Alien Invasion: I’ll Save the World by Selling Books!
Four hundred years ago, the “Gate to the Immortal Realm” tore through the Ming Dynasty, unleashing endless swarms of insectoids and the undead. A prosperous age was transformed into a hellscape of blood and fire. The calamity also brought the revival of Earth’s dormant spiritual energy. Amid blood and flame, the pioneers kindled the fire of awakening. On foundations of bones, they built towers for career awakenings and martial academies that became fortresses across the globe.
Today, the lands of the Ming Kingdom stand beneath the sword-like shadow of the battlefield between the myriad races: the insectoids and the undead. Martial halls hone humanity’s edge, while scholarly halls nurture its spiritual light. Both are embers keeping humanity alive. At Gonggong Middle School, the top student and genius Su Qing awakens an exceedingly rare Contract Summoner profession, but contracts with only a cat, becoming a laughingstock.
No one knows that this cat is Su Qing’s first step toward supreme power. It is the incarnation of a book-selling lottery System. For every book he successfully sells, he can randomly draw an item or skill:
One copy of Selling Great Strength at a Street Stall earns him a “Great Strength Potion” capable of shattering mountains and splitting rocks;
One copy of Doraemon somehow nets him a wondrous gadget;
While the geniuses of various professions fight for survival on the battlefield between the myriad races, Su Qing sets up a street stall right there, his fingertip brushing the cover of an illustrated edition of The Three-Body Problem.
“Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have obtained: Two-Dimensional Foil dimensional strike (single-use trial version).”
The insectoid queen’s nest blotting out the sun? The undead supreme ruler’s might pressing down on the cosmos?
Su Qing calmly raises his eyes. “Sorry, we’re closing early today. Everyone, please... step into the picture for a chat.”
There are too many commas and it sounds janky.