Lu Yuehua was a technical genius, until an accident three years ago left him paralyzed in all four limbs.
His wife left, his friends drifted away, and in the eyes of the world he was nothing but a useless man confined to a wheelchair.
Then, one afternoon, a bank robbery erupted. At the brink of life and death, a cold mechanical voice rang out:
"Host in a life-or-death crisis detected. Binding successful."
"First ability unlocked..."
The robbery was only the first crack fate had torn open.
Beneath this modern city, an extraordinary world beyond the reach of ordinary people churned with hidden currents. Secret organizations lurked in the shadows, the Awakened hid among the crowds, and the rules of the underground were bloody and unforgiving.
Lu Yuehua's awakening was just one new piece landing on the board in a probability of one in a hundred million.
The System gave him not only a new lease on life, but also the possibility of surpassing his limits.
From the moment his first ability unlocked, he set out on a path with no way back.
His childhood friend Hei, a special police officer, investigates a missing persons case and brushes against the supernatural. The hacker Bodan uncovers a "Register of the Awakened" on the dark web. Han Dong, a veteran, witnesses something that should not exist. When ordinary people are swept into the hidden currents, Lu Yuehua knows he can no longer stay hidden.
And fate's gentlest foreshadowing had been planted long ago: that cold-faced female CEO was the only one who saw the undying fire in his soul beneath his paralyzed legs, when everyone else considered him worthless.
What she offered was not pity, but a contract; not sympathy, but a wager.
"Lu Yuehua, I bet you can stand again. And you, are you brave enough to bet that I'll stay by your side to the very end?"
From a useless man in a wheelchair to shattering the rules of the underground and standing atop the world. When an all-purpose System meets a domineering female CEO, Lu Yuehua's era begins.