The MC isn't a weird pervy dude like in a lot of shuangwen, collecting a harem. He also has a more relatable mindset, being hardworking, calm, and focused on his goals. He doesn't randomly kill people for treasure or for no reason, but also doesn't wimp out when he has to. He acts like a decent human being to his friends, cares about them, and even has manners when with strangers, never becoming an arrogant young master. Then again, he can be considered too neutral--I guess this an issue of tastes.

Other than one or two, there doesn't seem to be any archetypal Arrogant Young Master, and his uncles and grandpas didn't even go after the MC afterwards. Although, there was the Arrogant Young Lady who was backed by an organization. But even when they do appear, it's not something that happens every 100 chapters to jumpstart a new plot.

And there's still some other mysteries that the MC hasn't quite solved, like many things regarding his former mentor figures, and even the dimensional zones themselves. As the story goes on, some of these become deeper and gain intricacies.

And the premise and world are fairly fresh, which is of course a plus.

Like Pokemon, the MC collects battle pets-*cough*, I mean, companion beasts. Most companion beasts are unintelligent tools, and he still has his cultivation, but I feel like the use of companion beasts makes it feel like the MC's strength is not his own. Other than his evolvables, they are pretty expendable and rarely reappear after power creep sets in.

And, not breaking out of the norm for most CN junk novels, the MC's interactions with side characters are nothing out of the box. Although, it is nice to see a male MC be just normal friends with a girl for once.

Characters and plot points fade away after a while as well--MC's supposed to be in school for the first few hundred chapters, but you wouldn't know that. In later chapters, his stepbrother is shown every hundred chapters or so in short interludes, while his stepmom and stepsister are only mentioned occasionally. Although, this novel does do a better job reusing plot points and characters than many other CN novels I've read.

The MC's character is rather bland, I guess. He operates mostly on logic, which makes him predictable, and is pretty passive in the story. He doesn't have those special personality traits that mark a well-made main character. Well, he's decent enough for me, I guess.

And a pretty important plot hole: How does gaming improve MC's combat experience? He's not actually moving with his body. It can be partially explained as understanding the movements of the enemy, but that's not the same as actually being there. I just brushed it off as "magic cheat mobile game, whatever" for the sake of enjoyment, but I do wish the author had explained that.

Most of the part he wrote about Liz and our MC is bs. Forgive the MC for not being a kind soul who can handle any form of injustice as long as it's done by a cute girl. The next part is for those who are checking out reviews before reading it. I'll explain the whole thing with a neutral tone.

Our MC has a special item, his phone. The problem started when he was doubted (and when I say doubted, I truly mean it) to come across a criminal (which he does) and Liz suspects him. Since there is no conclusive evidence, she cannot directly take him into custody. From there, she goes to extreme measures to force his hand (honey trap and etc).

When she learns that MC's background is strong, she crosses the limit. She takes some of the officers to MC's college and forcefully takes him into custody. Then, he runs away and Liz and the others chase him. Finally, they come to a stalemate and that time, if MC didn't kill the officers, he himself would have been killed.

What annoyed me the most that Liz was still alive (although crippled). But I can understand that if he really killed her, it would create some problems.

That's the short summary of what had happened.

Fellow reviewer clearly wanted some smooth sweet moments with MC and liz. Unfortunately for him, mc's temptation towards lust and woman is only a bit greater than Luffy.

"Lad, it’s a lucky coincidence that we meet other. Why don’t you have a chat with me?” the elder looked at Zhou Wen with his turbid eyes as he spoke with his feeble voice.

“I’m not good at chatting.” Zhou Wen wasn’t declining the elder’s request. He really wasn’t good at chatting.

“It’s fine. Let me ask you a few questions.” The elder smiled, only to break into a coughing fit a moment later.

“Go ahead, ” Zhou Wen said and stood in front of the bench.

He usually only gamed and seldom communicated with people. Therefore, it didn’t seem like a bad thing to have someone willing to chat with him.

Of course, this was under the premise that the elder didn’t ask questions that stumped Zhou Wen.

“Do you like women with big or small breasts?” The elder’s question left Zhou Wen taken aback.

Zhou Wen was still a pure and innocent virg*n who had never been in a relationship before. Furthermore, always being focused on cultivation, he had never considered this problem.

The elder’s question was somewhat odd, but Zhou Wen answered after some serious thought, “Women with smaller breasts.”

Although Zhou Wen didn’t agree with the elder, he didn’t think it worth arguing with him. He chose women with smaller breasts because having big breasts made it unsuitable for combat. It would affect one’s sense of balance.

The elder’s complexion seemed a lot better once he broached the topic of women. He continued asking in excitement, “Lad, let me ask you another question. Do you like gentle women who are docile and obedient or women who are shrewd and unreasonable?”

This old man sure is odd. Does he have a screw loose? Who wouldn’t like a docile and obedient woman and instead like an unreasonable shrewd?

Zhou Wen had the intention of answering that he preferred docile women, but he felt that choosing this would only excite the elder even more. There would then be no end to the conversation. Besides, Zhou Wen had no interest in continuing his chat with the elder.

“I like shrewd and unreasonable women, ” Zhou Wen swallowed the words he wanted to say and spoke against his will.

To his surprise, the elder smacked his thigh before Zhou Wen could even finish his sentence. He said in great excitement, “Not bad! Not bad! It’s only when women are shrewd and unreasonable that they are cute and fun. Those docile and obedient women are no different from dead fish. What’s so fun about that? I never expected a young lad like you would have such refined taste in women... ”