A Survival Guide to Dating Shows

[Upcoming stories: I Went Viral on Variety Shows Thanks to My Word Magic and Pretending to Be Kind [System]. Feel free to add them to your collection!]

[An unconventional dating-reality-show story, mainly to let the heroine look cool]

Yao Qiong, a warrior from the apocalypse, accidentally fell into a black hole during an expedition and ended up on a deserted island.

The island had no zombies, plenty of resources, and unpolluted soil. It was an ideal place to live.

Yao Qiong was delighted and immediately decided to settle there.

On the hottest dating show of the moment, Love or Die, the contestants were dropped onto a deserted island.

They had only basic supplies, and could leave the island only if they stopped being single.

While everyone else was desperately trying to turn on the charm so they could eat their fill and get off the island, a woman appeared on camera carrying a wild boar.

Yao Qiong had been watching the group for days. She put down the boar and said, "Here, have this."

Contestants: ?!

"Is it not enough?"

Before anyone could answer, she dashed back into the jungle and returned carrying another wild boar.

"Is this enough?"

"..."

But teaching someone to fish is better than giving them a fish, so Yao Qiong decided to teach them how to hunt.

They might not be as fast as leopards or have the keen eyesight of eagles, but they were willing to learn.

So she taught them how to hunt rabbits, identify edible wild plants, and build a boat to leave the island.

From that day on, there was only one name in the confession mailbox the production team received each night: Yao Qiong.

Viewers: You think they're looking for you because they want to learn survival skills? No, they're just after your good looks! (Of course, we're watching the livestream for your looks too.) (Hands on hips.)

A straight-laced, no-nonsense commander x a scheming, tea-green scientist

[Eating wild animals is wrong!!!] The story explains the specific circumstances.

*Reader's Guide:

1. Set in a fictional world, with [a mountain of authorial headcanons]. Friendly discussion is welcome.

2. The initial inspiration for the variety-show setup came from the Korean variety show Single's Inferno.

3. The main focus is the plot. There isn't much romance, but it will be sweet.

4. [Content warnings]:

① The male lead acts like a tea-green flirt for love at first. He really is one, and according to some readers, he isn't everyone's cup of tea. Please consider before starting, and drop it if it isn't for you.

-Some readers think the male lead gets in the way, while others think there's too little romance. The author can't meet everyone's needs, so the main story will follow its planned outline, with more scenes for the male lead in the extras. Please check the title and consider carefully before reading.

② The entire story revolves around the heroine, who is the coolest person in the whole book. Before reading, please accept the following: the heroine is incredibly powerful and has seen life and death countless times, so she won't get into petty arguments with people. She just responds to whatever comes her way. For example, she sees everyone the way one might see grasshoppers (this doesn't mean she thinks she's above anyone; in her heart, all living beings are equal). Would you argue with a grasshopper that keeps hopping around? Probably not. If you would, please don't read this story.

③ All the characters have flaws, but aside from a few minor characters and truly wicked villains, the dating-show cast and celebrity cast get along well with the heroine, for the reason explained in ②. There aren't that many intense grudges and vendettas that last until death. Relax, they're all adults.

④ The author personally dislikes terms like "female rivalry." Please check what a term means before using it, and don't throw it around in the comments.

⑤ The author won't delete comments. Readers who paid for the official version are free to comment, but certain comments can make the author brood and draw circles in her heart. Please be kind to struggling authors, read the content warnings carefully, and stop reading if you encounter something that bothers you.

Upcoming story: I Went Viral on Variety Shows Thanks to My Word Magic

Yun Miaomiao was a good-for-nothing at cultivation, a once-in-a-century case in the reclusive Yun family of cultivators.

She had inherited the family's most mysterious word-magic power, but could only use it to make the most useless things happen:

Wishing that people who bullied her would choke when drinking water; wishing that her tutor would have something come up so class would be canceled and she could sleep in; wishing for a fried chicken feast for dinner...

But the Yun family considered this level of power an insult to their word magic, and thought it would be better if it didn't exist.

Feeling deeply discriminated against, Yun Miaomiao left home in a fit of anger.

-

Today's top post on Cape Forum: [Digging into the relationship between the Yun-surnamed star who recently went viral on a survival show and the heir of the Yan family]

It came with a photo of Young Master Yan supporting her.

[What?! My husband, who has always kept himself pure, is supporting someone?! Waaaah.]

[The Yun-surnamed star? The Yun Miaomiao who was the only one not climbing trees to get bird eggs, because the birds flew over and laid eggs at her feet when she spoke?]

[Lucky word-magic girl x mysterious second-generation tycoon? I'm shipping them!]

The post didn't stay popular for long before the moderator deleted it. Every related post was wiped clean, too.

Ten minutes later, Yan Zeji, whose account hadn't been updated in years, suddenly posted on Weibo:

[Do not spread or believe rumors. Miss Yun is my great-aunt.]

From then on, the biggest rumor about Yun Miaomiao began to spread: Yan Zeji himself had said Yun Miaomiao was the person he loved most in this life!

Young Master Yan: ???

Don't you all have a great-aunt?

Your father's aunt, you know?

But before Yan Zeji could explain properly, someone sent by the Yun family punched him into a corner.

Yun Miaomiao's older brother appeared in the Yan family villa with a sinister look and asked:

"Who said my sister was the person he loved most?"

-

As Yun Miaomiao grew more and more famous, she discovered that she could start receiving the power of faith.

Then the cultivation bottlenecks that had troubled her for years began to break one after another.

Later, after she miraculously stopped a devastating flood, the power of faith came rushing toward her from every direction.

At last, Yun Miaomiao, the Yun family's once-in-a-century good-for-nothing cultivator and rebellious runaway girl, became the only god in an age without spiritual energy.

Upcoming story: Pretending to Be Kind [System]

In a lifestyle variety show, Tao Ye, a singer with a notorious reputation, was accused of wearing twenty-yuan Taobao bargain-bin clothes and carrying a shoddily made canvas bag without even a logo.

Her haters and rival fans all jumped out to mock her as a low-class loser with no access to fashion brands who was putting on an act for attention.

But before long, everyone who had mocked her was humiliated by people calling them ignorant and illiterate.

Come on, you're calling the Chinese Academy of Sciences' cultural T-shirt a Taobao bargain-bin item? And a sold-out, limited-edition souvenir from a famous internet museum a shoddy canvas bag?

Then people discovered she also had a thermos printed with the logos of Peking University and Tsinghua University, a flashlight for staff at the country's largest nature reserve, a lunchbox covered in logos from Hope Primary Schools around the country...

Netizens dubbed Tao Ye the God of Souvenirs.

Later, everyone learned that all those souvenirs had been sent to her as thank-you gifts for her donations.

Faced with the flood of praise online, Tao Ye felt unworthy of it.

She was an extreme egoist. If some busted System hadn't used threats and bribes on her, who would do all this thankless work?

What good was becoming famous, anyway! All the money she earned was forced out of her as donations!

-

After graduating, Lin Guxing gave up a job in the big city and took the civil service exam to work in a grassroots post, all for the sake of his ideal of serving his country and its people.

One day, a female celebrity came to the town he was responsible for, saying she wanted to donate money to help alleviate poverty. Everyone was delighted, except Lin Guxing, who could tell at a glance that the woman didn't want to be there.

Still, money talked. He did his utmost to receive her and added her on WeChat at her request.

Only...

At first:

Lin Guxing: Hello, Ms. Tao. Here are the results of the town's poverty alleviation efforts this quarter. And thank you very much for... and so on.

Tao Ye: Mm.

Later:

Lin Guxing: Hello, Ms. Tao. Here are the expenses for the county's cultural center built this quarter. Thank you for your support.

Tao Ye: Mm-hmm~ I'll come help cut the ribbon once the cultural center is finished.

Lin Guxing: I'm sure you're very busy, but if you really have time, I'll be glad to welcome you.

Tao Ye: Really? Then give me your room number, please~

Lin Guxing: ?

A selfish, self-centered female celebrity x a selfless public servant

Theme: Wherever you are, keep striving to live.