On a stormy night, delivery rider Ding Liang braves the rain to bring food to customers so he can scrape together the money for his younger sister's surgery. But after being struck by lightning, he unexpectedly awakens the Fireseed System, a mysterious marketplace where he can exchange points for future technology, supernatural abilities, and even time. Completing tasks earns him points he can use to grow stronger, but the rewards are random, and every opportunity comes with risks.
After first gaining his powers, Ding Liang saves Zhang Xue, a graduate student in medicine. The two go from suspicion to cooperation, gradually uncovering the corporate conspiracy behind Xinhai City and the truth about the Fireseed Project. But as they gain access to more of the System's powers, they discover that a far greater crisis is drawing near: the countdown to the annihilation of the world by a higher-dimensional civilization has already begun.
Hunted by people with supernatural abilities and caught between battles across time and space and impossible moral choices, Ding Liang must keep growing stronger through the points marketplace. And the mystery of Zhang Xue's origins will determine humanity's ultimate fate...
