It's been a while since I've read world hopping / quick transmigration novel and also it's been a while since I've touched something with a brain hole like this. I'd say for year '22 when it was published such characters and plots feel old-fashioned.
From the same author as previously reviewed "I recovered from illness when my ex went bankrupt", this is basically the reason I picked it up. I even felt refreshed reading something like this, even if I know it's partially bad :) You know when you knows it's trashy, but you still have fun with it.
Summary: System 555 hired a new host who is supposed to be a popular director Rong Huai, he allocated a script and explained that from now on he takes the role of a cannon fodder and must follow and help the child of destiny with everything, basically like follow and die for them. Rong Huai agreed with a good face, but in the end completely destroyed children of destiny.
From confusion to realization that Rong Huai is not a simple director system 555 simply laid back and lit candles for those children of destiny and after witnessing the plots and Rong Huai's actions actually was on his side.
Rong Huai didn't take those children of destiny seriously, but was more concerned about finding a person, whose name is A Yan.
Why I say this is old-fashioned is because it has a lot of brain holes. On top of it is the ML Chao Yan who reincarnates in every world without a memory is like a dog in heat :) His love at first sight is actually explained later, so I wasn't mad much and their relationship is also explained. But for arc plots, they're a bit basic of course and in most cases those cannon fodders actually feel like pitiful people who do not deserve such fate. Children of destiny = scumbags in short. Arcs are short, move fast and everything has a quick pace. Because of such fast pace it feels like many things happen in the same day (which is obviously not possible tbh), creating cheap food effect. Also has many one-dimensional characters when it comes to plots, because they feel like they were set on some sort of track they should follow and don't use brain. Also some act kind of stupid (I was especially surprised by the action of e-sports player who added allergen in Rong Huai drink and caused him to go into shock eventually, but it was during championship and such things were known to public, Rong Huai's allergy, as a result there would have been an investigation and the person would have been found anyway, I can understand that he did it in a state of temporary confusion, but I don't know what he thought about, this way he either enters the game under intentional harm or just loses the game). Some act impulsively like this without consequences.. Maybe I got used to people considering consequences so I was surprised, it's not like people don't act stupid in real life.
But I can't say that this novel is without some sound ideas and I especially liked the revelation of Rong Huai's past, since it was brought up several times throughout the novel and it felt like it was important and indeed it was.
Also the relationship between the two. It kind of had a weird beginning. At first Rong Huai did not believe when he met a person exactly like Chao Yan, but with a different personality traits that it was his A Yan. He did not take it seriously, but what was real is that it was indeed Chao Yan's reincarnation. Later he guessed it too. Rong Huai wanted to look for A Yan, because he remembered that Chao Yan was the one who he thought betrayed him and locked him before he regained consciousness years later in modern society. He wanted to ask for a reason of his betrayal, but he did not know that eventually they will develop a romantic relationship in those worlds and become a passionate couple.
Now about the story itself, mainly big spoilers :)
/!~SPOILERS~!/
To explain we should start from the ending where everything is explained to make sense out of this story, so it won't sound completely useless :)
Rong Huai's world is a main world. Thousands of small worlds are derrived from the main world and exist in parallel time and space. Above it exists the main Lord God who sucks the luck out of small worlds to continue to exist and manipulate them. Due time many of the worlds died in despair, from this despair an evil god was born - Chao Yan. He wounded the main Lord God and traveled to the main world. Except main Lord God there are other small gods occupying smaller worlds and one of them tried to plot against the main world and its' son of luck and that is Rong Huai. Rong Huai should have been treated better and had a wonderful fate, but his fate was manipulated by one of these smaller gods. He created a legend that Rong Huai is a broom star and the incompetent emperor believed it. SInce then Rong Huai lived with his mother in dire straits. Because his mother was mentally disturbed she whipped him and taught him humility. But this would not help him in life, those who wanted to humiliate him would always find an excuse for their actions. All this happened before a war broke out, barbarians were almost at their doorsteps and emperor escaped to the borders where a famous general lived. But Rong Huai stayed and had to dance to stay alive, eventually when the general brought his army back he was recued, but emperor thought his way of survival was a shame. He thought he later found a master, but had no idea that he was plotted against again. Eventually when he rescued another prince, he was accused of being the one who pushed the prince down. To atone he was asked to be sacrificed to heaven. After all the one who pretended to be his master was the one who plotted against him the most. On the day of the sacrifice Rong Huai realized his essence that he is the son of luck and basically integrated with the world, thus a massacre happened on this day and he killed everyone except his vicious brother Rong Kang who acted against him the most and the Emperor himself. Rong Huai took the trone by force and the palace was filled with living dead people, because they would not lie and plot. He was completely insecure before the general who rescued him back then arrived to help against invading forces. They became close, but Rong Huai still lived with insecurity. He poisoned the general Nie, but regretted it instantly, he tried to preserve the general's body and find a way to revive him. Looking for Taoist he met Chao Yan. His body was special, because he could manipulate fire, but it also felt like he was always burned by fire (also mentioned in every world). Chao Yan joined Rong Huai and battled against invaders and other to completely unite all lands and make it one. Rong Huai thought they were best together as friends. Once Chao Yan's condition worsened and he was on fire, Rong Huai used his blood to heal Chao Yan, but also placed a curse on it, when Chao Yan feels worse he will feel it. He wanted to find a way to help Chao Yan, though the other did not ask for it. This is the period when Rong Huai is completely different from his later developed character, he is insecure, can't trust others, anyway he has issues. This was a time when a void god appeared in front of him and made an offer, to find a way he can come to the main Lord God and he will help him. He did find the main God and actually killed him, integrated with the main godhood and returned, here void god offered two godhoods, for general Nie and Chao Yan. Rong Huai made up his mind and agreed and the godhood of main God was stripped off from him, so the "new" main Lord God was born. Although Rong Huai did it with good intentions but he was too fast to act for short-term gains and did not take into consideration why Chao Yan refused and enlightened him. As a result he had no idea that Chao Yan wounded main god for a reason, he wanted to cut off this vicious cycle of worlds suffering to be plundered and deprived of their luck and be destroyed, but Rong Huai helped another god to become the main one and continue to act the same. Thus he put Rong Huai away for keeping him safe and he himself went on rampage agains smaller gods and the new main God. To kill the God completely he you could say almost self-destructed and being picked up from small world by Rong Huai allowed him to recuperate and eventually remember thepast lives and who he is. At this point only the main system was left. If it wasn't for Rong Huai finding it, it might have continued to operate, but who knows for how long. But while reading the arcs you had the feeling like these people did not deserve to be called children of destiny, since they were mostly scumbags.
So Rong Huai is the son of luck from the main world, because he integrated with godhood he lived for hundreds of years without getting old. When he woke up it was a modern society, he tried many professions, accumulated wealth and now he was a director. So eventually he changed as a person.
Although it's a bit jittery and might not be anything new, but it's still not a bad explanation behind the story and the characters.
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Arcs.
Arc I. Soft rice phoenix man. Tells a story about scumbag agent who supported his White Moonlight stepping on his bf Rong Huai, using him as a stepping stone, using his resources and connections etc. But Rong Huai is not a soft persommon. Here comes the first view of Rong Huai being omnipotent and it's on the verge of he's the only one like this and has so much in his head. This is why I say it has a taste. He met A Yan here, healed him, because he new medicine too (makes sense actually, because later it is explained that Rong Huai tried many professions and doctor was one of them), but the funny thing is.. no one without a license would be allowed to operate, otherwise it'd be considered illegal actually and Rong Huai in this world is just an actor who did not go to university.
Arc II. 100% matching. The first world where both Rong Huai and A Yan had a so-called relationship, but Rong Huai wrote it off as affect from pheromones since it's an ABO world. This world has a reborn character who thought Rong Huai was after her, though original Rong Huai was infatuated, but a kind man to support the girl after hearing her tragic story, found a hospital for her mother, paid for everything including her hobbies. Now this girl was against him, wanted him to admit he stole the papers, which would ruin his reputation, just because he comes from a rich family. Original Rong Huai was A, but had second differentiation into O, which played in the story. Of course he stopped sponsoring the girl who now only had her learning system. Rong Huai often acted by the principle of giving a little something and then making people fall into mud. This is why I say that partially these stories have logic. Like he gave her a place in the Olympiad, even if she was proven to steal the papers for herself, but when she got a mansion thanks to her system and couldn't wait but show off, he contacted the Olympiad Committee and informed them of her stealing papers. She lost her placing,a nd the backlash was that people found her certificate of purchase was faked. Big downfall.
Arc III. Reborn girl who uses krypton gold to gain beauty. Again ungrateful person. Slave girl who actually was treated very well, used money from Rong family to feed her stream that gave her beauty. Eventually she would have become the most beautiful and marry well, but Rong Huai found a loophole, no matter how many things you feed the stream of youth it must continue, which could eventually thin any treasury. Original Rong Huai took care of the girl, but not our RH. This time A Yan landed as a future famous general. Although they started from the worst beginning, but because A Yan always fell for RH he kind of submitted. They lived like this some time before A Yan allowed him to prove himself on the frontier. As for the girl she was demoted again and again before she figured her origins. As it seemed she had a father who left them and married into a wealthier family, his son became a number one scholar, so she found her family when was thrown out. Some time she lived in limelight, though her beauty was known to others, but I think she should have still had a slave contract in Rong family. So everyone talked to a maid girl actually and regarded her a big beauty, she also fed the stream family business deals. Unwise from a vain girl. After some time the deals of this family were uncovered and they faced being sent away to borders, as a big beauty she was promised to barbarians and thought she could continue to live well, but her stream of youh needs continuous sacrifice of wealth, so she aged even more and was wasted in barbarian land.
Arc IV. E-sports arc. Mentioned above. Original Rong Huai lived with a boy who was also an orphan, he lived with them before RH's mother passed away, he did not take exam himself but sent the person to study, so all expenses came from this boy, who eventually was ungrateful. RH stopped all expences, did not apologize for his opinion against other player (child of destiny) and moved to a new club. He was called little princess which was cute. They went through tournaments and won. The boy he lived with had no money to survive and also his story was uncovered. The child of destiny made such a move against RH during championship and was found out, his reputation destroyed of course.
Arc V. Favorite young master from the rich family. Story of traveler who became a true young master. This is where author tried my most disliked trop of past relatives now lovers. A Yan landed as the father of the Lu family and RH became fake young master. Becase RH used his charm and other tactics against Lu dad, he eventually was airborn into the company and led the company to develop holographic games instead of VR which was considered a break-through in game industry. So he allowed the Shen family to buy a company and develop VR, accumulating debts they thought they'd pay. But when it came to holographic games VR was of course left behind and it was a huge hit to the business. Although in real life I think it would not be as devastating as decribed, like they faced instant bankruptcy, after all not every console was eliminated, they were just upgraded, like game consoles, computers, mobile games and portable consoles, they could have continued to sell. But it was presented as if everyone panicked, sold shares, severed relationships and the true young master was devastated. Actually because of his love for RH dad Lu did not care that his child was a fake, on the contrary he was happy and you know what happened later. These two really never care about anything. The only good thing as an excuse was that dad Lu never cared fro original RH, like they never lived together and dad Lu did not care about this child at all. But still...
Arc VI. Being hated by thousand people tells a story of a direct disciple in a world of decaying cultivation world. RH was born with spiritual body, but was not as popular as the boy with mixed roots arriving at the same time, who could sweet-mouth anyone, including their master. In origina line RH would agree to lend his roots, but was not treated well as promised. And this boy became a heartthrob. A Yan landed as the Demon King who will kill the world. But actually the indeed broke the boundaries between two rolds, yet they also united it, depriving all those famous sects of their cultivation. RH actually has incredible mental power which he concealed all the way. The heartthrob boy became a sacrifice on the roots of spiritual veins, after all he used the vein for his body to survive and if everyone acted according to his plan he would be the one gaining most. But many braindead characters again :)
Arc VII. Story about a tyrant Emperor. RH is now a tyrant Emperor, but it's mostly a hearsay, which was spread by the one person original RH trusted. They plotted against RH and the most famous general to usurp the power. RH instead became the one they so wanted him to portray, a true tyrant, which completely disrupted the plan, because RH did not act according to their plan. Eventually their deeds were uncovered and even if one of them was A Yan's adopted son, he did not spare him. A Yan landed as the general who hated the Emperor, but was eventually charmed. So even if everyone eventually knew their relationship they did not dare comment on it. Since every world RH leads any of his business to prosperity the same is true for countries under his rule, so the two led the country to prosperity. Also had the general Nie who comes from the main world and is connected to RH's past, they met here and later promised to meet in the main world.
Arc VIII. Again ABO world. Original RH was saved by an A, but also was treated as stand-in and also not like a human being. He was PUA'd a lot and was wasted for the White Moonlight in this A's heart. But RH went on a date and met A Yan who was now a general, they soon came together. The White Moonlight was discovered to present paintings made by RH as his own, which was also in the origina script, but because RH shared the video of him in cage online (harsh treatment of O is punishable by law), the law inforcement people came and took videos confirming them being in a normal relationship and to cover-up he said they had "hobbies". This A had his reputation stained. His White Moonlight was disgrased after the scandal with painting and disappeared. After RH moved out and was marked by A Yan they lived together. RH showed talent in healing mania instead of continuing painting. His ex-A suffered from wounds when the Emperor star was invaded by star beasts. Actually it was inner core of A Yan, so they concealed this fact. When they traveled for honeymoon they met with star pirates among them was White Moonlihgt, son of star pirates, but because A Yan's core was a King Star Beast he called those close to their ship and they basically crushed the pirates to pulp. This point where Star Beasts are actual celestial bodies, like others thought they are meteorites, but they are Star Beasts.
Arc IX. Actually last world before transition. Original RH was used as a spare and plotted by a woman who made him drunk and told she is pregnant, original RH took it upon himself to be responsible, but it allowed two other vampires from her family to come and suck his blood. His future would be bleak, after all he'd pay too much after working so much, but she would leave to be with her ex who made her pregnant. And RH's business would be ruined because of this ungrateful woman. RH stopped paying, made this woman Lin Shu take loans, since she spends all her money without thinking, did nto pay for damage when her brother hit a car, stopped paying for mother-in-law's excessive spending, he only paid for little expenses. A Yan became a leader of Yi family, uncle to the Yi boy who is child of destiny, the one who ruined original RH's business. Yi head hooked up with RH because the one could treat his mania. He was also surprised by RH's actions whose "wife" is about to give birth, but after paternity test everything became clear. He left her and her family riddled with debts.
He also showed his talent in business and was taken by Yi Chi to the company and became airborn vice president, the Yi boy refused and resigned so he was deprived of all privelage. Although he took Lin Shu in, but they had nowhere to go except his wife's property. His property and money were taken away. Also RH helped the original wife to receive the photo of the three and see who her husband truly is.
In many arcs RH showed his edge, although he always smiles and had a kind impression on others when people meet him in business they realize how sharp this person is. So this time is not an exception.
Transition world. Don't know why it was included, it had the mystery style. RH had to figure out the truth behind the mansion, which they did, but it collected together many hosts that could be called truly unscrupulous (maybe they were eventually the ones who became small gods), which maybe to show the influence of scripts by main system that allowed many worlds to be destroyed and plundered. Although RH also acts badly against children of destiny, but he never killed anyone for pleasure and he became the child of destiny himself and replaced other and allowed the world to continue.
Then he came to the main system, we have a flashback on his past, truth of his origins and then he found the reason behind Chao Yan's actions. But what was left is true feelings between the two when they returned to the main world and settled down. RH also changed the main system with 555 and asked him to release tasks to do good deeds.
RATE: 2,5/5. Because of some themes and the old-fashioned feel I can't bring myself to give it more, although I kinda enjoyed it since it's been a while. I can enjoy trashy stuff, but it doesn't change the fact that I consider them quite trashy :D
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