Three Kingdoms: From the Start, I Mistakenly Bind the Workplace System

【Everyday life + nation-building + comedy + no harem + easygoing + a merry Shu Han crew Lin Chen, an HR manager who worked himself to death from overtime, opened his eyes to find himself in the Three Kingdoms era after the Battle of Red Cliffs, bound to a 996 workplace System that should have been useful in the modern age. Other people’s Systems grant divine powers and knowledge of the future. His only nags him to clock in, forces him to write weekly reports, and subjects him to an endless cycle of workplace gaslighting. Its rewards are all ballpoint pens, car keys, and power banks with no charge, all worthless in the Three Kingdoms. With the System no use at all, Lin Chen falls back on his old line of work: he assigns clear roles and responsibilities to clean up the administration of Jingnan, quantifies military achievements to forge a battle-hardened Shu army, identifies risks early to save Pang Tong’s life, and divides authority and responsibility to secure all of Jingzhou. He reconciles the infighting among four factions, revitalizes commerce and livelihoods, and promotes papermaking, education, and irrigation. Using modern workplace thinking, he turns Shu Han, a kingdom tucked away in a corner, into an impregnable realm. Wolong and Fengchu join forces, while Guan, Zhang, Zhao, Ma, and Huang each show their talents. They crush Wei and Wu with strategic brilliance and avert one of history’s greatest tragedies. He also meets the bold and spirited Ma Yunlu. From bickering rivals to lifelong partners, they find a home of their own amid the chaos of war. 【Bonus Scene】 Zhang Fei kicks open the camp gate and points his serpent spear furiously. “You dare withhold my men’s rations?!” Lin Chen calmly flips through the ledger, listing the evidence point by point, his composure steady as a mountain. Everyone around them marvels: “Director Lin stays calm in a crisis. Truly a pillar of the nation!” No one knows that inside his head, all hell has already broken loose: System: 【Alert! Conflict with a difficult employee! Initiating a performance review! Deduct his perfect-attendance bonus for the month!】 Lin Chen: 【Deduct what, exactly?! He could crush me with one hand. Do I have a death wish?】