I'm the Only Salted Fish in the World

In her previous life, Song Yu was a top actress, popular across the land, but ultimately, due to the intense competition ("involution"), she overexerted herself and dropped dead on the red carpet... After her death, she opened her eyes to find that the new world was a thousand times more competitive!

In this world, everyone wants to become a Beast Tamer—high school students train physically at four in the morning, college takes 12 years, and children who don't study hard are even sent to a mental hospital... The original host, to stand out, broke off her engagement with her poor fiancé and climbed the social ladder by pursuing a rich second generation. Coincidentally, this is a male-oriented revenge novel, and the impoverished fiancé, Bai Yuhan, is the male lead. The original host was eventually killed by the plot and left exposed in the wilderness...

Song Yu: ...I'm tired, just destroy me. I just want to be a salted fish. But even a salted fish doesn't want to be sent to a mental hospital. So... From that day on, Song Yu put all her acting skills to use, possessed by the spirit of a drama queen. When others fought in competitions, she pretended to be severely injured and lay on the ground, watching the show. When others were busy writing furiously during exams, she feigned a stomachache and ran to the infirmary to sleep. When others chose high-potential contracted beasts, she pretended to try hard, then "reluctantly" chose a useless pet beast. Even when her contracted beasts wanted to cultivate, she encouraged them to watch anime, read novels, and play games with her, pretending this was the true path to becoming stronger.

However, half a year later. The useless little white cat who read novels—evolved into a Ninth-tier Nine-tailed Soul-devouring Cat. The useless dodder vine who played games—evolved into a Ninth-tier Bloodthirsty Overlord Vine. The useless four-legged snake who visited amusement parks—evolved into a Ninth-tier Terrifying Ghost Dragon. Song Yu was dumbfounded: ??? What's going on here? You guys aren't right. All the students: Oh my god! You're too diligent, too amazing! All the teachers: Student Song, you are a rare genius seen only once in a millennium, the peak king of Beast Tamers! Other Beast Tamers worldwide: We must all strive to learn from Song Yu in the future! Song Yu: ...

Male lead Bai Yuhan: "I was right, you've been hiding your strength all along. Let's have a match!" Song Yu: "???" Bai Yuhan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth: "Miss Song is indeed formidable. As expected of the strongest Beast Tamer today, I hope to spar with Miss Song again next time." Song Yu: "...I'm tired, just destroy me."

~~ Bai Yuhan had a secret: he was born with a pair of Divine Eyes. The Divine Eyes could see through all things in the world, discerning the potential and talent of every pet beast. No one in the world didn't want to possess them. His parents died because of the Divine Eyes, and his family perished because of them. Even on the street, he could hear people saying they wanted to dig out his eyes.

Until one day—he saw that the body of his former fiancée, who had once sought to climb the social ladder, now housed a different soul. This soul not only had no desire to become a Beast Tamer but only wanted to eat, drink, and play, living as a salted fish every day, completely indifferent to his Divine Eyes. He deliberately got injured and revealed a pair of golden Divine Eyes, only for her to give him a pair of black cosmetic contact lenses. He pretended to be weak and fainted, only for her to drag him into the bushes and then go off fishing herself. Bai Yuhan: "???"

Yet, it was precisely because of this that his gaze became increasingly inseparable from her, and he was unwilling to leave... His father once said: "If one day you meet someone who doesn't care whether we have Divine Eyes or not, you must hold on to them tightly." Bai Yuhan: I have no other strengths, except for taking advice.

PS: This novel primarily features a drama queen salted fish; beast taming is just a secondary element, not a standard beast taming cultivation novel. Readers looking for a standard pet beast upgrade story will likely be disappointed.