I Stand Above a Million Sources of Pollution

The main story and bonus chapters are complete. The grand finale is here!

A worldly, sly, irresistibly flirtatious, walking human weapon, Lawful Neutral seme X a prickly, obsessive, stunning beauty who's unaware of his own looks, with top-tier combat ability, Chaotic Good uke

The emotions of despair, pain, rage, jealousy, and violence, born from life, aging, illness, death, resentment, separation from loved ones, the burning of the five skandhas, and unfulfilled desires, have twisted in the darkness into the most terrifying aberrations. We call them Contamination.

The long-dormant "Everbright" Project was activated the moment Wen Ren Cheng appeared.

Who is Wen Ren Cheng? With a 99% parasitism threshold, his fusion has made him a unique "miracle" in this world. He is the Host of the supreme dragon vein, above all things and all humanity, and the most perfect symbiote of a Contamination source.

That should have been all there was to him. But the remaining 1% of his humanity left him with a final shred of reason, which he entrusted to Yan Changfeng, allowing him to monitor, contain, and control him.

He led the twelve AS-rank symbiotes of Contamination sources who had submitted to him before humanity, and before Yan Changfeng. "We choose to fight for humanity's future. We ask to share this world with humanity. Mr. Monitor, are you ready to put us to use?"

Yan Changfeng had fought his way here, treading over the corpses of aberrations and bearing scars all over. He was the best monitor in the "Everbright" Project. The first time he saw that boy, the past he had buried was dragged back into the light. From then on, he decided to become Wen Ren Cheng's personal monitor, gaining complete control over everything that belonged to him: his thoughts, body, life, and even his love.

The boy's carefully feigned vulnerability and aberrant origins became a rusty nail in Yan Changfeng's heart. He said he didn't like Wen Ren Cheng. The boy replied, "That's okay. I don't like myself either."

As one strange, uncanny case after another came to light, as they stood against human nature's malice and the raging Contamination, they gradually began to shine in each other's eyes. Together, they became swords pointed at the aberrations lurking in the darkness, cutting through obstacles to awaken the dawn. Yan Changfeng yanked out the rusty nail, rotten flesh and pus and all, planted a sweet orange tree in the wound, and let Wen Ren Cheng take root and grow freely throughout the rest of his life.

In other people's eyes, Wen Ren Cheng was extreme, stubborn, and prickly. To Yan Changfeng, it all boiled down to one thing: "He's acting cute. He's easy to handle."

A kite with a severed string may enjoy the freedom of the moment, but it will eventually fall to the ground. And I've already fallen in love with life inside the besieged city. The boy who slew the dragon has finally become a hero who belongs to Yan Changfeng alone.

At first:

Wen Ren Cheng: A tacky, fatherly, elite guy who's annoying from head to toe, except for his good looks.

Yan Changfeng: A vulgar, prickly little punk who's impossible to like, except for his good looks.

Years later, the tacky, fatherly elite guy eloped with the vulgar, prickly little punk in full view of everyone. The stunned government officials were furious but didn't dare say a word. One brought the entire Southwest Falcon and the Yan family of East Capital's Five Great Families as betrothal gifts; the other brought twelve possessive AS-rank symbiotes and the entire Ninth Research Institute as his dowry. Well, at least the benefits stayed in the family.

The twelve AS-rank symbiotes, in all their various forms:

Chu Tang: My beauty is second to none! Aaaaaaah! There's a ghost! Aaaaaaah!

Li Xiaozhao: Why worship Buddha? Worship me! I'm just an ordinary little qilin walking around!

Mu Chiyu: I'm the Sea King. Want some fish? I'll go catch a wild red grouper!

Gu Qingluan: I offer services like attending parent-teacher conferences on your behalf. A 360-degree, lifelike stand-in for anyone you need!

Yunduo: Let me show you a magic trick: one punch and the lock's open!

Huaining: A mobile natural blood bank. I have every blood type you like. Hey, want to buy some blood? Why wasn't I born in the vampire era?!

Yu Ji: Just because someone has a trident doesn't mean they're the Sea King upstairs. They could also be a little devil.

Su Zhanqing: Experience the most immersive "Minecraft" adventure! Small business, honest prices, and I guarantee there are no cheaters!

Ji Xin: Hey, want a sweater? Fireproof, waterproof, and bulletproof. The yarn? I spit it out myself. Hey, don't go!

Yi Weilai: Has anyone seen my bird?! Where's my bird?! My really big bird!

Chao Qian Ge: I'm just a little dark. What harm could I possibly have in mind?

Pei Nian: So boring. Whatever, I'll disappear for a while and have some fun.

Note: A wild, imaginative, episodic story, and a sweet romance. A sweet romance, with Changfeng spoiling Chengcheng in all sorts of ways. There is a secondary couple, but the main couple, Chengcheng and Changfeng, will always be my OTP.

The following are previews of upcoming stories:

1. "ATW Cthulhu Capture Bureau (Quick Transmigration)"

Synopsis:

The ATW World Dispatch and Management Bureau is straightforwardly known as the "Transmigration Management Bureau." It sends capable, qualified, and determined elites to travel between worlds, upholding the principle "Don't yearn for the past, don't change the future," to ensure that the timelines continue toward their prescribed futures.

ATW has a department that doesn't exist. In that nonexistent department is a "mad dog." They call him Mad Dog, or the Executioner of the Old Ones, or the Executioner of the Outer Gods.

Pei Chen is a lunatic, and a lunatic with a face heaven itself would envy. The department's seniors are dead, insane, or gone, leaving only him, the lunatic, to guard the decrepit department. Day after day, he transmigrates between worlds, doing the work of slaying gods.

Because he's crazy enough, pain gives him pleasure, danger enthralls him, and the lower his SAN value gets, the more excited and clear-headed he becomes. His life is upside down.

Pei Chen is crazy for a reason and completely without restraint. He transmigrates through world after world, killing "gods" in a mortal body. The aberrations lurking in the dark, coveting the human world, include the Gate and Key, Yog-Sothoth; the Black Goat, Shub-Niggurath; the Thousand-Faced God, Nyarlathotep; the Source of All Impurity, Abhoth; and more. The Outer Gods and Great Old Ones became toys for this lunatic, and Pei Chen sought the thrills that might fill the emptiness inside him.

Cthulhu, you say? Sorry, it's weak as hell. It's being kept in a fish tank at Pei Chen's house now.

Pei Chen had gone so mad he stood alone at the summit, so one day he had a sudden thought: what would someone even crazier than him be like?

To minimize the impact on the original worlds, Pei Chen transmigrates into the bodies of the dead each time. He's usually some poor cannon fodder, tragic male supporting character, unlucky good-hearted fool, or universally disliked outcast. In short, he's got every bad card in his hand from the start. But Pei Chen doesn't care. He's not in the neighboring comeback department. His job is to rip aberrations apart and defend world peace, okay? So Pei Chen follows his whims and goes crazy however he likes, turning everything upside down.

Then, in the next world, Pei Chen happened to save a poor, universally hated guy. He couldn't help it. The guy was so handsome, even more so than him. Pei Chen was a sucker for good looks!

Pei Chen looked into the poor guy's eyes. They were pure, profound, and unfathomable as black holes, yet deep within them swirled nebulae, starlight from light-years away passing through those black holes. They were the eyes of a madman.

Finding someone like himself thrilled Pei Chen, but unfortunately, they were bound to part ways in the next world.

But... huh? What was going on? Why did he seem to be marked in every world, branded by a possessive gaze?

After a long, drawn-out battle, Pei Chen, panting slightly, asked the tall man who was licking the blood from his neck, "What the hell are you?!"

Shu Juan savored the sweet scent of the man beneath him, nuzzling his neck affectionately as a smile that made him swoon curled across his lips. "I'm the 'mad dog' you alone keep, or you can call me the Lord of the Old Gods."

Pei Chen: Damn! So I've been working for you this whole time! And in the end, I even ended up in bed with the boss!

A shameless, crazy, flirtatious beauty uke X an even crazier, fiercely possessive, fragment of the Lord of the Old Gods seme

In short, it's an insanely satisfying love story about two lunatics.

2. "I Have a Book of Mountains and Seas"

Synopsis:

Yun Xingyan, captain of the criminal investigation squad at the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau, believes neither in ghosts nor gods, neither in Buddha nor Photoshop.

He's known as the biggest son of a bitch in Shanghai, a once-in-a-lifetime, no-mercy straight guy. It's a shame, given the face heaven gave him.

No matter which beauty anyone introduces to him, Captain Yun's first words after seeing her photo and meeting her in person are always, "Even the dog behind you in that filtered photo looks more real than you," and "Miss, you must've spent a lot on that nose. You should get it fixed before the implant starts to shift."

Captain Yun is convinced that "all spirits and monsters are paper tigers; superstition is unacceptable!" He insists everyone on his team stick to that principle and bans lucky charms, goldfish, and feng shui from the office.

Can't solve a case? Look for objective reasons within yourselves! If you're incompetent, don't blame the road for being rough! Everyone's working overtime!

Every famished member of the squad firmly believes one thing: unless some girl in this life is born with nothing but eyes, the captain is destined to be single from birth to burial.

Then a delicate little beauty, smiling warmly and carrying a group of dependents, suddenly appeared. Among them were all kinds of strange "pets," like the Bi Fang, Xiangliu, Lu Wu, Chenghuang, and nine-tailed fox. They turned Captain Yun's worldview upside down and rubbed it into the ground.

As they rubbed and rubbed, a tiny spark appeared. Then, in a flash, that spark set Yun Xingyan's entire prairie ablaze.

Little did he know that this tiny spark was a red thread Mo Biejun had guarded for a thousand years, with the stubborn determination to smash through the southern wall and never turn back.

A phone number that only those destined to connect could call; a series of disappearances among hikers stretching back seven or eight years; one strange, uncanny case after another, with demons and monsters stirring beneath the surface. Every clue pointed to Mo Biejun.

Captain Yun waved his hand. "Bring this Mo Whatever-His-Name-Is in for questioning! Anyone with a pretentious name like that can't be a good person!"

Mo Biejun, supposedly not a good person, entered the interrogation room like a spring breeze.

Everyone sucked in a sharp breath. Good heavens! What a beauty, like an ink-wash landscape! What a gentleman, as warm and smooth as jade!

It wasn't that the interrogation room was unworthy of such a beauty. Rather, the beauty made the interrogation room, and even the whole grim criminal investigation squad, shine with splendor!

When Yun Xingyan saw Mo Biejun, his heart skipped a beat. The man's naturally flawless beauty left him at a loss for his usual stupid opening lines. All he could think was: Why would someone this beautiful choose to break the law?

In the interrogation room, Yun Xingyan put on his customary interrogation face: fierce and intimidating. "Speak! Where are the missing people? Where are the bodies?!"

Mo Biejun's eyes brimmed with seductive affection. He replied gently, without holding anything back: "The people are dead. Their bodies were eaten."

But the only thing Yun Xingyan could think was: He's trying to seduce me.

Years later, Yun Xingyan rushed out of the kitchen wearing an apron. "Honey, what do you want to eat today?"

Mo Biejun opened the Book of Mountains and Seas. "Hmm... Let me check the recipes. Have you been sleeping poorly lately? I'll go catch a Ran Yi for you!"

The divine beasts and spirits: Oh-ho! The thousand-year-old tree has finally blossomed again! Let's get this going!

Yun Xingyan: What are those things?

Mo Biejun: Just new breeds of cats and dogs.

A cynical, wild, single-minded straight-guy cop seme X a gentle, serene beauty uke who runs a strange shop

Theme: Good, well-rounded young people fight for justice.