The Room You Can't Escape Until You've Worked 80 Jobs

Xu Qingyi opened his eyes and found himself in a bizarre room, with an equally bizarre System bound to him.

The System said, “You can’t leave the room until you’ve worked eighty different jobs.”

Hold on. Wasn’t he just someone who came to hate every job he took? Wasn’t that only natural? What had he done wrong to deserve this kind of divine punishment?!

Desperate to escape as quickly as possible, he tearfully kept switching jobs, sampling each one and witnessing both the good and evil of human nature.

On his thirty-fifth career change, he met an NPC who made his heart skip a beat: Chi Nan.

Xu Qingyi tentatively asked the System, “What should I do if I start dating an NPC in the game?”

The System replied, “Then you’ll both have to work eighty different jobs before you can escape.”

Then what if... he made him not an NPC?

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Reader’s guide:

1. “Eighty” is just a figure of speech. The story may not actually include that many jobs.

2. Both are each other’s first and only, happy ending.

3. Contains a lot of original worldbuilding, as well as a little love at first sight and an identity reveal.

4. The story is entirely fictional, and some events may not follow real-world logic.

(August 6, 2025)

Theme: Remember to love life.