Help! The Game I'm Playing Is Real!

#Isn't this supposed to be a single-player game?#

Wan Ruoxian played a beta-test ARPG cultivation game.

The game had a wide variety of gameplay options, freely customizable skills and classes, and the designer's devious little touches and mean-spirited traps were everywhere.

For example, there were all sorts of achievements with no apparent connection to one another, friends and confidants scattered throughout the game, tangled storylines, and a rule that if your character died, you had to erase your save and start over.

After dying in all kinds of bizarre ways, Wan Ruoxian became extremely protective of her life, or more accurately, of her liver points.

Unexpectedly, just after she reached max level and got fully geared up, she started clearing all the [Life Achievements] and [Management Achievements], and the game began to get strange.

Whenever she logged on, an NPC would challenge her.

When she went AFK, bystanders were sure to start imagining things.

When she cleared out monsters, people would come from far and wide to watch.

When she entered a city, the streets were filled with all kinds of extravagant flattery.

Even when she took a couple of steps, people would start pulling each other's hair over her.

Most absurd of all, this was a single-player game, yet she could have free conversations. No matter what she said, an NPC would respond! And every single line was voice-acted!

Talking to them was out of the question. All NPCs were just tools!

Getting emotionally close was out of the question. Who gets attached to paper people?

Three months after starting the game.

Wan Ruoxian: "Oh my gosh, this is actually great."

A peerless all-around genius has appeared out of nowhere on the Wenzhou Continent.

She belongs to no sect, knows everything and can do anything. Her identity is a mystery, her whereabouts are elusive, and whether she is good or evil is hard to tell. No one knows what she looks like.

The great powers of the Immortal Realm all claim to be her close friends, while demonic cultivators and heretics regard her as a terrible menace.

Some say she looks like a child. Others say she is breathtakingly beautiful, while still others say her face is as terrifying as a demon's.

Her appearance changes constantly, her moods are unpredictable, her strikes are ruthless and decisive, and no one in the world can match her wealth.

There are many legends about her, and countless cultivators follow her. As soon as people see her, they can't help but call her by her name and titles: Ruoxian, Dao Lord, Immortal, Bodhi, Tianji Zi, Wanderer, Empress...

Wan Ruoxian poked the ID above her head. "Isn't it perfectly normal for NPCs to say my name and titles?"

#The heroine plays a traditional keyboard-and-mouse game, not a full-dive game#

#Don't apply real-world morals to the heroine's in-game actions. She's a maniac when it comes to killing#

#Most of the story is from the in-game perspective. Very little of it takes place in the real world, with a slight ensemble cast feel#

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#To make the reading experience better, the hero's identity will not be revealed in advance#

#Most important content warning: Much later in the story, the dimensional barrier gets broken#

[Coming soon: Hungry? I'll Draw You Something to Eat]

Blurb:

Ye Han opened her eyes and found herself in another world. The System told her that if she earned enough management points in this world, she could exchange them for the ultimate prize and have any wish she wanted granted.

She agreed and received a golden finger from the System: the Divine Brush of Ma Liang.

Satisfied, Ye Han drew a steamed bun on a sheet of paper and wolfed down half of it in one bite.

The rich aroma of chives and eggs immediately assaulted the System's nostrils.

System: "You've drawn it well. The smell really packs a punch."

Ye Han: "One won't even fill the gaps in my teeth, two won't fill me up. Ten would be just right."

System: "...Promise me you won't choose food service as your business. You'll eat yourself broke."

The very next second, Ye Han clicked the food-service option and bound her restaurant to a gray, rickety tricycle. It had no kitchen, dining tables, bathroom, or anything else.

The System figured the whole thing was doomed. It left behind the quest and a big starter pack, then departed without looking back.

A strange yet incredibly popular food truck appeared in the Bali Section neighborhood.

The owner's amazing cooking and booming business attracted the covetous attention of many superpowered people and drew crowds of zombies.

Every day, the regulars who loved a good spectacle looked forward to eating while watching the boss beat up people and zombies. It made a fine accompaniment to their meal.

Strangely, today, after the boss finished beating someone with a wok spatula, she didn't return to the food truck right away. Instead, she rubbed her chin and hauled out a stack of coffins.

Yes, a whole stack.

The customers shivered. "B-Boss, we'll pay!"

Ye Han had just tied the coffins to the roof of the vehicle. With a strip of spicy gluten snack hanging from her mouth, she looked baffled. "???"

This was just a new branch of her business: convenient guest rooms. Nothing to panic about. It was a small thing.

#A high-energy food truck, with a sexy boss selling you dreams online#

#Are you sure this thing is a food truck?#

[Post-apocalyptic management]

[The supporting cast has unconventional superpowers. The main theme is that everything is wildly ridiculous]

[All the food is drawn, and all the fun comes from eating it. There are no satisfying cooking scenes]

[The heroine is powerful and mentally unwell, literally]

[The apocalypse is grim, but the writing style is light and the story is hilarious]

Theme: Only confidence lets you shine.