Before Entering the Dungeon, Are You Sure You Don't Want to Bring Anything Else?

Every day, teams of adventurers descend into the dungeon. Some return with a rich haul, while others perish there.

Whatever the outcome, before entering the dungeon, every team packs its supplies and sets off full of confidence.

The supplies they need along the way, the weapons and equipment for fighting monsters, and even their magic don't just fall from the sky.

So before heading underground, are you sure you don't want to pick up a few more good things at the little shop by the dungeon entrance?

Ah, today's expedition is over. You can also sell the spoils you brought back.

Mm-hmm, the adventurers have all gone home... You think the shop is closing?

Of course not. The monsters are just coming up to restock and repair the floor tiles and treasure chests.

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Completed no-romance male-lead story: Since I'm Socially Anxious, Even Being Sealed Away Makes Me Happy

Qianxiao is the only evil god in the world, so getting sealed away is just part of everyday life for him.

When he's sealed away, he might as well lie flat. He doesn't want to see those people outside anyway, and he's happy relaxing inside the magic circle.

But his followers' wishes still need to be taken care of. Before long, he receives another intensely sincere summoning.

Sigh, fine. I'll get back to being a homebody after I finish this job!

Completed no-romance male-lead story: NPCs Are Fine Too

Ye Xing never thought that someone who barely played games would apply for a job at a game company after graduating. Even less did he expect to become a real NPC in a game.

His major had nothing to do with games, and the company offered no training. They hadn't even prepared any lines for him.

With no other choice, Ye Xing had to play multiple roles in the game.

The only problem was that his painfully awkward acting was hard to improve.

I Found an Interesting NPC in a Game [Hot Post]

What he didn't expect was that by working hard to play every role, he would end up making the entire game popular.

First NPC: An Omega who had their glands removed (a member of an Omega equality organization and a receptionist at an unlicensed medical clinic).

The receptionist at a medical clinic is forced to become an "life mentor," counseling young Omegas about their relationships. Ye Xing is a fresh graduate, yet he has to counsel young Omegas under pressure to marry, who choose to mutilate their bodies by having their glands removed. It's no easy task. Since they've already started calling him "teacher," he has no choice but to make a home visit.

Second NPC: A priest who adopts a young vampire (he finds a severely injured child and raises him, only to discover that the child has become the head of the vampires).

The priest secretly raises a young vampire in the church. The child is targeted by vampire hunters, pursued by the holy knights, and driven from his home by his own people over an inheritance. The poor kid. Ye Xing has no choice but to train him to fly. If he can't win a fight, he should at least know how to escape. Who would have thought the child would inherit the title and become the head of the vampires?

Third NPC: An old Chinese doctor researching a cure for zombies (he comes to help after something goes wrong with the lab's medicine, and the zombie outbreak must be dealt with urgently).

How did a talented young scientific genius end up with an assistant who does nothing but cause trouble? An experiment on a treatment drug has produced the hardest virus to cure. Ye Xing slings on his medicine bag and goes from street to street. Even when zombies arrive, he stays calm. Treatment comes first, and in his eyes, there is no illness that can't be cured.

More details to be discovered...

Includes forum-style chapters (starting from Chapter 4)

Ongoing historical danmei cultivation story, bottom POV: Mistaken for the Protagonist by the Entire Cultivation World

Five years after Miu Qian (qian) bound himself to the System, he finally reaches a major plot point.

Ever since he transmigrated into a face-slapping cannon fodder character in an anti-cliche novel, he has rehearsed this moment countless times. To nail the classic scene, "the once-top genius falls from grace and is publicly dumped by his betrothed," he had the System find him scenes from various works to practice.

But instead of mocking him, everyone present treats him with great respect, as if he's some important figure.

How strange. This character was supposed to leave the story after this face-slapping scene, and the one getting face-slapped wasn't anyone else, but him, the one being dumped.

Only then does the System tell him that this world has basically been filled with transmigrators and awakened people, but Miu Qian is the only one who knows the original story in full.

"So they think I'm the protagonist of one of those 'Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west' stories, the one who gets dumped and makes a comeback?" Miu Qian never expected that after everyone transmigrated into an anti-cliche novel, they'd assume the plot was full of cliches.

From then on, everyone seems to think Miu Qian is the true protagonist of this world, a hidden powerhouse who pretends to be weak, the kind of overpowered male lead who rises through the ranks. They even interpret all his seemingly indulgent behavior with an expert's insight.

What they don't know is that while they use their limited mind-reading golden fingers to read Miu Qian's thoughts and "glimpse the world's true nature and what comes next," it's actually their own thoughts that are being laid bare before him.

They may both be mind-reading abilities, but there's a world of difference between an ordinary golden finger and one provided by the System.

And so, Miu Qian and the System watch everyone around them over-interpret things with amusement.

Top's POV:

Jiemei Long (me/mang/meng) has noticed that something's off about the cultivation world lately. How has a young man who's been stuck at the Qi Refining stage become the object of flattery from so many major sects?

No, he has to go and see for himself, or he might end up being outdone.

Jiemei Long has been a workaholic since childhood. With the intention of "scouting the competition," he transforms into his original demon form and approaches Miu Qian.

The "overpowered protagonist" looks at the extra-fluffy, long-haired dog and gives him a puzzled expression.

Jiemei Long also discovers the secret that could "blow up" the entire cultivation world: the System.

But he has no idea how shocking the System's existence is, because he's a native who's fallen behind the times. He hasn't awakened, and he hasn't been transmigrated into the world.

Jiemei Long, times have changed.

However, under his threats and tempting offers, the System sets aside its professional ethics and tearfully binds itself to a second Host.

"Overpowered protagonist," huh? He's going to show the whole world that he, Jiemei Long, will be the first to ascend in this lifetime!

Completed danmei entertainment-industry story, top POV: The Sugar You Ship Is Fake

Tang Zhang (zhang) is a popular star who has been in the industry for five years and secretly married for two. One day, he discovers that a video shipping him with someone else has gone viral on a video platform. Then he takes a closer look and realizes the other person is his love rival!

No way. The last shred of pride an already-married person has is refusing to ship with someone who's always trying to steal his partner. Even if it's a crack ship, he can't allow it!

So Tang Zhang, who has rarely been knocked around by life, comes up with a bad idea: secretly promote a ship between himself and his partner, who's outside the industry, and use the official pairing to drive out the heretical one!

Ping Zhen is an artist in a niche community who barely uses the internet. Recently, his partner, a celebrity who often "gets sudden ideas," has been putting him in trending searches all the time.

"Zhenzhen, you're holding an art exhibition? I'll go with you."

"Zhenzhen, you're publishing an art book? I'll handle the promotion!"

"This variety show needs an excellent artist like you, Zhenzhen. Can you really not come on with me?"

How could you turn down a big puppy staring at you with round eyes and acting cute?

Everything is going according to plan...

But his love rival, Duan, is awful and insists on going against him. He's ridden Tang Zhang's coattails into trending searches several times and gained another wave of fans shipping him with Tang Zhang's partner. He's outrageously smug.

And after Tang Zhang deliberately fails to avoid Duan, the fans ship them even more enthusiastically?

We said it was fake! Don't you listen to the actual people involved?

That popular pairing is all fake. They're love rivals!

Extra scene:

Ping Zhen, who doesn't know anything about the online ships, watches Tang Zhang scrolling through their ship's supertopic. "I think you've been acting strange lately."

Tang Zhang, comparing the stats for the two ship supertopics, hurriedly hides his phone. "Have I? Zhenzhen, you've been working so hard lately that you're imagining things. Why don't I take you to get some good rest?"

"Are you..." Ping Zhen leans closer, staring into his eyes and speaking word by word. "Addicted to your phone?"

Cherish your life. Ship couples in moderation.

Top's POV, set in the entertainment industry

Silly, sweet, love-struck, pretty-boy actor top x artist bottom from a niche scene who barely uses the internet

Theme: Business must be built on honesty.