This Villain is Clearly Incredibly Powerful, Yet Excessively Cautious

Transmigrated into a cannon fodder villain in a fantasy novel, Chu Shen discovers he's destined to be pierced through the heart by the protagonist's sword. To survive, he decides to play the most dangerous card possible—feigning madness on the surface while secretly plotting madly. However, his "cautious" actions unexpectedly trigger a series of hilarious and terrifying chain reactions: the protagonist thinks he's a reclusive mastermind, the villain thinks he's the mastermind, and the imperial court thinks he's the chosen one… While frantically wiping away sweat, Chu Shen is forced to forge an unprecedented path to self-rescue for the villain amidst political intrigue and hilarious antics!