My Roommate Is the Lord of the Underworld

[Completed] Reborn Online: I Survive by Picking Up Trash Blurb: A hacker forum Help: There's a celebrity, an athlete, a Taoist priest, and a gay guy in our dorm. The gay guy wants to pursue the priest. How do we stop him? 1L: Tell him to pursue the celebrity. 2L: Tell him to pursue the athlete. 3L: This gay guy is way too lucky... 9L: Is the gay guy handsome? If so, leave him to me. I can be either the 0 or the 1. Reply to 9L: He's an average gay guy, but he's not interested in hookups. 18L: T, be honest. Are you the Taoist priest or the gay guy? 38L: What kind of heavenly dorm is this? Don't stop him, let him go for it! Reply to 38L: No, we have to stop him. 39L: Why did T skip over 18L? Come clean [doge] 336L: Wait for the priest to pursue him. Tao Ran has a celebrity, an athlete, and a Taoist priest for roommates, while he is an ordinary guy who only knows how to study. It isn't until strange incidents keep happening around him that Tao Ran learns the Taoist priest he's lived with all along isn't human at all. He's the King of the Underworld, who rules over the realm of the dead! The Taoist priest, who trounces the sports department at the school games, goes on a mission that night and insists Tao Ran accompany him, claiming he's terribly afraid of the dark. The streetlights flicker. A cat shrieks in the distance. The alley grows narrower and narrower. Trembling behind the Taoist priest, Tao Ran loses his nerve for the umpteenth time. A long, strong hand reaches out in front of him. Taoist priest: "Hold on to me. I'm afraid of the dark." When Jiang Sheng is interviewed by a reporter from Underworld Entertainment: Reporter: "Your Majesty, were you and Consultant Tao together from the beginning? Our source says you often went out together as soon as you met, stayed out all night, and shared a room." Jiang Sheng: "Honestly, at first I just wanted to recruit a talented person to help with social development in the Underworld. After all, Tao Ran was the only top student in our dorm. The rest, well, you know." The reporter smiles without comment, then quickly publishes a beautiful love story about His Majesty and Consultant Tao. One-on-one romance, happy ending. Adorable, naive top student with white hair, bottom x seemingly proper Taoist priest who's secretly ruthless, top. An alternate setting with original worldbuilding. Not scary, lighthearted. P.S. The bottom isn't human either. Copyright Notice: Originally written by Muye Wenge and exclusively published on Jinjiang Literature City. Reposting, selling pirated copies, and feeding it to AI are prohibited. --- [Completed] Reborn Online: I Survive by Picking Up Trash --- Lan Yan thought he'd died young and tragically. But when he woke up, he discovered he'd entered a hugely popular full-dive cultivation game in space called Spirit Realm. What's more, this was a modified version of a game he'd once helped design, and his current character was his old test account, Calamity. Looking at the warehouse piled high with all kinds of test items, Lan Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Not a single one of these rare, discontinued items could be used. They were all frozen, and even the spirit stones in his account were locked! System: Please level up and earn money as soon as possible, or else... Lan Yan: Or else what? Don't tell me I'll die if I don't make money. That's such a tired plot. System: Yes, you'll die. Your body outside the game will be taken off life support and removed from the treatment pod because you can't afford the medical bills. Lan Yan: ? As it grew harder and harder to breathe, Lan Yan collapsed to the ground. With no choice but to believe the System, he started picking up trash in the game to earn money and keep his body alive. Lan Yan: Rare materials on sale! Not 648, just 6.8! Take home a gorgeous box! Lan Yan: Don't miss this chance as you pass by! Lan Yan [weakening]: Kind boss, please take pity on me. Just one, buy just one... Bystander A: Give it up. You're trying to sell some busted box you picked up off the street? Even a beginner wouldn't want that junk. Jiang Feng was the youngest marshal in the history of the Empire. But after his mental power collapsed, he could no longer go to battle, so he accepted a mission to enter Spirit Realm, a full-dive game, and train the combat instincts of special forces soldiers. One day, Jiang Feng was on his way to a dungeon when he saw a peddler lying by the roadside, hawking his wares. He looked pitiful, as if he hadn't eaten in days. Jiang Feng made a grand gesture and bought everything on the peddler's stall. It definitely wasn't because the peddler was good-looking [absolutely certain]. Bystander A: Damn! The Summoner actually bought that pile of trash?! Bystander B: Look at me, Great One! I've got busted boxes too! Server Announcement: The spring breeze goes by, and the horse's hooves fly. Congratulations to player Summoner for opening a battered box and obtaining the rare material Celestial-Fallen Crystal! And so, Lan Yan's little stall was swamped by players rushing to buy everything. Theme: Science and technology are the primary productive forces