It's Not Easy to Be a Man After Travelling to the Future

English cover

### Subgenre

Mecha, martial arts, cultivation, crossdressing, military, military scifi, system, reincarnation

## English translation

### Translator

* ryuxenji (ch 1-472)
* Henyee Translations (ch 473-Current)

### Published in English

December 06, 2017-March 2021 (caught up)

***It's Not Easy to Be a Man After Travelling to the Future*** (穿越未来之男人不好当, *Chuānyuè wèilái zhī nánrén bù hǎo dāng*?) is an ongoing Chinese military science fiction web novel by Madam Ru. It is originally published on Qidian and translated on Webnovel in English. The novel is currently on hiatus as of March 2, 2021 at chapter 1497 (1501 in English).

## English synopsis

*See also: Story arcs*

> After dying from a strange terminal illness, Ling Lan was reborn into a world 10000 years into the future. Although she dearly wished she could just live a peaceful and uneventful life in her new healthy body, fate had other plans ...
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> Forced to disguise herself as a boy just so she could inherit her deceased father's premium military benefits, Ling Lan's journey to adulthood was full of challenges. After much difficulty, she finally turned sixteen when she could drop the charade. But before she could grasp her newfound freedom to get married and start her own family, a twist of fate results in her being thrown into the Federation's top military boys' school.
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> With these twists of fate, Ling Lan had little choice but to walk further and further down a path of no return, one of cold and aloof dominance...
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## Main characters

*Main article: list of characters*
* Ling Lan - Died young and was reincarnated 10,000 years later with the help of the system that had unknowingly attached to her.
* Little Four - The "system" that was living inside Ling Lan's mind/spirit. An Artificial Intelligence Entity from the Mandora Star System. Has the appearance of a toddler.
* Ling Xiao - Ling Lan's father. A famous mecha operator who supposedly died due to an enemy conspiracy.
* Lan Luofeng - Ling Lan's mother. She chose to hide her daughter's gender due to girls not being able to inherit military merits.
* Qi Long - A fighting enthusiast who immediately becomes taken with Ling Lan's strength and decides to call Ling Lan his "boss."
* Han Jijyun - Qi Long's sworn brother and who generally keeps him check. Has genius level intellect.
* Han Xuya - Han Jijyun's younger-sister-cousin. A blunt and hotheaded girl who has a crush on Qi Long.
* Luo Lang - Ling Lan's arguably most fervent follower. Has a simple and direct personality and grows up into an unfortunately (for him) beautiful man. Chao Lang's older twin brother.
* Luo Chao - Luo Lang's younger twin sister. Becomes infatuated with Ling Lan at first sight. Is usually keen and emotionally intelligent but has an awkward habit of become a blushing mess in front of her "boss."

## Comic adaptation

*Main article: It's Not Easy to Be a Man After Travelling to the Future (manhua)*
A comic, or *manhua*, adaptation of INEBM was announced to begin on April 8, 2020. It's written by Yuewen Manhua (阅文漫画, *Yuè wén mànhu*?, lit. "Reading comics") aka Heiqishe (黑骑社, *Hēi qí shè*?, lit. "Black riding club"). It's published by AC.QQ and Bilibili. The official English release is also published by Webnovel.

## References

1. ↑ Official ac.qq site
2. ↑ Official Bilibili site

## External links

* INEBM on Webnovel
* INEBM on Novelupdates
* INEBM on Qidian
* Madam Ru on Weibo
* INEBM on Baidu