Jiang Yinyin missed a step on the way down from the eighth floor. She didn't quite die, but fell into the world of a novel called Death in Progress and, along the way, got bound to a System.
The System told her: In this world, demons and ghosts run rampant, monsters wreak havoc, and humans are the most insignificant creatures, as well as the easiest to kill.
Jiang Yinyin: I can die right now. What do you think is the most glamorous way to go?
The System, frustrated by her lack of ambition, pointed at Jiang Yinyin and berated her.
Then it pointed at a girl beside her. "See her? She's the novel's female lead. She's bound to a danmaku System and has cheat powers."
Jiang Yinyin: If you're not going to let me die, can you give me a cheat power too?
System: Sure!
But Jiang Yinyin felt that the System had copied the female lead and given her a danmaku System that was a tiny bit off.
Because the comments she saw never had anything to do with the plot, and... somehow, she could feel the comments' emotions as if they were her own, and the comments could take over her body.
For example:
[Wow, this giant octopus that makes your sanity plummet looks so strong! Those octopus tentacles must be really chewy!] When Jiang Yinyin came to, one hand was touching the giant octopus's leg while the other held one of its tentacles and dragged it toward the stove. Once it was roasted, she handed the octopus a tentacle and seriously asked for feedback: "Is it good?"
[Are those monsters huddled together whispering? I want to listen too.] Jiang Yinyin blinked and found herself inside the lair of a dozen monsters, listening to them blather on about how to eat their food.
Facing more than a dozen pairs of blood-red eyes, she swallowed. "I'd suggest adding cumin, pepper, and a little chili."
[Holy crap! A merman! Eight-pack abs!]
Jiang Yinyin stared expressionlessly as her own hand touched the merman's abs. She glanced up slightly and saw a smile on the merman's beautiful face.
After a moment of silence, she smiled awkwardly. "You're really handsome. You are."
Some time later.
Exhausted, Jiang Yinyin lay on a rock and gazed at the sky.
Is it too late to die now?
[Screen-captured on 2022/8/7]
Theme: Even when faced with hardship, don't give up easily.