I Just Modified a Dragon Boat, So How Did I Earn First-Class Merit?

A parallel world.

Chen Zhou transmigrates into the body of someone his age in Yue City.

He joins a Dragon Boat Festival variety show featuring a dragon boat race.

He becomes a dragon boat repairman.

For the first time ever, the production team proposes a plan to radically modify the dragon boats.

Their volume and dimensions must remain unchanged, but they can be modified however the contestants wish.

Chen Zhou, who knows nothing about dragon boats, is at a loss.

With the competition date drawing near,

Chen Zhou awakens the Super Modification System.

He can earn Emotion Points,

which can be exchanged for modification blueprints.

From then on, Chen Zhou embarks on a path of radical upgrades, modifying all kinds of weapons, from tanks and drones to aircraft carriers.

Contestant: High-tech coating.

Chen Zhou: A brand-new, low-resistance, leaping skeletal frame.

Contestant: Three percent faster, first place in the group.

Chen Zhou: Thirty percent faster, shattering the all-time record.

Netizens:

This makes no sense! Where can you even find materials like this?

Longguo Academy of Sciences: A real talent. We've recruited him directly.

Eagle Sauce:

Wait, that's a dragon boat.

How is it more advanced than my nuclear-powered aircraft carrier?

Longguo's top brass:

In recognition of Chen Zhou's outstanding contributions, he is awarded First-Class Merit.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual events or people is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.