Escape Game, but My Enemies Are Everywhere

[System: The global survival game has loaded. Current surviving players: 799,832,001]

Tao Ye froze in place, a half-eaten youtiao still in her mouth.

As the circus's newly hired magician, Tao Ye never imagined that the global survival game would descend on her very first day on the job.

Her skill was the magic trick she had performed onstage just a second earlier, "Switcheroo":

[Skill: Switcheroo. Activate this skill in front of others to swap an item in your hand with an item in someone else's hand. Note: If anyone notices you using it, you will trigger the death penalty.]

[Beginner Instance: Sweet Amusement Park]

During the final escape, the BOSS charged closer, brandishing an axe. Players scattered in every direction. Seeing that things were going badly, Tao Ye alone took advantage of the chaos and stepped forward.

The next second, under everyone's watchful eyes, the bloodstained axe in the BOSS's hand became the youtiao in Tao Ye's, while the axe ended up in Tao Ye's hands as her weapon.

BOSS: ?

The few surviving players: ?

Tao Ye: "It's magic. It's all magic."

Under everyone's horrified stares, she quietly added ordering a custom peach-heart mask to her to-do list.

Two months later, the global survival forum exploded:

★ "Incredible! Witch's Castle Speedrun Record Broken!"

OP: That lunatic in the peach-heart mask swapped a lollipop for the hellfire torch. The witch got so mad she blew herself up, ahhh!

★ "Let's Talk About the Genius Who Made a BOSS Lay Eggs"

1L: She actually swapped the Gluttony Demon’s stomach with a hen's! Now the whole instance is covered in rolling eggs.

2L: The best part is that when the little demon hatched, it called her Mommy!

★ "Hidden BOSS Appears in Bonus Round!"

OP: [Tears of blood.jpg] I reached for an S-rank item and came up with sunflower seeds!

1L: Oh, Peach-Heart Sis. That's normal.

2L: Oh, Peach-Heart Sis. That's normal.

And...

★ "Damn Peach-Heart Thief, Give Me Back My Underwear!!!"

OP: That was a priceless treasure, a token of love from my benefactor... Ahem!

Tao Ye: I really didn't do it on purpose this time!! [Furiously clicking the unsend button]

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Later, when all of humanity was cheering over the System's collapse, an anonymous post suddenly went viral:

"My Secret Crush Is Actually the Forum's Most Wanted Criminal"

OP: I put my benefactor in a trending thread with my own hands, and now she's running all over the world in a mask to avoid me. What do I do?! Help! Waiting online!

1L: I suggest changing your ID to "I Won't Change My Name Until I Get My Underwear Back."

2L: I'm dying. Peach-Heart Sis took off with the underwear overnight.

*Reader's Guide

1. Another heroine who's insanely good at stirring up trouble~

2. The male lead appears in the very first instance and is present in most of the others too. He'll get a fair amount of screen time, but the story will mainly focus on the heroine's survival instances.

Theme: Fortune can turn around in the blink of an eye.