My Players Are My XP & Gold

A top pro player, Ning Xiao, wakes up trapped in his favorite game, \"The Battle of Polytopia.\" Not as a powerful hero, but a nameless, Level 1 NPC lab apprentice. Worse, a player raid is set to obliterate him and his boss by morning. He can't log out. He's utterly powerless, a mere statistic. But Ning Xiao discovers a unique NPC ability: he can issue 'hidden quests,' plunder his surroundings, and most importantly, exploit the 'sand sculpture' players. He tricks them into doing his dirty work, stealing their hard-earned boss kills, and even turning their deaths into his own experience points and gold! As his power rapidly ascends, transforming him from a disposable pawn into the game's unseen puppet master, he realizes this bizarre new existence offers more than just survival—it promises absolute control, if he can keep his true identity hidden from the very players he's harvesting.