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I'm the Boss in a Horror Game
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Vol. 1Shen Hao's Deadly Domains

Shen Hao gained power by taking boss roles in deadly instances and defeated enemies from the Blood Banquet. After unleashing Demon Domain over Zhongzhou City and learning of the Lord of the Netherworld's return, he entered Silent City as its boss.

  • Shen Hao killed players in Qingshan Hospital and Haunted Town, gaining levels and new abilities.
  • Shen Hao joined the Alliance Guild, agreed to bait the Blood Banquet, and entered Water-Sky Amusement Park as its director.
  • Shen Hao used the park's deadly rules to gain power, then defeated the Bloodied Sovereign and killed Jiang Zhennan.
  • Shen Hao was promoted to B-rank and entered Qingshui Village as the Headless Knight.
  • Shen Hao killed the Qingshui Village players and used his new Soulfire ability to kill Wu Cheng.
  • Shen Hao entered Dragonstone City as the Executioner and tortured Feng Sen, who later killed himself.
  • Shen Hao killed the Moon Goddess and the intruding guild members, then absorbed Demon Blood and spread Demon Domain across Zhongzhou City.
  • Shen Hao learned that the Lord of the Netherworld would return and entered Silent City, where the players argued over Bai Shuang's plan.
Chapters 1–100 Read from Ch. 1

Arc 1The Haunted Town and the Park

Shen Hao turned Qingshan Hospital and Haunted Town into deadly hunts, joined the Paradise Player Alliance, and agreed to bait the Blood Banquet. He entered the A-rank Water-Sky Amusement Park, where his control was challenged by another entity and six players encountered a bald man offering a hidden mission.

  • Shen Hao replaced the Horse-Faced Butcher in Qingshan Hospital, killed the players one by one, and gained levels and the [Undying 1] ability from their fear.
  • Shen Hao stopped a wounded Ability User on a bus, met Alliance member Xia Bing, and discovered bloody handprints at home after the attacker’s death.
  • Shen Hao entered Haunted Town as its boss, controlled the doll girl, and altered the instance’s dangers for Cheng Xu, Zhang Zhiqiang, Zhao Yuqing, and Jiang Yue.
  • The players were trapped in the hidden map, encountered hostile residents and puppets, and learned that Xu Jing’s curse and the town’s betrayal were connected.
  • Shen Hao possessed Zhang Zhiqiang and watched the players and residents die as the puppets attacked, then reached level 8 before the instance ended.
  • Shen Hao joined the Alliance Guild’s Internal Affairs Department, learned the Blood Banquet planned to sacrifice him, and agreed to serve as bait.
  • Xia Bing gave Shen Hao a Substitute Doll and warned him that the A-rank Water-Sky Amusement Park had no reliable guide, then he entered the dungeon.
  • Shen Hao inherited the park director’s role but found a shadowed area beyond his control, while six players followed a bald man who claimed he could guide them and asked for help with a hidden mission.
Chapters 1–2525 summaries Read

Arc 2The Blood Banquet and Qingshui Village

Shen Hao used the amusement park’s deadly rules to gain power, then defeated the Bloodied Sovereign and Jiang Zhennan after Blood Banquet targeted him. Promoted and assigned to the S-rank Qingshui Village instance, he became the Headless Knight and rode out to ambush the arriving players.

  • The visitors survived the roller coaster, lake, maze, and haunted house by trying to follow the park’s rules, but Chen Yan, Wang Ruoxi, and Liu Shuai died after violating them.
  • Sun Jingyu resurrected and entered the restaurant, where he killed the One-Eyed Chef and took the Demon Eye, but the doll girl erased him after his key snapped in the park gate.
  • Shen Hao returned home, began writing an instance guide, and discovered that Blood Banquet had trapped him and his classmates at school.
  • Shen Hao reached level 10 as Jiang Zhennan began a blood banquet ritual that transformed the school into a castle for the Bloodied Sovereign.
  • Shen Hao used the Demon Eye to destroy the Bloodied Sovereign’s manifestation, then killed Jiang Zhennan inside his domain.
  • Shen Hao and Xia Bing agreed to Sun Wanli’s account of Jiang Zhennan’s death, and Shen Hao was promoted to B-rank and assigned to Xia Bing’s team.
  • Shen Hao studied eight guides to Qingshui Village, entered the instance as the Headless Knight, and crushed the Bloodstained Holy Grail.
  • Shen Hao gained the Headless Knight’s abilities and rode from the Undead Tree to ambush the arriving players.
Chapters 26–5025 summaries Read

Arc 3The Executioner’s New Game

Shen Hao cleared the Headless Knight dungeon and used Soulfire to kill Wu Cheng before entering Dragonstone City as its Executioner. He killed the old man who could bless the players and began torturing Feng Sen, leaving the other three players fleeing and Feng Sen dead by suicide after he woke.

  • Lin Feng, Qi Lin, Su Su, Han Rui, and Yan Dahai entered Qingshui Village, where Han Rui posed as a goddess’s messenger, but they found the statue shattered and the sword and Holy Water missing.
  • The group fled into the forest, searched beneath the Undead Tree for the Headless Knight’s body, and discovered an empty coffin before the knight disguised himself as Lin Feng and killed Qi Lin.
  • The Headless Knight killed Lin Feng, Su Su, Yan Dahai, and Han Rui, while Shen Hao collected Fear Points and gained Mental Perception and Soulfire from the completed instance.
  • Xia Bing brought Shen Hao into the Alliance Guild’s operation against Wu Cheng, and Shen Hao burned Wu Cheng and his blood-colored giant with Soulfire, ending the domain and earning compensation and Gold Member status.
  • Shen Hao read the Dragonstone City guides, entered the dungeon as the Executioner, and ambushed the old man who could grant players a blessing.
  • Jiang Zhichao, Zhou Xinyu, Wang Shan, and Feng Sen found the old man’s corpse, then encountered the Executioner, who tore Feng Sen’s soul from his body.
  • Shen Hao tortured Feng Sen in the Execution Chamber, then ended the execution and returned to reality as the other players fled.
  • Feng Sen later woke uninjured, saw Shen Hao approaching again, and stabbed himself in the heart to avoid being tortured again.
Chapters 51–7525 summaries Read

Arc 4The Executioner and Silent City

Shen Hao killed the Blood Moon Goddess and the intruding guild members, then absorbed Demon Blood and unleashed Demon Domain over Zhongzhou City. After learning that the Lord of the Netherworld threatened the world, he entered Silent City as its boss and encountered a team arguing over Bai Shuang’s plan.

  • Shen Hao hunted down the remaining players, torturing Wang Shan in the Execution Chamber while Jiang Zhichao and Zhou Xinyu killed themselves in fear.
  • Shen Hao found and killed the Moon Goddess, collected her Demon Blood, and prepared to confront the intruding players.
  • Qin Ruyue and the Blood Moon Guild entered the prison to free the goddess, discovered her remains, and were trapped and killed by the Executioner.
  • Xu Dong and the Blood Banquet Guild confronted the Executioner, but his control and torture killed the group, including Xu Dong, while a mad Monster System Ability User survived.
  • Shen Hao completed the Instance, absorbed Demon Blood, and accidentally spread Demon Domain across Zhongzhou City before reaching his Fear Point limit.
  • At an emergency Alliance Guild meeting, Sun Wanli warned that the Lord of the Netherworld would return, announced new player rewards and free guides, and Shen Hao was matched to Silent City.
  • Shen Hao studied Silent City guides about destroying four statue cores with descendants’ blood, then entered the Instance in the body of a young man whose bloodline let him command the city’s believers and souls.
  • Li Qu urged the team to proceed cautiously, but Chen Zhi argued for clearing the Instance quickly, and Bai Shuang told the group to follow her plan as Ma Rui challenged her authority.
Chapters 76–10025 summaries Read
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