I'm Here to Go to School of My Own Free Will [Infinite]

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[You met someone who looked exactly like you, but you have no siblings. "You" saw you and smiled faintly.]

[Then a dagger plunged into your abdomen and pierced your heart.]

[You fell, and "you" became the new you.]

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At first, people thought the player who did homework in the instance whenever he had a spare moment was just a poor high schooler crushed under the burden of studying.

Later--

#Shock! Why Has This Passionate 26-Year-Old High Schooler Repeated a Grade for Eight Years?

#Knowns, distractors, parsing the question, second-order conclusions, figuring out what the "test maker" intended... Who told you to treat an infinite-loop instance like a practice test, huh?

#I ran into this high schooler. He was coughing up blood while doing homework and solving the instance's puzzles at the same time. I was completely floored.

All Li Ziyue had to say, after escaping an NPC's pursuit and leaning against the wall to work on an English test, was a sigh.

"Who designed the layout for this cloze test? The questions and answer choices aren't on the same page. I'm going to wear out my test paper flipping back and forth."

Everyone: "...?"

Later, a mysterious message began circulating among the players.

#Help Me Figure This Out! Is the High Schooler the "Strongest Player" Who Disappeared Six Years Ago?

The rumor sent shockwaves through the community.

"The 'strongest' player? He just got lucky. He found the best weapon and got the most broken golden finger. He cleared levels by brute force without using his brain. Without his golden finger, it's only a matter of time before he falls from the top."

"Wasn't he in a team of five? Why's he the only one going into instances now? Did they split up over an argument about the loot? Hahaha."

"Don't talk nonsense. You didn't know? The other four all died in the [Advanced Impostor Instance]."

Rumors flew, but Li Ziyue, the person at the center of them, stayed silent.

Six years ago, in the Advanced Impostor Instance--

[Three rivers of blood converged, while cold corpses crowded around the killer on the throne.]

[The murderer had a face identical to Li Ziyue's.]

Six years later, in a Beginner Impostor Instance--

Struggle, maiming, death, escape, cunning, deception, hypocrisy.

With the dullest blade, strike the cruelest blow. Play the most dangerous game.

Life and death, the exchange of interests, deceit and fraud, clinging to life by a thread.

It's all just a battle of wits between you and me on this board.

And yet...

Looking at Zhang Lian, who was a head taller than him, Li Ziyue said helplessly, "It's true you're younger than me, but I don't remember ever seeing you as a kid. I never carried you through the snow, and I never told you I liked you..."

Zhang Lian remained silent, holding Li Ziyue by the wrist. After a long while, he lowered his lashes and rasped, "...Big brother."

Li Ziyue was so naive, truly. He knew that being a "master" was a high-risk job, but he didn't know that being a "big brother" was, too.

(Younger love interest. Zhang Lian is the seme~)

Reader's guide:

Important!!! Li Ziyue did not kill anyone. Li Ziyue did not kill anyone. The killer was an impostor NPC in the instance.

1. The protagonist used to be powerful and famous. Now he's starting from scratch, walking a tightrope at every step. Getting hurt and clearing instances while barely hanging on is commonplace. Golden finger enthusiasts, beware.

2. There are three worlds: the infinite-loop instance world, the virtual world where the protagonist lives, and the real world he wants to reach. Please think carefully before reading if you can't handle characters crossing between worlds~

3. The story favors battles of wits, not stupid opponents. Expect a contest where "I'm strong, but my enemies are stronger."

7. The impostor concept isn't my original idea. You can search for the □□delas records about it (not recommended at night).

Beautiful but tragic bottom x naturally calculating top

There's also a little narcissism (not with the love interest, but with the impostor who killed the protagonist's upperclassmen. The impostor has a one-sided crush). I didn't think of it as narcissism while writing, but a friend said it seemed that way, so here's a warning.

Instances revealed so far:

1. [Am I the One?] Beginner Impostor Game

2. [Believe Me] The Farmer Who Died by Suicide

3. [Save Me] Snowbound Mountain Lodge

4. [Become Me] I Voluntarily Came to School

5. [Kill Me] Advanced Impostor Game

Theme: Keep smiling and live on