A Straight Guy Gets Forced Into Being Everyone's Darling in a Deduction Game

The mystery and deduction game Shattered Stars became a worldwide sensation and received rave reviews as soon as it launched. No one has ever cleared its highest difficulty, so Jiang Xiao eagerly jumps into a level. Beginner Level: Night of Terror at the Hotel (Solo Level) Difficulty: Three Stars On the day of your birthday banquet, a blizzard traps everyone in a hotel. But on the very first night, someone dies. The killer is one of you. Objective: Find the killer! Five people are staying at the hotel with you: A: Your gentle, attentive childhood friend, who often slips away on his own (Hidden identity: your current boyfriend) B: A romantic, affectionate art student, but you notice he carries a knife (Hidden identity: your ex-boyfriend) C: A handsome, aloof senior who often plays airsoft (Hidden identity: your ex-boyfriend) D: Your mature, dependable older brother, unrelated to you by blood or marriage, whom you hate (Hidden identity: your ex-boyfriend) E: A hot-tempered theater student who can beat up three thugs with his bare hands You're a scumbag who gets bored easily, falls for someone at first sight, then dumps them once you've won them over. So all your ex-boyfriends hate you to the core. The bad news is, you're currently blind. Keep up good relationships with people, or you might get killed~ Jiang Xiao has just entered a mystery game and chosen hell mode. Looking at the list of “normal” ex-boyfriends, he falls silent. Could he be the one who dies tonight? [Bloodstained Dating Show] A perfectly ordinary dating-show world becomes distorted, and Jiang Xiao is the only straight man. [Ocean Liner] How can a young master in a wheelchair escape a dangerous cruise ship? [Office Building Mystery] You arrive at the crime scene, and the boss is already dead. To be continued... Reading Guide: 1. The gong is split into many soul fragments. They turn the straight protagonist gay. 2. The levels officially begin once the protagonist enters the game. Some gongs become obsessive, unhinged, dark, or otherwise corrupted. 3. The same split personalities may reappear in other levels, in different timelines or identities. 4. Please note! Romance and mystery make up about equal parts of the story. The pacing is slow, and this is not a wish-fulfillment power fantasy! Coming Soon: A Perfectly Matched Couple? I'll Kill You! ID: 10475405 Zhao Zhou accidentally discovers that he's inside a comic. After the main couple goes through a series of trials and tribulations to reach their sweet, happy ending, the author announces that the next story will be about a secondary couple. To his shock, Zhao Zhou is one of the leads, paired with some guy named Yan Ling. Who the hell is that? The comment section erupts in protest, demanding that the author stop forcing a pairing. Why does a jerk like Zhao Zhou get to end up with Yan Ling? If the author insists on making them a couple, why not replace Zhao Zhou with A, B, C, D, or E? Zhao Zhou laughs in anger and rolls his wrists. Who cares about some forced-couple story? He'll kill that brat first. Yan Ling isn't as simple as Zhao Zhou imagined. After gathering information, investigating his life, and confirming his daily routine, Zhao Zhou reaches this conclusion. Because Yan Ling is a Guide. A Guide, rarer than even a Sentinel. And the guy also cries like crazy. Zhao Zhou has never seen a man cry so much. It's truly an eye-opener. Could he really end up with this crybaby? No way in hell. Yan Ling: “Bro, you like me, don't you? Otherwise, why do you follow me every day, open my packages, go into my bedroom, deliver food to me, and investigate my family tree?” Zhao Zhou points at him. “I just beat you up yesterday. Do you actually believe what you're saying?” “Bro, you have one chance.” Yan Ling's eyes fill with tears, and he looks utterly pitiful as he takes out his phone. The screen shows that a call is in progress. “You can either marry me or go to prison. Pick one.” Zhao Zhou: “...” Damn it. He might as well kill himself. A cold, ruthless Sentinel shou who has shut off his heart x a clingy, weepy puppy of a Guide gong Coming Soon 2: Stuck in a Love-Triangle Battlefield in a Mystery World An unknown virus spreads rapidly across Earth, creating death-game zones all over the country. Anyone can be chosen by a game at any time. Panic grips the population, as nobody knows whether they'll be next. Chen Mo becomes one of the unlucky ones chosen. Level Name: Death 101 Difficulty: Three Stars Your younger brother, who was supposed to audition for a boy band, has disappeared. All he left you was a note asking you to take his place in the show. That night, someone dies on stage. It's ruled a murder, and because you had a heated argument with the victim, you're one of the suspects. After screening the candidates, four suspicious people are identified: A: Your other roommate, an all-around ace who is aloof and arrogant and has an obsession with cleanliness. You have a terrible relationship, and you find an unexplained bloodstain on his clothes?? B: A friend of A's, a talented vocalist who's warm and kind and gets along with everyone. You accidentally catch him making a deal with someone else. After that, @★*… you can't quite remember what happened. C: The lead dancer in your group, a flirtatious, easygoing gay man. You find loads of photos of you and the victim together in his locker. The terrifying part is that you don't remember taking any of them. D: The little rapper working with you, clingy and cute. But everyone except you seems a little... afraid of him? Objective: Find the real killer and clear your name! At first, Chen Mo thinks this is a serious, by-the-book detective level. But the longer he investigates, the more he realizes something is wrong. Chen Mo: “...Can someone report all these gay guys? They're seriously getting in the way = =” [Haunted Apartment] It seems your neighbors aren't human. They're after your yang energy, and if you don't give it to them, you're dead. The first one who wanted it is already dead as a doornail. [Hotel Haunting] You've become the hotel manager and must meet the guests' demands. The guests want to book you for nighttime service, but you politely refuse. That night, your abusive fiancé suddenly dies, and one of your guests is the suspect. Coming Soon 3: The Villainous Side Character Got the Wrong Heartthrob Script [Quick Transmigration] Lu Jin, an employee on the protagonist team, is framed by a coworker and transferred to the neighboring Villainous Side Character team. The character traits he's assigned are [selfish], [foolish and vain], [gloomy and cold-hearted], [arrogant and heartless], and [greedy and jealous]. He must complete the role's storyline and spend the rest of his life in misery to finish the mission. Lu Jin (sneering): How could I possibly be a side character? No one's going to make my life miserable. After the mission. Lu Jin (aching from the waist down): Damn it, why is everyone in this world gay?! In the first world, Lu Jin is an overworked office drone exploited by his boss, and accidentally discovers how to use hypnosis. He hypnotizes his boss and gives orders with a haughty air, only for an intern under his supervision to witness the whole thing. He has no choice but to hypnotize the intern too. But something seems to be wrong with the hypnosis. Both men start thinking about how badly they want to get with him. Lu Jin (covered in hickeys) (lighting a cigarette): Is there something wrong with this hypnosis? In the second world, Lu Jin is a poor guy pretending to be rich. He sets up his friend and childhood pal to make a fortune, then flees the city. But when he reaches his new home, he finds them waiting at the door. “If you needed money, you could've told me. Why did you lie?” Lu Jin takes a step back and runs immediately. But no matter where he runs, they always manage to catch him. In the third world, Lu Jin is a painter, and the protagonist is his boyfriend. After Lu Jin's fame takes off, he coldly dumps him. Then Lu Jin's fortunes steadily decline, until he's deeply in debt and forced to become a rich man's lover. At a banquet, he runs into the protagonist again. The protagonist offers to pay off his debt. Lu Jin's eyes fill with tears, deeply moved, but the rich man sneers, “You think he's any better?” At the time, Lu Jin doesn't understand what those words mean. In the fourth world, Lu Jin is a straight man with no moral limits. When the rich protagonist confesses to him, he immediately accepts. But every time, he skillfully avoids getting intimate. At last, he finds his chance to break up, starts dating a girl online, and gets caught red-handed by the protagonist on the day they meet in person. “That's my younger brother,” the protagonist says with a sneer, pointing at his “girlfriend.” Lu Jin is stunned. In the fifth world, Lu Jin is an arrogant, overbearing rich young master who steals the protagonist's girlfriend out of jealousy. Then the protagonist, the family's real son, comes home, and their positions are instantly reversed. To protect himself, Lu Jin has no choice but to turn to his two older brothers for help. But now that they aren't family anymore, his brothers demand that he become their lover. If he doesn't want to be thrown out, he has to agree. Until the protagonist pins him against the wall and says that if he wants to stay, he's asking the wrong person. Theme: Justice will ultimately triumph over evil.