As a member of the Astral Express Crew, you were recommended a fully immersive VR dating game by the online user "Silver Wolf."
You heard the game was difficult, but as a self-proclaimed expert, how could you give up? Full of confidence and completely unprepared, you jumped in.
Then you suffered an unprecedented defeat in the very first round.
You: You're just an ordinary person! How are you still alive after all this time?!
Zhongli: Sorry, I never got the chance to tell you. Zhongli... is just my false identity. Morax is my real name.
You: ...Huh?
The Geo Archon of Liyue? How were you supposed to outlast him?!
Fine, fine, so you're a Long-Life Species. If I can't outlive you, can't I at least die before you?
Fake your death, next!
After all your antics, you managed to get the ending where your friends and subordinates were safe, but your husband, the Geo Archon, was a widower who had lost his wife.
And after that came the second, third, fourth, and then endless more...
After faking your death n times, you, the supposed gaming expert, still hadn't inherited a single penny.
You were furious, suspicious, shocked, and then completely dumbfounded.
You: What happened to Decarabian, the Tower Lord who was overthrown by his people, the Sand Tyrant who would die for his first love, and the unlucky snake god who would get killed by a book?!
Stop doing whatever you want just because you're Long-Life Species!
Looking at the burial gifts from your ex-husbands filling your inventory, you closed your eyes in despair. For a player who used to do whatever they wanted, this was downright humiliating.
Because every damn one of those things marked a failed run!
To preserve your dignity as a gaming expert, you swallowed your pride and chose the one character you could marry and quickly become a widow with.
The only short-lived species in the character archive, Khaenri'ah's one-eyed king: Irmin.
You: I'm damn well going to be a widow!
The throne? One second it's fine, the next it's mine.
As for my idiot husband who wanted to drag the whole kingdom down with him, bye-bye! Rest in peace. I'll take good care of this enormous inheritance~
But you didn't expect your latest husband to still be alive. Just as you were about to turn the tide, he came out and caused trouble. You couldn't help cursing him out, and what happened next made you want to quit the game on the spot.
Because all your ex-husbands were summoned by someone called the Heavenly Principles.
You and your ex-husbands stared at each other in the middle of this chaotic showdown. After hesitating for a long while, you finally spoke.
You: The best ex is a dead ex. Don't bother doing it yourselves. I'll go die right now.
Your ex-husbands: ...?
Your ex-husbands: Don't die!
This time, they absolutely would not let you die in front of them again.
[Reader Notice]
The protagonist is a gaming expert, but also a hardcore optimizer.
The early story follows Genshin Impact. Later, the Honkai: Star Rail crew will bring the protagonist to Teyvat to find their husband. The protagonist doesn't want to go, but how could their troublemaking friend, the Stellaron gremlin, pass up a chance to have some fun?
Theme: Better to build a career than date!