The Black Lotus's Conquest Gauntlet [Quick Transmigration]

[I'm very sorry, but I'm putting this story on hiatus for now. I've started doubting myself while writing it, so I'm taking a break. I'm sorry.]

Lin Ran has lost his memories. When he wakes up, a voice in his mind tells him he's been bound to a Villainous Cannon Fodder System. He needs to win over the male leads, become their romantic dark history, and serve as a stepping stone and foil before the pure, kind, and beautiful universally adored protagonist bottom appears.

System notice: The male leads will be cold and ruthless toward you. They will use you and toy with you. Difficulty level: Hell.

Looking at the task, Lin Ran can't help smiling. It seems he... really isn't a good person.

World One:

Male Lead One is a wealthy young heir with a severe cleanliness obsession. He only wants to use you to get away from his family.

Male Lead Two is Male Lead One's friend. He's had everything handed to him and is bored with it all, but meeting you seems to give him a little fun and excitement.

Male Lead Three is your ex, a spoiled rich kid who only wanted to fool around with you at first.

Male Lead Four has no particular flaws. He was your high school first love, but you were too poor back then.

And you are a top-tier gold digger, moving from one wealthy man to another. You look innocent, have a lively personality, and love acting cute. You wear your thoughts on your face, making you easy to read, so these powerful men let down their guard and mock you as a pretty idiot.

But once your affection score is maxed out, you close the net, turn around, and show no mercy.

So who was the one who played with fire and got burned?

World Two:

Male Lead One is a famous director who married you after meeting you only once, yet doesn't recognize you when you cross paths in the entertainment industry.

Male Lead Two is an artist who takes you in at his estate and teaches you to grow flowers and plants. When he falls for you, however, he sends you away because of your roles and the taboo between you.

Male Lead Three is a big star with a nasty personality who's hard to please. He keeps you by his side because he enjoys giving you a hard time and messing with you.

And you are a newcomer in the entertainment industry, determined to climb the ladder. You seem gentle and sweet, with a playful, lively personality. Staying by someone's side gives them a sense of security, but you also attract contempt and disdain: "You want to be a star? You?"

When your performance ends and your true self is revealed, who will go mad with rage and fall into the abyss?

And who will regret it?

...Worlds to come.

*Blurb written on September 2, 2024, for the record.

*Both leads are each other's only partners; the male lead is split into multiple versions.

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Zhou Zhe thinks he's a perfectly ordinary, honest guy. His only distinguishing feature is that he's incredibly unlucky. People keep following him, clothes left out to dry on the balcony keep getting stolen, and he gets drunk at group dinners even when he doesn't drink...

He's had enough. Then one day, something happens on his way home from work, and a thing called a System binds itself to him.

System: "Your task is to play a passerby in each world, an ordinary, honest person."

Zhou Zhe: "That sounds pretty easy."

System: "Uh... you're basically a test subject dropped into each world. The danger level of each world will be assessed based on what happens to you."

Zhou Zhe: "I'm playing a passerby, right? So the danger level has to be pretty low."

Zhou Zhe thinks he's finally had a bit of luck. Not only has he survived, but he also gets to be himself for real.

But what he doesn't realize is that his bad luck is still going strong...

World One

An ordinary office worker.

Zhou Zhe feels like he's back in his comfort zone.

Until he bumps his stomach and leaves a large purple bruise. His boss, medicine bottle in hand, kisses his belly and says obsessively, "It's so beautiful, Zhou Zhe. Can I leave a few more marks?"

He accidentally pulls a wire from inside his home. It leads to a camera, with the other end in his neighbor's apartment. Through a hole, he sees his neighbor's eyes, red with excitement. "Oh no, I've been caught."

On his way home from the night shift, someone suddenly covers his mouth and nose, then drags him into a pitch-black alley...

Zhou Zhe: Aaaaaah!

World Two

A nobody in the entertainment industry.

Zhou Zhe behaves himself and even goes out of his way to avoid the cameras.

But that's exactly what someone wants. He's cornered behind the curtains, a trail of soft kisses falling along the back of his neck. "Baby, look at my camera. This is just for us."

He accidentally wanders onto a horror movie set and is chased by an actor wielding a chainsaw. The actor eventually cuts off his clothes, then licks his lips beneath a terrifying mask. "How should you make it up to me for ruining my fun?"

A romantic scene in the rain, inside a car, beneath blurry shadows. The pretend romance turns real...

Zhou Zhe: Help! Somebody help!

World Three

An ordinary high school student.

Zhou Zhe tries his best to stay unnoticed, always walking with his head down.

He bumps into someone, the only son of a powerful family. The other boy reaches out and rubs his lips. "Stay tonight, and we'll talk about how you're going to pay for scuffing my shoes."

He runs into a fight in the bathroom. He turns to leave, but someone pulls him into a stall. The sounds of fighting mingle with stifled voices. "Stand still. The floor is dirty."

In the dorm in the middle of the night, his delinquent roommate suddenly returns, lifts his blanket, and climbs into his bed...

Zhou Zhe: Whatever...

Worlds to come...

Theme: Live freely, happily, and joyfully