The Infinite Escapee

Jiang Qishen thinks his childhood friend might have gone crazy.

That day, his childhood friend quietly told him, "You know what? The truth is, our world is fake. We're all NPCs."

"I have proof."

Jiang Qishen fell silent.

He knew it. The pressure of studying was bound to cause problems sooner or later.

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As an NPC in an instance of an infinite game, Jiang Qishen remembers a happy childhood, warm friendships, and kind elders. He thought he would live an ordinary, unremarkable life to the end.

Until one day, his childhood friend mysteriously disappeared from his life. When they met again, everything had turned upside down. Jiang Qishen had gone from an obscure NPC to the most controversial rookie player in the entire System.

Not one of the people standing beside him is anything but trouble:

A madman who has topped the game's bounty board for years and wears his bounty amount like a medal of honor

The game's chief inspector, second only to no one but The Outcast

A priest whose healing skills have somehow let him crush a horde of attack-focused players and claim first place on the rankings

A forum top-tier star who's kind even to dogs on the roadside, but wants to kill him

A white-haired, cold-faced oddball with bizarre skills and an even stranger way of thinking

And his childhood friend, who has already blended into the crowd and is everywhere.

By any measure, this is a team to worry about.

And if you ask why he ended up on this path...

"Do you remember now, Jiang Qishen? You once said..."

"I won't let anyone dictate my fate, be it Heaven's will or the System."

"If the me from the past would lose, then I'll kill that old me and let the new me win."

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Theme: My fate is mine to control, not the System's