Who Told You to Fight Your Way Through a Horror Game?! [Infinite]

Game streamer Wei Duan suddenly dropped dead in front of his computer. Luckily, there was still a way forward: he bonded with a game-restart System and began fighting to survive in all kinds of horror games.

"Game One: Escape Misty Town"

"Every part of you is valuable. Be careful of everyone."

Starting out as an orphan, with every stat abysmally low, he gets kicked by passing thugs every day, licked by a yandere, glared at by his Taoist classmate, and has to work to pay off a debt that came out of nowhere!

System: Host, your current "Combat" stat isn't high enough to fight back. Here are some ways to raise it--

"Only two points a day is too slow." Holding a rope he'd dug up while grave-robbing, Wei Duan sneakily followed the boss, who wasn't supposed to appear until the middle or late game, and caught him off guard by bundling him into a sack.

[Combat Check: Failure]

[Occult Arts Check]

[Occult Arts: 86 / Occult Arts: 20]

[Great Success]

Wei Duan said with satisfaction, "All that digging tunnels every day paid off."

System: ...

Oh no, the boss got taken out early. Who's going to fight the later bosses?

"Game Two: The Twins' Nursery Rhyme"

"Foxes like you. Foxes want to eat you."

His background-character husband dies from the start, leaving him alone to raise two kids. Every day, he keeps an eye on their skills and mental stability, and takes them on family outings at the right time so they can relax.

System: Once their "Hunger" is full, you'll become their food. Ha ha.

Wei Duan ignores the gloating electronic voice, gently touches the fox ears the child failed to hide, and coaxes, "Sweetie, have you heard the story about the foxes dividing a pancake?"

"I only have one. How are you two going to share it?"

The wicked pancake was unevenly divided from the beginning. Unwilling to give in, the hunters can only fight it out.

System: ?!

The imprisonment plot hasn't even triggered yet, so how did the two kids get tricked into killing each other?

"Game Three: The Last Light of Sunset"

"Even a little dog has to solve the case, you know."

It's time for the annual harvest festival. Invited to the most famous festival venue, the detective brings his little dog along. Apart from poisoned apples, a shadow following them, and a roof mysteriously crashing down, everything is wonderful.

System: Your owner is going to be crushed by a door in the next second.

Wei Duan: (angry barking)

It's hard to expect people to understand dog speech, so he can only bite his owner's trouser leg and drag him away from the assassination attempt.

His owner, who was supposed to die early and wait for resurrection, stares in terror at the banquet full of danger and at his own mysteriously brilliant little dog, then struggles to solve the mystery while spitting blood.

System: Uh...

The poor detective does survive, but his leg is covered in little dog bite marks!

[Game Four: Six Feet Under]

[Game Five: Ghosts Never See the Sunrise]

[Game Six: The Hero Is Still on the Road]

[Game Seven: The Everyday Life You and I Share]

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* The games have romance between players and NPCs, but the main couple's love is pure. The seme is an unconventional, fragmented seme.

* The uke has amnesia. He's pathetic and crawling around in the early stages, then goes on a rampage later (Wei Duan: It's just a horror game. Don't underestimate the skills I use to make a living, folks!), and his mental state becomes increasingly beautiful.

* Each game's mechanics are based on references, but the plots are original. The mechanics are chosen to suit each plot. I've already planned the plots for all the stages, but only the mechanics through Game Five. I'll add the rest later.

Here are the main references, some of the best-known games of similar types:

Game One: DOL (a stat-growth tabletop RPG); Game Two: Volcano Princess (a life-sim game); Game Three: Sunset on the West (a mystery game); Game Four: Angels of Death (climbing a tower + tabletop RPG); Game Five: Sea Wolves (survival + werewolf game)

Please read the story before passing judgment, okay? TAT Please!

My next book will be The Trouble Is, I Cross-Dressed and Now a Male Ghost Is Fixated on Me. If you like it, could you add it to your favorites? (Blurb below):

As a lover of cute dresses, Zhu Shangjun has the perfect height and a slim, flat frame. He looks good even in a sack, and his photos of himself cross-dressing have won him plenty of praise online.

Little Zhu's "What Should I Wear on a Date Today?" videos rack up huge views. The comments are full of compliments: "Wifey, wifey," "So cute. Stand on the balcony and let that jerk take a look," and "You can wear anything on a date with me."

This job gives him plenty of emotional satisfaction and pays well. Zhu Shangjun thinks he can do it for the rest of his life.

Unfortunately, most people don't accept his hobby. After his college roommates catch him in a dress for the fourth time and throw him and all his stuff out, Zhu Shangjun finally grits his teeth and rents a place off campus.

Not very well-off, he doesn't realize the cheap rent might come with a catch. He cheerfully moves in with his treasured collection.

Just as Zhu Shangjun is humming while hanging up his dresses, a pair of cold hands wraps around his waist and suggestively fondles his soft flesh.

A deep, unfamiliar male voice echoes through the old apartment. The sound of blood dripping to the floor makes his skin crawl. "All pink and pretty. You look delicious."

He slowly lowers his head and sees two bloody handprints on his dress.

Zhu Shangjun faints on the spot.

Half from fear, half from anger.

Wasn't this supposed to be a place all to himself!?

*

After confirming with the landlord that the place was haunted by a murder victim, Zhu Shangjun is too frightened to argue about the money. He just wants to move out as soon as possible.

But the male ghost locks up all his dresses. With his handsome face freshly washed, he gives Zhu Shangjun a smug smile and narrows his eyes. "You can leave. These stay with me."

Zhu Shangjun stares at his handsome features, gapes for a long time, and finally manages to say, "Huh?"

A male ghost who's been dead for years has a cross-dressing fetish, too?

*

Because of their financial situation and the difference in strength, Zhu Shangjun and Gu Xuhan begin living together, one human and one ghost.

After spending more time together, Zhu Shangjun discovers that the male ghost is actually pretty nice. He doesn't eat people, he cooks for him, and most importantly, he doesn't look down on him for wearing dresses. He's even willing to hold the camera when Zhu Shangjun films videos.

He knew it! No ghost who likes cute dresses can be bad!

When Zhu Shangjun finally agrees to share his dresses and invites Gu Xuhan to make videos with him, the male ghost smiles and pins him down on a bed covered in dresses. He slowly undoes the ribbons he had helped tie, then smiles and says, "You're so easy to fool."

"Didn't I tell you on the first day? You look delicious."

Zhu Shangjun: ...

You lied! You don't even like cute dresses!

You tasteless bastard!!!

Theme: Treasure your life. Stay away from games