Fierce

Chu Zong has known since childhood that he transmigrated into a book, and that he was the book's overpowered protagonist. But he looked down on the original protagonist's scheming ways and only wanted to live his own life in peace. The plot? What did it have to do with him! Back in middle school, before the book's story had begun, a quiet boy moved in next door. His name was Feng Wu. He was a poor little thing who was always getting bullied. One day, Chu Zong saw Feng Wu being picked on without saying a word. Unable to stand by, he stepped in front of him. "Don't be scared. Your big brother's got your back from now on," Chu Zong told Feng Wu. From then on, Chu Zong always kept Feng Wu safe behind him. Feng Wu quietly gazed ahead. His dark eyes reflected the boy standing in front of him, the one who cared for him, protected him, kept him safe, and told him again and again not to be afraid. It was as if that boy filled his entire world. Later, Feng Wu moved away. Chu Zong didn't see him again until the story began. Years later, Chu Zong entered the business world and finally reached the point where he had to face off against the original story's villainous boss. They said the villainous boss was ruthless and calculating. They also said he had a beloved white moonlight he had been searching for over many years. Chu Zong didn't think much of it, until he met the villain who was supposed to become his nemesis. Chu Zong: Wait, why does this guy look so much like the Feng Wu I remember? * "At every moment, I find myself longing for the past, longing for that unarmed youth who had yet to be wrapped in an inseparable shell, who had yet to become nothing but a shell. Hypocrisy and lies have gripped my limbs, becoming the straw I cling to for survival. Amid clinking glasses and ambiguous, false smiles, I see you laughing so sincerely, so freely. Like a molten-gold sunrise in a vast, darkened sky. I can't help walking toward you. My hypocrisy shatters, my schemes fall apart. I know I've finally contracted the very affliction I once despised; I also know I willingly let it become terminal, beyond all cure. Over the years, it seems everything has changed. The only thing that hasn't is, " "I still love you." Reading guide: Overpowered protagonist (a proud bottom who says one thing but means another) X villainous boss (a seemingly innocent top with a dark side), mutual salvation, the protagonist was reborn into the world. [The author's third romance-focused story. Heart matters more than technique; the narrative is clichéd, like a middle-school student's novel. Urban life? I really don't know it!] ● Coming soon: After the Usurpation Is Exposed Some say Jue Fengsheng is a rare genius, who reached a high position in the Eternal Empire at just eighteen and led a civilization-level research project. Some say Jue Fengsheng is a complete madman, able to smile at someone one moment, then cast them into a fate worse than death the next. People fear and revere him. His records are classified as top-secret by the empire. His words and deeds are seen as both demonic and the ultimate truth. Even in the Age of Divine Descent, people still regard him as humanity's last hope of defeating the gods. But he died. He was reborn as an obscure nobody and, through a twist of fate, became a follower of the white-haired god Wuzhong. Wuzhong was a god unlike the others. Rumor had it that he gained the power to return the world to primordial chaos, and in doing so lost all humanity. He allowed no humans into his temple. For many years, Jue Fengsheng was the only exception. One day, Wuzhong asked Jue Fengsheng, "Will you always be my follower?" Kneeling on one knee beneath the divine throne, Jue Fengsheng swore with utter sincerity, "Of course. I am your most loyal follower." "And what if you lie to me?" Wuzhong asked. "Then please kill me," Jue Fengsheng said, even as he turned around and declared war on the gods, usurping the temple's throne. He and Wuzhong went their separate ways, and Jue Fengsheng became a high-risk fugitive in the divine kingdom. At last, his usurpation was exposed, and he died once again. After being reborn once more, Jue Fengsheng arrived in the Godforsaken Lands, known for their poverty and chaos. No one here knew he had once been a brilliant researcher in the Eternal Empire, nor that he was the heretical ringleader who had thrown the Kingdom of Buzhou into turmoil. He thought he could finally live in peace, but one day, a god descended. "You said you would always be my follower." Theme: Two boys, each with their own burdens, get to know one another, learn from each other, and heal each other, discovering that the essence of salvation is saving yourself.