The God of BUGs

The God of BUGs is an infinite-flow game-themed novel by the web author Erhuo Dadi, serialized on Qidian and completed in July 2016 at roughly 1.6 million characters and 681 chapters. Before transmigrating, protagonist Chen Xingyu was a game streamer who knew the walkthroughs and hidden bugs of countless single-player, arcade, and online games, earning him the nickname "One-Coin Clear Expert." He wakes in a gloomy graveyard and castle, hounded by low-level demons and walking corpses, and only after bloody fights does he realize he has entered a world where game dungeons are the classroom: students enter familiar game worlds such as Castlevania, Contra, Nekketsu Fighting Legend, Knights of Valour, and The King of Fighters through game pods, earning rewards for clearing them, with their scores serving as course grades. Armed with his "cheat-like" knowledge from his past life, Chen Xingyu always finds shortcuts and exploits, clearing dungeons at minimal cost time and again, transforming in the eyes of classmates and teachers from a hopelessly untalented slacker into an unbelievable existence. As the dungeons escalate, classic characters such as Iori Yagami, Mai Shiranui, Zhao Yun, Diao Chan, Nie Feng, and Xiongba make guest appearances, and he himself grows from initial panic into decisiveness and courage, setting his sights on becoming the "God of BUGs." The work's greatest appeal lies in its nostalgia for and deconstruction of classic games, blending real-world cheat codes and bugs with otherworldly adventure; the pacing is brisk and the ideas vivid, with a clear wish-fulfillment flavor.