A High School Boy Serves as a Judge in the Cyber Underworld

Cui Yan was an ordinary high school student in every way except his looks: ordinarily frail, ordinarily unlucky, going to ordinary classes by day and sleeping ordinarily at night. That is, until one ordinary evening, when he met an ordinary Black Impermanence.

Cui Yan: ? Who did I meet?

Wait... Why wasn't this Black Impermanence anything like he'd imagined?

A white robe, a tall hat, and the phrase "seeing fortune at a glance" were standard, but why was he wearing leather from head to toe, along with flashy, iridescent skate shoes?

The agent of impermanence skated around catching ghosts. He flung out his soul-hooking chain, its glowing links plastered with cheeky Chibi Maruko-chan stickers.

Cui Yan: "..."

What is this? A soul-hooking chain that goes "goo"?

All Cui Yan wanted was to make an ordinary escape and save his own skin, but the agent of impermanence chased after him, shouting, "Lord Judge!"

Cui Yan: "Who's the judge? Me?"

And so, in a daze, Cui Yan took up his new post as a judge of the underworld. With the Book of Life and Death and a judge's brush in hand, he could write life with one stroke and death with another. He also took over the census task for the gods of old, who were returning to the world.

Where the living couldn't see, the underworld's technology was advancing at a terrifying pace.

The yin energy of vicious ghosts generated electricity, blessed prayer beads served as bullets, and ghost enforcers' uniforms were dazzlingly colorful and could transform in seventy-two ways...

By day, Cui Yan got an earful from his high school teacher. By night, he used a cyberpunk Book of Life and Death to exorcise ghosts and pray for blessings on behalf of that same short-tempered teacher.

His motto: repay resentment with kindness :).

But Cui Yan had one question...

Could the Book of Life and Death and the judge's brush go "goo"?

Later, a transfer student joined his class. He had striking features, red lips, and white teeth, but he was a little bald.

One day, Cui Yan was working out of town when he passed a temple and saw his new classmate in a kasaya, chanting sutras to guide a soul into the afterlife.

Cui Yan: "Well, look at that. A fellow professional."

An occult-savvy judge uke x a mechanical prodigy Buddhist son seme

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After Transmigrating into a Full-Dive Game's Dungeon Boss

[A scheming, expert-at-acting green tea uke x a sly old fox seme who can spot a fake green tea]

Programmer Gu Zhu wakes up one day and discovers that he has transmigrated into a book.

The Omnipotent Master is a power fantasy about a full-dive online game, and he has become a boss in one of its dungeons.

As the unique NPC responsible for advancing the game's storyline, Gu Zhu is different from the other NPCs: once he's defeated, he won't respawn. He'll die for good.

Luckily, he can move around freely. To stay alive, Gu Zhu decides to change the storyline.

Step one: get close to the male lead.

To keep anyone from discovering who he is, Gu Zhu exploits a loophole to create a monster character as his secret identity.

Tang Yangxian is the male lead of The Omnipotent Master, a top gaming streamer with tens of millions of fans.

Recently, his fans have noticed that someone seems to be clinging to him.

That healer has a face that looks like an influencer's, a cutesy voice that makes your skin crawl, and skin as thick as a city wall.

His fans shout, "Girl, if you keep that voice up, you're going to make us puke!"

After running into the healer thirteen times in one day, Tang Yangxian can't take it anymore and stops dodging him.

Gu Zhu: "Gie-gie, add me on WeChat and I'll show you something nice~"

Tang Yangxian adds him at lightning speed, then immediately reports him to the authorities for soliciting prostitution.

After the report goes through, the other guy sends him a file titled:

[Arhat Cave First-Clear Guide. Three minutes ahead of the whole server, just for you~]

Tang Yangxian: "?"

Gu Zhu asks hopefully, "Gei-gei, do you like what you see?"

Later, a healer joins Tang Yangxian's team.

This healer talks like a green tea, exuding tea vibes. He's not much of a person, but his skills are devious.

As a boss with ambitions, Gu Zhu takes an unconventional route.

He exploits every loophole and bug he can find in dungeon raids. Under his leadership, the team sets record after record.

Everyone is impressed, except...

During a raid, teammate 1 says, "I've been marked! Healer, heal me!"

Teammate 1 lies dead on the ground, full of regret. "Healer, what are you doing?!"

Gu Zhu, looking world-weary with a cigarette between his lips, pummels the boss with his staff, eyes red with envy.

Respawn already! Respawn already! Respawn already!

The boss goes down. Gu Zhu flips his hair and asks, bewildered, "Who was calling me just now?"

Under Gu Zhu's leadership, the male lead's team goes further and further off course, and the freewheeling storyline becomes impossible to get back on track.

Just as Gu Zhu begins to relax, Tang Yangxian suddenly confesses to him.

Gu Zhu looks at his monster character and wipes his face.

Ready to face death, he speaks in his real voice: "Hi. I'm actually a man."

Tang Yangxian smiles. "Wow, that's even more exciting~"

Later, the game updates and removes the bugs. Panicking, Gu Zhu runs off and hides in his own dungeon, playing dead.

Tang Yangxian puts out a bounty and searches for him everywhere, even using his connections to contact the game company.

The company checks its user data, looking completely confused. "Isn't this our level 100 dungeon boss?"

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