If becoming a "tool" is already an inescapable and cruel fate,

What's even more cruel than that is maintaining one's human nature throughout the process.

The real world is destined to have imperfections, but there will always be those who refuse to be assimilated into that imperfect part.

They must use reason, emotion, and all purposeful labor to fight against this fate.

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In the year 4631 of the world calendar, a middle-aged man who had been imprisoned in a foreign land for many years returned to his homeland, and the story officially began from there.

The down-and-out young man Chen Tianyu was scolded by his boss at work. Dragging his exhausted body back to his small rented apartment, he thought about the dinner his girlfriend He Xiaoli had prepared for him, and it was as if all the day's unpleasantness hadn't happened. But what he didn't expect was that when he got home, not only was there no dinner, but his girlfriend greeted him with a cold, indifferent expression. Watching her lift her suitcase, he looked at her helplessly. Even though he had a bad feeling in his heart, he still didn't want to accept the outcome.

“Tianyu, let's break up. From now on, you go your way, and I’ll go mine. Let's part ways here.”

Chen Tianyu watched as his girlfriend left him, moving farther and farther away…

The originally backward 177 universe has evolved a power far beyond technological civilization in a short period of time, and is called "endless power" by Zero Universe, the leader of many universes.

Soon after, it came out from the 177 universe that the human race born on January 1st in the traditional biological way will surely gain endless information.

A change that subverted the state of material civilization in many universes has since begun. . . . . .

The protagonist is a person who forgets you thirty days later.

Chu Mo, a top student at Yunfeng Middle School, and his childhood sweetheart Bai Li accidentally enter the immortal cultivation game "Spiritual Immortal Path". Once they die, their real consciousness will be severely damaged, and survival becomes the biggest challenge.

How does a person slide into the abyss of crime?

Song Mingyuan, a gold medal public relations man with a vague bottom line and a vague conscience.

On the first day after traveling through time, he met a sister, had a full meal, picked up a knife, and stabbed a big man who was pushing a cart in the middle of the night.

Then, he began his turbulent life in exile in the Western Regions!

Luo Lan transmigrated. Armed with a deck of cards that possessed almost omniscience and the ability to summon historical figures, he arrived in this strange world teeming with extraordinary life. Gnolls, centaurs, elves, griffins… Just as the three great empires were entering a period of chaos, the era transitioning from the Middle Ages to the modern era, the situation was turbulent, and heroes rose up everywhere. Relying on the almost supernatural abilities of his deck, Luo Lan proclaimed: "A true man dwells between heaven and earth; how can he remain subservient to others for long!" —————————————— PS: Low-magic Western fantasy, a world of constant conflict between multiple races, with technology roughly equivalent to the 16th-17th century, where cold and firearms coexist, and magic is rare but powerful; the core plot revolves around building an elite army by summoning great figures from the real world. The protagonist is more of a commander, possessing considerable personal combat strength, but primarily relies on…

D&D, Western fantasy, Baldur's Gate-like, unconventional paladins, no time travel, Forgotten Realms, anti-hero, Forgotten Realms, sword and sorcery;

No time travel or system!

Paladin's Conquest of Faerûn

Menzoberranzan in the Underdark is not entirely populated by cruel Lolth fanatics and subterranean elves who only know "betrayal for survival and the supremacy of power." Legends have emerged here, and there are also people who regard those legends as taboo idols.

She once overlooked the Underdark from the highest point of Menzoberranzan; she once enjoyed the highest respect in spacious rooms studded with jewels and precious metals; she never looked back when she abandoned all of that.

Basic currency system: 1 Platinum Coin/pp = 10 Gold Coins/gp = 100 Silver Coins/sp = 1000 Copper Coins/cp

The minting techniques and weights of coins may differ from region to region, and may also involve ancient coins.

For convenience, the basic system is used as the standard.

The current version of "Zongwang" is: Eternal Song of the Unyielding Bloodline, version 3.22144, limited edition - Dragon Forge. ...A little dragon from the nameless land has landed on the Zongwang. A rude dragon has disrupted the normal development of the Zongwang. Cruel and terrifying dragons are devouring the future of the Zongwang. The evil dragon Thor has occupied his own universe. Thor's army marches across the multiverse. His Majesty, the great and benevolent, supreme Dragon God Thor, has arrived today in his faithful world... Please, pay tribute to the great dragon!

(Currently implemented: Lonely Rock, Bangdream! It's My Go!!!!!) The idolization trend is sweeping the archipelago, and the light novel industry is no exception. At the behest of a school library, high school author Togawa Akie picks up her long-forgotten electronic keyboard skills, aiming to boost sales of her new work by forming a band. To achieve a more "original" commercial effect, the library doesn't assign her a permanent bandmate. Forced to leave the classroom and scour the streets for collaborators, Togawa encounters a group of girls who, under the name "End," are pursuing their dreams in a band. By chance, she and a girl named Chihaya Aine become entangled in Nagasaki Motoyo's scheme, ostensibly to form a band. "Perhaps everything originates from a fabrication woven from profit." "Then what is the meaning of these emotions and bonds born from this false heart?" (Tachibana, a fusion manga set in the world of idols and bands.)