[New book about a cannon-fodder maid now underway]
After years of drought and unending warfare, Xu Zhinan transmigrates into a humble village girl named Xu Daya, in a world torn apart by war.
From the start, she's stuck with a family of the worst sort and spineless parents.
Just as she's trying to figure out how to survive in this chaotic world, a notification suddenly sounds in her mind.
[ Ding! Life Simulation System binding in progress! ]
[Age 6: You overwork yourself during the autumn harvest. Constitution -1.]
[News arrives that your father died in battle. Your mother is so devastated that she suffers a miscarriage.]
[Age 7: After being forced to split from the family, you work tirelessly to increase your fields' crop yields. But taxes rise, leaving you with almost none of the new harvest. With food scarce between seasons, your health worsens. Constitution -1.]
[Age 8: Your mother encounters thugs on the road and is beaten to death as she struggles. With your mother dead and your family slandered, you and your younger sister's lives become even worse.]
[Age 9: After years of drought, you take your sister into the mountains to dig up tree bark. Your aunt's younger brother kidnaps you and sells you in the mountains for food.]
[Age 10: Your escape attempt fails. You are beaten and starved for three days. Constitution -1.]
[After days of labor and too little food, you fall gravely ill and eventually starve to death in an empty pigsty.]
[Life simulation complete. Please choose:]
[Option 1: Memories of this life]
[Option 2: One item to carry with you]
[Option 3: Random skill]
Xu Zhinan: ?!?
Further simulations end with [Burned to death], [Eaten by wolves], [Gored to death by a wild boar], [Attacked from behind and killed]...
Xu Zhinan: What? Is my life just doomed to end?
The System replies: Congratulations, you have the short-lived cannon-fodder fate.
Xu Zhinan holds her nose and accepts it. Fine, then what if she invents a few things?
She'll simulate making soap, braised snacks, tofu, all of it!
But in reality, all the simulations yield is [Failure] [Failure] [Failure].
Xu Zhinan: What? How does this make any sense?
System notification: Congratulations, your cannon-fodder intelligence is 4.
With her unreliable simulator, Xu Zhinan gets rid of the worst members of her family, upgrades the System, and successfully unlocks [Skill Simulation] and [Encounter Module].
But after falling into the water, her cousin begins acting strangely.
Once the simulator reveals her cousin's secret: she has been reborn, Xu Zhinan quickly makes up her mind. She'll follow her cousin to Yongzhou and keep a low profile while she develops.
But after enduring countless hardships to reach the safe zone her cousin had promised, she discovers that fate seems to have played a joke on her. The safe zone isn't as safe as she'd imagined.
Xu Zhinan: Thanks for asking. I just got off the ox cart, and now I'm in Yongzhou. How do I deal with being scammed?
[ Ding! Simulator upgrade successful. Territory Simulation Module unlocked. ]
PS: Reading guide:
1. The story mainly focuses on progression, with some farming, business management, and infrastructure development. The protagonist dies often in the simulator.
2. The heroine starts out as a six-year-old girl in terrible health. In her previous life, she was an overworked corporate drone, not a special forces soldier or a spy. So she can't kill everyone she dislikes from the start, nor can she handle the variables that would follow from killing off her awful relatives. If this bothers you, please don't force yourself to read it.
Upcoming novel, see my profile: Starting from a Thatched Cottage, Building a First-Rate Clan
Zhong Xuan, an overworked corporate drone who worked herself to death pulling all-nighters, transmigrates!
Good news: She, Zhong Xuan, has transmigrated as the only legitimate daughter of the Duke of Weiguo in the capital.
Bad news: Her Zhong family gets caught up in the struggle for the throne. Some are killed, some flee, and some are sent into exile. In the end, she's the only one who escapes to a small village. She spends all her savings, then dies of illness and hunger!
Zhong Xuan, after transmigrating: ?
Oh, mighty transmigration god, have you no manners? You gave me a noble birth but none of the benefits? Not even a one-day trial? Return my life as a rich noble's daughter for free!
The transmigration god replies: In that case, work hard and become the first generation of nobility!
[ Ding! Suitable heir Host detected. Transcendent Clan System binding in progress. ]
[Main quest: Make a comeback and build a first-rate clan known throughout the land!]
[Quest reward: Go home]
[Quest failure: Death]
[Main quest 1: Become the top clan in Liuhua Village!]
[Current side quest 1: Survive!]
[Quest description: You have a high fever that won't go down and are weak, on the brink of death. Hurry and call a doctor!]
[Quest reward: 1 copper coin.]
[Quest failure: Death]
Zhong Xuan, who doesn't even have one copper coin: ?
To save her hard-won life, Zhong Xuan has no choice but to grit her teeth and set out to become the first generation of nobility!
Fortunately, although the world is in chaos, women in this dynasty enjoy many rights. They can take the imperial exams, do business, and even marry several husbands and have children just like men.
Several of the great clans are headed by women, and the Zhong family is no exception.
As the only child of the official husband of the Zhong clan's head, Zhong Xuan becomes the clan's heir as soon as she's born.
And she even has an official title to her name!
[Main quest 1: Become the top clan in Liuhua Village. Complete.]
[Quest reward: Some of the Zhong clan members in hiding]
[Main quest 2: Become the top clan in Jucai Town. Complete.]
[Quest reward: Clan Members' Talent Wheel unlocked]
As she carries on, the Zhong clan becomes the number one clan in the Dayun Dynasty. It has countless retainers, a steady stream of talented young members, and businesses that reach overseas. The clan flourishes without ever declining.
[ Ding! Important side quest triggered. ]
[As the head of the Zhong clan, you have no one by your side in bed. Your clan is deeply worried that you won't continue the family line and have heirs, which may affect the clan.]
[Side quest: Marry eighteen charming husbands and choose a suitable heir for the clan!]
Zhong Xuan: ?
Notes:
I didn't get enough gaming in over National Day, so I wrote this to satisfy myself.
Inspired by a game.
Theme: Work hard to change your fate
I didn't expect Master Du's love affair to fall on the female protagonist. Maybe it's because the age boundaries in the article were repeated in simulations. In my impression, the actual age in the middle half of the article was around ten years old, so I was always confused about the age difference between the two of them (they felt like their parents?). As for the official male lead, I thought he would end up with two souls, half black and half black. Maybe it was the CP's brain that caused pity for the blackened version of Xiao Yan, and the ending was like a wisp of dust and smoke, and the association of "be" brought indelible melancholy.
The ending is so fast. I feel that a lot of processes have been omitted. This novel is very beautiful, but it is also very regretful. I always feel that I have not completely read Anan's last story 🥺. However, it can be seen that the author has tried his best. If he does not speed up the skipping later, the number of words in this novel will be at least doubled. Maybe that is too difficult for the author. Jinjiang itself is a short story [cheek]
It has logic, a plot, and is not brainless. The heroine is not a white lotus. The overall story structure is complete. Highly recommended.
Alas, so I decided to make a male lead. I thought I would focus on my career with the original female lead, without any cp.
Nice! Anan is so kind, everyone is so kind. Although the emotional lines are rarely drawn, they are inexplicably poignant, and I love this vague feeling of being. Hee hee, I'm so perverted... Is this the aesthetics of be?
Finished reading! I love this feeling of accumulating and upgrading little by little! Please be sure to publish new articles soon!!
Ah? Are you ready to finish?
That's okay. In the end, both parties leave with nostalgia. Life is a huge parting scene.
I was a little impatient at the end so I skipped through it. It was very interesting!
The story is good, but the male protagonist has very few roles.