“The number of contestants has been increased to twenty. One of them signed up voluntarily.” The system’s announcement echoed across Planet Blue.
As the contestants were teleported in, several livestreams opened simultaneously, putting each participant on display before the audience.
“Wow, Ye Ruoyu is beautiful no matter how many times I see her.”
“Tch. She’s entered a horror game and is still wearing a pretty dress. Who is she trying to impress?”
“You’re just jealous. She can clear the game in a pretty dress—she’s already better than you.”
“She only gets through because of the experts around her, like Lin Wei.”
“Listen to that sourness.”
“That newbie is already crying. I bet he’ll be dead soon.”
“That other newbie looks pretty calm. What’s his name?”
“Fang Zhiyi... I heard he signed up voluntarily.”
“Another guy here to scam the subsidy, probably.”
“He looks completely ordinary.”
“Who knows what talent he’ll draw? It’d be amazing if he got an SSS-rank one.”
Looking at the scene before him, Fang Zhiyi couldn’t help sighing.
“No matter when I come to the Weird World, I’m always amazed by how little these people care about their surroundings.”
“You’d better be careful. The world’s will here is incredibly powerful. You remember that, right?”
Fang Zhiyi nodded. Several signs appeared before him, and he froze for a moment.
“Oh? These guys have learned how to do this now?”
He casually tapped one of them.
“Contestant has drawn an R-rank talent: Substitute. Can be used once per game.”
Fang Zhiyi was stunned.
“R-rank? Damn it, they only gave me an R-rank?”
The viewers couldn’t see his talent. They only saw Fang Zhiyi waving his arms around wildly, and immediately began guessing.
“Did this guy actually draw an SSS-rank talent?”
“A Dragon Kingdom citizen couldn’t possibly be that lucky.”
“Get lost! Don’t make me start roasting you.”
“Heh heh. In this dungeon, we’ll still be relying on the brave warriors of Sakura!”
“Why you—”
“Wait, where’s Fang Zhiyi going?”
Fang Zhiyi noticed that the other contestants were deliberately moving toward Ye Ruoyu’s group. This was a multiplayer dungeon, and Ye Ruoyu’s group had maintained a perfect clear rate up to this point. Naturally, joining them would be the best option.
“Hey, you! What are you doing?” a curly-haired man called out, pointing at Fang Zhiyi.
Fang Zhiyi stopped and turned to look at the group.
“Are you idiots? Didn’t the rules say we have to survive in this residential community for seven days? Are you planning to wait here until someone comes to invite you in?”
His words clearly irritated them.
“Kid, don’t you understand the importance of sticking together? Going in alone is just asking to die!”
“Then what do you suggest?”
“Obviously, we follow Goddess Ye Ruoyu’s arrangements. Otherwise, a hothead like you won’t even know how you died!”
“Exactly. If you know what’s good for you, hurry over and beg Brother Lin Wei properly. Maybe he’ll save your life.”
Fang Zhiyi glanced at Lin Wei’s arrogant expression and Ye Ruoyu’s false smile. His hands began to itch, but he held himself back.
“No wonder people say that bootlickers can sometimes be even more obnoxious than the people they serve.”
“What did you say?” someone immediately snapped.
The others began criticizing Fang Zhiyi one after another.
The contestants from the other countries watched the scene with contempt.
“The Dragon Kingdom contestants are fighting among themselves again. They’re always like this.”
“Forget those losers. Keep an eye on Ye Ruoyu and Lin Wei’s actions.”
“Yes, Captain.”
Fang Zhiyi frowned and was just about to stretch his muscles when the gates of the community slowly opened. A security guard stood at the entrance, his face livid.
“What are you making such a racket about? Don’t you know that making noise is forbidden in this community after five o’clock?”
Quite a few contestants immediately memorized that rule.
“Hmph. Forget him. If he dies, he’ll have only himself to blame. Keeping someone like that alive is a waste of oxygen,” someone said before turning to Ye Ruoyu. “Ruoyu, could you take care of us?”
Ye Ruoyu looked troubled. “But although this is a group dungeon, we each have different missions.”
She pointed at one of them. “Look at the name tag on your chest. You’re a repairman. I’m a resident, and Lin Wei is a security guard...”
At the mention of “security guard,” everyone turned to look at Lin Wei.
In a community ruled by such sinister forces, the security guard’s authority could practically be called unlimited!
Lin Wei smiled faintly. “Don’t worry, everyone. I’ll do my best to protect you.” As he spoke, he glanced at Fang Zhiyi in the distance. “Of course, there’s nothing anyone can do for people who insist on courting death.”
Everyone knew they had come to curry favor with him. This hotheaded fool, however, had refused to show him any respect. He was sure to die.
But Fang Zhiyi hadn’t paid the slightest attention to them. Instead, he walked straight toward the security guard.
“What do you do here?” The sinister security guard glared at Fang Zhiyi, then looked at the name tag on his chest. “Huh? You’re a resident? Which building do you live in? How come I’ve never seen you before?”
Everyone waited eagerly for the show.
No one expected Fang Zhiyi to suddenly swing his arm and slap the sinister security guard across the face, leaving him staring in disbelief.
“I’m the property owner! Who the hell do you think you are, questioning me? Are you tired of living?”
The sinister security guard stood frozen for a moment before flying into a rage. The veins on his face bulged—but in the next instant, Fang Zhiyi slapped him across the other cheek as well.
His sudden attack left everyone stunned.
“He’s dead,” Lin Wei said.
Ye Ruoyu smiled faintly.
The security guard covered his face, his mind in turmoil. That human had clearly held back! Those two slaps had nearly knocked him unconscious!
And why did this human carry such a strong aura of the sinister?
Fang Zhiyi leaned closer to the security guard and locked eyes with him. The sinister guard suddenly felt a chill run through him.
If he continued provoking this man, he would definitely die. Definitely die!
The next moment, it raised a hand in a somewhat crooked salute.
“Welcome home, property owner! Huang Si is at your service!”
It immediately began bowing and scraping, personally escorting Fang Zhiyi inside.
The entire sequence of events left everyone utterly dumbfounded.
“Could it be that property owners simply have to be confident?” A contestant from Sakura instantly arrived at this theory.
When the security guard came back out, still deep in thought, a contestant from Sakura stepped forward and slapped him across the face.
But the slap didn’t even make the guard’s head move. He merely stared at the contestant coldly.
“Damn you! How dare you attack a security guard!”
The security guard swung his hand and slapped him in return. The contestant’s head spun around several times.
His livestream went completely black.
“Why?”
“The Dragon Kingdom cheated! They cheated again! We demand an investigation!”
“This security guard is such a bastard!”
Ye Ruoyu and Lin Wei exchanged a glance, and both saw the shock in the other’s eyes.
What method had that seemingly ordinary man used? Could it be his talent?
“Stop standing around!” the security guard roared. “The gates will be closing soon. If you don’t come in, you can sleep on the street!”
The contestants immediately hesitated, then began cautiously moving forward.
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?
