Female-Lead Systems: Hard to Put Into Words
Qiuqiu also explained to Qin Chuan that male leads in female-oriented novels were invincible powerhouses who were ridiculously handsome, held incomparably noble positions, and were devoted only to the female lead, and so on.
The more Qin Chuan heard, the more unhappy he became. This was fucking bullshit. Male leads in female-oriented novels had it so fucking good.
Then another question occurred to him. He interrupted Qiuqiu's explanation and asked in a low voice, "If the male lead is invincible and protected by the Heavenly Dao, doesn't that mean I can only hide?"
"Hiding isn't your only option. Quite a few people from Blue Star have killed the male and female leads, and a very small number have even killed the Heavenly Dao itself, seized the origin of a lower-level novel world, and become formidable beings."
Without waiting for Qin Chuan to ask, Qiuqiu continued, "As long as you disrupt the plot and stop it from following the script, the Heavenly Dao's providence on the male and female leads will diminish. Then you can kill them, and you might even be able to kill the Heavenly Dao."
"But that's all up to you. Once I've given you your golden finger, I'll be leaving. Hurry up and choose one."
"Do I really not have to give up anything to receive this golden finger from you?" Qin Chuan asked again.
"This really is my first time meeting someone from Blue Star who's as cautious as you. You don't need to give up anything."
"But if you become a powerhouse, I hope you'll lend a hand if Blue Star ever faces danger." Qiuqiu patiently answered Qin Chuan's question.
No one could blame Qin Chuan for being so cautious. His parents had both died when he was on Blue Star, and he had grown up in an orphanage, seeing all walks of life from a young age.
And he had transmigrated into a book, into a cultivation world full of scheming and treachery. He had to be careful and cautious, or he would lose his life.
"If Blue Star ever faces danger, I definitely won't stand by and do nothing." Qin Chuan meant every word.
"Mm-hmm, then thank you in advance. Hurry up and choose your golden finger. Do you want to know the plot in advance, or do you want a system-type golden finger?" Qiuqiu asked, walking over to Qin Chuan.
"Can I see what system-type golden fingers there are first? Or you could tell me about them." Qin Chuan was undecided and chose to see what systems were available first.
If there was an invincible, heaven-defying system-type golden finger, he would choose a system. Otherwise, he would choose foreknowledge of the plot. After all, only by knowing yourself and your enemy could you win a hundred battles out of a hundred.
"All right, I'll introduce you to the most popular system-type golden fingers right now." Qiuqiu walked over to the screen and began explaining them to Qin Chuan.
"The Childbearing System, the Heartthrob System, the Gossip System, the Character-Altering System, and mind reading. Those are the five most popular types of system golden finger. Which one do you want?"
Qin Chuan froze for a moment. He had imagined systems that gave him incomparably powerful treasures or physiques for completing missions, or directly helped him raise his cultivation. What the hell were these systems?
The Childbearing System-surely it wasn't what he thought it was? He asked aloud, "Does the Childbearing System mean having children?"
"Yeah. Once you have a child for a powerhouse who can't have offspring, you can just lie back and win..." Halfway through, Qiuqiu remembered that Qin Chuan was a man and fell silent in embarrassment.
Qin Chuan closed his eyes and calmed himself before opening them and asking again, "Then does the Heartthrob System make every woman fall in love with me?"
"No. Since this is a female-oriented novel, it makes every man fall in love with you..." Qiuqiu's voice grew quieter and quieter.
"Can the Character-Altering System change the plot?" Qin Chuan skipped right over the useless Gossip System.
"Yes, but you can't make the main characters act out of character or change the novel's original setting," Qiuqiu added.
"So that means I can't change the female lead's spiritual root into a shit spiritual root, or change the male lead from the strongest under heaven to the weakest, right?" Qin Chuan asked with a frown.
"That's right." Qiuqiu nodded.
Qin Chuan's expression grew increasingly difficult to describe. The Character-Altering System, which he had thought might be somewhat useful, was also all show and no substance. As for the last one, mind reading, he knew without asking that it wouldn't be of much use.
Besides, what use would it be to hear the male and female leads' inner conversations? Was he supposed to understand their brain-dead thoughts? That would be a complete waste of time.
"Show me all the system-type golden fingers. I'll see whether I want to choose a system." Qin Chuan still held a sliver of hope for the systems and was making one last struggle.
But he soon gave up entirely. The systems Qiuqiu displayed were all trash: the Green Tea White Lotus System, the Beauty System, the Culinary Arts System... Each was harder to put into words than the last.
Qin Chuan really couldn't describe how he felt at that moment. He could only fall silent for a while, working hard to calm himself. Seeing this, Qiuqiu hurriedly explained, "This is a female-oriented novel, so these are the kinds of systems there are."
"Besides, in female-oriented novels, it's women from Blue Star who come over to be vicious female supporting character cannon fodder. Your transmigration was purely an accident."
"Mm, I understand. I'll choose the golden finger that lets me know the plot in advance. Qiuqiu, thanks for your efforts, and thank you for bringing me a golden finger." Qin Chuan thanked Qiuqiu sincerely.
He had calmed down by now. Having a golden finger and knowing his situation was already good enough; he shouldn't let this upset his state of mind.
Besides, whether he had a golden finger or not, he was the protagonist of his own life, not cannon fodder in someone else's script. No one could control his fate.
If anyone tried, he would kill them with his own hands!
"All right, wait a little while. The detailed plot will be sent to you in about a day. Whenever you want to see it, you just need to say 'script' silently in your mind, and the detailed plot will appear in front of you."
"Friend from Blue Star, I'm leaving. Good luck. I hope you can kill the Heavenly Dao, devour the origin of this world, and become a supreme powerhouse."
"I have high hopes for you."
After Qiuqiu said this, the screen in front of Qin Chuan vanished, and everything around him went pitch-black again. He couldn't see his own hand in front of his face.
Qin Chuan had just been about to ask Qiuqiu how he was supposed to get out when everything went black before his eyes, and his soul returned to his body.
As soon as he returned to his body, he noticed a familiar aura in the air and immediately blurted out in delight, "It's Master's aura. Master was here."
With Shen Qingyuan's cultivation, she shouldn't have left her aura behind, but her emotions had been in such turmoil and she had left so suddenly that a faint trace remained. As it happened, Qin Chuan, who was incredibly familiar with her, picked up on it.
Qin Chuan had fallen in love with Shen Qingyuan at first sight. Though he called her Master openly, he had always planned to become her Dao companion and had been working toward that goal.
As for their status as master and disciple, he had never cared about that.
He had long since made plans to flirt with his master, Shen Qingyuan. For now, he had two main tasks.
First, he had to cultivate diligently and catch up to Shen Qingyuan as soon as possible. Even if he couldn't catch up, the gap couldn't be too large.
Second, he had to change Shen Qingyuan's opinion of him and make her see him as a man, rather than a young child who had yet to grow up.
Qin Chuan was also quite helpless about it. With an adult's soul in a young child's body, he could only be taken in by Shen Qingyuan as a disciple. As a result, he now had to pursue his wife with great care, like boiling a frog in warm water. For the time being, he couldn't let Shen Qingyuan discover his filthy thoughts, lest she come to detest him.