ICTEUWMN Chapter 152.2

#If You Wake Up in a Tragic Novel as a Doomed Supporting Character, What Would You Do?#

The moment this trending topic appeared on the star network hot search list, the comment section was immediately flooded.

Although the book title wasn’t explicitly mentioned, anyone with keen eyes could tell that this hot search was sparked by the prequel short story of Teacher Fish Soup Noodles’ new book featured in “Blue Star Expo”.

This time, the new book introduced an extremely novel “transmigrating into a book” concept.

In “Rebirth Of The Interstellar Soldier King”, Lin Mu’s past life was miserable, but at least he got a second chance through rebirth.

Now, in the new book “The Vast Immortal Path”, another protagonist transmigrated into a novel!

And to top it off, the original plot of the book he transmigrated into was first released as a short story for everyone to read in advance.

[What else can you do? If you end up in a novel, I think memorizing the entire book would be the most practical move!]

[I agree! At least it gives you some foresight into the plot! Then maybe also review the nutritional solution formulas and basic survival skills I crammed overnight while reading “Eternal Night Rose”? Though I’m not sure if an immortal cultivation world can produce nutritional solutions…]

[You guys are geniuses! Now that you mention it, I suddenly recall the days when “Eternal Night Rose” made me jump out of bed to reread my textbooks (shocked).]

It must be said that this prequel short story of “The Vast Immortal Journey” not only reminded everyone of the rebirth themes in “Rebirth Of The Interstellar Soldier King” and “Reborn”, but also brought back memories of the time travel elements in “Eternal Night Rose”.

If the rise of time travel novels once led readers on Earth to obsessively study cement, glass, and soap-making techniques in case they ever time-traveled…

Then the rise of book-transmigration novels definitely popularized the warning: “Memorize the entire book just in case”.

After all, opportunity always favors the prepared.

And right now, Yu Mian was indeed laughing in amusement.

Especially seeing how netizens were enthusiastically brainstorming whether they should sleep tonight or prepare for the possibility of waking up inside a novel, Yu Mian found it just cute.

Perhaps readers across time and space share the same sense of humor and reactions?

[Crispy Shark: Is this the new book you mentioned, QAQ? This book-transmigration concept is really interesting. So does this mean people can actually transmigrate into novels?]

Editor Shaxs and the others had also reached out immediately.

Originally, they just wanted to ask when Teacher Fish Soup Noodles planned to open the new book’s column on the Huanyu platform for early reservations.

But after reading the prequel short story in “Blue Star Expo”, their entire focus was hijacked by the plot.

Their minds were filled with one burning question: “What if we transmigrated into a book too?”

Faced with Shaxs’ question, Yu Mian uncharacteristically fell silent for a moment.

[Fish: Ahem… who knows? Maybe we’re already inside a book?]

Yu Mian truly didn’t dare to joke about this. What if he ended up transmigrating into a book within a book?

Regardless, the release of this prequel in “Blue Star Expo” had caused the magazine’s sales to skyrocket.

Not only did this issue contain the new book’s prequel, but it also featured a special section explaining the background details of the immortal cultivation world, complete with illustrated explanations.

In fact, the full-color fold-out illustration from the book alone had enticed many readers to buy multiple copies for collection.

The art style was so unique and breathtaking, carrying an indescribable charm.

[I’m even thinking about cutting it out, framing it, and hanging it at home. Everyone’s talking about the plot, but isn’t anyone noticing how beautiful this illustration is? The art style is so distinct!]

[Agreed! Just a few strokes captured the essence of the characters so vividly!]

This was actually a piece Yu Mian had commissioned from Yin using a rare ink restoration technique obtained from Professor Simon and his team.

That’s right, the entire full-color fold-out illustration was created using an ancient, now obscure technique: light-color ink painting.

When depicting characters, the shifting intensity of ink and the dynamic flow of lines made it the perfect medium for immortal cultivation scenes.

[An V: This ink painting technique is truly fascinating! And I feel like these character portraits would look magnificent as a large-scale exhibition piece. Teacher Fish Soup Noodles, have you considered collaborating with us to display them in our gallery? @ABowlOfFishSoupNoodles]

An, who had always been passionate about art, had consistently produced gorgeous fanart since “Contract Marriage”. Now, with Yin’s emergence, An was even more intrigued.

He even considered the idea of inviting the artist to host a solo exhibition at their gallery.

[An ink painting exhibition!? That sounds amazing! When will it open? I seriously want to reserve tickets!]

[Wait, so now we’re not only pushing for new book updates but also pushing for more illustrations? Teacher Fish Soup Noodles, how are you going to repay your debts to us, huh? TwT]

[I’m starting to suspect that Teacher Fish Soup Noodles laced this book with some sort of addictive substance. Otherwise, why do I feel so miserable if I go even one day without reading it? Who can understand the agony of getting just a prologue and nothing else…]

Already tormented by the wait, readers refused to let this opportunity slip by. While pushing for the art exhibition, they also urged for updates on the new book.

It would have been fine if they hadn’t seen this prequel. But now that they’d been stabbed so hard, when would the “main course” finally arrive?!

[A Bowl Of Fish Soup Noodles V: Soon, soon! The ink painting exhibition will happen, and the new book’s main story is coming too. With our new protagonist, Lin Shuyi, transmigrating into the book, he’s going to patch things up properly. The tone of the main story will definitely be “very” different! OwO]

Seeing how the readers were practically ready to riot, Yu Mian quickly popped up to respond.

The more broken the original world was, the more lovable the protagonist’s “patching up” process would be.

A young couple cultivating immortality together, soaring through the skies, and experiencing all the beauty the world had to offer, doesn’t that sound wonderful?

And with this single post from the author, anticipation soared to its peak.

[It’s always so good, but the main text never gets updated enough. What’s the point besides making me crave more?” (hands on hips)]

[Of course, there are other effects, like making me so scared I don’t dare to sleep tonight. TwT What if I end up in the book, and my parents who practice the ruthless Dao try to hunt me down? Also, why is cultivation so dangerous?]

[Anyway, I already know Teacher Fish Soup Noodles is best at, it’s obviously painting big pies! If you want to prove me wrong, update 30,000 words right now and prove your innocence!]

“Eh… why do I feel like readers are getting harder and harder to handle?”

Yu Mian almost wanted to wipe his sweat.

Where did his once innocent, cute, and simple interstellar readers go?

Back then, even updating 3,000 words daily made them overjoyed, but now, even explosive 10,000-word daily updates weren’t enough.

They even managed to turn urging for updates into an art form.

Originally, he hadn’t planned to release the main story so soon, but the transmigration plot in the prequel and the downright sadistic original storyline seemed to have made countless readers camp on his StarBlog daily, urging him to start the new book.

A week later, when Yu Mian officially opened the blank synopsis page for “The Vast Immortal Path”, the sudden explosion of data made the Huanyu backend dumbfounded.

After all, not a single word of the book had been published yet, but its collection and rewards already surpassed any previous book.

Even “I Picked Up A Traveling Light Brain”, which had garnered huge attention before release, hadn’t grown this fast.

It seemed that the warning of book transmigration, combined with a fresh and intriguing world of cultivation had fueled the excitement of readers.

And before the main story had even started serialization, a company had already taken the initiative and made a prop similar to the one in Fish Soup Noodles’ novel based on the “sword flying” briefly mentioned in the short story outline.

The sword’s design was even an exact replica of the one held by the sword cultivator in the illustrations.

“Wow, this… is really impressive.”

Shaxs scratched his head as he looked at the flying sword device sent by the company in an attempt to apply for copyright approval. For a moment, he didn’t even know how to put his thoughts into words.

Shouldn’t they send this to Teacher Fish Soup Noodles right away?

The company, which specializes in making aircrafts, sent a total of four samples. Two for Fish Soup Noodles to try out, and two for Huanyu’s copyright department to test. The news directly caused an immediate sensation throughout Huanyu Tower.

“Wait, this looks way too fun!”

“Let me try! Let me try!”

Suddenly, everyone who wasn’t busy with work rushed to the copyright department, eager to participate in the test.

The main story wasn’t even out yet, and the interstellar version of real-life cultivation was already on the way?

They couldn’t even imagine what would happen once the book officially released, would they have to replicate every single cultivation prop from the novel?