Synopsis: Three years into my marriage, I lived worse than a dog in my father-in-law’s home. My brother-in-law, Su Ming, could point at me and call me a “useless live-in son-in-law” whenever he pleased, while I could only nod and do as I was told, sent to guard the harshest and most dangerous section of the north city wall. Then one day, bandits started hacking at people in the street, and a child’s cry pierced my ears. In a fit of impulse, I grabbed the spear in the corner and stabbed one of them. Scalding blood splashed across my face, and a cold voice rang in my head: [Ding! You have slain one enemy. Military Merit Multiplier System activated. You have gained 1 Military Merit point, which can be exchanged for 2 points of strength.] I froze, then smiled. They all thought I was useless, but they had no idea that within this lump of mud had awakened a System capable of swallowing the whole world. By the time my brother-in-law came to humiliate me again, I was no longer the good-for-nothing guarding the city gate.
