The Protagonist Squad Only Wants to Clear the Game

After transmigrating into this melodramatic murder-mystery game world, Yang Lingling has one top priority if she wants to get home:

Speedrun it.

As long as she can earn points, she'll take on any absurd plot mission.

Including, but not limited to:

1. Getting caught by the head monk of Tianxin Temple while sneaking offerings from in front of a Buddhist shrine

2. Dressing up as a married woman to go burn incense, then causing a scene in the Arhat Hall

3. Going into a mountain cave to bathe and accidentally trespassing in a high monk's meditation retreat

... (All points have been redeemed.)

What's there to be embarrassed about when you're earning points?

If she isn't embarrassed, then everyone else is.

With points, she can redeem investigation tools, piece together the truth behind each case, and successfully identify the culprit.

Cloud-Pattern Night Vision Goggles: Search for evidence at night as if it were broad daylight, with key evidence highlighted

Causality Prayer Wheel: Touch an object of evidence to retrace the entire crime scene

Heart-Illuminating Mani Jewel: A two-for-one lie detector and mind-reading buff, making it impossible to hide a lie

Wouldn't picking any one of these be like having divine assistance?

But while following the plot, she keeps running into fellow transmigrators who just happen to be people she knows.

And they're all the close friends from school who aren't related to her by blood.

Her old murder-mystery game buddies instantly become teammates in the trials. Each shines in her own specialty, and every murder-mystery game turns into a group adventure.

From the Yuzhou County Yamen to the imperial palace in the capital, from successfully identifying the culprit in a murder within a noble household to exposing a palace conspiracy that shocks the court, they solve one strange case after another and make a name for themselves.

She gets an overpowered golden finger and instantly becomes a famous detective!

What? A matchmaking System has forcibly bound her to a romance storyline? It insists on pairing her up with someone in the murder-mystery game?

A young, famous, ascetic high monk wasn't enough, so now there's also a childhood friend, a talented young military officer skilled in both letters and martial arts?

One man wasn't enough, so now she's been matched with a cute girl, too?

There are so many dazzling flowers before her eyes. How is she supposed to focus on speedrunning now?

Well, what's there to agonize over?

The detective game comes with a romance-game DLC. She gets the best of both worlds!

Instance One, "Old Dreams in a Deep Mansion," complete.

Instance Two, "Love in a Sea of Sin," complete.

Instance Three, "The Ancient Monastery of a Hundred Years," complete.

Instance Four, "The Quiet and Lovely Maiden," in progress.

Instance Five, "Red Sinks in Emerald Waters," loading.

Instance Six, "Heaven and Earth Live as One," loading.

[Reading Guide]

* Everyone is an ordinary person. The story is mainly told from Yang Lingling's perspective, with frequent dual storylines featuring the rest of the main cast.

* Completing the game is the top priority.

* Ensemble cast, ensemble cast; a chaotic mix of pairings, with sisterhood > men.

* Lots of foreshadowing. Not recommended to skip around.

* A detective story in the style of a murder-mystery game, with banter and funny everyday moments.

# A career-minded heroine is forced into a romance storyline

# She keeps forgetting there's a cold beauty to pursue because she's always hanging out with her besties

# The seven-person main cast's hilarious daily detective adventures

(Copy first posted on 2025.4.8)

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