After transmigrating to the final years of the Dayong Dynasty, Shen Yan becomes the lowest-ranking bailiff in the county yamen.
In these chaotic times, human lives are worth less than grass.
Just as he is about to become a pawn in a power struggle, he awakens an ability:
He gains one second every day.
That one second can rewind the past, pause time to think, or change a decision.
But one second is too short.
Too short to save everyone.
So Shen Yan begins building up his own strength.
Starting with an investigation into a case of embezzled government grain, he gradually takes control of the county, the prefecture, and the army.
He has seen corrupt officials and starving refugees;
he has seen fleeing soldiers and heroes.
At last, he understands:
It takes only one second to change a person's fate.
But changing an era takes a group of people willing to follow him.
From a lowly clerk in the county yamen to a famous general of the northern frontier.
From struggling to survive in chaotic times to founding a new dynasty.
In this life, he will make sure the people of the realm are no longer casually sacrificed to the times.
