A Talisman Cultivator's Guide to Surviving in Another World [Book Transmigration]

Carefree, goofy, laid-back talisman-cultivator Beta uke x Devoted, possessive younger wolf-demon Alpha seme Five eerie cases are intricately linked, and the reckoning over human nature and morality will come at last. Case One: Seaside Guesthouse, complete Case Two: Huanyan Cosmetic Clinic, complete Case Three: Imperial University Blurb: Lin Tinglan, a talisman prodigy, is struck unconscious by heavenly lightning just as he's ascending. When he wakes, a System calling itself "Even Cannon Fodder Gets a Happy Ending" tells him he's transmigrated into a cannon-fodder researcher in the melodramatic novel O Pretends to Be a Beta and the Villain Destroys the World. Lin Tinglan: ...So what happens to me? System: After villain A107 kills you, the protagonist uke makes a dramatic entrance. Lin Tinglan: ...So that's what cannon fodder means. Main quests: 1. Survive until the ending. 2. Fulfill the original host's wish to uncover the truth behind his mother's death. As a top-tier talisman cultivator with a thousand years of practice, dealing with one little experimental subject should be a piece of cake. But who exactly was your mother? Why is she connected to those eerie incidents? To complete the second quest, Lin Tinglan fakes his death and escapes the evil research institute, then joins a special investigation team at the Bureau of Anomalous Affairs! To his surprise, on his very first mission he runs into that villainous test subject again. The boy, on the verge of losing control, charges straight at him And bites him?! Kid, why do you keep haunting me ＊ As a youngling of an ancient wolf-demon clan, Xie Ying is exploited by unscrupulous people. When his life is hanging by a thread, Lin Tinglan happens upon him and saves him, making him his young disciple. Originally arrogant and unruly, Xie Ying looks down on this laid-back, smelly Daoist. But then the classic "who's laughing now" effect kicks in, and he becomes his master's most devoted fan. When his master mysteriously disappears during his ascension, Xie Ying uses their soul pact as the basis for a costly search. His efforts pay off. In another world, he possesses the body of a test-subject boy named Xie Ying and finds the master he has yearned for. But his master remembers everything except him. Bonus scene: Xie Ying hurriedly changes back into a boy and kneels beside the bed, about to check his master's pulse, when an unfamiliar voice suddenly speaks in his ear. 『Stop struggling in vain. He won't remember you. This is the price.』 “...” His pulse is steady, with nothing wrong. Xie Ying holds his master's wrist, his fingertips trembling slightly, but he can't bring himself to let go. “I don't care. What business is it of yours?” As expected, he gets no reply. Xie Ying looks at the bloodstain so close to him, presses his lips together, then carefully kisses it. After a long while, he straightens up, his Adam's apple bobbing as he lowers his gaze to the finger, pristine once more. He hesitates, then reluctantly turns into a little wolf and curls up beside his master's neck. He doesn't dare ask for more. This is enough. In the endless night, that was the first time he saw the moon. ＊Reader's guide＊ 1. This is primarily a mystery and investigation story, with cultivation-world flashbacks as a secondary element. Events from the cultivation world will be woven into the main plot. ABO is only a worldbuilding element and won't receive much focus, though classic Alpha-Beta scenes will appear. 2. In the transmigrated-into-a-book world, the seme initially seals away his past-life memories and grows up as Xie Ying. He recovers his memories after the uke gets him out of the research institute. 3. One-on-one pairing in both past and present lives. Theme: Stand strong and self-reliant, and do your part to protect world peace