The National Team Makes Its Boy Band Debut

[Check out the ongoing novel A Boy Band and the Saviors of the World! Its synopsis is at the bottom.]

--Synopsis of this novel ↓--

For his senior-year internship at the police academy, Qiao Huan is tasked with going undercover at an entertainment company and gathering evidence of its parent company's tax evasion, employee exploitation, and other misdeeds.

To the outside world, he's a layabout trainee who coasts through each day with no hope of ever debuting.

But then... his roommates are even stranger than he is.

Number One runs five kilometers with weights every day, keeping fit through wind and rain.

Number Two perks up like he's been injected with adrenaline whenever he hears the reveille, and folds his blanket into a block sharper than a cube of tofu.

Number Three spends every day coding, and every so often, Alipay chimes: "Five hundred thousand yuan received."

Not a single one of them wants to be famous. What kind of trainees are these?

It isn't until they're inexplicably put together in a group and make their debut that Qiao Huan discovers the truth:

Every. Single. Member. Is. Undercover!

As undercover agents, they really don't want to be famous.

On a crime-solving variety show, they draw on their extensive theoretical knowledge to point out flaws in the show from every angle and teach viewers everyday safety tips.

Viewers: "Wow, we're learning so much!"

On an outdoor variety show, they actively avoid the cameras and take on all the dirty, exhausting manual labor, while also advocating for the protection of wild plants and animals.

Viewers: "This group is so genuine and down-to-earth!"

On a music variety show, they politely decline to perform suggestive hit songs and improvise a song about love for their country.

Viewers: "Our boys are such positive role models!"

Scandals abound in the entertainment industry, but no one can find a single stain on this boy band's reputation. Every member is said to come from an impeccable background, and they'll never fall from grace.

The principals: "Thank you for your outstanding contributions to ideological and cultural education. Here are your certificates of deferred graduation. Keep up the good work!"

The members: "We really don't want to get any more famous." [weary smile.jpg]

* Primarily a wish-fulfillment entertainment-industry story, with the four protagonists repeatedly thrown together by coincidence. The investigations are a minor subplot: they aren't complicated and don't take up much of the story.

* Respect and tribute to all public servants. This novel is just a lighthearted play on the premise; please don't read too much into it.

* None of the characters are based on real people, and none of the departments depicted have any connection to their real-world counterparts.

* Primarily told from Qiao Huan's perspective, not an ensemble story.

* The overall tone is lighthearted comedy. The author's note in Chapter Four also contains some content advisories, so please read it. Wishing everyone a happy life!

--More from the author's page ↓--

A Boy Band and the Saviors of the World! - an absurdist entertainment-industry wish-fulfillment story.

Qiao Xia, the youngest member and visual of the little-known boy band SyU, suddenly finds his soul split in two. Every night, he transmigrates into a blob of slime and wriggles wildly through a Western fantasy apocalypse.

Meanwhile, the older members he's so close to-the ones who stay up talking with him every night-have been acting very strange lately too.

Armed with the heightened senses he gained as a slime in another world, he investigates carefully and makes an utterly ridiculous discovery:

All five of them have split souls!

The kindhearted leader has become a remarkably gifted... demonic cultivator in a world of immortal cultivation.

Goal: Ascend through the demonic path and save all living beings.

The socially anxious main vocalist has become a merfolk commander aboard a starship.

Goal: Repel the enemy and save all species.

The unhinged main dancer has become a healing-type Guide.

Goal: Soothe the Sentinels and save humanity.

The robotic rapper has become a young scholar in an ancient-style world.

Goal: Pass the imperial examinations and save the nation.

The five stare at one another: "..."

"Bro, so you've been saving the world every night too!"

Every one of their worlds is headed for destruction. Luckily, the five brothers can pool their resources and work things out together.

There's just one small complication: the once-unremarkable group has suddenly become famous, thanks to the experiences and skills from their other lives at night-

"I thought the leader was supposed to be the gentle type. How can he perform sword flourishes too?!"

"The main vocalist has unlocked another high note, again and again! Sounds amazing!!"

"Cultural workers should actually be cultured! The new rap lyrics are incredible!"

The five scratch their heads.

Their obscure group is getting more and more popular. How are they supposed to find the energy to save other worlds?

Oh.

This world is about to be destroyed too... Well, never mind, then.

#Five brothers try to turn every performance or variety show into a lesson on apocalypse survival skills#

#Their unusual approach only makes them more popular#

#One more outrageous boy band in the domestic entertainment industry#

Theme: Stay positive and live optimistically.