Lin Ranzhou is good at slacking off.
There isn't a single minigame collection in Green Bubble that he hasn't played.
He's even played Happy Elimination all the way to level ten thousand.
Unbelievable!
After waking up one day, he finds himself pulled into a survival game for everyone.
Everyone else is max level, and he's the only newbie.
[Newbie? Perfect. Once his protection period ends, he's mine!]
[Don't run, little newbie. Big brother only steals your stuff, he won't kill you.]
[Be nice to him. He might not even make it through the newbie protection period.]
Lin Ranzhou trembles in fear.
Since things have come to this, he might as well play a minigame to ease the stress.
Then he discovers that the items he sorts in [Shelf Organizer Master] all appear inside his shabby starter cabin.
So that's how you're supposed to play minigames?
Lin Ranzhou rubs his hands together. What is there to be afraid of now?
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System: Random game drawn: [Cataclysm: Endless Blazing Sun].
[Extreme heat will sweep the globe for 365 days!]
Lin Ranzhou opens [Merge a Giant Watermelon (Cool Edition)].
Ice, chilled drinks, cold bottled water, and chilled watermelons all go up for sale in the System Shop.
Trading them for advanced skill books, rare house-upgrade materials, and special items seems perfectly reasonable.
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System: Random game drawn: [Contamination: Hallucination Invasion].
[Toxic spores spread through the air, causing mental contamination. Players will suffer anxiety, mania, and hallucinations, until they eventually suffer a mental breakdown!]
Lin Ranzhou opens [Cleaning Master (Stress-Relief Edition)].
Package [Pimple-Popping Potion], clears 5 points of mental contamination.
Package [Carpet-Cleaning Potion], clears 10 points of mental contamination.
Package [Ear-Cleaning Potion], clears 15 points of mental contamination.
Package [Hoof-Trimming Potion], clears 50 points of mental contamination!
Trading them for construction blueprints, superweapons, and scarce supplies is perfectly normal.
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System: Random game drawn: [Eldritch: Deadly Maze].
[Can you make it out of here alive?]
Lin Ranzhou takes one look at the maze. Isn't this just a 3D version of Happy Elimination?
What if he brings three identical monsters together?
He dodges haystacks, ice blocks, and bouncy slime cubes, lining up three floating monsters in a row.
In that instant, the monsters vanish into thin air.
All players: Unbelievable!
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Later, Lin Ranzhou reaches the top of the leaderboard and builds the largest shelter in the game.
Someone asks him, "How did you grow from the very last newbie player into what you are now?"
Lin Ranzhou shrugs. "By playing minigames."
Theme: No matter the circumstances, keep your eyes on the goal!