*Infinite flow | Ensemble cast | Competition | Harem rivalry showdown*
"When God closes a door, open it again, because that's what doors are for."
Chu Ying was an ordinary college student rushing to meet deadlines during finals week when she somehow became one of the players on the wildly popular cyber-competition show "The Second World."
The show's winner is determined by cumulative GPA. The entire competition is livestreamed, and players earn points by completing missions in different instances.
Chu Ying stared in despair at her F ratings in [Charm], [Intelligence], and [Combat], with a pitiful starting score of 1.0. She turned around and ran into:
A famous star whose secret relationship she had witnessed.
A genius boy who could hack with all kinds of programming algorithms.
A top detective with straight A's, and the previous season's champion.
Was there even any point in competing?
Chu Ying's vision went black. She decided to slack off until she was automatically eliminated.
In the first three-person team scenario game, she planned to jump out the bathroom window and end her run
The famous star was taking a shower in the bathroom.
She leaped eight feet away, terrified that his livestream fans would flame her until she left the internet. Then she turned and saw a dazzling red-haired boy beside the bedroom bed, expertly hacking into the system and effortlessly skipping the predetermined love-triangle showdown scenario.
Meeting Chu Ying's gaze, he moved the translucent screen covered in code toward her, suggesting that the two teammates skip the scenario and load the instance directly.
"Want to do it together?"
But he soon realized something was wrong.
With a bang, the NPCs, who should have left after the scenario was skipped, suddenly burst through the door. The crowd's noisy chatter was followed by a barrage of camera flashes.
"Yingying, what are you doing with your brother-in-law!"
"Wow, I never thought the three of you..."
"How exciting! How did you convince your fiance and your brother-in-law to be in a relationship with you at the same time?"
The maturity rating of this scenario had gone way beyond the original plot, grinding it into the ground.
The famous star and the red-haired boy had never expected the story to go this way. They froze on the spot.
Amid the chaos, the System's voice rang out in Chu Ying's mind.
"Ding! Congratulations, Player 017, on unlocking the show's hidden stat: Drama! Current Drama score: S."
"Player 017's livestream has attracted over 10,000 viewers from the real world. Your score has increased to 3.0. Keep up the good work!"
Chu Ying's vision went black.
What, what, what... How is this any different from getting a perfect score on a Chinese composition by cramming with cheesy romance novels?
2025.7.8 [Premise and blurb screenshotted and saved]
Theme: I love studying
