The Ordinary Heroine's Plan to Save the World

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* [A Growing Female Lead + No Romance + Superpowered Team Battles]

Blurb: Gu Qingzhi wakes up and finds herself back ten years in the past. Several cities across the country have simultaneously fallen into underground alternate dimensions.

This time, though, she awakens a superpower despite being an ordinary person. Together with her team, she tackles challenge after challenge, clearing the ten stages of an urban competition set up by stick figures.

[Cat and Mouse: Which one is the cat, and which one is the mouse?]

[Mechanical Kingdom: Half the city has been reduced to ruins. Where did all the machines, now nothing but heaps of scrap, come from? The mechanical heart will always be loyal to humanity.]

[Scales of Fate: Fate is never fair, and people's hearts may lean one way or another. But I bet no one wants to die!]

Only after returning to the surface does Gu Qingzhi discover that what she thought was her own solitary transmigration is, in reality, a desperate attempt by the future world to save itself.

God said, "Let there be light." And there was light.

Gu Qingzhi: "I'll steal the light. The world will still be bright."

When identical humans keep appearing in the world, with the same memories and appearances as us, intent on replacing real humans and surviving in their place, Gu Qingzhi calls out, "Big Brains Team, requesting permission to deploy!"

Backing down is out of the question.

Gu Qingzhi: Geniuses choose their fate; madmen create theirs.

From anonymous extras in the world to saviors of the real world, the pressure now falls on a few big brains.

Bonus Scene 1:

He Jiaojiao lies covered in blood on the cold ground. "I'm not some unwanted brat. I'm the bright moon in the sky. I hang up there, shining brilliantly, and so many people can see that I'm here."

Bonus Scene 2:

The thief who stole the key to distinguishing the real from the fake dies quietly in an empty corner. Never before has he been so grateful to be a thief. "I used to hate fate and resent my own incompetence. Then the future of the world changed in my hands, in the hands of a thief."

Bonus Scene 3:

There are four human guardians who devise a plan for the future.

One turns back time with his own life, forgotten by the world, but without regret;

One creates all things with the pen in his hand, exhausts his life force, and dies on the eve of his coming of age;

One abandons his body to return to the past, becoming less than human, then silently vanishes into dust when victory arrives;

The last dies while protecting what is real. The time of death is unknown.

Bonus Scene 4:

"What exactly is real, and what is fake? I wasn't born in the real world. You call me a heretic, but before that word ever existed, I truly felt like a living, breathing person. I have feelings too."

The boy's body is shattered, pierced by an icicle. Blood runs down the frost and congeals. Behind him, the space-time gate connecting two worlds slowly closes as his eyes shut, then disappears completely.

From then on, the real world returns to reality. The heretics are gone, and so is the boy.

[Reader's Guide / Content Warnings]:

1. The protagonist isn't perfect, there's no romance, and she sometimes talks nonsense. She's a growing protagonist, so please move along if you don't like this type of character.

2. The beginning is slow-paced, with the plot gradually picking up. The setting is a fictional future, so please don't scrutinize the details. Please don't conflate the characters or plot with the author.

3. I respect every reader's opinion, but I just want to quietly write stories. I'll be happy if you like mine, but if you don't, that's okay too. Please move on and look for a story you enjoy. Unsolicited writing advice is not welcome.

4. Later on, I may delete comments on the earlier free chapters that are especially excessive.

Finally, many thanks to everyone who supports me. May you have a happy life full of joy and good fortune.

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The Villain of Destiny Won't Follow the Script by Si Shi Yi Guo

One-line summary: A villain who learns the plot in advance plays the pig to eat the tiger, defeats transmigrators from all walks of life, and rises to the pinnacle of imperial power.

Serious blurb:

Chen Xianyu, a country boy, has three secrets he's never told anyone:

1. His mother is a transmigrator. She transmigrated here a long time ago, and he was born to a transmigrator.

2. He knows the world is a book, and many people around him have transmigrated into it.

3. He has another name: Chen Buliu, meaning "leave none behind." He is also the original book's greatest villain.

Being a villain is too hard, so Chen Xianyu decides to keep his head down. But life gets too difficult, so he decides to go to the capital and ask his mother's former lover for a little help.

Well, he can start by pretending to be the man's illegitimate son.

"Father! Do you remember Shi Dahua from the village, the one who made you pancakes before you left to take the imperial exam? I'm your son with her!"

Zhang, the prime minister, who has been famous for years and has a wife and children at home, is stunned. "Who did you say you are? What's your mother's name?"

"I'm Chen Xianyu, and my mother's name is Shi Dahua."

Prime Minister Zhang's face darkens at the ugly name. He immediately orders someone to throw this bargain-bin son out, only to hear the boy clinging to his leg whisper, "My surname is Chen. Xianyu also means salted fish."

Prime Minister Zhang: What kind of decent person gives his son a name like that?

"Father, then can you guess why my surname is Chen?"

Prime Minister Zhang: ... Hm?

"I'm twenty years old this year."

Prime Minister Zhang looks down and meets the gaze of Chen Xianyu, sitting on the ground and smiling brightly at him. In the end, he grits his teeth and accepts this son who has appeared out of nowhere.

"There, there. You've suffered out there all these years."

Prime Minister Zhang's inner thoughts: Your Majesty, you only told me that if the little prince was safe, he'd return to the capital at the age of twenty. You didn't say he'd come back like this!!

Prime Minister Zhang is frantic and flustered, his legs trembling.

In the original book, the villain rebels and takes the throne, only to be defeated by the male and female leads. This time, his name changes from Chen Bul Liu to Chen Xianyu, and he sits firmly on the dragon throne.

Chen Xianyu: Just because someone has a villain's script doesn't mean they have to take the villain's path.

Chen Xianyu: Not everyone named Chen Bul Liu is a villain, and a villain's life isn't set in stone. Chen Bul Liu is me, and I'm also Chen Xianyu. My courtesy name is Wu Yi.

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After the Entire Court Dreamed of the Same Person by Si Shi Yi Guo

Synopsis:

The new dynasty has just been established, and the autumn imperial examinations have just ended. The founding emperor of the Feng Dynasty has a dream.

He dreams that tomorrow, as the new top scholar parades through the streets on horseback, a flying pumpkin will hit him and knock him unconscious! He'll be stuck in bed at home for a full three days!

The founding emperor, who has spent half his life on the battlefield and weathered every kind of storm, finds it unbelievable. It's just a dream. Surely it won't come true?

But... it really does.

He later learns that he's not the only one. More than half the officials at court had the same dream.

Then they dream that General Lu's son wraps an arm around the top scholar's waist in the street and says, "So slender."

General Lu wakes up feeling awful. Furious, he rushes to disrupt his son's plans for the day, to stop him from possibly turning gay!

The others at court all rush off to watch the spectacle and enjoy the gossip.

But the scenes in their dreams grow more and more fantastical. They actually dream that:

[As the realm falls into turmoil, the useless top scholar Xie Yuanbai becomes Grand Secretary and single-handedly stabilizes the Feng Dynasty!]

[The quiet, humble prince ascends the throne and becomes a foolish emperor, only for Grand Secretary Xie Yuanbai to secretly assassinate him!]

[The son of General Lu, whom they once mocked, sheds his carefree facade and leads troops to defend the border, only to die at the hands of his own people!]

[Xie Yuanbai returns to court, but this time he becomes regent, upends the entire court, and turns into a demon feared by all, a scourge of the land whom everyone wants dead...]

Everyone is shocked, in tears, and outraged. They find it unbelievable, until they learn that he is the one they can't forget, their unattainable ideal, the loyal minister, and the treacherous prime minister all at once.

In their dreams, Xie Yuanbai is a loyal servant of the state, leading troops across the battlefield to secure the nation. He is also once bright, pure, adorable, and funny, devoting himself to raising the young emperor.

Yet he is also the regent whose title was once bestowed upon him, the man whose skull, steeped in fragrance, makes flowers bloom for ten miles around; the man who poisons the grasslands until no one remains for a thousand miles; the madman with no taboos, who commits one shocking deed after another, drenches his hands in blood, brings the Feng Dynasty to ruin, and ushers in a new age.

Xie Yuanbai, who thinks of himself as a complete newcomer, finds it strange that the big shots at court look at him differently every day.

When the System finally returns to life, he asks, "What's wrong with them? Why does everyone act like they know me so well?"

The System: "...There's bad news. You may not remember, but fragments of your memories from your previous two missions probably appeared in these people's minds as dreams."

Xie Yuanbai: "So... my secret identity is exposed?!"

No wonder they look at him so strangely, sometimes sad, sometimes furious, sometimes afraid. Plenty of people come to befriend him, and some even try to kill him with a knife.

● Fictional history section. Click to read:

[Orchids amid frost and snow, one word holds longing; bloodied hands knock at the martyrs' shrine, souls return to their homeland]

[With Yan in his name, his lifelong wish unfulfilled; three drinks in a lifetime, one while alive, two in honor of death]

[Why have you wronged me in our two dreams of you? Only upon waking do I realize the subject has not betrayed his sovereign. Xie, my friend... how am I supposed to treat you?]

[Brothers at odds like fire and water, a lie in youth leads to a lifetime apart]

[He speaks nothing but lies, yet believes every word; once given a true name, it never enters his heart. Ten treasures of gold, helping you rise to the clouds]

[A crane returns to the lonely sky, its solitary shadow travels on; the immortal young man of those days is nowhere to be seen]

[Cold-faced, speaking in passing, each misunderstands the other; a gentleman's friendship is as clear as water]

PS:

1. I'm terrible at writing blurbs. In short, the protagonist failed at his first two missions to save the dynasty, then (skipping the events in between) starts the mission again. But the others in the dynasty dream about his experiences from those first two missions, blah blah blah. (The ending and what happens in between are also omitted. There are lots of questions that can only be answered by reading the story, so I can't give them away.)

2. The protagonist has no romance, so rest assured.

Theme: No matter what difficulties you face, never give up! Grit your teeth and persevere through the darkness, and dawn will come at last.