Playing a Beautiful NPC on an Infinite-Flow Dating Show

[I was in a pretty bad state of mind while writing the last two worlds, so if you want to read this, please don’t buy the whole thing all at once, okay? orz] [Looking back, the ending really has a lot of problems. I was under a lot of pressure in real life while writing it, and just kept my ears covered and pushed ahead without reading the comments. Maybe I’ll come back and revise it once I work up the courage!] Just before Shi Ci dies, he’s absorbed into an infinite-flow game, but he doesn’t have to take part in any of its official instances. Scenario System: [Please play a negative, cannon-fodder NPC in our newly established dating activities and small worlds, and remain in character until you die and exit the story.] Shi Ci readily agrees: Is there a safer job in an infinite-flow game? Some time later: Problem employee: [System, is it normal for the other players to keep giving me gifts?] Problem employee: [System, is it normal for players to say they like me?] Problem employee: [System, something feels off. I want to clock out.] System: [Crying soybean emoji] A split-personality top in all sorts of flavors x a beautiful, lazy bottom who just wants to clock out Practicing different character types and romantic push-and-pull, with a slow transmigration pace [Worlds I’m currently planning. The order and content may change.] First world, dating show (complete): He has to play a brainless, shamelessly clueless pretty boy, apparently a stand-in for one of the male contestants on the blue team. But: #Why did the guy everyone hates get three love messages on the first night?# A flashy magician offers him a bouquet. The vines mixed in with the flowers writhe in the middle of the night, turning red as they press close to him. A cold, calculating analyst praises his head for being so new (?), says his body has perfect proportions, and wants to study how he works out in more detail. The irritable infinite-flow powerhouse who was supposed to send him packing asks where he wants to go on their next date. Second world, dating show (complete): On a dangerous survival-island dating show, he has to play a spoiled, difficult man who has no one to protect him and no one chooses him, so he dies early and leaves the show. But: #Why can’t I clock out when my shift is over?# #Am I starving? No. Freezing? No.# #Why am I living better than I did in the normal world?# #There’s no way the brothers turning against each other has anything to do with me.# Third world (complete): Playing an NPC in a modern wealthy-family novel (not a dating show! Modern ABO; the dating show is planned for the next world) A hardworking fake young master cons a rich family’s son, pretending to be his savior so he can move into the mansion. He’s useless but ambitious, and is eventually exposed, disgraced, and left homeless. But the young master he cons doesn’t kick him out. He’s glad to be worth conning. The man in power says he’ll tutor him one-on-one and teach him to become a real young master. The wealthy heir who should have bullied and exposed him asks him out, wanting to know why he didn’t try to con him instead. Fourth world, dating show + infinite-flow apocalypse elements (in progress): His role is a completely useless, honest number-four contestant on the blue team, with no charm or sex appeal. He’s had a secret crush on the protagonist bottom for ages and wants to be with him, so he joins the dating show. But the protagonist bottom is a universally adored contestant on the red team, and there’s no way an ordinary guy can compete with all the other outstanding contestants. In the end, all he can do is watch the person he loves get asked out by one contestant after another. Even when the honest guy turns dark and, for once, loses his temper and targets someone, he only makes people laugh. The blue-team powerhouses don’t take him seriously. On the last day of the dating show, the whole world suddenly turns into a terrifying infinite-flow apocalypse full of ghost stories and monsters. The protagonist bottom and the others awaken remarkable talents and become players on the rankings. The honest guy knows he’s offended several of the blue-team big shots, so he doesn’t dare go to the main city. He hides for a year, then dies at the hands of a frenzied monster. Shi Ci faithfully completes the setup and leaves behind a love letter for the protagonist bottom before going to get killed by a frenzied monster. But he doesn’t die. When he wakes up, the now-sane monster and the protagonist bottom are both silently crying, while the blue-team big shots argue over whose base he should go to. “…” Fifth world: A blind little believer, holy and pure, with his heart set on the divine P.S. 1. This is a plot-light, universally adored beauty-bottom story meant to practice character dynamics. The tops are all split-off obsessive stalkers, and every one of them is experiencing their first love, with no exes. I want to write something with a whole cast of talented characters for a change. 2. I don’t have much time to check the comments. Thank you to every lovely reader who leaves a message~ Check out my upcoming novel: The Sickly System Decides to Lie Flat Jiang Nian transmigrates into a male-oriented power fantasy novel, becoming a system, number 5-1. In the original story, 5-1 is a system abandoned by its Host. It’s simply too weak, and comes with an incurable sickly debuff that makes its CPU overheat all the time. Despite being a weakling, the system loves pushing itself, and pushes others even harder. It sets harsh missions and tortures the overpowered protagonist, Yan Song, whenever he fails to complete them. In the end, 5-1 of course dies without even leaving behind ashes. When Jiang Nian opens his eyes, the punishment left behind by 5-1 has just ended. Yan Song, still growing stronger, is on the verge of death, but his eyes are full of murderous intent. Jiang Nian: I’m not going to make it. I’ll just wait to die. Lie flat. * If Jiang Nian fails to complete the missions 5-1 originally set, he’ll die. But continuing to torture the overpowered protagonist will obviously get him killed too. At the height of his despair, Jiang Nian looks at his own “sleeping” self in the virtual world: His features have an innocent, yet alluring quality, and his face is touched with an air of sickness and fatigue. Even so, his perfect, exquisite beauty remains undiminished. Jiang Nian opens the door to a whole new world: Jiang Nian: [Congratulations, Host, you’ve unlocked a new section. Upgrade to unlock the harem perks. Interested?] #What’s cross-dressing compared to staying alive? Does dignity matter?# #What does it matter if the wife is fake? The overpowered protagonist has room for one more harem member, doesn’t he?# Jiang Nian resolves to keep his secret identity under wraps, then make a swift exit as soon as his story reaches the point where he’s supposed to leave, so he can retire and travel the world in style. * One time, Yan Song faces a life-or-death crisis, the very scene where 5-1 is supposed to meet its end. Jiang Nian, who’s been slacking off all along, finally sees his chance to retire. His eyes light up, and he springs upright like a fish A beautiful young man, the physical manifestation of the sickly system, appears and spreads his arms to shield the male lead. He says, “If you want to hurt my Host, you’ll have to kill me first.” Then he waits to die, ready to fake his death and leave. The overpowered protagonist’s underlings despair. The antagonist, who’s been plotting in secret and watching coldly from the sidelines, panics and rushes forward to stop them. But the overpowered protagonist, who should have been too weak to fight back, gets to his feet with ease and dispatches the minor villain as effortlessly as chopping vegetables. Then he pulls his system into his arms, eyes dark, and presses an affectionate kiss to Jiang Nian’s face: “I’ll cure you, and I’ll protect you.” “Don’t leave me.” #Maybe just let me die# #Male, catfishing the overpowered protagonist. How am I supposed to survive? Answers online, please# #I wanted to lie flat, so how did I suddenly become universally adored?# Theme: Don’t despair when you’re trapped with no way forward. Look around: you might find a different view. Choosing to lie flat is also a way to live.