Whatever You Do, Don't Look Back [Infinite]

[Please check out my upcoming story, Candy Strawberry. You can find it in my author page!]

In one strange and unpredictable world of crisis after another, your close companions are right behind you. Only by working together can you survive.

But remember, whatever you do, don't look back!

Zhong Yi just took a nap and woke up in a godforsaken place called the Ten Directions Forbidden Zones. Every instance here is a trial, and every choice takes you one step closer to death.

Luckily, everyone has a mysterious companion: a Spirit Guardian. They possess great power and help players survive instances where their lives hang by a thread.

But every time you look back to get help from your Spirit Guardian, they take away part of your identity card. So unless you're in absolute danger, don't look back to ask for help.

The Spirit Guardians are all mysterious and arrogant, thanks to their immense power.

Except for the one standing behind Zhong Yi.

Other people's Spirit Guardians: arrogant and rude.

Lu Chen is no exception, but with Zhong Yi, there's a hint of tenderness beneath his arrogance.

Little scene:

Early on, Zhong Yi thinks to himself: This guy's head must be full of water!

Later, Zhong Yi says aloud: Did you come here on the public dime to date me?

Shen Tingxi: No. I'm here to safeguard the players' physical and mental well-being, and... their dwindling romantic sensibilities?

Warnings:

Both leads are each other's first and only.

The heroine is kind, but not a doormat.

She's not an all-rounder and will sometimes make the wrong call.

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My name is Jin Duoduo. I'm naturally perfect, but I've made the same mistake as women everywhere: I love handsome men.

In kindergarten, I had twelve boyfriends, one for each zodiac sign. It wasn't until the Scorpio boy I adored, my number-one sweetheart, was stolen away by a little girl from the class next door with a small cake that I realized you could win someone's affection with cake. If one piece didn't work, then two would.

Later, my family fell on hard times, and I was forced to part with my sweetheart. At my new school, I found a new idol, so I forgot all about the first one.

Years later, I ran into my former school idol at a gaming tournament. But by then, he didn't appeal to me anymore. I liked his big brother now.

After bombarding him with cakes and showing off my perfect gaming skills, I became my idol's sister-in-law.

I just never expected that my idol's big brother would be the sweetheart I'd had all those years ago.

[Little scene]

Yuan Fu: Am I good?

Duoduo: You're great. Your Flash teleports you straight to the grave!

Duoduo: Check out this play! [Marco Polo barely dodges with Purify, then dies to the tower]

Yuan Fu: Mm. [Cai Wenji uses her ultimate and runs off alone]

Duoduo: %*×*&*…

Reader's guide:

1. This is a sweet romance.

2. The game in the story is Honor of Kings.

3. The male lead is terrible at the game, and so is the female lead.

△△ A recommendation for my friend's story, Has Yanluo Passed the Civil Service Exam Yet?, by Chao Chao Yi Wan. It's already got plenty of chapters, so go ahead and read it.

A scheming chief examiner vs. someone who can't pass the civil service exam.

After the Immortal Realm's reforms, the benefits of secure government jobs doubled, sparking a craze for civil service exams.

Meanwhile, in the underworld, the unscrupulous Ghost Emperor was obsessed with making empty promises and exploiting his employees. They worked year-round without a break, with little pay for endless work and danger at every turn.

Jiang Wan, then serving as Yanluo, angrily quit and joined the Immortal Realm's civil service exam hopefuls. Who could have guessed that the head of the Underworld, Her Excellency Yanluo, would be a shocking failure?

After failing three times, Jiang Wan rescued a fox from a hungry ghost and accidentally discovered that catching ghosts and judging souls made her exam score rise at an astonishing rate!

Jiang Wan: Wait, that's a thing?

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Chi Zishi, chief examiner at the Civil Service Exam Office, has studied military strategy and wields it with consummate skill. His ruse nearly backfired on Yanluo.

Luckily, he managed to stay by her side by shamelessly acting cute and clingy, then used the exam System to guide her into catching ghosts.

Chief Examiner's Proctoring Diary:

Draw a talisman: +5 points

Catch a ghost: +10 points

Interrogate a soul: +20 points

Later, after reforms in the underworld, the System's announcements changed to

Compliment the new ghost's good looks: -30 points

Touch Pan An at the bridge's hand: -50 points

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Hearing the negative-score alerts that kept sounding in her ear, Jiang Wan glared at the man sitting in Yanluo Hall, reviewing official documents, then turned around and continued playing mahjong with the handsome new Wuchang recruit.

The fox ground his teeth and, in revenge, made Yanluo unable to get out of bed for days.

Ghost Emperor: Where's Yanluo?

Wuchang: Your Excellency, Her Highness Yanluo quit to take the civil service exam!!!

Ghost Emperor: Outrageous! I'll have the whole industry blacklist her. Tie her up if we have to, and drag her back to work!

[You can tell the author has lost it.]

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