After more than two hundred years away from home, Xi Chao returned in triumph, only to find that Earth was no longer the place she had left behind.
The environment was more beautiful, technology more advanced, and life more convenient and efficient.
On the surface, everything seemed as peaceful and lovely as it should be, just as she had imagined.
But the beauty of this world was a lie.
All forms of entertainment were illusory fantasies deliberately created for people.
Tell me, after losing more than two hundred years of her life and facing a world-spanning lie, what should Xi Chao do?
Force herself to adapt to a new life? Keep silent about the lie? Or fight back, all on her own?
Xi Chao said: "Having lost two hundred years of life and now facing danger, I must seek a way to live and leave that lost time behind. What they couldn't do two hundred years ago, what we can't do now, must be done by those who come two hundred years from now."
I don't know whether those words will come true, but I know that right now, I believe in them.
My name is my vow.
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This is a short story.
This story is also known as Successful at Clearing My Name and The Future of the Indulgent.
The heroine is named Xi Chao, with Chao pronounced in the second tone, meaning "anti-plagiarism."
Many of the names in this story have meanings, while many others were just made up to fill space. Don't dwell on them; just go with the flow.
This was written on a whim, so the logic is dead.
As I kept writing, it started to feel like too much. With time running out, I rushed to the ending. I don't know if that counts as a botched ending...
It feels like I tried to show off and failed... Ah, whatever. I'll just leave it as it is (ノ_<)
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