Cheat Awakening

Myne found himself stranded at the roadside, his car stopped in front of him in the middle of nowhere at night. A middle-aged man got out of the car, cursing under his breath. After looking at the flat front tire, he began kicking it to vent his anger. Just as he was desperate and fiddling with a strange object in his hand, which Myne couldn't identify, an old man coincidentally stopped beside him on a bike.

From Myne's point of view, this wasn't much of a coincidence. He had seen the old man watching the scene unfold from behind a bush before getting on his bike and stopping in front of the middle-aged man; clearly, the old man was the mastermind behind it all.

The old man invited the middle-aged man to his house, offering him shelter for the night. The middle-aged man, like a docile child, obediently sat behind him on the bike without much vigilance, and they both rode off towards the old man's house, laughing and talking like old friends.

[ The old man lives in a remote town nearby. There are not many residents, but everyone you meet is very enthusiastic, especially a certain middle-aged maid. So, you decide to stay for one night and deal with your car the next day. ]

[ It's just that the unsettling traces you vaguely noticed along the way make you uneasy, although you are very much enjoying the maid's company since she seems very interested in you. ]

The trial cutscene showed Myne the scenes the unfortunate man had witnessed along the way: bushes full of thorns, churches used for prayer, and enthusiastic smiles on everyone's faces as if the newcomer were their greatest benefactor.

Just as Myne was excitedly watching the scene, which was a very novel experience for him, the picture suddenly paused on the maid and the man walking behind a bush with clear ulterior motives. Abruptly, everything froze, and a notification prompt appeared before him.

[ Main Mission: Escape from the town or survive for one day. ]

"Ahhhh! F*ck it! Couldn't you wait a few more moments? The show was reaching its climax, damn it!"

Myne watched regretfully as the picture slowly disappeared. He was truly curious about what had happened between that man and the maid behind the bushes.

"Given that guy's cowardly personality, I doubt he was able to escape from the town," Myne, while complaining, began observing the wooden house seriously, after all, this is the house where that man lived.

There wasn't much in the house except a bed that was in such poor condition that nobody in their right mind would dare lie down on it.

It seemed to be a temporary residence left for outsiders, but it was obvious that he wasn't the only outsider who had come here.

Myne touched the dried liquid on the floor and smelled it.

"What is this weird smell? Some kind of poison?" Myne, who had never seen disinfectant, couldn't guess what it was and could only make random guesses based on his limited knowledge.

"YES!!!"

However, Myne quickly dismissed all those useless thoughts because what appeared in front of him was a very familiar-looking dialogue sign, which was very suspicious in the dark house. This made him jump with excitement.

"Saved! Thankfully, it didn't abandon me. Otherwise, given my IQ, I doubt I could get out of here alive even if someone threw all the clues in my face," Myne breathed a sigh of relief seeing the familiar { ? } floating before him. Now he had full confidence that he could blatantly cheat right under the traveling merchant's nose and screw up his so-called gaming world to strengthen himself.

Filled with joy, Myne walked to the corner beside the bed, and the question mark quickly expanded into a dialogue box, and a message appeared on it.

{ This wooden board is a little loose. }

If, after reading so many horror and mysterious thriller novels and being their die-hard fan, he couldn't guess what this message was trying to indicate and where the script was going, Myne thought he should die of shame in a puddle.

He quickly pulled open the wooden board, and after seeing the frightening scene, he couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"Cough, cough, f*ck, this stinks..."

There was an empty space below, which was full of skeletons. Several corpses were obviously not completely rotten, and the amount of flesh remaining on them was greater than that of pork ribs sold at the market entrance. A lot of worms, flies, and mice had already settled there and were now feasting on them.

Myne pinched his nose and was almost knocked down by the stench after opening it.

"Now I finally know the climax, so that poor guy ended up here, huh? Quite a fitting death for someone who wanted to jump into bed right after meeting a girl. This kind of pervert who only thinks with their lower body, without having sufficient strength, deserves this," Myne chuckled and shook his head.

To tell the truth, he wasn't surprised by this kind of ending. The middle-aged man wasn't handsome in the first place, with a big belly, messy hair, and an untrimmed beard. It would be a miracle if any woman fell for him at first sight. Only an idiot who lived in a fantasy would believe he was so lucky and that the maid didn't have any ulterior motive for getting so close to him for no reason.

While checking the corpses, Myne, with his sharp eagle eyes, found a plastic bag in the chest of one. He reached out and took it out.

The outside of the plastic bag was full of blood and weird, meat-like matter, which was very disgusting.

Upon opening it, he found a small device with a few buttons on top and a work ID card inside.

"It seemed that the pervert was a reporter who had stumbled here by mistake. But what was a reporter?" Myne confusedly threw aside the ID card, since it was of no use to him, and started playing with the recorder, trying to turn it on.

As he pressed the buttons randomly, a man's voice soon came from the recorder, catching him off guard, but he quickly calmed down and listened carefully.

[ 6:26 P.M. I was so unlucky; my car broke down, and I had no choice but to stay in this remote town. However, the residents of the town were very welcoming and not only gave me a house to stay in but also sent me dinner, which was very delicious. ]

[ 7:00 P.M. When I was about to go out for a walk, the enthusiastic maid next door, Mary, who seems to have a crush on me – and I won't lie, but I also like her; she is damn hot – I will try to see if we can go on a date... Cough, cough, anyway, back to the topic. So, where was I? Ohh, yes, Mary seemed to be waiting for me and took the initiative to show me the town. Great, it seems today luck is finally on my side; I am finally able to get rid of the curse of staying single. ]

[ While Mary was showing me the town, I found that there was a church in this small town with a population of less than 50 people. Weird. The patterns on it also gave me a very familiar feeling, as if I had seen them somewhere, but I couldn't remember where. ]

[ 7:40 P.M. With Mary at my side, time flew very fast. The sun had already set, and the people in the town started gathering in the centre. Mary saw my confusion and told me that they were going to church together to pray at this time. Although it was a bit strange, it was other people's customs, and I didn't have time to pay it attention as Mary had dragged me into the bushes behind my house while no one was paying attention. ]

[ There we kissed, and she boldly confessed that she had loved me at first sight and directly proposed to me. She told me that she was a widow with a daughter and had grown tired of living alone and needed a strong man like me in her life to fill the empty void in her heart. ]

[ Only the world's greatest fool would refuse such a beautiful lady who threw herself into my arms and couldn't wait to spread her legs before me, so naturally, I agreed without any hesitation. We then hugged each other and kissed crazily until we ran out of breath. Just as my body became dishonest, and I started looking for more excitement, Mary stopped me and said that she also had to go to pray and that she would come to me at midnight, and then we would become one in both body and soul. ]

[ 7:57 P.M. Although I was excited like a hot-blooded chicken and couldn't wait for midnight, I finally couldn't stand the smell of dead mice in the wooden house. Couldn't they have found it while cleaning the house? What would Mary think of me when she comes here? Although I was complaining, seeing their warm and hospitable appearance, and that they were even willing to give a stranger a house, food, and even a wife, I couldn't dare to trouble them further. After all, I will be one of them from tomorrow on. Forget it; I'll clean it up myself. ]

There was a bit of a pause, but the recording didn't stop; obviously, the man had found the source of the stench and was checking the floor.