A higher civilization invades Earth, treating it as a game of slaughter and even opening a player forum to livestream the action.
Alien Player A: [Mission objective: eliminate human settlements. Why is this old lady tying red ribbons around my mech?]
Alien Player B: [Help! Why are firecrackers deadlier than our ion cannons? The System says they count as “folk weapons”?]
Alien Player C: [Can anyone tell me how to deal with human “social niceties” and “involution”? An old man selling vegetables talked me into buying three jin of potatoes, and I failed my mission!]
Lin Jian awakens the talent [Observer of Civilization]. He can see alien players’ forum rants and even dig around in the System’s back-end data.
He teams up with retired detective Chen, Professor Qin, a leading folklorist, and the hacker ace A Zhe to form a “Shenanigans Squad.”
With no flashy superpowers or world-shattering strength, they set ambushes with square dancing, pass intelligence in Lunar New Year red envelopes, use The Art of War as a strategy guide, and run circles around the alien invaders.
Alien Command: [Warning! Warning! Earth’s civilization is abnormal! This game… is impossible to play!]
