For the money, Shui Wuyue Ling joins the beta test of a romance game. The game touts freedom, with the plot generated by AI.
At the start of the game, Shui Wuyue Ling creates an image for himself: a hulking, broad-backed man with a bushy beard and a scarred face. He completely forgets that this is a romance game.
As soon as he logs in, Shui Wuyue Ling picks the most bizarre of the three initial choices: brain matter. This leads to a difficult opening, with the target character's affection currently at minus one hundred.
Seeing the affection score, Shui Wuyue Ling casually jokes, “It's that low? It's not like I forced myself on him or anything, right? Is that why he hates me so much?”
The moment he finishes speaking, the System successfully records it.
Shui Wuyue Ling, still wearing his initial bushy-bearded, scarred-face appearance, falls silent. It's my fault. I'm the one with such weird tastes. Of course he hates me.
As he goes after the targets, Shui Wuyue Ling always finds a new way to get himself killed.
Endings achieved so far:
BE1: [A love-hate relationship with a curse user whose affection is at minus one hundred]
The curse user has wandered this world for over a thousand years, scheming at every turn and surviving inside other people's bodies like a rat, all to bring back the age of jujutsu and resurrect his dead lover.
BE2: [A forbidden love with the King of Curses]
The light that was never his will eventually fade away. Brother, I'll see you in the new era.
HE3: [Everyday campus romance with my ex-boyfriend's best friend]
Who says a double death can't be a happy ending? There are three of us, so one is bound to be left behind.
HE4: [What-if route: A tragic romance with the head of the Port Mafia]
As he fell, I caught him and took his place on the way down. Dying in your place and seeing the world after death for you: this is the happy ending I chose for you. You and your best friend will both live, just without me.
At last, Shui Wuyue Ling finishes pursuing every character and prepares to leave the game, looking forward to collecting his money.
He dies, then the very next second, the target he'd loved and fought with a thousand years ago brings him back to life. Worst of all, he's revived in his initial avatar's skin.
A new world awaits, one containing all the targets he pursued before!
System notification:
Congratulations, player, you've unlocked a hidden ending. Please complete the final mission: survive the love triangle from hell without a scratch.
Shui Wuyue Ling: ...
What goes around comes around. A love cheat has to pay the price.
Note: His appearance changes in every world, so he won't always be stuck in his initial skin. Haha. The male lead can spend money in the game! He hasn't even gotten his money yet, and he's already paying out of pocket.
Theme: You have to give sincerity to receive sincerity.