The Captain Just Wants to Go Home and Play Games

"Captain's Only Dream is to Go Home and Play Games" by Panda Big Big's Melancholy

Mo Yi: "Principal, a captain's patience has its limits. So, this is my resignation letter—"

"Captain, I already told you our funding is a bit tight. We'll definitely pay your salary next month, meow... Wait, you said you're resigning?"

Theresa, who had been pretending to be busy working with her head down, could no longer maintain the act. She exclaimed loudly, "Captain, why can't you understand the academy? Our cause is noble and our future is bright. This is just the darkness before dawn. Can you bear to let everyone's ideals fall before the break of day? All for two years' worth of salary?!"

"Ahem, how about I divert some of next month's funds and pay you one month's salary first? What do you say?"

Captain: "Whether it's salary or money I lent you, I'm not afraid of anything anymore. I'm resigning for my dream."

"Starting tomorrow, I'll be a happy person, building islands and raising donkeys, delivering warmth to the countryside, and climbing the ranks in King of Glory—"

A Judah smashed onto the doorstep.

"Then you can talk after you pay the 10 billion breakup fee, no, the penalty for breach of contract."

Chapter 1: The Little World, Endless Joy

"Three years, three years, and another three years. I've been playing Honor of Kings for nine years already. When will it ever end? Sigh—"

My name is Mo Yi, and I'm a somewhat ordinary and slightly failed transmigator.

Ever since arriving in this world, which closely resembles the one I lived in before, Mo Yi's life has been uneventful. When I was born, the sky over Changkong City didn't flash with lightning and thunder, the clouds didn't change color, and auspicious purple energy didn't fill the land for three thousand miles. The entire sky didn't hum my name, Mo Yi. Naturally, as the days passed, I wouldn't gradually become a partner of justice and eventually be crowned king.

Mo Yi was simply a child born on an island city called Changkong City, located near the far east of the Asian continent.

Then, I began an ordinary life, an ordinary growth. There weren't many significant changes in my days, hence calling myself a somewhat ordinary transmigator.

Until I was ten years old. Suddenly, two individuals, who could have been ability users, martial cultivators, or mages, were dueling atop Changkong City's sky at the Pinnacle of the Forbidden City. A shockwave from their battle struck a nearby building, and the collapsing building happened to fall near the car Mo Yi's parents were driving. Thus, Mo Yi entered the semi-standard transmigator mode—no sister, no house, parents deceased.

However, Mo Yi wasn't happy at all with this standard start. Although he was a transmigator with memories, he understood the meaning of "cherish those around you" better, having lived one life already, due to his parents' kindness towards him.

Even though he always acted with a cold demeanor, treating his parents as if he were "already a little adult," the burning passion in his heart hadn't had a chance to bloom before it all ended.

After staying in the hospital for a month, Mo Yi finally returned to his empty home. During those days of helpless anger and grief in the hospital, he also successfully activated the golden finger that every transmigator must have, taking his first step towards the peak of his life.

After obtaining the golden finger, going through a period of farming development or a life-or-death adventure, he would achieve great mastery of his skills. Accompanied by the BGM "Chu Shan," he would find those two immoral ability users who casually damaged public property in Changkong City's sky back then. Depending on the situation, he would either make them cry or kill them. His great revenge would be served!

This was what Mo Yi initially believed. Well, plans often don't keep up with reality. The following explains why Mo Yi considers himself a slightly failed transmigator.

The golden finger Mo Yi obtained was a game store that, upon activation, would play "The Little World, Create Happiness with Your Heart" in his mind. It was like a game store without artificial intelligence or customers.

Thus, Mo Yi simply called it the "Little World Game." Within this interface, Mo Yi could choose games to conquer. During the conquest process, he could obtain corresponding items, abilities, and other rewards.

It sounded like a very orthodox and overbearing golden finger. Quietly playing games for a few years, wouldn't he become a bald great demon king who wielded lightning as soon as he emerged?

Unfortunately, Mo Yi was only a trial player. Only after clearing the tutorial games provided by the Little World Game could he successfully bind with the Little World Game and become a formal player.

Then, ten years passed just like that.

In the first year, Mo Yi conquered three mini-games: "Temple Run," "Fruit Ninja," and "Plants vs. Zombies."

The Little World could download the games onto Mo Yi's phone, and he could then play them on his device.

At first, he thought it was really that simple. It wasn't until he played "Temple Run" all night in the hospital and the nurse told him to get some rest that he realized how naive he was.

Because he played on his phone during the day, once he fell asleep, he had to personally experience all the amazing maneuvers he performed in the game on his phone within his dreams.

Mo Yi could no longer clearly remember how many times that night he was "kissed" by the large, serrated mouth behind him. The 100% pain setting was truly garbage. He didn't know which drunken game designer came up with that setting. He really wanted to drag that person over and let them experience the "joy" of 100% pain themselves.

Thus, the days of pain mixed with joy began. After an unknown number of days spent running, Mo Yi, who finally escaped the temple, received two abilities: "Mo Paopao" and "Riding EX."

The effect of "Mo Paopao" was that when this ability was equipped, his movement speed would increase by 100% when running away, and he would have a 100% chance to dodge attacks from behind. Even when facing a desperate situation, as long as there was theoretically a one-in-ten-thousand chance of escaping, that probability would be triggered 100%. The remark was: "As long as I 'E' fast enough, my teammates' question marks won't catch up to me."

The effect of "Riding EX" was also easy to understand. Regardless of the type of vehicle, as long as Mo Yi considered it a mount, the moment he took the rider's position, he would instinctively become a "God of the Mountain Road" racer, even if it were a dragon, he could ride it. The prerequisite was that Mo Yi could actually touch a dragon and survive its gaping maw. The remark was: "I still remember, the night I was sixteen, the fireworks under the sunset on Mount Akina were the most beautiful spectacle I had ever seen in my life."

"Temple Run" was not a difficult game to clear. Mo Yi had played it in his previous life and finished it in a few months. "Fruit Ninja" and "Plants vs. Zombies" were similar.

After being smashed by fruit rain and bitten by zombies an unknown number of times in his dreams, Mo Yi finally completed the initial tutorial games.

The ability obtained from "Fruit Ninja" was "Fruit Sword Saint." The effect upon equipping it was a 100% chance to hit flying projectiles. The remark was: "After I've sliced all the fruits in the world, I realized that nothing in the world cannot be sliced. Is this the legendary realm of the Sword Saint?"

The reward obtained from "Plants vs. Zombies" was "Plant King." The effect upon equipping it was the ability to control the growth and mutation of plants. The remark was: "Legend has it that in a flower world called the Sunflower Field, there lived a tyrant of flowers. Perhaps only by defeating the old king can I truly be crowned the Plant King."

In a way, these three tutorial games were easy to conquer, and the abilities they provided were very good and powerful. Evasion, combat, control, and even farming and production were not a problem. Of course, the development direction was slightly different from what Mo Yi had imagined; they weren't abilities for direct combat.

The only ability that sounded like combat, "Fruit Sword Saint," only had a 100% hit rate, but it didn't mean it could penetrate armor!

If he couldn't even cut through the opponent's armor, wouldn't he be sending himself to his death?

Simply put, it was an ability to bully squishy targets.

As for the remark for "Plant King," it made Mo Yi speechless. Don't think he didn't know who that queen was just because it was phrased so subtly. Mo Yi's profession before transmigration was a game designer, how could he not recognize her?

Defeating her would allow him to be crowned king?

It was more likely that he'd be knocked to the ground with a single punch the moment he attacked.

Moreover, even if he had the ability, with the MP (magic power) he gained from playing games and which increased accordingly, he probably couldn't sustain it for three minutes at full power.

Of course, Ultraman also only lasted three minutes fighting small monsters, so the duration wasn't the main issue; personal skill and strength were.

The magic power activated within Mo Yi by the Little World wasn't fixed like data. Whether it was with his body's growth or through daily diligent exercise, the total amount of magic power would slowly increase, although the growth rate was a bit slow. Relying on himself without any cultivation techniques or methods, it would probably take about 4.6 billion years of cultivation before he could challenge that woman and debut as the new generation Plant King.

After completing the three tutorial games, Mo Yi also ushered in the trial game, "Honor of Kings." Only by passing this game could he become a formal game player.

The trial game was on a completely different level than the previous tutorial game. The earlier game was simply about clearing stages, but Honor of Kings required Mo Yi to achieve extraordinary feats during gameplay, such as going on a killing spree or getting a pentakill, in order to obtain soul stones. After collecting ten soul stones, he could summon that hero in his dreams. Then, he would have to rely on his own skills to engage in a spontaneous 'date battle' with the opponent. Upon successfully gaining their approval, he would pass that stage.

To pass the trial, he needed to gain the approval of half the heroes in Honor of Kings. Once approved, he could seek them out to learn from them anytime.

Of course, it was easier if the hero was from the order faction. If the hero was inherently evil, gaining their approval could only be achieved through a 'friendship via cannon' approach.

The heroes appearing in Mo Yi's dreams would have their strength adjusted. Their overall power would be slightly superior to Mo Yi's, giving him a chance to conquer them.

Thus, Mo Yi lived a busy life: attending school and playing games during the day, then learning runes from the Archmage Ryze and culinary arts from Tahm Kench, the River King, and practicing archery with Ashe, the Frost Archer, at night.

Ten years passed like this, and Mo Yi remained a proud, stubborn, and unyielding Grandmaster.

A full ten years had gone by. Compared to other transmigrators, Mo Yi hadn't even earned the true recognition of his golden finger. Let alone comparing him to those arrogant prodigies who became kings at six, world rulers at twelve, and unified the divine realm at eighteen.