Why Does the Wicked Cannon Fodder Always Pick the Wrong Side?

In his first two lives, just to stay alive, Feng Chen, the most troublemaking villainous cannon fodder in an apocalypse novel, had served as a lackey to both the righteous male lead and the villain. Yet things never turned out quite as he expected. In his first life, he sided with the villain, Mu You, and did everything he could to win his attention. He played the devoted lackey to perfection, all so he could lord it over the male lead, who had once distrusted him. In the end, the “X” faction, which had been the most likely to take control of the entire resource zone, was wiped out, and Feng Chen himself was branded a traitor for being a lackey. Only when death was staring him in the face did he realize that their world was a novel called Saving All Humanity in the Apocalypse, a power-fantasy about the protagonist rising to greatness. And Luo Guangyi, who would ultimately be crowned humanity’s savior, was the main character. Reborn into his second life, Feng Chen finally understood. If he couldn’t change his fate, he might as well go with the flow. What did it matter whose coattails he rode? So he gave up his old, arrogant ways and shamelessly clung to the famously cold-faced male lead, Luo Guangyi, claiming he was just trying to strengthen their brotherly bond. He ignored the X faction’s overtures and firmly joined the side of justice. But, as luck would have it, this time the villain was reborn and won in the end. As his lackey, Feng Chen faced yet another inescapable death… Damn it! What the hell was going on? When he saw that, under the latest upheaval, Saving All Humanity in the Apocalypse had turned into The Villain Rises to Power in the Apocalypse After Being Reborn, it was impossible to tell who the real protagonist was and who was the fake… Now, as his third rebirth began, Feng Chen faced his final choice: how to escape this cycle. Should he trust Mu You, the villain who had treated him as a confidant from the very first life, yet was so paranoid and possessive that he was always trying to lock him in a cage? Or Luo Guangyi, the male lead who seemed righteous and steady in his second life, but desperately craved a sense of security deep down? A System that existed only in his mind told him he had to complete Tasks One and Two to escape the cycle. Task One, finding out who the real protagonist was, was easy enough to understand. But what did Task Two, recovering his past identity, mean? Had he once been involved with these two somehow, only to have those memories erased? And who had created this so-called cycle in the first place? As he agonized over which side to choose in this life, the male lead and the villain, who belonged to opposing factions, had already begun recovering their memories of the first two lives as they spent time together. Feng Chen kept passing information to the other side, then returning to his own side to curry favor. Both men pretended not to notice, but in secret, their hands were already reaching out to envelop him like vines. One day, when his lies were exposed, those little schemes came out into the open. The two interrogated him one after another, leaving him with almost nowhere to turn. “Tell us.” Whether it was the villain, his face dark with anger, or the male lead, whose expression had not changed once, they both had only one thought: to keep this utterly selfish fence-sitter trapped by their side. Their voices rang out at different times, yet overlapped in perfect unison, as if they were looking straight through Feng Chen’s eyes and into his soul. “Who are you choosing this time?” * A few things to note: Xiao Feng is a shameless, adaptable, and exceptionally handsome bottom. He says whatever suits whoever he’s talking to, smooth as can be with those above him and cutting toward those below him. Though he gives the impression of flirting with everyone, he’s actually straight… (A melodramatic power fantasy featuring rebirth, a despised character becoming beloved by all, and a battle for the bottom’s affection in an apocalypse. If that’s not your thing, proceed with caution.) Theme: The brave are the first to enjoy the world