The Nonhuman Villains in the Redemption Horror Story

[My new novel, My Male Lead Possessed the Future Villain [Rules], is now underway.] Nan Zhi transmigrates into a horror novel as a wealthy cannon-fodder character who shares her name. She owns a mansion but has no talent for psychic powers, and in the book she is destined to die in a deserted village, her guts torn apart by insect bites. * She looks down at the luggage she’s packing. Help! The countdown to her death is three days! * The System tosses her a bestiary of inhuman creatures. “Save them, and you can return to your world.” Then it leaves without another word. * She looks at the gorgeous young man who helped her escape a pursuer, then at the insects crawling out of his body, and then at the giant insect boss on the first page of the bestiary. Nan Zhi trembles. “If we’re friends, don’t chop me up.” * The young man smiles and hooks a finger under her chin. The mass of insects at his feet wave their antennae excitedly. “Why don’t you take care of us...” * From then on, a colossal shadow follows Nan Zhi around. It buzzes and chirps as it devours things, and it even eats the dust and insects in the house, cleaning for free. * Later, she saves more strange creatures: a terrifying mermaid from the sewers, a solitary catgirl from night school, a cold and sharp-tongued snake man, a gloomy living corpse from an old mansion... * The System’s idea of saving them: seal them away. Nan Zhi’s idea of saving them: * Nan Zhi and the mermaid: “Want to make your debut? How about becoming the bathroom’s resident songstress?” Nan Zhi and the catgirl: “Here’s a whole box of catnip.” Nan Zhi and the living corpse: “So what if pork prices have gone up? My family is rich!” Water drips in the dead of night. A ghostly cat shadow leaps over the head of her bed. A kitchen knife chops meat. Something hisses beside her ear. Fireflies flutter into the shape of a heart as they confess their love... * Even the demon star that descends into the world shyly comes knocking. “Your house is fun.” * The gorgeous young man behind her extends two long, enormous forelimbs and traps her in his embrace. “You’re such a flirt. How should I punish you?” Nan Zhi wraps her arms around his waist. “I have to get up early tomorrow!” * A few notes: 1. A B-king x little ray of sunshine story. This novel contains horror scenes. 2. Horror and healing, with both plot and romance. This is not a traditional power-up-and-monster-fighting wish-fulfillment story. 3. The original male and female leads are not villains. New novel, My Male Lead Possessed the Future Villain [Rules]: Li Wanyue is the female lead of a rule-based horror story about a woman adored by everyone. She’s beautiful and clever, and her ability is “super charisma.” But! The male lead has gone missing! System: “Host! The lousy author turned a one-on-one romance about a woman adored by everyone into a harem novel and deleted the male lead. The only reader reported the novel in a rage, and its world is about to freeze. Find a male lead as soon as possible to appease the reader.” Li Wanyue: “My fate is mine to control, not heaven’s!” From then on, she has to rely on herself to solve one rule-based horror scenario after another and create a different future. But first, she has to escape the conjoined twin bosses who are always at her side. System: “Host, hurry and trigger a romantic scene to neutralize the deadly rules!” Li Wanyue: “You only temporarily lost your mind, but I lost my love!” System: ...I’m going to throw up. That’s so sappy I could throw up. After she says enough sweet nothings, their gazes grow obsessive and ardent: the upright-to-a-fault captain keeps an eye on her, the beautiful cafe owner treats her gently, the publishing house owner who turns into a giant, irritable insect uses her as a pillow, and her crazed fan is a capricious clown... She likes her roommate even more. He’s as considerate as her childhood friend and knows her tastes by heart. Though sometimes he loses control of his emotions, he knows everything she does and can even come through her phone to reach her. System: [...If I remember correctly, it’s a later boss, and it will force love on you...] * Rong Shen remembers being Wanyue’s childhood friend. When he wakes up, he has not only changed bodies, but there is also half a dark soul inside him. Trapped in a mirror, they watch the girl they grew up with being hounded by monsters. Unable to contain his jealousy, he texts her: Have you fallen for someone else? The Western food outside isn’t good. How about I make you seafood fried rice? Who was that man who took you home today? I’ll go kill him. Li Wanyue blushes. “A man who can take care of things at home is the best!” Theme: As long as there is hope, there is no despair