Applying Science in a Horror Story

A snarky, goofy sunshine heroine X a ruthless, decisive head of a special department, a cold and aloof male lead (a proud black cat, starved of affection and kept indoors). Sweet romance, with horror descriptions.

Also known as: After the Horror Novel Extra Removed Her Intelligence-Debuff

Jiang Kexuan thought she had accidentally discovered a bug in this world...

On a graduation trip, her classmates refuse to stay at a five-star hotel and insist on spending the night in a deserted village house where someone died.

While moving or traveling, you are bound to run into a madman on a street corner who, for reasons he cannot explain, desperately urges you to leave.

A video casually picked up on the road gets passed around like crazy, nobody at home ever turns on the lights at night, and flashlights always run out of battery halfway through...

Jiang Kexuan: You'd better be acting.

She thought life couldn't get any more absurd, until tonight...

Her classmates gathered together to perform the traditional ritual of summoning the Pen Fairy, and, naturally, forgot to send the spirit away.

Jiang Kexuan: ...Can this lousy plot get any more clichéd?

The Pen Fairy appeared at once and started killing people. As her classmates screamed in despair, Jiang Kexuan bellowed, “Don't let go! Do as I say!”

“Siri!”

“I'm here.”

“Search how to send the Pen Fairy away. Read the top-voted answer aloud at maximum volume, three times!”

The Pen Fairy, sent away because it couldn't keep up with technological progress: ...

After surviving the ordeal, everyone gave Jiang Kexuan a rousing round of applause.

The person in question collapsed to the floor, doubting her entire existence: Could I be a cannon-fodder passerby in a horror novel?!

A mechanical voice suddenly sounded in her mind.

“Congratulations! Jiang Kexuan, cannon fodder in the horror novel One Hundred and One Encounters with Ghosts, has awakened. The Science System is now binding with great enthusiasm.”

“Main objectives: Correct human behavior and logic, rationalize abnormal events, raise humanity's SAN value, and become a leader in science!”

“Mission assistant: Comfort Cat.”

“The future is in your hands. Go be absurd, girl!”

*

Jiang Kexuan dreamed of the first time she met her black cat.

Back then, she was a total novice and ordinary human, while her cat was just a tiny black plastic bag who liked fighting fallen leaves (?).

In the dream, the little black cat, whom she was supposed to kidnap, refused to be cuddled and meowed sternly: “No kissing your coworker during work hours!”

She woke up instantly and realized the cat that had been curled in her arms was gone.

Looking up, she saw the little thing being held by her partner and powerful backer, the young master of the Su family, Su Tongchen.

The young man had eyes the color of demantoid garnets, and his long black hair, tied in a high ponytail, fell to his waist like silk.

“Hello. Let me introduce myself again.” The young man lowered his eyes. “My name is Su Tongchen.”

“Meow!” The black cat waved its paw in displeasure.

“His name is Su Tongchen too,” the young man added.

Jiang Kexuan: ???

“To put it simply, he's the twenty-two-year-old version of me, and he's the eighteen-year-old version of myself.”

So...

“So I have two cats now?” Jiang Kexuan's eyes lit up as she reached her conclusion.

The Su Tongchens: ...

Theme: Humanity's anthem is an anthem to courage.