The Story of How Humans Became Alien Consumables

[The issues with the setting have been fixed, and the writing no longer feels so Japanese!]

Question: A civilization without humans is meaningless. What about humans without civilization?

Answer: Thanks for the invite. Flips table.

#Destroy alien tyranny, the world belongs to humanity#

○ An AI and an illiterate savage, supporting each other, sharing ideals, and growing together~ The official romance comes later.

○ A story about many people struggling to survive in a ravaged world. Elements some readers may dislike: the tragic plight of humanity, a cross-dressing male supporting character (described with female pronouns until his identity is revealed; only those in the know use he), stories told from supporting characters' perspectives, character deaths, inhuman monsters, graphic descriptions, both male and female supporting characters.

Old blurb:

The aliens have occupied Maryball!

The Maryans have become the aliens' slaves!

Damn it! Those bastard aliens destroyed Maryan civilization! Destroyed it!

42718 stared back with an impassive face. But what did any of this have to do with him? He was just a weak, pitiful, helpless little mouse... Damn it, he'd been bound to a System that forced him to grind points! But he was an illiterate who couldn't even read a word?!

Study! Start by learning Hanyu Pinyin!

Theme: Fight fire with firewood. As long as the wood lasts, the fire will never go out.