Pretending to Be an NPC in a Puzzle Game [Infinite]

*The heroine starts pretending to be an NPC in Chapter 4.

After entering the infinite game, Bai Zhi successfully won (conned) a hidden identity card and started impersonating an NPC.

The script Bai Zhi imagined: Play both sides as a player and an NPC, and rise to the top!

The actual script: Run two storylines and work two jobs, becoming a super unlucky sucker ^^

In the mysterious castle, she is the “devoted” maid abandoned after the master of the house seduced her and cast her aside. She explores the mystery of the portrait while caught up in a tragic romance with the male lead (not really).

In a remote town, she is the rebellious girl condemned by everyone. She learns the rules and how to behave while leading the players in their escape from town.

At a haunted school, she is a sickly, love-obsessed academic failure who is bullied by everyone. She studies herself to death to come in last while trying to escape a time loop amid shattered memories.

Bai Zhi sighed: Ah, I’m tired. Let it all burn!

Bai Zhi turned around: Huh, that unlucky ex-boyfriend of mine is in the instance too. I might as well squeeze some money out of him...

From then on, a player named Xie Chen kept running into a pretty NPC who tricked him into coughing up money and doing free labor in every instance.

Onlookers tried to reason with him: Inter-species romance never works out!

Bai Zhi felt no guilt whatsoever.

Until one day, she realized that the birth of this infinite game seemed to have a little something to do with her and her ex.

Bai Zhi: So... is everyone actually working for us, the scheming couple (crossed out)?

# Glamorous, theatrical heroine vs. scheming, devoted hero

Reader's guide:

1. Mild horror and mysteries, with some rule-based horror.

2. The leads have broken up at the beginning, but the hero wins her back later.

3. Hope all you lovely readers enjoy the story!

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Here's a preview of my upcoming Sentinel/Guide novel, The Archrival Capture Handbook

In 2401, the Ning family completely monopolized the research and development chain for drugs that prevent rejection of mechanical prosthetics, becoming a major powerhouse.

Ning Fu came from a prominent family and possessed S-rank empathy. She was a truly gifted Guide. When she was young, she had once fearlessly destroyed a Dark Sentinel who had given her family a massive headache. It made her famous, and she became one of the Ning family's decision-makers.

Years later, Ning Fu chose to defect. With countless Sentinels and Guides joining forces to hunt her down, she leaped into the sewer of human civilization, the Darklands. Badly wounded, she fled to the door of the legendary Sentinel leader.

As an S-rank Guide, Ning Fu could sense even with her eyes closed the man's mental sea, as silent and desolate as ruins, and his spiritual form, too weak to take shape.

As she marveled at how a great Sentinel could have been ruined so badly, she put on a sorrowful expression and spoke sincerely. “Mr. Leader, I’m the best Guide in the Central City. Why not let me stay here for a few days and treat you... Hmm?”

Before she could finish, the cold barrel of a gun pressed against Ning Fu’s forehead.

“Of course I know you’re the best Guide in the world,” the man said hoarsely, with a sigh that seemed to come from the abyss. “Miss Ning Fu.”

The instant she heard his voice, the sorrowful look vanished from Ning Fu’s face. As if she had become a different person, she raised an eyebrow, her gaze sharp as a hook. Like a fox that had cornered its prey, she smiled calmly. “So it’s you, Mr. Loser I Beat...”

* A vicious, terrifying but devoted Sentinel vs. a Guide who seems gentle and obedient but is actually ruthless, underhanded, and incredibly strong

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And here's a preview of my next modern fantasy novel, He Actually Isn't After My Healing Powers

Yu Wei is the secret product of genetic fusion, with healing powers and a beautiful, fragile face. After his family used him for everything he was worth, he was married off in the name of a “political alliance” to Lu Yu'an, a military bigwig rumored to be ruthless, heartless, and frigid.

Everyone thought Yu Wei would be a human healing device, used and discarded in this marriage alliance. But, as it turned out, he wasn’t the one who got abandoned.

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The first time they met, Yu Wei was trembling all over from the pain of using his powers too often. His amber eyes were misty, but his voice was cool as he asked, “Can I borrow a drag of your cigarette?”

Lu Yu'an lowered his eyes and watched as Yu Wei lightly bit the filter, holding it with his hand.

The second time they met, Lu Yu'an emerged from the pool with his upper body bare. Under the moonlight, droplets of water rolled over his sharply defined abs. His voice was hoarse. “Sorry, I just overused my mental powers and lost control a little.”

In the pool, Yu Wei touched the corner of his mouth, which had been bitten until it bled, and thought, You really should be sorry.

The Nth time they met, Yu Wei’s clothes were in disarray. With limp arms, he tied Lu Yu'an to the bed. Under Lu Yu'an’s dark, bloodthirsty gaze, he got dressed and calmly ran away from the wedding.

He even took Lu Yu'an’s starship.

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At first, Yu Wei also believed that Lu Yu'an must have agreed to the marriage because he wanted his healing powers. But they had known each other for years, and Lu Yu'an was always calm and restrained around him. He had never once asked to be healed.

Until the N+1th time they met, when Yu Wei was stranded on a deserted planet, in a miserable state. His ex, whom he had seduced and abandoned, finally stopped hiding his madness and brutality. Slowly, he reached out and grabbed Yu Wei by the throat. His scalding, hoarse breath brushed Yu Wei’s ear. “I thought you could live well without me.”

* A seemingly cold and celibate but actually fierce and wild, love-struck pursuer vs. a beautiful, strong, tragic victim who carefully plots every step without realizing he’s flirting

Theme: Be self-reliant and work hard through adversity.