Getting God's-Eye View in the Infinite Worlds

[Next up: A story in the same series, "Snake, I Became a Live-In Son-in-Law"] Blurb As the top boss among the stars of the infinite-flow world, Yun Chuan had an S-rank instance of his own. Every day, he prepared with enthusiasm, looking forward to giving the players a grand funeral. Unfortunately, the players let him down year after year. Even the weeds in his instance had grown two meters tall, yet Yun Chuan still hadn't seen a single player. [You're the worst batch of players I've ever seen!] Brilliant Yun Chuan decided to put himself in their shoes. For example, he started attacking his own people. That stirred up a hornet's nest. In just one month, the complaints against him had topped 387. "Go find something to do, my child. For instance, go along with the players and clear some instances." Seeing more and more red dots appear in the complaints inbox, the Star World's Main God finally stepped in, helplessly. A few months later, the Main God's inbox was once again packed with complaints from bosses across all the instances. Later, the lawless top boss grew tired of acting like an arrogant hero who challenged heaven and earth. He started cultivating a new persona as a fragile, decorative canary, and even found himself a powerful protector. The bosses said, "Look, a new sucker's appeared." Mu Chen, the sucker, replied, "Thanks for asking. I'm feeling great." The players said, "We despise people who get ahead on their looks!" Mu Chen: "You have no idea how terrifying he is..." * Boss A: My God, the boss attacked me for no reason. I want to file a complaint. Main God: [Read] Boss B: My God, the boss went into the instances and insists on making me work overtime. He even changes the plotline of my instance! Main God: "Read. I'll change it back for you later." Boss C: My God, I'm doing fine for now. But if other people are filing complaints, I want to file one too. Main God: "Read. What's wrong with you?" Staff Member A: My God, the new player-world System proposal is ready. Please take a look. Main God: [Read] Main God: "...Delete the complaint feature." * As long as life goes on, so does hope. Bearing courage and a mission, the warriors pressed on step by step with hope in their hearts, enduring countless brushes with death and overcoming endless thorny obstacles. At last, with hope and determination, they reached the final instance, "Above the Galaxy." But the players were completely stumped. Not because the enemy was too strong, or the plot too difficult, but because... Where was the boss? Where had that huge boss gone? Yun Chuan, who'd been coasting along with the players the whole way, cleared his throat twice and sheepishly shuffled out of the crowd. "Ahem, sorry. I've been a player for too long and forgot I was a boss." The players: ...?! Notes: 1. The Main God is the father figure, Mu Chen is the love interest. 2. The gong grows into his role and won't lead other people. 3. The shou is a boss whose worldview differs from the players'. His friends are everywhere in the instances. Upcoming story blurb #An extremely possessive, jealous nonhuman snake gong x a seemingly composed but secretly sultry workaholic CEO shou# [Has anyone else noticed that there are more and more infinite-flow players lately?!] [How shameless can the top guild get? They've already poached eighteen of my new teammates.] "What kind of nonsense is this?" Ji Mo'an casually closed the post, picked up his clothes, and got ready for work. "This is really popular lately, big bro. Could you at least keep up with what's going on?" Ji Mo Xin snorted, looking smug. "I'm the leader of the number one guild in the world!" Ji Mo'an let out a cold laugh and headed out. He looked up and saw a little black snake coiled around the car's emblem, flicking its tongue at him. The next day, the little black snake poked its head out of a water cup with a red goji berry in its mouth. On the third day, Ji Mo'an spotted a black tail swishing back and forth inside a document bag. On the fourth day, Ji Mo'an walked into his office and saw a long black snake sprawled across the carpet, chewing on his money tree. So he'd really gotten himself a clingy snake. Confidently, he stuck a yellow talisman onto its head. "I'm hungry." Through the yellow talisman with red writing, Ji Mo'an heard a deep voice come from the snake's mouth. "That Taoist was a fraud." Ji Mo'an immediately grabbed the dialectical materialism book from his desk and struck the snake hard and fast at its vulnerable spot. On the seventh day, Ji Mo'an walked into the elevator with a tiny black snake perched on his head, under the gaze of countless employees. After frantically blinking for help, his secretary finally spoke stiffly. "Your pet is very cute." "...Thanks." The hint had failed. You don't understand me. Ji Mo'an answered just as stiffly. "Its name is Bai Erhua." "My name is Xuan Bai." As soon as they entered the office, a black snake's tail instantly coiled tight around his wrist. The half-snake man tilted his head. The black scales along his cheek looked both bewitching and alluring. "Don't expose me, or I'll eat you." Day N Late at night, a pitch-black tail slid over the ankle of the sleeping man. Golden eyes glowed faintly in the darkness. Hiss... A scarlet forked tongue slipped out between thin lips, again and again tracing the beautiful shape of the lips beneath him. Mine... You're mine... His slit pupils contracted excitedly. Xuan Bai used every ounce of his strength to control each of his muscles, making his scales glide gently over his beloved without leaving a single trace. "I have work tomorrow. If you can't sleep, you can study Marxism." Ji Mo'an woke up and skillfully grabbed the man's neck. "Books only make my neck hurt. Also, I've gotten in touch with my family. Their attitude isn't very good." The man moved closer instead of backing away, his forked tongue winding around Ji Mo'an's wrist and gently caressing it. "Huh?" Ji Mo'an instantly came fully awake, as if a heavy stone had settled in his heart. "Our boss asked what I've been doing." Xuan Bai gently nipped Ji Mo'an's palm, his sharp fangs folding back into his mouth. "Guess what I told him?" "I said I'd gone to be someone's live-in son-in-law. Now the boss is making me write a 50,000-word self-reflection." "A self-reflection?" Ji Mo'an's eyelashes trembled slightly. He took a while to respond. "Oh, because I skipped work. So you'll have to make it up to me." Xuan Bai licked his lips and drew the last gap in the curtains shut. Neither of them slept a wink. The next day, Ji Mo'an, with dark circles under his eyes, kicked open the front door and grabbed Ji Mo Xin, who was getting ready for school. "Don't you have some kind of item that's specifically for killing bosses? Get me a few." "Huh?" Ji Mo Xin looked utterly confused. "Hurry up!" Ji Mo'an shook her shoulders hard. "Brother, I won't do anything weird again!" Ji Mo Xin bolted out the door with her backpack. Note: 1. Nonhuman snake, an infinite-flow instance boss has come through in person. 2. Still part of the old Yun family series, but this story has very few crossovers. Theme: Love is the flame of life