A Guide to Saving the World Without Failing

[Main story complete, bonus chapters updating] Synopsis: A second before falling into the sea, Qi Yang awakened to the truth. He was actually the villain in an underdog novel featuring a whole assortment of tropes: chasing someone through the rain at night, kidnapping, explosions, and falling off a cliff. In the book, he was ruthless and subjected the protagonist, Xie Zhi, to every kind of cruelty. Before Qi Yang could even wonder how cruel he might be, seawater filled his mouth and nose. At the moment he began to suffocate, he heard a ding by his ear. “System Pi 997 welcomes Host Xie Zhi. Please verify your basic information. Is everything correct?” “…That's wrong.” “Hm?” “My name is Qi Yang, not Xie Zhi.” The next second, someone pulled Qi Yang out of the sea. The person who rescued him was named Xie Zhi. · Qi Yang had no choice but to accept the facts: the System had bound itself to the wrong Host, and it couldn't be unbound for now. Qi Yang: “What if you don't switch it back?” System: “The small world will collapse. The male lead will die, and so will you. You'll both die.” Qi Yang: “Then can you switch it back?” System: “Yes. The System needs to reset, and it requires time to recharge.” Qi Yang: “Then I'll wait for you to recharge.” System: “No. The male lead keeps trying to get himself killed. You have to make sure he stays alive, or the small world will collapse. The male lead will die, and so will you. You'll both die.” Qi Yang: “…How am I supposed to do that?” System: “The ‘Favored by Heaven’ aura is on you. You have to stay by his side.” · Qi Yang had no choice. To save the world, he had to stay with Xie Zhi. So when Xie Zhi was kidnapped, Qi Yang ran out of the hospital with a raging fever to save him. When Xie Zhi's car went out of control, Qi Yang held it back with his own car. When Xie Zhi's childhood friend, not yet “awakened,” drugged him, Qi Yang tested the drug on himself. He reached out to the friend for the antidote, then, the moment he got it, turned around and handed it to Xie Zhi in full view of everyone. … Every incident made it clear to all of Tiancheng: the young master of the Qi family was hopelessly in love with the illegitimate son, Xie Zhi. · Only Xie Zhi didn't believe it. Not until one torrential night, when Xie Zhi was driven to Whitepool Bay. The sea wind howled, and rain-heavy clouds pressed down over the water. As he fell from the cliff, he saw Qi Yang sprint toward him, ignoring the panicked shouts of Tiancheng's “heaven's chosen,” then leap after him. Xie Zhi still doubted that Qi Yang loved him. But the moment he caught Qi Yang in his arms, he knew the man was his. His until the day they died. - Later, Qi Yang finally waited for the System to finish recharging. He couldn't wait to brag to Xie Zhi about what he'd done, but… something seemed off? [Help, I only want to save the world. Why are you kissing me? A little young master who's a “love scammer” bottom x a world-destroying, eerily calm and unhinged top who knows you don't love him but insists you have to, with overwhelming possessiveness] ----☆--------☆------- Coming next: “I'm Only Pretending to Be Head Over Heels for Him!” Synopsis: When Fang Nanxi was young, he fell in love with someone. He confessed, but was rejected. The man said he wasn't interested in omegas. When they met again, Fang Nanxi was a hugely popular superstar with tens of millions of fans, while Yan Ke was a researcher. That youthful “unattainable love” had left its mark. Fang Nanxi didn't want to keep the man perched on a pedestal in his memories. The best way to get over the allure was to have him. So Fang Nanxi decided to win him over, erase that mark, and then say goodbye! His manager looked at Yan Ke's face and nervously warned him, “Don't fall for him.” Fang Nanxi: “Relax. I'm not going to let an alpha fool me. Pretending to be head over heels for him is just part of my plan. I have my own pace.” As their relationship went on… Fang Nanxi started picking out wedding invitations. His manager held his forehead. “I knew it.” Just as his manager began making preparations, one night Fang Nanxi, a man supposedly in control of his own pace, came stumbling through the door in the rain. “He told his friend we're not getting married and that he wants to break up.” His manager was stunned. “Could there be some kind of misunderstanding?” “What could I have misunderstood? I heard it with my own ears!” Fang Nanxi wiped away his tears. “It's fine, it doesn't matter. This is just another part of my revenge plan anyway. I'm only pretending to be head over heels for him, and alphas are all trash!!!!” - Fang Nanxi had stumbled twice over Yan Ke. He swore he wouldn't fall a third time, so he promptly deleted all of Yan Ke's contact information. To remind himself, he logged in late at night to a Weibo alt account he thought no one knew about and added “(gone dark)” to his name, commemorating his dead love. Just as the trending topic began to take off, Fang Nanxi got a call from the rescue team. Yan Ke had been caught in an avalanche. The last call from his phone had been to Fang Nanxi. Distraught, Fang Nanxi rushed to the hospital. The rescue team and medical staff gaped when they saw the superstar, then handed him the phone in shock. “We went to the same school, but we weren't close. We've only been in touch because of work lately. He probably just dialed my number by accident, haha.” His manager frantically tried to come up with an excuse, while Fang Nanxi anxiously took the phone. Why had Yan Ke called him? Could there have been a mistake? Fang Nanxi looked down. It was his number, and the contact name in the call log was two startlingly intimate characters: “Baby.” Fang Nanxi: “…???!!!(//…//)” What the hell!!!!!!! - Yan Ke met a butterfly. It had flown to him from the days of his youth. He couldn't escape it. Yan Ke knew the man liked him for his looks. He was rigid, dull, and taciturn. At least he had a handsome face. Yan Ke knew the butterfly wouldn't stay with him forever. Yan Ke did everything he could to make the butterfly stay forever. [Pampered, flashy little butterfly superstar bottom x researcher husband top, rigid and self-disciplined at first, then obsessed with looking good every day] Theme: And yet you came closer.