My Hero Is Myself

Luo Lan transmigrated to the Hero Continent with a golden finger, the "Chronicles of Heroes of the Nine Provinces." It told him he could play heroes from myths and legends, then summon them in the real world, become an Awakened, and reach the pinnacle of life... But after entering the Nine Provinces world, he found the System wasn't quite reliable.

When Yu Gong Moves the Mountains, he became one of Yu Gong's sons?

In The Legend of the White Snake, he became one of Fahai's disciples?

In the Sixth Expedition to Mount Qi, he was that useless... Ah Dou?

"I understand all that, but why, in Strange Tales at Night, am I not even human anymore? I'm... a cricket?"

But Luo Lan soon realized that starting as an extra, then eventually suppressing the protagonist, supporting cast, and villains alike to forge a heroic path... felt absolutely amazing!

"But Jingwei, Xiao Qing, Nie Xiaoqian... why did you all come along, too? Don't draw your swords, let me explain!"

P.S. 1: The Nine Provinces isn't a world of myths, Strange Tales, Investiture of the Gods, Journey to the West, or Primordial Chaos. Those are all just source material for a world I've thrown together. There will be lots of out-of-character moments, and I won't argue about power levels.

P.S. 2: I forgot what I was going to say.