A Charm to Ward Off Evil [Infinite]

Mysterious Curly-Haired Top × Highly Intelligent College Student Bottom

When Xi Yuan went home for the New Year, someone slipped him a red envelope at the high-speed rail station. At first, he thought it was just a prank.

That is, until the New Year doll’s fish turned into a clock,

the paper-cut blessing pasted upside down began to smell of blood,

and the train home never arrived.

Only then did Xi Yuan realize he’d entered the wrong station and stumbled into a sinister New Year.

[This is New Year Village.

The Spring Festival is about to begin.

Our local customs will make you reluctant to leave.

You are cordially invited to come and enjoy a “wonderful” New Year.]

Xi Yuan, a clear-eyed college student who just wanted to go home and eat well: ...This is what you call a wonderful New Year?

A tall, curly-haired man emerged from the darkness.

He patted Xi Yuan on the shoulder and said softly, “Here’s some money to ward off evil. May you enjoy peace and safety year after year.”

Instance One: [Waiting Hall]

The waiting hall had only a sparse scattering of passengers, nowhere near the number there should be during the Spring Festival.

A 300-jin fat man had already eaten more than thirty buckets of instant noodles.

Blood-red lanterns lit up in the convenience store.

Everyone was trembling with fear.

They had to get out of the waiting hall before New Year’s Eve.

Otherwise...they would never leave.

Instance Two: [The Reunion Dinner That Never Ends]

It’s midnight on New Year’s Eve,

but not a single dish has been served in the red house.

Are they ever going to eat this reunion dinner?

Wait, forget that for a second.

Wasn’t it just one o’clock? How did it suddenly jump to two, then four...eight, and now it’s noon?

Something’s wrong with time. Looks like this reunion dinner will be hard to finish...

Instance Three: New Clothes on the First Day of the New Year

Please note that some people here tell the truth, while others lie.

But more importantly, remember that you must wear new clothes.

“All twelve of you must wear new clothes to get out.”

What the hell? There are only eleven of us.

Instance Four: Ancestor Worship in the Heavy Fog

Instance Five: Dear Guide

Instance Six: Lucky Money

Coming soon: the next novel

Infinite Game Support Department

[Outrageously flirtatious, top-tier player top × hard-working support staff bottom]

[Straightforward top × bottom who might as well be talking to a cow]

As an employee in the support department of the Infinite Game, Fu Lin has only three duties:

Repair damaged paranormal objects; clean up game battlefields; supply meals to players.

Although people often consider him a negligible contributor to the game, a nobody in the game lobby, and the very bottom of the rankings,

he still works diligently and enthusiastically.

This is his fifth year on the job, and he’ll soon be promoted.

But on this day, a white noise speck appears in a game instance.

The paranormal objects brought back from the game prove impossible to repair.

His promotion date turns into his date of death.

At last, Fu Lin realizes something is wrong.

Oh no! The support department is in for a shake-up!

Just as Fu Lin is worrying about his future, he receives a work reassignment order.

[Employee Fu Lin, please report to the game instance site and perform your support duties to the best of your ability.]

They want a lowly support worker like him to clean up and collect paranormal objects at a game site?

Fu Lin thinks the company is trying to get him killed.

An NPC never listed in the records is buried deep underground;

the game instances can never be cleaned up completely;

the support worker becomes someone else’s repair project.

Everything is taking a strange turn, and this support job is getting harder and harder to keep.

Just as Fu Lin finishes his final job and decides to run for it,

the elite players stare at him wide-eyed.

“You...you just walked out of an S++-level instance that easily?”

Fu Lin says blankly, “Ah, I finished cleaning up in there.”

The players are stunned!

The death rate in that instance is 99%!

Just then, the paranormal object Fu Lin took home and never managed to repair wraps its arms around him and speaks:

“My little support guy is even more amazing than I am.”

The players take a closer look. Huh?

Holy crap! Isn’t that Xie Xiuwen, the long-missing Player 001, infamous for his terrifyingly outrageous stunts?

Fu Lin: Huh? A player? Infamous? No way.

He’s obviously just the obedient, well-behaved little paranormal assistant I took in!

[Instance One: A Rose in Full Bloom]

The Black Rose asks you: Tell me the meaning of my flower.

[Instance Two: A “Ghostly” Dream in the Same Bed]

He’s been dreaming a lot lately.

So he picks up a camera to record it,

but sees his reflection in the camera staring at the screen and asking:

What are you recording?

Other instances to be determined...

Theme: All regrets will eventually find their happy ending