Bai Ye, a sophomore in high school, suddenly discovered that he could see things that others couldn't.
For example... some existences that have been floating around him, taking away the control of his body, called "players", and the strange prompt box called "task progress bar" by the "players".
There is also a forum like the night net containing a large amount of night city secret information.
It turns out that the world where Night City is located is just an electronic game in the high-dimensional world, and he is the unfortunate main character of the sideline villain line controlled by the player, forced to become a passer-by involved in the main plot from an ordinary student, doomed to be defeated by the protagonist group of the plot The background board phantom thief bears the danger of life every day, and does not give wages.
Under the influence of the option simulator, Bai Ye watched his life run in a strange direction.
In the face of the battle between the enforcers and criminals of Night City, the following three options appeared in front of Bai Ye, who generally passed by:
[1. Leave silently] [2: Choose to take pictures and post them on the Internet] [3: Shout to them all: Hi~ Welcome to Night City! No matter what happens, everyone will come at me!]
Bai Ye watched the abstract "player" controlling him happily choose 3, and then he fell into the dangerous situation of being chased by both enforcers and criminals, becoming the famous heart-stealing phantom thief in the inner world.
An extremely evil demon suddenly appeared in front of his house with injuries all over his body. The following three options appeared in front of Bai Ye, who generally passed by:
[1. Pretend not to see it] [2. Help him bandage his wounds] [3. You are my tenant now!]
Bai Ye watched the player choose 3, and then welcomed the demon into his home. He couldn't even pay the rent himself, and he had to provide food and lodging for the humanoid nuclear bomb.
Bai Ye's favorite boy detective group is fighting against the demons who invaded Night City. As Bai Ye, who is a circle of cultural double cultivation wife, frantically codes while watching the live broadcast of the battle, the option to make trouble appeared in front of him again:
[1. Update 200,000 words a day angrily] [2. Expose his identity as a sophomore in Solomon Academy before the live broadcast] [3. Now run to the detective group of the main character in the opposite position and shout: "I love you!"]
Bai Ye: Hey, player who is controlling me, I know you are watching! ... Kill me! Please!
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At the end of the century, a mysterious phantom thief who can steal everything appeared out of nowhere in the inner world of Night City. Whether it is the valuable necklace of the mayor of Night City, the most precious demon creation of the enforcement bureau, or the summer homework of the city guardian boy detective group, the phantom thief wonder, known as the "Starry Night Magician", can steal it silently.
At first, on the forum: [I rely on my family, have you seen the news?! The phantom thief wonder is simply a heinous criminal! Not only stole countless priceless treasures, but I heard that several spatial earthquakes that have occurred in the city recently were also caused by him! Even the large season of reunion, he dares to intervene! ]
Bai Ye: ... I'm just passing by to do practical work, okay! And how come I don't know that I can control natural disasters?
[Really! Many people are absent-minded after seeing the phantom thief. I suspect that he can steal the hearts of everyone who has seen him! ]
Bai Ye: ... injustice! This really has nothing to do with me!
With the development of the main plot, the direction of the wind on the Night City forum has slowly changed: [No, isn't the phantom thief wonder the enemy of the detective group? Why did he save the detective group from the hands of the devil? ]
[Yeah... If he wasn't for the relics of the demon game, then wouldn't his previous behavior also be...? ]
[I'm going! I found out the truth! It turns out that the phantom thief wonder is a dark night hero who bears all the incomprehension and abuse, and guards this world in the dark! ]
[Yes, otherwise he would not have had to block such a terrifying demon king-level demon for the detective group! ]
In fact, Bai Ye, who really can't beat it, is just pretending to be hard because the option simulator is hard-installed: You still scold me.
Even worse: The main character boy detective group, who should be tit-for-tat with him, also showed a "so that's how it is" look.
Bai Ye: "No, why do you believe it too?!"
[Collect the whole network, who is the skin of the great heart-stealing phantom thief?! ]
The whole network is guessing who the mysterious phantom thief is, but they don't know that the mysterious phantom thief in their mouth who can steal hearts is the "naturally bad seed juvenile offender" who is ridiculed and ridiculed by everyone in Solomon Academy.
Bai Ye, who is helping the idol detective groups to make up homework to earn living expenses: Xie Yao, others flesh, please, I just want to be an ordinary person!
Bai Ye: Oh yes! The vest of that wife who both writes and draws can't be taken off!
If it is taken off, he will really not live!
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In a future city, a bad luck high school student becomes the controller of the Fourth Natural Disaster, is forced to bind the option simulator, and then is repeatedly socially dead but is mistaken for a phantom thief hero who endures humiliation and bears the burden, and by the way kicks away other people's bento stories.
My stream of chuunibyou but world-weary poor money-loving surface mad and cool, but actually herbivorous doujin male easy to bully male protagonist, pure chuunibyou fantasy, not infinite flow but a team competition for high school students, the story of finding treasures all over the world, there is a reference to the p series, dihua, passionate shonen style, write about the friendship of boys cb.
Content tags: Urban Strange News Horse Armor Text Beauty Strong Miserable All-Purpose Diao System Dihua Stream
Bai Ye Detective Agency and classmates
Other: Urban legends
A word introduction: Who said this option is old, this option is great!
Intention: Forever and ever, don't give in.
Monsters invaded, the rules of Blue Star changed, and the world fell into chaos. With the arrival of new rules, human girls awakened monstrous beast templates, transforming into beast-eared girls, who could summon monstrous beasts together with boys after forming a contract.
Pegasus beast-eared girls, flying tiger beast-eared girls, white snake beast-eared girls—everything was available. Fluffy beast-eared girls, delicate beast-eared girls...
Xiao Ye awakened the God-level Beast Tamer System, which allowed unlimited contracts, detection of other people's templates, and rapid enhancement of summoned beast forms.
At the start, he was dumped by his girlfriend, Xie Mengxuan. Then, his good brother, the demonic school beauty with the SSS-rank Nine-Tailed Fox template, immediately said: Be my boyfriend.
Xiao Ye was stunned. I treat you as a brother, but you actually want to be my wife!
Cheng Bingxi chuckled: While my deskmate is still innocent, I'll trick him into being my husband!
Nine-tailed fox demonic school beauty, five-clawed golden dragon fruitful girl, soaring Kunpeng queen, divine beast Qilin empress.
Looking at a bunch of SSS-rank beast-eared girls, Xiao Ye said: Bring on more!
Ning Helan doesn’t believe in ghosts or gods, but under his grandfather’s coercion, he ends up taking on ghost-hunting and demon-slaying commissions during his free time from college.
A client claims that ever since visiting an abandoned temple in the northern city, they’ve been feeling unwell—everything hurts: their face, chest, and waist. They insist they’re haunted. Ning Helan casually pulls a malicious ghost off the client’s back and beats it senseless with Dialectics of Nature by Marx.
Client: “Taoist priest, do ghosts really exist?”
Ning Helan: “There are no ghosts in this world.”
The client, trembling as they look at the ghost he’s holding: “If the Taoist priest says there are no ghosts… then there aren’t any.”
Another client tearfully insists that they are a “lone star of misfortune,” cursed to clash horoscopes with their husbands, having already "killed" three. Ning Helan casually notes her and her ex-husbands’ birthdates and, when the client isn’t looking, kicks the lingering ghost on her back straight to the underworld.
Client: “Taoist priest, do you believe in lone star curses? Am I cursed by the gods?”
Ning Helan: “I’m an atheist.”
He hands her a book on materialism and advises her to stop overthinking, while reminding her to keep an eye on her household’s butler.
Days later, the butler is arrested—it turns out he had been secretly in love with the client for years and poisoned her previous husbands out of jealousy.
The client, holding the book, falls into deep thought: “So this book had such hidden meaning…”
A family complains of bad feng shui, claiming that everyone in the household experiences hallucinations at the same time every week, from the oldest to the youngest. Ning Helan investigates, checks their leftovers, and waves away mischievous mushroom spirits lurking in the house.
Ning Helan: “The feng shui is fine. Study architecture more, and always cook your mushrooms thoroughly. Stop thinking about all this superstitious nonsense.”
The family watches the mushroom spirits scurry away and silently sheds tears.
Reading Notes:
No romantic pairing, dual male protagonists, episodic plot, focused on character growth. PS: Ning the Taoist Priest is the strongest character in the story.
All supernatural elements serve the plot; no harmful beliefs are promoted. The story advocates for science and resists superstition.
Heavy creative liberties are taken. Some mild horror/thriller elements may be present.
Updates were typically released at midnight, with random red envelopes in paid chapter comments.
Upcoming Work:
Bringing the Classic of Mountains and Seas to the Apocalypse: A no-romance male protagonist story set in the apocalypse, featuring a gentle, cunning lead and fluffy ancient mythical beasts.
Tags: Modern AU, Urban Fantasy, Growth, Taoism, Lighthearted, Redemption