I Became a Star Card Maker Across the Stars

Blurb: Rong Pianpian transmigrated into the body of a card maker who was unemployed right after graduation, and owed the bank nearly 500,000 interstellar coins. In the interstellar world, everyone has mental power and can use it to draw cards. These magical card decks can conjure dreamlike worlds, giving people an unparalleled experience in the realm of the mind. And so, the profession of card maker was born. After entering the holographic world for the first time, she knew she could make a living at this. Her mind was filled with thousands of years' worth of Chinese legends and stories. Naturally, her first task was to create card decks inspired by Chinese civilization for the interstellar world. She turned characters into cards, featuring classic figures from Dream of the Red Chamber, Water Margin, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Journey to the West. Countless heroes, beauties, renowned generals, and wise ministers captivated everyone. She turned architecture into cards, from the majestic Great Wall to the breathtaking Forbidden City, making people marvel at the greatness of civilization. She turned landscapes into cards, from the riverside villages of Jiangnan to the vast, sandy deserts, bringing people into the scenes until they couldn't tear themselves away. These beautiful characters and buildings, along with the fascinating card backgrounds, quickly became a sensation throughout the stars. The people of the interstellar world were captivated by Rong Pianpian's genius, brimming with new ideas. Of course, the knives hidden in those cards made them love and hate her in equal measure. Reader's Note: 1. Updates daily at 12 p.m. 2. [The myths, fables, legends, and historical figures related to Chinese civilization in this novel are based on online sources such as Baidu Baike. Poems and lyrics mentioned are quoted. For classics such as Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, I consulted Baidu Baike and the original works. The descriptions are written in my own words. All educational information in the novel is based on online research. If I've missed any citations, I'll add them later. Please point out anything that seems amiss. Thank you.] [Here are my upcoming novels. Feel free to bookmark any that interest you.] Upcoming Novel 1: I Made a Fortune Selling Herbal Cuisine Blurb: After accidentally dying, Chi Yuanyuan found herself in the interstellar world, with a System bound to her mind. The bad news: she owed it 100 million in binding fees from the start, and had to earn people's approval to exchange for enough life points to survive each day. The good news: it gave her an upgradeable spiritual farm and a fragmentary book of herbal cuisine recipes. Chi Yuanyuan took a look and discovered that everyone in the interstellar era suffered from genetic diseases, and that the legendary herbal cuisine of ancient Blue Star was the only known cure. Well, this was right up her alley. - A shop called Chi's Herbal Cuisine suddenly appeared on the interstellar web. Many users took one look and raised their eyebrows, unsurprised. Tsk, another scammer claiming to sell herbal cuisine from ancient Blue Star. A user decided to try the cheapest herbal dish so they could mock it, but after one bite, their back no longer ached and their legs no longer hurt. A mecha master who had once suffered hidden brain damage found that after four servings of herbal cuisine, their mental domain was even stronger than it had been in their youth. A once top-tier star, a mermaid beauty forced to retire because a genetic disease had marred her appearance, also made a comeback after eating the herbal cuisine, with a face even more stunning than before. Her long-disappointed fans were thrilled. Chi's Herbal Cuisine became an online sensation. Upcoming Novel 2: Descendant of Shennong Livestreams Farming in the Stars The cultivator Jiang Xiaoman, who had awakened the bloodline of a descendant of Shennong, became cannon fodder during a beast tide. When she awoke, she discovered that she had transmigrated to the interstellar era. The original owner had wanted to prove herself, but her stepsister tricked her into signing up for a livestream contract with the variety show A Beautiful Life. If her livestream failed to reach the agreed-upon popularity, she would have to pay an exorbitant penalty. Faced with a deserted livestream and a spiteful stepmother and stepsister, Jiang Xiaoman had no choice but to carry on. She simply switched the livestream to the kind of farming she knew best. The variety show A Beautiful Life had become a hit throughout the interstellar world. Countless streamers had joined, and every kind of content had already been done to death. Besides tuning in to the leading streamers every day, viewers occasionally deigned to visit a new streamer's channel. Until one day, they stumbled into Jiang Xiaoman's livestream... They saw grapes as big as fists glistening with a sweet sheen on the vines. In the fields were strawberries red as rubies, plump oranges ready to burst with juice, watermelons of enormous size, and sweet potatoes as creamy as ice cream... Just looking at them made the viewers swallow hard. Ancient grains, fruits, and vegetables, found only in old books, kept appearing too, delighting interstellar people who were used to subsisting on nutrient solution. After that... Everyone tuned in to Jiang Xiaoman's livestream each day, coming up with all sorts of tricks just to get online for the daily "Let's taste it together." Even the most powerful and influential people were drawn in. Princesses, princes, superstar actresses, and business magnates all took pride in getting to eat the fruits and vegetables Jiang Xiaoman grew. Jiang Xiaoman became famous overnight. She blinked innocently at her delighted father and her stepmother and stepsister, whose faces looked as if they'd swallowed a fly, wondering: Hadn't she really done anything special? Theme: Work hard to build a better tomorrow.