Online Game: Ahead from the Start

[Overpowered protagonist + No angst for the lead + Stat-heavy + Plot-driven] Lin Feng is reborn on the day the game Myth goes live, and gains the unique SSS-rank talent, Always One Step Ahead. [You see another player kill a monster above their level and earn a hefty reward. Always One Step Ahead activates, granting you a new talent: Increased Rewards.] [You see another player’s magic attack deal more damage than yours. Always One Step Ahead activates, permanently increasing your magic attack by 100.] [You see another player use a skill to deal effective damage. Always One Step Ahead activates, upgrading the basic skill “Heavy Blow” to “Refined Heavy Blow.”] [...] Your talent is my talent, and your attack is my attack. From the start: Always One Step Ahead! Talent: Always One Step Ahead! Quest: Always One Step Ahead! Attack: Always One Step Ahead! Defense: Always One Step Ahead! Always One Step Ahead! I’m ahead in everything! Always One Step Ahead, surpassing every other player by a full hundred percent! Years later. The Dark Demon God descends into the new world and stares at Lin Feng, wreathed in holy light, lost in thought...