The initial interface of the Dating Simulator was very simple, with only a window prompting Shen Yi to name his character.
'Can't choose gender, only default to using a male character?'
Shen Yi clicked around the interface a few times and found he couldn't do anything except input a name.
However, Shen Yi didn't particularly mind. Although he had experience playing female characters before, this was a dating simulation game, and he had no interest in pursuing men.
"Keeping my name as always, I'll go with Shen Yi."
Shen Yi typed in his usual ID and clicked to proceed to the next step.
Shen Yi was the nickname he had been using since childhood. It had no special meaning; it was just simple and he was used to it.
After registering the character, it immediately displayed the character's three-dimensional attributes.
Name: Shen Yi
Level: lv.1
Strength: 7
Stamina: 7
Energy: 9
Charm: 68
Assets: 51243.5
Achievement Points: 0
'Oh, not direct dating? There are actually character attributes.'
Shen Yi found it fresh and interesting. He thought this mini-game would jump straight into pursuing women, but unexpectedly, the character itself had a development system.
This actually increased the difficulty compared to ordinary dating games, but it also added more playability.
Although the UI looked quite simple, Shen Yi became somewhat interested. He particularly enjoyed games with character development elements.
Personally developing a character's growth would give players more immersion. Shen Yi speculated that the dating process might generate completely different options based on the character's attribute differences.
'I wonder if these initial attributes are considered high or low, and why does the initial asset have such an odd decimal number?'
Shen Yi was puzzled but couldn't find any option to re-roll the stats, so he gave up.
Scrolling down further, two options appeared before him.
[Text Simulation] [Scene Simulation]
'Who uses text simulation these days? Of course, I'll choose scene simulation.'
Shen Yi had played text-based martial arts games on forums in his early years, which described everything through text due to technical limitations. Nowadays, nobody would make text simulations anymore.
He directly chose scene simulation, leaving the text simulation for later exploration.
It was just a mini-game, so Shen Yi didn't think too much about it and clicked the [Start Matching] button at the bottom.
After a brief delay, a new interface popped up on the phone screen.
It displayed a detailed description:
"Dating Assistant Friendly Reminder: The system will randomly match two potential dates. You may choose one to pursue, with refreshes limited to once per day."
"You can only pursue one dating target at a time. Only after successfully completing or abandoning the current pursuit can you choose another."
"If no decision is made within ten minutes of starting the match, the system will randomly select one as your dating target."
Shen Yi quickly scanned through it - just ordinary precautions, like a newbie guide. But as an experienced player, he directly clicked 'Confirm'.
A progress bar appeared on the screen, showing [Searching].
[Match Successful!]
After about ten seconds, the notification popped up.
A clear full-body photo appeared, followed by a series of information.
Name: Yang Nan
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Charm: 66
Cup: A
Marital Status: Single
Dating Count: 4
Experience Count: 0
Preferred Traits: Literature, Pets (Details require achievement points to unlock)
Overall Rating: 74
Shen Yi was amazed by this string of information. He had thought this simple UI meant it was a game from some small studio, but it actually had quite impressive features.
In the photo, the girl wore a white T-shirt and jeans, smiling brightly in the sunlight with a bare face.
Her looks were merely passable, but her aura gave off a girl-next-door vibe, very gentle and comfortable, though her height was rather ordinary.
'This looks so real, it can't be AI-generated, right? Did this small game actually hire models? The cost must be astronomical...'
Shen Yi's finger traced over the girl's face as he looked at her detailed description below, a peculiar expression crossing his face.
'The dating count is one thing, but they even included experience count - is this really a proper game?'
But improper was better. Shen Yi rolled over on the couch to adjust his position, chuckling, though he knew that any game that passed censorship and made it to release would at most push boundaries slightly, without any R-rated content.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door. Shen Yi quickly got up to answer it, thanked the delivery driver, and went to the dining table.
Placing his phone on the table, Shen Yi sat down and started unwrapping his takeout while keeping his eyes on the phone.
He had to admit this game had caught his attention.
He had already seen the basic information of the first match Yang Nan, but Shen Yi wasn't in a hurry to pursue her, preferring to check out the next option before making a decision.
The famished Shen Yi first picked up his chopsticks and slurped some noodles, freeing his left hand to swipe the screen, bringing the next potential dating target into view.
Another high-definition full-body photo appeared alongside basic information.
This one was much more attractive than the previous target Yang Nan. The girl in the photo had long black hair and wore carefully applied "natural makeup" that was quite refined and pleasant to look at.
She wore a tight camisole paired with a black vest, and a short skirt below, with her long legs exposed.
Her fair arms and ankles were decorated with tattoos, and she held a ladies' cigarette, giving off a strong personality.
'Well, we've got ourselves a rune master here.'
Shen Yi blew on a chopstick-full of noodles to cool them, making a casual joke to himself.
Satisfied, he slurped up a large mouthful, but accidentally dropped an oil droplet onto the screen. He quickly grabbed a tissue to wipe it off.
Whether from the oil or an accidental touch, the photo in the screen suddenly enlarged, clearly revealing the tattoo on the girl's ankle - a crown of thorns formed into a wreath.
The sudden change made Shen Yi's eyes widen, and he couldn't help but bring the phone closer.
This enlargement revealed something surprising - not only could the image be zoomed in, but it could also be rotated 360 degrees for a full view.
'Wow! They really went all out! Even dating games on Steam aren't this detailed...'
Shen Yi marveled internally as he rotated the image, able to see even the back of the girl's head clearly. He had to admire the developer - the game was free to download, so they must be counting on heavy in-app purchases to recover costs.
"Pffft, cough cough..."
Suddenly, Shen Yi saw something that made him flush red and cough repeatedly, nearly hacking up a lung. It took him a while to recover, and he grabbed a tissue to wipe away his tears before focusing back on the screen.
He had almost choked on his noodles, not because of anything else, but because when rotating the image, the angle actually showed under the girl's skirt.
What shocked Shen Yi wasn't that this angle was possible, but that it actually showed detail in the image!
He hadn't seen wrong - that flash of black, though just safety shorts, was displayed in crystal clear detail.
"This..."
Shen Yi didn't know how this was technically achieved and could only marvel at the developer's backend capabilities. He flipped back to the first character [Yang Nan].
Sure enough, her photo could be rotated too, but since she wore tight jeans, there wasn't anything particularly interesting to see.
Poor Shen Yi, who had been single since birth - the last time he had seen under a skirt, the girl's name was Spirit Fox.
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
