Welcome to the Eternal World [Infinite]

[The inner-monologue novel I Stumbled Across the Entertainment Industry's Gossip is currently being serialized. Come check it out!] [Please add my upcoming novels Become a Cannon-Fodder NPC in a Horror Game and Those Years I Spent as an Extra in a Supernatural World to your collection. My dears, visit my profile!] Blurb: As a paranormal livestreamer, Chi Ling was always traveling around in real life, hoping to witness genuine supernatural events with his own eyes. Unfortunately, the real world seemed to have no paranormal activity. What made him more famous than his livestreams, however, was his face. One day, after waking up, he found himself lying in the cramped back seat of a car. Two eerie people sat in the driver's seat and front passenger seat. Just then, a voice rang out in his mind: [Welcome to the Eternal World!] It took Chi Ling several minutes to figure out his situation. So he'd been abducted into an infinite game. Whatever. Chi Ling spread his hands. "Well, this is right up my alley." The other players: "If your legs weren't shaking the whole time, I might actually believe you're not scared." At first, the other players mocked Chi Ling without restraint through the livestream, guessing he wouldn't survive a single instance. But reality slapped them hard across the face. What? This delicate, beautiful player who looked so frail had killed the boss in his very first instance, earned a platinum achievement, and brought all the other players in the instance out with him? [System notification: Player Chi Ling has reached 100 percent exploration in the instance Burial in the Mountain Village. This instance will be permanently closed.] Countless players who had narrowly escaped death found hope again because of Chi Ling. Countless people trapped in instances gained a new lease on life thanks to him. In their hearts, Chi Ling was hope, a godlike presence. They were lucky to witness his rise to godhood. Chi Ling found it rather troublesome. #Help, every time I enter an instance, I come out with a bunch of new admirers. What do I do?# Much later, someone asked Chi Ling what wish he would make if he won. Chi Ling (smiling): "Obviously, I'd destroy the system and get everyone out!" The other players (overcome with gratitude): "Sob, he's such a good person!" Chi Ling (after watching their various reactions, waving his hand and shaking his head): "I was lying. I entered the game because I wanted to find my boyfriend." The other players: "Sob..." But Chi Ling didn't like lying. He found his boyfriend and got everyone else out, too. After sealing so many instances, he occasionally ran into trouble. A certain newly awakened boss sensed that another small world had slipped from his control. He traced it back to the source of the instance and happened to see a handsome young man about to destroy his small world. Chi Ling was just about to clear the instance using his usual method when the space began to warp. A man suddenly tore through the void, ruining his plan. The red-robed, black-haired man approached him slowly. "So you're the one who destroyed several of my instance worlds and bullied my followers?" Chi Ling backed away repeatedly. "This is a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding!" His gaze was earnest. "It's like this: you look a lot like my long-lost older brother. I came to this game just to find you. Why don't we catch up first?" The red-robed man: "..." The other players: "?" Chi Ling, you've really outdone yourself! Chi Ling: "I'm telling the truth!" #Help, my boyfriend started out as my older brother and later turned into an instance boss. What do I do?# [Version dated November 27, 2023] 1. Mild horror, plot-focused. 2. Occasional revisions. 3. Chi Ling (bottom) and Jiang Chenyan (top). [Upcoming Novel 1: Become a Cannon-Fodder NPC in a Horror Game] What is it like to be chosen by a horror game and become a player? Su Su was chosen by a horror game and became a special type of player who played NPCs. He usually appeared only in the prologue, before the horror story began. The first victim in a string of murders. The first person to disappear in a missing-person case. The bully in a haunted-school instance. These identity cards always caused him a great deal of trouble. Game One [You are the "tea-selling girl" who is best at manipulating people's hearts. A mother who died young, a gambling father, a sick younger brother, and a broken home. This is the story you tell people to explain how you make a living selling tea. In reality, you and your boyfriend work together to prey on wealthy men. As you choose your next target, the hunter's knife is about to turn on you...] Su Su: I just want to ask, who would believe this kind of story? How is this any different from asking me to die? Phone message: Su Su, can we meet tonight? I want to buy your tea. Su Su: Someone really believes it! Game Two [You are a "cross-dressing guy" who sells your worn underwear on a secondhand marketplace. Every day, you post photos of yourself dressed as a woman on social media: a slim waist, a swaying skirt, slender yet shapely calves wrapped in white stockings. Every detail leaves people imagining more. After attracting everyone's interest, you take the opportunity to start selling clothes you've worn. The money has gone to your head. Be careful, a disappearance case is about to begin.] Su Su: I have to dress as a woman and take photos, too? These clothes are so expensive. Who would even buy them? Phone message: Su Su, could you send another photo? I'm willing to pay ten times the price for the clothes. Su Su: Ha... So they all like pretty women's clothes. Game Three [You are a Chinese American young man in a small town in California. This is the third year since your husband went missing, and you want to apply for a death certificate for him. But just then, your husband comes back. Something feels strange to you, but you can't put your finger on what. Your husband is clearly treating you better than before. Beware the murderous intent hidden beneath his affection. Note: You have face blindness.] Su Su: If he has face blindness, can he tell who's supposed to be his husband? System: Exactly! He can't tell. A husband's voice comes from outside the door: Su Su, I'm back. Open the door. Su Su: ! [Upcoming Novel 2: Those Years I Spent as an Extra in a Supernatural World] Yu Chu accidentally learned that a relative who had inherited a property had left him an apartment in the city center. As soon as he graduated from high school, he hurried over to take a look. The moment he pressed the elevator button and arrived on the sixth floor, everything became strange. In the hallway, a man in a suit wore a crazed smile as he raised a red chainsaw and chased someone in front of him. When he saw Yu Chu, he even greeted him. "Are you the new neighbor? Hello." Yu Chu: "? Are you filming a video?" Neighbor: "Haha, good one. Want to come over to my place for a cup of tea?" "No, thanks." Yu Chu stepped out of the elevator. In the corner of his eye, he saw someone covered in blood leap into the elevator, their face filled with the joy of having escaped death. "Too bad. He got away." The neighbor shrugged and carried the chainsaw home. Yu Chu: "?" After spending a night resting in his new apartment, Yu Chu went downstairs to find breakfast. Inside the breakfast shop, the customers shivered as they stared at the delicious-looking food on the table as if it were deadly poison. The owner smiled faintly, wiped the ketchup from the corner of his mouth, and spoke unhurriedly. "Customers, please choose whatever you like! Choose carefully." Yu Chu calmly placed his order. The owner began to prepare it. Suddenly, every customer except Yu Chu bolted out the door, standing outside and screaming with laughter. Yu Chu: "!" After settling into his new apartment for two days, Yu Chu decided to reward himself with a graduation trip. On the bus, the passengers were trembling. Yu Chu arrived late and sat down calmly. In an instant, every passenger looked at him with shining eyes. Only the man in black in the last row lifted the brim of his hat. "Are you here for the tour? What a coincidence. So am I." Yu Chu: Do I know you? * Yu Chu gradually began to feel that something about this world was strange. One day, a few people showed up at his door and claimed to be distant relatives. He watched the group warily and ultimately refused to let them in. To his surprise, they were all overjoyed. "That's great! We don't have to take part in this instance." Yu Chu: What a strange bunch of people. The neighbor opened the door, saw what was happening, and gave an amused smile. "Xiao Yu, is someone bullying you? Want me to take care of them?" Yu Chu's "distant relatives" looked as if they had just seen the most terrifying thing in the world. Yu Chu hurried over and grabbed the neighbor's hand, whispering to him, "Don't! They're really strange, and there are more of them than us. There are only two of us! Let's just make them leave first." The neighbor readily agreed. "Whatever you say." * As time passed, a legend spread among the players: if an NPC named Yu Chu appeared beside the eerie bosses, they should be glad. The survival rate for that instance would rise dramatically. Theme: Stand strong through setbacks, keep going in adversity, and find a way to survive against all odds in challenging instances.