Forced to Work After Pretending to Be an NPC [Infinite]

In a terrifying horror game, players stared at the missions before them with bloodshot eyes, barely clinging to life as they fled from hordes of mu*derous NPCs. But when Chen Li entered the game, he stood silently, staring at the prompt in front of him for a long time. [Welcome to the Horror Game. Do you accept the task of playing an NPC?] [Options: Accept / Absolutely Accept] Chen Li: …Fine. . . . . . While Chen Li was diligently carrying out his tasks, thinking he was playing a fierce NPC… Player A: …Why is this NPC howling like that? Player B (excited): Today’s the day players finally fight back and kill an NPC for revenge! Player C (panicked): W-Wait… Don’t you know that NPC is under the protection of that top player? H-He’s coming this way!! Player B (scoffing): No way a top-tier player would ever team up with an NPC—especially such a weak one— Before the words were even finished, footsteps echoed from the end of the dark corridor. The overwhelming pressure made all the players tremble. Meanwhile, completely unaware, Chen Li continued roleplaying his NPC duties: “I declare—you are all surrounded!” The three players didn’t even dare to breathe. The top player slowly approached and stopped right in front of them. Chen Li, puzzled, swung the fake bloody limb in his hand: “Awwooo? You’re not scared?” He turned to the boss and snarled, baring his teeth in what he thought was a menacing way: “You’re scared, right?!” The boss smiled gently: “Terrified. You’re too fierce.” Then he looked at the trembling players with a blank expression. The poor bystanders immediately wet themselves from sheer terror. . . . . . In the Horror Game’s forums, a terrifying rumor circulates: There’s an NPC so fearsome, even the Soul-Terror Puppets pale in comparison. Its twisted appearance puts the mu*der Swan to shame. No player dares to challenge any dungeon that NPC has ever appeared in. Somewhere, in a dark room bathed in moonlight— Chen Li: “Awooo…?” The boss patted his head: “Yes, just like that. Very scary.” . . . . . Top-tier player (secretly a Ghost King) × timid human pretending to be a ghost NPC Notes: The protagonist Shou is easily scared. He tends to be a group favorite—many powerful NPCs like him (non-romantic). Gong and Shou are exclusive to each other, body and soul.