Extra Story: THE MISERY DIARY OF SYSTEM DING DING

My name is Ding Ding.

I’m the most miserable system in the entire higher-dimensional universe.

No competition. Absolutely none.

It all started with a game I developed.

Originally, it was just meant to let higher-dimensional beings experience life for fun. Then, somehow, I accidentally tossed it into the three-dimensional world.

And, as if that wasn’t bad enough, I also accidentally let the strongest villain in the game awaken.

You know that feeling when a coder wakes up one morning and discovers their NPCs have developed independent consciousness?

Yeah.

Exactly that.

The truly terrifying part was that I didn’t realize Xie Chu had awakened until after he locked Lin Qian up and cut off all communication between her and me.

That was when I discovered the truth.

He’d awakened a long time ago.

And that whole time he’d been approaching Wei Yi?

It wasn’t for the sake of the storyline at all.

He was trying to… bribe the player!

My game became an instant hit the moment it launched, thanks to its gorgeous graphics and near-photorealistic realism.

But the main storyline got completely stuck.

I couldn’t unlock any new maps.

I thought my game was about to flop.

Later, I found out the reason so many people were playing was because everyone had heard the rumor:

“There’s a villain in this game who awakened on his own.”

Everyone assumed it was some insanely advanced Easter egg I’d deliberately programmed into the game.

They were so excited that they even started leaking information to Xie Chu.

All I have to say is:

Thanks.

Really.

Thank you so much, everyone.

Later, I asked Xie Chu,

“When did you realize there was something wrong with this world?”

He didn’t even look up.

He simply toyed with the ashes ring on his finger.

“The doctor said Lin Qian’s fall couldn’t have killed her.”

I got chills.

“So that’s why you deliberately tried to blow up the auditorium the first time?! You were testing us, weren’t you?!”

He finally looked up and smiled.

“Take a guess.”

Me:

“…”

Somebody save me.

A villain who actually knows how to use his brain is genuinely terrifying.

If that had been the end of it, I could’ve handled it.

But after Lin Qian left, Xie Chu went quiet for a while.

During that time, my game became insanely popular because of its awakened villain. The player count skyrocketed, and I made so much money I could practically laugh myself to sleep.

And then…

That lunatic started causing trouble again.

He actually bribed my employees.

He used the promise of “reducing map difficulty” to persuade them to create additional NPCs that looked exactly like the real-world Lin Qian.

As expected, less than two days later, my system blared a red alert:

【Villain has deviated from established parameters. World destruction imminent.】

I went to negotiate with him.

He was as calm as someone deciding what to have for dinner.

“You don’t understand?”

I lost my temper.

“No way! Pulling someone from the three-dimensional world into this one requires an insane amount of energy!”

“Oh.”

He casually tossed the ring aside.

“I’m tired. Let’s destroy the world.”

I immediately changed my tone.

“Okay!!!”

Money can be earned back.

But if this lunatic husband-lover actually lost his mind, my entire game would be gone.

And so, I officially embarked on the path of the most miserable system in the universe.

Request #1

Xie Chu: “Qianqian is afraid of snakes. Remove some of the snakes from this map.”

Me: “Snakes are adorable! Tons of people love snakes! You don’t understand—”

Xie Chu: “I’m tired. Let’s destroy the world.”

Me: “…Fine! I’ll remove them!”

Request #2

Xie Chu: “If Qianqian has nothing to do over there, you need to bring her back here within three days at most.”

Me: “Three days?! Even an ox doesn’t get worked that hard! No way. At least a month—”

Xie Chu: “I’m tired. Let’s destroy the world.”

Me: “…Fine! Three days it is!”

You tell me.

Does this sound like a miserable life to you?

Because I think it does.

But the scariest incident was still that one time.

Lin Qian’s destiny chart showed that she would be involved in a car accident at the age of twenty-five.

Fate couldn’t be changed.

After hearing that, Xie Chu simply leaned back in his chair and stared coldly at me.

He hadn’t even said a word yet…

And I’d already dropped to my knees.

“I’ll find a way!!!”

In the end, I nearly spent my entire fortune to transfer Lin Qian’s spirit into the game immediately after it left her body.

And just like that, the truth behind the setting of “villain hopelessly obsessed with his wife” was completely exposed.

It even attracted countless female players.

Some hardcore shippers even paid out of their own pockets to request an additional marriage-and-baby map for the two of them.

I locked it immediately.

Hello?!

This is an 18+ game!

And with Xie Chu’s personality, he literally blocks the system just because I try to say one little thing about love.

You really think he’d let you watch that kind of stuff?!

He’d be back to “I’m tired. Let’s destroy the world” in two seconds!

Forget it.

I’m going to count today’s revenue.

Tsk.

Getting paid to endure humiliation really does have its perks.

— The End —