Fishing for Compliments

At the end of the interstellar apocalypse, just as victory was in sight, Tang Feng Yaokua, the [Leader of Hope], betrayed and brutally murdered his closest friend, slaughtered his comrades, and tortured his allies. Then he blanketed the land with missiles, wiped out civilians, and finally turned his sword on the polluted creatures, slaughtering the entire universe. Tang Feng Yaokua was reborn. He'd been restrained and cautious enough in his past life. With a second chance, he was going to let loose! He would predict the future, manipulate events, become the savior of the apocalyptic crisis, and shepherd all life in the universe! But halfway through stirring up trouble under the alias of the [Prophet], Tang Feng Yaokua discovered that there was a second wave of people who had been reborn. Oh. These are people I killed in my previous life. ** Among those who had been reborn, after dying at Tang Feng Yaokua's hands in their past lives, were, among others: The close friend and right-hand man who was a genius in both civil and military affairs, and to whom Yaokua had once entrusted his back. (He is now the undisputed heir to the throne of the S-class civilization, the Wenpan Empire.) His beloved sworn older sister, who used to dress up and perform for their parents just to make them happy, even when he tugged on her ears. (She's now a superstar with a huge following across the stars and an incredibly powerful network.) The intellectual powerhouse ally with whom he once worked in perfect harmony, or rather, they pulled each other's hair. (A Grand Duke of the Camellia family, who has held the highest rank among the vampires for thousands of years.) The leader of the polluted creatures who had once been like a teacher and father to him, but later fought him to the death. (The very same legendary marshal, the God of War, who has been in the textbooks for nearly a decade.) And many, many more of Tang Feng Yaokua's friends, subordinates, followers, collaborators, and enemies from his previous life. Every last one of them is a big shot. As their memories of their past lives awoke, they smiled with bitter hatred, murderous intent in their eyes, and sharpened their blades. "Are you ready to face my revenge, Yaokua?" Yaokua, who had been reborn as an ordinary person with no power or influence: "...!" ** [Faced with the revenge of those reborn, knowing you are in the wrong and at a serious disadvantage, you choose: A. Explain (Tell them why you did it. If you have a reason?) B. Beg for mercy (Kneel and kowtow: "For the sake of what we once meant to each other, let me go?") C. Run away (Captured, cell, torture devices, recording.) D. Kill them again (Follow the calling of your soul!) E. Reject all the options above (Wait a minute!)] ** Your Enemy Number One chooses C. Run away for you, opening the "Deliberately Set Free, Three Escapes and Three Recaptures" branch. Your Enemy Number Two chooses B. Beg for mercy for you, opening the "Wanton Humiliation: Knees Crushed" branch. Your Enemy Number Three chooses A. Explain for you, opening the "I Believe Yaokua Must Have Had His Reasons" branch. ** Tang Feng Yaokua saw that the apocalypse was destined to end with everyone's death. So he bet everything, took an unorthodox path, and turned back time, using hatred as his source of power to give the universe a chance at survival. Of a hundred kinds of hatred, "love turned to hate" is the most effective. In this life, Tang Feng Yaokua will make those who love him hate him, and those who hate him hate him even more. "I will raise the torch and commit evil, become the enemy of all living things, let venomous hatred consume me, and feed the universe with kindling!!" ** You chose D. Main story unlocked: "If You Won't Kill Them, Kill Them to Death!" * * [Note] 1. Everyone's ruthless, but the protagonist is the most ruthless! A true love-and-hate relationship, with the protagonist holding the upper hand the whole way! 2. The protagonist has countless alt accounts, and identities may be exposed at any moment, willingly or otherwise. 3. Feel-good story, a little cosmic horror, a little angst, healing, happy ending. [Blurb subject to revision, screenshot dated 2022-03-15] Theme: Protect the environment and protect the Earth.