After I Dumped the Demon Lord, I Survived with 108 Secret Identities

Original title: After I Dumped the Demon Lord, I Survived with 108 Clones

A ridiculous, over-the-top, dogblood story about a cannon-fodder character's comeback. I'm just writing whatever silly stuff makes me laugh.

As usual, updates are irregular. I'm diving right in, so please add it to your favorites!

Bai Qingguang is an obscure bit-part actor, way down the list of eighteen-tier stars. As a proper cannon-fodder character, he keeps his head down and works hard. His daily motto is: Live for the protagonist, die for the protagonist. I'm the protagonist's strongest support. I am the light of cannon fodder!

Unfortunately, one day on set, he valiantly took a blade for the protagonist, only to accidentally touch a high-voltage line and get himself killed.

Bai Qingguang had one last thing to say: "I have one final wish. ...Never be cannon fodder. It's too hard. Cannon fodder is ugly! Cannon fodder has no future! Cannon fodder only gets beaten up! Cannon fodder always gets killed!"

"From today on, I'm determined to be the male lead's sweet little sidekick and the villain's moonlight. If I'm going to do it, I'll be the brightest one in the whole story!"

Bai Qingguang made his declaration, then collapsed and breathed his last.

But he wasn't quite dead yet. He transmigrated into a cultivation novel, and once again, to his great honor, became a lovesick cannon-fodder character who adored the heroine and willingly married the Demon Lord in her place!

First, Bai Qingguang was familiar with the novel. He felt sorry for the cannon-fodder character, Xiao Wenyuan, and had cried his eyes out over him.

Second, Bai Qingguang couldn't believe his luck: He had actually transmigrated into Su Wenyuan!

But becoming a little cannon-fodder wasn't the end of it. A cannon-fodder System bound itself to him and issued a mission: "Welcome to the Cannon-Fodder Comeback System. Your mission is to change the original plot and follow a melodramatic, Mary Sue, tragic-romance route. Endure hardship, suffer physical and emotional torment, be flayed and dismembered by the villain, and have your bones ground to dust...and so on. Based on readers' ratings and how much they pity you, you'll ultimately make a comeback and become this novel's male lead. Are you ready, dear?"

Damn, how come the protagonist has it worse than the cannon fodder? Bai Qingguang shuddered, then asked with a glimmer of hope, "Do I have a golden finger? Do I get the caring attention of a gentle second male lead? Do I have a powerful background? Am I rich?"

System: "..."

System: "No. Considering this novel's villain and the difficulty of your mission, the only item you can use is 108 clones, equivalent to 108 extra lives."

That many extra lives? Just how vicious is the villain?

Bai Qingguang asked in despair, "...Am I going to die a lot? Why does everyone else get a golden finger when they have a System? Why does everyone else transmigrate into a book as the protagonist? Why?!"

System, patting him on the head: "Relax. I dragged you in because I needed to boost my year-end performance, you poor little cannon fodder. You know what they say: Life and death are fated, and wealth and honor are up to Heaven. Good luck, mwah!"

Bai Qingguang: "..."

A funny scene

Boom!

A mass of demonic energy came crashing toward Bai Qingguang with enough force to split the heavens. He let out a curse, sprang up, and dashed wildly in every direction, shrieking as he dodged.

The demonic energy smashed into the ground one blast after another, leaving several bottomless black pits. The person behind this attack was clearly furious!

Bai Qingguang wailed, "My Lord! Please hear me out! It was all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!"

"A misunderstanding?" Lou Junyan's handsome face turned livid. He ground out the words through clenched teeth, then laughed in fury. "Sheldon? The best Li Bai on the server? Or...should I call you the Little Prince of Electronic Music?!"

The Demon Lord grew angrier with every word. "Jin Guan Zhang? Top-tier star? So which one are you, really?! Which one?!"

Bai Qingguang scrambled for his life, crying as he ran. "Help! I'm sorry! Aaaah!"

The Demon Lord caught him and pinned him against his chest, threatening through gritted teeth, "Say your name again!"

Bai Qingguang put on a shameless smile. "Ahem. Actually, my name is Dao... Michieda Shunsuke."

Lou Junyan clamped a large hand around his throat and narrowed his demonic eyes. "Hmm?!"

Bai Qingguang was terrified. "Aaaah! Let me think! The best Baili Xuance on the server, Inspector Black Cat, SpongeBob SquarePants, outlaw Zhang San, Siberian war wolf..."

Bang!

The Demon Lord struck him with one palm and sent him flying. "Still not telling the truth, hmm?"

Bai Qingguang hit the ground and babbled incoherently. "Aaaah! My name is Bai Qingguang, Bai Qingguang, Bai Qingguang! It really is Bai Qingguang! I-I-I am Bai Qingguang, the Little Prince of Cannon Fodder, the Second Male Lead's Sweet Little Sidekick, the Villain's Moonlight! Sob, please spare me! I'm begging you!"

"Spare you?" The Demon Lord smiled, his demonic eyes flashing with cruelty. His anger surged to the heavens. "Too late!"

He slung Bai Qingguang over his shoulder and carried him off, just like that.

A split-personality goofball who loves making things up and specializes in comedy, a cannon-fodder bottom × a vicious top whose cruelty has no limits and who is addicted to both tormenting and spoiling his wife

No logic, no substance, no lasting effects, and no chemical reactions. Just enjoy the laughs.

Theme: Stay optimistic, keep reaching for the sky, work hard to make money, and turn your lazy life around!