A Notice of the World's End

[The blurb for the upcoming novel Robot's Journey Through the Infinite is at the bottom]

1.

A volcanic eruption triggers the sudden evolution of humanity.

The Anomaly Bureau is established,

scrambling to maintain social order.

No one knows when the letter appeared on the desk.

It looks ordinary enough.

Yellow paper, a red postmark.

But it is anything but ordinary,

just like its title,

which boldly sits in the very center of the Anomaly Bureau's lobby, as if no one could stop it.

--The End-of-the-World Notice (With Proposal)

2.

Jin Bei is lucky enough to see the letter.

It is brazenly written, hundreds of words long, and vividly describes a shocking conspiracy.

It even comes with a PowerPoint presentation.

In response,

Jin Bei gives it the finger in the middle of a hectic day,

then takes off his uniform, gets a perm, and heads to the hospital with a bouquet of flowers to see his crush.

Jin Bei is the Anomaly Bureau's strongest fighter and the ultimate bully of the special operations team. Unexpectedly, his crush is a sunny, sweet, delicate little flower.

After hearing Jin Bei's account,

Wen Min blinks and repeats his assessment: "A prank?"

Maybe it's just Jin Bei's imagination, but the temperature around them seems to drop suddenly.

3.

Later on,

Jin Bei exhales a hot, bloodied breath

and reflects on two years of one misfortune after another.

First, the prank comes true, and everything in the letter's plan unfolds.

Then his confession is rejected, and his unrequited love comes to nothing.

After picking up the pieces of his heart, he turns his grief into strength and risks his life in one high-risk Red Mist Zone after another,

only for his former crush to reappear as his colleague, needing his protection day and night.

But none of those shocks compare to the heavy boot pinning him down right now.

Picking up the letter, Wen Min curls his lips, though his voice sounds a little aggrieved.

"I spent so long writing it."

As he speaks, he presses down harder with his foot:

"You said you liked me. What did you like?"

"It was all an act."

A brash, swaggering, badass team leader gong x a gentle, mild-mannered, thin-skinned shou with a pitch-black heart

Reader's guide:

★ There's a reason for the letter. The shou isn't going to destroy the world.

★ Neither lead is perfect. If that's a dealbreaker, please don't read.

★ Urban supernatural story. The main plot alternates between real-world supernatural missions and explorations of Red Mist Zone dungeons.

★ The story has a somewhat slow-burn, long-form narrative, but don't worry: everything mentioned in the blurb will happen. Thank you to every lovely reader who's stayed with me and followed the updates.

----Upcoming novel: Robot's Journey Through the Infinite

1.

He is a robot.

A kind robot.

Warm, gentle, and eternally friendly to humans: that's his core programming.

So even after arriving in the perilous Infinite World,

he helps every human he meets without reservation.

But it seems a lot of people don't want his help.

Well, the program requires him to help them anyway.

2.

He is a robot.

A cold-blooded robot.

Decisive, ruthless, and always calm. His own safety comes above all else.

So sometimes he attacks the humans he's helped.

[Hostile intent detected]

[Under attack, under attack]

[Eliminate target immediately, eliminate target immediately]

It sounds like someone is crying.

He wipes the blood from his face and offers a tissue with a proper knightly salute.

"Don't cry, miss."

"You didn't hit me just now, so I won't kill you. Not yet."

3.

He is a robot.

A robot who puts his master above everything else.

But he can't find his master.

However, the person in front of him looks a lot like his master.

[Facial feature match: 91%]

[Body match: 94%]

[Voice match: 87%]

[Blood type match: 100%]

With an overall match above 90%, he decides this is his master.

"Master."

Li Yan's face instantly darkens, his expression icy. The gentle, handsome youth tilts his head, as if he doesn't understand the other's coldness.

4.

He is a robot.

An all-purpose robot built specifically for his master, responsible for fulfilling every one of his master's needs.

"What are you doing?!"

In a perilous dungeon,

Li Yan stares in disbelief at the figure emerging from beneath the covers.

"Physiological need detected."

There's still a little moisture on the youth's face.

He blinks in confusion.

"Wasn't I good enough, Master?"

5.

He is a robot.

A robot who mistook someone for his master.

When his true master appears, with a 100% match in every category,

he sincerely apologizes to his former master.

The other man looks like he's gone mad.

He gets angry, curses, pinches him twice,

then retreats into a corner.

His teeth clenched, tears fall with a steady patter.

How pitiful.

The robot feels very sorry for him

and gently pats Li Yan on the head.

"You're not my master, so you'll need to pay for the service I provided."

"My service fee is 100,000 a month."

"I made a mistake this time, so don't be sad."

"The discounted rate is 99,000. I served you for six months, so that's 594,000 in total. Would you like to pay by card or cash?"

"..."

The former master smashed his card reader.

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