood up at once. "Which way is the production team's entrance?" -- Ke Xingzhou brought his fortune-telling treasures to the variety show, intending to laze around until the end. But as soon as the show went live, he saw a crowd of unlucky people approaching, dark clouds hanging over their heads. Ke Xingzhou set up his stall on the spot. "Want your fortune told? One goes free when three come together." The viewers at first: "Report this feudal superstition!" Later, though, the viewers realized something was off. "I-it actually seems accurate?" After the livestream ended, Ke Xingzhou became an overnight sensation. The notorious young actor turned his reputation around: "Thank you, Master Ke, for clearing my name!" The newly crowned Best Actor narrowly escaped death: "I owe my life to Half-Immortal Ke!" The down-and-out director became a huge success: "I owe everything I have today to Mr. Ke!" Powerful figures from every walk of life flocked to the little variety show, all hoping for a reading from Ke Xingzhou. What shocked the viewers even more was that Nie Chen, the rumored heir to an elite wealthy family, made a fleeting appearance on the show. In front of everyone, he cornered Ke Xingzhou against a wall and asked him to tell his romantic fortune. Ke Xingzhou counted his money without looking up. "Who are you? I don't know you. No reading." Nie Chen's gaze darkened as he pulled out a bouquet made of 999 property deeds. "Tell me, when will my ex-boyfriend change his mind and come back to me?" Ke Xingzhou's eyes lit up. "Right now! Immediately!!" We had no fate to begin with. It all depends on how much you spend. -- Devoted, reserved top × money-loving, laid-back Heavenly Master bottom Theme: Kindness can change the world.