Working Part-Time as an NPC in a Survival Game

In 2350, a VR game called Doomsday Carnival took the country by storm, attracting players from all over. Tang Yue, who was supporting his family alone while caring for his disabled younger brother, was short on money. He signed up to become a live NPC in Doomsday Carnival, willingly connecting his consciousness to the game to help wealthy players clear its levels. But on his very first connection, he ran into one of the game's infamous psycho players: Master Shi. In the game, Master Shi went crazy himself, repeatedly throwing Tang Yue into rotten hordes of zombies and shoving him off speeding cars. Yet every time Tang Yue narrowly escaped death, Master Shi was more impressed with him, eventually offering him a fortune to become his exclusive NPC and clear other instances together. Tang Yue had planned to refuse, but after checking the eight-figure sum that had landed in his bank account, he rubbed his hands together and agreed. He just never expected their simple employer-and-employee relationship to gradually change into something else. Until, in the end... Shi Chengyou dropped to one knee before billions of game players and live NPCs, holding up a silver ring. With the lovestruck grin of a shameless suitor, he pleaded, "Tangtang, if you won't agree to be with me, I'm not getting up." Notes: 1. Both the game and real-world storylines are important. 2. The love interest is a psycho, so don't judge his behavior by the standards of a normal person. There are reasons behind his madness, which will be revealed in the real-world storyline. Theme: It never hurts to have more skills