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A dorm room at a university in Yunzhou.

There were only two people in the dorm. The other two had either gone to a company in Jizhou for an internship or rented their own place off-campus.

A student with messy hair sat on his bed, put on his glasses, and looked at the conspicuous "11:39" on his phone, revealing a look of grief and indignation.

"Ah~, I feel so awful!"

"What's wrong, bro?"

Across from him, his roommate rubbed his sleepy eyes and yawned.

As his arm moved, it revealed a picture of a smiling, short-haired blue-haired maid printed on the anime body pillow he was hugging.

"I'm so degenerate! No, I can't keep being so decadent! I need to sleep early and wake up early!"

The student with glasses said with a firm tone.

His otaku roommate responded sincerely with one word: "Okay! ...By the way, bro, are you going to the cafeteria to eat?"

"Hmm... I'll order takeout."

"Then I'll order takeout too."

The glasses-wearing student, who got up first, was a senior majoring in software.

He had been feeling very anxious lately.

The thesis defense was only a month and a half away, but his graduation project had made little progress.

Before, when running the program, the efficiency of the algorithm had improved a bit. Although he didn't know why, he was very happy, and he finally had something to report to his advisor at the weekly group meeting.

But before he could even be happy, he found out that there was a deviation in the initial input, and it turned out to be a false alarm.

He really wanted to graduate, but he had no idea how to improve the algorithm!

He wanted to learn and improve, but after spending a lot of effort, the project still made no progress.

Effort without results is the most frustrating thing.

He couldn't bring himself to study, but he couldn't bring himself to kick aside his graduation project and play games and watch anime to his heart's content either.

It's impossible to play games, I'll never be able to play games. I can't study, so I can only read novels to make a living.

With conflicting feelings, he stayed up late reading novels until three o'clock last night and didn't get up until almost noon.

This state seemed to have become his daily routine without him realizing it.

Although he had become accustomed to being a waste, he was actually panicking.

The glasses-wearing student said with a solemn expression: "No, I can't keep being so decadent! I need to study hard!"

"Okay!" His otaku roommate rolled over, hugged his anime body pillow, and started browsing his phone, waiting for his takeout to arrive.

Half an hour later.

The glasses-wearing student ate his takeout while happily watching "DouLe" short videos.

Another half an hour later.

The glasses-wearing student was still happily watching "DouLe" short videos.

Suddenly, he realized something and resolutely turned off "DouLe": "No, I can't keep being so decadent! I need to go to the library!"

He waited for a while, but didn't receive the expected response.

Looking at his otaku roommate, he saw him concentrating on his phone, playing some game, laughing and shaking his body.

He felt a little envious in his heart.

This otaku roommate was truly calm and composed, with a composure that wouldn't change even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him.

It could be said that he had wasted to a certain level.

He played games, watched videos, and watched anime every day, playing however he wanted, without the slightest sense of tension about the defense a month and a half later.

Seeing his absorbed appearance, he stood behind him and curiously looked over: "What are you playing? You look so happy."

Hearing this question, the otaku roommate immediately raised his head, his eyes flashing with excitement: "I was a little bored just now, so I just downloaded a game to play. Holy crap, it's so fun, really, it's called..."

The otaku roommate paused halfway through his introduction, exited the game to take a look: "I didn't pay attention to the game's name when I was playing just now. Oh yeah, it's called 'The Demon King Hid the Holy Sword from the Hero'. I've already reached level six. You should try playing it too?"

The glasses-wearing student righteously refused: "No, I can't be more degenerate! I'm going to the library this afternoon!"

"Okay!" The otaku roommate's expression was still a little regretful. "I'm telling you, this game is really interesting! It has a very big imagination. It's a pity not to play it!"

The glasses-wearing student had already started packing his computer into his computer bag, shaking his head left and right, with a firm expression and a heroic tone: "No~! This afternoon, I'm going to~ the~ li~bra~ry! Bye-bye!"

After saying that, he left the dorm without looking back.

......

Library.

The glasses-wearing student found a study table in the back row and sat down, placing the computer squarely in front of him with a solemn sense of ritual.

The light was soft, the temperature was suitable, and the time was exactly two o'clock. This afternoon was perfect for studying.

Let's finish reading that foreign language document about SVM that I was halfway through.

What is this for? Hmm, it should be passing a parameter. What is passing this parameter for? I don't understand... Search for shell parameter passing rules... I seem to understand a little...

Half an hour passed.

The glasses-wearing student closed a web page with a dizzy head, raised his head, and looked up at the ceiling at a melancholic 45-degree angle, thinking about life: "Why did I choose this topic in the first place? Why?"

"Hey, I've been studying so hard for so long, why don't I take a break?" Just as the glasses-wearing student was hesitating.

Huh? A phone was lying in his hand at some point, and it was even turned on.

Then I'll just browse Moments.

Half an hour later.

"No!" The glasses-wearing student suddenly realized that he had come to study this afternoon!

He put away his phone with a look of determination.

Continue reading the literature.

Oh, this long-haired young lady seems a bit pretty.

That young lady's stool is so long, no, her water cup is so round?

No, what am I supposed to be doing?

The glasses-wearing student fell into confusion for a while, unconsciously fiddling with his phone.

That's right, didn't my roommate say he found a very fun game?

The name is quite long, it seems to be something about a demon king.

"Ah, this should be it, 'The Demon King Hid the Holy Sword from the Hero'. Looking at the pictures released in the introduction, the graphics seem a bit simple, and it's only a dozen megabytes in size. Is it really that fun? Is he just bluffing me?"

The glasses-wearing student muttered, and stared at the hero's calm eyes on the game icon for a few seconds.

For some reason, it gives people a very relaxed feeling.

He thought again.

"Well, if it's only a dozen megabytes, the content probably won't be much, just enough to finish playing and continue studying."

......

In the relaxing and cheerful music.

Several seemingly silly and dazed slimes appeared.

The glasses-wearing student poked at them with interest, a smile on his lips.

It turned out to be a casual game where you just click. Although this slime is a bit dazed, it's quite cute.

However, his smile didn't last long before it froze on his face, gradually turning into a dumbfounded expression.

What the heck, the slime killed me?

There's even a trap.

It doesn't matter, it was just a temporary oversight, I'm going to get serious next.

......

Night, dorm room.

Otaku roommate: "Bro, you're back? How was studying today?"

The glasses-wearing student put down his computer bag with a painful expression: "Ugh, don't mention it, another decadent day."

"It's okay, learning a little is still learning, keep up the good work tomorrow."

The glasses-wearing student nodded from the bottom of his heart: "I definitely won't continue to degenerate tomorrow."

"I believe in you."

"...By the way, what level have you reached in the game you recommended to me today? There's an ending I can't get."

"...Bro, why don't you just be a couch potato with me? Wouldn't that be wonderful?"