A serious illness in his final year of high school, followed by hormone treatment, made Lu Chen, once the top science-track student in the country, balloon to 260 pounds.
Backstage at the university's freshman gala, his childhood friend, the campus beauty, hurries to return his notes and cut ties, while the rich second-generation class monitor cancels his performance at the last minute just to mock him!
A hellish start? Public humiliation?
[Ding! Congratulations, Host, on activating the "Calorie Transmutation and Prestige Engine"!]
[For every 100 kilocalories burned, one million yuan is deposited directly into your account! Lose one pound, and you get a hundred million yuan in cash!]
[System notification: Detected extreme astonishment among the three thousand students and teachers in attendance. Prestige +9999!]
[Prestige can be exchanged for anything: a concert-hall-quality voice, golden lean muscle, landmark properties worth tens of billions, next-generation biotech, the foundations of a powerful family worth trillions...]
Lu Chen grabs his wooden guitar and walks onto the stage. One high note from "Mountains and Seas" tears through the crowd, and the calories he burns sweating onstage earn him ten million yuan on the spot!
[Ding! Prestige spent. Height increased to 186 cm, and perfect bone structure unlocked!]
[Ding! Silver Treasure opened. Hit songs "Preface to the Orchid Pavilion" and "Nocturne" acquired. The mysterious secret identity "Deep Sea" tops the Chinese music charts!]
[Ding! Platinum Treasure opened. Patent for a targeted fat-burning miracle drug unlocked. A biotech empire worth trillions is established!]
Two months later, Lu Chen, now 186 centimeters tall, with an eight-pack and an unbelievably handsome face, stands at a global press conference...
The entire school goes wild:
"Wait... what happened to that guy who weighed over 200 pounds at the freshman gala? Where did this impossibly handsome college guy come from?!"
"Hold on! Is the mysterious music maestro 'Deep Sea,' with tens of millions of followers online and songs everyone is desperate to hear, really Lu Chen?!"
