Creating a Pantheon Through Deception

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Novel blurb:

#From Con Artist to Savior#

I:

"Who are you?"

"Just passing through."

"What's that in your hand?"

"An item I conned off the boss."

"What's that you're wearing?"

"Clothes I conned off the boss."

"What's that on your back?"

"Something I conned off the boss... Um, it's the boss."

II:

At first, Sheng Dongling thought she had transmigrated to a peaceful world.

The neighbors were friendly and always helped one another.

She even became the darling of the whole community.

That is, until she discovered that all her neighbors in the building were bizarre creatures.

Until she discovered she had a divine kingdom of her own.

Until she discovered that this so-called transmigration was actually a scam she had planned.

She had even fooled herself.

III:

This is a world where the bizarre and faith coexist.

When Sheng Dongling arrived, her body was on the verge of death, and she received an empty divine kingdom.

The consciousness of the divine kingdom told her:

[Your life force has been extinguished.]

[Only by continually filling the divine kingdom with crystals from the bizarre zones can you prolong your life.]

The rulers of the bizarre zones are gods worshiped by the faithful and venerated by the nobility.

Sheng Dongling asked cautiously, "Could it be dangerous?"

The consciousness of the divine kingdom replied, "It shouldn't be a big deal. We're just borrowing one or two things."

Sheng Dongling accidentally plundered an entire zone.

The consciousness of the divine kingdom said, "It shouldn't be a big deal. No one will notice a whole zone disappearing."

Sheng Dongling plundered more zones, then all of them.

The consciousness of the divine kingdom said, "It shouldn't be a big deal, as long as we don't affect the zone's ruler..."

Sheng Dongling even conned the bosses into coming along...

The consciousness of the divine kingdom: "...This is a big deal."

Sheng Dongling: I didn't do it on purpose. They were just standing there, letting me swipe their stuff. I can't help myself!

To cover up her "crimes," she used her divine kingdom to create empty shells of gods and replace the zone bosses.

But then she discovered that the empty-shell gods she had created were gradually gaining followers who knelt to worship them.

And she was the one who had created those empty-shell gods.

*

In this world, only those who worship the gods can receive supernatural powers from them.

But the nobility monopolizes the means of establishing a faith, and ordinary people see only the gods' fangs.

Wanting to worship a god can even cost you your life.

Then one day, the number of supernatural beings suddenly began to rise.

All the nobles: Has the method leaked? Launch a bloody purge at once. We have to find the traitor!

A is killed, B is forced out, C is crippled, D is exiled. The whole of Jinxi Northwest descends into chaos.

After suffering heavy internal losses, they receive devastating news:

These supernatural beings worship other gods! There's no barrier to entry, membership is free, and supernatural powers are available with a single click!

They seem to come from before the dawn of recorded history, each with their own legends.

Nuwa, who created humanity with her bare hands and mended the heavens;

Kuafu, who walked ten thousand miles and became all things;

Shennong, immune to every poison and able to cure every disease...

Compared to those false gods, they are more powerful and far more worthy of worship.

And so, more and more supernatural beings appear, and the thousand-year-old order is shattered.

Miracles bloom everywhere, and the age of a world where everyone can become a dragon has arrived.

Watching the local temples grow desolate and their income dwindle,

the nobles can only ask: What?

Sheng Dongling: What? Sure, I took some stuff, but I gave it back!

PS: The events in the blurb happen gradually in the main story. The first arc has a conceptual twist, which you could probably call an unreliable-narrator trick.

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Trying to Go Broke, How Did I End Up Unifying Everything? [Interstellar Academy]

After transmigrating, Gu Chunqiao inherits an interstellar game company and a bankruptcy System.

If she can make the company go bankrupt, her personal account will be filled to the brim.

Good news: The interstellar gaming industry is controlled by a handful of giants, and the technology has already reached its peak. Small companies have little chance of getting ahead.

Bad news: The company budget has increased by 1,000,000.

Company funds must be used for company purposes, spent reasonably, and cannot go to charity or be deliberately wasted.

Gu Chunqiao rubs her hands together and immediately begins studying what makes interstellar games popular.

She compares them one by one, then does the exact opposite!

[Money-Losing Project One]: Pixelated Shooting Range.

The hook: A shooting game with extremely low image quality.

Moving targets with ultra-high difficulty, paired with nauseatingly bad graphics.

Its purpose is to make players throw up.

Top player review 1: The level design looks slapdash, but it's actually scientific, revealing the game designer's painstaking effort.

Top player review 2: Everyone at our mecha academy who played this game got perfect scores in combat training.

Top player review 3: Let me grind for another three days and nights. I'll beat level 99 for sure.

[Money-Losing Project Two]: Simulated Earth Life.

The hook: Almost no immersion, just a dull, day-to-day account of life on Earth, completely removed from interstellar life.

An open world with no main story, no quests, and no hints. You have to figure everything out for yourself.

Utterly boring. Not even a dog would play it!

Top player review 1: You can actually see prehistoric animals here.

Top player review 2: I love the slow pace. It feels like my soul has been cleansed. Earth has become my second home.

Top player review 3: If you want to take a break, come play Simulated Earth Life.

[Money-Losing Project Three]: The Swordsman of Fairy Sword, Retro 2D Edition.

The hook: Release a 2D desktop game in a world where desktop computers have already become obsolete.

She can even manufacture a batch of antique desktop computers on the side and lose a fortune.

Surely no one will buy this!

Top player review 1: An undeniable masterpiece for the ages. It takes us back to the essence of gaming.

Top player review 2: It contains many lost aspects of human culture, well worth savoring and studying.

Top player review 3: I've bought the game. Looking to buy a desktop computer at a high price.

Employee: President Gu, the 100,000 desktop computers we made to go with the game have all sold out. Should we restock?

Gu Chunqiao: "?"

Theme: Eliminate class divisions, let everyone become a dragon, and build shared prosperity.