Haha, I Thought This Was Just a Game

Perland Academy had welcomed a new transfer student. He was good-looking, but his name was unbelievably strange. His surname was Bai, and his given name was apparently “Cabbage Fresh-Fresh.” Everyone: …Wait, no, who in the world would actually have a name like that?! On his very first day, the transfer student rummaged through every trash can in the school before presenting the campus bully with a rose he had picked out from the garbage. On the third day, he started eating from one end of the cafeteria to the other without stopping once. On the ninth day, he uprooted a tree and smashed open a door, rescuing a student trapped inside a storage room. On the fifteenth day, he skipped school. When asked why, it turned out he had gone around collecting cans and somehow earned 999 yuan from them. On the twenty-eighth day, he pulled out a glittering oversized holy sword from who knew where and engaged armed intruders in tactical combat. On the forty-second day, spider silk shot out from his hands as he climbed up and down the school buildings like some kind of human spider. The students: …Wait, no, this is getting more and more ridiculous!! Day ×: the transfer student solved a major serial murder case shaking the entire city. Day ×: he successfully rescued the heir of a wealthy conglomerate from a fire on the seventeenth floor of a burning building. Day ×: he took control of a malfunctioning airplane and landed it perfectly. Day ×… ——- Everyone: …Wait, is any of this even humanly possible??? Although everything around him was absurd beyond belief, the transfer student had done countless good deeds and saved countless lives. It was as if there was nothing in the heavens or the earth that he could not accomplish. Everyone gradually became accustomed to him. If it was that person, then surely anything would turn out fine. They grew used to his existence, used to the chaos he brought with him, and used to the miracles that followed in his wake. And love as well. Yet on the nth day, ■■■■, the omnipotent transfer student never woke up again. Everyone: ? Everyone: ?????! — A pixel game suddenly appeared on Bai Fuling’s phone one day. Out of curiosity, he tapped on it and casually gave himself the name “Cabbage Fresh-Fresh.” After discovering how incredibly high the game’s freedom level was, he quickly became interested in playing. Because of that freedom, his favorite thing to do was control his pixel character in the most unconventional ways possible. The more ridiculous and entertaining, the better. Unfortunately, the game had no save files. Time could only move forward, and even when he wasn’t playing, he had to leave the character on auto-mode. Eventually, after growing bored of it, Bai Fuling casually picked an ending event, wrapped things up cleanly, and uninstalled the game without a second thought. But from that day onward, something strange began happening. While walking down the street, after taking a shower, before falling asleep… He would occasionally hear faint crying echoing beside his ears. “…Bai… Bai… where are you…?” The world consciousness that had grown from the obsessions of countless people in that world had finally located Bai Fuling’s reality. It was like a mass of viscous sludge, like tentacles that could seep through every crack and crevice, slowly infiltrating the world where Bai Fuling lived. It emerged from the shadows, forming boneless arms that wrapped themselves around the person lying on the bed. Large, icy tears fell one after another. “…Bai… Bai… missed you… finally found you.” — Warnings Before Reading: 1. The protagonist thinks it’s just a game, so he plays however he wants, performing bizarre and chaotic actions completely off the beaten path. Somehow, he ends up becoming a savior and everyone’s beloved disaster magnet. The male lead is an indescribable tentacle-like world consciousness covered in darkness, technically non-human. 2. This is not a traditional “fragment” story. The NPCs themselves do not merge together. The game world exists as part of the non-human male lead’s process of observation, interaction, and learning emotions. Neither the protagonist nor the male lead’s true bodies are inside the game world. It’s more like they’re both using created game avatars to fall in love online. They are genuinely a pure romance couple. If you’re extremely curious and don’t mind spoilers, you can jump straight to the second half of Chapter 217 first. 3. The protagonist is controlling a pixel character in a game; his real body never enters the game. The game world and reality do not connect. Inside the game world, the atmosphere is chaotic-neutral, bizarre, morally unrestrained, and shameless. Recommended only for readers with very high tolerance levels and few triggers. It’s best to purchase chapters gradually according to your comfort level. —— Tags: Lighthearted, Comedy, Roasting, Fourth Calamity, Everyone Loves the Protagonist, Overpowered Protagonist Main Characters: Bai Fuling, “It” One-Sentence Summary: Wait, this was supposed to be a game?! Theme: The original purpose of games is happiness. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Haha, I Thought This Was Just a Game — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠