To Stay Alive, I Chose a Secret Identity

In an age when full-dive games are all the rage, a game with an exceptionally beautiful trailer, Heroes, emerges from the crowd. Countless people sign up in anticipation of its release.

Song Congnan is one of those eagerly awaiting the game. Ever since childhood, he has loved anything related to the ancient history of his country.

For unknown reasons, however, much of that ancient history has been lost, which Song Congnan finds deeply regrettable.

So when a game based on the ancient history of Huaguo comes out, naturally, he can't wait to play it.

He watches the trailer, which he's already seen countless times, but his excitement still refuses to subside.

The courtyard is quiet, its flowers blooming brightly. A chessboard sits on an antique stone table, where a man and a woman face each other, slowly playing black and white stones.

“So what if I'm a pawn? I can still carve out a path to survival.”

The handsome young man smiles, his eyes crinkling. He looks modest, yet his words are incredibly arrogant.

“Is that so? Then I'm looking forward to it.”

The girl sitting opposite him wears ornate ancient-style clothes and exquisite ornaments in her hair. Her face is expressionless.

Both of them are exceptionally beautiful. Their every gesture as they play exudes elegant poise, the sort that can only come from years of careful cultivation.

The glimpses of ancient architecture in the trailer are impossible to look away from.

Song Congnan sighs. No matter how impatient he feels, all he can do is wait.

Day after day passes, until at last the game developers announce the first beta test. Testers will be chosen from among those who signed up, and the first batch will consist of just ten thousand players.

Song Congnan is lucky enough to be one of them.

But then everything changes.

The deaths of a large number of players spark suspicion.

It is eventually confirmed: if you die in the game, you die in real life, too.

Now the eldest legitimate daughter of the Song family, Song Congnan is utterly flustered, because he's a man disguised as a woman.

The sprawling residence is rife with danger. To survive, he chooses to take on secret identities. With no road entirely closed to the desperate, he manages to secure several ways to stay alive.

1. The youngest Swordsmanship Grandmaster: Found a school

2. The vicious female strategist: Make a name across the land

3. The master thief: Become known to everyone

After writing down all his identities, Song Congnan stares at the paper in his hand, stunned.

Why does it feel like every choice is a trap...

Theme: Ordinary people have the strength to strive for a better life