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28 Volumes / 1854 Chapters (Complete)
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A virtual underground game that has no protection. Lurking with players who seek power, fortune and survival. Qin Ran chose to enter this VRMMORPG game without hesitation because he knows this is his only way out from death. Can he escape death in real life or dying via the game?

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Demon’s Cage
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恶魔囚笼
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The Demon’s Menu (Shared Universe)
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Steelkite
Steelkite rated it
March 13, 2023
Status: c370
I'm still reading this, and even though that I quite enjoy it so far, there's something extremely annoying.

Those damn translator notes. Every chapter ends with idiotic translator notes. Why would they ruin a perfectly good translation with these ramblings and trolling? It's infuriating.

Example: "The bloom of a romantic relationship", this is a TL note inserted at the end of a chapter. Keep in mind, that this particular chapter was about the protagonist escorting a 13 years old child! This is just trolling and has nothing to do with the actual... more>> story. There are many cases like this. <<less
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Darthi
Darthi rated it
July 24, 2022
Status: c1854
Great start

Decent middle

Terrible finish

Like a lot of novels that go from mortal to god style of progression, the closer they get to divinity the worse the story gets. The ending is quick and you can feel the author grasping at straws trying to tie everything together quickly, then just being done and ends it with lots of questions still to answer. The only reason I gave this 3 stars was that even a bad ending is still better then no ending at least it just didn’t stop and get abandoned.
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Mahesvara_
Mahesvara_ rated it
July 22, 2022
Status: c122
Not too bad actually. It's a kind of vr game genre, but I don't find anything unique in it, rather it has so many cliches ideas, it was influence by so many stories to the point it loses it's originality. I also don't find any special quirks of author either that's why reading it feels so bland, it's so obvious that the author tried to integrate writing styles of other authors.

I also dislike how the author keep inserting unnecessary info at the climax of the arc while in the middle... more>> of action scenes or any important things. The scenes pausing for me just so the author could give his piece of mind in form of narrative, like explaining the obvious to the readers it just irritates me. It's very basic I can't enjoy it. Sometimes while the Protagonist is in the middle of solving some mysteries the author will also throw in some life story of the MC, he will explain why the MC is like this and that going away from scene and then will suddenly go back to solving mystery again. I've seen books like this but this is the first time I actually find it so annoying. Probably good for starter books for newbie readers where author will treat you like an idiot. Aside from problems from writing styles. The Protagonist is also too lucky, his plot armor is very thick than your average lucky protagonist. Not unreasonably lucky but the logic was being stretched a bit too much, when you read it you just get to know that MC will never take a loss.

I came here for the mystery to entertain me, but I find myself looking for reasons on how to enjoy the book. The mystery is very much disappointing. Novel just feels so empty.

Story: 4/5

Characters: 2/5

Style: 2/5 <<less
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joshb3
joshb3 rated it
April 19, 2022
Status: c510
This was pretty entertaining to begin with. I just felt the story was dragging on far too long. Same plot points repeated again and again with nothing much interesting to look forward to. 510 chapters is only 1/4 of the way through and it really should have had the story wrapping up not too much in the future. Instead it will be more of the same.
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WordsOfWisdom
WordsOfWisdom rated it
March 24, 2022
Status: c1386
Ok, I rate this Novel 3* (stars).

It should been 5* but it goes down pretty much.

-1* from Author nonsense Food enthusiasm (Almost dropped this Novel because of this Shit, and right now I am still considering it. Because this Culinary/Food things still happening and getting worse)

... more>> -1* From Contradicts Power/Attributes scales.

As other people already point up the good things and bad things about this novel, then I guess I will just adding my opinion in simple way.

This Novel has been quite enjoyable to read at early to early-middle stage (chapter 1 to 700 or 800 ?), atleast that what I feel.

Personally I dont really hate MC Personality/Characteristics, he has his own Unique characteristics and habit. But it doesn't mean that Author should Pushing or Forcing MC into something that really make the story become "ANNOYING".

For an Example, MC personality make him not to waste any edible food he have or what people gave him, which is good in my Opinion.

But it doesn't mean that Author should turn this Novel into Sukogeki No Shouma (Japanese Food Anime), I mean think about it, when you were reading DETECTIVE/ACTION Novel and suddenly it turn into FOOD/CULINARY Novel halfway.

for one or two times it might not that bad, but to spam it almost every Chapter posible? Can you imagine it?

Author even goes so far as deep as he can on Explaining the RESEP, TEXTURE, TASTE, EFFECTS on the Foods. It even Affecting people around MC.

Maybe there is a trend about food at that time in Chinese readers. But it doesn't mean Author should change it BASE/CORE Story to almost about Food.

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Next it is about the Power or Attributes scale.

At early stages it still reasonable and make more sense about how MC raising his 5 Attributes.

But as MC entering the Transcendence level - Advanced High-Player Level. It totally become a nonsense power development.

You need to know, at first MC is beeing focus on Rounded-Build / Jack of all trades master of none style.

but later on, as his dungeon entry grow, he comes confronting enemy with high spirit Attributes. Which Divine-God beeing.

So he tried to Adapt and learn about "Choosen One" Players, then he switch into Spirit Attributes as his Focus.

Then it turn into Nonsensical scale. Be it Power up or Fight with Enemy. <<less
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LeylinIsOP
LeylinIsOP rated it
March 9, 2021
Status: c1854
Good novel in the beginning but got bad after about 1200 chapters.
Spoiler

I won't comment on the ending or the plot holes because I've read longer novels with much worse endings and female heroines forgotten at the end.

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Overall a decent read if you've read the top ranking ones on WebNovel already. I would've preferred if his real life was explained more properly since he got into the game and developed such a cautious and cunning personality because of IRL problems.
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cloud28884
cloud28884 rated it
November 28, 2020
Status: Completed
This is a great novel and recommended to be read (maybe until 1600th chapter is enough, cuz after that the story kinda became a bit confusing and seems to be forced, the end is happy ending btw)

The MC is smart and causious enough. The story is also good, love the world game development on the story and the strength enhancement. Its a bit like Ultimate Evolution novel where you have mission and reward/penalty but the strength enhancement could not be brought to the real world.

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Pro :

  • Like the MC character and the strength development :)
  • Great world development in each dungeon session
  • Its a happy ending story

Con :

  • The con mainly because after around 1600th chapter and the ending is so meh... After 1600th chapter the novel become very very very difficult to read (unlike previous ones) and very likely to make you drop the novel. Anyway, you could just ended before the forced & continuous dungeon because the ending is very very not interesting (bassically the villain just show up, then the MC comes right after and bamm... the villain lost and everybody gets back to the real world, what a meh one (its like bassicaly there's no fight at all)
  • Why Starbeck identity is a girl is being hidden and only be revealed in the ending. Its kinda strange because it seems like the author wanna attract BL lover but then change his mind in the one last chapter ending (I for myself does not like BL story one, so its kinda difficult for me to hang on until the end reading Starbeck-MC interraction as both male, because there's already a lot of girls chasing the MC and he does not has any interest in them and the author keeps hinting that he always hates girl/woman....)
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crkr0526
crkr0526 rated it
November 2, 2020
Status: Completed
over all the novel is good but the main point of the story is not discussed until the end. He starts playing the game to earn money for his sickness to which he will definitely die. But until the end we don't even know if he gets cured or not.
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0RB
0RB rated it
July 4, 2020
Status: Completed
  1. I suggest new reader to stop around 1500+ chapter and refrain from reading the ending
Spoiler

The ending is abrupt, rushed, dumb and it show the author is not interested/invested on the series anymore.

Many plot and arc are not ended, unresolved and many thing at the end is not needed

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Overall

  1. Good starting point
  2. Mediocre after awhile
  3. Bad ending
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miscreant
miscreant rated it
December 14, 2022
Status: Completed
I found most of the arcs quite enjoyable and for the genre it's quite standard with usual upgrades, points, stats etc. The cold protagonist tag is there for a reason as the MC's personality limits the novel when he has a fairly transactional approach to relationships and it means that the MC's character growth only applies to stats and not personality/relationships.

The novel's weak point is the ending that isn't really bad but horrifically rushed. Just to put it into perspective the last mini-arc before the ending was 125 chapters while... more>> the ending the includes confronting the story's main antagonist and an epilogue is 3 chapters so a lot of it is open ended and rushed. <<less
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Jaden875
Jaden875 rated it
October 11, 2022
Status: Completed
This ln took me quite sometime to finally complete as I dropped it a couple times right at the end. Overall it's a real decent story being part of the infinite genre where the MC transports to different worlds and completes quests as different characters. This is a real intersting thing to do and keeps it real active. However, as the story progresses it becomes a lot more lackluster and not as good. The MC is pretty op and even when he's pretty op the author doesn't just let him... more>> steamroll his opponents. Like the antagonists still get plenty of storytime even though they're literal ants compared to the MC and then in the end the MC just wipes them out anyways. The abilities are cool plus the food aspect of the story. Other than that it really isn't that good and for sure has a real crappy ending. The MC is also not a very likeable person becuz he has no emotions at all. Pretty generic starts out good and ends terribly.

Really can't say I would reccomend it. <<less
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auroraRMC
auroraRMC rated it
June 29, 2022
Status: Completed
Really enjoyed this novel. Classic infinite flow theme, but each world was really interesting and fleshed out, and I could feel the tension and pressure that our MC was facing at like every single moment. I appreciate that our MC was very OP--even though he was weak compared to the truly strong for a large portion of the novel, relatively he is extremely overpowered and catches up to them at an unprecedented speed.

I will agree though that the last quarter or so of the novel was definitely a step down... more>> in terms of quality. Almost 80% of the last third or quarter focuses HEAVILY on food and eating, which makes sense in part but is also so exaggerated that it feels like it's just there as a very in-your-face quirk and to take up space. Ending was very rushed, with the author trying to finish the whole storyline with hundreds of chapters worth of material in 5 chapters. In the end the only thing I was looking forward to was more cute moments with Starbeck, though I was disappointed when he did end up being revealed as a girl having to pretend to be a man. Come on, we already had another one in the team who was like that, can't we have some man to man love here? Though not surprising in the least. Very disappointed by the ending, there was so much that could have been done and explained, MC gets control but what does he do after that? The entire premise of the novel was about the MC wanting to cure his illness but the end just entirely skips over that part. What about the scenes of our MC and Starbeck getting together?? So much could have been done to finish the story. It was still a very gripping and enjoyable journey though. <<less
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Warrenayiss
Warrenayiss rated it
April 6, 2022
Status: c1854
This is one of my favorite novels, especially for its worldbuilding and plots. The MC went from a young and weak newbie to the peak.

I really love that each dungeon is a whole world filled with secrets and a complete backstory. The only downside is that as the MC stays not too long in each it's impossible to know or understand everything. Plus the narration hides many things from us, the MC knows or understands a lot more than us in each world and we are only explained a micro... more>> part.

Spoiler

Example we never knew what is the hidden power of Marie, why does the stone door in the Shaman world leads to a whole new world filled with gods, who are the enemies Kitti is keeping the door from? How did Broker resurrect dead players? What happens to the MC now that he is the only player? What does he fight?

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The story is still full of secrets.

The power system is also very interesting, although the MC wanted to be a jack of trade at a moment he started only focusing on the spirit. This confused me at first but reading the benefit this gave him, I can only say it became understandable

Spoiler

Because of the cursed power he got, there was a strict requirement on his spirit and constitution, and once his spirit got to a very high level, he understood how different this stat is from the others. Especially when the players with high spirit are considered more dangerous than the not.

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In summary, this novel is filled with adventure and mysteries, a very hidden romance too lol I'm still shocked about the end and may read it again for the fourth time. <<less
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andsut
andsut
September 2, 2021
Status: Completed
Ok, so I really enjoyed the entire novel except for the last arc... omg it was really rushed to a point that it made me sad when I read the last chapter.

Anyways the novel is really good should anyone read after this text do not expect too much for the gran finale. The last battle with the final boss? Not great at all. At least we all got to know about Kieran and Starbeck, but about the genetic desease Kieran had seems like the autor forgot it.
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Yuki_Ringo
Yuki_Ringo rated it
August 31, 2021
Status: Completed
What a journey

This novel give good vibe like lord of the mysteries that even if there's so many chapters as a reader I don't feel bored

The pacing is steady and interesting with tense moments and some face slapping and a pinch of every women falling for the protag in this case MC know bout them but ignore them for the bigger goal, food n power (I respect that a lot)

Especially MC personality as a slightly paranoid straight man ; enemy start momologing kick them; beautiful women try seduction, another... more>> kick to the face; captured enemy trying to bag for life w valuable info, another kick (gender equality to the max)

The side characters are memorable as well and they make u honestly cheer for them like how much of a dramatic puppy that whines for attention lawless is normally but become a Fierce tiger when friends in danger

Overall every arc except the last is great. Last one was a bit rush n a lot of expositions <<less
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Salaheddine
Salaheddine rated it
July 22, 2021
Status: c1854
It was a really good and enjoyable experience to read it the story development was very good and make you wanna read a chapter after an another, but ... more>>
Spoiler

the end was catastrophic, and the character who was teased all the story and was supposed to be the last boss didnt last more than 50 chapter and they were a lot of plots that didnt get any development and was supposed to be importants think

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I think the main problem with this novrl its because it was rush and didnt have enough time, and if it did I can say with confidence it would at least last for more than 1000 chapter <<less
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goga
goga
November 6, 2020
Status: c528
The MC is being nerfed by the author and it's really getting annoying

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Spoiler

why the hell isn't he using the Myriad Viper when he knows that Deadman's Gaze can easily be neutralized tch

it's an easy win

he upgraded that skill 3 chapters ago and he doesn't use it.. What's the use of his spirit stat then

well one of the BS reason I can think of is that he wants to save it as a trump card

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I really like how the fight scenes are not prolonged

if you want a s*upid prolonged fight then try Monster Paradise, the author there is really legendary with his s*upid padding of a fight <<less
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Antrone
Antrone rated it
August 5, 2020
Status: c408
It's okay, while not the greatest story I've found it to be a worthy time waster if nothing else. Still it has a lot of problems and the biggest one is the authors inability/unwillingness to have the MC grow and change as a character, constantly handing the MC the idiot ball and calling it arrogance despite the fact that the MC never learns from it, at the point in the story I'm at I think it's happened literally dozens of different, separate times with no hope of it getting better... more>> in sight. Still it's saved from being unbearable because the MC doesn't whine about it all the time, only immediately after the fact when he "engraves the lesson into his heart" (yeah right). <<less
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Meloman
Meloman rated it
June 19, 2020
Status: Completed
I loved it. Really good. Like world hopping, only better. The ending is better than I've expected. Much better. Definitely recommend, binge reading only. Long chapters- so read when you got time on your hands
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