DANMEI Reading List (RAW)

158. Game Loading

Translator: Rainbow Turtle Translations

Chapters: 304 + 5 Extras

Tags: world hopping, lucky MC, unlucky ML, game elements, character growth

Synopsis:

Xie Xi was someone with luck off the charts! The advantage was that any game could be easily cleared. The disadvantage was that all games were boring! Then one day, the words 'Game loading' appeared in front of his eyes and he began to clear real games!

The emperor of luck ran into a bottleneck in the first game.

Game Name: Love to the Left or Right

The vampire prince has invited you to a meal. Will you go?

Xie Xi: I won't go.

Arrow through the heart. The vampire prince says you can't leave him and takes your life.

After loading the file, Xie Xi changed the option: I will go.

The housekeeper has cut off your head because of love and hatred.

Xie Xi: ???

Impressions: Well, Long Qi is among my fave authors~ At first, I thought this would be a 'harem' like his work, Need to Propose to Seven Men, What to do? cos the first arc was  like that but it turns out all this twisted MLs is just one person XD

So MC is a typical loner which has a lucky physique when it comes to games. He was suddenly brought to a twisted love game (First Arc) where he has to survive for 7 days. After he came out, he finally knows that he is one of the 'Players' and has to go to mission worlds. MC also finds out the designer of the mission world he just came out from (ML) and his next mission is also his design!! So he goes to a newbie mission to avoid it. 

Meanwhile, ML is already love-at-first-sight with MC~ It's because their souls have high compatibility that MC will always pick mission worlds that ML designed. Its because ML put a sliver of his soul in each world. So when MC enters, all of the souls want to get close to MC which results to MC being a slag stepping on multiple boats XD XD XD

Laters, MC & ML finally meet for real and do a mission together. They officially get together and MC finds out how important he is to ML, cos he's the only one who can enter his designs. Although ML is a shameless old rogue XD but you find bits and pieces of him on the 'souls', so MC gets a clue on his past experiences etc. And also how much ML paid for him silently to help him clear the missions. Laters, he clears more and more worlds until he gets back all of ML's souls.

I like that our MC is clever, when he goes to mission worlds, he doesn't really receive any mission plot so its up to him to figure out his identity/back story etc., which is really hard! On top of that is our ML's brainhole which is really big and likes to come up with all kinds of dogblood drama and self-abuse plot~~

Although our ML is love-at-first-sight with MC but MC is not like that at all. He started from a negative goodwill to ML before being slowly and painstakingly (with the joint effort of ML and his souls) raising his impression of him. I think MC really fell for ML during the <Dream Come True> game cos it was based on MC's life and ML saved him at the right time. But once MC fell for ML, he wholeheartedly wanted to help ML which also explains why he became more and more of a slag in the mission worlds XD cos he can't bear to refuse any of the souls and LOVES them all~~

I like Long Qi's world building and this world hopping novel is the perfect chance to showcase that. Each mission world really has a complex plot but becomes a 'love game' when MC comes in. It was amusing to see MC juggling multiple MLs XD Slowly turning from an upright youth to a slag man/fish/flower XD

My favorite arc would have to be Arc 5, Wonderful Painting of the Mountains and Seas followed by Arc 6, Collapsed God. Fave ML's soul is Randy (the Butler).

Overall, this is very interesting. I think this is closer to The Earth is Online instead of other QT novels where you take over a 'role' and counterattack. So if you like that, you might want to check this out.

Arc Summary:

Arc 1 - Love Left or Right (Chapter 1-16) - MC enters a game. Setting is he is the young master. A vampire, his butler, his crossdressing maid and cousin are all inlove with him. His mission is to live for seven days while making sure this yandere guys don't kill him XD

Arc 2 - Fairy Tale Town (Chapter 17-29) - MC enters a mission world for newbies. But the 'Fairy Tale Town' residents knows about Players and hunting them down.

Arc 3 - Lost Atlantis (Chapter 30-75) - MC's mission is to get the love of all six Princes. Watch how MC becomes a slagfish who steps on six boats XD

Arc 4 - Open World (Chapter 76-120) - MC & ML teams up for this mission world. ML lost his memories here so MC pretends they're Master & Disciple XD This is where they finally get together ♥

Arc 5 - Wonderful Painting of the Mountains and Seas (Chapter 121-166) - MC is the Flower God. The Azure Dragon, Vermillion Bird, Ninetailed Fox, Zombie King, White Tiger are all inlove with him. My favorite arc ♥, with the plot twist regarding 'time' and 'reality'. MC gets his golden finger here.

Arc 6 - Collapsed God (Chapter 167-200) - My second favorite arc ♥ MC goes to a futuristic world where 'reincarnation' is normal. There are two genders: rational and emotional. MC's life is in the third 'round'. 1st round ML, 2nd round ML and 3rd round ML are all emotionals inlove with rational MC who (supposed to be) cannot understand love.

Arc 7 - Collapsing 12 Boundaries (Chapter 201-212) - MC goes to fix ML's last remaining worlds. First world is Aries. This is modern world. ML is a student. MC is a cat that can be transformed~~ Cat ears! Cat tail!

Arc 8 - Collapsing 11 Boundaries (Chapter 213-224) - Another modern world. MC is a scum business competitor that deceived ML before. Taurus ML revenges on MC by taking over his company.

Arc 9 - Collapsing 10 Boundaries (Chapter 225-241) - Gemini ML Arc. MC is a succubus exchange student in First Heaven. ML is an angel and MC's roommate. Lots of shamelessness XD There is a plot twist why there are two MLs~

Arc 10 - Collapsing 9 Boundaries (Chapter 242-256) - Cancer ML. Apocalypse arc. No zombies but everyone is given abilities. MC is a bird that can transform. Enemy is a Black Fog that swallows everything.

Arc 11 - Collapsing 8 Boundaries (Chapter 257-280) - Leo and Virgo ML. MC becomes a slag man again XD MC is the Beast King Rose. MC & Virgo ML broke apart cos of Virgo ML's super possessive love. MC picks up Leo ML and raise him as his son. Laters, Virgo ML & Leo ML meets and fight for MC. MC decides to solve Virgo ML first.

Arc 12 - Collapsing 7 Boundaries (Chapter 281-283) - MC goes back to solve Leo ML. This one has a somewhat predictable plot where MC pretends to be abused before making a big reveal that he did it all for Leo ML~~

Arc 13 - Can't Be Erased (Chapter 284-304) - Final arc. Combined Libra, Sagittarius, Scorpio, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn ML. MC is an Evil God. MLs are his followers. After this, all souls go back to ML and ML is finally complete ♥

Extras - (305-309) MC finally goes to a world not designed by ML~~ It's just a small world.