After the NPC Broke Up with the Server's Top Player

[A mischievous sweetheart 💟 a true romantic]

Dongli is a little fox spirit living in the Fuling Domain, at the foot of a lively mountain. His life is peaceful and full.

Every day, he gathers herbs, brews medicine, works hard, feeds his pet on schedule, and even finds time to date someone.

His boyfriend is tall, handsome, and long-legged with a narrow waist, but always cold and distant.

Then one day, he disappears without a word and never comes back. Heartbroken, Dongli decides that from now on, his boyfriend is his ex-boyfriend.

Until one day, Dongli wakes up to find that the world around him has become strange.

He starts noticing odd people who keep muttering things like “form a party,” “run a dungeon,” and “team up.” They behave strangely and appear and disappear without warning.

And the fruit tree by his front door can be picked clean, only to grow a whole new crop an hour later.

Then one time, Dongli adds the wrong ingredient while brewing medicinal soup, and the exploding pot blows half the roof off.

As he frets over the mess, he sees a team of mechanical little people emerge from underground.

The word “Patch” is engraved on each of their foreheads. They work together for two minutes and restore the house completely.

Dongli: (⊙_◎;)…(stunned)

Dongli: (>._.)…(thinking)

Dongli: (0 v 0!)…(enlightened)

This world he lives in doesn't seem to be real.

If that's the case, then it must be... a lot of fun!

So Dongli packs his bags overnight, takes his pet, and leaves home, ready to travel the world and see the sights.

In the year 3025, the full-dive game Otherworld officially launches. Just five days into its open beta, it has over ten million players.

The game boasts lifelike environments, a wealth of activities, and highly interactive NPCs, immersing players as if they were in another world.

But after a while, many players begin to notice that one NPC is acting strangely.

The NPC is named Dongli. He suddenly leaves his assigned area and abducts boss monsters from several dungeons, bringing the game's systems to a complete standstill.

He also disguises himself as other NPCs and hands out potions he's concocted, causing rare bugs in the stats of countless players.

If he takes a dislike to someone, he feeds them to one of the boss monsters he's abducted. He cripples a whole bunch of normal NPCs, badly derailing the main storyline.

Players: ??? How are we supposed to play this game now!

But even as more and more reports of Dongli's strange behavior pour in, the game company does nothing, its attitude difficult to read.

So some players band together on their own. At last, they find a chance to corner the out-of-control NPC and capture him, planning to lock him away in an abandoned bug zone.

Dongli is unable to fight back and is in grave danger.

Just then, a crimson-gold greatsword cuts through the air and slams down.

A familiar-looking figure arrives, radiating a cold, murderous aura. He stands protectively beside Dongli and takes on a hundred players alone, slaughtering everyone in sight.

The players stare in shock: Th-this is...

Lu Feier, number one on the server's combat rankings, a student at Tianheng Star's advanced military academy, and the Empire's future top officer, beyond all doubt.

The only player to earn the title “Asura King,” with the highest dungeon-clear rate and a reputation as the arena's demon king. Even players with red names give him a wide berth...

Players: ??? You're a player too! What are you doing!

Everyone runs away, wailing in protest but daring not to speak up. They can't understand why Lu Feier is doing this.

Much later, a recording of the game appears on the forum.

In the video, a young man holding a medicine cauldron sits by the lake.

Dongli turns around, looking unhappy. “You can't follow me anymore! We already broke up!”

Lu Feier stands to one side, his dark eyes stubborn and unyielding, like a statue.

He says quietly, “We didn't break up.”

During Otherworld's closed beta, Lu Feier meets a very unusual NPC in the game.

The NPC is a little fox spirit, bold, beautiful, adorable, and clingy.

Lu Feier quickly falls for him, and they become level-one partners in the game.

The little fox spirit is his first love.

But later, the game's closed beta suddenly ends, and he can no longer log in.

Lu Feier waits until the open beta begins and logs in again.

But the little fox spirit is no longer the same as before. All his data has been reset. He's lost every memory and become just like the other NPCs.

His personality has been erased. His behavior is repetitive and stiff, and he can't respond.

The little fox spirit he knew is gone for good.

After waiting a long, long time, the little fox spirit finally returns.

Only to break up with him 💔

1. A simple, sweet romance, one-on-one, both leads' first love

2. The breakup is just a little misunderstanding

Theme: Sunshine and good luck go hand in hand