Century Beauty Simulator

She was a miracle of her age, a beauty unlike any other.

People

In a later poll of the “Ten Most Influential Superstars of the 21st Century,” the name at the very top was written in Chinese characters:

Ren Pingsheng.

It all began one boring afternoon, when a player clicked on a game called [A Life of Many Faces].

[Welcome to the large-scale full-dive game A Life of Many Faces.]

[You have drawn the talent: Inspiration.]

[You have obtained the trait: Artistic Obsession.]

Player: =V=

Yes! The player let out an excited whoop and threw herself into the great endeavor of leveling up.

Except...

The up-and-coming actor from her production suddenly looked like a rookie beside her.

He looked up: She’s so beautiful. Surely she didn’t do it on purpose.

He looked down: No, she must have done it on purpose to overpower my performance this badly.

The actor glued together what remained of his shattered self-esteem and humbly asked the player for advice.

Player: Just djikswl@, and then @-gjsi.

The player looked at the actor. The actor looked at the player. He slowly fell apart.

After watching the dramatic ups and downs of the acting world next door, singers breathed a sigh of relief:

At least this weirdo isn’t part of the music scene.

Player: =V=

Is she not? Really?

Countless singers stared pensively at the name Feng Yuqing in the composer credits.

Wait, this... can’t be, right?

The few singers who knew the truth looked grief-stricken: That’s right. It’s her. It really is her!

Then, on a variety show, the player casually sang a little fragment of a song while accompanying herself on guitar. Though it was only a short, contextless snippet, it went viral, sending people scrambling to identify the song.

As the topic climbed higher and higher, the legendary mystery composer Feng Yuqing and Ren Pingsheng gradually became one and the same.

Everyone in the entertainment industry suffered in silence, clutching their chests: Why must fate give us both Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang?!

But what could they do?

After all

When the bright moon shines in the sky, the stars are bound to fade.

P.S.

1. Entirely fictional, set in an imaginary world, with no real-life inspirations.

2. Categorized as romance, with a romantic subplot, but no male lead in the main story.

3. A wish-fulfillment story about a Mary Sue adored by everyone.

4. For detailed content warnings, see the pinned comments, the beginning and author's note of Chapter 14, and the comments on Chapter 97.

Theme: Dreams and the future