[No romance pairing (one-sided feelings) + Plot-driven + Thrilling battles + Interstellar imagination + Mecha]
The stars are toys in God's palm. God told the masses of followers, “Your goal is to seize the stars.”
Lin Chujin said, “I disagree,” and chopped off God's pinky.
To apologize, she gave God the middle finger.
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[Seize the Stars is about to enter open beta. Players, get ready.]
Lin Chujin discovered that the world she lived in was an amusement park created by a higher dimension.
Though she was an NPC, she had acquired the identity of a closed-beta star player.
[This world is fake and worthless, isn't it? You've long yearned to break free and reach the more sublime stars.]
The open beta began. Higher-dimensional players randomly took over the bodies of the natives. People were either possessed and replaced, or reduced to the lowest rung of the food chain as NPCs.
Every player frantically fought to climb the all-server leaderboard, but the top spot never budged.
Lin Chujin looked down over the stars and eventually grew tired of the game.
“I don't like this game. Let's play by different rules,” she said.
(An unconventional interstellar military academy mecha novel. The author's worldbuilding is extensive, the early setup is a slow burn, and the main plot begins in Chapter 9.)
