After years of diligently working as a professional role-player, Li Zhen finally earned one of the System's most coveted roles through his outstanding performance.
They weren't chosen ones. They had no golden fingers, weren't the protagonist's beloved, and didn't get a thrilling last-minute comeback.
Instead, they usually died early, right at their most glorious moment.
He was a heretic in an age when theology reigned supreme, a teacher who secretly studied and taught science, and a firm believer in truth, right up until he was put on a cross and burned alive.
He was the older brother who raised the protagonist and guided him with kindness, the guiding light that launched the protagonist's athletic career, yet died on the eve of the protagonist's entry into the national team.
He was the regiment commander whom the protagonist both respected and feared, a hard and distant man who led his troops against monsters until his last breath, dying on the battlefield.
He was a nonhuman creature who lived deep in a cave and deliberately avoided contact with humans. Innocent and inexperienced, he was drawn to human civilization and emotion, chose to switch sides during a war between races, and was ultimately put to a gruesome death...
These characters made their exit at the climax of the story, and were given a grand sendoff. Their popularity stayed sky-high, and whether the story had a satisfying ending or an awful one, readers would remember them forever. For Li Zhen, diligently going off to die meant he could clock out early. It was the perfect life for a role-player.
But just as he happily entered a small world, threw himself into his role, and prepared to die at his most glorious moment, a mysterious, stubborn force tried to rewrite his fate and save him from death...
It wouldn't let him die. Not only did he have to live, he had to live to the very end?!
Li Zhen had gone from leaving work early to endless overtime. Dark circles under his eyes, he reported the matter to the System, only to be told that readers were already swept up in a new wave of excitement over an alternate timeline where this popular character survived...
“I'm sorry, but you can't die yet.”
Blurb dated August 4, 2023, by Feng Ting Wo Ling
Theme: Hard work and perseverance lead to an outstanding life!
