The Raising a Cub APP Forced Me to Become a god of Studying

Tao Shushu is a student who transmigrated from the end of the world to a peaceful era known as Blue Star. In her previous life, she survived an apocalypse caused by an AI rebellion and mutated creatures. In this new life, she dreams that she is a cannon fodder character in a novel, destined to have her academic achievements stolen by a female protagonist named Su Momo. The dream foretells that Su Momo will use a system to suppress Tao Shushu’s intelligence, leading to the destruction of Tao Shushu’s family and their tragic demise. Upon waking during an exam, Tao Shushu realizes the dream is a premonition of reality. She discovers that her teacher, Zhang Hai, is biased against her and favors Su Momo, a transfer student who recently arrived at her school.

During the exam, Tao Shushu experiences sudden drowsiness and blurred vision when facing difficult questions, confirming that Su Momo’s system is actively suppressing her cognitive abilities. While standing outside the exam room as punishment, Tao Shushu accidentally activates a mysterious mobile game called "The Ability of the End Times." The game allows her to interact with Nan Yuan, a seventeen-year-old survivor stranded on a barren planet in the year 2085. Nan Yuan is the last human on his planet, fighting against mutated plants and animals while awaiting rescue. Tao Shushu realizes the game is connected to her real-world fate, as the system informs her that playing the game and studying can generate energy to counter Su Momo’s suppression.

Tao Shushu begins using the game to protect Nan Yuan, providing him with healing potions, sun protection gear, and tactical assistance. In return, completing tasks in the game rewards her with items that grant immunity to Su Momo’s intelligence-suppressing aura. She strategically uses these rewards during subsequent exams, ensuring she outperforms Su Momo. When Su Momo attempts to steal Tao Shushu’s academic reputation, Tao Shushu exposes the cheating by retrieving surveillance footage that was previously "damaged" in her dream. She also prevents her parents from signing a fraudulent contract that would have bankrupted their family, altering the tragic fate predicted in her dream.

As Tao Shushu continues to play, her bond with Nan Yuan deepens. She assists him in repairing a military vehicle and defending his cave against a wolf pack. Nan Yuan, unaware of Tao Shushu’s true identity, perceives her as a mysterious, powerful entity who aids him. He begins to trust her, leaving gifts and preparing a comfortable bed for her in his cave. Tao Shushu, in turn, treats Nan Yuan with maternal affection, guiding him through the harsh apocalyptic environment. The story establishes a dual narrative where Tao Shushu fights for her academic and familial future on Blue Star while simultaneously helping Nan Yuan survive and rebuild civilization on the barren planet.

The central conflict revolves around Tao Shushu’s determination to break free from her role as cannon fodder. She learns that her studies in the real world generate energy for the game, while her actions in the game provide her with protection in reality. Su Momo, frustrated by her failures, escalates her efforts to undermine Tao Shushu, but Tao Shushu remains prepared. The narrative sets the stage for a prolonged struggle between the two girls, with Tao Shushu leveraging her apocalyptic experience and the game’s resources to secure her family’s safety and her own academic success. Meanwhile, Nan Yuan’s survival and eventual escape from the barren planet remain intertwined with Tao Shushu’s interventions, creating a complex web of cause and effect across two different worlds.