The Grind King Finally Got His Golden Finger

My new novel, After Losing My Memory, My Badass Past Comes to Light, is now available. Synopsis at the bottom~ Please add it to your favorites! Shen Qingfei is a test-taking machine, a relentless striver, a champion of the rat race. Call him whatever you like. He came from a small town and studied hard to get into the best university, land a job at the most cutthroat big tech company, work the longest hours, and outlast more of his peers than anyone else. He won the rat race in this life: a million-yuan annual salary and permanent residency in Shanghai. He also lost, because right now he's lying in the ICU, at the ripe old age of twenty-eight. Somewhere in the haze, he seems to hear someone ask him: "If you had another life, would you still keep competing?" Shen Qingfei manages a weak smile. "Of course I'd keep at it..." And he did exactly that. In his next life, he was born into a cultivation world. But he had no spiritual roots, so he couldn't even get a foot in the door, no matter how hard he tried. So he spent ten years doing business, became the richest man among mortals, then gave away his entire fortune in one day, all for a fake spiritual root. But a fake spiritual root was still just a fake spiritual root. Even with one, he could barely get by in the cultivation world. All he could do was serve as an outer disciple of a small sect, doing odd jobs every day while his cultivation made little progress. The outer sect elder had seen countless youths like him, with ambitions as high as the sky but terrible talent. He knew that no matter how hard Shen Qingfei worked, he was destined to fail to break through to Foundation Establishment, destined to live only as long as an ordinary mortal, and then die. Shen Qingfei didn't believe in fate. He had fought to get this fake spiritual root, so he could fight his way higher still. He spent another five years saving enough money to buy a spiritual herb that could cleanse his spiritual roots. He thought that if he kept working hard, one step at a time, he could beat everyone else in the rat race once again. Unfortunately, in the cultivation world, might makes right. He concealed his aura and fled with the herb as fast as he could, but still couldn't escape a single sword strike. The man who robbed him was the protagonist's father. Desperate to turn his dual spiritual roots son's talent into a Heavenly Spiritual Root, the loving father saw Shen Qingfei's herb as the most cost-effective way to do it. He wasn't about to let it pass him by. Besides, the protagonist's father was a good person. He only took Shen Qingfei's herb, not his life. That's right, this was a world with a protagonist, where fortune favored the chosen above all. Shen Qingfei simply believed he could beat fate. He lay in an alley like a stray dog, his consciousness slowly fading. Then a voice rang out: "Congratulations, you have been bound to the Test-Taker System." Test-Taker System: Take the hardest exams, get the best rewards. "Detected that the Host is from a low-tech world. The following is a disclaimer." "This System connects to myriad worlds. Whether you come from a primitive era or a spacefaring age, you're all competing on the same track. Those who rank lower must accept punishment. So far, the mortality rate among Hosts from low-tech worlds is 87.52%. Please think carefully before accepting the binding." Shen Qingfei smiled. He thought of his previous life. He came from a small town. It wasn't until he entered university that he learned not everyone started learning English in middle school. Some people had been studying material long ago that he wouldn't get to until high school, or even university. And... He smiled, spat out a mouthful of blood, and said, "I accept." Warning: The author doesn't give warnings. Readers will have to find them for themselves. Before the protagonist reaches the top of the world, he'll face all kinds of setbacks and frustrations. If you can't handle that, don't click in. My new novel, After Losing My Memory, My Badass Past Comes to Light, is now available. Here's the synopsis~ Short synopsis: A famous pretty face in the entertainment industry agrees to join a full-dive reality show, but a technical glitch causes all participants to forget that they're on a reality show. They all panic, thinking they've transmigrated. And so... the fake pretty face reveals that he's actually a true powerhouse. Detailed synopsis: Lu Yi is a famous pretty face in Country M, renowned for being good for nothing but his looks. He was cast as the pretty face in a spy movie, and everything he did, from firing a gun to fight scenes to racing, was painful to watch. A full-dive gaming company developed a celebrity reality show to promote its new product, inviting Lu Yi and others to participate. The game involved combat, strategy, and acting, so his haters heard about it and eagerly waited to see him fail. Unexpectedly, the product malfunctioned, and all the participants forgot they were playing a game. They all thought they had transmigrated. So, under the watchful eyes of countless haters, Lu Yi, with no weapons at hand, improvised and drove off the first wave of NPCs aboard a motorhome traveling at 120 miles per hour. Haters: "??? Who am I? Where am I? If you could fight even half this well in your movies, would I still be hating on you?" Fans: "What? Lu Yi has this skill too? What do we do, what do we do? We've never complimented anything but his face. What should we praise him for?" Theme: Hard work really does pay off.