Becoming a Leader in a Primitive World

Check out my ongoing nonhuman romance, Tidebound, and my upcoming The Unorthodox Wasteland Development Plan. Their blurbs are below. [Blurb for This Book] Jie Yu transmigrates and finds herself as the chief of a primitive tribe. [1] The old priestess says the totem has given its decree: The chief and the next priestess must form a bond for the tribe to prosper. So she has Jie Yu woken up and bonded to Yun Nai on the spot. Rumors spread through the tribe that although the chief and priestess share a sleeping mat, they no longer share the same thoughts. So someone suggests that Jie Yu form bonds with a few more people. That night, when they go to sleep, Yun Nai moves the boundary line between them. Instead of splitting the mat half and half, Yun Nai takes eighty percent, leaving Jie Yu with twenty. * The tribe members think their chief fears neither hardship nor pain, but in front of Yun Nai... After her wound heals, Jie Yu looks at her pitifully. "It hurts." When taking her medicine, Jie Yu says, "Nai Nai, this medicine is so bitter." Yun Nai comforts her, then asks, "What should we do?" "A kiss would make it better." Later, when they're in bed, she says, "I'm a little tired..." So Yun Nai kisses her. * Yun Nai is quiet, scholarly, and mysterious. Few people can stir her emotions. Only after Jie Yu touches her heart again and again does she realize that it has long been surging beneath the surface. "I crossed the long river of time to come to you." This is a choice we make together. [2] There's nothing here. The people of the tribe are sick and dying, starving and dying, freezing and dying. No houses, no grain, no salt. A truly bare-bones start from the start. Since they're here, they may as well make the best of it. Together, they lead the tribe in building homes, treating the sick, weaving clothes, and making a better life. As the days and months pass, conflicts between tribes grow more severe, and war is on the brink of breaking out. Unite the lands, establish laws and customs, and rule the world. She will be the only ruler on this continent. And the ruler's beloved will bring all things back to life. [Guide] ★ The plot focuses on building a livelihood, with romance as a secondary thread. ★ The romance scenes mentioned in the blurb may not appear in this order. Tidebound Lan Jue is a monster born in the deep sea. When she first sees the human floating among the waves, what surges within her is not pity, but the most primal instinct of all: A pure hunger to tear her apart and swallow her whole. If this "food" willingly belongs to her and lets her devour it, that would be the ultimate delicacy, beyond anything else. Everyone at WORSA knows that the new arrival, Lan Jue, is beautiful and powerful, and seems to have an unspoken relationship with Yin Ning. Months ago, after a shipwreck, a beautiful woman with long blue hair and blue eyes, wearing a seaweed dress and covering her chest with only two large seashells, rescued Yin Ning. She gave her fish and shrimp and kept her warm. Yin Ning was grateful, but her suspicions lingered. Until one night, something cold and slick, like a "vine," silently wrapped around her ankle. Yin Ning opened her eyes. Lan Jue was still sound asleep beside her. But below her waist were several indescribable, monstrous tentacles, glimmering dark blue-violet. They slowly writhed and stretched, silently winding around her and climbing upward. If she could harness the power from the abyss, if she could unravel the secrets of this deep-sea monster... For that, Yin Ning would pay any price, even if the price was herself. "You saw everything." Lan Jue's tentacles didn't loosen at all. Instead, they wrapped around her even tighter. Yin Ning kept a straight face as she coaxed her. "Come away from the sea with me. I can give you everything the land has to offer and grant all your wishes." "In exchange for what?" How could she explain an employment relationship to a deep-sea leviathan? Yin Ning decided to be a heartless woman. "Make me your master, and I'll 'raise' you. When you please me, I'll give you what you want." A little scene: A help request titled "I Have a Heartless Boss" goes viral on the holographic network. The anonymous poster claims she's been ashore for a year, working every day for a human, but the promised wages have yet to arrive. She asks what to do in this situation. Everyone is outraged. They can't believe this sort of thing still happens nowadays. That boss is no human being! They strongly urge the poster to reveal her identity and let the World Court deliver a fair verdict. Anonymous poster: I'm not human. I don't want money. I want to eat her, but I can't eat her now. So I want to know if there's some way to make it up to her. Would that count as damages? Or compensation? Comment: ?! What kind of eating do you mean? Wait, why are you insulting yourself? Lan Jue gives the reply some serious thought. How many meanings does "eat" have? After studying it, she understands. The Unorthodox Wasteland Development Plan Sharp-tongued, proud, tsundere mage top x cool-headed, deadpan wasteland-world bottom . As the youngest god of magic on the continent, Yiluoer is in the middle of casting a forbidden spell when she's flung into a wasteland world full of radiation and monsters, where everyone is covered in dust and grime. Pinching her nose, Yiluoer has only one thought: This place is backward. It needs a makeover. . On her very first day, she spots a woman rummaging through some ruins. She looks like perfect henchwoman material. Yiluoer strides across the scorched earth and points her staff at the woman in a haughty manner. "You, the groundhog. You're hired. As my mage's follower, your duty is to assist me in making this land great again." . One day, a woman wearing a gorgeous robe and looking none too bright drops from the sky right in front of Chu Xi. She says her name is Yiluoer. Yiluoer thinks she's picked up Chu Xi. Chu Xi thinks she's picked up Yiluoer. Yiluoer is a walking nuisance. Proud, picky, and so irritating when she talks that she could raise the dead just to annoy them, or annoy the living to death. She complains that the water tastes like rust, the food is like rubble, and the sleeping bag they found smells weird. Chu Xi just wants her to shut up. Until she sees the woman complain while using precious magic to purify her drinking water. When she gets caught, Yiluoer looks disdainful. "It was an accident! Was I supposed to stand by and watch some primitive creature with atrophied taste buds pour this liquid, steeped in the remnants of civilization, down her throat? I'm not so degraded that I could stand by and watch such a barbaric act of self-destruction!" Chu Xi looks at the clean water she hasn't seen in ages, then at the figure with her back turned, pretending to study a broken radio. Since she can purify water, Chu Xi decides to keep her around for now. . The two of them end up living together in the shelter Chu Xi built. Late at night, after keeping watch for the first half of the night, the landlady Chu Xi gently nudges her tenant Yiluoer with her toe. "Your turn." Yiluoer grumbles, "You're so noisy. They're only lowly creatures. One barrier would take care of them..." Chu Xi mercilessly points out, "A few radiation rats chewed right through your barrier yesterday." Yiluoer sits bolt upright, glaring at her with disheveled hair. "That was an accident! This land is too chaotic!" "Sure, an accident." Chu Xi hands her a piece of rebar. "Mage, the lowly creatures are your problem for the rest of the night. Take this 'staff.'" Yiluoer takes the rebar reluctantly and watches Chu Xi quickly curl up in the spot she'd warmed. She purses her lips and mutters, "...You fell asleep fast. Like a pig." . At some point, the first green shoots emerge from the scorched earth, and the murky water begins to run clear. People who can't survive anywhere else arrive from every direction and stop at the edge of the little oasis. The wandering survivors see the possibility of change. More and more people join them, and the dead land begins to breathe again. . Homestead and character development / construction / expansion / unconventional wasteland Theme: Work diligently and keep surpassing yourself