I Can't Play, I'm Just Pretending [Infinite]

Shen Mozhi was murdered, shoved off a rooftop. He hadn't even finished saying "Holy crap" before losing consciousness.

Shen Mozhi: I absolutely did not faint from fright. I've ridden roller coasters that drop at a 90-degree angle without even closing my eyes. Even if I fell to my death, I would never admit I fainted from fear!

But if he had fallen to his death, why couldn't he feel any pain?

When he opened his eyes again, he was in a completely unfamiliar place. The people around him were either wary or just as bewildered as he was.

It wasn't until the so-called System's notification appeared that Shen Mozhi realized he really wasn't in his original world anymore.

System: Please choose a player alias.

Shen Mozhi: (Kicks away the dog causing trouble beside him) Mad Dog!

System: Understood. Player alias: Mad Dog.

Shen Mozhi: Wait, no! Hey! I want to change my alias!

System: Changing your alias costs 50,000 points.

Shen Mozhi looked at his measly 50 points and fell silent.

He met that man in his very first game instance.

What should you do when you meet a top player?

Ask him to carry you to victory, of course!!

Shen Mozhi: Trust me, I'm new. I really don't know what I'm doing.

Huo Yan: You'd better be telling the truth.

Then Shen Mozhi completely fooled the top player.

Huo Yan: Didn't you say you didn't know how to play?

Shen Mozhi: I was pretending!

A world crawling with monsters, people constantly second-guessing one another, and the interference of unknown forces slowly made Shen Mozhi realize that these worlds weren't constructed the way he had imagined. They couldn't just sit around and wait. The real game lay somewhere beyond the individual instances...

Content warnings:

1. This may be a long story, estimated to be over a million words. Some plotlines may have minor plot holes because they stretch on for a long time, but I'll do my best to avoid that.

2. The game-instance storylines may be somewhat clichéd.

3. The author's intelligence is limited, and romance is a weak point [I'm studying and working hard to improve].

I welcome thoughtful discussion and appreciate positive comments and messages! [Heart]

New novel coming soon:

This World Makes Me Throw Up the Moment I Open My Eyes

After jumping into a river to save someone, Chi Nuo'en was pulled into another world by an unknown force.

When he opened his eyes again, he had become the eldest son of the Capet family, the least loved member of the household. His father didn't care for him, his stepmother didn't love him, and he didn't have enough to eat or warm clothes to wear.

Chi Nuo'en could put up with all that, but... having something wrong with his eyes was genuinely devastating, wasn't it?

No matter where he was or what time it was, whenever he opened his eyes, he could see countless tiny dots filling the world...

And the damn things moved!!

Chi Nuo'en: "Urgh, "

What a miserable life QAQ.

What unlucky soul could transmigrate and be rewarded with such a severe phobia of dense clusters?

Heh, turns out it was this old unlucky fool.

What a disastrous start. He'd be better off blind.

He couldn't stay with the Capet family. Struggling to see through the countless dots, Chi Nuo'en tried to plan his escape.

"Little guy, where are you planning to run off to?" The man leaned against a tree. His pale gray-green eyes studied Chi Nuo'en for a long while, a carefree smile playing on his lips. "Running away without permission isn't what good children do."

The man advanced step by step, pinched his chin, and stared into his eyes with an awed, tempting sigh. "What an extraordinary gift..."

Chi Nuo'en struggled to force a polite smile onto his thin little face. "Heh heh."

NMP!

What gift? My ass!

"But..." The man's fingers brushed along Chi Nuo'en's cheek. "We should deal with your malnutrition first."

Chi Nuo'en: Sorry, I cursed too soon.

The magic academy, the map of the continent, and the rivalries and schemes between various factions gradually unfolded before Chi Nuo'en. Amid all this chaos, an invincible force quietly descended upon the world.

The divine essence shattered, and divine desire spread.

Chi Nuo'en turned to leave, but the man grabbed him by the back of his collar. A threatening voice, edged with amusement, sounded beside his ear. "Trying to run now might be a little too late, don't you think?"

Chi Nuo'en raised a trembling hand. "Actually, I'm the self-sacrificing type. Would you believe me?"

Content warnings to come

Start date undecided

Extensive original worldbuilding

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Message: Better to preserve one's spirit than to struggle through life just to survive