Reborn, Then Collecting the Greats

[Tips: Ensemble Cast, Team Battles, Military Academy, Recruiting Teammates, Slow-Burn Plot, Both Leads Are Head Over Heels, Heartwarming Happy Ending] Shi Mian died, and then Shi Mian came back to life. He was alive twenty years before alien forces devoured Earth's civilization. The world was thriving, his friends and family were all still here, and there was still time to set everything right. He had three main objectives: First, become the strongest. Second, gather teammates and build an invincible team that could smash through every obstacle. Third, kill the genius revered as a god, the traitor who would one day wag his tail and beg the enemy for mercy: the "Moon of Glory," Raphael. * A proper team needs melee, ranged, shield, support, and healing roles. Not one can be missing. Shi Mian had his eyes on a group of big names who had been famous on the rankings in his past life. [Shi Mian's Handpicked List]: "King of Hell's Bane" Luo Zhizhou was said to be able to heal anyone as long as they had a breath left. He lived in outrageous luxury, and no amount of money could persuade him to help. Current situation: Working odd jobs as an apprentice to a black-market doctor in the dark streets, pinching every penny until it practically split in two. A first-rate pauper. "Wandering Cloud Sword Immortal" Li Heyi was a solitary force of nature who scorned joining any team. One man, one sword, one pot of wine, coming and going as he pleased. A top-tier fighter. Current situation: Struggling to support his younger siblings, working quietly as a shield in a no-name team, and getting yelled at every day. "Heaven's Punishment" Xiao Zui was one of the three forbidden mages. A snap of his fingers could unleash thunder, and one scowl could turn the world upside down. When he got serious, he could lay waste to heaven and earth. Current situation: A textbook case of a child prodigy who failed to live up to his promise. Afraid of his own powers, he wanted to hang himself whenever he heard thunder. "Iron Fortress" Zhao Qiannian was loyal and devoted, able to hold back an army single-handedly. He had built the Ironheart Guild with his own two hands. Current situation: Still the guild leader, but not for much longer. Soon, his sworn brother would betray and frame him, leaving him to die in poverty. "Saint" Chang Lixue had the power to bless allies with buffs; "Witch" Zhou Ya could weaken enemies with curses. They were famous rivals. Current situation: They relied on each other and had promised to stick together for life. In his past life, someone once lamented: "This is the most prosperous generation since the Tower descended, with heroes rising in droves and geniuses as numerous as fish crossing the river. "But it is also the most tragic generation. "These heroes and geniuses either die young, fall in with the wrong people, go mad after reaching the end of the road, or become so divided that they never meet face-to-face... "If they could survive to the end and take part together in the Tower's selection, humanity's fate might still be uncertain." In this life, Shi Mian had this to say: They're all teammates.JPG * To kill Raphael, Shi Mian gave up his former life and traveled thousands of miles to enroll in the Central Military Academy. At their first meeting, he grabbed the Moon of Glory by the chin in front of everyone and looked him up and down. "Not bad-looking." His eyes, hidden beneath his smile, were ice-cold. Shi Mian deliberately humiliated Raphael, blowing lightly into his ear with a flirtatious air. "I'll give you two choices." "Get on your knees and beg me, or die." Raphael: "..." After they were assigned to a dorm, Raphael opened the door to their double room and, by pure chance, came face-to-face with the smiling gray-haired boy. He fell silent for a moment, then turned around and locked the door. Shi Mian watched him walk over, his face like a crescent moon in the distant sky, cool and unapproachable. He stopped in front of Shi Mian and knelt down. Shi Mian: "???" Shi Mian: "What are you doing?!" Raphael looked up from between his knees. "Begging you?" Shi Mian remembered what he'd said on a whim, and his scalp tingled. This wasn't how he'd imagined things going. ...The legendary Moon of Glory seemed to be a pervert. [Reading Guide] * Outwardly warm, inwardly cold and unruly seme x outwardly cold, inwardly warm and taciturn uke. * The uke is a heaven-blessed prodigy. The seme is an ordinary genius who vows to get on top of the prodigy, in both senses. * The focus is on the plot, with perhaps a little leveling-up progression. Mainly, I want to write about the ensemble cast and team battles XD. * The leads' relationship isn't very healthy at first, but there's no coercion. One is willing to hit, the other is willing to take it. My style is mutual pampering with a strong mutual crush~ Check out my upcoming danmei novel with a seme protagonist in my author profile: "White Jade Capital" [Couple: Upright Gentleman Seme x Passionate Young Uke] [Serious Blurb] In heaven stands White Jade Capital, with twelve towers and five cities. In every tower, a sword is forged; in every city, one person is worshiped. Legend has it that White Jade Capital is the judge of heaven and earth, tasked with dealing with injustice and corruption, cleansing demonic karma and purging evil. It has twelve Sword Lords, who kill every evildoer. It has sword-bearing pages, who travel the world on behalf of the Sword Lords. Thus, immortals dare not act recklessly, the rivers run clear, and the world enjoys peace. Then, one day, White Jade Capital suddenly crumbled from the clouds. From then on, evil desires ran rampant in the cultivation world. The Buddhists broke their vows, the immortal sects embraced hedonism, the medical pavilion refused to heal, and the Taoist temples spied on the heavens. The world was overrun by demons and monsters. Duan Zi wanted only to cut them down with his sword. Unfortunately, he was a healer who could not harbor murderous intent. Fortunately, however, there was a sword spirit in his sword. It would cut down every obstacle in his path and every sin behind him, bringing peace to the mortal world. [Not-So-Serious Blurb] A reclusive junior uncle arrives at the Yin-Yang Temple of Evernight, determined to become a healer who can save the world. A healer, as the saying goes, can do nothing but cure the sick. Even when others bully him, he has to silently repeat, "Don't get angry. Anger harms your cultivation." The ultimate paragon of saintly virtue. One day, the junior uncle obtains a sword that can cry. It contains a sword spirit brimming with vicious energy. The sword spirit tells him, "You heal the people you can. I'll take care of the ones you can't." So when Duan Zi discovers that the seemingly pristine cultivation world has rotted to its core, he silently repeats, "Don't get angry. Anger harms your cultivation," then quietly draws his sword. #StudyingMedicineCannotSaveTheWorld# #HealersCannotKillPeopleButTheSwordSpiritCanHandleIt# * Duan Zi doesn't know why Mu Ziling became a sword spirit. Just as Mu Ziling doesn't know that Duan Zi wielded a sword for centuries before he began practicing medicine. But that doesn't stop Duan Zi from being endlessly careful and patient, all so he can make the sword spirit curled up inside the blade appear and see the world once more. Nor does it stop Mu Ziling from being willing to die again in raging flames to protect Duan Zi's integrity and keep him safe. * In short, this is a story about the seme and uke traveling together to reform the cultivation world, and falling in love along the way. * I wanted to write about two good people who have both been rained on, holding umbrellas for each other, healing one another and giving each other strength. [Reading Guide] * Seme protagonist: Duan Zi is the seme, Mu Ziling is the uke. The pairing is a gentleman from the heavens x an innocent soul of the mortal world. * Both are beautiful, strong, and tragic, with powerful mutual feelings. Both leads have point-of-view chapters. * The author's signature ensemble cast, with especially prominent supporting characters. Early on, there are subtle elements of reversed coercive romance, with a villain unrequitedly pursuing a protagonist. Proceed with caution if that's a trigger. * The cultivation system is extremely subjective and not very important, so please don't overthink it qwq Theme: Anything is possible.