Becoming a Top-Tier Star in an Infinite Game

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"The Pretty Gold Digger Gets Kept by Her CEO Ex Again" Please give the little star some love!

[Deadpan AI Guy Shard of an Attacker x Natural-Born Idol Receiver Who Lies Through His Teeth]

Bai Long was on his way to record a variety show when he ended up in an infinite game.

The Apeiron Infinite Game: livestreams, capital, god-making, and revelry. As long as you dare to take part, you might rise from the slums to the glittering entertainment capital. The stakes in this gamble are the players' lives.

Bai Long, who only knows how to sing, dance, and play to the camera: "..."

It's just another kind of idol work. He knows this stuff well.

The bad news: He only brought one pair of colored contacts.

The good news: Wearing them lets him see monsters' health bars. Fun fact: If it has a health bar, you can kill it.

Bai Long appears on the livestream with a pure, innocent, delicate little white-flower face.

In the beginner dungeon, the viewers say: Picking a fight with an S-rank boss is just dumb luck.

In the level 10 dungeon, the viewers say: Clearing it by winning over the NPCs is just dumb luck.

In the level 30 dungeon, the viewers say: How did he turn the promising new player expected to break into the top 10 into his teammate? He only knows how to cling to powerful people. Pure dumb luck.

Bai Long looks at his level evaluation:

Luck: F (0 points)

Good luck???

He fought his way to the people's-choice center position in a talent competition. He's a top-tier star idol, embroiled in scandal and fury, with a performer's personality, a natural-born idol steeped in lies and love.

As long as a camera and spotlight are trained on him, he's invincible.

#Choosing the strategy with the most comments between playing it safe and going all in#

#Bai Long, the Infinite Game's number one succubus#

e.g. Inside the dungeon:

Bai Long: (breathes)

Some NPC: Affection +1+1+1+1+1...

Bai Long lured away a big boss whose model was built to suit everyone's tastes, and recruited the strongest new player onto his team.

Only, it seems these two handsome guys are never around at the same time?

Even though they never appear together, after he flirts with the boss in one dungeon, the strongest teammate gets wildly jealous in the next!

The two CP fandoms get into a huge fight.

Those shipping the Boss x Bai Long: We want the evil god, we want the evil god, we want the evil god! Your nemesis can only be your wife...

Those shipping the Teammate x Bai Long: Heh, those who don't understand sharing life and death and having each other's backs are in for it. The real couple doesn't talk, they just keep protecting and caring for each other, following and snuggling, giving mouth-to-mouth, and fighting their way through the dungeons together...

Bai Long, who loves only himself, a wicked little cat: Shipping CPs is easy. Just watch me give both sides a taste of sweetness.

Lan Yin, jealous of himself: ...

Naughty kitties should be caught and kissed until they meow!

*

In a blue ocean made of data streams, Lan Yin has been waiting for 1,096 days.

"Welcome back, prophet of Celestine, exiled holy son, my master."

[Reading Guide]

1. In the first two dungeons, the AI guy appears as a boss and an NPC. After that, he's a teammate.

2. Any inspiration for the dungeons will be listed in the author's notes.

3. The story is a little slow to warm up, but it's guaranteed to have a happy ending!

"The Pretty Gold Digger Gets Kept by Her CEO Ex Again"

[Sharp-tongued Tuxedo Cat x Stubborn Beagle]

Gu Xuechi devoted himself to making it in the entertainment industry and swore he'd become the best actor. But he accidentally offended everyone in the business, and after all his efforts, he ended up a nobody.

One day, while unemployed at home with nothing to do, Gu Xuechi was hit with a trending topic:

[Shocking! Second Young Master of Ziwei, Zhou Xingyan, returns to China! Will he make a comeback on screen or fight for the right to succeed? This time, he's taking everything that belongs to him!]

What do you do when you really can't make it anymore?

Grit your teeth and cling to your ex again.

Gu Xuechi: This time, I'm taking everything that belongs to me too!

Zhou Xingyan scoffed. "You? You want to learn to be a gold digger?"

Gu Xuechi stubbornly retorted, "How do you know I can't be one? I'm naturally gifted, okay! It's really, really a piece of cake..."

"Is that so?" Zhou Xingyan said calmly. "Fine. Let's see you try."

Holding hands could get him a role.

Cooking could get him a variety show.

Kissing could get him an endorsement.

And more...

Only after Gu Xuechi had taken over every street and every streaming platform did netizens finally realize: The Ziwei in the Ziwei star was actually Ziwei Group's Ziwei.

One day, Gu Xuechi went to see Zhou Xingyan. Zhou Xingyan gestured for him to come over while talking on the phone through his Bluetooth earpiece, then casually took something from a drawer and handed it to him.

If anyone had barged into the office then, they would have seen the newly famous actor, renowned for his stubborn temper, sitting obediently with his head bowed on the lap of a man in a sharp suit, letting him put a brand-new bell collar around his neck.

Zhou Xingyan held his face with a faintly amused expression. Gu Xuechi lowered his head even further, and after a moment, gently took Zhou Xingyan's finger between his lips.

"...You really are naturally gifted." Zhou Xingyan admired Gu Xuechi's humiliated expression for a while, then deliberately leaned close to his ear and coaxed him in a low voice. "You lick so well. Good boy, good dog."

*

Gu Xuechi was born stubborn: bad-tempered, sour-faced, with hard fists and a waist that wasn't particularly flexible. It hurt every time, and he would sob, but even his crying sounded bad, without making a sound.

He really wasn't cut out to be a gold digger.

But Zhou Xingyan still couldn't forget the way Gu Xuechi had smiled and run toward him on that snowy night.

So Zhou Xingyan thought:

As long as Gu Xuechi was willing to lower his head just a little, he could give him anything.

Enjoy! d̩ദ്ദി˶ｰ̀֊ｰ́ )✧

Theme: I only pray that I won't lose this heart.