You Xiao is a good-for-nothing NPC in a beginner-level instance of an infinite-flow game.
Because she died so quickly in life, her special ability never awakened, and her combat power is practically zero.
Beginner Village Boss: Xiaoxiao, look at how many NPCs we have in this instance. You're the most useless of them all. Look at the performance rankings. You're dead last...
You Xiao: Wait, I think I can still turn this around!!
To boost her performance, this weakling takes the crooked path: she disguises herself as a player, plays for sympathy to gain their trust, and then, at the last moment, suddenly betrays them.
To avoid being hunted down for revenge, she only tricks newcomers with high potential.
At their rate of growth, the main god will soon send them into high-difficulty instances. No matter how badly they lose, they won't be sent back to the beginner village to hunt her down!
So You Xiao targets future big shots and rising stars, cheating one after another without a shred of guilt.
After several instances, this once-weak NPC has racked up enough performance points to become the Beginner Village Boss.
You Xiao: Things are looking up!
But on the very first day after her promotion to Boss, several uninvited guests show up in her instance.
The "rising stars" she once cheated out of every last pair of pants now all claim to be her "ex-boyfriends." They even spend all their points to come find her in the beginner village, one after another!!!
You Xiao: .
Good news: They don't seem to want to kill her.
Bad news: They came together! And she played a different character in front of every one of them back then!!
First ex-boyfriend: A gentle, handsome and tragic saint, ranked first on the player leaderboard.
Her character: A gloomy, sickly girl in a wheelchair.
Second ex-boyfriend: A taciturn assassin, the top killer in his organization.
Her character: A determined blind girl, as pure as a flower.
Third ex-boyfriend: A yandere, half-human and half-ghost, with an uncertain allegiance.
Her character: A violent little girl even more yandere than he was.
Three-way split! No matter how you slice it, she's got a side for everyone!!
[Reading Guide and Content Warnings]
1. The female lead is an apparition, not a heartfelt villainess. She has no human morals. Her combat power is low from the start, but she becomes a god later on (meaning she's the strongest in the whole story).
2. Not your typical everyone-loves-her story! The female lead gets pursued by many (?), and lots of characters both hate and love her, then hate her again. The hate lasts longer than the love (?).
3. Not your typical infinite-flow story! The female lead is a mastermind Boss who designs levels for players to solve, rather than solving the puzzles herself.
Theme: Strive tirelessly to improve yourself.