“But after you become poorer, you’ll realize….” The psychologist comforted Liam White, “Being poor isn’t so bad after all. Money is just an external thing—why make yourself suffer so much over it?”

Liam White asked the psychologist expressionlessly, “Is it painful to have a patient like me?”

Psychologist: “………” It’s painful.

Liam White let out a cold laugh: “So what are you making yourself suffer for? Why don’t you just quit and go travel?”

Psychologist: “…………” For money. Without money, I don’t dare to leave.

Burst into tears with a “woof.”

After making who knows how many psychologists cry, Liam White clapped his hands~ and sighed: poverty really is the best weapon against humanity.

It’s like hurting yourself a thousand to hurt others eight hundred.

Luckily, this psychologist was free from the community, otherwise Liam White would be even poorer.

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After Liam White lost his job, he fell into a state of extreme anxiety, unable to adjust at all. He even dreamed of getting rich overnight, sitting atop piles of money and laughing joyfully, only to wake up feeling empty and alone, realizing his savings were only five digits.

In this unrelenting, laid-off, anxious self-conflict, Liam White would often rest his chin in his hand and daydream—if only there were a way in this world to make money with high risk. He could risk his life, but he wanted money!

He told his friend about his thoughts, and his friend comforted him, “See that criminal law book on your bookshelf?”

Liam White said he saw it.

His friend said, “Just flip to any page and pick a line—there’s your high-risk money-making job. If you work hard enough, you might even make this month’s urgent list.”

Liam White: “……”

Liam White didn’t want to break the law, but was there really no way to make quick money legally in this world?! His friend said, “You’d be better off dreaming.”

Even if it meant risking his life, he wanted money—Liam White lay in bed dreaming, and at the last moment before losing consciousness and being swept into this game, that’s what he was thinking.

End of flashback. Liam White looked at the floating game panel in front of him.

A new line of text appeared on the panel: [Yes, it was your strong desire that started the game, and as long as you successfully clear the game, you will get everything you want.]

Liam White didn’t hesitate: “I want money.”

Who cares what kind of game it is, he just wanted to make money.

After a while, Liam White asked again, “Is your game legal?”

Panel: […..Legal.]

Panel: [Clear the game and you will earn points, which can be exchanged for money and anything else you desire.]

Liam White: “What kind of game is this? What do I have to do to clear it and get the points you mentioned?”

Panel: [This is a horror escape game, filled with ghosts, homicidal maniacs, and unimaginable things. What you need to do is find their weaknesses, complete the storyline of the entire game instance, and survive in their hands.]

[Game instance loading…..Loading complete]

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[Game Instance Name: “Siren Town”]

[Level: Level 1 (Games with a player death rate below 50% are Level 1 games)]

[Mode: Single-player mode]

[General Description: This is an exciting game combining action and puzzle-solving, very popular among players, but apparently not very friendly to newcomers—the newcomer death rate is extremely high.]

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[Player information loading………Loading complete——]

[Player Name: Liam White]

[HP: 100 (If HP drops below 60, player attack power decreases; at zero, the player dies.)]

[Stamina: 80 (You are full of energy.)]

[Agility: 25 (You’ve spent years at a desk, your whole body is stiff, not very agile.)]

[Attack: 30 (You only have the attack power of a high school girl hitting someone with a schoolbag.)]

[Intelligence: 89 (You are unexpectedly smart.)]

[Luck: 0 (You’ve been extraordinarily unlucky your whole life. If your company has to lay off one person, it will definitely be you.)]

[Skills: None (You don’t have any skills yet.)]

[Mental Value: 100 (You are the first player whose mental value remains full after logging into the game.)]

Below the mental value, there was a line of small red text as a note.

(Note: Please keep your mental value above 60. If it drops below 60, the player will become mentally unstable and all character panel attributes will be halved. Below 40, the player will see hallucinations not belonging to the game, making it much harder to clear. Below 20, the player will enter a frenzy state, with attack attributes skyrocketing and killing all kinds of creatures. If mental value reaches 0, the player will be completely assimilated by the instance and become one of the monsters in it.)

[Comprehensive evaluation of player panel attributes——F-level player, the lowest level, but due to special measurements of mental and intelligence values, this rating is in doubt. Final player level recorded as——F (?)]

After scanning the entire character panel, Liam White looked at the question mark after the F and felt as if he’d been subtly mocked. He swiped away the character panel, and a new panel popped up.

[You have logged into the newcomer area’s small TV screen (1/100). Currently, no one has stopped to watch you. Player Liam White’s popularity is 0, and recharge rate is 0.]