After a strange, massive explosion, a wasteland world descended without warning.
Human civilization teetered on the brink of destruction. The barren wasteland was rife with danger, spawning countless eerie monsters from the distant past...
Humanity could only struggle to survive in the monster-infested wasteland.
Jiang Ye, a sixteen-year-old girl, inexplicably obtained a full-dive gaming headset.
[Main Quest: Survive]
[Your Talent: Hunter]
And above the heads of those terrifying monsters, status bars and health bars began to appear.
Jiang Ye: ...?
Hunting, huh? If they have health bars, she can kill them!
What's this? A clucking chicken with a ghost's face? Kill it.
What's this? A singing, dancing mushroom? Kill it.
What's this? An Outer God? Kill it.
...Wait, she might have accidentally hunted something she really shouldn't have.
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Jiang Ye had only meant to complete the main quest, "Survive." As a hunter, she figured she might as well do a little hunting along the way.
But as she kept hunting...
Why were people starting to look at her so strangely?
Why did people keep treating her like a savior?
Jiang Ye, the Wasteland's Strongest: utterly baffled. I'm just an ordinary hunter, okay? "shrugs.jpg"
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Many years later, the ravaged world finally began to bloom anew. One city-state after another regained its former vitality.
The media scrambled to interview the savior:
"Your Majesty, we hear you drove away the Outer Gods and set the world back on course. How did you do it? Could you share just a few details with us?"
"Huh?"
"Is that so hard?" The black-haired girl lounged on her throne, propping her chin up with one hand as she gave a languid smile. "To me, they were just prey, and I was the hunter."
"That's all there is to it."
[More or less, a story about how "a flower raised in a greenhouse eventually blooms in the wilderness."]
[Wasteland scavenging + cyberpunk + full-dive game invading reality + a touch of cosmic horror + badass female lead power progression]
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Note:
1. This is a fictional world. Please don't compare it to reality.
2. There may be a little sanity loss.
3. The heroine grows over time. Slow burn. "Hunting" is the focus, and the pacing may feel a little like a slow-burn homesteading story.
[Recommending my friend Zhao Baisan's novel: The Predicament of a Mary Sue]
Also, here's a preview of my upcoming novel, The Cannon Fodder Villainess Devotes Herself to Scientific Research. Here's the blurb:
Ri Li was the most outstanding scientist on a cyber planet. At a young age, she had published countless cutting-edge papers and driven an unprecedented technological boom this century.
The day before she was due to receive the Federation's highest honor, the Nebula Award, she transmigrated into a book.
She transmigrated into a face-slapping novel set thousands of years in the past, becoming the villainess who shared her name.
The original character had joined a study-tour variety show called Let's Study. She appeared as a rich heiress studying abroad, and immediately started picking on the impoverished male and female leads, who had earned publicly funded study-tour spots. Arrogant and imperious, she was ultimately vilified by the entire internet, and her family went bankrupt as a result.
Ri Li, who had transmigrated from the interstellar age, looked at the ugly and impractical cluster of buildings around her, then at the electronic devices so outdated she'd never even seen their like. Her heart aching, she lamented:
"Technology is this far behind, and you're still filming a variety show? Get to work on scientific research!"
Ri Li angrily slapped down several papers in front of the male and female leads.
"Study! All of you, study!"
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In the first episode of the study-tour variety show Let's Study, the rich heiress Ri Li's arrogant attitude had infuriated countless viewers.
As the second episode was about to air, viewers were sharpening their knives:
[If Ri Li dares bully our sweet little Nuonuo and academic genius Yunyun again, I will never forgive her!]
[Nuonuo may be poor, but he earned his study-tour spot through his own hard work. He's nothing like that rich heiress Ri Li! Her money power is disgusting!]
[And poor Yunyun, too. She worked so hard to escape the patriarchal mountain village she grew up in, and the one time she gets to study abroad, she has to deal with someone like Ri Li. My heart aches for her!]
The second episode began. Ri Li sat leisurely in the seat of honor, legs crossed like a queen, eating cherries.
On either side of her, the male and female leads bent over their practice questions, struggling away, yet still remembering to pause now and then to feed her a cherry.
Viewers: [Ri Li, you awful woman, get lost!!!]
But soon...
The original male lead gazed at Ri Li with shining eyes. "Sister Lili, I finished this set of problems! Can you teach me the principles behind optical chips now!!!"
The original female lead took Ri Li's hand and gazed at her with her big, grape-like eyes, batting them without a break as she pleaded sweetly, "Sis, will you teach me in our room tonight?"
Ri Li (spitting out a pit) (waving her hand): "Well, that depends on how you two do."
Viewers: ...???
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By the fifth episode, the male and female leads had finally changed their attitudes toward Ri Li. Whenever they saw her, they looked like they were about to cry and wanted to run away.
They really couldn't study anymore!!!
Viewers:
[Nuonuo, don't be so ungrateful! The chance to study under Sister Li only comes once in a lifetime! Study! Study until you drop!]
[And what's wrong with you, Yunyun? You can't handle just a few hundred sets of practice exams? Come on, listen to Sister Li and get back to your questions!]
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One year later.
Lin Nuo, a poor college student, had several cutting-edge papers to his name, and major research institutes at home and abroad were vying to recruit him.
Baili Yun, a high school student from a remote mountain village, earned a perfect score on the college entrance exam and became her province's top science student. A rising star in international physics and mathematics competitions, she left the runner-up far behind.
Lin Nuo/Baili Yun: We owe our achievements to one person...
Viewers (cutting them off without mercy): Okay, okay, we know you're talking about Sister Li! Long live Sister Li!
Over the course of that year, Ri Li published countless papers and invented countless technological products, from everyday goods to architecture to high-tech devices... She alone claimed awards across countless industries.
Technology boomed in turn, gradually advancing toward the interstellar age.
Ri Li: I didn't win the Nebula Award in my last life, so in this one, I'll create a new Nebula Award myself.
Theme: Never give up. Even in despair, let the flowers of hope bloom.
If you update more, I will follow it. It is best that it is finished. I look good.
So the mission was given by him
Woohoo, I just entered the pit and I ran out of food. Woohoo.
Is this the male protagonist? Booked so early?
Could Black Sky and Black Wolf be Jiang Yezhuhe in the future?!
Well, the setting is pretty good, and I really like the Clusus monster style. I also really like the settings of those monsters and the abilities of the heroine, but this is the source of the disaster. . . It would be better to simply say that the discovery of new energy crystals affects surrounding organisms and causes irreversible infections. . . Then when various countries discovered it, they chose to conceal it and cooperate in the investigation in order not to cause panic. This game is a tool to better guide people to understand and deal with monsters. As a result, it was interrupted by a sudden explosion of crystals before it could be promoted. I feel that Jio's writing is a bit indescribable. Of course, it is just a personal understanding. I still like this book. There are really too few female-channeled novels. The feeling of not being able to find food is too painful. Please work hard.