the story of those three best friends, yui, Alex and nubis who are trapped in an accidental game world that involves their past causing them to decline, did they manage to restore the situation as usual?

my english is not good enough hope you guys enjoyed it. /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\

"I am Mo, the best "pro" player on Earth. 

I played games since I was 7 years old. 

Be it online or offline games, RPG, Puzzle, Simulation or any genre of games, I am always the best when I play it. 

For 20 years, I was crowned as the greatest "immortal" gamer. 

Even the World Government built a museum for my achievements on all the games my IGN was a part of. Until that fated day..."





Release rate: 1/day

Author's Notes: My practice novel renewed after a long hiatus! Please support and add some reviews. 

P.S. Please go easy on me!

Translated by Coldtaco
Edited by Aelryinth
Even the video game media companies were shocked by the numberd. This included a lot of people who didn't get a good night's sleep.
Why? Trying to finish the script, of course!
The first day's sales went from a thousand, to five thousand, and ten thousand, then twenty thousand. The script couldn't be the same when the numbers were that different!
The media thought that the first day of sales would be around eight to ten thousand, as they thought Plants vs Zombies was a casual puzzle game, which always had a smaller audience. It would gain a lot of players in the first few hours from Weibo, and after the hype died down the sales would also follow.
In the end, the numbers completely surpassed their expectations!
Not only did it not slow down, but it kept increasing, and broke twenty thousand in twenty-four hours!
Some had known that they were going to witness this go down in history.
At noon, when the twenty-four hour statistics for Plants vs Zombies were released, the media started uploading their articles.
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"The biggest underdog today: Plants vs Zombies!"
"Breaking twenty thousand downloads in the first day, destroying the new games leaderboard"
"Gamers say: I can't stop!"
"Industry professionals predict: Likely to enter the puzzle games leaderboard!"
"Game reviews: Rich content, new playstyle, otherworldly creativity!"
"Can you believe this? Flappybird and Plants vs Zombies had the same designer!"
"Breaking a hundred thousand in the first month? Shi Huazhe has no comment."
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The consensus of the video game media was very positive. The numbers that Plants vs Zombies produced were too good overall, and there wasn't much to nitpick in the terms of quality either. Even the haters found it difficult to find things to hate on.
Under bombardment from the video game media, Plants vs Zombies was getting more and more well known. In addition to the promoted space on the official app store, it was likely that Plants vs Zombies would receive another wave of explosive growth!
Noticing the hype around Chen Mo's game, many "caring" players put down everything they had on hand to check out Shi Huazhe's Weibo, but it turned out that he had deleted his reply to Chen Mo.
Before today he liked criticizing everything, but ever since Plants vs Zombies became popular, he hadn't posted anything yet.
The 'caring' internet citizens weren't satisfied. He was the one to say confidently that Chen Mo's first game wouldn't be able to break a hundred thousand sales in the first month. Did he still think that now?
Forget about a hundred thousand; after breaking twenty thousand on the first day, this game would be heading for five hundred thousand in the first month!
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"Mr Shi Huazhe, say something."
"It's fine, Plants vs Zombies only had twenty thousand downloads in the first day, it's possible that it won't hit a hundred thousand in the first month. You still have a chance, sir."
"Sir, don't give up your treatment!"
"I have to say, it was a smart move for him to not say anything when asked what he was going to eat. That was smart of him."
"So, you don't plan to show yourself anytime soon?"
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The spectators around Plants vs Zombies were all commenting on Shi Huazhe's Weibo trying to start something. A few of the sarcastic comments were pushed to the top with hundreds of likes.
Shi Huazhe didn't post anything, because he knew what would happen if he did. The best thing he could do was to not do anything. However, this didn't mean he hadn't been looking at Weibo. With so many people making fun of him, sure he was angry, but there was nothing he could do since Plants vs Zombies had performed very well. Coming out and criticizing it wouldn't do much.
With these sales and popularity, going against the flow would surely bring many haters. While Shi Huazhe was mad, he wouldn't come out now to be murdered on the internet.
"How is this kid so lucky? How can everything he makes get so popular? Next time, there's no way he'll be able to maintain this next time!"
Shi Huazhe was set on not commenting. After others made fun of him and did not get any reactions, they decided to let this matter slide.
Things got popular quickly and died down quickly on social media. These users were just trying to band together, and when they saw that nothing could be started, they left it alone.
However, Plants vs Zombies was getting quite popular, and the sales kept increasing.
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Zao Zihao and Lin Mao both congratulated Chen Mo over the phone.
"Not bad, I heard you murdered the new games leaderboard. I think you must've raked in quite a bit of money. Hurry up, I'm still waiting for my pay to win game," said Zao Zihao.
Chen Mo laughed and said, "Don't worry, I haven't forgotten."
Lin Mao called in to congratulate Shi Huazhe, "That's pretty good, Chen Mo. I thought that your game would get quite popular, with a chance of going viral. I didn't think it'd be this popular. That's amazing!"
Chen Mo said, "Your game is also doing pretty well, seeing as you're second on the new games leaderboard."
Lin Mao said, "Sigh, it doesn't even come close to your Plants vs Zombies. I've been playing it for the past two days. It's actually pretty well done in all aspects, in particular how much playtime there is! I think this game is going to start a puzzle game trend."
Chen Mo replied, "So be it, I'm not making a puzzle game for my next one."
Lin Mao was shocked, "Huh? What are you trying to do? This game is going to go viral, why not make a Plants vs Zombies 2 while it's still hot?"
Chen Mo said, "Nah, I'm fine. I'm not planning on making my next game a puzzle game."
Lin Mao didn't understand, "Why? It makes you money and fame! You're good at it too, why not do it?"
Chen Mo said, "It's hard to explain, but I just don't see too much potential in these types of games. Alright, I have to go. Let's meet up some time."
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It wasn't just Lin Mao who thought that puzzle games were about to be popular. So did the video game media!
It was hard to say how popular Plants vs Zombies was, but from what was going on now, it was possible for it to top the puzzle games leaderboard, possibly making ripples in the paid games leaderboard too!
Moreover, the game had been able to maintain a score of around 9.3, and a portion of that must have come from downvotes by competitors. However, their efforts were proven useless, as the reviews had never fallen below nine. It was evident that this game was extremely popular!
The number of players who requested a refund were also few and far between.
As long as you had a short playtime and had a good reason for the refund, the app store would provide one.
However there were extremely few players who requested refunds, meaning that they recognized the game and planned to play it long into the future!
In the eyes of the video game media and video game designers, Chen Mo's first game was stable, well done, had gone far, was already quite popular, and was certainly quite influential.
Puzzle games were always quite popular, but there weren't many that could take it to the extreme. Puzzle games naturally had a large player base, as they catered to both the young and old. Therefore if it got popular, it would surely go viral.
Moreover the entry requirements for puzzle games weren't high, even a C or D-grade video game designer could make one. The only thing required was innovation!
Not one of the designers in this world felt that they lacked creativity. Therefore, some designers and video game media were trying to figure out which direction this would end up in.
Would Plants vs Zombies be a fire starter, reigniting the entire puzzle game market? Would a golden age for puzzle games arrive soon?
It could only be judged by numbers in the future.
However, nobody knew that the creator of the game, Chen Mo, didn't plan to continue making puzzle games...
At least for now!


Chen Mo liked calling himself a video game designer, despite being a mere video game producer.
After dying one day from work-related stress, he transmigrated into a parallel world as himself, right after he graduated. He was now in the body of his younger self, who also aspired to be a video game designer. 
Will he be able to fulfill his dream after being reborn in this oddly different new world, and become the best video game designer in that world?
Follow Chen Mo on his romp through video game classics as he brings the great games of the past to a whole new world in pursuit of his dreams!
Note: This Novel has been continued as a passion project by its translator. The continuation of this novel will not affect the result of Trial Reading or Voting Pool. 

Felix did nothing else but stare at the ceiling absent-mindedly after landing on the most hated format game for those who were confident in their strength to beat the shit out of their contenders. The many variables within its games nullified their absolute strength.
In Felix's previous life, Puzzles games were actually his favorite format. He didn't win them all, but he still had a good win rate while playing them in comparison to other formats.
One single small mistake could even eliminate the 1st ranker player, one lucky opportunity could make the last ranker clinch the win. This kind of uncertainty was Felix's jam. His trash bloodlines weren't making it easier to compete in battles format games, but in puzzle ones, at least he had a shot.
If the death race luck meterage decided who would have better opportunities to clinch the championship, in the case of puzzle games, luck decided whether one emerges as champion or not.
However, without the necessary intelligence to take advantage of a lucky opportunity during the game, a player could only waste it.
Intelligence was still the true deciding factor to perform the best of one's ability within puzzle games.
Dejected, Felix rubbed his eyelids while sighing. He gave a spiteful glare to his hands, which kept causing him misfortune.
"I dare you to let me down again." He threatened them like a lunatic, "I swear I will cut you down and heal you back up."
He rubbed them nervously while eyeing the green button that was for spinning the next wheel, which had hundreds of puzzle games within it.
"F*ck it." He swore and pressed the button forcefully, not worrying anymore about what happens.
The wheel span rapidly again. However, this time Felix didn't leave it spin for even two seconds before he stopped it.
The wheel gradually slowed its speed until it stopped completely. Felix glanced at the chosen game and had a bad feeling after seeing the word maze. He clicked on the game and its details were displayed in front of him.
// Game Format: Puzzles. (Maze edition)
Game Name: Shuffle Maze
Participants Number: 95 (Still increasing)
Integration allowed: From lesser purity to peak stage 1 of replacement.
Ranks allowed: silver and bronze ( This is a silver game)
Maze map: ???
Surprise Addition: No.
Prizes Pool: High-grade stones, Peak-grade stones, Instant Recovery Potion, Hateful Miasma breath, Spiritual Flat Bone...
Rules of the game:
1) Players get dropped randomly in one giant maze. (The distance between the exit and the dropped spot is fixed for every player.)
2) Creating Alliances is allowed.
3) The maze walls shuffle after every 30 minutes.
4) The duration of each shuffle is 10 seconds.
5) Players can glimpse beyond the walls in each shuffle, but won't be able to move during it.
6) There are hidden compartments in the maze. (teleportation circles, treasure chests, traps...)
7) Treasures that are in the open areas are guarded by beasts. (Beasts strength increase based on the chest rank.)
8) Game points can be earned from eliminations, beast hunts, and treasure chests.
9) The player first to leave through the maze exit wins.
10) The game duration is two and a half hours.
11) The player with the most points after the duration ends wins.
For more information please open your SG profile Interface.
Good luck to all participants.//
Just like Felix feared, the game rules included hidden teleportation circles. A luck-based addition that could teleport a player near the exit, giving him a free win.
But to balance the game, that would be quite unlikely. This meant, the player would only be teleported in a large diameter around the exit, and that's only if he got lucky. In worst cases, he might be sent back to where he started!
That being said, Felix strangely wasn't looking at the 6th rule but actually had all of his attention attracted by the 8th rule!
"Can I do it regardless?... Maybe it can work even in a puzzle game." He kept murmuring under his breath in a trance-like state. 
He felt that his luck turned upside down too quickly. Just now, he was feeling horrible over landing on a puzzle format, but after seeing the 8th rule, a plan formed in his head. A plan, if executed correctly, he would obtain a shit load of game points.
The game added the 8th rule in order to help the less intelligent, or simply players who had abilities totally useless in locating the exit. They just needed to hunt for game points and hope that no one manages to find the exit before the game duration ends.
This game might be a puzzle type, but still, the SGA always left leeway for those with low IQ in some way or form. After all, no one wanted to watch a game that had 100 players, but only 3 were active within the field.
...
"Hopefully it works."
After a couple of minutes of deep pondering, Felix finally woke up from his daze. He lifted his head and saw that the wheel was still in front of him. He swiped it away from his face while requesting the Queen to search online for his game.
A moment later, a list that had only 3 shuffle mazes games was displayed before Felix. Those games were being played out in the entire Galaxy. 
Each game was from a different empire. This meant, the game Felix was currently on had only players from the Mariana empire. 
Felix's rank was too low to join galaxy-wide games that included players from all empires. He needed to reach gold for him to compete in that level.
He clicked on the game that was in the middle and was transferred to another web tab that showcased all the public details of the game.
Just like before, he pressed on the player list and was met with a long string of unique players' names.
//Participants List:
> Chrome Rising_1344: Bronze Rank, High-Tier Wins 3 / Losses 4. (For more details click on the name)
> Cold Bounty_1224: Silver Rank, Mid-Tier, Wins 3 / Losses 6. (For...)
>...
> Hellstorm_7754: Silver Rank, High-Tier, Wins 8 / Losses 9. (For...)
> Spirit Visage_2199: Silver Rank, Peak-Tier, Wins 6 / Losses 3 (For...)
> Unpaid Landlord_6996: Bronze Rank, Mid-Tier, Wins 1 / Losses 0. (For...)
>...
> Solar Mist_7778: Silver Rank, Peak-Tier, Wins 7 / Losses 4 (For...)
> Farphobia_3355: Silver Rank low Tier, wins 3 / losses 5. (For...) //
Not surprised a bit that at least 80 players were silver ranked, Felix simply kept on reading the list in a nonchalant manner. 
He already knew that he would be placed in a silver ranked game, even though he was still in bronze. This was the result of Match Making Rating, or in short MMR.
Since Felix won his first game, it meant he was good enough to start playing against only veterans and hardcore players instead of unranked newbies. 
This rarely happens though, since the majority of unranked players actually end up losing at least 3 of their placement games or even all of them. This meant, they would start normally climbing from low bronzer to silver.
MMR affected all the players, not just Felix. Any player who had way more wins than losses get placed in games above his rank. 
As for those who had more losses than wins, they remain playing in the same rank instead of being placed in lower rank games. 
The SGA wasn't stupid to let that happen, as they knew that most players would start losing intentionally to be put in lower brackets and have an easier time competing with newbies. This wasn't a video game, where one gets rewarded only virtual points after he wins.
In the SG, winning meant getting a free wish to fulfill one's desires. In other words, every win was worth it, even in bronze rank.
Although Felix could be said that he was affected negatively by the MMR since he was put in a higher rank game, he didn't see it as such. He actually preferred so, as it meant, the wish would have a silver rank limit while he was still in bronze. 
This was a bonus for those managing to clinch the win over higher-ranked players than them.
Soon, Felix began scouting the highest-ranked players in the list, marking all the threats he planned on adding to his plan. 
He first started off with peak-tiered silver players. He picked them one by one and made sure to do detailed homework on their bloodline abilities, strengths, and weakness. Anything that was public about them, he made sure to remember it well.
He didn't want any surprises to f*ck up his plan.
...
A couple of hours went by, and Felix had studied 15 players all at once. He found some names that he somewhat recalled in his previous life, like Solar Mist and Hound Stench. One of them got famous immensely 7 years from now while the other had a unique characteristic that set him apart from a lot of bloodliners. 
However, the player that Felix actually remembered thoroughly, was named Birds Call. He didn't expect that the princess of the Maganda tribe would actually be in his game. He honestly didn't want to interact with her one bit.
Right now, Felix was refreshing the list every two minutes, wanting to see if there would be any new addition before he called it a quit. After a few refreshes, he saw two players joining the list. Mastermania, and EL Truca.
He clicked on Mastermania's name and was transferred to his profile page.
'Oh!'
His eyes shone with delight after finding out that he was actually an idol, popular enough to own a fan club with millions of members.
"Such free juicy exposure." He grinned while rubbing his hands in a wicked manner.
Players loved those kinds of popular idols the most, as by eliminating them they get a wide media exposure, thus turning them into semi-famous players instantly with low effort.
Felix planned to do so as well.
He needed as much exposure as possible, as relying only on his fan club to bring more fans was not enough to put him within everyone's radars.
The only ways to do so was by either winning games, and winning them magnificently, or eliminating popular players and idols.
That's how famous players were born before. Fan clubs were only by-products of that.
Shortly after, Felix closed the list tab and changed his outfit to training one. He planned to head to the training center to practice in his room.
Although he didn't receive the maze map, nothing stopped him from trying to mimic one by relying on the previous Shuffle Maze games.
Since there was no hidden addition in this game, it meant that the only difference within it would be the maze layout and hidden compartments places.
After he wore his outfit he entered his car, which was inside his garage, and drove speedily towards the Center.


Felix Maxwell was destined to be a loser, born on one of the weakest races and on the least favorable of situations, he was forced to face adversity head-on as he traveled across the vast universe where dangers laid in every corner, one day traveling in hopes of riches he stumbled upon a ruin where a supreme being laid imprisoned, in a stroke of bad luck the being laid its eyes on him and tried to take over his body, forcing itself upon him.

but fate hadn't given up on him!

he woke up in his younger body, 20 years in the past with the fallen being trapped in his soul.

 In his past life he had been a loser, giving up on things mid-way and never striving for greatness, he was a side character who made the strong shine even brighter, but not on this life.

he swore to himself he would strive for glory, he would take advantage of his knowledge and emerge as a supreme being!


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PS: This novel isn't a space exploration novel (Not in the first 8 volumes at least). It's mostly focused on the Universal Virtual Reality and the 'Supremacy Games' as the name implies, with some real-life situations as well of course!

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The first part of the video was strung together with other game materials and various sand sculpture emoji packs. The audience quickly entered into the state with Teacher Qiao's unique husky voice.
At the same time, the theme of the video became the theme of Be Quiet. Teacher Qiao was about to introduce the gameplay of this game!
"Many people did not experience this game because of anger and other reasons. I will introduce the gameplay in detail and talk about the highlights of this game.
"Please jump to the final conclusion if you already have an understanding of this.
"This is a multiplayer horror game that requires connection to the Internet. Therefore, everyone, please throw away all your stereotypes of standalone horror games from your mind. Let us embrace a new fear mode!
"Standalone horror games of the past only create horror effects in these few areas: setting and model, unexpected plots… unexpected surprises…
"There are often many terrifying scenes in these games such as misty mysterious towns, cannibal villages full of crazy villagers, laboratories full of zombies, etc. They create a visual and auditory impact through the setting.
"At the same time, these standalone games use plots to manipulate the players' fears. For example, NPCs will tie up the protagonist and then inflict various tortures on the protagonist such as gouging his eyes, pulling his tongue, and cutting his fingers—doing everything he can. 
"When the player is brought into the protagonist's first-person perspective, you will also get a sense of extreme horror. The last would be some sudden shock such as a corpse suddenly falling down when the door was pushed and was suddenly caught by a monster while walking.
"These are the horror we can experience in traditional standalone horror games.
"Of course, these are very classic horror game segments, but now, I want to point out the two shortcomings of this approach.
"First, the stimulation is too straightforward. To increase the horror effect, many manufacturers only blindly add gore to the game, make all kinds of disgusting monsters, and design all kinds of torture horror plots…"
"But this kind of stimulation is mainly a kind of sensory stimulation, which may cause some physical discomfort. At the same time, too much sensory stimulation will also make the game itself appear too heavy and give people a feeling of crudeness.
"Real fear comes from the hearts of the people!
"Secondly, the repeatability of play is not high.
"Players will be able to get the ultimate shock effect when they experience the process for the first time. However, everything will become dull once the player clears the game.
"A normal gamer will not want to experience it a second time. It would become a parkour game[1]. The horror game will lose its original meaning.
"And Be Quiet turned out to be a new way to solve these two problems that had never been solved. Fear is struck from the heart without seeing too many gory scenes and allows the game to be played endlessly at the same time!"
… 
Next was the introduction to the basic gameplay of the game as well as the revisit by Teacher Qiao towards the gameplay. 
Each round of the game was randomly matched according to the player segment. They were also randomly assigned onto the map. The players would be refreshed and spawn on a certain point on the current map.
The purpose of each room and props would be randomly refreshed on the map. However, relatively speaking, some larger rooms and more critical locations with better props.
The eight players would play the role of policeman, good person, mentally-ill patient, and ambitious schemer. No one could identify the others except for the policeman. Each had a different game goal.
The way to win for the police and the good person was relatively simple. The entire map was blocked. They had to search for decryption spells everywhere. A random exit would appear when a certain number of spells were activated, and everyone could escape at random.
Teacher Qiao divided the general process of the game into four stages.
The first stage was the free search stage where players were far away from each other at the beginning. They had to search for open spaces and roam around as much as possible to try to get as many items useful to their identity as possible. They would have to determine their next steps based on their items obtained.
Next would be the initial contact stage. Generally speaking, a small number of mentally-ill players would choose to become mad at this point in time. However, they might also be besieged by the police and many good people with props. 
Some mentally-ill players would choose to disguise themselves as good people with props. A portion of the mentally-ill players would choose to disguise as good people. 
Generally, the police would simultaneously summon other players to find the decryption spell hidden in the map. 
However, the sanity meter in the game was set; the more people gathered in the area, the easier it was to activate voice chat. However, voice chat would cause the sanity meter to decrease. 
Therefore, it was impossible for players to gather for a long time. They must be dispersed in a certain way, watch looking for the decryption spell.
The game would then enter into the third stage which was the chaos stage.
At this stage, some mentally-ill people would attack good people frantically with all sorts of tools they had accumulated. The good people could also fight back. Of course, the mentally-ill people could also reduce the sanity meter of good people through some method and make them into mentally-ill people as well, forcing them to walk the madman's victory path…
In short, the game would be pretty chaotic at this point in time. Players could also sabotage one another.
The final stage was the closing stage. Generally speaking, at this stage, players had already been eliminated to two or three people. Most decryption spells on the map had been solved. Players would compete with the technology and tools they had through searching and obtain the final victory.
Qiao Liang then briefly introduced some of the more interesting situations he had encountered.
Of course, these replays were not particularly exciting in Pei Qian's eyes. There was always a limit to what the game would offer since players would not understand if it was too complicated. That would be embarrassing.
However, one would be able to get the most exciting gaming experience when one was in it!
To Pei Qian, he had never experienced Be Quiet in depth before since it was a network game and he could not play it alone. Pei Qian finally understood that with Teacher Qiao's introduction.
The initial stage of the game was searching for items that were a little similar to eating chicken. The identity setting was similar to board games such as Three Kingdoms or The Werewolf Game. The battle portion was a bit like the asymmetrical competition like Dead by Daylight. 
There were three aspects to the game itself:
First of all, its replayability had a certain degree of luck. Many people will pursue the sure win in the game. For example, a mental patient would find a house and tools with a sanity meter and health items. 
They would unleash a massacre immediately; some people get the ultimate victory by following the police or playing well when the initial props were not good.
Second was a test of wits within the rules. Using limited language to command or mislead other players, guessing the identity of the other players was no different from that of a board game.
Lastly was to showcase operations like Dead by Daylight. Use props and techniques to defeat more powerful enemies. At the same time, a good player would also experience a special sense of horror. 
Players would be cautious of each other. No one would know when they could be suddenly caught and attacked. They could only move forward in the dark, cautiously, not daring to make a sound.
Such horror would come from the other players, from the heart of the player. Therefore, it was scarier than standalone games.
For example, some mentally-ill players would purposely hide within a room. He would wait for the good men to search for the decryption spell and then suddenly jump out to attack!
In short, no matter how good the video was, it was certainly impossible to fully explain the feeling of playing it in person.
However, Qiao Liang analyzed the core cool points of this game through his own editing techniques and detailed analysis. Bullet screen comments with 'F*ck' instantly floated by when talking about the game. Everyone sighed; the game could be played this way?
… 
Finally, the video entered its final stage.
"I'm sure everyone has a certain understanding of Be Quiet after watching this video. So back to the original question, why did the production team work so hard to make ARG and eye-tracking games?
"You have to know that they could have done nothing and start selling immediately. They could just put the players into the game at once."
"However, they created such a complicated puzzle-solving activity and added a threshold to the purchase of this game in the form of a game to ensure a certain degree of entertainment without charging a penny.
"That is so that every player could integrate into the game with ease!
"If players spent money on the game—only to find the content unsuitable, they would have to ask for a refund, which was very troublesome. Therefore, the production team decided to do it outside the game so that the unsuitable players were saved from the tedious step of refunding.
"Someone would definitely ask… would he be suited for this game if he were to pass this test?
"I have to say, most likely but not definitely.
"Let us think, what is the most important quality of this game Be Quiet? It requires a certain IQ, good resistance to horror games, and a serious attitude towards learning.
"Everyone should have discovered by now; the pre-conditions for the purchase happen to be the test!
"The puzzle-solving aspect of the ARG was to train IQ for the game; the eye-tracking game was to exercise the ability to resist the horror; and the entire test itself was to examine whether you had the patience and the attitude towards learning.
"If you give up after encountering some difficulty or are not interested in puzzle games, or you might have completed the decryption but could not even be bothered to copy the homework, or if you cannot persist in the eyeball catching game…
"Then, you will definitely not be able to enjoy Be Quiet. Instead, you will affect the gaming experience of the other players!
"This test can be said to be taking care of two types of players at once. To people who were suitable for this game, it guaranteed their gaming experience. For those who were not suitable, it saved them time and money.
"The only party that made a loss was the gaming company itself with a loss of income.
"However, game companies are willing to give up this part of their income for the sake of a longer life of the game and a better experience for the players. Even when it caused heated disputes and was criticized badly, they did not come out to explain and accepted everything with silence.
"Therefore, many said that the game merchant is sick. They can just sell it directly, why did they need to set a precondition for the purchase? Wasn't it disgusting?
"I want to say, it really is the case. It really is dissuading players in a certain sense.
"But, please calm down to think. What if the producers did everything not for themselves but for all the players to have a better gaming experience?
"Therefore, the title this week is 'The Pain and Pride of a Top Game Designer'!
"He worked so hard to set up so many complicated preconditions for purchase of the game, for players to have better gaming experience. At the same time, he is too proud to explain to all players, and so he put on a calm disposition: 'It doesn't matter if you understand me; praise me or scold me, the game is here.'
"I think it is the blessing of all domestic players to have such a thoughtful, individualistic, and conscientious game producer!
"Too many game dealers are trying their best to suck up to the players, the ballers. You can become a master and have your way in the game by paying money. They don't set up any obstacles or let you use your brain; they only give you some false experience points and props just by clicking the mouse…
"But are you really happy? Is your wallet getting thinner? Is your thinking becoming more rigid? How long have you not experienced the shudder of the soul by solving a puzzle or discovering a kind of new gameplay?
"Don't you feel that it's a pity that most local game designers are making such games?
"So, I hope that students who are interested in this game can calm down, experience the designer's true intentions, patiently complete the prerequisites, and experience this complicated game in person.
"I believe you will be able to find a totally different world!"
[1] This refers to games where the player only runs and goes through obstacles with speed.


I really just want to lose money! T_T
Best boss ever, prodigy of the business world, genius creator, visionary of the century.
These are the descriptions used for Pei Qian, President of Tengda Corporation.
Ever since his rebirth, Pei Qian finds himself in possession of a system that rewards him if he manages to lose money.
Instantly, a brilliant idea comes to mind — making crappy games!
"If the game flops, all my investment cost will be lost!"
"How difficult can it be to lose money?"
Indeed... how difficult can it be?
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After Alex was done washing himself, he begins to drying himself off and starts looking for lotion in the cabinet and sees a bunch of woman type lotion and starts smelling them and decides to take the one who smell like lavender and starts using it on him, while talking to himself and saying "i need to find i way out", Alex then puts the lotion bottle back and then closes the cabinet door and then goes to the tub and then pulls out the plug of the tub and lets the water out of the tub and then starts cleaning the tub out and then he opens the tab again and starts rinsing the tub and after the tub is cleaned he then takes the soap and the wash rag and puts them back into the cabinet and then he goes to the door and as he is leaving he puts the light off and goes to his room. 

He then goes to his bed and climbs in. After a few minutes of sleeping Alex hears his door opening up and then sees the door closing and looks around and sees a figure walking towards him and Alex then gets out of his bed to confront the person, but she then tells him that "she is not here to hurt him". 

She is only here to give him his chores for tomorrow. Sam then takes the paper she has in her hands and gives it to him, Alex then takes the paper and puts it on the cupboard which is next to his bed and as she is going to the door, Alex ask her to stop so that he can ask her a few question, he then ask her "if she is she is in the same boat he is'', Sam then turns around and looks at him and tells him that "she is not, she is here by her own choice". Alex then says "Okay" and shakes his head while saying okay, Alex then asks her "why him?". 

Sam then goes to him and sits on his bed and tells him "we might not know what the boss is thinking, but what I do know is that when she needs your help you better be there for her". Sam then stands up from his bed and goes to the door and opens the door up and then closes the door behind her. 

Alex then goes back to sleep, suddenly someone wakes him up and it is Thembi standing above him. She then tells him to "take the clothes on the cupboard next to him and should go and wash himself and then begin with his chores''. She then goes back, throws the door and goes on with chores. Alex then looks throws the window and sees that it is still dark outside and then takes his phone and sees that the time on the phone says it is 03:15am and then he takes the clothes she has put on the cupboard and goes to the bathroom and washes himself after he was done with the bathroom he goes to the kitchen and sees Thembi sitting in the same chair she sat in last night and goes to her and ask her what is his first chore. 

She then takes out the paper that was on his cupboard and looks at it and say to him "that he should make breakfast for the house", Alex then looks at her and say "he is not the maid and if they want food they can make their own breakfast" and starts walking out of the kitchen, Thembi grabs his t-shirt to stop him and tells him "if he wants to leave the only way would be to take the puzzle piece from her". 

He then looks at Thembi and tells her "that when he takes the puzzle piece from her, he is going to expose this whole place and then all of you are going to jail". Thembi then tells him that, "that will never happen trust me, trust me" said Alex while slapping her arm away from him. 

Thembi then tells "him to make the food and that he after he is done with the food, he should go and give it to the others of the house and the he should meet her in the gym to see if he can take this away from her and to bring their food with him to the gym and to tell the others to begin with there chores after they are done and to take the juice from the fridge". 

 Alex then begins with the breakfast and 24 minutes later he is done making the food and starts putting the food on the plates in front of him and then when is done with putting the food on the plates, he then takes the juice and throws it in the glasses standing next to the plates, after he was done doing that. He then puts the plates on the serving broad and goes to the rooms and starts knocking on the first door and puts the plate of food on the cupboard next to Thandi and then he wakes her up to tell her "that her food is ready" and then do the same process with the others ladys and then tell them "after they are done they should stand up and should begin with there chores''. 

The ladys then all respond with "Yes'', Alex then takes the broad with two plates on them and goes to the gym who is on the other side of the house and then he stop in front of the door and begins to knock at the door, Thembi then tells him to come in Alex then opens the door up and sees Thembi sitting in the middle of the room and puts the broad with two plates on it in front of her. She then tells him to sit also and Alex then sits in front of her. 

She then takes the puzzle piece out from her right bra and gives it to him, Alex has a confused look on his face while taking the puzzle piece from her and ask her why she gave it to him. She then responded with "I don't like you at all and if it was up to me you would have been out of this house a long time ago, but the boss thinks that you can become her champione of puzzles". "What is whit this puzzle? and what is the puzzle of champions thing?" ask Alex, Thembi then respond with that "the puzzle is your life and the puzzle of championes is a bunch of games played by people like you who were talking from the streets and giving a opperniute to win big, there is a lot of money to be won here for you if you win the games, but if you lose the puzzle piece will be talking away from you and that will be the end". 

"The next game is going to be tomorrow and some are saying that it is going to be HIDE AND SEEK that one is one of the toughest games to play in, nobody wants to be found so that game is going to be hard to complete ''. "If you can win ten games in a row you will then be crowned the champion of puzzles and then you will then gets your winning spoils, the first is 10 million for every road you have won, second one a private island of your own and then the third is a selecting of any people from the house you played for'' said Thembi. 

Alex then ask her "if she can explain to him more about what this game HIDE AND SEEK is about", Thembi then tells him that "10 people are going to play in the game, everyone is going to have explosive vest on them and then 9 of them are going to hide in the building, the last person is then going to wait outside of the building for about two minutes and the person then has to collect six numbers from six people vest to shut down the timer on their vest so that they won't blow up. 

Alex then said "Oh God that sounds dangerous", Thembi then responded with "that is why only four people have won it so far. "Okay then what should I do to win? '' ask Alex, Thembi then tells him "if he wants to win, he has to be the person who has to wait outside and should not be swayed over his feelings. 

Thembi then looks at the food and tells him that "they should begin eating the food before it gets cold. Alex then ask her if " 

she is going to train him?, she then looks at him and says "yes". The both of them strats eating their food, while looking at each other.

A young man is kidnapped by a business woman to play in deadly games to satisfy billionaires and a shady government, so that he can be her champion in the game of puzzles

"Uhm…. Chun Hua… what are you doing here?"

Chun Hua was currently chewing on a cookie and leaning over looking at a cross word puzzle. She was trying to find a six-world clue for short, dangerous, and funny.

"Hmm, do I know you," She asked noticeably peeved from being distracted from her puzzle. She looked up and noticed a young boy standing in front of her.

"Uhm… do you?" Lie Wie Ying replied staring at her puzzle.

She didn't remember who he was, but finally because of the sweater he was wearing wrote down a six-letter world. It ended up spelling Lolita, and she happily put down her pencil. At the same time, she shook her head at Lie Wei Ying and giggled before stretching up and spreading her arms.

"Ha… No I have no clue who you are, but you're definitely my good luck charm!" She concluded this because she'd been stuck on that crossword puzzle for over two weeks, and when she saw the small boy… she thought of a small girl, and because of that was quite thrilled.

"Well, any chance you want to give me some money?" Lie Wei Ying said with a smile. He, obviously, felt weird robbing someone he knew so well, and this caused Chun Hua to laugh and lean over the glass.

"Hmmm, I have a job for you if you want to go into the back. However, you have to know the code word though… I'll give you a clue it starts with an L and ends with a G…" She was waiting for the destined person to arrive, and had been sent here by Charisma to play the shop keeper. To keep things fair, she was only a partially real impersonation of Chun Hua, and didn't have the memories of her. 

All she had was a skirt that Lie Wei Ying traced ascending up her body. The glass was see through at the desk, and he arrived at her ample bosom after following her leg. They were covered by her somewhat kiddy cardigan. It had dragons on it and a name tag. At this time, he realized that his name started with an L and ended with a G! 

"Lie Wei Ying," he said and pulled out his bag, "Does this mean you're going to supply me with what I need."

Chun Hua smiled and pointed towards the doorway where two men were standing. They moved aside and smiled revealing their missing teeth.

"Sure… but you're going to have do something for me first…"

….

Lie Wei Ying arrived in the back of the Deli and sat down in a chair. 

Chun Hua shined a light on his face, and took out a bag of guns, which included a lot of explosives and incendiary devices. 

If Lie Wei Ying was going to rob a bank, the more he could blow stuff up the better! However, Lie Wei Ying opted for the gun with the silencer and picked it up.

"….You've chosen the path of the silent thief… Skills have been adjusted to that of the silent thief… Agility has been promoted over strength…" No stats were given for his increase in power, but his star level was diminishing quickly. 

He had the gun in his hand and then walked over to Chun Hua. She had just given him the gun and he grabbed her just like he did Mei Li earlier.

"…I'm sorry for abandoning you guys," He said with a somewhat gentle tone. 

She smiled at him and then pointed him towards the door. "Hmph, I have no idea what you're talking about! Just go get some money, and stop pretending like I know you… It's not worth the time or the money!"

Lie Wei Ying smiled and then proceeded to walk out into the street. He was on north main street on a block with twenty pagodas. A bunch of people were sitting down and chatting, and the city was in the midst of night. He rather liked this game, and walked to the most harmless place he could. After passing by a few merchants, he arrived at a bar with his silencer in hand.

Since this was a game, he didn't have a lot of morals to worry about. After all, in games people usually were horrifyingly cruel to anything that wasn't a human player. He walked up the bar and spun his gun on the bar. A second later, he shot the man in cold blood and then walked behind the register and took some money and filled up the bag.

He felt like it was like old times when he used to play games back in his first life. Back then, Della would always tell him to stop wasting his time and use his brain for good rather then evil. However, he quite liked being evil, and very much enjoyed shooting up the town sneakily.

The entire time he was walking around the town. Charisma was sipping his tea and watching his daughter shop in the mall he bribed them with. Obviously, he would do anything for his three little princesses, and even designed a game for them to train Lie Wei Ying in. He watched eagerly as Lie Wei Ying began adapting to the map and starting actually using his head!

….

Lie Wei Ying walked into a movie theater and walked behind the desk. The custodian was extremely confused as he gave out popcorn to one unhappy movie goer. He walked back trying to find out what was happening and then saw a gun in his face.

"Pew… Pew.. Pew…"

Lie Wei Ying didn't really understand what he was learning by robbing people. However, he kept playing the game. He walked over towards the cashier and shot him too. Eventually, he had a lot of money, and his stars were up to 4.5.

'Hmmm, I guess Charisma is trying to teach me to use my head…' Lie Wei Ying thought and proceeded out into the street. 

The next place he went to be a small bank, and he walked inside through the revolving doors. In this place, though, there were hundreds of security guards walking in the hallways… There were hundreds of paths for him to choose, and it was one of the first real mind games of this adventure Lie Wei Ying was for some reason in.

He sighed and felt his mind start analyzing the surroundings. Out of all nine hundred paths, he noticed one with a guard sleeping, but that wasn't the path he chose. After a few minutes, he went down the path with two hundred guards with machine guns.

Why would he do this?

There were no cameras on the wall in this hallway, and the point was not to be caught by the cops.

 He took out his guns, and then noticed they were all watching a video of a girl on the monitor. He walked over and joined them before he turned safety off his gun and tried to find the best angle.

After a second, he noticed at the 67th degree from the television, 195 of them were in a line. He didn't even bother to look at the beautiful lady on the screen because he had a game to play. 

"Boom…. Boom… Plop!"

One hundred and ninety-five men fell over before Lie Wei Ying shot the other five men. They were so focused on the beautiful dancer that they died. He took one of the machine guns, and put his silencer on it. 

He walked down the hallway, and found a safe that was already open. He smiled back at the dead bodies behind him and nodded his head like his plan was a success.

The money was easily stuffed in his bag, and in a minute he was walking out the bank whistling. 

Now, at this moment, the three girls were in front of them, and Lie Wei Ying noticed he had five stars. He was so busy stealing things that he didn't realize he had earned their attention.

He looked at their focused expressions, and somewhat peeved facial muscles. He could tell they didn't want to be here.

One of them happened to have a rocket launcher over her shoulder. And Lie Wei Ying gulped drawing out his gun. 

The other two had shopping bags in their hands, and then the missile was fired…

What is overpowered? Overpowered is Lie Wei Ying. He is a man who will become a god!

He receives a system called Overpowered. What does it do? Well, it makes the main character overpowered. So what if someone is five stages higher than you. Lie Wei Ying doesn't care. Fighting a mountain as a ten year old child? Give him ten chapters and he'll make the mountain a canyon. Give him a hundred chapters, and maybe even the gods will grovel.

"You've unlocked the overpowered system!"

Warning, the overpowered system is not available till chapter 5. Please wait as it loads...

*Main character has also reincarnated seventeen times*

He's also kind of evil...

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" Wait, Lain Jun, do you know him?" A male student called out as we turned away. 
The other students stare at Minjoon in disbelief. The golden spoon young master was acting coquettish with a stranger.
" Yeah, he's a friend of mine." Minjoon places his hands on his hips. 
" Um, mister, is- is everywhere else like this too?" A female student asked trembling and fisting her uniform skirt. 
I stay silent, and ignore them as I continue to stare at Minjoon. He's quite adorable in this world, his cheeks are chubby and his eyes are large and slanted up with thick lashes framing them. His body's previous owner seemed to be in his emo teenage stage. His ears are littered in piercings of sliver earrings and thin chains. 
Minjoon turns to me also curious about the girls question. 
" Yeah it is." I clear my throat before answering. 
" Mm-hm." Minjoon nods, probably drafting future plans in his head. " Anyway, I'm leaving now!" 
Minjoon waves at the students as he held my hand my arm, tugging me away. 
" Wait Jun-!" A male students voice drifted away as Minjoon and I got further away. 
" Are you sure you want to separate from them this early?" 
Minjoon glances at me, before shrugging. " It's not like I have to follow Jun's fate for me to complete the mission."
" True." I hum in complementation before shrugging. 
" Plus they're most likely to push me in front when there's another game." 
" You played that well with the pandas?" I smile and  slide his hand down my arm to interlock our fingers. 
" Of course, who do you think I am? Hmph!" Minjoon sassily flips his short hair before chuckling in despair. " Ahh, I'm gonna have to act like an arrogant emo teen..." 
" It's cute, you won't have to act mature and I can spoil you as much as I want." 
" Hey! I don't act mature, I am mature!" He laughs out loud, in an adorable light airy laughter. 
" Sure, sure. Now, my mature host, where do you plan on going now?" I ask after I lean in to kiss his temple. 
" Hmmm..." Minjoon looks around as we continued to walk. 
Everything was normal, Middle aged ladies were selling snacks from stalls to students and office workers that were going home right now. Children laughing, adults smiling, a peaceful afternoon. 
He turned towards me, swinging our adjoined hands with a smile blooming on his face revealing his small dimples. 
" Let's go to a hotel for now. We have a week to relax before the economy and society shut down." 
" As you wish, love." I gently smile. 

I flag a taxi to take us to the closest 4 star hotel. 

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" Babe! Up! Jump to the right! It's up there!" Minjoon enthusiastically shouted and animatedly pointed through the metal bars. 
Minjoon was currently locked in a cage. 
Why? Because we're currently playing a survival game. 
After that week of freedom passed, Minjoon decided to join a game that held this worlds protagonist shou (male bottom in a relationship). Once we entered a certain building we were transported to this separate dimension where the game was being hosted. 
Most players didn't have a choice of choosing their desired games, simply stepping on certain brick would send them straight into a game arena. They didn't know where the dimension doors were located. 
All these humans could do is prepare and trend carefully. Though at this point in time, there's not much they could do. Most of the mob characters would die these upcoming months. What would be left in the world are those with at least simi decent/ third rate or higher leveled skills, strength, and/or luck, enough to survive. 
And after that... well, there is no predicted future. That is why Minjoon and I were sent here. To ensure the survival of the two protagonists, even after we leave them in an uncertain future. 
Our mission this time is to guide and ensure the survival of the two protagonists for ten or more games. We also need to increase their survival rate for when/if we leave them afterwards. 
If they decide to save the world, they would have to hover over the thin line between life and death every single day. 
Or they could chose to simply live for themselves, and enjoy what this earth has to barely offer in an apocalyptic setting. 
If they were smart, they wouldn't try to be heroic when other humans were going crazy, busy in abandoning their morals and ethics. 
" I know, darling, I can see it!" I shout back, grinning at my cheer leader, as I sprint up the rough edges of the deteriorating stairs. 
The last couple steps completely fall apart and fall down into a dark abyss, taking a few players along. Their screams get swallowed up in the darkness below us. 
" Hup!" 
I leap forward and roll into a landing on the floating piece of ground. 
" Sigh, is this it?" I mumble as I adjust my leather jacket. 
In front of me was a red button on a mount, made of stone, reaching up to my waist. 
Behind it was a sign, " Press both buttons at the same time to win." 
There was only one button in front of me. The other one was in the cage where Minjoon and the protagonist were trapped in. 
The players in this game were split into two teams. 
Half were trapped in a bird like cage, forced to solve some shitty puzzle while the rest were told to run along a board in the shape of the puzzle. 
The floating cage team was on a time limit to finish the puzzle. For every five minutes that passed, traps would be activated. Arrows, daggers, hatchets, all sorts of weapons flew around each time they passed a five minute mark. 
Moreover, for every piece they completed, the area where the other team was running on would fall into the abyss under us. 
We were meant to work together to finish the game, however... Well, human nature happened.¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 
" Kekeke!" 
This games host, a large black crow, flew by on top of me, crackling with a creepy voice. It seemed happy more than half of us died. My entire team, other than me, died while less than five people remained on the cage team. 
" You guys done yet?!" I shout loud enough for them to hear me. 
" Not yet-! Ubg!" Minjoon held his mouth tightly, as if to throw up. " Hey mister! Put the last piece in!" 
" Got it!" A young man of a slim build scrambled around to find the last hidden puzzle piece under a couch cushion. 
Once he put the puzzle piece together with all the other pieces, creating a picture of the arena I'm on, he runs towards the red button he has on their side. 
" On the count of three, babe!" Minjoon shouts over to me. 
I nod in response and place my hand on the button. 
" One, two... three!" 
That man and I press our respective buttons simultaneously. 
[ Ding! Game complete!]
"Well done, ya shits! You get to live for another day! Now fuck off!" 
The crow, settled on top of the fancy bird cage, shrieked and started to kick us out of its dimension. 
" Whoa!" 
The survivors all get teleported back to the building we first entered. 
" We- we survived!"
" Wha!" 
Many started sobbing in despair, anger, and grief of being thrown in this situation and guilt yet relief of being one of the few that survived. 
I help Minjoon up. " You okay?" 
" Turns out I'm not good with heights." He grumbles as he held on to me, dizzy and lightheaded. He seemed a bit pale and nauseous, but other wise fine. 
I chuckle at how cute he looks acting spoiled as an emo teen. 
" Here, sit for a minute. I'll get you something to drink or eat." I pick him up and gently seat him in one of chairs this cafe had. 
I head to the staff only area as many of the survivors scrambled, in a rush to leave this building in fear of being pulled into the game again. 
Only three people were left in this building. Me, Minjoon, and the shou protagonist Xuan Rong. 





This novel centers around the system (seme/top), who had been dealing with shitty hosts until he finally finds one to his liking. But he ends up liking him too much? 
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This novel will have world hopping!!! My fav lol
This is a gay, BL, yoai novel. There will be inappropriate content for those under 18. There is smut! 
My novel will focus on their romance and the worlds they travel to. 
Give it a try people! And let me know if any of you have any good ideas for worlds they should travel to.

Launch day.
It was still an hour away from launch.
In the morning, Zhang Ye held in his hands the documents that Fat Sis had sent to him. He went through it several times in earnest, analyzing the information for domestic sales of puzzle games in recent years. In the data, it not only included the domestically produced casual puzzle games, but also an abundance of foreign puzzle game titles.
Flying Leopard.
Casual domestic puzzle game.
Price: Free.
Sales numbers: 800 downloads on launch day.
Kamikaze.
Japanese turn-based strategy puzzle game.
Price: 9 RMB for mobile version. Not available for PC at the moment.
Sales numbers: 16,000 downloads on launch day.
Fishing Master 2.
Country of origin: America.
Price: 19 RMB for PC version, 6 RMB for mobile version.
Sales numbers: 95,000 downloads on launch day.
And so on.
This was the current distribution of numbers for the casual domestic puzzle games in China. It could clearly be seen from the data of the 27 titles of games the disparity of the domestically made games to the foreign-made ones. The domestically made game, Flying Leopard, had apparently taken a year's time and a cost of 10 million RMB to develop—and was temporarily free to play—only managed a figure of 800 downloads on launch day. Describing it as a miserable result was already a nice way to put it. Then, looking at the foreign-made games, most of the titles had downloads crossing 10,000 on their release days, with the best performer being Fishing Master 2, which built on the success of Fishing Master 1. Its popularity showed with their market share in addition to receiving close to 100,000 downloads on launch day. With this momentum, Fishing Master 2's sales figures would cross 1 million downloads in only a matter of time, and shouldn't be difficult to achieve either.
Of course, the results of Fishing Master 2 still couldn't be compared with those large-scale, famous RPG series, among other popular titles. Nor should they be mentioned in the same breath, since how could you compare a game that was measured in megabytes to one that was measured in gigabytes? And that was the status of puzzle games. The Fishing Master series had an absolute dominance in the puzzle games genre, and was also one of the most popular puzzle games as well!
After reading through the document, Zhang Ye had a heavy heart.
The situation was grim!
The domestic games market did not have much hope!
Now, it just depended on how Plants vs. Zombies would perform. Not only did he want to make a stand for himself, he also wanted to help domestically made games make a stand for themselves…Uh, although it was true that Plants vs. Zombies itself was a foreign-made game to begin with, but then who would know about that in this world?
Hmph!
If this bro says that it is a domestically made game, then it is a domestically made game!
You gonna bite me??
... 
The countdown toward the release began!
Three minutes.
Two minutes.
One minute.
At 8 AM, Plants vs. Zombies was officially launched as the resources were made available for download in this world, done in accordance to this world's market conditions with a new method of distribution!
Zhang Ye clicked to download the game. The internet speed was quite slow and the game that was only several hundred megabytes actually took five minutes to download and even got stuck at 90% downloaded. Sitting at his computer, Zhang Ye did not feel like there was any progress at all. But unknown to him, at this moment, many other people were experiencing the same issue!
At a game download website, an uproar kicked up in the comments section!
"Why can't Plants vs. Zombies be downloaded!? My gosh!"
"Why don't you try a different downloader? I can download the game!"
"Me too, but it's really slow!"
"It's slower than a glacier! What's going on!?"
"Same for me, and I have a fucking 100 Mbps connection! But why does it feel like I am back in the era of dial-up? 5 kilobytes per second? Just how slow can it get!"
"Fuck, there are too many people downloading this!"
"Let's switch to a mirror and try! There should be many other servers providing this game for download!"
"Don't bother, it's all the same. I came over from a different server, but the speed over there is about the same. Hai, let's just wait a while!"
"Hahaha, my download is done! I'll go ahead and play first!"
"Fuck you, previous poster!"
"*flips table*!"
"What dogshit server is this!"
"Who the hell is causing this internet slowdown in my home?"
"It's so slow that I'm crying!"
There were countless comments!
The swearing from tens of thousands of people was a very shocking sight!
... 
At Beijing Television Station.
In the program team office of Do You Remember.
A loud shout of surprise rang out in the office. "I succeeded in downloading it!"
It was Hou Ge. After his exclamation, he quickly proceeded to install the game. It didn't take long for the game to be installed. Within thirty seconds, he was at the game's menu.
In that moment, Dafei, Hou Di, Xiao Lu, and a few others all surrounded him immediately.
Xiao Lu said in frustration, "We're all on the same network! Why is my download taking so long?"
Hou Ge chuckled, "It's down to character, our character!"
Dafei urged, "Hurry up and start the game!"
Hou Di said, "I can't wait any longer. Since this game was produced by Teacher Zhang, it definitely has to be fun! I've even resisted playing the demo!"
Hou Ge clicked his mouse with a swagger. "It's starting, it's starting!"
The game commenced!
Unlike the demo, this full version of Plants vs. Zombies did not bring the player directly into the game mode. Instead, there was a tutorial mode to help players become familiarized with game, and the game character that appeared to guide the player made Xiao Lu, Dafei, and everyone else freeze!
Was this Zhang Ye?
An NPC?
Crazy Zhang Ye?
Looking at that 2D cartoon character that vaguely resembled like Zhang Ye, everyone suddenly didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Why is Teacher Zhang also appearing in the game as a guest character!"
"Seems like this video game company really respects Teacher Zhang a lot."
"No duh. This game was designed by Zhang Ye in the first place. Do you think it would be difficult for him to make an appearance in it?"
"Hehehe, Teacher Zhang's pretty smart about it, even endorsing himself all the way into the game. Can you imagine if this game really blows up? How much would Teacher Zhang's popularity increase by? This is goddamn equivalent to pervasive soft advertising for him. You can't shut him out even if you wanted to!"
"I was still wondering why Teacher Zhang crossed over to making games. So it was because he had ulterior motives instead. Who says that Teacher Zhang is being too much of a jack of all trades? In fact, I think that rather than a jack of all trades, he knows exactly what he is doing. Even though taking the bar exam and making games do not seem like logical moves, all those activities actually affect his popularity and exposure to the media!"
"Stop rambling and just play the game!"
... 
Peking University.
School had reopened, but on this day, the campus was quieter than usual. The people who would usually take a stroll beside the artificial lake were nowhere to be seen.
Some students who were passing by the area were surprised at this.
"Eh, why is it so quiet around here today?"
"Everyone's in their dorms."
"In their dorms? Aren't they going to get breakfast?"
"Don't you know? Today is the launch day of Plants vs. Zombies!"
"Aiyo! It's today?"
"So do you understand now? Teacher Zhang has always been good to us in the past, teaching us his knowledge and leading us to scold the foreign dignitaries. Even during the recent student recruitment, he helped Peking University stop Tsinghua University's antics. Knowing this, who among us do not appreciate him? Who wouldn't be moved? We don't know when Teacher Zhang can come back to teach us. Since he's releasing a new product now, we must support him even if it kills us! The Vice Chairman of the Student Council of Peking University and a few other officers of the council have already started calling on everyone to show their support for Plants vs. Zombies!"
"That's right! I won't acknowledge any teachers in the school except Zhang Ye!"
"We must give our support! No two ways about it!"
"Fuck, I better get back to my room then! I have to download the game and purchase a serial code as well!"
... 
At one of the female dormitories.
Crosstalk actor Yao Jiancai's daughter, Yao Mi, had already started playing Plants vs. Zombies with a few of her friends. All that could be heard coming from the dorm room were exclamations, laughter, and excited voices. 
"Aiya, the zombie is approaching, it's approaching!"
"Are you stupid! Plant the Peashooter!"
"Haha, you got the zombie! Ah, another wave is coming!"
"Ah, I don't have enough 'sun' anymore! I have no resources!"
"Why are you guys so terrible? I've already passed the third level!"
Yao Mi was the first to pass the first three levels of the game. After she had completed the third level, a popup appeared and prompted her to enter a serial code. She needed to buy a serial code before she could continue playing. Without even hesitating, Yao Mi immediately made the payment online. It was only a few yuan, an amount that not too many people would care about. Afterwards, she continued clicking her mouse excitedly as she began the fourth level. The more she played, the more addicted and excited she got!
"This is so fun!"
"I can't stop at all!"
"Mimi, tell us why our Teacher Zhang Ye is so awesome!"
... 
A video game company in Beijing.
The Gaming Research Department employees had arrived early for work today. No one was idle as all of them were here to do the same thing: download Plants vs. Zombies! Other people might play games for entertainment and leisure, but for them, it was for work, in order to learn from the experience of others.
In the office, the game's soundtrack reverberated.
"Hai, the full version of the game is quite different from the demo!"
"You've only just realized? There are so many game modes, but they're still grayed out at the moment!"
"The levels are also different. They're much richer than in the demo. I was just mentioning that if the levels are just going to continue on so monotonously, the repetitive levels will surely cause gameplay fatigue. But after I said that, the next level immediately went into night mode. There's a difference in the strategy of fighting and the type of plants that can be planted in night mode as compared to day mode? How interesting!"
"The person who designed this game must definitely be an expert! If you go on further in the game, there's even a pool mode. Reading from the introduction, there's also a roof mode. There are different strategies for fighting in each mode, so not only does that increase the playability of the game, it also does not cause gameplay fatigue to the player! Is…is this really a creation of Zhang Ye's? Without seven or eight years of experience in game design, how can he possibly have grasped the mind of a player so well? The demo was already amazing, but this full version is even better. After completing a level, I want to go on to the next one immediately. I think that after this level, it's be enough. But then somehow, I still go ahead and click to start the next level!"
"If this game doesn't go viral, I could never justify that!"
"Zhang Ye is indeed just like his reputation!"
"Who knows, Plants vs. Zombies could really lead the charge for our domestically developed video games!"
"This is such a godly game! It's really too goddamn godly! There's actually a day when our domestically made games could come up with such a godly work!? How encouraging!"
The industry insiders were exploding with excitement!
The Internet also exploded with comments from the netizens!
"This is so fun!"
"So the demo really was just the tip of the iceberg!"
"Is this really a game made by a domestic video game company? Did Zhang Ye really come up with the entire design of this game? This is too incredible! I can't believe this!"
"A boost for our domestically made games!"
"I've already recommended it to friends and relatives!"
"This game truly is constantly full of surprises! The more I play it, the more fun I have!"
There were also celebrities who posted on Weibo.
A C-list singer named Wang Qiqi posted a link to Plants vs. Zombies with the accompanying words: "It's so good I'm crying!"
A movie star named Chen Qi posted: "Recommending a good game my friend recommended to me. It's called Plants vs. Zombies. Please support domestically made games!"
Zhang Ye did not know those two people, neither had he come across them before. The reason for their recommendation posts was clearly because this game had truly touched them.
Naturally, Zhang Ye's friends did not idle around either.
Chen Guang and Fan Wenli highly recommended it!
Yao Jiancai highly recommended it!
Dong Shanshan highly recommended it!
At the same time, the media was also making its moves!
A few video game websites had already published their analyses and review of the full version of Plants vs. Zombies. The reviews were very good, just like how the industry insiders rated it! Websites, newspapers, and other entertainment media's reporters did not idle around either. A puzzle game that clearly had nothing to do with the entertainment circle had actually been pushed to the front page or into the headlines as the topic generated massive interest! It was like a wildfire!
"An amazing, classic domestically created puzzle game! "
"Can Zhang Ye continue writing his cross-industry legend?"
"Some industry insiders frank opinions: Not optimistic of Plants vs. Zombies' sale figures!"
"Good but unable to attract an audience?"
"A legend of a domestically made puzzle video game might have begun! "
"Possibility of poor sales? Don't be too pessimistic, don't speak too soon, just remember! The creator of this game is—Zhang, Zhang Ye! "
"The turnaround of domestically made video games? "


Zhang Ye was originally a mundane college graduate with aspiring dreams to become a star, but unfortunately has below average looks and height. However one day, he woke up and suddenly found himself in a parallel world! 
It’s like the same world, but wait a minute…many brands, celebrities and even famous works from his world changed and are gone in this new world! Armed with the profound literary knowledge of his previous world and a heaven-defying Game Ring that gives him magical items, stats and skills, Zhang Ye embarks on a journey to pursue his life-long dream of becoming famous!
Follow Zhang Ye as he takes the new world by storm, one plagiarized piece at a time, to hilarious reactions!

Shopping for Alex had been difficult because most of what he liked seemed to be directly related to food and Claire had already filled his stocking with snacks. She ended up primarily getting him clothes because he owned so few of them but also got him a thousand-piece puzzle and a few board games she didn't already own. 
The Oreo pajamas had by far been the most sentimental gift she had gotten for him but he didn't seem to mind. He looked quite pleased with all of his presents. 
Claire's presents from Alex included cookie cutters, an illustrated plant guide, a new pair of running shoes, and some anime merch from shows they had watched together. Once again she was touched by his thoughtfulness. 
Ethan was probably the happiest out of everyone with his presents though. Most of her budget for him had gone into buying a used iPad so he would be able to watch movies on his own back at his foster home but she also got him a Lego set and a pair of Nerf guns with extra foam bullets. 
"These guns won't hurt anyone? They're meant to be played with?" he asked curiously. 
"Yep. Kids play with them all the time," Claire explained. "You and Alex can have a Nerf battle if you want. I'm probably severely outmatched against either of you."
And that was exactly what they did as she opened Alex's gift to Daisy, which ended up being a strawberry shaped cat bed that the cat curled up in the second it was opened. She cleared away the wrapping paper and started setting up Ethan's iPad with games and streaming service apps linked to her accounts as the vicious Nerf battle raged around her. 
"Make sure you find all of those bullets when you're done because if you don't I guarantee Daisy will chew on them," she advised as she settled deeper into the couch. 
"Got it!" they yelled simultaneously as they carried on. 
Nerf guns had been the right choice because no matter how skilled they were, they couldn't turn foam bullets with rubber tips into deadly weapons. The toys could only shoot them out with so much force. It was something familiar that wouldn't hurt anybody so Claire considered it a win-win. 
Once the battle was over and they had gathered up all of the bullets and stuck them in a plastic bag for safekeeping they came back into the living room and played some of the games Alex had gotten as gifts. Even Claire wasn't familiar with the rules for all of them so they had to check the instructions frequently. 
They snacked on various treats she had made throughout the day and had Thai leftovers for lunch in between playing games and trying to put that puzzle together. The day passed pleasantly yet uneventfully until it was time to go to dinner at Ray's house. 
He had texted her in advance to warn her that they would all be in their pajamas so she figured it would be fine for them not to bother changing. They put on their boots and coats and headed over there with the presents Alex had bought for Ray, Zoe, and Nolan. 
"This is for your whole family and these are for Zoe and Nolan," he explained once they arrived and Heather opened the door. 
"Thanks Alex! I didn't realize you guys would have someone with you. Who's this?"
"I'm Ethan," he piped up right as his fellow Numbers came out of nowhere and pounced on him in a sneak attack. He certainly seemed happy to see them, even though Heather made them quit wrestling before they accidentally broke something. 
"Which number was he?" Heather asked Claire quietly as she watched him talk animatedly with the others. 
"Fourteen. He's having a hard time in his foster home so we told him if he behaved that he could spend Christmas with us. Sorry to impose," she whispered back. 
The older woman shook her head. "No need to apologize. Poor thing. At least he looks like he's having fun now. You must have spoiled him this morning."
"A little."
Heather rushed off to take something out of the oven and called for everyone to come sit down a few minutes later. Her table normally seated six or seven (there was a bench on one side) but it looked like she had a leaf insert for it that made it barely long enough to fit everyone here after adding in some folding chairs. 
Claire's mouth watered as she saw the ham, mashed potatoes, green beans, rolls, and so on get set out on the table. It had been so long since she had a proper Christmas dinner. Her mom used to prefer ham over turkey too; rationalizing that they had barely had turkey at Thanksgiving. 
The food was delicious but being surrounded by so many other people was what made her truly happy. She had never had a Christmas dinner like this before with multiple children and multiple adults present, laughing and talking together. 
This was the kind of family she wanted for herself someday. Mother. Father. Kids. Extended family. 
For the longest time Claire had thought that sort of thing wouldn't happen unless she married someone with a big family but she was coming to realize that Ray and Heather included her among the ranks of her family already. She wouldn't have to wait for that on holidays after all. 
She was filled to the brim with happiness and appreciation for what she had all the way through the meal, opening the presents the two of them got her and Alex, and playing games with the Jorgensen family until it was time for the kids to go to bed. Forget being the best Christmas since her mom died; this might be the best one she ever had! 
Wherever her mom was now, she hoped that she was able to see her daughter having a wonderful holiday with people who cared about her. At the end of the night she thanked Heather and Ray profusely. 


Your typical boy meets girl love story...if the boy was a highly trained super soldier and the girl was a target he was hired to kill. Six knew there was something different about Claire Conway the moment he laid eyes on her but he never would have guessed how she would turn his entire world upside down!

*Cover art by polkadottedscrunchie*

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