Soft sci-fi with a humanistic bent. Not hard sci-fi in the slightest.
You’ll need to use your brain, but not too much.
[Cyberpunk sci-fi + wild ideas + cheat ability + no apocalypse + no romance + higher-dimensional beings + cosmic socializing]
To cash in on every freebie she could, Yang Xiaoyang played dead and came back to life several times, fooling the Black and White Impermanence.
Once she was found out, she realized she’d gone too far and tried to run, only to discover that she knew too much to get away.
She doesn’t want to die, but staying alive is proving difficult.
She has no brains to speak of and knows nothing about technology, yet all she can do is figure out how to ascend digitally and curry favor with aliens.
Sigh.
Better to live badly than die well.
But even living badly isn’t an option. This salted fish has to turn over and leap through the Dragon Gate.
Yang Xiaoyang can only throw herself into hard work, hoping to ascend digitally one day…
I found the novel's premise quite novel, and the female lead's character was also quite good. The first 40 chapters, when she learned the truth about the world, were really enjoyable. However, after she received a chance to start over from her mother goddess, accepted her fate, and met a benefactor, I found the later plot less appealing.
Female-oriented science fiction is rare, and the immersion was quite good. The parts where the female lead learns the truth about the world and the NPCs gave me goosebumps. If you're looking for something to read, this is worth checking out; the theme is very fresh.