After the Top-Ranked Streamer Retires

Gu Pan retired from the infinite-flow world and returned to reality. She rented an ordinary place, worked an ordinary job, lived an ordinary life, and started dating an ordinary guy.

In her spare time, she played games online with her boyfriend and enjoyed the pleasures of a normal life.

Her boyfriend would charge forward with his weapon, protecting her support character completely. Gu Pan happily coasted along, marveling at this novel experience.

Until one day,

the game and reality merged.

Skill slots turned gray, levels reset to the starting point, equipment stats vanished... Everyone had to start over at level 1, just like when they were beginners, fighting monsters and running dungeons to level up.

But this time, [death] would not send you back to your starting point to respawn.

Every life had become a consumable with just one use.

The little monsters she could usually kill with a couple of casual basic attacks glared at them with bloodshot eyes. Her handsome, wealthy but all-style-no-substance boyfriend stood between her and the monsters. The hand gripping his weapon trembled slightly, but he still stood firm, neither retreating nor dodging. He blocked their malicious stares and the stench that was enough to make someone pass out, and even remembered to look back and reassure her: "Don't be scared."

Gu Pan sighed softly.

Her fingertip tapped the air, bringing up the panel that had been sealed away for so long. With a twist of her wrist, the short knife she usually used to dig up medicinal herbs glowed with a cold, eerie light.

In an instant, before the trace of that cold light had faded from the air, the monster crashed to the ground.

Seeing her boyfriend's stunned expression, Gu Pan let out an "Ah." "This thing is way too scary."

Her boyfriend was bewildered. "...?"

Gu Pan blinked, pinched his cheek, and praised him with practiced ease. "You kept your cool in a crisis. You're amazing, babe."

Her boyfriend turned his head. "...Ahem."

Gu Pan smiled. "Go pick up the drops. Let's see what we got."

Her boyfriend came back to his senses. "...Oh, right!"

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[Reader's Guide]

1. Strong female lead, the heroine is the strongest.

2. Game descends into reality + survival + plot-driven story + much more.

3. There is a male lead.

4. The characters are not perfect.

5. More to be added as I think of it.

[Title and blurb subject to change]

Theme: Love life.