I Refuse to Be a Wage Slave: Returning to the Island to Rule the Entire Sea

Qin Tian, twenty-eight, has been laid off and pushed to the brink by his online loan debts. He has only a few hundred yuan in his pocket and still owes 180,000. His wife says, “Let’s go back to Moon Bay.” Their three-year-old daughter looks up at him and asks, “Daddy, are there mermaids in the sea?” Qin Tian forces a smile, but inside, he feels utterly hopeless. A cold voice rings out in his mind: [Ding! Ocean King System activated successfully. Genetic compatibility: 99.7%.] [In the reef ahead: one yellow croaker, weighing five jin and one liang, market value: 200,000 yuan.] [Under the puddle ahead: one green crab, weighing half a jin, market value: 200 yuan.] On his very first fishing trip, he lands a haul so huge it overflows the bucket. A wild yellow croaker sells for 320,000 yuan at the dock. Some say he got lucky. Some mock him as a nouveau riche. Some want to climb over him to get ahead, while others want to ruin his livelihood. Qin Tian has just one thing to say: “You live off the mountains if you’re near mountains, and off the sea if you’re near the sea. And this sea? I call the shots now.” No saintly nonsense, no groveling. He repays kindness with kindness and settles scores on the spot. He’ll give his wife and daughter a life others can only envy. That’s the rule at Moon Bay, and it’s Qin Tian’s rule too.