Staying Chill in a Script Full of Lunatics

Female Lead (Shen Yan): Former top programmer, now a woman who transmigrated into a book and has given up trying. A logic enthusiast, she uses an engineer’s mindset to deconstruct melodramatic plots. Her ultimate dream is to retire early.

System (No. 007): A nontraditional System that delights in collecting “plot derailment points” and “protagonist suffering points.” It loves stirring up trouble, and its missions often come with a dose of gallows humor.

On the surface, this is a tragic romance novel called The Domineering Emperor and His Cold Palace Consort. In reality, it conceals layer upon layer of worldbuilding, including cultivation and cosmic horror.

The female lead wants to lie low, while the System wants to have fun. The original story wants to follow its plot, and the world wants to blow itself up. Caught between them all, the female lead is forced to become the face of “chaotic neutrality.”