Rising to Success from the Mud

How long could you survive if you suddenly transmigrated? Modern office worker Lin Yan transmigrates by accident, with no golden finger, no modern knowledge, and no second chance at life. From the start, he faces a struggle to survive. First, he becomes a refugee, scraping by in hunger and cold. Then he is imprisoned and humiliated behind bars. Finally, he is reduced to a local gentry family’s servant, ordered around at will, his dignity ground into dust. An unexpected bandit raid tears open a crack in his desperate situation, forcing him to assume the identity of a deceased official and embark on a perilous path toward success in the imperial examinations.

This story focuses on the helplessness of those at the bottom of society. The protagonist struggles with every step, and this is not a wish-fulfillment novel.