Chen Fan stood on the edge of the rooftop.
With the neon lights of the city under his feet, the whistling wind in his ears, and the screen of his mobile phone still on, the official notice that he was fired from the company and had to pay huge compensation due to "gross negligence" was like a cold epitaph.
Just ten minutes ago, his girlfriend of three years sent a breakup message on WeChat: "Fan, you can't give me the life I want. Stop contacting me."
What's even more dazzling is the collection of "failure studies" made with his coded photos on the short video platform - # contemporary youth can fail so much #, #blast to a pulp#… He has become a "representative of failure studies" ridiculed by the entire Internet.
Despair was like a tide, about to drown him.
At this moment, the city in his field of vision suddenly changed.
Countless slender, shimmering silk threads extend from every person, every car, and every building, intertwining and entwining with each other, forming a huge and ever-flowing light network.
**Causal Line**.
The word appeared in his mind for no apparent reason.
At the same time, a cold stream of information poured into consciousness:
[Causal lever system activated.
[Ability: Use small "causes" to leverage grand "results".
[Rule: Every time you pry, you need to pay a corresponding "price".
[Guide for newbies: Please try to pry a "fruit".
Chen Fan mysteriously took out the only hundred-yuan note left in his wallet. In his eyes, there were several weak lines of cause and effect extending from the bill. He followed his intuition, chose one of them, and recited it silently in his heart...