Latest Philosophical Novel

In youth, time stretched long, spilling wine and painting the red alleys. Power served as brick walls, profit as tiles, and guests filled the accounts.

Awakening to regret the ngày's shortness, a grand dream spun twenty times. Suddenly, it was realized that among constant companions, true hearts were only two or three, if any.

Alas, upon a solitary boat listening to the snow, one sits and watches the distant heavens and earth.

I have two principles as a human being:

1. Never lie.

2. Never believe anything anyone says, including myself.

“Sir, I must point out that your second principle contradicts the first.”

“Where’s the contradiction?”

“If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?”

“Oh, sorry, I forgot to mention, I don’t consider myself a human being.”

...

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi. Cheng Shi, who never lies.

What, you haven't heard of me?

It's fine, you just haven't been deceived by me yet.

Soon, you'll remember.

It was 1068, Year 1 of the Xining era. Emperor Zhao Xu had recently ascended the throne of the Song dynasty. The widely respected old-guard of civil officials, Ouyang Xiu, Han Qi, and Fu Bi, were in their twilight years. The unorthodox reformer Wang Anshi was full of vigor, wishing to reverse the tide of decline sweeping over the empire. The stubborn Sima Guang would rather leave imperial government than give up on proper orthodoxy. The literary Su Shi watched from the sidelines, unable to pick a side.

With such a talented crop of civil officials, the Song dynasty should have shone brightly. Instead, these geniuses embarked on a mutually destructive course, leaving the Song empire with a gaping, irreparable wound, and leaving future students of history with regret and controversy.

But the sudden arrival of a junior lawyer opens a new path for the Song dynasty. Reformers and conservatives, civil and military officials, domestic and foreign affairs, all shall come under the Law.

Suli lived an unremarkable life for 30 years, surviving on social welfare while being the epitome of a lazy, laid-back slacker. His occasional self-pity and philosophical rants brought no meaning to his mundane existence.

Until one day, he transmigrated to another world...

Born without elemental talents, labeled as a "useless waste," Suli continued his unremarkable existence.

One day, he saved a man in distress and casually remarked:

"The reason light feels important to you is because darkness fills the world. When light blankets everything, darkness will become the treasured rarity."

For the Holy Son of Light betrayed by the Church:

— "He’s right! He is the guiding saint, the beacon before us all, my faith, my everything!

He may not be a god, but he transcends them!"

Another day, Suli nursed an injured mute bird and told it:

"Humans value things that sound pleasant simply because they can understand them. Ignorance, therefore, is blameless."

For the legendary ninth-tier raven beast, once labeled a natural disaster:

— "Humans are fools who demonize me, but he is the sole exception.

If the world is what he desires, then it is also my desire."

To a struggling young companion dreaming of success in the big city, Suli offered this:

"Striving upward is human instinct. But if one day you fall and can’t rise again, don’t hate yourself for it."

For the companion who eventually amassed enough gold to fill a city:

— "I thought a child from the countryside could never understand my ambition. Yet heaven blessed me to encounter true wisdom in its purest form."

Reading Notes:

In this otherworldly land, there is no philosophy. To its people, Suli’s casual musings are incomprehensibly profound and irresistibly alluring.

Suli is a true slacker—spouting grand philosophies while secretly thinking: “I’m just a useless waste. Let’s give up on life.”

Suli: forever Level 1 in physical ability, but mentally Level 999.

Alternate Titles:

What Did the Otherworld People Learn from Me?!

Ultimate Slacker in Another World

Life is Meant for Slacking

Tags: High Fantasy, Satire, Philosophical Comedy, Epic Fantasy

One-Liner: A lazy philosopher’s casual remarks turn him into a revered god in an unphilosophical otherworld.