There's a big problem with dreams in this world.

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I suddenly had a bold idea.

Brothers, after I finished writing today's update, I suddenly had a bold idea.

Of course, this is just an idea; I haven't implemented it yet, and I don't expect to implement it for a long time to come.

Yes, I suddenly had an idea.

I wonder if anyone has read the book "The White Lotus in a Female-Dominated World" and the author's latest book, "The Villain's Whitewashing Plan".

Anyway, I really enjoy reading these two books.

These two books rely on torturing the protagonist to generate a sense of satisfaction. At this point, some clever readers might ask me, "Hey, how can torturing the protagonist generate a sense of satisfaction?"

Let me give you two examples.

The protagonist transmigrates, and his ex-boyfriend is a scumbag who has a terrible relationship with his wife. As a result, his wife despises him, hates him, and even fears him.

But the protagonist time-travels, and he becomes a good person. When the story describes how much his wife hates him, or how surprised she is that he has suddenly become a good person, it creates a sense of satisfaction.

Or, let me give you another example. I once read a book where there was a scene like this.

The protagonist (female) is wanted by righteous people. Then, one of the righteous people comes to capture her. When he releases magic, he is about to accidentally hurt an innocent little girl. In the end, the protagonist gives up the chance to dodge and chooses to protect the little girl with her back.

The protagonist was abused, but when the righteous person saw the protagonist's actions, he wavered and thought that the protagonist might not be a bad guy and that the protagonist was pitiful. Hey, doesn't that feel satisfying?

Or the protagonist is a prisoner, but she is actually a good person. After the example I mentioned earlier, didn't everyone immediately think of many solutions?

Or, in the game Genshin Impact, there's a character named Yura, right? I really like her because of her identity as a "sinner," but is she a bad person? No, she's not. It's just strangely captivating.

Anyway, you all pretty much understand what it means to "abuse mainstream wish-fulfillment novels," and then, I had a bold idea.

I haven't figured out the world-building or anything yet, but the protagonist's character is... well, he's an evil god, and this evil god has a peculiar fetish: being tortured. (Ahem, just an idea, nothing more, don't overthink it.)

Then there's this evil god. He often forces his subordinates to torture him. After all the tortures they've tried, he gets bored and there's nothing new about it.

So they organized a campaign to collect ideas on how to create a sense of novelty through cruelty.

Then our protagonist can be an evil god, who comes to experience all sorts of submissions, or the protagonist can be someone who has traveled from Earth and has a lot of ideas in his mind, who relies on role-playing to make the evil god feel good.

Or maybe they won't go into much detail, they'll just write about an evil god going to the human world to play a reincarnation game, specifically reincarnating as someone who's suffered the most, and then the evil god, while playing role-playing, secretly plots against himself... hehehe...

I've already thought of a title. My first suggestion is "The Evil God Must Have a Serious Illness About Doing This."

The second option is to call it "The Evil God's **Game" (it probably won't pass censorship, I guess...).

Ahem, I have some ideas, but I don't dare to write them down. I feel like if I do, it might be canceled after only a few chapters. So I've given you all my ideas. Are you sure you don't want to write them down?

Don't forget to let me know when you write something! And if the book does well, don't forget to give me a thumbs up—it's my inspiration, after all! o(′^｀)o

I doubt anyone would actually write that...

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I'm posting this as a way to prove I'm still alive.

The novel will be updated this afternoon, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, it will be a double update.

I updated twice a day for a few days in a row, but my subscriptions dropped a lot. I guess it's because school started and I'm feeling a bit down.

Of course, the most important reason is that I'm experiencing writer's block. I've been reading a lot of slice-of-life books lately and want to learn how to write slice-of-life stories.

Later I realized that I really couldn't learn it. The reason why the book was written in the style of everyday life is because the book itself is about everyday life. It was a bit difficult for me to write about everyday life in this book.

Since A-Qing no longer needs to work to earn money, she might go on trips or out for fun, but we can't write too much about it, because if we don't push the main plot forward, the book will seem weak.

Well, the slice-of-life story isn't padded out because it's based on everyday life. As for the school setting, that doesn't exist at all; A-Qing hasn't been to school for a long time.

In short, if I can't write, then I won't. I'll just write about normal life occasionally.

I feel a little bad for standing them up. Sigh, I feel anxious when I don't update, but I can't help but do other things, but because of the anxiety, I don't do those other things well either.

numb.

In short, I'm really sorry for not updating these past two days. I kept writing until very late, which made me even less energetic the next day.

I'm going to bed now. Anyway, no matter what happens, I will definitely update tonight!

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Chapter 419: Chocolate

[Mengmeng is not a girl: I've almost finished watching it, how about you?]

A message from Hao Meng popped up in the message bar. Lu Qing wasn't particularly surprised, since the other party was just looking at the version update content, which wouldn't take long.

But she was different. In addition to the content of the version update, she also wanted to check the functions of the upgraded house.

The garden doesn't seem to have much left. According to the cabin, they provide 1-3 kinds of plant fruits every week. Let's check the garden again after this week.

Thinking of this, Lu Qing sent the following message to the message board.

[Stranger: I've finished watching too. Shall we start the next PVP match?]

[Mengmeng is not a girl: Okay, let's finish our placement matches quickly so I can see what's in the shop.]

[Stranger: Hmm.]

Hao Meng's idea was similar to Lu Qing's: finish the placement matches as soon as possible and see if she could exchange for some other items from the store.

This is a shop where you can redeem items without spending Dream Coins, which is incredibly helpful for players who are short on Dream Coins.

Thinking this, Lu Qing glanced at Fang Qingrou and Muir's condition and realized that the two of them had already entered the dream world.

For the two of them, the White Dream shouldn't be too difficult. Lu Qing hopes that Fang Qingrou and Muir can both make significant progress in this dream, and it would be even better if they could obtain the Extraordinary Sequence.

However, that should be impossible. The probability of a transcendent sequence appearing in the White Dream is too low. Lu Qing only obtained the transcendent sequence because the Abyss Card increased the difficulty.

However, her extraordinary sequence [Nightmare] can no longer be improved at present; she needs to reach the blue level first.

Clicking on the PVP matchmaking mode, the two entered the dream almost instantly.

[Game Start!]

[Matching dreams...]

[Dream matching complete, initiating teleportation!]

[Player Stranger has joined the game!]

[Player "Mengmeng is not a girl" has joined the game!]

[Player "That Night" has joined the game!]

[Player Ice Cola has joined the game!]

[Player Longbow Snail has joined the game!]

[Player Leng Yuyue has joined the game!]

Welcome to the dream world. This dream is a three-player PvP dream, and the dream content is as follows.

[Dream Title: Night of Revelry]

[Hytras was ranked the safest city in the world this year, a fact that has greatly displeased some supervillains. They hate social media posts saying, "Hytras is the city criminals dare not trespass on." Even though the person who posted that comment was later identified by criminals and their address was set on fire.]

However, it must be said that the security situation in Hytras City is indeed very good. There are many superheroes and... superhero reserves? there.

In short, there have been troublemakers in Hytras City before, but they were either imprisoned or sent to mental hospitals. Even so, some criminals still want to use the city's prestige as a stepping stone to their infamy.

Tonight, an art exhibition will be held in the heart of Hesla City. Your task, the three of you, is to openly and legitimately seize the artworks and escape unscathed.

[Main objective: Steal the artwork from the exhibition and escape successfully! The game ends in a draw if two players die or are captured.]

[Note: This plan is fantastic! If it succeeds, it'll be like we've dumped a pile of shit on the faces of everyone in the world who praises Hytras City—just thinking about it is exhilarating!]

Opening her eyes, Lu Qing found herself in a hotel room.

She was standing on the hotel balcony, and opposite the balcony was a tall and imposing building.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Qing turned around and went back into the room, where she found two people sitting on the sofa.

One was Hao Meng, clad in armor and completely covered up, while the other...

This was a young man dressed in a light black high-necked suit, with a pocket watch hanging from his chest and a rapier at his waist that seemed to be used by gentlemen and nobles.

"Hello, I'm Na Yiye, you can call me Ye. You should be my teammates for this PVP, right?" The young man spoke first as Lu Qing walked in.

"Probably, after all, this is a 3V3 PVP." Lu Qing nodded, then said, "She's Mengmeng, not a girl, and I'm a foreigner."

"Um, Mengmeng isn't a girl, so how should I address her?" That Night asked after thinking for a moment.

Calling her by her real name is definitely not an option, as it's too long. But calling her "Mengmeng" seems too affectionate and might feel like taking advantage of her.

"Just call me Chocolate," Hao Meng said, her voice sounding somewhat stiff.

"Chocolate? Sure." That night, she paused for a moment, then nodded. It's just a code name; as long as it's not too long, it's fine.

Only Lu Qing made a connection when she heard the word "chocolate." If she remembered correctly, she, Fang Qingrou, and Muir had used similar nicknames before.

She's called Maltose, Fang Qingrou is Donut, then Muir is Sugar Cube, and now let's add Chocolate...

Then add a milk tea or coffee and you've got a complete afternoon dessert!

Lu Qing was thinking about something insignificant, while Hao Meng, due to social anxiety, had remained silent. Seeing the room so quiet, the young man thought for a moment and decided to take the lead.

"The premise of this PVP is that we need to openly steal a work of art at an exhibition in Hytras City, but the condition for victory is to steal the work of art and leave successfully."

"So I think we can just steal the things quietly and then leave; that should also be a way to win."

The young man clearly only wanted to win in PVP; he didn't care about fighting other players and preferred to avoid it if possible.

But Lu Qing and Hao Meng came to participate in PVP not just to rank up, so of course she would directly oppose this sneaky behavior!

“That’s what the background says. If you don’t do what the background says, what if you lose in PVP? Besides, there are so many people when the exhibition starts. Do you think you can steal the artwork without being noticed by anyone when the exhibition starts?” Lu Qing said to the young man.

"Hey~ You can't say that. The condition for winning in PVP is to steal the artwork and leave, not that you have to steal it after the exhibition starts. So what if you go against what the background says?"

"The background is just the background. I think the victory condition is the most important thing. Even if we lose, it's just a PVP match. We can test whether the victory condition in PVP mode should match the background. We won't lose anything."

A cunning glint flashed in the young man's eyes, and Lu Qing felt she was almost persuaded by him.