On the first day Lin Guantang arrived at the Imperial Capital's all-O Academy, an upperclasswoman helping new students added him to a chat group.
According to her, the group was full of distinguished alumni from the all-O Academy. As a special-admission student from a poor, remote region, he especially needed to study their excellent O-virtues if he wanted to become a top-notch Omega who met the standards of wealthy families as quickly as possible.
Lin Guantang had little interest in marrying into a rich family, but he was deeply worried that failing his classes would get him sent back home. So every day, he carefully studied the posts shared by his upperclassmen:
[Three seconds to take down an enemy: combat techniques even a weakling can learn]
[Be dazzling as an A or an O: the best way to disguise your pheromones is...]
[Explosions are art: collect these common household items to make the perfect bomb]
...The Imperial Capital really was full of hidden talents.
Lin Guantang felt a little guilty. He'd been judging them by stereotypes.
He'd thought the all-O Academy's nickname, "Bride Academy," meant it was training traditional marriage-minded Omegas. He never expected the truth hidden beneath the surface curriculum to be such practical, hands-on mutual aid.
So Lin Guantang eagerly joined the chat group too. Aside from some initial unfriendliness because people didn't know him yet, everyone was very helpful when it came to solving his problems.
During a terrorist attack on the all-O Academy, with the help of the group members, Lin Guantang even led the entire school to a brilliant counterattack.
At the commendation ceremony, Lin Guantang saw the upperclasswoman who had helped him during orientation in the audience. Afterward, he made a point of going to thank her. If she hadn't added him to that mutual aid group, he wouldn't have grown so quickly.
But when the upperclasswoman saw the chat interface, she practically fell apart.
"Wait, this is the Central Military Academy's S-rank Alpha chat group! A bunch of S-rank Alphas taught a perfect Omega... What kind of bizarre event is this?!"
Lin Guantang: ...Huh?
[Before You Read]
* This is a pure-love, one-on-one romance, not a battle for the heroine or a story about a universally adored protagonist. The main couple is a shou who grows over time and a sharp-tongued gong.
* This is a slow-burn, slice-of-life story with lots of misunderstandings and absurd comedy, plus a little main plot. It's a chuuni-brainstorming story, not a serious plot-driven novel.
Seeking readers for the new novel: ~After Five Failed Rebirths, I Became a Sky Screen
At the late emperor's request, Dugu Wangshu entered the capital to become regent.
After a month in the capital, he saw that the court could function just fine without him and decided that perhaps quitting wouldn't be so bad.
Then a sky screen suddenly appeared, listing countless possible futures and declaring that the dynasty couldn't survive without him.
In the future where he refused to become regent, the young emperor died eight months after ascending the throne, and the dynasty fell within three years.
In the future where he was assassinated halfway through his regency, the many talented people who had come together in harmony thanks to him immediately fell apart and turned on one another.
In the most brutal future, where he was deliberately sent off to die, the world became a living hell, heaven and earth a furnace, and all creation suffered.
But in the future where he served as regent from beginning to end, the emperor became a wise ruler for the ages, and the dynasty entered an age of revival and prosperity.
A general's descendant, wrongly accused in a case, cleared his name and reclaimed his reputation as a great warrior. A once-brilliant man who had lost his ambition regained his confidence and became a renowned prime minister.
Whether they were willful young masters from noble families or struggling nobodies from the lowest ranks, all were recognized for their talents and found their place.
At the end of his life, everyone praised his reputation as regent and revered him as a savior from the heavens. Only Tan Jianchen, his childhood friend whom he had once abandoned, resented that everyone expected Dugu Wangshu to save them, exhausting him until he had no strength left to go home.
Is it hard for a soul born in another world to return to its original one?
Tan Jianchen could tell you: very hard.
He would need an artifact capable of crossing time and space, as well as enough mental and spiritual strength.
In the first life, the Heavenly God path, Tan Jianchen had no experience. By the time he got the artifact, Dugu Wangshu was already at the end of his strength, unable to cross over. Tan Jianchen tried to take his body home, but when the artifact activated, it sent them back to before Dugu Wangshu received the order to become regent.
In the second life, the Reborn Human path, Tan Jianchen successfully persuaded Dugu Wangshu not to become regent.
But the emperor died eight months later, the dynasty collapsed, and the people suffered. Dugu Wangshu died defending the realm, even sooner than he had in the first life.
In the third life, the Asura path, Tan Jianchen decided to help Dugu Wangshu by using a forceful strategy to push the emperor to take the reins quickly.
But the emperor turned dark, growing both afraid of and resentful toward Dugu Wangshu, and plotted to assassinate him.
The promising new officials had all been promoted by Dugu Wangshu. When they learned he had been killed, they became asura, turning on one another until the dynasty collapsed and the realm descended into chaos.
In the fourth life, the Hell path, Tan Jianchen was so furious that he killed the emperor from the start.
But this time, he ended up completely opposed to Dugu Wangshu. When their past came to light, people even tried to force Dugu Wangshu to kill himself in front of Tan Jianchen.
And so the world became a living hell, where no one could find release.
In the fifth life, the Evil Ghost path, Tan Jianchen decided to keep the emperor and his officials under control at all costs. But this time, the emperor and his officials stood together like a forest of evil ghosts and turned against them.
In the sixth life, the Beast path, Tan Jianchen could no longer remember what it felt like to be human and didn't want to keep trying. Then Dugu Wangshu, so worried about his mental state, was accidentally caught in someone's plot.
Could it really be impossible for me to save you? The closer I get to you, the farther you are from finding your way home?
Everything returned once again to the very beginning. This time, Tan Jianchen decided not to interfere with anything in the real world and would no longer seek out Dugu Wangshu.
He turned the transmigration artifact into a sky screen and saved the records of countless past cycles. Starting over, he would assist Dugu Wangshu from behind the scenes, like a cheat ability, and clear every obstacle in his way.
The sky screen was like a portable thunderbolt from heaven, an intelligent register of life and death, and an electronic record of every official. It stood ready at all times to help Dugu Wangshu expose everyone's past and present lives.
At last, with the sky screen's help (and threats), everyone reflected on themselves, behaved well, and worked hard to become good allies in the regent's efforts to revive the dynasty, achieving the milestones of "a prosperous age restored" and "an abundance of talent" as quickly as possible.
At last, beneath the red moon that appeared when the artifact activated, Dugu Wangshu and Tan Jianchen reunited and set off for home.
Theme: Be confident and self-reliant, and strive for greatness
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After buying it, read it first and look forward to the follow-up
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Oops, I've already had sex, it's so pretty [love eyes] Spend money and be happy [love eyes] [heart eyes] The young couple are really a match made in heaven [red heart] [red heart]
1230 Was written by myself, right? It's just that the words are too beautiful [poor]
If you buy it, buy it. It would be better if there are illustrations.
After buying it, read it first and look forward to the follow-up
Just be as good as you are, good baby, don't be deceived by some dropout and delinquent [dog head]
Seriously tasting [empty bowl] [empty bowl] Looking forward to the follow-up [hugging thighs] looking forward to new articles [hugging thighs] [hugging thighs]
As soon as I opened it, there was delicious rice [laughing loudly] [laughing loudly] I love it so much [kiss]
Xiao Haitang and Shi Zhen are both very good children.
Is there any more? [Hold your thighs] [Hold your thighs] Trying to climb into the manuscript box [empty bowl] [empty bowl]
Be sure to continue updating [empty bowl] [empty bowl] [empty bowl] like, like [hug thigh] [hug thigh]