Zhang Beihai, a 996 office drone, died suddenly from working overtime. When he woke up, he had become a transparent little octopus at the very bottom of the deep-sea food chain.
Even a tiny fish could chase him around, and a shrimp could bully him.
Luckily, he bound himself to a silly evolution System that spoke with a thick Northeastern accent:
"Hang in there, buddy. Your ultimate KPI is to grow 999 brains!"
Each newly unlocked brain grants him an incredible ability.
2 brains: Think on two threads at once, doubling his reaction speed.
10 brains: 360-degree, all-around environmental awareness. No secrets remain in the shallows.
100 brains: Group telepathy. All things are at his disposal.
500 brains: Spatial awareness. He can control the deep-sea currents.
999 brains: Omniscient and omnipotent, ruler of Blue Star.
From a transparent little shrimp scavenging scraps from coral crevices, to the boss of the shallows, to the king of guerrilla warfare in the mid-depths, and finally into an abyssal trench so terrifying that even legends dare not speak of it.
Using the project-planning mind he had in his previous life, Zhang Beihai slowly clawed his way from the bottom of the food chain to the very top of the planet, surviving every step of the way.
A sharp-tongued, proud blue-ringed octopus is his partner; a goofy mantis shrimp that can punch through clam shells is his muscle; and a thousand-year-old sea turtle is his intelligence network.
But in the deepest part of the ocean, inside an ancient ruin forgotten by every living creature, lies the true secret of this Blue Star.
