In 2026, recently unemployed Zhou Mu binds to the [2126 National Daily Check-In System].
The System's calendar is messed up. It insists this year is a hundred years in the future, and if he fails a check-in, he will die on the spot!
Day One: [Drink a glass of 2126 synthetic protein water]
Zhou Mu mixes water with a 29.9-yuan tub of clearance whey protein powder, shipping included, pinches his nose, and gulps it down, barely fooling the System.
Day Two: [Complete a three-kilometer aerobic jog on a surface-level ecological trail]
Wearing nothing but a pair of baggy shorts, Zhou Mu races around the People's Park downstairs seven and a half times, narrowly scraping through another check-in.
Zhou Mu finally relaxes, pleased with himself and sure he can keep getting away with tricks like these.
Until Day Three: [Go to the "No. 304 Retired Electromagnetic Catapult Public Park" and use an electromagnetic slider to launch a paper airplane]
Zhou Mu stares at the two-story razor-wire fence beyond the barren hills on the eastern outskirts, the armed sentries, and the sign reading "Military Restricted Area. Unauthorized entry is at your own risk." He is completely stunned.
A hundred years from now, maybe it really will be a public park where anyone can go in with a twenty-yuan ticket.
But in 2026, it's a top-secret military base where even a fly would have its ancestors investigated for eight generations if it got inside!
With only five hours left on the kill countdown, Zhou Mu stuffs three paper airplanes folded from A4 sheets into his pocket and pushes open the city State Security Bureau's front door.
"Comrade, I'm not reporting a spy. I'm reporting myself. There's something in my head telling me to go launch a paper airplane on your electromagnetic catapult track!"
