[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-a-low-rank-female-goes-viral-across-the-galaxy":3,"chapter-a-low-rank-female-goes-viral-across-the-galaxy-a-low-rank-female-goes-viral-across-the-galaxy-chapter-364":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","A Low Rank Female Goes Viral Across the Galaxy",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1390893,1844,"Chapter 364: Memorial","a-low-rank-female-goes-viral-across-the-galaxy-chapter-364",364,"\u003Cp>In the end, Jiang Qin didn’t buy anything. She took the two of them for a walk nearby, watching the busy robots shuttle through the streets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since all the bars were closed for three days, she didn’t get a chance to make it up to the resident performer she’d stood up for the gig.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she wandered around, she realized that besides Tianwen Company, she had nowhere to go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Passing an empty lot, she was surprised to find people burning paper offerings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the joss paper wasn’t actual paper, but a holographic projection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Are people writing bad checks to the Underworld now?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was wearing a mask, so when she drew closer to watch, no one noticed that she was Jiang Qin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Passersby looked on in confusion at the people who seemed to be performing some kind of ritual. One asked, \"Does anyone know what they’re doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know. They’re making offerings to the dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s an ancient funerary rite. I heard that burning joss paper allows the deceased to have money to spend in the Underworld.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Burning incense guides the souls of the dead so they can come and receive the offerings.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh? But... none of it is actually burning?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The joss paper was a looping holographic video, and the incense was electronic—just a light in the shape of an incense stick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Isn’t this the kind of thing only kids would play with?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s no other way. In this day and age, those things are luxury items, and besides, no one knows how to make them anymore!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Making a video or electronic incense is one thing—you just need the shape. But making the real deal, like in Strange Tales? Who could do that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn’t even know what joss paper or real incense actually smelled like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it the smell of burning paper? Or the tranquil scent described in the show?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why they could only use fakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This rite, too, was something they had learned from Strange Tales. It was a ceremony for the souls of those who had died on the Frontline Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before, everyone was just sleepwalking through life; who would have cared about a ritual like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, they weren’t even aware of the concept of an afterlife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the eyes of the Interstellar People, dead was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deceased were all cremated, their ashes scattered over the research institute’s botanical gardens as a final contribution to nature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had a clear-eyed view of death and were accustomed to people they knew suddenly passing away at any time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also why most people’s relationships and emotional bonds were never too deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They simply couldn’t comprehend the emotions in some of the story arcs from Strange Tales.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take, for example, the \"Little Xie\" story arc, which was recently made available to binge-watch ahead of schedule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They couldn’t understand why Little Xie would fall in love with a destitute scholar who had nothing. Likewise, they couldn’t understand why a scholar with nothing wouldn’t choose the rich young heiress, but instead pick a female ghost who didn’t even have any body heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By choosing the heiress, he would have gained a powerful backer, a bright future, and a beautiful, high-status partner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone of flesh and blood who loved him, no less.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her temper might have been awful, but in the eyes of the Interstellar People, a female having a bad temper was the most insignificant of flaws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a bad character wasn’t a dealbreaker; there would always be someone willing to stoop to her level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing they couldn’t accept was their female master being a mere soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was the difference between that and a holographic person?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why they didn’t understand why the male protagonist was willing to die for Little Xie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And why Little Xie, in turn, was willing to have her soul scattered to the winds for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it had to be said that thanks to Strange Tales, a show so full of passion and genuine emotion, their own emotional lives had been greatly enriched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very least, they had started to worry about whether the dead would be prosperous in their next life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why they had gathered here to make offerings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They felt they had to do something, anything, to feel a little better.\u003C\u002Fp>",719,"2026-06-05T22:55:33.682Z",1,"novelbin.me","8a543ad7d5cb696807f19d94af4cda610570eadfb7eb058cdff2588958585b31","a-low-rank-female-goes-viral-across-the-galaxy-chapter-365","a-low-rank-female-goes-viral-across-the-galaxy-chapter-363",500,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fa-low-rank-female-goes-viral-across-the-galaxy-cover.jpg"]