[Set in a futuristic world, with cyberpunk and Lovecraftian elements, an elaborate plot, and a heroine who grows over time.]
On the [first day] after waking up on Golgotha Island, Yun Qi thought today's dream was pretty interesting.
On the [second day], she felt the cold collar around her neck, saw the black sea, and happily beat up a guard.
On the [third day], she was locked in an isolation room, where she had a heart-to-heart with Specimen 093, a mutant with adorable tentacles.
On the [fourth day], the isolation room collapsed, and 093 ran around wrecking the place like a dog off its leash.
On the [fifth day], she was put in solitary confinement, and the experimental subjects raised on Golgotha Island broke into revolt.
On the [sixth day], Yun Qi realized this might not be a dream after all.
The new world is prosperous yet poor, civilized yet savage, advanced yet ignorant. But that's all right. You can survive.
"Omniscient and omnipotent God, source of the universe's creation, Old One, enact the will of humanity. Praise the Lord."
Yun Qi: ???
"Are you talking about me?"
#Why has the nation's little yellow flower become a dropout, busking on the street?#
#First Prize Essay of the Semester: My Big Brother, the Commander#
#You're the evil god. Your whole family are evil gods. I'm a good, upstanding socialist successor.#
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Serious blurb:
The powerful manipulate politics, dictators preach war, profiteers rake in money without restraint, and the defenders of the faith flock around their gods. In this bizarre world, only power remains an eternal constant.
Beneath the splendor of an otherworldly civilization lie a rotten system, an extreme wealth gap, and an insurmountable chasm between classes.
"Once we have seen the path of evolution, we cannot press the rewind button. No one can refuse. It is the instinct of our genes, the nature of civilization."
(Blurb revised 2024.4.25)
Theme: The path to godhood
