[Little Black: "Lin Ran, time paradoxes are incredibly difficult to explain. Honestly, even I don’t fully understand them. Let’s just hurry to where you want to go."]
Little Black’s voice carried a hint of urgency as it tried to pull Lin Ran out of his chaotic thoughts.
It knew that in this time tunnel, meddling with the past could trigger a chain of unpredictable consequences.
Lin Ran had to admit—this was beyond his imagination.
He took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down. "Alright… Wait, what’s that? Is that… the future?"
His gaze was drawn to another scene, one that left him stunned all over again.
[Little Black: "Yes, but this future no longer exists. Just treat it as a timeline that never happened."]
Little Black’s voice echoed mysteriously in the vast space.
Lin Ran saw something he never wanted to witness—himself desperately trying to stop Luo Yao from leaving the basement in a distorted timeline. His face was etched with panic.
In his haste, he stood up too quickly and slammed his head straight into a hanging lantern above.
The lantern swayed violently from the impact, creaking ominously.
[Little Black: "If you don’t stop her this time, Luo Yao will be in danger. She’ll get hurt… and then hide it from you—"]
Before Little Black could finish, Lin Ran already knew the outcome—he’d just seen it.
The moment Luo Yao was involved, Lin Ran lost all rationality.
His eyes burned with desperation as he shouted, "Dammit, you have to help me!"
His voice reverberated through the space, filled with unshakable resolve.
[Little Black: "How am I supposed to help? I’m just a cat Luo Yao stabbed, meow— She’s ruthless, meow meow—"]
[And this isn’t even real! It’s just a projection, like a movie. It won’t actually happen—you already changed the outcome. This is just a possible scenario based on time predictions…]
But before Little Black could react, Lin Ran suddenly grabbed it with lightning speed.
Like a crazed pitcher, he hurled Little Black straight at the lantern, yelling:
"Go, Pikachu!"
[Little Black: "Holy— Lin Ran, you absolute monster!"]
Little Black let out a horrified shriek as its tiny body flew through the air in a perfect arc. Its eyes widened in terror and fury—it never expected Lin Ran to do something like this.
Mid-air, Little Black twisted its body and landed a solid kick on the lantern.
The lantern swayed even more violently, teetering on the brink of collapse.
With feline agility, Little Black leaped back into the time channel, quick as a startled rabbit.
—In the time projection, the lantern wobbled wildly before finally crashing down with a loud smash.
Lin Ran’s eyes widened. "Look out!"
He shoved Luo Yao out of the way just in time—she narrowly avoided the falling debris, but he wasn’t so lucky.
Blood seeped from the wound, staining his clothes crimson.
"Ah Ran—!"
Luo Yao noticed immediately. Panic flashed in her eyes as she rushed to his side, her voice trembling with worry. Her hands steadied him, her gaze filled with heartache.
—
[Little Black: "What the hell was that for, meow meow meow?!"]
Little Black yowled in outrage, its fur bristling with anger.
It glared daggers at Lin Ran, looking ready to spit fire.
Lin Ran scratched his head awkwardly, offering a sheepish smile.
"Sorry, got a little carried away. Won’t happen again."
He tried to placate the furious cat, but his mind was racing. Why did this happen? And why is Little Black keeping secrets from me?
["Can you think about anything other than Luo Yao for once?"]
"I can’t help it. Even if I know it’s just a projection, I still want to stop it. You’ll forgive me, right? You’re the cutest cat in the world, after all."
Little Black’s eyes gleamed—it seemed to have an idea.
["We can go back now."]
Its voice was suddenly cheerful, as if it had already forgotten its earlier rage.
Lin Ran nodded, clutching a note in his hand—a promise to Luo Yao, something he could never forget.
Little Black sidled up to him with an eerily human-like grin, leaving Lin Ran baffled.
"What’s with that look? Why are you smiling like that?"
Lin Ran eyed the cat warily, a sense of unease creeping in.
Little Black didn’t answer. Instead, it kicked him hard and shouted:
["Go, dumbass!"]
Lin Ran: "…"
Before he could process what was happening, an overwhelming force surged like a tidal wave, hurling him out of the time space. His vision blurred with light—and when it cleared, he was back in the cave.
[Little Black: "You’ve got one minute, max."]
Its voice echoed in Lin Ran’s mind, firm and unyielding.
The cave was just as damp as he remembered. Luo Yao sat motionless, her hollow gaze fixed on empty air. Her lonely figure looked especially fragile in the dim light.
"Luo Yao."
Just two words—but her eyes instantly lit up.
"I only have a minute. Here, I made these snacks for you. You have to remember to eat, or you’ll get stomach problems."
Lin Ran hurriedly pulled out an ornate box from his pocket, filled with homemade pastries—though they’d gotten squished from his "backflip" through time. Still, Luo Yao cradled it like a treasure.
"And this… It’s a doll of me. If you miss me, take it out on this thing. When we meet again, you can take it out on me instead. Remember—I’ll be waiting for you in the future."
He handed her a plush doll resembling himself, his eyes brimming with reluctance.
"Oh, and here’s that rope you like using to tie me up. Keep it. You can use it on me anytime in the future."
Hope flickered in Luo Yao’s eyes, replacing the emptiness.
If I tie Ah Ran up with this… I’d be so happy.
She threw herself into his arms…
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
lan, the Luo family, tracked him down - along with the babies in their arms. Mo Xuan stared pensively at the paternity test results from over a dozen top institutions, both domestic and international, showing a 99.99% match between himself and the two baby girls. At 23, Mo Xuan, a doctoral student, had become the father of two three-year-old children. The kicker? The mothers weren't even the same person! He gradually realized he was being lured step by step into an elaborate trap designed by these two yandere sisters. "Be good, little Xuan. Sister's life belongs to you entirely." "Brother, if you try to run away, I'll have no choice but to tie you up." Mo Xuan: "Do whatever you want, ladies. I give up."
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
