A Research Maniac Survives in a Manga by Being Beautiful, Tragic, and Powerful

[Complete!!! The chapters are all up, so you can dig in now!] [My next novel features a male protagonist and no romance: The Cannon Fodder Villain Chooses to Join the Protagonist Squad. It’s the same kind of no-romance, group-adored, battle-worn story. A young villainous cannon-fodder heir awakens to his fate and, to fight against it, takes up the plot strings left behind by his mentor, his late and unexpected first love. He becomes a morally ambiguous drifter alongside the protagonist squad. A hot-blooded coming-of-age comic about young people full of passion. True Sentinel and Guide setting.] [Coming soon: After Cyberpunk Cultivation, the Whole World Thinks I’m Being Persecuted. A cultivation university, myths from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and cyberpunk. A tragic tale of a quick transmigration principal who wants to wear a secret identity and play the villain to meet his performance targets, but whose students keep thinking he has his reasons. The cultivation-school days of delicate college students.] I hope you’ll show these stories lots of support! Xie Jingnian died, but not entirely. Xie Jingnian, a comics-section video creator obsessed with researching the lore and chronology of The Dim Deep, the newly popular comic by the cliffhanger-loving, never-finishes-his-plots artist Faceless, had been up too late. His concentration was shot, and he failed to notice a flowerpot falling from the building ahead. The instant the flowerpot dropped from the sky and smashed into his head, a black-and-yellow butterfly calling itself System 3714487 pulled him into the world of The Dim Deep. He could survive only by gathering enough faith from the characters and readers, and filling in the world’s missing details. System: …Those are the specific requirements. Host, do you understand? Xie Jingnian suppressed his excitement: Got it. All I have to do is research the lore while creating a complex character people can empathize with. Easy~ The rookie System breathed a long sigh of relief: The Host is so calm and clever. All right, let’s start planning Xie Jingnian: Why do we need to plan? Hahahahaha! Faceless, you shameless old bastard who never finishes a plot, you thought of everything except this, didn’t you? I’m in your world to research it in person! Hahahahaha, time to go completely nuts!!! System: ??? I swear I didn’t pick my Host from a psychiatric hospital! The Dim Deep is the explosive new hit from the renowned comic artist Faceless, who spent a year immersed in its creation. A human civilization completely submerged underground. Gods who shelter humanity’s sins. The familiar yet innovative ability to resonate with the four basic elements. Superb artistic detail. And a wealth of information (and plot holes) that had lore enthusiasts overjoyed after just ten chapters. All of it had Faceless’s fans cheering, “Long live the artist’s new direction!” Among the many vividly drawn characters, one dim black-and-yellow figure shines more brilliantly than any other light. He is the only clear-headed person who seems utterly deranged, the strongest man of all, keeping a faint and distant hope forever in his heart. In a lightless sea of eternal darkness and solitude, he has endured endless chaos and shadow, yet still struggles onward, raising an unceasing rebellion against the blood-soaked layers of the earth’s crust. He will give everything he has to raise a sun of his own in this dark underworld. Comic forum: [That gut punch from the author has at least ten years’ worth of skill behind it. Sob sob sob] [He gave the protagonist the last Crown of Kindling. He wanted to live more than anyone, yet he personally cut off every chance of survival. Author, you can really draw. How can someone be so heartbreaking?] [Did the author spend this past year working at a knife factory? Sob sob sob. The clear-headed one holds fast to his true self while pretending to be insane. He has to fall into darkness to bring about the light, and sacrifice himself to save everything… I’m going to draw fan art of my favorite character, sob sob sob] [The author is heartless! I knew that punk’s resonance was unusual, so of course there’d be a knife twist! That silver starlight must make his heart ache every time he sees it...] The System looked at Xie Jingnian, still going completely nuts in the comic’s world, then at the comments on the comic forum: Well, all that aside, this guy really is nuts. He isn’t pretending at all! User guide: One: The goofy male lead is an obsessive lore researcher who flies into a frenzy at the drop of a hat. He isn’t a lunatic; at heart, he’s just an ordinary goofball. He’ll even shout and make a scene when something blows him away. He makes mistakes and gets conceited, because nobody’s perfect. At heart, this story is a product of my personal tastes, with various friendship pairings. It’s an atypical comic-forum story, with both fake and real gut punches [IMPORTANT!!!!]. Everyone’s friends, and it’s a large ensemble cast! It’s a happy ending in every sense. I wanted to tell a story about sacrifice and salvation, so here we are. The exploration of the world and the comic forum (comments) get equal focus. There are lots of comments!!! (Actually, I like writing the comments even more. Ehehe!) Two: The setting borrows from the games Sunless Sea and Sunless Skies. It has a touch of dieselpunk. My writing skills aren’t great, but I’ll do my best, haha. Weibo: Coconut Milk Head. I’ll post character designs and commissioned art on Weibo, so feel free to take a look if you’re interested. Three: The cover art is by a forum big shot. It’s so beautiful, sob sob sob. I’m kneeling in gratitude. Four: Daily updates. I’ll try to update every day, but I may take a day off if real life gets in the way. (Updates are usually around nine at night, but the time isn’t fixed and may shift earlier or later.) Modern Fantasy Boys’ Love, Coming Soon: The Supernatural Ability Club at No. 1 High School Gu Qingming is an ordinary high school student. He has no lofty ambitions, hates adventure, and just wants to live a quiet, uneventful life. Unfortunately, fate refuses to leave him in peace. Rumors spread around school about a ritual for changing one’s luck and ghostly figures. A pillar of black resentment rises from the old school building. In an ancient folk village, buildings shift and change without warning. In the pouring rain, a hundred ghosts roam the streets. A mysterious general store where crows roost. An unearthly young woman in a qipao smiles sweetly. An ancient village at the foot of Tianchi Mountain, where the story of a rootless tree has been passed down for generations… A desert city deep in the northwest. A snowy holy tomb hidden in Tibet. A mysterious entrance out at sea, formed by a chain of giant ships. Stilt houses deep in Miao territory… Still…his supposedly peaceful life hasn’t been completely ruined, has it? Gu Qingming: Guys, we’ve got another mission! Chu Zhongyuan: One sec, I’m memorizing the vocabulary for this reading passage! Zheng Qiuji: Almost done! I’m printing out the form our homeroom teacher asked for! Tao Ran: Wait till I’ve polished off the free dinner in the cafeteria! Luo Dong: Let me finish this math problem first! Protecting the world can wait. Our next monthly exam scores are more important! So say several high schoolers saddled with the two most grueling jobs in the world. User guide: 1·An adventure, supernatural abilities, folklore, and paranormal story about a group of high school friends unwillingly dragged into all sorts of incidents. They have to deal with the college entrance exams while working like corporate slaves. It’s a goofy and tragic tale, sort of like Charlie IX. 2. I’m making up the setting as I go, so just take my word for it. It shares a universe with the two infinite-world novels Watchers of Civilization and The First Day of School. If you like those, feel free to add them to your collection too. Heart! Modern Fantasy, Pure Romance, Coming Soon On the eve of winter break in their final year of high school, a rift surrounded by a purple-blue glow appeared on the horizon without warning. At first, everyone thought it was just a strange weather phenomenon known as a cloud rift. That was until, beneath the rift, a giant logo appeared across the sky screen, visible to everyone. [Ding dong, Human civilization, New Era universe code 376ejck@447@, currently being read Civilization class schedules and exam papers successfully generated,] [Ding dong, Your class schedule has finished loading. Online class system loading in progress 3,400,879 students have successfully entered the system Smart mobile platform for online classes, Dingdong Cloud Rift, welcomes you,] A childlike, sweet voice rang in everyone’s ears. An adulthood ceremony called youth, for every 18-year-old student in the world, had officially begun. Livestream-style online-class infinite-world story / high school ensemble cast / high school knowledge and skills / fun facts Inspired by the online classes of winter break 2019. A genius at math, a gentle but devious top student who’s the childhood friend sent from heaven x a cheeky, handsome, tough, adorable top student and school bully Premise saved in April 2020 Theme: Even in darkness, struggle on without surrendering, and build a sun of your own.