another great book author. more grease to your elbow. ......
Another beautiful piece, going to the next book now. Kudos to the author
it's a cute read
Such a wonderful story .... well done author
Update more please!
It is a very interesting story.
I need to talk about Tang Ye because this character is fascinating in the most pragmatic way possible. She finds a nearly dead man in the wasteland, drags him back to her shelter, and her first instinct isn't compassion—it's calculation. 'One night costs one Level 1 mutated crystal. If you join the shelter, one bed including water and electricity costs one Level 2 crystal per month.' She literally itemizes her kindness. And yet... she also saves him. She could have let him die. She says so herself: 'Consider yourself lucky. One second later, your head would have been pierced by my blade.' She analyzes his condition, confirms no bite marks, gives him a fever-reducing pill, and locks him in a room to monitor him. This isn't coldness—this is survival instinct honed to an art form. What makes her compelling is that her transactional nature isn't presented as a flaw. The narrative treats it as competence. And Jiang Yufeng's reaction to it is what really sells it. He's seen 'plenty of ugliness in human nature since the apocalypse,' but encountering someone so straightforward, so almost naive in her directness, leaves him speechless. He asks himself: 'In this world, could someone really be this selfless?' The fact that he can't even tell if she's selfless or just brutally honest says everything about how broken this world has made people's expectations of each other. Their dynamic is going to be electric. She's the anchor—practical, grounded, running a shelter like a CEO. He's the variable—mysterious, powerful, possibly modified. I can already see how their relationship will evolve, and I'm here for it.
I loved this book. I don’t leave reviews until the book finishes and this was intriguing from beginning to end. Trust me and read it.
Not complete. Don’t waste your time. And no second book so you’ll be left on a cliffhanger. How disappointing.
Is author is joking with us on update
Villains that just keep coming back with the tenacity of an undying cockroach, yes.
A cold, possessive but also sweet and warm to the Female Main Character (FMC), yes.
A cheeky sidekick trying to win over a cold female bodyguard. Yes.
The FMC is clever enough with business matters that you don’t have to worry about the 19-year-old having as much responsibility as she does. A rare thing is that this FMC actually asks for help. So many times the FMC needs to achieve everything on her own that it can get frustrating and annoying. Getting help doesn’t make you weak, and asking for help doesn’t mean you can’t do something. Weilan gets help. She also has some pretty good luck. She is a bit innocent, considering that this is her second life and everything she has experienced. That part doesn’t make much sense, but fine. Just let her be doe-eyed.
The main couple doesn’t have many misunderstandings caused by miscommunication, which is nice. However, the Male Lead (ML) can have a bit of a jealous, sulky streak.
Is this something that I would put on my top 10 list? No.
Is it something I will keep reading? Yes.
Is it something I would recommend to others? If this is a troupe you enjoy, then sure.
The first half of the description is fine, the second paragraph isn’t really relevant. She doesn’t become arrogant, and she doesn’t really have to do much to get the ML to like her.
This is an exceptional tale that, personally speaking, doesn't align with my usual preferences. It takes place in a grim, dystopian future setting. The protagonist, Gyeoul, is a young boy whose family commodifies him by transferring his consciousness into a younger body, facilitated by a doctor's intervention. Gyeoul's mind remains separate, immersing itself in virtual reality games, particularly a survival game set during a zombie apocalypse. The book ingeniously exposes the darker aspects of humanity, focusing on greed, prejudice, irrationality, and the devastating effects of human behavior during crises.
What stands out is the book's emotional realism and the subtle shifts in tone, often bordering on melancholy, which showcases exceptional writing, translation, and editing. The narrative feels like a thought-provoking experiment, challenging societal norms.
I wholeheartedly recommend this series, featuring a compelling main character, realistic scenarios, and profound questions about society. To truly appreciate the depth of its action, I suggest reading the entire novel without breaks. Chapter 40 alone is a thrilling highlight.