Former title: This Hacker's Acting Is Out of This World [Infinite]
[For the sake of winning the game, I became a drama queen.]
Yan Jihao was selected to participate in the beta test of the world's first full-dive game.
The goal of the game was to "avert the impending apocalypse," and Yan Jihao's special skill in the game was... "acting."
Yan Jihao: ?
How is acting supposed to avert the apocalypse? Explain that to me!
So...
After learning that the source of the apocalypse was in the gardens of a wealthy family, and that evil spirits existed in this world...
First loop.
He showed up at the wealthy family's gate and introduced himself:
"I'm the illegitimate son of the second-in-command and his first love."
The second-in-command teared up. "Your eyes are just like hers."
Second loop.
He showed up at the wealthy family's gate and introduced himself:
"I'm a prophet. You can't get anything done without me."
The head of the family said, "Master, please come in!"
Third loop.
The head of the family came out to greet him. "Master, please come in!"
Yan Jihao: ?
[Acting skills on cheat mode, instantly invincible.]
Yan Jihao discovered that when he immersed himself in a role enough, the world accepted his identity and granted him the skills that came with it.
So, in a world overrun by evil spirits, he simply acted his way into becoming "the strongest exorcist on Earth."
Let's just say he went on a rampage.
He not only successfully averted the apocalypse, but saved everyone as well.
[The game ends, and reality gets even more sci-fi.]
Because Yan Jihao performed so exceptionally in the game, employees from the "Apocalypse Prevention Bureau" tracked him down and invited him to become an "agent," traveling to other worlds to save countless people like himself.
Yan Jihao: ?
Wait, wasn't this just a game?!
Then he discovered that not only did the real world need him to avert the apocalypse, but his parents also worked for the "Apocalypse Prevention Bureau."
Yan Jihao: ?!
Mom, Dad, how could you keep me in the dark like this!
And so he really did become an agent, traveling between different worlds to avert apocalypses.
[Is my partner a special forces soldier?]
Yan Jihao was assigned a partner, Zhuang Boyi, who introduced himself with a smug pose:
"I'm the strongest special forces candidate."
Yan Jihao immediately struck a pose in return. "I'm the strongest white-hat hacker and black-hat hacker."
The two of them took turns making a mess of their missions.
In the first loop, Yan Jihao made the apocalypse arrive in less than eight hours.
Zhuang Boyi responded by making it arrive in less than one hour.
The mission failed, but instead of blaming each other, the two started singing each other's praises.
Yan Jihao: "You're amazing at infiltrating places for a special forces soldier."
Zhuang Boyi: "You really know how to dig up useful information as a hacker."
Their superiors, who hadn't thought much of them at first, said, "Those two seem to work pretty well together."
[The strongest hacker with out-of-this-world acting skills, bottom x former special forces soldier with maxed-out combat skills, top]
After completing their missions perfectly, the two went from competing to outdo each other to harboring ulterior motives.
Yan Jihao: "That show-off is actually pretty handsome."
Zhuang Boyi: "That Yan guy smells so good."
[Reading Guide]
1. Every mission focuses solely on preventing the apocalypse. There is no post-apocalypse content, unlike in conventional apocalypse novels.
2. The top and bottom grow together. It's one-on-one throughout, with a happy ending.
Theme: Everyone has a talent they can put to use
