Dao Mianmeng, who became famous across the country for his stunning looks and incredible acting, suddenly announced his retirement one day at the peak of his career. Countless people tried to uncover what his life was like after retiring, but they soon realized that this star had kept his whereabouts so secret that no one knew where he was or what he was doing.
Dao Mianmeng: Thanks for asking. I switched jobs and went to a world of infinite instances to tackle rule-based horror stories.
It wasn't exactly an unexpected turn of events. After all, when he wasn't playing someone else, his presence was practically nonexistent.
Rule One of the Origin World: Deliberately killing anyone is forbidden.
Dao Mianmeng watched a girl chase a teammate around, swinging a rocket launcher at him, and fell into deep thought.
The girl protested innocently, "But I don't mean any harm! Besides, he won't die."
The teammate being chased cried, "But it hurts!"
Rule Two of the Origin World: Forming intimate relationships with the natives is forbidden.
Dao Mianmeng watched a scumbag who called it gathering information but was really flirting and fell into deep thought.
The scumbag declared matter-of-factly, "An intimate relationship? What are you talking about? We're all good friends."
Rule Three of the Origin World: Unless necessary, do not reveal anything about the Lord God’s dimension to unrelated people.
Dao Mianmeng watched a master thief whose tricks were practically magic, and mechanical inventions that would make Newton sit up in his grave, and fell into deep thought.
The thief said, "The Lord God didn't give me this skill, you know."
The mechanic said, "The charm of science lies in its endless possibilities."
Rule Four of the Origin World... Never mind, I'm done reading.
Dao Mianmeng casually tossed the rulebook into the very bottom of his inventory.
[Read and discard]
1. The characters are the same full cast as the previous book, all 16 of them. You can read this without having read the last one.
2. Saved on 2024.02.24. The blurb may be tweaked before the story officially begins.
Theme: The Lord God writes the rules, but the players decide how to interpret them.