Commander, Let's Start a Rebellion Together

In a star-spanning civilization with extreme wealth inequality and precious natural resources, Shen Lanyu had no lofty ambitions. She could only afford to eat little potatoes, and all she wanted was to study herself to the bone, get accepted into the fleet, and live a safe, stable life.

But on her very first day of service, she caught the eye of her direct superior, Ji Haichen.

Finding out about the commander's secret plan to quietly eliminate political rivals was purely an accident!

Shen Lanyu wasn't stupid. For the sake of her bright, happy retirement, she absolutely, absolutely had to keep this secret buried.

But no one had told her that the Ten Thousand Stars Fleet had little surveillance robots that rotated 360 degrees and operated around the clock, or that there were informants planted everywhere.

How could this be allowed?!

When Commander Ji Haichen summoned her for a talk, Shen Lanyu had planned to play dumb the whole time, but the fleet commander was ruthless.

Ji Haichen threatened her outright: "Do you believe there'll be one more corpse on Ten Thousand Stars tomorrow?"

"No, " Shen Lanyu hurriedly corrected herself. "I do."

At their first meeting, they both looked down on each other from the bottom of their hearts. One thought the other was an arrogant official who knew nothing about the struggles of ordinary people, a hypocrite full of empty platitudes. The other thought her opponent was crude, materialistic, and lacking ambition, a fame-hungry coward who feared death.

But when sudden upheaval rocked the fleet and Ji Haichen, at the center of a storm of public opinion, was being sent to a military tribunal, Shen Lanyu descended like a goddess, halo blazing. She kicked open the doors and shot the presiding officer in the head.

The rotten lot pointed at Shen Lanyu and cursed her, accusing her of violating military discipline and insubordination...

"A coup!" Shen Lanyu looked down at them, imitated Ji Haichen's old manner, and gave an impatient click of her tongue. Then she shot the ones coming at her twice. "Don't you understand?"

Bound and kneeling on the ground, Ji Haichen only then realized what had happened.

Oh no. He'd fallen in love!

Cool and aloof, secretly flirtatious officer Ji Haichen (male lead) x brilliant commander Shen Lanyu (female lead), forced to compete with everyone

A story with a strong female lead. The plot is important, the romance is secondary. The leads eventually end up on opposing sides, with incompatible ideals, so even if neither of them dies, it still counts as a bad ending. Bad ending, bad ending, bad ending, take note!!!

Note: The person who appears in Chapter One is the female lead's younger sister. Shen Lanyu (the female lead) makes her official entrance in Chapter Two.

Theme: Love and peace.