I didn't think I'd have to write something like this.
But here we are.
The Lazy Genius With 999x System — the story I've been pouring my time, my sanity, and honestly, pieces of my life into — has been leaked onto a piracy site. Same title. Same author name. My chapters, word for word, just… sitting there for free, ripped from Webnovel.
Do you know how that feels? It's like watching someone break into your house, take the things you spent years collecting, and then hand them out to strangers on the street — and you're standing there, invisible, unable to stop it.
This isn't just "some chapters" to me. Every scene, every dumb joke, every emotional moment, is something I worked on until my eyes ached. It's the late nights, the early mornings, the skipped breaks. It's the moments I could've been with friends or family, but instead I was writing so you would have something new to read.
Piracy isn't "helping authors get discovered." It's stealing. And it hurts — not just financially, but emotionally. Because when people read the stolen version, it tells me they don't think my work is worth even the smallest bit of support.
If you found my story on one of those sites, I'm asking — please — come read it on Webnovel. Even the free unlocks, comments, power stones, or just showing up here, it all means something. It keeps me going.
Right now… I honestly feel crushed. But I still want to believe there are more genuine readers than pirates.
– zeroShunya
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I wanted to write it on angry tone like this, but it doesn't matter now.
Alright. I've been trying to keep calm. I've been trying to keep this professional. But no — I'm furious.
My book, The Lazy Genius With 999x System, was stolen. Word for word. Ripped straight from Webnovel and dumped on a piracy site. Same title. Same author name. No credit, no permission — just stolen.
To whoever did it: congratulations. You've taken hours, weeks, months of my life and treated it like trash. Do you think this is harmless? Do you think I'm some faceless machine pumping out words for fun? Every chapter you stole was written in the small hours of the night, fueled by coffee, frustration, and sheer stubbornness to keep going.
And to the readers who think, "Oh, it's free, what's the harm?" — here's the harm: piracy kills stories. It kills motivation. It tells authors, "Your work isn't worth paying for, or even supporting in the smallest way." That "free" chapter? It's not free. Someone worked for it. Someone skipped meals, sleep, and free time to create it.
If you like the story, support it on Webnovel. Comment, vote, unlock — even free unlocks help. If you keep reading it on pirate sites, don't be surprised when authors disappear. Because when you make it impossible for them to survive, they will.
I'm not quitting. Not yet. But damn, you're making it harder.
– zeroShunya