Name: An Ordinary Life [Research]
Author: Little Fox in the Past

Synopsis

Completed. Feel free to rate it! My next story will be "But I'm a Person from Earth!" --

Blurb:

Yue Qi is an interstellar citizen with zero psychic power. In space, he qualifies as a person with a congenital disability who can receive welfare. Under interstellar law, he is only allowed to study subjects that don't require psychic power.

Fortunately, he has no interest in popular majors like mecha combat or mecha repair. After graduating from middle school, Yue Qi enrolled at the highest-ranked military academy to study household chemistry. In an interstellar society where everyone values martial prowess, it's naturally a very unpopular subject.

But after he transmigrates to Earth, Yue Qi goes from being a person with a congenital disability to a leading researcher.

Only then does he discover that he's actually a genius. The interstellar world has truly lost out by letting him go :).

Tips:

1. The male lead has no romance. He transmigrates from the interstellar world to the modern era. This is a wish-fulfillment story.

2. Household chemicals means everyday chemical products.

3. The male lead comes with a golden finger: he has chemical knowledge from the interstellar era, and his very first product will make a splash.

Theme: Scientific research can change your life.

Stats

129Chapters

34.6kFavorites

35.4kClicks per chapter

9.4Score

168kNutrient gifts

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