Warning: The later plot is rushed. Don't read if that's not for you. This is a new author's work, so please go easy on me if it's not well written. Subscribe with caution.
The interstellar era.
This was a terrible age. The Federation was weak, corporations were rising, and the powerful controlled vast resources. The people at the bottom struggled to survive like rats.
Mecha pilots, mechanics, bioengineered humans, psychics, and superpowered beings still existed. Even in the darkness, a faint light remained.
Chen Lingqing lived on a remote, impoverished planet, scraping by repairing mechas for underground fight clubs. She did her job conscientiously, but the club owner set her up, and three weeks later she was out on the street.
She decided to fight back with mechas.
One day, she was dragged into a pretentious chat group full of "con artists." The members talked about top-tier mechas and precious potions, weighed in on the interstellar situation, and discussed things like running for parliament.
Chen Lingqing, eating cheap nutrient paste and saving up to build a mecha, lurked and watched the others. What a convincing act, she thought. I'll just sit back and watch the show.
Then one day, she suddenly realized the group members weren't bragging! They really were imperial parliamentarians, mecha design masters, potion masters... Wait, why were there also an interstellar pirate king and a wanted criminal with a huge bounty?
Chen Lingqing: So everyone in this group is a big shot. I'm the only one at the bottom.
Group members: "??? You're obviously the real big shot!"
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Blurb:
An undercover agent? Who's the undercover agent? What, me?!
Meng Qiuchi pointed at herself, utterly baffled.
She transmigrated into the body of an obscure outer disciple of the Hehuan Sect. She diligently made pills, hoping to cultivate in peace, but by a twist of fate, she discovered that her senior brother was an undercover agent from the righteous sects.
[Bad news: A knife is at her throat, and her senior brother is about to kill her to keep his identity secret.]
[Even worse news: Her senior brother mistook her for his fellow undercover agent!]
To save her life, Meng Qiuchi had no choice but to pretend she was an undercover agent too.
She was weak, so surely she wouldn't be assigned any difficult missions. She'd keep her head down for a while, gather evidence, and find a chance to stab her senior brother in the back.
To that end, she worked tirelessly, became a rising star in the sect, and joined the Demon Suppression Bureau, planning to report her senior brother and take his place.
But a mission came sooner than expected.
[Mission: Pretend to be Jiang Yichen's rumored Daoist partner.]
On a rainy night,
Jiang Yichen knocked on Meng Qiuchi's door...
Jiang Yichen was a once-in-a-thousand-years genius of the Hehuan Sect, a cold and proud senior brother who was secretly an undercover agent for the Kunlun Sect.
At first, he never doubted his mission, willingly serving as a sharp blade for Kunlun.
But after getting to know her and going through so much together, his convictions gradually began to waver.
Meng Qiuchi trained harder than anyone else.
At last, she became the sect's rising star and the most talented sword cultivator of her generation.
During an expedition, she watched her senior brother's back, gripping her flying sword and waiting for him to slip up.
"I forgot to tell you, my dear. I had an epiphany yesterday, and my cultivation has improved considerably."
When he turned around, Meng Qiuchi had already put away her flying sword and forced a smile. "...You're amazing, darling."
The senior brother was extraordinarily talented, and undercurrents were swirling in both the Kunlun Sect and the Hehuan Sect.
Evil beings lurked in the shadows, devouring the world.
Through a twist of fate, Meng Qiuchi was caught up in it all, struggling to survive amid the conflict.
Years later, Meng Qiuchi held her sword over everyone's heads and sighed. "I've told you all I'm not an undercover agent. Surely you believe me now?"
Theme: A girl from the bottom works hard to change the world
