The Boss Behind The Game

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Lu Wu, an aimless video game developer, had been feeling perturbed ever since he found out he was the direct descendant of a king from the underworld. Other than the title, His Excellency, his ancestor hadn’t passed down anything else to him. On top of that, all of his ancestor’s subordinates had rebelled against him and completely usurped his inherited territory.

Under the circumstances, Lu Wu built a battle game server with the help of his new mysterious friend and transported gamers from the real world straight to the underworld using virtual reality. They then created the main quest, the character classes, the Instance Dungeon, the storyline, and the non-player characters for the game.
Relying solely on these video gamers’ strengths, Lu Wu began his expedition to reclaim his rightful inheritance. What could possibly go wrong?

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tides
tides rated it
February 24, 2020
Status: c838
this is similar to the "Gamers of the Underworld/ dungeon gamers" novel however the ending sucks and dungeon gamers is a better novel but less interesting to read.

intro

MC is a descendant of one of the rulers of hell. MC's ancestor, the ruler of hell, created an artifact and with the help of the little girl who is an ally, made hell into a "VR MMO game".

however this is also where all the plot holes start.

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the MC is later revealed to be the nth reincarnation of the strongest god in hell and his ancestor, was just the ruler of a small area of hell. the first "real" ruler of hell is the original MC disciple and it was the gods in heaven who stopped the people on earth to cultivate and caused a war between hell and earth.

so the ancient gods of hell hate heaven and want to replace them for several reasons.

first is that "heaven" is the stronger realm because stopping the qi in earth also affected hell.

and second is that the real rulers of heaven are actually aliens/foreigners. and those who joined heaven are traitors

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the story is mostly told from the players perspective, making it interesting to read. however what you read is only an overview of the events, so you don't really see the journey of any players, but their involvement in the events that follows.

there are many, many plotholes aside from the ones that are not explained at the end. the first is how the MC and his helper can use their powers on earth. their cultivation never grows for the first 600-700 chapters yet they can use the "gm powers" of the "game" on earth.

powers of the mc?

next is the "gm powers" in the "game". we know that the "game" is actually "hell" and it's real. yet the MC + the girl can often observe events from a bird's eye view in hell.

the author also later states that u can't "fly" unless are you of a certain realm, but remember that the MC + his servant are hardly cultivating...

of course you can fool yourself into believing that the artifact is allowing them to do so, but it would be difficult to do so because the author constantly reminds you that hell is so big and the MC is often observing areas that are not under his control yet.

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also note that the artifact and it's powers is never explained fully even up to the last chapter, and note that the MC actually powers up from zero to godlike in the last few chapters

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the truth of the game

its very disappointing to see that the author has more or less stopped giving a damn about the novel near the end of the novel.

the truth of the game was never told to the players, and yet the author actually has the audacity to write that the final two battles of the novel lasted over thousands of years.

since the "game" is real, time has always been 1:1 and there are no mention of time in the game being faster or slower. so how the heck are the players still alive at the last chapter?

author often writes chapters of pointless, useless, confusing and perplexing plots

throughout the novel, the author also tries to be "smart" and writes about weird paradoxes or events that do not fit with the theme.

one event is that he fooled a player into thinking that she was in the matrix and when readers questioned why he wrote this kind of rubbish, the author said that the readers are not smart enough to understand.

no, we are smart enough to understand but we are just perplexed as to why such a chapter should even appear in the novel because it is out of place.

of course, the explanation is that the MC is just trolling and "testing" the players to pick out "capable people", and that the artifact which is basically god can do everything without explanation.

final thing to note

while those reading the translation will not see this, I feel like I have to point this out because people reading the original will often see notices from the author.

in his notices, he often calls out plagiarisms but that's nonsense.

why? simply because he's calling out novels of the same genre.

it's like doom calling every FPS out for plagiarism when it's untrue.

conclusion

the novel is a joy to read, but somewhere down the road, you will notice that you are just wasting your time.

the reason is because

1. the players cant die and there are no death penalty. so almost every arc are the players using human wave tactics to kill their enemies. they know this and do it so blatantly that it gets really tiring to read after a while.

2. the powers that the MC has will also sooner or later have you questioning what is it's limit. and the answer is that there is no limit. there is also no explanation as to why he can do this or that when he shouldn't be able to.

3. the ending really points out the plot holes and makes you feel like you have wasted your time.

if you are wondering why Gamers of the Underworld/ dungeon gamers is a better novel but less interesting to read, it's because the game system in dungeon gamer and plot is much better than this novel.

however because the players are often marginalized in dungeon gamers and can be seen as background, this novel tells the story through the players and you might go many chapters without seeing the MC do anything important.

dungeon gamers MC is also emotionless and boring, while the MC of this novel is much more interesting to read about. but sadly, this novel is full of plotholes that just don't make sense.

if you are the type to read without using your brain, then perhaps this will be an enjoyable read but for the rest of people who read with their brains, it will be unlikely that this novel will be enjoyable <<less
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selweron
selweron rated it
May 13, 2020
Status: c27
There's a lot of wasted potential in the form of skipping character growth, plot holes, lack of lifelike interactions, next to no believable behaviors, MC being a loser and idiot. Also the characters' intelligence is capped at the author's, so all CEOs and other influential people are no smarter than MC and less capable than a loli. Their decisions are a far cry from perfection. There's no depth to the novel either.

It reads smoothly though and is not as bad as many other novels in its genre so it deserves... more>> 3 stars. It's readable if you ignore all its imperfections and just chill. But if I were to be honest even The God of Games is a definitive upgrade to this novel. <<less
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DeviantManhua
DeviantManhua rated it
June 2, 2020
Status: c140
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Sighs where do I start... I just feel this is so dumb, I mean the main goal of the MC is to take back his inheritance and be active in getting stronger but from the beginning till now all he has done is sit and around on earth looking down on people because he just started cultivation and became a cat he hasn't interfered and pointed the "players" in the right direction to capture his land/inheritance back and he just watches them mess with the land all the time he doesn't join in on the activities nor does he have a role at all apart from being an onlooker if I didn't know he was an MC I would have forgotten about him...

all he has done is link souls to the Yin domain and gave a vague mission and just left it to the "players" it's worse than those kingdom-building novels where MC palms off all the jobs to other people to do because even then at least MC partakes in the kingdom-building cultivates and interacts with his people I feel like this is just a mess honestly guy isn't even strong and he's already acting aloof like an immortal but he's broke lives in a rundown area and can't afford proper food and is currently avoiding "players" so he's stuck on earth... I don't understand where he got his arrogance from for real he's done nothing hasn't gained any inheritance and is living like a bum

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Flying Jade
Flying Jade rated it
April 30, 2020
Status: --
Not even up to chapter hundred and I'm already rolling my eyes. Ignore the plotholes for a sec and focus on the MC, the guy is an idiot. His helper basically does everything for him, even helps him think! The story starts our saying he is a game developer but he doesn't do a single development! Then the MC takes up tasks to help develop the game but these are ultimately done by his loli helper while he claps from the sidelines. Is the MC the MC or is... more>> the helper tge MC? <<less
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Tech. TTGames
Tech. TTGames rated it
November 7, 2022
Status: c470
The story fits my taste and is interesting to follow along, but about chapter ~400 the translation quality plummets to what I would probably call below MTL levels. Like it's actually painful to read AND webnovel wants us to pay for that stuff.

So with complaining done, here's my thoughts about the novel.

The MC is... limited in his capability to do anything at all. He rarely appears to do anything but comment on the actions of the players.

The system, doesn't exist. None. We see a character sheet once from up to... more>> where I read, and even that is limited. <<less
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ResNovae
ResNovae rated it
June 19, 2021
Status: c100
The "game" part of the story is pretty cool, I personally found it better than both Gamers of the Underworld and The Legendary Mechanic, at least here the game looks playable and appealing, compared to the other two where you either spend 8 hours a day digging holes (Gamers of the Underworld) or watching NPCs fight each other (The Legendary Mechanic)

Problem is the rest of the novel is absolutely terrible, we have characters with no personality wielding unclear powers and doing irrelevant stuff, the worst offender is the MC,... more>> he is completely useless since all the relevant power is in the hands of the unlikable and urelatable "generic foodie loli template 1, Bei Li" while he acts like a prop to give us exposition.

It's a terrible narrative device that makes me wish this novel had a system, is that bad. <<less
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Alex Woods
Alex Woods rated it
April 6, 2021
Status: --
I cant believe someone gave this novel 2 or 3 stars. Its like much better and well written version of gamers of the underworld. The books premise is somehow similar, a guy is transporting consciousness of players from earth into another world, through a game and makes him do his work.

Thats where the difference ends. The players are actually used to conquer kingdoms, not just do some dungeon cleaning and fake conquering to prevent them from leaving the game.

The MC is not a ret*rd, he designs all the game scenarios... more>> and plans how to manupulate players into giving him the good stuff. The loli is used as a device to join game with the actual underworld, like she uses the artifacts to transport the players, and create new classes but the ideas all belong to the MC.

The cat arc was very small. About the MC power levels, its not a cultivation novel so his power up dont reallyy matter, its more dependent on the players, the game building, and the events.

The MC is not weak he can easily thrash an army. He is proud, so what?

This book is not about MC power up. The players and the game is really colourful. I really love how the players chat in the forums.

Comedy is very well done without spoiling the storytelling, sort of like The Legendary Mechanic.

Players are really colourful, some of them are very memorable, they have their own characters, own quirks.

Its not about players using wave attack to defeat the enemy. Players are really creative, sometimes duping the NPCs in funny ways.

MC is sort of like a genius in game building, he knows how to keep the game interesting for the players and us readers.

You will see the game being introduced in many countries (no racism) .

There are some plot holes in the wuxia plot part of the story, but thats not really the focus of the story.

Remember he is the boss behind the game, not a wuxia MC. He becomes more powerful but thats not the story is all about.

Just read it, it is one of the best stuf I have ever read, and I ahve read many novels <<less
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AriyanYT
AriyanYT rated it
August 27, 2022
Status: --
Best Summoning novel from earth to another world ever I read.

I like this type novel reason story is based on player perspective in game and forum, how player discuss there journey though game and what to do both funny and enjoyment.

MC in this novel weak but he is god for player I like how he creat virtual reality and speard through gamer in all over world via story development (no racism).

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I Read other novel like (Gamers of the Underworld/The Legendary Mechanic... etc) these novel in starting story do shitty work- dig ground, mining, lebor work, leking Ncp.... worst thing got bored and u feel like not reading summoning virtual reality game. Their story only based on china and u feel like Chinese government is shiity.

Cause if you devlop 100% virtual reality game government or people need to respond (But no). in story Only who play game respond and no discuss about game. Only gamer respond when beta test qualifications open then again 0% respond.

Through holy story player play game and Upgrade or MC wonder around story flow MC view and development.

--That's why I like no other summoning VRG game. In this behind the scane novel u can feel how people and government react, how they discuss in formup and internet. that's reading feel interesting and enjoyment.

If u feel bad about this Novel or You like same gene novel-- (Gamers of the Underworld/The Legendary Mechanic... etc) then 1 salute for you. (XD you are God😶)

I like this story from my poin of view o u?? (All people mind is different🙃)

(my english is bad (cause english in my reagion not main language and not second😁) <<less
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boread
boread rated it
June 15, 2022
Status: c312
This novel is so funny. The players are so funny. I didn't like the MC much, he kinda useless.

It's a pity that this novel had been dropped by Web novel.

Screw you web Novel for keep dropping good novels. (Still hurt by A World Worth Protecting)
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xnvesha.14
xnvesha.14 rated it
August 11, 2021
Status: Completed
Really good. Love the story. The plot is really solid and nothing happens without reason. Things get a little confusing at the end but if you focus, you can easily understand. There is little to no romance (thankfully no harem). This is one of the few novels where I loved the foreshadowing. You can clearly see that the author has really thought about the plot from the beginning.

Example:... more>>
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Some coffins which could not be opened at all appeared in the very early chapters of the novel and they weren't explained at all. I even forgot about but then, almost 600 chapters later, their purpose and back story were revealed which just shows that the plot was well thought out and not made up out of nowhere.

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The protagonist at the beginning is just a salted fish and you will probably not like him but things change and there's huge character development in store for the protagonist. Most people left at the start due to some such reasons, but I can assure that things will change. The things at the start might even be forgotten with how much development there'll be. This Novel has 800+ chapters! There are a lot of things which feel like plot holes at first but only if you keep reading will you realise that they were actually false. Many things were hidden from the protagonist himself and he was lied to, but that doesn't mean they are the truth. Example:
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The loli Bei li says that the artifact was created by the protagonist's father but he was betrayed and defeated before he could use it. But as the story goes you realise that the artifact is too powerful and the creator of it should be too powerful to be defeated by ghost generals and kings. This would seem like a big plothole but later even the protagonist expresses that something's wrong with Bei li's story. It is only hundreds of chapters later that its revealed that the artifact is actually the property of the creater of the three realms and was actually forged by the strongest person in the whole extraterrestrial world.

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The protagonist is not the main focus of the story for the major portion but that keeps it interesting by introducing countless subplots and different perspectives without endlessly stretching the protagonist. I personally love multiple povs and this novel has perfected it without forgetting the plot.

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Although I'm still confused about the feelings between Lu Wu and Bei li, are they lovers or are they father and daughter? Well, the romance is not really the focus of the story and only Lu Wu's devotion to her matters.

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@tides umm I don't know what happened but I think you didn't read the same story as me. Artifact was not explained?
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The whole working from the laws involved to the process of creation, everything was explained.

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Players don't know that it's real?
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All players knew the game was real from the moment the earth was destroyed and that's why they join Lu Wu to go outside and collect power to destroy the people who destroyed their world.

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There are many similar which clearly happened but I don't know how you missed them. I'm just pointing these out so that others know that the novel is very complete and everything is done properly. <<less
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Goodreadsonly
Goodreadsonly rated it
April 19, 2020
Status: c140
It's a pretty compelling gamer story. It's not a solely from the MC's POV. You get to learn about different players if the game and the game itself. The book does a really good job of building a world. Like a game there's a bunch of side stories.

My only complaint is that the MC doesn't really seem like an MC most of time. I think that will change once he becomes more powerful and maybe enters the 'game' as himself instead of a player.

The storyline is pretty good and there's... more>> not a big lull in plot like a lot of stories about games where they just grind and you get get nothing else.

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I truly hate Liu Chiu (I think that's his name) the guy who kills a dog...I'm being petty but so is he. I got annoyed when the story kept focusing on him because I never want him to win. Lol

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sadboyislonely
sadboyislonely rated it
August 21, 2022
Status: --
MC personality is awful and s*upid, he is good for nothing without his assistance,
i dont understand what is his purpose in this novel? All the game preparations, settings, he do nothing, some decision he made is terribly naive,
im surprised the game can still run with all those bullshit, did the author think people are s*upid?
the fact that author have weird kink doesnt help,
this could be a gem but unfortunately the author doesnt have ability to create mature and wise MC who fit the... more>> real characteristic of "mastermind" <<less
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