Cyber Pope Development Plan

Arnold never expected that he would travel back just by nodding off at a gathering of saints.

After returning, he discovered that while he was confused and clueless, his parents had been using his “prophetic” abilities. They'd picked a name at random from an unofficial history book and founded a small church called, Glory.

Arnold was now the Son of the Glory Church, surrounded by a crowd of brainwashed dimwits who obeyed his every command and worshiped him like a god.

Arnold: Wow, the believers gave me so much money?

Just as he rubbed his hands together excitedly, ready to find out what it was like to spend money like water

The Federation launched a purge, determined to wipe out every criminal organization in its territory. Unfortunately, Arnold's church ended up on the blacklist.

Arnold: ...

After finally resolving the purge, Arnold belatedly realized that this world seemed to be the setting of a shonen manga called The Rise of the Empire, and he was the prophetic human tool controlled by the manga's great villain.

A tool? Are you sure about that?

Arnold fell silent as he looked at one of the believers, who had the great villain's name and was leading the congregation in prayer on their knees.

Later, spiritual qi revival began, the gods awakened, and chaos broke out everywhere. Arnold's church alone remained safe and sound.

The Federation's higher-ups condemned Arnold publicly, but in private they kept sneaking onto Glory Church territory, crying and kneeling as they tried to get on his good side.

Arnold: ...

[First draft of blurb: 2019.12.23. Confirmed blurb: 2022.10.17. Screenshots uploaded~]

Reader's guide:

① No romance. Fictional world.

② The male lead is taciturn, but has plenty going on in his head.

③ My take on a cyberpunk setting. A feel-good story about people reading too much into things. Everything serves the plot.

Coming soon: “I Heard I'm the God of Dreams”

I have a dream, a dream where “I” reign supreme.

Maybe Ji Yao's first half of life went too smoothly.

After officially becoming a psychologist, he started seeing all sorts of strange patients every day.

Some pretended to be relatives to curry favor with him. Some loved telling him stories about adventures in other worlds. Some would suddenly start throwing punches and attacking people...

They came to see him for treatment. What did they expect? They weren't exactly normal people.

Ji Yao understood.

Until one day, someone came to see him with a nurse held hostage. “You're Ji Yao, right? You said I could come back to life soon! Hurry up, I want to be resurrected, right now!!!”

Perhaps he was too worked up, because he slashed a long gash across the nurse's neck.

Ji Yao was furious. “Resurrected? How long have you been dead? Why are you talking about coming back to life?”

As soon as he finished speaking, the man fell to the ground, convulsing and vomiting blood. His death was truly horrific.

The incident left Ji Yao deeply traumatized.

Yet no one understood his pain, and the number of patients making appointments kept growing.

Just when Ji Yao felt like work was draining him dry, the apocalypse arrived.

So here's the question:

How is a psychologist supposed to survive the apocalypse?

An urban legend has long circulated in this city: “If you can get the God of Dreams to deny your death, you can come back to life for good in the real world.”

Most people treat it as a joke.

Only the dead who enter this world know how much truth there is to the legend.

The universally disliked foil, the ruthless great villain, the sickly little darling who dies young...

One after another, the souls of those who died violent deaths seek out the psychologist for a heart-to-heart, hoping to earn the god's favor.

Until the apocalypse arrives.

A longtime resident can't help shouting at the sky: “Who the hell keeps telling him apocalypse stories?”

Theme: Persevere and stay positive in life