With dead eyes, Xueyu decisively closed the tab for the novel she was reading.
She should have expected it. After a premise trends, only the couple pioneers of that premise along with very few new hidden gems would be decent.
Xueyu opened another tab and went to the reviews section of that novel she just closed. What welcomed her sight was the deceiving sea of five star reviews- especially those detailed reviews that fooled her into reading.
She felt her temple throb. So long, so comprehensive, and they had no conscience to give five stars? So blind? How did they ignore those torturous parts? Masochism?
Xueyu's gaze on the screen intensified as if she was gonna murder someone. There's an odd little creepy smile on her face as her grip on the mouse tightened.
She should have believed those long three stars reviews. She thought that the cons they listed were just exaggeration so she still went on and read. Then she realized, those were even an understatement.
It was very terrible. Horrendous. Torturous. Waste of time. Waste of money. Hateful. Xueyu wanted a refund. Lighthearted their sister. Lies. Traitor.
She clearly remembered the author's note in the first chapter.
[Hello everyone, I'm just starting out with writing fantasy! I hope you enjoy this little webnovel of mine~ ^_^ Please don't expect much. QAQ. The genres of my novel will only be a slice of life, comedy, and a little romance~ No action, no drama. I assure you a fun and lighthearted novel~~]
That note was also one of the reasons why she didn't believe those with lower ratings.
And because the novel wasted a lot of her time, Xueyu decided to waste her time again to write a long detailed review and perhaps prevent other people from wasting their time too. Ah, so noble and kind.
It took her 45 minutes to write the not-so-long-just-needs-a-lot-of-time-to-think-of the review. Before she published that review, of course she had to edit it. That way, they have nothing to point out.
"The first three star review that you'd see was all correct but it's still an understatement. Female MC's friend had always brainlessly helped her (I have no idea why. Just because she's the female lead?) and never did anything that would trouble anyone. But what did she get? Because the female lead accidentally implied to the enemy that the one who did the thing she did was done by the friend, she had to suffer so much.
That friend is even more of a female lead in terms of quality. Although the author barely put it, she stood up on her own, strengthened herself, became more powerful than the female lead, and satisfyingly had her revenge to the one that messed her up. It would have been better if she cut off all relations she had with the female lead when she came back, but no. She forgave the female lead after she gave a super expensive material she could afford herself…"
"Ah, I had three typos. It would've been a joke if I didn't notice it. Now where was I?" Her eyes skimmed down a bit and started reading from where she stopped.
"Super expensive material she could afford herself…
And even came to help the female lead some time later.
Then she got a tragic ending.
Through a damn anticlimactic accident.
No foreshadowing, came out of nowhere, not within the context.
I've read the author's other novels. They're all good for passing time despite her low quality writing style and writing skills (I'm talking about how she chooses scenes and how she describes them). Her main characters weren't the best but every character was 3D. Her premises were also interesting. That made her works extremely popular despite her lack of skill. But this novel was really disappointing. I don't even think I can finish reading this.
In conclusion, the female lead was boring and stupid and the friend would have outshone her if her situation was detailed but that friend died out of nowhere. Out of all the author's transmigration novels, of which all cliches are well written, this one has to be the worst done cliche, even the interesting premise couldn't save it. Bye."
Xueyu smugly looked at the screen then pressed enter. That smugness didn't last long. It disappeared right away when she realized it was 2 am.
Yeah, yeah, amateur but this ain't the time to sleep at 5 am and wake up at lunch.
She swore she was gonna wake up early.
Hehe. Lies people tell themselves everyday. She ain't different.
Alright, she's going to sleep.
Just when she climbed to her bed, the whole surroundings turned white. The bed disappeared and she ended up in a pure white ground. In all fours. Looking like an absolute embarrassment.
Also, if it's significant, she lost all her sleepiness and felt energized as if she had been having a good sleeping and eating routine for a whole year.
A table was in front of her and when she lifted her gaze, she saw an angel.
Xueyu sighed as she cried in her heart. Had her time come too quickly? Bowing, with all the seriousness she could muster, she started to talk.
Oddly enough, she's too calm. She was probably subconsciously thinking it was a dream thus her not really common reaction.
"If this is heaven, I know I have committed so many sins--but I swear with my soul that I have done nothing too excessive. I lose my temper a lot. Sometimes, I ignore those who need my help and would only do so if I'm in the mood. While I'm unable to specify all of them…" **** **** **** ****. She was trying to sound like a serious human but she can't even speak coherently. And she mainly pointed out her shortcomings. It did show her honesty.
Also this was on the spot!
"Ah, well…" She clenched her fists. Scientifically speaking, clenching her fist could help her remember but it won't work anymore because it seemed like she's a soul now. That aside, she's so nervous, she had probably sweated a river worth of sweats.
Now that she's dead, she has a feeling that she actually committed more sins than good deeds. Pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth, she's done it all. Who hasn't? But she felt like she committed too much of it.
Not to mention, there were times she used curses with words "god" and "holy". She also used "istg" and "omg" as if the g's won't mean god if it's in shortcut. She would even add the f word sometimes. Those were blasphemy. Doomed. Really doomed.
Xueyu looked at the fair lady with blonde hair and blue eyes in front of her who emitted some sort of holy aura. A very typical stereotype angel. She was just smiling at Xueyu as she listened to her rattles.
That aside, they were in a blank, seemingly endless, white space, so she was convinced that this is somewhat some kind of place related to heaven.
Xueyu couldn't hold back anymore and started crying. "If… Even if I couldn't go to heaven, can I at least stay in the purgatory or stay on earth and be a wandering ghost? I shouldn't be so evil to qualify in hell, right?" Deep inside, she thought she would be better as a ghost. She died too abruptly and still not prepared to free herself from worldly desires. As a ghost, she can still follow someone watching the series she liked.
How nice. She's probably dead and still in the mood to negotiate.
"Xueyu, look at me." The angel's soft voice made Xueyu lift her head and look at the angel. "You don't have to worry. I'm in front of you now to give you a chance." There was a soft smile on her face.
"I'll do what you ask me too." She's dead and doesn't have a choice now. An angel could feel what she's thinking, she shouldn't think that way.
"You see, your last words…"
Oh no. What now? Her last words were a long rant about novels in general. Transmigrated in a novel genre to be specific. It was not even spoken, it was typed. Ah well, it's spoken because she had to edit it before posting.
The angel, noticing that she seems on edge, sighed. "Eh, I'm done pretending. Alright, I'll just tell you." She massaged her temple.
"You're not going to hell and you're not going to be a ghost. You're not even dead. You won a huge scale raffle for souls and you fit the requirements because of your long rant plus you can also remember things when we transmigrate you..." Xueyu beamed brightly and was about to cheer after hearing that.
"In a novel you have read and as a character with a possibility of being significant in that world."
****. She read a whole lot of them! Which one? What role? Villainess? Rich background character? CEO's relative? A big sect's young miss? A royalty?
Or the novel she ranted about? She wanted to become neither the female lead or the tragic friend.
"That will be chosen by raffle." She sighed in relief. Her luck is average but not bad.
But will she even live long if she transmigrated in a novel? If you're significant, you're in danger.
"And hopefully, you stick to the principles of your rant. If not, then bye."
She complained about cliches that aren't well done. Complained about boring or too stupid transmigrator. But she was boring!
"We'll give you a choice in a certain aspect."
But whatever she chose, it's deadly. The only thing that differed was the level of current danger.
"You're lucky because you're given a heads up."
Of course, of course. Ever heard of ignorance is a bliss?
"Do you want to transmigrate as a baby, a toddler, a teen, or a grown up?"
"I choose to be a baby." She didn't even have to think about it.
If she chose anything later than that, then she'd feel guilty. After all, at that point, they already have some sort of personality and their family is already attached to them. Although there's also the original plot whatsoever. She doesn't understand how the hell transmigration works.
"I've done the raffle, you'll be sent to Magic World's Strongest Man is a Woman."
"..." Xueyu didn't even have the chance to think which novel she wanted to be in. But that book is actually nice though. She had reread it five times in total. But the novel has more than 1,000 chapters so there was no ****ing way that anyone could master that. Also it's on hiatus…
"Any questions?"
There's a lot of them. But there's one important thing. "If I'm not dead then why am I here?"
The angel smiled. "You were absolutely useless back there. You're given high intelligence and for what? Slacking." That's a lie. Xueyu wasn't the only person who's like that. The angel did not dare tell that it's someone's personal grudge.
Xueyu was pouting in her mind… although she's pretending to be naturally pokerfaced and unoffended. It's true but it wasn't entirely her fault.
"But not anymore." It's already destined. She was placed there to make things interesting.
"Bye." Everything went black.
She could have been given some time to think more... If the angel wasn't good looking, she would've scolded it.
"I'll show up again in the future. Wait for it!"
She'll accept it if that damn angel showed up in the form of a system or some cheat. Otherwise, scram!