Xi Ci wakes up inside Deep Sky, a massive gacha game about fighting the insectoid race, as a second-year military academy student in the logistics program, an ordinary NPC with an ordinary start. The main character won't enroll for another year.
The good news: She's been playing since launch, grinding and spending, with a complete collection, every map unlocked, and every achievement earned. She knows every version's boss team comps and guides by heart.
The bad news: She's a pure meta chaser. Whenever she played, she skipped all the story, including the main quests, side quests, and every limited-time event.
Monster dungeons? She knows them inside out. Insectoid materials? Easy pickings.
Mech skills? She's mastered them all. Battlefield command? She knows how to put the right people in the right roles.
As for where these monsters came from? No idea. She skipped all the setup.
When did that teacher suddenly turn into an insectoid, and how? No idea either. She only knows how to speedrun this new-player map's mini-boss.
When exactly did the empire's coup happen, which general launched it, where did it happen, and what was the secret behind it? Still no idea. She only knows the empire coup dungeon was added in Version 4.0, and that the anniversary character from that version was insanely strong, incredibly useful, and a real workhorse.
Xi Ci: Never mind. First, I'll claim the beginner SR, put together the Version 1.0 must-have team, and start farming! Three, two, one, let's go!
I don't know who I am or where I am, but I know I have to fight right now.jpg
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Looking back on the illustrious career of Alliance legendary commander Xi Ci, who rose from obscurity in a marginal family to become the Alliance's supreme commander, people have finally noticed her remarkably ingenious way of using her subordinates.
Everyone seems like they shouldn't be used this way, but in Xiao A's hands, things are always different.
Xi Ci simply struck a pose straight out of a social-commerce ad and said, "Can't help it. That's what happens when you know every version's guides by heart."
They also asked: How did she come up with the tactics behind those repeated, audacious gambles?
Xi Ci uncrossed her arms, turned around, and walked away.
She hadn't meant to take an audacious gamble. She'd just skipped that part of the story, so she had no idea there was a scripted death ahead.
Theme: Face any world with courage.