Imperial Exams: My Answer Sheet Is a Declaration Against Toxic Competition

Time-management master Shen Ke transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing licentiate in the Double-Hour Dynasty and discovers that one daylight shichen equals two hours, while one nighttime shichen equals half an hour!

The people work day and night in a frenzy, and the oxen collapse, foaming at the mouth.

Faced with the imperial examination essay prompt “On Diligent Governance,” he angrily writes a “Declaration Against Workplace Rat Race Culture”: “We recommend a three-shichen lunch break. Night shifts should count as work-related injuries!”

Unexpectedly, the chief examiner stays up all night grading papers. When he reaches the line “Ban court audiences before the rooster crows,” he laughs so hard he starts crowing himself, then sweeps his brush across the page: the top scholar’s title is yours!

From then on, a man who gets promoted by opposing overtime begins his hilarious struggle in a dynasty where time itself has gone haywire...