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[The instance-derived identity cards are "Clown," "Balloon Distributor," and "Dessert Enthusiast." Do you wish to proceed with a random draw?]

As the new Demon Queen, Chesia was pulled into a space calling itself an "instance." Everything here was incredibly unfamiliar, and strange voices continued to threaten her—if she didn't clear the instance, she would face death. But she didn't care.

Ever since a certain frail figure appeared, her attention was completely captured.

Humans! Breathing, two-legged, lively humans! The extinct species from ancient texts, the legendary saviors, the top resources for purifying pollution... yet they were running rampant in the instance, trembling with fear at monsters. Chesia raised her hand and chopped the monster into pieces, then turned to the pitiful, helpless human: Putting it another way, couldn't she just take these humans home?

—

Entering a haunted amusement park, she hid her identity, gently guided, and chopped up all the ghosts in the park, leading a human girl to chase after her, calling her "sister."

Entering a mental hospital, the director asked her to sacrifice one person to preserve the whole, but she didn't want to choose anyone—only children make choices, she wanted them all! So, she forced the "god" to become a sacrifice and safely took away all humans.

Entering a human farm, she humbly studied, taking the essence and discarding the dross, not only completing a great reform but also reaching the management level. Finally, she secretly transported the humans away, emptying the entire farm...

*After multiple instances, an unwritten rule began to circulate among NPCs: if you see a gold-haired, red-eyed player with balloons tied to them, please be kind to all humans in the instance!

As the rumored protagonist, Chesia was running wild in the instance. She casually picked up a passing NPC, revealing a 'harmonious' smile— "Excuse me, where are the humans nearby?"

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Instance One: Blind Man's Paradise

"Give up your eyes, and you will enter paradise."

Instance Two: Special Mental Hospital

"A new patient has arrived at the mental hospital. He was once a best-selling novelist but no longer wants to pick up a pen, seemingly fearing 'them'."

"Rain is flowing blood, mud is human flesh and bone. Shh! Don't let them see you."

Instance Three: Abnormal Love

"Please choose your romantic partner from the following creatures, and let it specify a romantic way to die."

Instance Four: Hide and Seek

"Excuse me, have you seen it?"

"It is a decaying dream of the night, a hanging red lantern, a black shadow whose face cannot be seen under the streetlamp. It hides behind the smiling plastic mannequins in the mall, it crawls into the shriveled mascot costumes in the amusement park, it is hidden in the desk after school—"

"It is right beside you."

Instance Five: Eden

"Upon entering the instance, players will be stripped of five senses—sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch."

"Please eat the apple in front of you. This time, the sense restored to you is: hearing."

Instance Six: Human Farm

"To purchase humans, please be sure to choose a human farm!"

Instance Seven: Ordinary World

"Please find the only special thing in an ordinary world."

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Reading Guide:

Unorthodox fun-loving Demon Queen x Indifferent, aloof Bloodline Lord, 1v1.

A strong female lead feel-good novel. It's [Male lead is strong, female lead is stronger]. The female lead dominates their relationship. Female is not C (virgin), male is C (virgin). Please avoid if this is an issue.

The female lead is a demon. Please do not judge her by human moral standards.

The male lead makes his first appearance in Chapter 21.

The general setting is a fictional world similar to Western fantasy, with many private settings and no relation to the real world.

Main Characters: Shen Qinghuan, Lu Junze

[Dual Purity & High Sweetness + Love at First Sight + Dual Strong Leads + Exclusive Pampering]

(Cold & Radiant Genius Female Forensic Doctor + Scheming Two-Faced Crown Prince)

Shen Qinghuan grew up in a difficult family where her father didn't care for her, her mother abandoned her, and her grandmother favored males. To escape her father's demand that she marry a low-IQ rich second generation for an arranged marriage, she gave up her dream of being a doctor and became a qualified and excellent female forensic doctor.

Lu Junze, the crown prince of a wealthy family. An entertainment industry murder case brought the two together, leaving a deep impression on the crown prince's heart.

When a scheming, two-faced CEO meets a calm female forensic doctor, what kind of chemical reaction will occur?

Edith, who had no magic talent, struggled for over a decade, finally reaching the position of Chief Researcher. Then she died, on the very night she was promoted to Chief.

Edith: "...It's over, all that effort for nothing."

Her savings were gone, her luxurious mansion gone. Opening her eyes again, she was reborn into the body of an orphan in a slum in a border town, transforming from Edith Gali into Edith Griffin.

Bad news: All the wealth, status, and research results she had painstakingly fought for half her life were gone. Her new body was small and weak, and she had an equally dying younger sister.

Good news: This orphan she transmigrated into possessed an incredibly high magic talent she had never seen before.

Edith looked at the dilapidated home and empty food reserves, calming down, and calculating what she currently possessed.

—From a knowledge perspective, her mind was full of magic theory. Although she had never practiced it due to her previous life's lack of magic, it would definitely help her avoid many detours.

—From a combat perspective, her small body led to insufficient strength, but the sword skills she had practiced before were still there; she could recover after training for a while once she was well-fed.

—From a talent perspective, her magic reserves were extremely abundant, and using them was incredibly smooth and fluid. If combined with her overflowing theoretical knowledge—

There was still hope for a new life!

Edith turned her head to look at her sister, whose life hung in the balance, and decided to start by casting a healing spell.

.

On the street, the Archmage, who was frantic because the Marquis's young master couldn't find a suitable study companion, saw a green light rise from the slum, abundant magic pouring down as if to tear the heavens and earth apart.

Archmage: "...Damn it."

This was just a healing spell?!

Edith became a freshman at Beauxnes Academy.

Known: The thing that caused her death in her previous life must have come from the nobility, and Beauxnes Academy is where the most nobles gather.

Therefore: To uncover the truth, she must attract attention within the school and get close to the upper echelons. To achieve her goal, she made the following efforts:

Deliberately fell asleep in potion class, was punished by the teacher to demonstrate problem-solving on stage, then compounded the clearest potion with her eyes closed;

Deliberately let others break her sword, then picked up a random wooden stick and cut the bully out of the competition area;

Announced her commoner identity to the world, then stepped on the geniuses cultivated by the power of great families in magic combat competitions, pressing all the nobles' faces to the ground.

Her efforts were highly effective, and more and more gazes fell upon her, becoming increasingly fervent.

...It just seemed to be somewhat different from the animosity she had imagined!

...

One day before a competition, Edith sneaked into the private vault she had built in her previous life, picking out a few materials to prepare potions. Less than five minutes after she left, another figure appeared in the warehouse, looking at the disturbed ground, falling into a long silence.

"Teacher?"

"Have you returned?"

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[Trigger Warnings/Notes (Continuously updated)]

[Main plot, but male lead is not a background character]

[My style of Western fantasy, all private settings, extremely fictional, so it might not be very "Western" or very "fantasy"]

[The author is terrible at naming; place and character names are mostly generated. If there are any similarities or taboos, please point them out QAQ]

[The main plot focuses on the academy. The worldview won't be very large. There will be very classic academy competitions and other light novel plots. A work born from 'chuunibyou' (middle school syndrome) self-inflicted wounds. Hope everyone enjoys reading!]

Initial synopsis screenshot taken on 2024.8.15.

Pre-order: "Main Story Untouched, but All Side Quests Cleared"

As an RPG enthusiast with clumsy hands, Eula is keen on completing all side quests first, leveling up to max, getting all equipment, and then sweeping through the main story.

Unexpectedly, she woke up to find herself transmigrated into the adventure RPG "Guide to Dragon Slaying in Another World," which she had recently played. She stood at the entrance of the Adventurers' Guild, where the aggressive guard demanded she bring wine.

[Trigger Quest "First Test at the Entrance"! Player must go to the tavern according to the map, converse with the tavern owner, purchase a bottle of Red Flame Wine, and deliver it to the guard!]

[Quest Requirement: Red Flame Wine (0/1)]

[Quest Reward: Basic Staff x1, Gold Coins x100, Guard Uncle's Affection +1]

Eula: "..."

Bad news: She transmigrated into a game she had played, at the very beginning of the novice quest, the starting point of everything.

Good news: The side quests she had cleared were not reset.

Eula opened her inventory, looked at her seven-digit gold coin count and fully stocked material inventory, pulled out a fully enchanted, ornament-covered legendary staff, and pressed it against the chest of the guard, who hadn't reacted yet. A crimson glow gathered at the staff's tip, carrying a scorching heat capable of burning through a person. The guard's horrified expression was reflected in the firelight.

"Noel Walker!"

The girl spread her legs, raised her head, and shouted with full force towards the top of the Guild building:

"When are you going to pay me back the money you owe me!!!"

...

In the office, the president of the Adventurers' Guild, who was listening to his subordinate's report with a cold expression, suddenly trembled, falling from his chair to the floor in an instant. Amidst his subordinate's terrified gaze, he struggled to crawl to the window.

Eula is back!!!!

Content Tags: Superpowers, Feel-Good Story, Level-Up, Western Fantasy, Charismatic Protagonist, Redemption

Main Characters: Edith Gali, Shelly Scott

A sentence summary: A max-level boss returns to the novice village.

Concept: Study hard.

Detective Chen Yingsheng is an external expert for the Superpower Management Bureau. She uses a machine called "Kaleidoscope" to enter the bizarre tales constructed within the psychological worlds of superpower criminals. These bizarre tales are crazily fascinating, possessing their own set of absurd rules. Chen Yingsheng's mission is to use these bizarre rules to solve cases.

Later, a legend spread among criminals: "More terrifying than revealing your identity is having your mind probed by the detective..."

[Bizarre Tale One: Mary Sue Novel]

What is a Mary Sue? Is it Princess Xueyayinglianbingdie with rainbow hair and constantly changing eye color? Not exactly.

A Mary Sue is a young god who can twist reality at will and feeds on love. She consumes others to satisfy herself, parasitic on their praise.

Detective Chen Yingsheng successfully killed a Mary Sue by writing a novel.

[Bizarre Tale Two: Meme Contamination]

A meme play contaminated the entire campus, turning students into sources of contamination who infinitely idolized the play's characters. Chen Yingsheng held onto her last shred of sanity. She solved a suicide cold case from many years ago, gaining meme suppression. For Chen Yingsheng, it was the truth; for others, it was a lie. It was an overt scheme.

When you question its existence, what will you use to defeat it?

[Bizarre Tale Three: Grey Part-time Job]

Do not take on grey part-time jobs for money; you will encounter terrifying bizarre entities that do not belong to this world. Chen...

Content Tags: Strong Female Lead, Infinite Flow, Future Setting, Suspense, Mystery, Urban Legends, Rule-Based Bizarre

Others: New Bizarre Tales, Detective, Setting Deduction

Ming Qiao interned at City No. 1 High School for a year, achieving outstanding teaching results and being deeply loved by his students. As long as he passed the assessment, he would immediately be permanently employed as a teacher.

But on the eve of the assessment, he discovered that the school had changed. At first, it was just inexplicable heavy rain, locked office doors, strange phone calls, and the constant, ubiquitous repetition of [Follow the rules, or bear the consequences]. He initially thought it was a student's prank. Until he stepped into the cafeteria and inadvertently entered the most dangerous instance. Looking at the seemingly normal but illogical rules, which were ready to take his life at any moment, he realized—the matter of permanent employment should be re-evaluated.

The school was full of dangers. A man-eating cafeteria, a playground overrun by monsters, a library resembling a bizarre amusement park... If one accidentally violated a rule, they would die instantly, leaving not even bones behind. To lead his seemingly frail colleagues and students to escape from the school, Ming Qiao bravely and fearlessly rushed to the front; he would break through the instances and solve the puzzles.

However—

Cafeteria Instance:

Normal rules: You can leave after eating.

Ming Qiao's rules: Dark mazes, man-eating dark rooms, monster chase battles await you.

Playground Instance:

Normal rules: You can leave by flying out using the diving board.

Ming Qiao's rules: Giant games, casino mahjong, flying trapeze await your challenge.

Library Instance:

Normal rules: Find a romance novel and finish reading it to leave.

Ming Qiao's rules: Building competitions, half-marathons, gold diggers await your participation.

Ming Qiao came with a misfortune buff, precisely stepping on every trap. Wherever he went, he violated every rule, not only making survival difficult but also unable to keep his teacher identity, his status plummeting to almost becoming a monster NPC. Yet, others who violated the same rules were perfectly fine.

Ming Qiao: "...You're giving me a solo hell mode, aren't you? I really appreciate it!"

After surviving N instances, everyone discovered that if you gave Ming Qiao a student to rescue, he could overturn the entire school.

NPCs: "Thanks for the invitation. I suspect that teacher is using a cheat called 'Protect My Students'."

[Welcome to City No. 1 High School. This school is committed to developing into a first-class middle school, providing the best quality educational environment for its students. To this end, we have formulated various rules that comply with the school's educational goals. All personnel within the school must abide by them.]

●Remember your identity

●City No. 1 High School genuinely exists

●Follow the rules, or bear the consequences

1v1, HE

The golden finger is not strong; everyone starts as a rookie.

Not a campus novel, not a campus novel, not a campus novel!

The main text will certainly not be as humorous as the synopsis~ It's probably slightly, slightly terrifying.

It is advised that younger readers should not read it and keep the beautiful image of campus in their minds.

Content Tags: Fantasy Space, Infinite Flow, Suspense, Mystery

Main Characters: Shi Xin, Ming Qiao

Supporting Characters: (Empty)

Others:

A sentence summary: Open the door! Room inspection!

Concept: Work diligently to create a beautiful life.

In 2015, freshly graduated, Pei Qing was a struggling artist barely making ends meet. Following a friend's suggestion, she started live-streaming her drawing, trying to generate income. Her luck was good; on her first day of streaming, she attracted a group of "hand-worshipping" fans due to her distinctly jointed fingers. Pei Qing cheered herself on, thinking it was at least a good start. She maintained a style of only showing her hands, not her face, and remaining silent during her live streams, thus beginning her live drawing career.

However, gradually, she realized something was off with her drawings. Her art seemed to hide some unknown secrets.

In 2015, a mysterious and unconventional diviner suddenly appeared online. As long as a customer stated their request, this diviner would light a special incense, pick up a paintbrush, and start drawing. The answer they sought would be in the painting.

A child missing for ten years was now a teenager in the drawing.

A customer asking for exam results eventually saw a failing report card.

Anxious parents searching for their runaway daughter only saw a large suitcase in the end, with traces of blood on the outside.

...

No matter whether customers praised or cursed, the diviner accepted it all without rebuttal. But her divinations consistently came true, attracting more and more followers, and gradually drawing the attention of various parties.

What people didn't know was that, besides being a mysterious diviner, Pei Qing had another identity: a specially hired talent by Department X, thus beginning a dual life of online divination and offline crime-solving and hunting down culprits.

Author's completed novel of the same type: "Shock! Live Stream Connected to a Deceased Person," feel free to check it out in the author's column.

Content Tags: Wealthy Families, Suspense, Mystery, Feel-Good Story, Live Stream, Premonition

Main Characters: Pei Qing, Li Mu, Xu

A sentence summary: The first person to solve cases and catch criminals through drawings.

Concept: Punish evil and promote good.

[Haining Cat Island exploration completed, check out the pre-order: "Being a Creator God in an Infinite Game"]

[Cover is the False God, past 16 covers can be found @月渡寒塘不含糖]

Bai Jinshu, a patient with obsessive thoughts and emotional deficiency syndrome, joined a peculiar foundation. Here, the foundation collects countless unknown spaces with bizarre rules. Their mission is to enter these unknown spaces and summarize their rules.

The foundation is full of talented individuals, and the unknown spaces are eerie and terrifying. But what's even stranger than his colleagues, and stranger than the bizarre rules, is the newly hired "drama king" Bai Jinshu and the roles he plays...

Recently, during the foundation's exploration live streams, several exploration team members with mysterious identities suddenly appeared—

[A successful life winner graduated from a prestigious school with a million-dollar annual salary, a strange young man hidden behind a smooth and lucky life.]

[A melee mage who writes "magic profession" but reads "physical attack," using a staff for basic attacks at critical moments.]

[A bold intangible underground craft inheritor who knows everything from astronomy to geography and dares to scavenge any boss.]

[A wealthy young master who throws money at problems, hiring a team of mercenaries and crushing everything with heavy firepower.]

[A necromancer whose body is only a skeleton, with death constantly at his side, living eternally and endlessly reincarnating.]

[Flesh is weak, machinery ascends; the highest intelligent machine that abandoned its human body and plunged into the data torrent.]

[A legendary investigator with extremely high sanity protected by divine grace, moving freely in unspeakable worlds.]

[A false god whose words become law, crushing dimensions, leaving wails of sorrow and corpses wherever he goes.]

In countless bizarre worlds, these unknown spaces where powerful figures appear stood out, quickly attracting the attention of all investors.

Investors: "This foundation can actually recruit such amazing employees? Invest immediately!"

On the eve of the annual performance review, the top-ranked explorers are about to face their final battle. The foundation will unconditionally grant one wish to the person who tops the list. It is rumored that the several god-tier powerhouses who suddenly appeared recently are all here for this spot, but only one winner can be chosen. Thus, countless investors eagerly await this strongest employee championship battle, placing bets and shouting for them to fight, saying, "I want to see who wins."

In response—

Bai Jinshu: "Wait... there's a big problem with this final battle."

#Why are all the top ranks on the leaderboard myself?#

#Don't even mention you guys, I don't even know who can win#

#Don't panic, maybe I can still survive... What the heck, save me, save me, save me#

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If I can't write daily, I'll write every other day.

The intelligent, identity-shifting, mentally troubled (shou) x Pure Evil God, online love-struck system-given tool (gong)

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Tips:

Large-scale personality split scene. Combat power and moral standards fluctuate with identity cards. The gong is a background character, really a background character.

The identity cards in the synopsis are not all of them. The protagonist is a 'film emperor' (master of disguise) and doesn't reveal his identities externally. Instances are written in the order their outlines were conceived. Some identities have a second playthrough.

Rule-based bizarre infinite flow + identity novel, leaning towards rule-based bizarre and exploration/puzzle-solving. Not many horror elements, many strange and quirky instance core mechanisms.

Puzzle-solving infinite flow is a special genre. Some instances only make sense at the end. Please, those re-reading, do not spoil specific rules in early chapters. I will delete spoiler comments that severely affect reading and puzzle-solving when the foreshadowing for the instance hasn't been laid out yet. Other comments, if accidentally deleted by review or administrator, can be appealed in the backend.

The first comment to deduce the core mechanism before the main text's puzzle solution will receive a big red packet. Other correct deduction comments will be highlighted after the solution. For those reading for the first time who don't want spoilers, don't click on the highlighted section in the comments.

[Synopsis screenshot taken on 8.27]

Amid the steam of the industrial revolution, mysteries surge beneath the surface. Cults and secret societies seek the extraordinary in the shadows, while hidden gods gaze upon humanity from the heavens.

Forbidden knowledge, sacrificial rituals, and forgotten histories—mystery is everywhere.

Dorothy, unexpectedly transported to this increasingly bizarre world, discovers that to survive and move forward, she must adhere to one principle:

Knowledge is power.

And forbidden knowledge?

That’s an even greater power!

[Rerolling Talents at the Start + Early Beta Test Access]

Early Talent: [God of Thieves] (S-Level)

Midgame Evolution: [One-Person Party] (SS-Level)

“A free soul is never bound by the thorns of nobility. There’s no need to ascend to the divine altar or sugarcoat our deeds. We are thieves lurking in the shadows—know yourself, and then revel in unbridled joy.”

As the world turns into a game, every player awakens a divinely bestowed talent:

[Holy Light] , [Immortal] , [Breath of Winter] , [Frozen Throne] , [Elegance Never Goes Out of Style] , [Clock Out, Then Become a Chef God] , [Best Supporting Role] , [Marshmallow] , [Butter Beer] , and so on…

After being reborn, the first thing Yu Xunge does is rush home to force-feed her brother—soon to marry into the Su family—a bottle of liquor, ensuring he misses the first beta test of the game.

In her past life, this s*umbag had manipulated her endlessly. It wasn’t until her dying moments that she discovered he had been scheming against her from the shadows all along.

On her deathbed, she learned she was nothing more than the villain in a male-oriented novel about a live-in son-in-law’s rise to power. All the malice and suffering she endured? It was him shifting blame onto her from behind the scenes.

This time, it’s her turn to operate in the shadows.

Male and female leads? All your fortunes? They’re mine now.

Join the beta, reroll talents, and wreak havoc from behind the curtain!

I have two principles as a human being:

1. Never lie.

2. Never believe anything anyone says, including myself.

“Sir, I must point out that your second principle contradicts the first.”

“Where’s the contradiction?”

“If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?”

“Oh, sorry, I forgot to mention, I don’t consider myself a human being.”

...

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi. Cheng Shi, who never lies.

What, you haven't heard of me?

It's fine, you just haven't been deceived by me yet.

Soon, you'll remember.