Thriller Trainee

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The washed-up magician Zong Jiu transmigrated into a horror, infinite flow novel about a survival show, taking the place of the cannon fodder who died tragically in the first evaluation round. This show was very interesting. Out of the tens of thousands of people, only a hundred people could survive, and the c-position (strongest contender) could even get a universal wish ticket.

If it were someone else, they’d probably be scared to death.

No one expected that Zong Jiu was not only unafraid, but also caused a sensational stir, shamelessly showing off his tricks the whole way.

Once his tricks stopped, and his life could be considered safe and sound, he ended up in a rivalry with the novel’s big villain.

Today you try to get at me, tomorrow I’ll get you back, back and forth, it’s pretty fun, heh.

As a result, though it was just playing around, one time they got carried away and really did end up sleeping together. Watching the nemesis who was pressing him to the ground, Zong Jiu lazily lifted his gaze. “If you want to kill me then kill me, don’t speak nonsense.” Even when at a disadvantage, he showed no trace of fear, and actually continued to provoke him.

That person used his ice-cold finger to trace his ear, and the action heading toward the aorta suddenly stopped.

“What a pity. I’ve changed my mind.”

He was once very willing to personally give Zong Jiu death. Every day, he used to regret not gouging out his flesh, personally snapping his neck. But after this person fell into his hands, another, more urgent desire grew like weeds.

Compared to winning or losing, he would rather see him crying and panting, with eyes red, begging for mercy.

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เด็กฝึกระทึกขวัญ Thriller Trainee
惊悚练习生
无限练习生
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Nimphix
Nimphix rated it
March 8, 2024
Status: Completed
This novel has an incredible plot, the principals mains have the intelligence and strength enough to make me feel all the novel excited for what it is going to happen. (Btw I read a lot of novel but never an enemy to lovers I thought it is going to be tedious and boring, but I was wrong, this novel is exciting. Other thing of course I knew for the first chapters what it is going to happen but suddenly the plot change, so feels good at the end)

The first... more>> 150 chapters are incredible, interesting and exciting but at the same time they are predicting I mean I loved it, but I know since the beginning what is going to happen like they fall in love, the MC is strong and smart, but there are other things, mmh cliches things.

The next chapters (it is supposed they are the climax but since the beginning feels like more the climax) are good it's more focused in their story love and bla bla bla.

Conclusion:

Good plot

Decent characters

Couple main (my second favorite thing in the novel) are amazing

An interesting, excited and romantic with a good plot novel I recommend read it.

But of course it's not art. <<less
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trynaFindthat1story
trynaFindthat1story
March 4, 2024
Status: c259
I loved the dynamic between the main couple! (ps. this review is written for myself in case I ever want to look over the story without reading everything again, so this review may not be for you)

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Spoiler

The MC is Zong Jiu and the ML is No. 1 otherwise known as the Devil or maybe Mephistopheles (if you read until the end with MTL you would understand the Mephistopheles reference)

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It was literally destined enemies to lovers. There isn't as much romantic stuff as most people would like, but I was okay and loving it. I mostly MTLed the story because only half the book was translated by people.

a little BG on MC

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Before he 'wore the book' he was in a car accident and couldn't be a magician anymore since he used his hands to do magic. He's also pretty apathetic and he had this nun who raised him. The nun knew he was apathetic and told him something like to use other people's expectations because he couldn't tell right from wrong (sorry if this is wrong). So the MC and ML are mostly the same except MC put restrictions on himself to not go crazy and unrestrained like ML. Oh, and since MC was pretty apathetic, he liked doing things that excited him, like how the ML likes things that excites him. Oh, and MC did get his hands fixed and after that it was the Las Vegas Arc so he was really good at cheating at the card games.

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I also checked the official website where it was posted and there was an extra, but no website I found actually translated that extra that was posted this year (2024) so I went without it. (I have to remember to read it)

Spoiler

Omg I love Xu Sen and Xu Su. I'm glad they got their happy ending. I'm still wondering about the clown and mad hatter because the Mad Hatter called the Clown cute in one of the extras, but they're just good friends I suppose.

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Spoiler

I'm not too sure because I did MTL. But did you know that the system actually places you where it thinks you belong so the top S-ranks were actually a bit confused on how the Magician leveled up so fast because the system would usually put the best people in the higher spots before but the system already placed the Magician in E-rank before Zong Jiu (our MC) woke up as Zong Jiu (og book character)

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I love them TT, I love all of them. I love my top 10 ranks
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even though some were controlled. poor Messiah and them. Especially the black robed one (?) because he was controlled to stand behind the magician when No.1 was flirting with him.

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and I love Xu Sen, Xu Su, and the clown, the mad hatter, AND OMG I LOVED SNOW WHITE!!!

I wish there was more instances with ghosts in them because I loved when they got chased and then something funny happens or the readers get thrown away to look at another situation between the main couple.

Bad ending or good ending? Answer is in the spoiler down below

Spoiler

It's a happy ending. You could stop reading at the end before the extras and it would still be a happy ending, but not absolute. So I suggest reading the extras for more of their relationship

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Explanation of Arcs? (My explanation is all over the place)

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A lot happened in this arc, like a vampire dying without anyone knowing and then the bathroom. The instance took place in an insane asylum. The nurses gave pills to all of the trainees. Some experienced people didn't swallow the pills. The magician didn't swallow the pill either, as he is a magician, he used magic to make it seem like he swallowed it but he didn't even put it in his mouth. It was also in this instance Zong Jiu (MC) met a person (he isn't important because he was being controlled by No.1 and then later died in this first instance; he was also one of the mole roles). The trainee instructor (No.1) was playing as an NPC In this instance and he was the doctor I believe. Later, Zong Jiu (MC), was invited in to get inspected. Before the inspection, the players were invited to go watch the scene personally where the doctor cured (?) some person where they found some clue to an S-rank prop. Then No.1 told MC about some S-ranked prop that used to belong in some box. The trainees were outside when the doctor (No.1 but no one knew it at the time) told the clue to Zong Jiu so the other trainees wanted to share the clue. MC said no (obv) and so the trainees wanted to kick him out, but not Messiah (fake self). The MC still left the group with that unimportant mole following him. He then went to the bas**ent where there were more extra steps than before (weird...). Anyways a lot happened in this arc. I remember at the end of it and the funniest part is where our MC goes back to get his revenge from when the doctor "examined" him and hit him in the head with the hammer. That is also why he was given an F rating from the instructor (he's so petty).

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LAS VEGAS!!! Perfect for magician. This man traded his soul to get some coins to play with!!! The rules basically said you can cheat as long as you don't get caught. I remember this dude, MC, went and cheated when playing with the S ranks and No.1 also cheated, but he withdrew first before they revealed the rest of everyone's cards because MC's cards were revealed before anyone else. Before that, I remembered MC literally opened someone's throat with his cards!! Good times, good times. The system only deducted some of the points because he only injured him, not killed him.

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Third arc, Famine Mountain Village. The villagers were cannibals. There was a woman who ascended into immortality whom the villagers killed. There was another old lady (Grandma Yin) who basically instigated it all. The woman (who ascended into immortality) was told by her bodhisattva she didn't need to eat food as long as she ate the bodhisattva soil filled with yin to counteract the yang attribute of the Sacred Herb (an herb the woman ate which was given to her by her bodhisattva). After her eating the herb, she started giving a ton of her food to the villagers which they were thankful for, but they got greedy. They wanted to know where she was getting all this food from, only to realize that she had been eating dirt. The villagers were still hungry and greedy so they started following her, they started eating HER dirt, the dirt SHE grew. They were so rude and ungrateful!!! They soon started falling sick and dying, getting bloated and filled with dirt. The villagers thought she was playing tricks and wanted to know the actual secret so they locked her in a wooden house. Leaving her to rot for several days. She was still alive (I think) when they got to her. She had dug a ton of scratches in the walls to eat the wood because she was being starved in there. When the villagers finally opened the locked door, they grabbed her and opened her skull, pouring mercury in to kill her. Then they skinned her and ate her. As I said, this was all led by Grandma Yin. Anyways back to MC, MC was exploring a building and some dude from Las Vegas who had a grudge against him was following him. The dude with the grudge had some talisman that attracted ghosts and wanted to use it on MC because the trainees weren't allowed to kill each other (he basically wanted to kill MC with a borrowed knife). Luckily and sadly, it did not work. Reason? The MC knew he was coming and then the talisman fell out his hand. By time the dude realized it fell out his hand, the ghost was already in the hallway going for them. The dude died, but luckily, MC actually had the mole role this time so he had 3 immunes for the ghost. Pretty sure this is where the barrage (audience watching) learned that MC was the only mole in this instance. There was also a moment where No.1's puppet put a string on Anthony (right hand man of Van Zhou; aka vampire lord). Too bad MC is from another world and I think he pulled the string that was slightly controlling Anthony. Did you know that Zhuge literally knew Zong Jiu (MC) was the mole? Like right after killing this dude, Zhuge was like "are you ready to go?" and MC was shook. Anywho, as the mole this dude was literally blamed for one of the hanging corpses which I laughed at. Also they failed the mission, both sides, so they had one more chance. The task for the non-mole role was to keep the villagers alive. The task for the mole (our MC) was to find the perfect corpse. Then some stuff happened blah blah between them getting in the village and not. So afterwards, this dude (MC) accidentally with the Grandma Yin (bad lady) into the ghost realm to find the soul of the immortal lady to ask questions (because no one knew the lady actually ascended into immortality because the villagers were lying about how she hung herself). Then Grandma Yin sold MC to the ghost realm!! literally laughing at that, and MC didn't know. So MC literally bribed this guard with ghost banknotes (hard to get because the living have to burn them to send it to you and the workers supposedly don't earn that much). MC had stacks of banknotes ad even got the guard to hire guards for MC to travel and get revenge on granny. Granny was actually slightly being controlled by the instructor (No.1) and was just roaming around. She wasn't getting attacked because she had some lantern that didn't allow the ghosts to attack her or get too close. MC had something like that but it was a bell that was spiritual and it mimicked the dead? Not too sure, but it kept the ghosts from attacking him when he rung it. Anywho, with the guards that one guard hired for MC, they went to the granny and stopped her. The granny stopped and put the lantern down because she knew she couldn't start anything with the ghost officials, and that's when MC took her lantern and she was shook. She was mad too, but then MC kicked her off the bridge into the river of souls, Hilarious!! Yeah... so he got an F ranking rate from the system because of the dead NPC, but hey cmon! He got an S ranking rate from the instructor. OH! And there was only one villager actually alive, the rest were all demons because they ate the pure natural yang contaminated soil which birthed demons in them. The only living villager was the little kid of one of the men. I felt caring parent vibes when MC helped save the kid. Anyways, the perfect corpse for MC was Grandma Yin's corpse, but everyone put her corpse in the coffin already!! Because when they were in the ghost realm, everyone thought the magician and grandma died (only the grandma died). Anyways, the coffin lid was way too heavy. Oh! And the immortal ascended lady also appeared because of how much soil those villagers ate and had came to take away the properties of the soil (the Yang). Since the coffin lid was heavy, MC was struggling and then the next second he was pulled in. SO now it's him in the dark coffin with No.1 (No.1 pulled him into his darkness and I don't know where grandma went). MC was like, you wanna play this game? and then proceeded to burn the coffin with both of them in it because one way or another they were going to die together or never. No.1 let him go when the flames almost consumed them. Then out rose our MC from the burnt coffin with also completing his task and No.1 was already gone out of sight.

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So there's a lot of information in each arc, so it's better to just read it so I'll just say my favorite scenes from each arc.

Spoiler

The King's Game, when those two best friends were chosen to touch the ground first and they would live. So they literally devised this entire plan so they can touch the ground at the same time so they both can live. That was literally the highlight. There was also a part with Xu Sen literally took his rib out instead of taking Xu Su's when Xu Su offered. Happily, Messiah healed Xu Sen. The other dude facing off against Xu Sen was too slow and died. Also a part where MC had to get what was given away by him which was only one thing (The rose No.1 gave him at Las Vegas). MC snuck into No.1's room and ruined all of his suits.

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First Highschool arc was so nice and uhm. Luckily in the end and the extras, Class 9 came back (very briefly). MC was in class 9. Index 15 and Index 99 was probably the saddest. Index 15 triggered Index 99's sacrifice. And MC literally promised to take them all out of that instance, and he never breaks his promises but he didn't mean to. Index 15 became faceless; faceless people are super smart but emotionless and basically not human anymore. Index 99 was su*cide. Index 99 had jumped off the building before the grades were calculated. So the teachers had to recalculate the grades without Index 99. Index 99 and Index 98 were literal friends : (. The lower index you are in a class, the less grade you make (they were less smarter than others ig). With Index 99's death, the class had enough points to make it through the exam. There was also another class who was killed because they were bullying some people to become faceless to boost the entire class. So the bullied turned in empty papers so they could all die together and they did die. Class 9 and maybe Class 1 I think were the only classes not to bully people into becoming faceless. Anywho, I LOVED THE DESTRUCTION OF THE INSTANCE!! THEY SET FIRE TO IT, BURN BABY BURNNNNN!!!!!! Then Index 15, still faceless, sacrificed himself, ignoring the calls of class 9 to come back, killed the rest of the faceless in the fire. Oh, And No.1 was a foreign teacher in this instance. Pretty sure this instance was where they fought in the hallway and then MC was forced in a small space with No.1 to hide.

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Spoiler

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!! TODAY WE INTRODUCE THE CLOWN! THE MAD HATTER! THE MAGICIAN! AND BEST OF ALL, SNOW WHITE!!!! The magician was literally chased by No.1 who was controlling the ghost king. But can I mention the team the Magician had? bro had his team equipped with roller skates and skateboards!!! Those would be so fun!! I want to join them when they are skating away from the ghosts!!!! All the ghosts had a fixed hunting radius whereas the ghost king had free reign. MC was chased into a mirror maze by No.1 and then No.1 caught him in his black wispy robe and then I think No.1 "attacked" his neck? I know there was a point somewhere after MC had to wear a scarf...I loved The Mad Hatter's and the Clown's help given to the magician.

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Judgement day... The old instance where No.1 belonged. The first one he destroyed. I loved the 6-year old No.1, he was so cute. He even called Zong Jiu (MC) gege. Little cutie was tainted by the world. He hated storms, and was scared of the dark. He was also not scared of fire. He was the original savior (maybe) in the prophecy. Until those people tried to forcefully make them the savior (I suppose forcefully). He was the body of the original savior, but in the end became the devil. Those people shouldn't have done that. The kid didn't have the purification ability, he had the transfer ability. So everyone's sins, he would transfer to himself...I loved when MC said No.1 could always come to him and remind him to light the candle because the nuns forgot to light the candle at night for the 6-year old. : ( (poor baby. But he is no longer a baby and he was given help too late. May as well read the arc.

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Masquerade... Uhm...I think the devil got a little "devilish" in this arc.. haha.. MC denied him though with his own rose. LMAOOO THE ONMYOJI WAS LITERALLY CROSS DRESSING AND WAS PLAYING IT OFF SO PERFECTLY AND ZHUGE WAS DRESSED AS SOME PANDA MASCOT AND THEN ONMYOJI LOST THE BET TO THE EXORCIST AND THEN SUFFERED SOCIAL DEATH BECAUSE HE TOOK OUT A BLUE TALISMAN WHICH EVERYONE SAW AND THEN KNEW WHO THE CROSS DRESSER WAS. Oh, and the MC dressed up as No.1 in this event and No.1 dressed the same. And then all of No.1's fans got it wrong and thought Zong Jiu was the real devil. FUNNY

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Crazy circus... ehhhh.... not my fav... The roles between animals and humans were switched. this was an instance that had cut off contact with the main system. And because of the instructor's request (No.1) the main system gave the sub system to the two who were accidentally summoned to this separate instance (MC and the onmyoji). (Sorry if he's actually not an onmyoji, that's what MTL gave me). So the two only had 3 days to find a way to connect back to the main system. There were cultists who were survivors of 20 years ago and wanted to summon a god to leave so they summoned sacrifices (the MC and onmyoji). Then the cultists summoned the wrong evil god... again. How do you mess up twice? The Onmyoji already escaped through the key that No.1 gave to MC for only MC to use. It literally lead to a big cage with a mattress in it... suspicious. MC had fallen into a manic mess and thought himself to be part of Cthulhu. And then proceeded to convince Cthulhu, he was apart of them. laughing. The cult leader tried sacrificing MC to the evil god, but MC was like reverse card uno and the cult leader died. Then MC was fought over by the evil god and No.1

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Why is there a punishment copy? Bro, the system is so mean. Just because this dude (MC) accidentally go the curse mark of the evil god... The curse of the evil god made MC look on a godly beauty level and literally everyone lusted after him (not a good thing). MC was a hired actor supposed to play on this haunted set with these other actors. Then the ghosts took over and wanted them to finish the script. Then the MC went to the bathroom per script and met with No.1 and No.1 and them did a little "devilish" because the evil god was the god of fertility and stuff and so... to get rid of the curse mark, something "devilish" had to happen. Then later in this arc, they did do some more "devilish" and I think No.1 destroyed this instance? Yes? No? I don't know... I just know they never finished the plot

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Final Battle? Nah, more like more "devilish". The Faust was when it was a 1v1 instance and the magician lost his memory as per the requirements. The MC had to retrieve his memory if he wanted to win the instance, but the Devil beat him. RAGEEEEEEEEEEE my mind is not comprehending, please just read this short arc. Yes, there is "devilish" in it.

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YES AFTER THE END!! they got married //0~0// and MC didn't even know at the time. everyone was shocked. Zhuge was the witness to their marriage. Zhuge will always be the number 1 scammer in this story. Xu Sen and Xu Su end up together. We see Clown and Mad Hatter and friends in this arc. Please just read this short arc, I know I'm writing this but I am writing this very unwillingly because my mind won't stop saying what if I forget and other things. Going crazy bro..

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oh and!

Spoiler

Did you know that Zhuge An was actually Gui Guzi!?? They aren't even alive fully!! They are so close to death and they only lived because they wrote their name on something.. Something for immortals maybe? I forgot... but he says it somewhere before the Faust arc

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bblank
bblank rated it
December 10, 2023
Status: c175
At the time of posting this, there are 175 chapters and I've officially caught up! Starting the hubby chasing arc now, let me review so far. I'm giving it 9/10

Honestly the last few chapters had me speechless lolol it's not even an exaggeration.. I had to pause my music, wipe my eyes and re-read the kissing scene, totally disregarding tsuchimikado's plight... Hahahaha

This novel is not focused too much on the horror aspect, as MC himself has it rather easy? If you're looking to be spooked, this ain't it, this ain't... more>> it. The plot revolves around two things: the backstory and clearance of the horror instances as MC progresses AND the MC and ml's rivalry.

In fact, I'm quite satisfied with the plot progression. We're always moving forward, always moving forward~ the system really never lets things quiet down! Not a single boring moment, hahaha

For the characters, I have a feeling that the writer knows on a personal level someone apathetic, to the point where MC is quite nicely fleshed out? Hoho, I love that part, I really do... As well, why do ML and MC have such good chemistry? MC is leading the "big scary Num1 boss" ML on a leash, twirling him around his finger, it's too funny...

Speaking of funny, I'm going to put this novel down as a comedy right now, it's really too funny. The supporting cast are hilarious too... Those little brothers following MC, it's too funny 😂

OVERALL great read loving it so far, also great translation, so if you see this completed definitely pick it up. <<less
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Sayuri_
Sayuri_ rated it
October 31, 2023
Status: Completed
This became my favorite danmei novel

I really love enemies to lovers and also wanted to try an infinite Flow danmei so here we are 🤣

The instances were really cool, also the special Events, I was never bored, not even for a second and I love all the arcs tbh. I you would ask me which part I would reread or enjoyed the most, I couldn't give you an answer besides that I would reread everything. And I mean that.

Characters: my absolute fav would be No.1 (idk I just love him... more>> so much 🤣🌹) the characters are all really cool and unique, you wont forget them because they are all special in their way and really cool

Also the tension between zong jiu and no.1 are absolutly amazing, I was laughing and smiling whenever they interacted. Exactly what ppl told me would happen because their tension and Fights are so insane I love these two sm

I only wished it would have been longer cuz oh boy do I miss them and I wanted to see even more of the rest of the characters but its an insanely good book. 🥰 10 / 10 definitely! And I'm def gonna reread it again <<less
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damnmei
damnmei
August 10, 2023
Status: c123
I do really like the relationship between the ML and MC, they’re both a bit evil and the dynamic between them is very thrilling. ML is legitimately actively out to mu*der MC which is... refreshing... I’m not too good with horror but reading it is definitely easier on the heart than watching it.

Taking a bit of a break from this, but will definitely return!
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hansel_biscuits
hansel_biscuits rated it
June 27, 2023
Status: c149
So I just catched up and oh boy was it a fun ride. It's so fun binging it I cannot stop. Every single scene is so catchy and when the chapter ends you just want to quickly read to the next and AAAA! I can't get enough of it! I want more! Hopefully it gets updated soon 🙏🙏🙏
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Merrygohome
Merrygohome rated it
June 10, 2023
Status: --
Bite sized review:

Thriller Trainee is dark, thrilling and a little sexy at times. Lots of faceslapping and this couple is ENEMIES to lovers. This couple is toxic, powerful and h**ny - frankly they deserve eachother.

On a sidenote, the novel can err on chunibyo, hence the four star, but my personal enjoyment is a fivestar.
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Kerry976
Kerry976 rated it
April 7, 2023
Status: c259
So...I finally finished it.

It was quite a ride, because it was so unpredictable. Instances were neat and unique, yes, but I felt the relationship between MC & ML overshadowed it. Well, I can't complain, because it perfectly embodies enemy-to-lover trope even to the last chapter. The author is quite skilled at turning the tables for MC in a way you won't think MC is OP. Anyway, I liked it very much.

Just, the instances weren't bloody or scary enough after the high-school arc. It was a bit disappointing after that. After... more>> all it's started out with the promise of some horror. Ah, anyway, the love was thrilling. <<less
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veloaani
veloaani
March 3, 2023
Status: --
Still on ch 36 but I feel malice everywhere, no friendship (only passerby have) pure competition and biting each other. MC so far only want to retaliate to ML not towards system that full of malice, and on 2nd arc already not feeling any strange being staged as opposite camp that needs to kill everyone except himself. 3 views shattered. Will try and see, but I think not my cup of tea. Especially no 3 views. The storytelling is great tho.

now onto ch 107

This story sucks make me cry everytime.... more>> Why the hell they became handicapped under the system rules? Can't even retaliate abit. They are hopeless against the NPC and rules of absolute death, damn system. Too full of malice and no way out makes me feel hopeless whilist reading the story. I need HOPE man.

ch 138

I'm tired my heart can't go on, so many ppl die and there're death flag every support character that I love. Need healing, will go to heart warming fluffy story 1st. <<less
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qeesa
qeesa rated it
May 30, 2022
Status: c137
I have always been a huge fan of unlimited flow type of danmei, so I thought this one would hit right up my alley since the other reviewers have also given it really great reviews. However, for some reason, I just feel like that something from this series is lacking though I myself don't know what it is. I have read 137 chapters so far but there's only one arc that managed to stir some emotions in me which was the First High School arc.

MC is an interesting character. He... more>> is very apathetic but he manages to hide it well under acting, since as a magician, acting is an important part of the performance. This isn't a spoiler, both he and ML have been described to be very similar in temperaments and thinking-style, it's just that MC took a completely different route from ML which intrigues ML to no end.

Now I always love me some good old "Enemies-to-Lovers" trope. Qiang Jin Jiu is one of my fave novels of all times and Welcome to Nightmare Live also has this trope. But for some reason, this CP just doesn't hit it for me, and I don't even know why. Instead I somehow shipped MC with Zhuge An which also got me a bit confused but the vibe is there. None of these people are good people btw so it's not like I'm shipping him with Zhuge An because he's like a decent person or something, it's just the vibe I got. I guess this is also one of the reasons why I'll be putting this novel on hold.

Before the First High School Arc, there are 4 other arcs which have been completely translated. The translation is amazing but the stories themselves are very forgettable. There's really nothing memorable about the previous four arc, except maybe the Famine Village arc and how gory one of the NPC died, but that's basically it. In the First High School Arc the author finally managed to make me cry and moved, the emotional ups-and-downs were great, it was basically a psychological warfare between trainees without many props involved but somehow managed to be more interesting than the other four arcs.

This arc is also the reason why I'm giving it a 4 Star instead of a 3, it's just a really good arc (emotionally) for me.

After this arc is the Amus**ent Park arc. I was also expecting something interesting from this arc, but for some reason it just fell flat to me and I lost interest in the novel soon after.

It's not even me having a problem with the ML - I have liked a danmei with worse ML before, WTNL is definitely one since ML literally wants to eat MC - but there's just nothing there. At least up to the point I stopped reading it, I just feel like there's nothing that could get me to be invested enough with the main CP. I do not have a problem with assh*le ML or even assh*le MC, I genunely love well-written-flawed characters with questionable morals, it's just that in my experience as I was reading this, I feel like MC has more chemistry with Zhuge An or even with the
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original Zhong Jiu's fiance, Van Zhuo.

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My friend is going to finish this novel so I'll just wait for her opinion later, whether she likes the CP or not at the end, since we usually have similar ships and taste. Granted, I've only read half of the novel so maybe they will have more chemistry later on? <<less
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