I Became a Top-Tier Star After Writing a Dog-Blood Novel

After winning an award for his new book, Ruo Sheng was getting ready to retire early when he opened his eyes and found himself in the body of an impoverished teenager in the interstellar era.

His social credit score was about to go negative, his public housing was about to be taken away, and he even had to sell his secondhand domestic robot to pay off his debts.

He was so hungry his vision swam. With a jolt, he sprang to his feet.

Help me up. I can keep fighting!

In the interstellar world, entertainment is highly developed. Novels can even spawn entire worlds, letting readers experience them from every angle.

From wildly popular galactic exploration stories to passionate romances, the genres are varied and endless.

It's hard for newcomers to make a name for themselves.

Ruo Sheng was so hungry his eyes were practically green, so he decided to take a different path. How about some melodramatic trash?

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Readers clicked in, completely baffled, then stumbled out, choking back blood.

Aaaah!

My eyes are filthy!

Someone send this dog of an author a needle!

Ruo Sheng smiled at the earnings on his author dashboard.

Their mouths said no, but their bodies said yes.

He understood.

Overnight, melodramatic trash took the interstellar world by storm, traumatizing countless people. Everyone condemned Ruo Sheng, the first author to write it, and nominated him for the Golden Tomato Award.

On the day of the ceremony, Ruo Sheng took the stage twice, once to accept the Best Author Award and once to accept the Golden Tomato Award.

The readers' hands, clutching their knives, trembled with disbelief.

How could the genius author who swept the newcomer rankings with an apocalypse-era mechanical novel, and whose cross-species romance about a merfolk had the whole interstellar world shipping its leads, possibly be the same dog of an author who traumatized readers with melodramatic trash?

Zuo Zheng held the Best Author Award in his left hand and the Golden Tomato in his right, smiling.

As long as I don't say anything, no one will know how many alternate accounts I have.

Thanks to some anonymous online stranger for providing the information. They deserve a quarter of this trophy.

The commander-in-chief of the expeditionary army, just back from the battlefield, stared intently at the giant screen, several books spread out before him.

Their authors' names were all different, but there was one thing they had in common: every book had a major villain who resembled him.

Hah.

A villain?

He piloted his mecha and blocked the entrance to the awards ceremony.

Ruo Sheng: "!! Let me explain!"

Theme: Work hard and persevere, even in adversity