Lu Chengze is an utterly ordinary male college student, so broke he has to pay for cafeteria chicken legs in installments.
One day, he opens a game that claims you can "go in and pick up money" and accepts the randomly assigned identity from the System: a low-level public safety officer in a remote city in a cyberpunk world, earning seven thousand a month and living in a bare-bones apartment.
He is delighted: a lousy identity, but at least it's safe. Keep his head down and he'd be making a profit.
But to his utter surprise, on his very first day in the game, his jurisdiction is rocked by a major incident: a noble knight of the Church has committed murder.
The Church in this game is practically an untouchable tyrant. Nobody dares investigate them.
Lu Chengze: No idea what's going on. I'm just a simple, honest player who wants to try everything!
In this chaotic, lawless world, every faction has its own dirty laundry to hide.
The big shots suspect one another, fight among themselves, and turn the table over, yet not one of them dares lay a hand on him.
Because whoever makes the first move will have all the blame dumped on them, with no chance of clearing their name for the rest of their life.
He thinks he's in the clear, unaware that his identity as a player was quietly exposed on the very first day he entered the game.
A black-market kingpin: What kind of status do you think you have, wanting a seat at my table... I'll cook for you myself!
A military big shot: Hey, buddy, that... that shooting of yours... Want me to practice with you some more?
A conglomerate leader: Why are you pretending to be an innocent little white flower... You're actually kind of charming!
A certain artificial idiot: Hello... You're really nice!
Everyone's eyes seem to say: Someone really picked such a trash job? And they're still alive... That's pretty lucky!
Later
[System notification: Player Lu Chengze, your current achievement ranking is: 1. Keep lying low for a pleasant surprise.]
Meanwhile, Lu Chengze himself has an energy bar between his teeth, bargaining with the System with a completely guileless look. "Is that really all you're giving me?"
The big shots: Why are you putting on an act?!
*Main plot.
*Lots of one-sided crushes; the love interest is mostly a background character.
Theme: Even in danger, never give up your integrity
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When a Cute Familiar Pretends to Be Human
Unhealthy Temptation [Criminal Investigation]
Who's Watching You? [Criminal Investigation]
Puppet Demon
Me and My Beautiful, Strong, Tragic Bodyguard
Loss of Body Heat
That Tiny, Boss-Level Contaminant
I suspect that other players are trying to increase Xiao Lu's favorability in their missions 😚
Jump to a digression In fact, it feels like Dior has been secretly observing Xiao Lu (eyes moved). After all, curiosity is the beginning of everything (eyes moved)
Sure enough, the third case is about to begin, right?! I guess this cyber attack was a test?
Xiao Lu finally realized that he was kept in the dark
But it's unclear who the woman Xiao Lu always dreams about is. There are too few clues. It can't be someone secretly giving Xiao Lu a negative buff, right? Could this be the beginning and foreshadowing of the third case?
Irresponsible and crazy behavior: and Congratulations to our Xiao Lu and Lin Shang for starting a beautiful cohabitation life (temporarily)
Irresponsible words: Just like that, Xiao Lu jumped into the warm water cooked by Lin Shang and took a dip.
And Xiao Lu ran away in a panic, looking like his hair was exploding. Cute, cute
Ji Ye: Secretly poking at Diao Xiaolu, and Chao accidentally revealing the fact that he is a player Xiao Lu: I happily came to the appointment, and the NPC friends I made were actually players?! At a loss what to do, ran away in panic It's Ji Ye again: I'm upset, I knew I wouldn't have been exposed so suddenly.
Ji Ye can actually cook, extra points! Xiao Lu: Hey, so this person is a head taller than me?! And Our Dr. Lin Shang is on the road to speed up