Welcome to the Natural Disaster Survival Game!

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(Character descriptions are for reference only.)

One day, college student Xi Yu is sitting in class.

The next moment, the sky outside suddenly changes. Gale-force winds howl, lightning flashes, and a faint, translucent blue screen appears amid the storm.

[Ding-dong! Dear residents of Earth! Welcome to NANA's Disaster Escape Game!]

[Are you tired of your dull, uneventful life? Are you frustrated that you work hard every day but earn a pitiful salary? Enter the game world, and let NANA take you on an exciting adventure like no other!]

[Here, you don't need to work or study. You only need to do one thing assigned by NANA: survive.]

[Residents of Earth, let's celebrate the arrival of natural disasters together!!]

Amid the enthusiastic cheers of a cute girl, Earth was plunged into a new mode: disaster escape.

Floods, typhoons, earthquakes, sandstorms...

Humanity was thrown into different world scenarios. There, everyone had to do whatever it took to survive or escape within the allotted time.

Could tiny humans overcome natural disasters and survive?

The answer was unknown.

Only when they came close to death did people realize that the ordinary lives they had complained about were actually where they belonged.

"The disaster's here! Run!"

"Let me go home..."

"My fellow countrymen, please... live on for me!"

Xi Yu never expected to get dragged into this game for no reason, let alone run into his ex-boyfriend.

Shen Lanting.

Their last conversation two years ago had ended badly. You could even say they had fought bitterly.

Well, Xi Yu had, anyway.

He could never understand why he became hysterical when it came to love, while Shen Lanting just watched with his eyes open, as if he were a stranger with nothing to do with it.

One sentence, "I don't know what to say," left him speechless and instantly set off all the anger in his heart.

Reunited after a long separation, Xi Yu's resentment had yet to fade. He wanted to stay as far away from Shen Lanting as possible, but somehow they kept running into each other, and Shen Lanting kept coming over like a ghost that wouldn't leave him alone.

Xi Yu thought Shen Lanting was trying to get back together, so he secretly steeled himself to give him a hard time, lest Shen Lanting think he was easy to win over.

Shen Lanting pressed his lips together and explained, "Don't worry. I wasn't thinking of getting back together. Don't be mad."

Xi Yu: "..." Xi Yu was utterly crushed.

"Hmph, like I'd want to get back together with you."

Xi Yu quietly hid the necklace Shen Lanting had given him.

Shen Lanting fell silent for a moment, then gave in. "...Okay. I understand."

"I mean... if you can't find a boyfriend, I might be willing to settle for you."

Shen Lanting smiled, a rare sight. Xi Yu froze, hearing only his ex-boyfriend's words, sounding both resigned and helpless: "Xi Yu, you're still the same as ever."

Whenever you get mad, you say the opposite of what you mean. You're stubborn beyond help.

Shen Lanting hadn't understood him before, but now he finally realized what Xi Yu had been hinting at two years ago.

Xi Yu sank deeper even as he resisted, clear-headed enough to notice so many of his own habits in Shen Lanting, and... his name.

He meant that literally, of course.

A little satisfaction welled up inside him, along with a slowly spreading ache.

"Shen Lanting... sneaking around isn't a good habit."

I want you to love me openly.

"Then be a little gentler with me, Xi Yu."

Don't be a hedgehog, leaving me covered in painful quills.

Reader's guide:

1. This is a planned novel. If I start writing it, things may change.

2. Mutual pampering. The romance is melodramatic, with some relationship issues before the breakup but no fundamental conflicts. Their love is genuine, and there will be no pairing changes or reversals.

3. The plot and romance run on parallel tracks. They work through their issues while getting back together, so the romance will take a while to develop. They won't make up right away.

4. Both are strong in their own ways, one physically and one mentally. They work well together, and neither is the weaker one.

5. The setting is fictional and intended for entertainment only.

More to come.

Theme: Face the ordinary, accept mediocrity, and live a brilliant life.