As an NPC, I've Decided to Whip the Players into Shape

Lin Que thought something had been off about his life lately. He went to the morning market to buy some tofu, but the shopkeeper asked him to trade a precious Blue Crystal Bird feather for it. A group of people barged into his neighbor's house and ransacked the place without a care, while the uncle next door acted as if nothing had happened. He was just cooking at home, but more than twenty people came to watch, then left him with this comment: "His model looked so detailed, we thought he was a hidden NPC. Turns out he doesn't even have a side quest." Lin Que fell into thought. He didn't know exactly what was going on, but he clearly needed to teach these rude people a lesson. God's Gift was a hugely popular full-dive game. Its varied gameplay, lifelike character models, and intelligent NPCs had attracted a huge number of players as soon as the beta launched. Among them were plenty of people looking for a thrill by stealing, harassing NPCs, and causing trouble. One day, players discovered a mysterious figure in the game. No one could tell what class he was. He wielded a weapon no one had ever seen, and his moves were extraordinary. He made a point of punishing players who behaved badly. Soon, the game's first unofficial organization, the NPC Care Committee, was established. The first Player Code of Conduct followed right after. Rule One: Playtime is from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day. Playing at any other time is forbidden. For special nighttime quests, submit a written application to the committee. Rule Two: Any behavior that interferes with NPCs' normal lives is strictly prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, physically attacking NPCs, deliberately damaging their property, harassing them, and bullying the fat dog at the entrance to the beginner village. Rule X: Players who violate the above rules will be dealt with according to the severity of their offense and required to work off their debt. So every few days, players could be seen working hard at farming, patrolling fish ponds, or helping NPCs feed pigs! New players were thrilled: Wait, there's a player-versus-environment farming mode too! As life gradually returned to normal, Lin Que was satisfied. It was just that... lately, there were way too many players named "I Want to Be Lin Que's Dog." He turned to the man beside him, who was wrestling the fat dog for the last heart-shaped cookie. The man was the final boss who could hit for -99999 damage with a single slash in the game. "How about you make the dungeons twenty times harder?" Players: ? Please don't!!! P.S. The protagonist lives in the real world. The story includes elements of the Fourth Calamity, but the protagonist is the strongest in the entire book. The cover is a commissioned character design. Entirely fictional setting, nontraditional Western fantasy, with original magical worldbuilding. A preview of "Does a Horror Livestream Come with a Boyfriend?" After an accident, Shi Zhou became a new streamer in a horror livestream. [Congratulations on signing with our company! Your overall qualifications are outstanding, so we've created a custom persona for you: a delicate, soft, silly beauty with an extremely handsome and powerful boyfriend.] Shi Zhou: "..." He could live with the first part, but "What if I don't have a boyfriend?" [The company will provide one.] Shi Zhou: ? The livestream began. Shi Zhou met the boyfriend the company had given him. He had a stern face and incredible combat ability. Sure enough, he was handsome and strong. It would just be better if he had a heartbeat :) Shang Yanqiu was a veteran streamer who had cleared more than ten S-rank dungeons. In one dungeon where no one survived, he sacrificed his heart to clear it. With no heartbeat or emotional fluctuations, he was like a monster driven by nothing but the instinct to kill. When the company forced a boyfriend on him, he found him nothing but a nuisance. When danger struck, before Shi Zhou could even scream, Shang Yanqiu shoved him into a cupboard. "Don't come out." The viewers went wild shipping them: [Of course he protected him first!] [Holy crap, boyfriend energy at max!] [So sweet! I love them!] Shi Zhou, in the cupboard, staring into the eyes of a severed head: May I ask what this is supposed to be? Until one day, the two were accidentally separated. Evil spirits surrounded the place, danger lurked within, and Shi Zhou was alone, fighting for his life. The tightly shut door was kicked open. Shang Yanqiu stood silhouetted against the light, with an unusually panicked look on his normally cold face. His icy gaze quickly swept over the room, then met the eyes of the evil spirit serving Shi Zhou tea. Shang Yanqiu: ? Shi Zhou: ...Oh no, I think my persona's fallen apart :) Theme: Walk alongside fate, rather than let it control you.