How to Feed a Demon [Infinite]

[An ancient demon feeds on monsters' emotions. The players' job is to collect all kinds of monsters' emotional energy to feed the demon.]

But what the players hear is:

[Congratulations! You've obtained the Monster Handbook. Follow the prompts in the handbook to complete your Monster Encyclopedia.]

An Yi is an overworked office drone. To his colleagues, he's a gloomy loner and shut-in; to his boss, he's an easy pushover. His job has left him with severe anxiety and mild mania. One day, after working late into the night, he drops dead and finds himself inside a card-collecting game.

With the attitude that if he can't survive, he won't let anyone else have an easy time either, he fills out the Monster Encyclopedia by some decidedly unusual methods.

Monsters are monsters. Why treat them like people?

Why can't I kill it? It's exactly like that disgusting coworker of mine!

This monster even has the same name as my boss... Die!

Feedback for the game? Sure. I suggest renaming it after XXXX Co., Ltd. That's right, my former company. I'm going to blow this place up.

The game is packed with people bursting with negative emotions. They find kindred spirits in one another and tear into each other with gusto, convinced they've finally met their match.

That's only because they haven't met An Yi yet

a bottom-level wage slave ground down by his job. After surviving a six-month probation, his boss dangles a huge promise in front of him while refusing to make him a permanent employee. He's brought the company and his boss hundreds of thousands in profits and commissions, yet he receives only 0.1% of the sales credit, with no commission at all during probation. This workhorse has an iron will, an incredible capacity to handle pressure, patience, and forbearance, along with a mountain of resentment.

The teammates randomly assigned to his group:

"We're doomed. This lunatic will turn another C-rank mission into an S-rank one."

"Is he ayi? He's not what the rumors made him out to be."

"He looks so frail. Is he really that ace ayi?"

Later:

"It's ayi! We're safe this round!"

"Big bro, carry me!"

"Why is that monster targeting An Yi and nobody else?"

"An Yi, An Yi! May you be safe and everything go your way!"

The monsters:

"We will forge chains from our own blood and place the other end in your hands. We will willingly let you shackle us. Could you spare us once we're no longer a threat? Try taking hold of the chains and taming us."

After clearing the game:

"Wasn't this just a game? Nobody told me that completing the entire encyclopedia would combine all the monsters into an incredibly ravenous ancient demon!"

"Please tell me how to feed (crossed out) seal the demon."

"I won't kill you. Please let me go."

People say demons are the embodiment of evil, ugly and vile.

But he found that this demon wasn't quite what he'd imagined.

It was also a little

insidious and cunning, with explosive levels of desire.

① [The Impostors of Haishu Apartments]

② [The Black Jiao Disguised as a Mermaid]

③ [The Nightmare Monster That Creates Dreams]

Pressure is the soil in which drive and inspiration grow.

Desire is the nourishment.

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P.S. 1. Villains have their own villains to ship them with.

2. Everyone's favorite.

Theme: Pressure is the soil in which drive and inspiration grow.