After Becoming a God

[Cyberpunk + Mystery Solving + Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland + Cosmic Horror]

Shi Xu was preparing for the end of the world when she opened her eyes and found herself in a strange place, with a System inexplicably installed in her mind.

The System gave her a main quest: Become the god of this new world within 1,000 hours.

Shi Xu: You want me to become a god? Can't do it.

System: If you can't do it, you'll be destroyed along with this world.

Day 1: Shi Xu encountered horsehair worms that could parasitize humans.

Day 2: She discovered that the original owner of this body was a PhD. The bad news: she studied biology, took out student loans, and had been in debt for ten years.

Day 3: Shi Xu encountered ruins that could turn into monsters. Everyone who entered was devoured.

Day 4: Unable to repay her student loans, she had no choice but to take an under-the-table job. From then on, she lived a 24/7 life as an investigator by day and a delivery worker by night.

Day 10: She discovered that lots of people here had fish swimming around inside their brains, and the fish could leap out and bite people.

Day 40: Her divine powers were complete, and the quest was finished.

And then...

She discovered that becoming a god was only the beginning.

A reading guide for what might be called a reading guide:

1. A post-apocalyptic cyberpunk wasteland in a fictional world. Please don't conflate it with reality.

2. Some cases are like dungeon instances, and some draw inspiration from real-life cases, but most are fictional stories.

3. The heroine and her friends are all powerful, in every sense of the word.

4. About the romance: If you think there's romance, then there is.

5. If you come across scenes that scare you or make you lose sanity points, lock your screen immediately and wait a few seconds before looking again. It works even better that way.

6. I'll write a lot in the author's notes.

7. This reading guide feels like it's almost longer than the blurb. That wasn't originally one of the points, but after realizing it, the author couldn't help adding another line...

8. The author has made a triumphant return!

Theme: Those who save the world have never been [gods]