After leaving the army, former reconnaissance soldier Qin Zhao returned to Jiangcheng, which he had been away from for five years. All he had left was a debt collection notice for his fallen comrade’s orphan and an old shrapnel wound. He went to the antique shop Jubaoge, where his comrade had once worked, to demand answers, only to find the owner forcing his comrade’s widow to sign a contract surrendering property to pay off a debt. Qin Zhao was about to step in when a chime rang in his mind: [City Sign-In System activated. Current location: Jubaoge. Sign-in reward: Master-level antique appraisal]. He immediately spotted the only fake among the rows of “genuine antiques,” and with a casual remark stunned everyone. But this was only the beginning. His comrade’s death had not been an accident. The antique shop was tied to an underground money-laundering network, leading to Jiangcheng’s richest man, an underground fight club, and even the border mission five years ago that had forced him out of the army. Every time he signed in at a new location, he unlocked a terrifying ability. But each time he used one, the shrapnel inside his body moved an inch closer to his heart. As he cleared his comrade’s name, he livestreamed his antique appraisals and became an online sensation, fighting his way from errand boy to manager, from boss to
