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You are a cultivation prodigy, the sect master of Jianyun Sect, and the undisputed strongest person in the world.
You have a nemesis you have never been able to defeat.
Your nemesis is a demonic cultivator who has killed countless people. He challenges you relentlessly, losing again and again only to keep coming back for more. You cannot understand why he is so persistent.
Until one day, your vision blurs, and you return to the year you were fifteen, when you first joined the sect. Everything is just as it was before, except your nemesis has become your junior fellow disciple.
You warily ask him, "Why are you here?"
He replies, "It's hard to explain. Basically, I gave up on getting that CG."
You ask, "What CG?"
He says, "Your defeat CG. Beating you is too hard. I suspect the game developers never intended for you to lose. I've played through 43 routes and completely run out of patience. I've changed my goal now. I'm going for your romance CG."
◇2
Senior and junior fellow disciples are always fighting, talking about past lives, reincarnation, playthroughs, and CGs, but none of that has anything to do with you. You are searching for the truth of the world, and the truth answers you.
It says: [garbled text]
You: ?
After a while, it replies again: Sorry, the encoding failed just now. What would you like to report? This is the first time I've received feedback through this channel.
You ask: Are you the Heavenly Dao? A god? An immortal who ascended?
It replies: No, I'm just a programmer. I can answer any question you have about this world.
◇3
Your master found you and brought you back to the mountain sect. He told you that a few of your martial uncles were a pair of hapless oddballs, each with his own share of quirks.
Your master often says strange things, but over time, you get used to them.
Until one day, your master tells you he doesn't have long to live.
"Why?"
"The body I have in another world is about to die, so I won't be able to log on anymore. It's all right. I'll have your name carved on my gravestone too."
You think...
You think that won't do.
You ask, "Can I go to your world and save you?"
Reader Advisory:
1. Third-person narration. Interconnected episodic stories, short fiction focused on romance.
2. Communication, understanding, and love.
Theme: A spear of conviction tempered by time can easily pierce the fences of fate.
