I Just Want to Lie Flat, but the System Forces Me to Become a Big Shot

Tags: System-driven | Urban Supernatural Powers | Lighthearted Comedy | Power Rankings | Outsmarting Everyone with an Information Gap | Identity Reveals and Face-Slapping

A sharp-tongued System forces an overworked wage slave to become a big shot. The System pushes him to level up, while he gets stronger and complains every step of the way.

Day 31 after being laid off. Balance: 43.7 yuan. He's on his third case of instant noodles.

Lin Bei thinks life can't get any worse. Then a System calling itself his client daddy, and dedicated to fighting the lie-flat lifestyle, forcibly binds itself to him. If he doesn't level up, it'll make him crow like a chicken, dance in public, or socialize against his will.

He goes to register at the Administration Bureau, hoping to get an ID number and leave. But the moment his awakening test begins, he manifests spatial powers, rated SSR, making him only the second person with that rank in 30 years. The entire bureau falls silent for three seconds. The theoretical combat strength of the top Awakened in Yunhai City, who has dominated the rankings for three years, is less than half his.

But Lin Bei doesn't know that the chess-piece mark in his palm points to someone who disappeared 20 years ago; the System has bound a Host before; the third-ranked person on the leaderboard is a ???; and downstairs, someone in a black trench coat has been waiting for a long time.

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