As a high-risk individual, Ye Sangsang received an invitation to the beta test of the holographic game “Criminal Files.”... more>>

As a game known for its high degree of freedom, high adaptability, and extremely realistic simulations based on real criminal cases, its beta release garnered significant attention.

As a condition of the beta test, she was required to livestream her gameplay.

Delicate, beautiful, and silent—these were the words often associated with Ye Sangsang.

As a game that had captured the nation’s high expectations, many were baffled when they saw Ye Sangsang.

This was quickly followed by ridicule.

“Someone like her playing from the criminal’s perspective? The victim would probably turn the tables on her.”

“Is she going in as an investigator? A beautiful but useless burden?”

“The victim escaping alive? Don’t make me laugh.”

But as the cases progressed, Ye Sangsang gradually left the audience in awe.

“The criminal!!! Oh no, lock her up, I’m terrified of how she kills!”

“Investigation? Come on, can you guys keep up with Sangsang’s pace?”

“The victim! Ahhh, what a bloody battlefield!”

The livestream chat, once filled with skepticism, eventually overflowed with admiration.

Some even began to suspect that she might actually be a high-intelligence criminal herself.

It wasn’t until later that Ye Sangsang’s holographic crime scene simulations helped solve one real-life case after another.

Audience: ???!!!

Ye Sangsang, facing the camera: Please note, I only perform once.

[Reading Tips:]

1. This story is set in a futuristic, fictional world with holographic crime simulation games. Everything is virtual, so please do not draw parallels to reality.

2. Some parts of the story may reference real-life cases. <<less

Yu Xiao, a terminal stage cancer patient with an incurable condition, had reached a point where she had accepted her fate. Living each day with indifference, she had already made peace with the idea of departing from this world.... more>>

One day, her phone automatically downloaded an app called ‘Four Hospital Patients’ Discussion Forum’.

“Four Hospital? Isn’t that the local psychiatric hospital?”

Curious, she tapped into the app. The top post read: 【Guide for the Morgue】

Yu Xiao:???

Second post: 【Cataloguing the Ghosts I’ve Encountered Over the Years】

Yu Xiao: No wonder it’s a forum from a psychiatric hospital.

【Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming a Sealing Master!】 This one seems quite intriguing!

———— That night, terror descended, and the hospital was engulfed in a crimson hue. Unnameable horrors lurked outside the wards, murmuring by the rooms, “Let’s see who’s been naughty now?”

————

During rounds that night, the inspection ghost lifted Yu Xiao’s blanket and stumbled upon the talismans by her pillow. The ghost was amazed to find high-level symbols.

The inspection ghost cried, “Why would advanced seals appear at a beginner’s level?!” <<less

An inexplicable danger lurks within the harbor, where numerous containers emit a pungent stench. Suddenly, crew members fell ill and began to wildly attack other people. The text that appeared out of thin air told her that this was a survival game.... more>>

Fu Anan thought that it was just a dream, and that she wouldn’t be affected by it once she woke up.

It wasn’t until the game told her: She would die if she didn’t follow the rules of the game. She would also die if she didn’t survive for at least thirty days in the game…

Unknown danger on the cruise ship; An isolated island that suffocates people; creatures inside the fog; Floods that engulf everything; Epidemic with no cure; Constantly collapsing lands……

How should one survive in various natural and man-made disasters, and in environments where resources are scarce? <<less

When Yu Su opened an APP, her ordinary, boring, and constrained life changed in the blink of an eye.... more>>

An inescapable hotel, a hide-and-seek game of death…–One suffocating mission after another. Somehow, those missions were also related to reality… <<less

Knowing that she’ll die tomorrow from a female ghost’s attack, Zhu Yang goes binge-drinking the night before she dies.... more>>

The next day, she wakes up, mind still disoriented from the previous night’s drunkenness. Looking around, her house is a mess, and there is a female ghost hanging out of the TV, having drilled halfway out.

More importantly, the female ghost is dead!

Her pig friends then all accuse her of how cruelly and inhumanely she destroyed the female ghost to death.

Zhu Yang: I’m not! I’m not! Don’t talk nonsense! I am a weak woman like a delicate flower who only screams when she encounters something horrible.

In regards to this, the female ghost who thought she could kill this weak woman handily but was killed instead: I have something to say! <<less

Little white flower: Weak, innocent, simple, pitiful, kind-hearted, just like a dodder flower.... more>>

In an accident, Ruan Bai was forced to bind to a white lotus flower cultivation system and had to play the role of a little white flower in various escape games!

When the evil spirit passes by the door and everyone holds their breath.

[Ding! New random task: Scream out in fear and attract the attention of evil spirits!]

When everyone is running wildly, trying to get rid of the mu*derer behind them.

[Ding! New random task: The spider by the roadside made you cry in fright, weakly fall to the ground!]

When the rich handsome guy impatiently throws her a wad of cash.

[Ding! New random task: Throw the money directly on the ground and tell him not to use money to insult yourself!]

Ruan Bai: …Are you sure you didn’t come to pit against me??? <<less

The world’s first online VR survival game has finally been released. In order to promote the game, the company is holding the first “Infinite Survival Competition”.... more>>

As a passionate survival enthusiast, Su Han is eager to sign up…

How does one survive in a hyper-inflated economy?

What about during a natural disaster? Or while being trapped at sea?

…

Facing many different difficulties, Su Han handles them with ease. And along the way, she finds a like-minded partner and survives with him until the end. <<less

On an ordinary afternoon, a higher-dimensional supernatural system named [Ghost] invaded human society.... more>>

After that day, ghost sightings became frequent across the world, and the rate of accidental deaths soared.

Just as humanity was at a loss, the [Ghost] system launched a global livestream:

— Ding! Congratulations, you’ve been chosen to participate in “Horror Variety Show”~

— Because you’re a beloved celebrity with enough attention, you were selected. Use your popularity to survive in the instance~ You’re the brightest star!

— The celebrity with the lowest popularity after clearing the instance will be eliminated and become the ghosts’ dinner, so do your best.

— Either get famous or die, tee-hee~

Li Zhi, a small-time actress who had been doing background roles in countless TV dramas with no fame at all, looked to the left at the top idol and then to the right at the nation’s first love.

With a resolute smile, she said:

— From an unknown small actress to the top star player in the instance.

— From nothing to something.

— From something to destruction.

【Even when this world has become a playground for ghosts, I won’t forget that I am human.】 <<less

When the world became a game map, and one after another, humans began to transform into dolls.... more>>

In the beginning, Bai Youwei thought it was a prank by the aliens. Until the moment where she was s**ked into a vortex of light, and a clear robotic voice sounded in her ears—

Ding! Welcome to The Dolls’ Game! The rules of the game are as follows:

If you refuse the game, you will become a doll!

If you lose the game, you will become a doll!

If you clear the game, you will be rewarded!

Bai Youwei trembled while jumping into Shen Mo’s arms. “I’m scared! I’m just a weak girl who cannot tie a chicken (has no abs in hand)…” (T/N: tying a chicken and abs are homophones of (fu ji) in Chinese)

Shen Mo pulled her little hand and placed it on his abs. “Now you have some.”

Game System: “Warning! Warning! Please respect the game, and clear challenges seriously, don’t focus on dating here!” <<less

After Song Juyao died and emerged from the virtual world, she learned that her entire life had just been a reality show which was led and controlled by others.... more>>

One billion viewers watched this live broadcast, all of them pointing fingers at her and ridiculing her life whilst the director team thought up every possible method to design setbacks for her, pulling her into the mud over and over again.

Then, Song Juyao was reborn. This time, her memory was not suppressed.

This was a crazy world. People were discontent and bored of their lives. They had also lost their enthusiasm for various kinds of entertainment, falling to the point of seeking all sorts of thrills in order to arouse their emotions.

Later, they found a precious treasure. She was perfect. They held her in the palm of their hands and went wild for her. They even regarded her as a God and worshipped her fanatically. <<less

– Question: “What is scarier than the personal experience of transmigrating into a horror movie?”... more>>

Anonymous: “Transmigrating into a movie you’ve never seen before.”

– “Poor comment! There’s nothing scary about that!”

Anonymous reply: “You sure? Can you be sure your dad isn’t a mu*derer? Can you be certain your spouse isn’t out to kill you for insurance money? Can you even be certain there isn’t any hidden lethal weapon in your son’s lunchbox? The scariest thing is that you have never seen this movie before so, you have absolutely no idea of any ‘surprise’ that awaits you ahead!”

Hence, this novel is also called [’surprise’ that awaits you]. <<less

Welcome to the live-broadcast, ultra-realistic, simulation game [mu*der Scene Analysis] (Rookie qualification test). The identity you applied for is [Victim]. The memory related to the case has been blocked. Please try to avoid the outcome of death with the help from in-game hints, or assist the [mu*derer] and [Investigators] to complete the scenario restoration.... more>>

Identity: Wang Dongyan (Alias).

Method of death: Jumping off a building (Recorded in file).

Player Evaluation Score: 92 (A genius like you should be able to crack the case, right?)

Character Compatibility Rate: 36% (You and the victim are two entirely different people).

su*cide Advancement: 87% (Your character is already on the edge of a mental breakdown). <<less

After being killed, Xu Turan was given a system and got pulled into a certain thriller romance novel. There, she became the crucial female supporting role who seeks death. However, on the first day of transmigrating, her system was urgently recalled for repair as it was aging.... more>>

As their farewell was imminent, the system was worried about its new host so it repeatedly reminded Xu Turan: [Your role is to be a supporting character who is always seeking death. You do know what that means, right?]

Xu Turan recalled her rich experience of doing just that in her previous life and she replied affirmatively with absolute confidence.

So the system withdrew with its mind at ease.

After a few days, the system that had been away for repair finally returned. When it looked at the situation, it almost malfunctioned: [What are you doing?!!]

Xu Turan, who was busy arguing with the Evil God, answered without thinking, “I’m doing what you asked me to do – trying to find ways to die.]

System: […?!]

*

What the system thought about seeking death: provoking the heroine, vying for the male lead, ignoring the advice of her boss, being the potential villainess of the story and stepping on others, seducing handsome men and humiliating herself, and finally being punished for trying to seek death.

Xu Turan’s understanding of seeking death: provoking elite monsters, robbing supernatural weapons, ignoring the auras that terrifying entities were desperately honing, belittling the dormant pseudo-Gods and raising them in captivity, and somehow dragging a male companion for outings.

It was impossible for her to die. Even if she danced frantically on the edge of danger, it simply was not possible. At most, she was just a little crazy and a little intimidating.

And then as time passed, both traits got increasingly stronger.

Till the end, it was both terrifying and legendary for one to change oneself into a Horror itself.

The system almost went insane: How is that even possible? <<less

—— A bus that loops forever.... more>>

—— A haunted house that accepts screams as payment to skip scenes.

—— A dark and shadowy university that demands the best behaviour

—— A lift that leads to hell and back.

—— A stairwell that doesn’t let you leave until you reveal its history.

—— A library that was filled with death and secrets.

In the 23rd century, the struggle between life and death was being played out worldwide.

People blessed with “good luck” were forced to wander through mysterious dilemmas and pay attention to its rules.

“—— Don’t disturb the driver while driving.”

“—— Don’t push the lift button at random.”

“—— Don’t pile up your rubbish in the stairwell.”

“—— Don’t make a lot of noise in the library.”

But all changed when someone finally noticed that amid all the recent spirit shenanigans, a person in a pink hoodie consistently strung out.

**

Xu Jin Yi, who had a sizable collection of single-player horror-themed RPGs, was pleasantly delighted to discover that several of them had been upgraded to a VR version.

Using VR’s default avatar with a pink hoodie, Xu Jin Yi relied on her bountiful experience to beat bosses, break puzzles, and tease NPCs.

There was only one obstacle she couldn’t beat.

NPC: “… I don’t know your name yet, pink hoodie.”

Xu Jin Yi hesitantly entered her ID: “… YourRealDaddy24K?”

[Blocked word detected. Please re-enter ID] <<less

High temperatures, cold waves, earthquakes, landslides, mudslides…... more>>

Food poisoning, gas leaks and explosions, traffic accidents, fires…

In the name of accidents/natural disasters, a competition among humanity is underway.

Some say this is an evolutionary game only deserving of higher beings to survive.

***

Yun Xin is born with the bloodline of a priestess and possesses extraordinary perception from birth, allowing her to help people avoid misfortune and dispel disasters.

With the evolution game fully underway and crises looming in the real world, accidents are frequent. High temperatures, cold waves, earthquakes, food poisoning, gas explosions, traffic accidents, and fires—disasters come one after another.

While job hunting and navigating the workplace, Yun Xin uses her heightened perception to rescue people from danger. <<less

Here, there are the most dangerous missions, and there are the most generous rewards. The next moment could be the end of life, a point... more>> of no return into the abyss, or perhaps the ultimate ascent to divinity, standing at the pinnacle of all beings! <<less

The holographic game “Crimson Earth,” blending cyberpunk with Cthulhu elements, was about to be released.... more>>

Kui Xin’s luck seemed to have taken a turn for the better when she was selected as a closed beta tester for “Crimson Earth.”

However, events spiraled rapidly into the bizarre. She realized that instead of playing a mere holographic game, she had actually been transported to a parallel world that truly exists.

People struggled to survive amidst forests of steel and iron, while authorities raised their glasses in shared revelry under the glow of neon lights.

Consortiums controlled the economic lifelines, while super-intelligent AI monitored every individual’s actions closely.

Extraordinary beings, cyborgs, secret cults, and distortions in humans took center stage in this era…

Upon logging into the game, Kui Xin had an ominous feeling that something significant was about to unfold.

Question: What should you do if you discover your character in the game is a top-priority fugitive from the Federation, currently working undercover within the official Investigation Department?

Answer: The most dangerous place can also be the safest. Act out a scenario where you’re chasing yourself, then seize an opportunity to fake your death and escape.

—————

Name: Kui Xin

Identity: An undercover agent sent by a rebel organization to infiltrate the Federation’s Investigation Department.

Objective: Survive and strive to level up.

After reading the objective, Kui Xin felt it was insufficient.

Being a double-crosser seemed like a dead-end role; merely surviving and focusing on leveling up wasn’t thrilling enough for her. She wanted to pull off something grand.

For instance, taking out the boss and usurping their position sounded quite satisfying.

—————- <<less

Yun Ling was invited to attend the public beta test of “Apocalypse Calamity.” In the end, she successfully survived a hundred days, and obtained the “Lord Token”, “Life Skill Level Retention” and “S Rank Skill” as rewards.... more>>

The beta ended, and she waited with anticipation for the opening of the game. But then the world became the game… …

Yun — life skill player — Ling thought, what could she do? Continue to drag out her ignoble existence.

Intermediate Fishing, Intermediate Foraging, Advanced Sewing, Advanced Cooking. So many life skills in hand. She wanted to hoard grain, produce, recruit troops, build, and turn her land into an indestructible steel fort. <<less

System: Han Yanyan, you have been chosen to quickly transmigrate between worlds. What gold finger cheat would you like? You can ask for one here.... more>>

Han Yanyan: If the world is peaceful and prosperous, I’d want to be rich and beautiful. If it is a dangerous world, then I’d want to be strong.

System: Sorry. Your conditions cannot be met.

Then why did you bother asking?! (╯ `□ ‘) ╯(┻━┻ <<less

Other people’s escape games:... more>>

“Run!”

“AHH, I’M GOING TO DIE!”

“Help! Help!”

Gu Yian’s escape games:

The BOSS pets her head: “Be good, let’s watch the show together.”

Gu Yian: “???”

The BOSS smiles lightly: “Listen, their screams bring people such joy.”

In front of them, several players were either screaming or blindly running.

Gu Yian: “……” So, am I winning without doing anything?

#My escape games seem to be wrong somewhere#

#Every stage’s BOSS pampers only me#

#I might be playing a romance game?# <<less

The year ‘Thriller Hunting Program’ rebooted, 3 million players from various system partitions were chosen, facing the calamity of extinction.... more>>

Hundreds of thriller trial tournament zones, dreadful ordeals given one after another, places where ghosts and monsters rampant, and players surviving through lands of despair.

Ultimately, only one in a thousand survivors could be granted freedom.

In a completely chaotic situation, there is such a group of rabble who seems extraordinarily licentious and unrestrained.

It is said that they drive ghosts away as they see them, and slaughter monsters as they show up, wherever they stepped foot on, not an inch of grass will grow.

Yet who knew the captain of this group of psychopaths… is just a blind girl.

As a dangerous person who is on the system’s blacklist, Ling Chengmu’s blind cane was no ordinary blind cane, but a skull-shattering cane, a cane that sets off shocking rough waves.

And her latest goal is to eliminate the chief executive officer who came to arrest her.

“He won’t live long, I’ll send him to the Gods with my own hands.”

Qin Ce held onto his handcuffs: “Try then.” <<less

How do you survive when your dorm room becomes a playground?... more>>

In the dormitory building at 8 o’clock at night, the nightlife belonging to the university had just begun.

Suddenly, the lights went out. All universities in the world were plunged into darkness.

“Ding ding ding, dang dang dang”

“Dear classmates, welcome to [Dormitory Survival Game], happy dormitory life begins!” Blood flowed from the sink, the bed tent turned into a different dimension space, and the zombies crashed into the dormitory.

There are countless pairs of peeping eyes outside the door and balcony. Water shortage, food shortage, extreme environment, survival crisis.

“Instructions for students: The highest rule for dormitory survival—”

“First, the living cannot leave the dormitory.”

“Second, please protect your dormitory.”

“Third, please protect your roommates.”

“Fourth, every weekend there will be an update in the global dormitory survival rankings, please work hard to rush into the double first-class, 985, 211*, and strive to be the world’s top!”

——-

When she heard the strange singing, Tang Xinjue was opening the bags of daily necessities with a toothbrush in her mouth.

[Congratulations, classmates, what you are holding now will become your innate ability!]

“…”

Tang Xinjue fell silent as she saw the toilet plunger in her hand.

——-

*) 985 and 211 universities means some better universities in China. <<less

Lin Xinghe, who used to be the villain of a Mary Sue novel, received an acceptance letter from the Modern Era Department of the Villain School.... more>>

On the first day of school, her deskmate told her-

“Every new villain that comes here thinks that they’re f*cking amazing. At best, Modern villains like us know how to earn money through mu*der and cause trouble for the male and female leads.”

“Whatever you do, don’t provoke the Western Fantasy Department. Before coming here to reform, those big brothers would wipe out half the world with a snap of their fingers.”

“Also, don’t hang out with students from the Ancient Era Department. Those villains are always conspiring to overthrow the throne and become principal.”

“And you absolutely cannot have any fantasies about the Xian Xia Department’s grass, Xie Wuan! That! Guy! Is! A! Big! Pe*vert!” (1)

Soon after.

Lin Xinghe’s deskmate saw the big brother from the Fantasy Department using his fire magic to dry clothes for Lin Xinghe. The big brother from the Ancient Era Department had Lin Xinghe’s cat lying on his shoulder and the grass of the Xian Xia Department was placing vegetables into Lin Xinghe’s bowl.

Lin Xinghe’s deskmate: … <<less

Tsunami, Earthquake, Zombies, Meteor Showers, Bridge Collapses, Hailstorms, Volcanic Eruptions, Acid Rain, Thunderstorms.. Yuxi’s apartment’s storage room unexpectedly became connected to a star house in a different dimension. After a forceful binding, she must undertake [apocalypse survival tasks] every month to earn star coins and upgrade the star house.... more>>

Luckily, there’s a [Star House Storage] for storing large quantities of food and supplies, which might help her survive a bit longer.

[Host has completed three apocalypse tasks, unlocking the Star House’s portable shelter function in this world.]

[The apocalypse is now covering the host’s G Blue Star. Please enhance your strength, upgrade the Star House, and unlock functions such as water, electricity, interior design, and mobility.]

[Please strive to survive!] <<less

“I think… my boyfriend is trying to kill me,” Lin Sanjiu muttered.... more>>

As she thought about that rich, handsome, and gentle boyfriend of hers, she could not help but tremble all over.

At the present, someone close to her had personally raised the curtains to an apocalyptic hell, and slowly, it was creeping up to her.

—-

What if earth devolved into a apocalyptic hellhole? What if you found out you not only have to survive just one apocalyptic event but have to struggle through multiple worlds with different end-world scenarios? And you get to meet more superpowered crazies than you can imagine!

Presenting the worst nightmare that your weird doomsday prepper neighbour with a bunker full of canned beans could have, Doomsday Wonderland is a novel filled with subverted tropes, non-OP characters and a female friendly label which offends all politically correct fanatics.

As ‘lucky’ humans evolved to posthumans with the ability to adapt to the New World or mutate into disgusting duoluozhongs to survive, follow Lin Sanjiu as she struggles through multiple challenges to just live one more day… and make sense of this New World that will no longer be the same. <<less