Chu Zhang is a 22-year-old college student, a humanities major at a second-rate university with no elite credentials. With no options after graduation, he joins the fierce competition for civil service and public institution jobs.
During the national civil service exam,
one candidate breaks down, unable to answer the questions, and tears up their paper. After failing to attack an invigilator, they fall to their knees, weeping and railing against the unfairness of fate, before security drags them away.
Chu Zhang: Seriously, what the heck???
He hurries to answer the questions, completely unaware that blood is splattering beside him and danger lurks at every turn.
The players stare in despair at the alien script on their exam papers. The inspectors patrolling the room bare their savage fangs. Their predecessor has already been devoured piece by piece by a monster, and no one knows who will be next.
After the exam, Chu Zhang leaves the room and comforts a girl sobbing so hard she can barely breathe. "A secure government job is the ultimate goal, but if you don't pass, it's not like you'll die, right? Go home and get some rest. You can try again in the provincial exam."
Amid a desperate fight for survival, the young man before her is the only one offering gentle comfort, with the tranquil air of someone untouched by the chaos of the world.
The girl is so frightened she hiccups through her tears.
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Having failed the national exam and being completely broke, Chu Zhang has no choice but to find a job and lie low for a while.
After slogging away for months, he finally gets hired full-time. Chu Zhang puts up with one indignity after another, earns only three thousand yuan a month, and has to supervise an intern who keeps getting into trouble. He can only feel that life is hopeless.
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Grin Media Co., Ltd., an A-rank survival instance that players dread, with a death rate of ninety-nine percent.
The company building is enveloped in a sinister magnetic field. The monstrous boss erupts into furious roars over the slightest annoyance, and slimy octopus tentacles lurk in the shadows... Yet one person couldn't be more out of place.
"Have some tea, boss. Calm down."
The handsome young man stands tall and elegant, ingratiatingly offering a cup of tea to the giant monster. With just a few words, he saves a player who was about to be erased for breaking a rule.
"The intern's a bit clueless, but he's cheap and gets the job done. Don't yell at him until he quits."
That time, the player survival rate hit a staggering seventy percent!
A top player eyes him warily and demands, "Are you human or a ghost? Why are you here? What are you after?"
Chu Zhang: "...Because taking time off to study for the civil service exam is a bad idea?"
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In the new century, an infinite game descends upon the world, leaving human civilization in tatters. The players struggle to survive, but see no future ahead.
Recently, however, miracles have been happening in the game. Players who narrowly escape death spread the name of this walking bug: Chu Zhang.
After investigating further, they discover that Chu Zhang can move freely between multiple instances, is unbothered by terrifying monsters, and is immune to every rule and item. Players lucky enough to receive his protection are granted a chance at a new life.
The news sets every player ablaze!
The major guilds all scramble to recruit him, offering absurdly generous terms: "A million a year, six types of insurance and two housing funds, four days on and three off, ten to five."
Chu Zhang: Oh my god, it's a pyramid scheme!
Some players swear to follow him, praising him with fervor: "God Chu, our savior, our only safe house, the light of dawn, the one who bears the prophecy, the ender of the game, "
Chu Zhang: Are we rehearsing for a preschool performance?
After a year on the job, the people around him look less and less human, there are more and more lunatics, and the news pushed to his phone grows more and more deranged. It feels like the end of the world is near.
Chu Zhang: The economy's been slowing down for the past few years. Life's gotten harder for everyone.
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The final battle is close.
The guild tricks Chu Zhang into going to the end of the world with a voucher for a seven-day Antarctic tour, hoping his presence will be the key to turning the tide.
Beneath raging winds, blizzards, and brilliant auroras, Chu Zhang stands at the edge of an abyss, puzzled by the players facing off against him as if bracing for battle.
", What are you talking about? That's my wife."
He chuckles and rubs his cheek against the world-shrouding, indescribable monster boss beside him, then puckers his lips.
"Wifey, smooch."
And so countless players watch with their own eyes as, at the heart of chaos, It lowers Its terrifying head. Its crimson eyes narrow, and It carefully rubs against Chu Zhang in return.
The players break down. "Didn't you say you weren't getting married or having kids, and were only interested in making money? You traitor!!!"
Chu Zhang: o.O?
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The world is this crazy, and no one can stay untouched.
[Blurb screenshotted on 2025.7.2]
Theme: Work hard at life, and hold on to your faith and passion.