When an author feels a deep attachment to the novel they have written, a "Performer" will appear, modeled after the novel's protagonist.
For a "Performer" to survive, the novel must do well. If it doesn't, the "Performer" will die.
So although the world itself won't be destroyed, a "Performer's" death is tantamount to the "end of the world" for the author.
In response, the protagonist, Liang Xiaoyun, says she only wants to write novels in peace, but keeps running into all kinds of unexpected incidents.
She only wants to write quietly, so why does she keep getting dragged into things? What on earth is going on?
The "other authors," who know her personality and even her innermost thoughts inside out, all reply: "What do you think?"
All in all, this is an autobiographical account of me as an individual. Of course, not everything in it is true: some parts are real, and some are made up.