Interstellar Express, Mission Guaranteed

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[Blurb]

[This is an interstellar advertisement]

In this dazzling age of stars, starships cross the cosmos, leap through space, and people with supernatural abilities are everywhere. The delivery profession, once carried out by humans, has long since been replaced by artificial intelligence and machines.

But in this very age, He Ran rides her little yellow bike all across the stars.

First delivery: In a chaotic, lawless star system, the sender dies before they can even meet. With no other choice, she transports the package along with the corpse.

Second delivery: Good news, the sender is alive. Bad news, she has to transport a young master who seems to have been kidnapped while being pursued, for reasons unknown.

Nth delivery: While passing by the site of an interstellar military academy tournament, He Ran sees the recipient about to be beaten to death. Forced to step in, she pummels a ferocious S-rank shadow creature to death right under the noses of a crowd of big shots and interstellar spectators.

Three strikes and you're out. He Ran has no choice but to add a few conditions to her delivery ad:

1. No dead people.

2. No transporting living people.

3. No helping with fights.

4. Add more money and the above rules no longer apply.

[This is an encrypted wanted notice]

Name: He Ran (*)

Gender: Female

Identity: Unemployed interstellar drifter, self-proclaimed interstellar courier

Ability: Acting (*)

Mental strength level: S (*)

Reason for wanted status:

Suspected leader of an anti-Federation organization (*).

(Added in New Star Era @*): Matches Colonel @&*% with a similarity rate of %**#. If identity is confirmed, treat as a deserter.

(Added in New Star Era #&): Suspected to be a surviving specimen of model &*@, with immense research value. Anyone concealing her is to be killed without mercy.

Threat level: Extremely high. Approach with caution.

[This blurb was written on August 7, 2025. A screenshot has been saved.]

[Reader's Guide]

1. This story has a couple, but the plot comes first. The love interest is just an accessory to the female lead and will only help her grow stronger.

2. The female lead is money-grubbing. She's not downright evil, but she isn't a good person either. If someone deserves to be killed, she really will kill them. Readers with high moral standards for the female lead should proceed with caution. Please note that most characters' views do not represent the author's own. Don't project them onto real life.

3. The female lead is strong. Anything that doesn't kill her only makes her stronger.

4. This is not a very scientific take on interstellar fiction, more like a space opera. There are many original settings, so don't worry about them.

5. Feel free to give it a try. The entire story is outlined, and the author has already planted the seeds. Add it to your collection if you're interested!

6. More to come if I think of anything.

[Upcoming Novel Blurb: Revival in Progress]

Jiang Changle died. She'd been dead for so long that she couldn't remember how long it had been.

Before her corpse could rot away, someone turned her into a zombie. From then on, she would never decay.

Jiang Changle was a zombie who liked to laze around. She lay in her coffin for who knew how many years.

When she woke again, the world had changed beyond recognition. Jiang Changle pushed open the coffin and found that the feng shui paradise she'd carefully chosen was now unrecognizable.

Corrupted fellow beings wandered across the springy, dark red ground.

Humans dressed in strange clothes dragged her along at a run, babbling in a language she couldn't understand.

Later, Jiang Changle learned the truth.

She had slept for a thousand years. The zombie virus had broken out, and humanity was on the brink of extinction.

To save all of humankind, the ability users would join forces to search for a possible "cure."

A "cure" that could turn zombies back into humans.

Perhaps it could also let Jiang Changle come back to life as a human.

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A little scene:

Ability users gathered in the safe zone, while refugees sought shelter.

To stay in the safe zone, everyone had to contribute something. They could go out and exterminate zombies, or help out inside.

The person in charge of registration stared at the ragtag "elderly, young, sick, and disabled" team before asking again, out of a sense of responsibility: "Are you saying that all of you want to join the zombie-clearing squad?"

An old woman missing two teeth nodded.

The high school students, still childish, nodded.

Jiang Changle, her face pale, nodded and nudged the person beside her.

The deaf man slowly nodded.

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In short:

The main cast includes an armed old woman, high school students with all kinds of tricks up their sleeves, a zombie heroine who looks weak, pitiful, and helpless, and a deaf male mom who's picked up a few martial arts skills.

It's roughly a story about high school students busy saving the world while the heroine is busy coming back to life.

Theme: Be yourself