The Stars Have Another Path

Starlight never fades. It only leads to another path.

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Tu Nanyi accidentally transmigrates into a mecha competition novel called Conquering the Stars, a male-led story about leveling up. He becomes a cannon-fodder character who is kicked out to make room for the protagonist to join a team. To avoid being swept onto the plot's predetermined track, he chooses to work as a mecha mechanic at the Jixing Arena.

Sram, the most mysterious number-one on the Jixing Arena leaderboard, is a lone-wolf expert who only competes in 1v1 duels. In two years of competition, not even the arena owner has managed to take off his mask. Countless mecha competition fans have challenged him just to see his face, but no one has ever succeeded.

The male lead and his teammates disguise themselves and enter the arena, hoping to spar with Sram.

Arena owner: "Sram has no teammates. He never teams up with anyone..."

The silent expert suddenly raises a hand and points at Tu Nanyi, who's off to the side enjoying the show.

Expert: "I'll take him."

Arena owner: "...What?"

Expert: "I want to team up with him."

Male lead and teammates: "?"

Later, Tu Nanyi somehow becomes the expert's 2v2 teammate. He also meets a group of equally mysterious experts from arenas in other regions, and grows rapidly with the experts keeping him company (and beating him up).

Then, the new season of the Interstellar Mecha Competition is about to begin.

The expert says to Tu Nanyi, "Get ready."

Tu Nanyi: "?"

Tu Nanyi: "Get ready for what?"

Expert: "To reclaim the summit."

[Reading Guide]

1. Low-key expert gong x optimistic, hardworking shou.

*Also known as The Three-Year Pact Is Up, Welcome Back, Dragon King Expert (just kidding).

2. 1v1.

3. The mecha-related settings and interstellar concepts were first conceived four years ago. If you call them outdated, that's on you.

4. If lots of people read it, I'll update more often. If fewer people read it, I'll update less often. If nobody reads it, I'll follow my own pace.

To put it plainly, updates will come whenever they come.

Theme: Love takes ability.