I'm just an internet cafe owner

Liu Yuan: "Naturally, it's the games we made. Besides these... let's also bring out the games that we have in our store that don't exist in this world."

season finale

Earth, inside an internet cafe in a certain city.

This internet cafe is the most popular internet cafe in the world over the past decade.

How popular is it? The branches are packed every day, and at the main store, you have to get a number and make an appointment in advance if you want to go online.

Scalpers? No need to worry at all. This store has an incredibly powerful anti-scalper system, so much so that even today, many hackers have figured out how to use it.

Of course, that's not what makes this internet cafe so amazing. What's truly amazing is that the games they offer are genuinely fun. They're all games you've never seen before on the market.

An irritable passerby exclaimed, "Damn it, I finally got to be in line! I've been watching those videos online every day, and I'm so envious!"

A calm passerby said, "Isn't it because you insisted on going to the main store? If you went to a branch, you could probably get a table, right?"

An impatient passerby said, "Of course I can get a table, but I want to experience the atmosphere of the main store. Besides, the girls and boys at the main store look so good in the online videos."

A cautious passerby said, "I heard that the internet cafe owner's wife is really beautiful."

An enraged passerby exclaimed, "You're actually Cao Cao!"

Liu Yuan: "Oh? How beautiful is the boss's wife?"

A cautious passerby said, "I'm telling you this, but don't go around telling everyone. Rumor has it that the owner's wife has pink hair and is as attractive as a fairy. It's a pity that she only appeared during the few years that this internet cafe was open."

Liu Yuan: "Oh, oh, oh! I remember now, those years she probably got addicted to being a boss lady and came out to have fun. Now she's probably hopelessly addicted to games, right?"

Where is Kisara now? She's playing games at an internet cafe. Although it's working hours, she's on leave.

Now, Siwei Space Internet Cafe has more than 100 branches. Every night, the employees play games and have a great time. They sometimes play large-scale games like Battlefield, or they play PUBG together.

A cautious passerby: "Oh? Bro, how do you know so much?"

Liu Yuan: "Because I've been here since the first day it opened."

A cautious passerby said, "So he's one of the original customers! Indeed, I heard that the first batch of customers who came to the internet cafe were given commemorative internet cards by the owner, so they could come in and play whenever they wanted."

Liu Yuan: "Yes, back then we couldn't sell them, so we gave one to each customer who came to use the internet. But that's all in the past."

An impatient passerby said, "Are you still chatting? You're open for business! This store is only open for eight hours a day; every minute less is a waste."

Other passersby: "Holy crap!"

Looking at the people lining up to enter the internet cafe, Liu Yuan smiled. This internet cafe in this world was simply an ordinary internet cafe that he had built in an ordinary world out of boredom.

Because he had plenty of money, Liu Yuan didn't have to pay for internet access. But strangely enough, although internet access was free, the internet cafe was profitable. As for how much profit he made? He didn't care at all.

After all, his core business is the 4D Space Internet Cafe, which has now expanded to more than 100 branches and connected to thousands of independent worlds. On average, each branch has more than 300,000 customers. In countless worlds, the 4D Space Internet Cafe has made a name for itself.

However, this internet cafe, which initially served simply to attract people and change the world, has gradually changed. Now it has become a place for people from different worlds to communicate, and playing games online has become a common topic of conversation among intelligent beings from all worlds.

Those who stay in internet cafes are often drawn in by the games there. Even if the level of gaming in their real-world world far surpasses that of the internet cafe, the completely realistic experience without any side effects is something many other worlds cannot provide.

On a whim today, Liu Yuan decided to go back to the main store.

The main store has now connected to all the surrounding worlds, and some events in those worlds have been turned into games, making the customers and the games they play incredibly complex.

Look at the two rows of seats at the entrance of the store; these two rows of seats belong to Fujimaru Kaori and Natsuki Subaru.

Natsuki Subaru didn't play online games today, when Liu Yuan came over.

He was playing with a toy ring at the time.

"Hunter Titans! Hunter Titans!!"

In the game, Subaru Natsuki rolls around constantly, using his Giant Hunting weapon to hack and slash at ordinary enemies. He's currently attempting to complete the Old Man's Ring without allocating skill points or using legendary weapons. He's already completed 99 playthroughs and is now working towards his 100th.

Compared to Natsuki Subaru, Fujimaru Kaori was having a much happier time. She was playing a game she created based on her own world called "The Unlucky Can't Beat the Lucky."

She's now reached the Absolute Warcraft Frontier, but it's still just a game. In the game, she can only follow the storyline. Compared to when she happily bullied Tiamat, there are a few more limitations...

"Come forth, monsters! Behold the power of my Estite Meteor!!!"

In this game, players, as Masters, can not only command Heroic Spirits in battle but also use skills within a certain range. The skills in the old man's ring are all within this usable range.

Look at the screen: Fujimaru Kaori is happily killing monsters, while the Heroic Spirits in the game are battling other Heroic Spirits, having a great time.

Meanwhile, on the other side, loyal Red Alert players are playing on a small patch of land. There are many real-time strategy games available now, but a group of people still love playing Red Alert. However, because they lack skill, they can't even beat Red Alert 08, so a 7-player + 1-computer setup has become the best choice for many Red Alert players.

Here, the black-haired young man who had just been beaten up is now intently watching the video produced by 08.

"My oil field, my mine! Look over there, that egg-shaped thing is trying to steal my oil field?"

"My flesh and blood can't even hold three bunkers."

"I can't take it anymore, I'm surrendering!"

For many players, playing a game of Red Alert against Yuri is pure bliss. And afterwards, having a heart-to-heart talk with him brings even more joy.

For instance, Yuri from Mental Omega was once asked all sorts of questions about humanity by players. But now, a large portion of players who challenge Yuri aren't asking those questions at all. Instead, they're asking…

"Oh! My dear Commissar Yuri, what should I eat today? What should I do?"

"Good morning, Commissar Yuri! I killed over 30,000 people today!"

Commissar Yuri has been completely ruined.

Watching the player teasing Commissar Yuri, Liu Yuan just smiled and shook his head. It's a game; if the gameplay is still so serious when there are many players, then there's a problem.

In a corner that Liu Yuan didn't notice, two girls named Skadi and Yura were sitting together talking.

Skadi: "This abyss... is so difficult."

Yura: "You created this character using my data, and your ultimate skill can kill three million enemies in one hit!"

Skadi: "But I can kill 100,000 with a single strike of the Surge of Elegy."

Yura: "How much?"

Skadi: "One hundred thousand."

Yura: "Where's the internet cafe manager? Internet cafe manager! I want to complain, why can't I deal this much damage myself?"

Skadi: "Maybe... it's because I'm very strong?"

For internet cafe patrons, such exchanges are countless. As the internet cafes grow larger, players can even trade data on different games and characters. In the game Genshin Impact, Yato and Arataki Kazuto are happily exchanging Tidal Lament.

In Arknights, Amiya experiences the daily challenge of killing 400 monsters, while occasionally unleashing a powerful protective shield for everyone.

While these people were happily experiencing other people's game data, a discordant voice emerged.

"Damn it! My weapon is broken!"

When that sound came, everyone around him stopped playing and looked at the person.

"Hahaha, you think you're so tough?"

"Twelve and thirteen are broken!"

"Hahahaha!"

"Damn it! I'm abandoning this project."

"Are you really quitting? I'm organizing an Anton raid, and I need a spot to slack off."

"I'm coming!"

However, when he mentioned there was a spot for him to swim, the people around him exclaimed, "Martial Arts Master, please guide me! I'm a Volcano Thief!"

"A volcano releasing colorless liquid? That's really impressive..."

"... "

Liu Yuan looked at the lively sounds over there, and listening to their worship of the martial arts master and their determination to get on the bandits, he also had the idea of ​​having some fun.

but…

Just then, a voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Internet cafe manager! Add another hour for me. And another iced Coke, not iced!"

Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw Kisaragi and Jibril waving at him.

Jibril hurriedly explained, "I took the day off today. I'm not an employee now, I'm a customer. Go! Internet cafe manager, give me a Coke without ice."

Seeing the arrogant Jibril, Liu Yuan walked up to her and pinched her cheek: "Huh? What did you say?"

"Boss! I was wrong, please forgive me!"

Kisara: "Hahahaha!"

Seeing Jibril's discomfiture, Kisara laughed and said, "If you don't court death, you won't die. After all these years, you still don't understand this principle."

Jibril rubbed her cheeks: "It feels like something's missing if I don't shout a few times, boss? Want to play together?"

Liu Yuan: "It's not impossible. I'm off today, so let's go! Let's fight until dawn!"

The boss doesn't set an example by slacking off during the day, while the employees are working hard.

At the new branch, the pink-haired girl who was also the internet cafe manager greeted the new green-haired fox girl, saying, "Hello, welcome!"

Finish this testimonial

Welcome to Thinking Space Internet Cafe. How can I help you?

"An internet cafe? An internet cafe in another world? That's interesting! Let me give it a try."

The internet cafe is still open, and the stories of guests from different worlds continue...

Author's Closing Remarks

This book is now complete. First of all, I would like to thank all the readers who collected, subscribed, voted, and tipped. Thank you all for your support, which made this book possible to this day.

Actually, this book's initial performance was extremely poor. How poor? It had only 400 initial subscriptions, 300 follow-up readers, and 2,500 favorites.

When the book was released, I opened up the donation feature, and a big spender overwhelmed me with donations, making me owe over fifty chapters.

I just didn't expect that after it was released, it would receive a recommendation and gradually get better. It started with 400 subscriptions, then 1,000, 1,500, 2,000, 2,500, and finally 3,200 when it was finished.

I would like to thank all my readers for their support. Thank you all.

As for why it's ending now? On the one hand, there's really nothing left to write about this book.

This book is generally categorized as a "Yorozuya" (odd jobs shop) type, where various anime protagonists are transported to the story, gain powers, and change the ending. As the number of games and anime/games I've written about increases, continuing to write would just be an endless cycle of building upon previous themes.

But if I had to pick the parts of this book I'm most satisfied with? The Tina chapter, the food chapter, and the cultivation chapter are probably my favorites. Actually, I could write a lot more about these, but, well, the nature of this book doesn't really allow for much writing.