I Might Be the Protagonist, but It's Unlikely That I'm the Main Character

This book follows the four-no principle.

No cuckolding, no NTR, no spineless simps, no brainless plots... and it is absolutely invincible.

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The main story begins...

"So, what you're saying is."

"Even though I'm a scumbag who abandons his sect at crucial moments, runs away leaving the old grandpa behind, wants to take every beautiful woman I see into my harem, always has a lecherous look in his eyes, bullies men and oppresses women on a daily basis, looks for trouble out of nowhere, takes all the benefits for himself while leaving all the bad stuff for others, and hides behind people whenever there's danger."

"I am actually the protagonist of this world."

"And even though that guy named Su Xiao has outstanding talent, is righteous and loyal, has eyes as clear as a college student's when looking at beauties, has an aloof and beautiful master who treats him like her own son, and several junior sisters with different personalities but all possessing peerless beauty, making him the only man on the entire mountain peak."

"He is actually the villain?"

Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Inside a dilapidated small wooden cabin.

Ye Shu looked at the white-haired little loli standing on the braised pork he had just made. She had her hands on her hips, a tooth mark on her little foot, and a flushed but very serious face. He repeated her words verbatim.

Today was supposed to be the day he embarked on the path of immortality.

He had cooked a whole table of good food to celebrate. He was enjoying his meal when he suddenly bit into a milky-scented pig trotter, only to realize after two bites that it was this little girl's foot.

And then this girl claimed to be the Heavenly Dao?

Babbling a bunch of nonsense he couldn't understand.

"That's right, everything I said is true."

Xiaobai put her hands on her hips, looking completely serious.

"Hold on a second."

Ye Shu waved his hand, stood up, walked to the bookshelf in the cabin, and started rummaging through it.

"Hey! What are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for a dictionary," Ye Shu replied without turning his head.

Before long, he came back holding a thick dictionary, frowning as he flipped back and forth through it. "How could the words you just said possibly form a coherent sentence?"

"Everything I said is true!"

Xiaobai stomped her foot in anger.

Hearing this, Ye Shu finally put down the dictionary, looking speechless. "So you want me to believe that even though I'm a scumbag reincarnated from a horny poodle, destined to have a harem of three thousand beauties in the future, I'm actually a virgin who hasn't even kissed any of those female leads?"

"Do you dare to repeat that yourself?"

"Don't you think it's completely contradictory, like your left brain is attacking your right brain?"

"Even if you say this world is actually a book."

"I've lived this long and I've never seen a protagonist act like the animal you described! This is clearly a villain's template, yet you insist it's the protagonist?"

"And you're telling me this protagonist is me?"

"Do you even believe what you're saying?"

Ye Shu slammed his hand on the table, his eyes wide open, staring unblinkingly at Xiaobai:

"Hmm? Answer me! Look into my eyes!"

"Everything I said is true!"

Xiaobai was so anxious her little face turned red. She extended her index finger and tapped Ye Shu's forehead. "I can't out-argue you, just see for yourself!"

In an instant, Ye Shu felt countless images flash before his eyes.

He saw a handsome man who usually walked around with his nose in the air, acting incredibly arrogant. Whenever he saw a pretty girl, a lecherous expression would appear on his face. Eventually, he ran into the villain's master and junior sisters, who were also the early-stage female leads. He was beaten so badly that he had to use all his trump cards, looking extremely pathetic. Finally, facing death, he brutally abandoned the old grandma in the ring who had accompanied him for a long time. This unrighteous act completely disappointed the old grandma, who ended up falling for the villain instead?

What was even more absurd was...

The various female leads who appeared later all looked down on the man. Then the man was beaten by the female leads until he fled like a rat, and the female leads actually ended up falling in love with the villain?

Until the very end, the man's Dao heart shattered, and he fell into the demonic path.

He was beheaded by the villain on top of the Flower and Fruit Mountain.

From then on, the villain and the women lived a wonderful, intimate life together.

The images ended there.

Xiaobai withdrew her hand, looking smug. "Now you should believe me, right?"

Hearing this, Ye Shu nodded.

Then he shook his head again.

He subconsciously touched the quaint ring on his finger, feeling like his head was about to explode. "Although... first of all, the male lead in your vision is somewhat handsome, but he's still a bit worse looking than me."

"Secondly, why is the male lead such an animal?"

"Why is the villain pure and noble instead? And why do none of the female leads like the male lead, and all leave with the villain?"

"Are you sure you didn't get it backward?"

"Who the hell is the villain and who is the protagonist here?"

Before Ye Shu transmigrated, it was the year 2010, the era when web novels were booming. He had read countless web novels and had never seen a protagonist as beastly as the one in the vision. That was literally pointing at a villain and insisting he was the male lead.

And now you're telling me this is the male lead.

And that it's me?

Whose male lead acts like a villain, has a villain's luck with women, and gets treated like a villain?

Just pointing at a villain and calling him the male lead, huh?

Even a dog would shake its head at this!

Hearing this, Xiaobai spoke as if it were a matter of course.

"Of course that isn't you, because none of this has happened yet. These are the final images imprinted in the void by the Heavenly Dao of another world right before its death."

As she spoke, her body trembled slightly.

"In the parallel timelines, an evil entity has recently appeared. They are called Systems. They often pull in extraterrestrial demons to possess the villains in our world, twisting their minds and instilling them with a so-called script! All to steal the world's karmic luck."

"Ultimately, after plundering the karmic luck of the Child of Destiny, they leave without mercy, causing the luck-deprived world to completely wither and collapse."

"Hiss..."

Ye Shu took a sharp breath of cold air.

Even though what Xiaobai said was very abstract, with his shocking wisdom, he actually freaking understood it.

Simply put, a System possesses the original villain.

At the same time, it generates a set of original plots in the villain's mind. Of course, this original plot has definitely been tweaked to forcefully frame all of the original male lead's actions as villainous deeds.

Meanwhile, the System implants this storyline into the female leads closest to him.

Making these female leads think they have been reborn.

For example, the original villain's master and junior sisters. It makes them feel like they owe the villain too much, and that it was all caused by him, the Child of Destiny. This fills them with hatred and prejudice against the original male lead, making them eager to make amends and save the villain.

"Then why didn't you intervene in time?"

Ye Shu asked in confusion.

"Because the Systems are too cunning." Speaking of this, Xiaobai got angry. "They deliberately make their hosts act very cowardly, forcing them to follow the so-called original plot, turning the host into a spineless simp just to arouse the female leads' sympathy and make the female leads bully you."

"This minimizes detection by the Heavenly Dao."

"By the time the Heavenly Dao reacts, the System has already grown too powerful, and it's too late."

Xiaobai looked sorrowful, tears actually welling up in her eyes. She choked back a sob, "I... a good sister I grew up with was exactly like this... Her karmic luck was devoured by a System, and she could only watch helplessly as her world collapsed..."

"That's why I came to warn you in advance."

"So that's how it is."

Ye Shu nodded.

With this, he had finally sorted everything out in his mind. But a moment later, a sudden realization struck him!

"Wait!"

Ye Shu's body instantly froze in place, cold sweat soaking the clothes on his back. "Did you say the system will give the nearest female lead a rebirth script? And that it will make them develop murderous intentions toward me?"

"That's right." Xiaobai nodded. Seeing him acting as if he were facing a deadly enemy, she asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Ye Shu's face looked awful, sweat continuously beading on his forehead.

"Right now... there is a female lead right beside me."

Gritting his teeth, he stiffly lowered his head and looked at the ring finger of his left hand.

There, an ancient, glowing ring rested.