【Friendly reminder: this is a self-indulgent, good-for-a-laugh kind of story. It moves fast—don’t say I didn’t warn you.】

 

Liu Ming is a cannon fodder villain in a post-apocalyptic, no-CP, hot-blooded teenage anime-style story.

 

…Only he doesn’t know it.

 

As the heir to the Liu family, rulers of District 1, Liu Ming goes around every day with a scrambled brain, picking fights with the protagonist squad, embarrassing himself time after time, and brushing off his injuries like they’re nothing…

 

Liu Ming: Tch, hold on. Something’s off here.

 

The protagonist squad getting stronger is supposed to be a good thing for the Tower, right?

As the Liu family heir, those guys are not only powerful, they’re also hiding dangerous secrets.

So why the hell is he constantly poking the hornet’s nest? Out of jealousy?

 

He’s a Guide, jealous of a bunch of Sentinels?

What, is he sick or something?

 

Liu Ming was completely baffled—

Until a screenful of danmaku (bullet comments) suddenly popped up in front of his eyes and exposed the brutal truth.

 

After staying up all night reading the plot through the danmaku, Liu Ming finally figured it out:

Yeah, he was sick.

The illness was called: Plot.

 

All his weird and out-of-character actions?

They were just puppet strings pulled by the so-called “storyline.”

 

And just before he—the cannon fodder villain—is about to commit some unforgivable act and get torn to pieces by a swarm of Abnormals, Liu Ming decides:

 

He’s gotta do something for his own future.

 

He took another look at the options the danmaku mentioned—possible survival routes:

 

Option 1:

Get redeemed, become the lackey of the protagonist squad, and turn into the comic relief.

Young Master Liu, proud and aloof, shakes his head: Pass!

 

Option 2:

Stay bad to the end, and get sent flying with the final boss after a group beatdown by the protagonists.

Liu Ming: Bro, I’d still like to live and inherit my family’s wealth, okay? Cut me some slack?

 

Luckily, the danmaku didn’t just dump the truth and leave.

Not long after, his grandpa handed over a strange entity calling itself the Misunderstanding Value System.

 

> 【Congratulations, Host! You’ve successfully bonded with t231 Misunderstanding Value System!

As long as you collect Misunderstanding Value, you can cut off the storyline strings controlling your life, and change your miserable, pre-written ending!

Misunderstanding Value can come in all shapes and forms—please explore freely!】

 

Liu Ming raised an eyebrow. “Misunderstanding Value…?”

 

And so—

 

The cannon fodder villain had a bold idea.

 

As a proper Liu family heir—a businessman who invests in benefits and value—he’d turn all those destiny-favored fools into his sharpest weapons.

 

He wouldn’t just join the protagonist team.

He was gonna become a grey-area antihero, both good and bad, and sweep up Misunderstanding Value from both sides—heroes and villains!

 

After all…

The story he wants to change isn’t just his own.

 

—

 

—Mini Theater—

 

As the Abnormalities become more aggressive, the Tower decides to follow the prophecy and forms a save-the-world squad.

 

Liu Ming, chasing Misunderstanding Value, pinches his nose and signs up:

Just a bunch of muscle-headed idiots—

And all of them are his natural enemies.

He has to inject a sedative just to be near them! What a headache!

 

But then…

After getting rescued from a swarm of Abnormals by someone giving it their all, this pampered young master has only one thought:

…Damn, that hit the spot.

 

At first, the other protagonist team members:

“Who cares about that noble snob from the Liu family. Let’s just piss him off so he leaves.”

 

And then…

After exhausting their brains and bodies, finally having a Guide show up to save the day, all the Sentinels:

…Sweet, sweet salvation.

 

There’s just one issue—

This jack-of-all-trades support/commander/rich kid keeps making secret plans behind their backs.

 

Seriously, it’s the kind of stuff he could just say out loud—

So why the hell does he insist on looping around ten corners to do it the hard way?

 

Liu Ming:

“Oops~ Sorry, I’m a profit-first kind of guy. The only one worth trusting is me. Know I’m wrong, never change~”

 

Protagonist squad:

“…One day, we are gonna force that setting off you.”

 

Why can’t you just believe it?

That someone out there might genuinely feel joy—

Just because you exist.

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As per tradition:

This is a classic sickly, beautiful, tragic, and powerful CB-style group-pampered story.

Yes, there will be bloodied heroes, battle damage, and soft boys fighting for each other.

Expect tight-knit bonds, mutual growth, and the gradual breakdown of prejudice.

The male lead looks like the bullied one on the surface, but he’s actually the group’s darling.

His personality? Hard to describe.

If you really need a metaphor: he’s a pain-sensitive M-type young master.

 

All this just to see a snake-type support-class commander being pampered by his natural enemies while also controlling them like chess pieces.

The worldbuilding leans toward something like Zenless Zone Zero—full of design-heavy aesthetics, half-retro, street-sporty vibes.

Character inspirations come from real-world animals and Norse mythology.

Non-traditional Sentinel/Guide setup, supernatural ability systems, doomsday vibes, lots of personal lore.

This probably won’t be a long story—completely written on impulse and pure xp energy.