After Her Corruption Level Hit the Max, She Imprisoned Me in Her Very Bones

Chao Xiaochi had simply gone off on the author of The Path to the Celestial Firmament, Su Qingyuan, in the comments section, complaining about the heroine Lin Jianhe’s tragic storyline. This unexpectedly triggered a “Plot Correction Punishment,” forcibly sending her into the book’s Qingzhu Village, where she became an unnamed villager.

After binding to the “Corruption Booster System,” she learned that the only way to return to reality was to raise the gentle heroine Lin Jianhe’s corruption level from 0% to 100%. At this point, Lin Jianhe’s parents had died early, and she scraped by doing chores like hauling water and chopping firewood for others. She was as thin as a reed battered by wind and rain, always wearing a timid expression. Even the village children dared to bully her.

Chao Xiaochi first saw Lin Jianhe at the old well by the village entrance. The other girl had a rough shoulder pole pressed against her, mud on her trouser cuffs, and reddish eyes. She looked so frail that Chao Xiaochi couldn’t help feeling sorry for her. Caught between the cold-blooded task of “forcing her to become corrupted” and the vulnerable, enduring girl before her, Chao Xiaochi could only steel herself and get close, using “helping out” as an excuse to stick by her side. She vowed to pass the Lingxiao Sect’s entrance exam together with Lin Jianhe.

But as the mission progressed, she gradually lost track of whether she was helping Lin Jianhe become corrupted just to get home, or whether she had already developed a special attachment to this little sprout growing against all odds…