A mysterious realm descends, and I defy fate in comics.

Chapter 351: Real or Fake?

The system was starting to think she'd gone mad.

"Do you want to use yourself to fight against the influence of the entire antimemetic?" the system screamed in her mind.

Jiang Xing smiled innocently: "Is that not allowed?"

"If the antimetaphor makes them forget the concepts related to these things in their minds, then I can also plant a meme virus in their minds." Jiang Xingni smiled as he analyzed the current situation for the system.

"I can use Pei Zhaoye's abilities to plant a meme virus in everyone in the world who watched the live broadcast. They will have to remember everything about superhumans and monsters, and no one can erase it."

"What you need is popularity. You think that since I created such a big scene and then died right afterward, I can make way for the real protagonist that the screenwriter is so eager to see. The screenwriter shouldn't be stingy in giving me more screen time, right? You've got the number one popularity rating you wanted."

"The Fate Reversal System... Although I don't know how this world would end if it followed the original ending of the manga, I've come this far, I've done all this, haven't I already changed this world enough?"

"And then there's Xie Yungui. Xie Yungui probably doesn't know about these things. All of this is too new to his timeline. If I demand that this is the future I want, and I hope he continues down this path, there's a certain probability that I can stop him from going back in time. If he wants me to live, he might continue down this path and perhaps find a way to revive me."

"So..." Jiang Xing smiled slyly. "You still won't tell me what the reward is for being number one in popularity?"

Although Jiang Xingni had some guesses about the reward, she still needed to hear the system's answer before she could truly feel at ease.

The system hesitated for a moment before finally deciding to answer the question—Jiang Xingni had arranged everything perfectly, even though she had no idea what the reward was or whether she could survive. How could anyone do such a thing?

She had no idea what she would face afterward; she simply arranged everyone's future with the most basic kindness. She felt very sorry for those whose future could not be arranged because of her death—such as Lu Ming's hostility and Lu Xianqing's self-destructive tendencies.

There was nothing she could do about it.

In this situation, if the system still refuses to tell her the final reward, and she goes to great lengths to escape death only to end up with a similar fate to the beginning, except that the road she travels along the way is longer and more complicated—that would be too cruel for Jiang Xingni.

"The reward is dimensional ascension," the system said in her mind. "You will ascend to the dimension of the screenwriter. At that time, whether you want to live an ordinary life in that world without any predetermined fate, or decide to change the ending of this comic and be resurrected, these choices are entirely yours to decide. No one will take away your right to choose."

Jiang Xingni: ...

Jiang Xingni suddenly felt an urge to laugh.

She did anticipate that the final reward might be something like being resurrected. In shonen manga, while it's not common for popular characters to die and then return, it's not exactly an uncommon phenomenon either.

However, she did not expect that the screenwriter, who went to great lengths to kill her in the comic, would eventually be able to find the screenwriter offline and have a one-on-one duel with him.

"...I see." Jiang Xing's eyes crinkled into a smile. "I know what I should do now."

Jiang Xingni knew what she wanted to do, but the system didn't know what she had come up with.

[Have you decided what you'll do in the real world if you get the most popularity score?] The system warned. [Although we're talking about the real world, murder is illegal there. If you kill someone, you'll definitely go to jail.]

So don't even think about killing the screenwriter in the real world! If you actually kill the screenwriter, you definitely won't be able to come back!

The system sadly discovered that, at some point, the image of Jiang Xingni in its mind had changed to what it is now.

Jiang Xingni doesn't care much about her own life, otherwise she would have retaliated against Su Yanzhi. But she cares about the lives of innocent people besides herself. The screenwriter can't kill Shan Qing and so many innocent people just because of plot development and the threat that makes her comply.

Jiang Xingni's growing hatred for the screenwriter stemmed from her growing aversion to her predetermined fate, rather than from the screenwriter's desire to kill her.

Hearing the system's words, Jiang Xingni sighed with regret: "So I can't kill it?"

"Are there any places like the downtown area in the real world? Even though there are laws, there aren't any places that are really safe?" she asked the system, drawing on her own experience.

system:【……】

System: [Really, there isn't any.]

So Jiang Xingni stopped worrying about the issue.

As for what it's like in the real world, she'll be able to see for herself when she reaches the top of the popularity charts.

If she fails to accumulate enough popularity in the end, then what the real world is like will have nothing to do with her—she will be long gone by then, and she won't care about the chaos that follows.

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Pei Zhaoye hesitated for a moment. Neither he nor He Jingtong knew how to persuade Jiang Xingni after hearing such a reason.

—How to describe their relationship with their families? It's only slightly better than Xiao Jiming's relationship with his family. After all, Xiao Jiming has no family at all, while at least the two of them have someone still alive in their families.

Faced with Jiang Xingni's relationship, they were all at a loss for words, with only one question remaining in their minds—was it worth it?

"Do your parents love you that much?" Pei Zhaoye couldn't help but ask.

So much so that, many years after their deaths, you would still be willing to sacrifice your own life to vindicate them.

Jiang Xingni corrected, "What you should be asking is, do I really love them that much?"

Pei Zhaoye snorted, waiting for Jiang Xingni's explanation: "I won't do it unless you convince me."

Instead, we should ask, who could possibly do such a thing?

Pei Zhaoye couldn't bear to watch his teammates and the girl he liked walk down a dead end.

He had already made up his mind that no matter what reasons Jiang Xingni gave, he would not agree.