End-of-the-World Survival Game [Interstellar]

(My new danmei novel, I Really Didn't Sell a Persona [Entertainment Industry], is currently updating. Feel free to visit my profile and add it to your favorites ^^) [Synopsis] An agricultural planet cut off from the rest of the world, a mechanical city shrouded in mystery, a beast planet where life and death hang in the balance... Is this a game, or reality? Chu Ziheng once thought he would never escape his identity as a good-for-nothing, not in this lifetime. Even after Yan Luo pulled him out of the mire and they began living under the same roof, he never dared to hope for anything more. He didn't dare, and he couldn't. But no matter what, he never expected an ordinary full-dive game to conceal a bizarre conspiracy surrounding his "good-for-nothing" status beneath its turbulent surface, or that it would have a bearing on life and death. System alert: Please resolve the apocalypse as soon as possible. Chu Ziheng: Wait, where's the apocalypse? System email: If you continue, you may die in the real world. Would you like to sign a liability waiver? Chu Ziheng: What? Isn't this a full-dive online game? [Notes] * Perfect male god (?) gong x seemingly gentle but actually decisive shou. A story of going from worlds apart to standing side by side. * 1v1, happy ending. * Primarily a nontraditional full-dive online game, with a spacefaring game setting and a real-world storyline. The gong is mostly in the background early on and appears starting in Chapter 30. New novel synopsis begins here [Title] I Really Didn't Sell a Persona [Entertainment Industry] (currently updating) [Synopsis] Tremble, Persona! is a hit variety show created by the North Pole Bear platform, and has been hailed as the entertainment industry's lie detector. Countless "top students," "veteran actors," and "multi-talented stars" have come unstuck on the show, exposing their true selves. For every failure, there's a success. Fu Yunzhang, a little-known star, relies on the two-word mantra "I know a little" to make his way through the industry and become the new season's most popular contestant. The first challenge he receives is calligraphy. After saying he "knows a little," he writes with sweeping strokes, each character displaying a proud, rugged beauty. The second challenge is horseback riding. After saying he "knows a little," he leaps onto a horse and gallops away from the competition. The third challenge is arithmetic. After saying he "knows a little," he answers in a second, leaving everyone staring in amazement. The haters say he's selling his persona for all it's worth. His fans say everyone in entertainment sells a persona. The two sides argue endlessly and even come to blows. Former top scholar Fu Yunzhang: I really didn't sell a persona... Poor little assistant Han Hua: Yunzhang is right! What do you mean, selling a persona? Are we the kind of people who would sell a persona? Former top scholar Fu Yunzhang: No "we," thank you. Poor Mr. Assistant, have you figured out how to explain that eight-digit balance in your bank account? Poor little assistant Han Hua: ...No. [Notes] * Down-and-out (?) artist assistant gong vs. illiterate (?) former top scholar and minor actor shou * Transmigrated from ancient times to the present, 1v1, satisfying read, happy ending, updated daily. Theme: