When the game shut down, I took my skills with me.

A faint smell of Lysol filled the air.

Lu Yuan slowly opened his eyes, his vision clearing from blurry to sharp. What came into view was the yellowish ceiling of his rented room, with a few strands of cobwebs hanging in the corner.

He tried moving his fingers, and an unprecedented sense of control came from deep within his body.

"I...I'm not dead?"

Lu Yuan sat up, rubbing his throbbing temples.

The last memory is the final second of the countdown to the shutdown of "Gods and Demons Era".

As a hardcore gamer who has dedicated himself to this game for ten years, he is currently stuck on the job change quest screen for the final hidden class, [World Administrator].

A blinding purple lightning bolt struck the screen without warning, and then he knew nothing more.

He subconsciously looked around. The room was still the same as before. A mountain of instant noodle containers was piled up on the computer desk, and clothes that hadn't been washed for days were lying on the chair. Everything indicated that he had returned to reality.

But what about that feeling of fullness and power in my body?

Just as he was wondering, a semi-transparent blue panel that only he could see silently unfolded before his eyes.

[World Administrator - Lu Yuan]

[Level: MAX]

[Strength: ∞]

Agility: ∞

[Constitution: ∞]

[Spirit: ∞]

[Skills Bar: Expanded (Total ???? items)]

[Inventory: Expanded (Total ???? pages)]

Lu Yuan blinked, thinking he was hallucinating. He ran his hand across the panel, and the familiar feel and operating logic sent a jolt through him.

Isn't this the GM-only backend management interface in "Gods and Demons Era"?

With trembling hands, he opened the skill bar, from the most basic "Fireball" and "Cleanse" to "Annihilation Domain" and "Time Freeze" which are only available to mythical-level BOSSes, and then to the unheard-of "Data Modification" and "Rule Reconstruction". The densely packed skill icons formed a waterfall that seemed to have no end.

He then opened his inventory.

The first segment, 【The Origin of Creation】, is the singularity in the game's background that created the world.

The second item, [Doomsday Horn], is a world-class item that can directly reset the server when sounded.

The third item, [Blood of the Gods], is a potion that can instantly transform an ordinary NPC into a god with just one sip.

……

Lu Yuan stared blankly at everything. He pinched his thigh hard, and the sharp pain made him gasp.

This is not a dream!

He brought everything from the game, including the entire GM backend, into reality!

After a brief moment of shock, an indescribable surge of joy welled up inside me.

He laughed, from a soft chuckle to a loud, hearty laugh that brought tears to his eyes.

ten years!

For a full ten years! In order to stand out in the game, he grinded monsters, ran dungeons, and did quests day and night, transforming from an unknown player into a renowned hardcore player known throughout the server.

He gave up his studies and social life, dedicating the best years of his youth to that virtual world.

He thought that with the game's shutdown, all of this would vanish.

Unexpectedly, life gave him a huge surprise.

"Starting today, I'm not grinding anymore!" Lu Yuan stretched, feeling the comfortable sensation coursing through his body. "It's time... to enjoy life!"

He looked at the messy room and frowned.

In the past, he might have just tidied up quickly, but now he has a more convenient option.

Lu Yuan cleared his throat and, mimicking the GM in the game, attempted to issue a command: "System command, /set area_status, target: this room, status: absolutely clean, execute immediately."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a miraculous scene unfolded.

The dust in the room seemed to be wiped away instantly by an invisible hand. The instant noodle bucket flew into the trash bag automatically, and the dirty clothes shook in the air, becoming clean and tidy before folding themselves and flying into the closet.

The whole process took less than a second.

Lu Yuan looked at the newly renovated room and nodded with satisfaction.

"This is what life is all about."

My stomach growled at an inopportune moment.

He patted his empty stomach, opened the refrigerator, and found only a bottle of expired milk and half a wilted cucumber inside.

Lu Yuan smiled and closed the refrigerator door.

He walked to the center of the living room and snapped his fingers.

"System command, /create item, item name: Kobe A5 steak set meal, with 82 Lafite, execute immediately."

In the air, tiny particles of light converged out of thin air, and a dining table covered with a pristine white tablecloth quickly took shape. Immediately afterwards, an exquisite porcelain plate appeared, upon which sat a sizzling, fragrant piece of premium steak, alongside a stemmed glass filled with a dark red, rich liquid.

In the game, this is a limited-edition luxury set meal that only the most prestigious restaurants in the main city offer, costing tens of thousands of gold coins per serving.

Now, all he needs is a thought.

Lu Yuan sat down, cut off a small piece of steak, and put it in his mouth.

The tenderness of the meat and the rich juices exploded on his taste buds, and the wonderful flavor made him squint his eyes in comfort.

"Cool!"

He picked up his glass and drank it all in one gulp, then began to plan his bright future.

First, we need to make some money.

He casually rummaged through his inventory and found a bunch of items marked "mortal currency," which he exchanged for several gold bars.

With money, buy a seaside villa, hire dozens of nannies, and spend your days sunbathing and drinking champagne on the beach. That's the life a human being should live.

To hell with jobs and struggles!

He's had enough of being a hardcore gamer; now he just wants to be a happy salted fish.

Just as Lu Yuan was immersed in his longing for a better future, the midday news broadcast on a 100-inch television he had casually created to liven things up was suddenly interrupted by an urgent report.

"Breaking news! An unidentified creature has appeared near a commercial street in the Dongcheng District of this city. It is behaving extremely aggressively, and several citizens have been injured. Police have immediately cordoned off the area. Residents in the vicinity are advised not to go out..."

The scene shifts to the scene where a female reporter is hiding behind a police car, reporting in a trembling voice.

The camera shakily focused on the distant epicenter of the riots.

A creature less than a meter tall, with green skin, wielding a crude wooden stick, was frantically smashing a car.

The surrounding police officers fired their pistols at it, but the bullets only produced a string of faint sparks when they hit it, failing to even penetrate its skin.

Lu Yuan's hand, holding the knife and fork, froze in mid-air.

He looked at the familiar figure on the television screen, his eyebrows slightly raised.

"Goblin?"

Isn't this just like the level 1 monsters that can be found everywhere outside the starting village in "Gods and Demons Era"?

He immediately pulled up his GM map, and the entire city's 3D model instantly unfolded in his mind. On the coordinates of the East District, a red dot was flashing.

[Goblin Scout, Level: 1]

[HP: 50/50]

Attack Power: 3

Defense: 1

[Skill: Slamming the opponent]

A pitiful string of attribute data appeared.

Lu Yuan looked at his attribute panel again, where the two glaring "∞" symbols were particularly striking.

He put down his knife and fork, leaned back in the soft chair, picked up his wine glass, and quietly watched the chaotic scene on television.

He only needs a single thought to make that little thing disappear from the world completely.

But this also means the beginning of trouble.

He just wanted to live a quiet, extravagant life as a wealthy tycoon, indulging in a life of decadence.

But on TV, the goblin smashed a fire hydrant with its club, sending a jet of high-pressure water shooting into the sky. The screams of the surrounding crowd came through the screen and sounded so jarring.

Lu Yuan held his wine glass in silence.

The premium steak on the plate suddenly didn't seem so delicious anymore.

He sighed softly.

"This is so troublesome..."

[New Fixes]

As soon as he finished speaking, he didn't even bother to move, but a thought flashed through his mind.

Command: /delete unit, target: coordinates 121.48°E, 31.22°N, unit: goblin scout.

On the television screen, the little green monster that was swaggering around suddenly froze.

Immediately afterwards, to the astonishment of the reporters and countless spectators, its body began to flicker without warning, like a game image with a poor signal, and then with a "poof," it disintegrated into countless tiny blue data cubes and disappeared into the air.

The scene was deathly silent. The female reporter stood there with her mouth agape, unable to utter a single word for a long time.

Lu Yuan pursed his lips as he watched this scene.

In the following days, similar news began to appear frequently around the world. At first, Lu Yuan took to being a "cleaner" with great interest, casually "deleting" a few monsters while eating and watching TV.

But after doing this more than ten times, he completely lost interest.

It's too easy, like playing a game with only level one monster; it offers absolutely no challenge.

So he simply put the matter out of his mind, letting those "abnormal events" fester around the world, while he himself completely settled into a life of lounging on the sofa, eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating.