Chapter 99 (2/2)

Plus, nobody could guarantee that “Yu Shengfan” would become an iconic character after her demise. Besides, she could not prevaricate by taking reference from Huang Shaotian or Negi Sanzenin, as both of them were not dead in their respective literary works.

If she encountered such authors without their own pacing, who made their readers suffer, gave up the work halfway or scribbled a meaningless ending, she would not hesitate to “kill” high popularity female character, just to see whether she could become an icon

The first two stages of the character had been introduced clearly. The third and final stage would be “iconic character”, also called “super popularity character”. People would always remember them, and so their character cards would constantly be “charging” and become a “permanent tool”. But somehow creating an iconic card was extremely difficult because she had to be unique.

A unique character in a unique literary work could always be remembered, and that was the definition of an iconic character. (Characters who die in the novel have better chances of becoming iconiccharacters, because deaths will cause an impact on the readers, making them unforgettable.)

Hmm, how do we classify whether a literary work was a unique piece? Of course that particular literary creation would need to achieve a national standard and carry its own originality. This also requires a unique difference from any other novels and mangas, something that other creations does not possess. (National-standard work with startling popularity is considered unique too). As such, plagiarism literary works will never surpass the original.

After discovering these three stages, Zhao Youyue assessing the cost performance index [2]. She thought that she would not need to go after the perfect “Iconic Character Card”, unless that ability was useful in real life. “Xu Jing’s” card was the perfect example of an almighty card, as it could be utilized in every possible way, Hence, Zhao Youyue would make sure “Xu Jing” become an iconic character by hook or by crook.

What abilities could she obtain from “Yu Shengfan’s” character card? Two abilities, which were “maximum gaming talents” and “proficient in multiple languages”.

These two abilities were not really important to Zhao Youyue, so there was no need for “Yu Shengfan” to develop into an “iconic character”. Three years were more than enough for her, and it might even increase as “The Strongest King” was just about to conquer the world!

After going through the pros and cons in a short period, Zhao Youyue made up her mind to exit the novel!

She then perceived the miraculous “Two Dimensional Gate” in her mind, along with a new character card this time! A blonde twintail lolita who sat in front of a PC, wearing headphones with her mouth opened exposing her cute canine teeth, looked like she was talking nonstop.

This character card had a time counter on it, representing its usage period. As the counter was ticking backwards, sometimes it would move forwards suddenly, interesting huh.

At this moment, Zhao Youyue could possess “Yu Shengfan’s” abilities whenever she activated “Yu Shengfan’s” mode!

Translation Note:

[1] Divine Elixir() grants one an eternal life. It appears as pill form in Chinese ancient novels.

[2] Cost performance index() – A measure of the efficiency of expenses spent on a project. The formula that a business normally uses to assess the cost performance index (CPI) is the ratio of earned value (EV) over actual costs (AC).