This is a wondrous world where every object, living or not, has its own floating attributes.
A random passerby:
Strength: 300
Speed: 500
Agility: 500
Stamina: 300
Intelligence: 120 (Unlike ordinary IQ, intelligence here can exceed 1,000)
A random stone:
Strength: 1,000
Speed: 0
Agility: 0
Stamina: 1,000
Intelligence: 0
And him, Lan Tiantian, a well-mannered young man from the 21st century who transmigrated to an unknown era:
Strength: 50
Speed: 50
Agility: 50
Stamina: 50
Intelligence: 150
Aside from intelligence, which is just about adequate, all his other stats are horribly low. He's even worse than a stone!
Life is hard enough already. Then, after transmigrating, he discovers that his family is full of hungry mouths to feed.
Burden No. 1: His adorable five-year-old little sister.
Burden No. 2: A pink piglet with pitifully low stats that only knows how to act cute, a magical beast that showed up on its own.
Burden No. 3: An old robot with a rusty, glitching processor that can't even cook without burning everything.
Burden No. 4: The guard dog Wangcai, an elderly yellow dog always on the verge of kicking the bucket.
Burden No. 5: The dilapidated old house, which seems to have developed a mind of its own.
Other people transmigrate and become kings, dominating the world and slaughtering their way to the top. He transmigrates only to struggle to feed his family and avoid starving to death.
How can he quickly rise through the ranks and reach the pinnacle of life?
Looking at his string of 50s, Lan Tiantian feels a wave of despair.
Luckily, there is always a way forward. He discovers that no one else can see those stats. Only he can.
And he can pick them up, too!
That's right, Lan Tiantian is thrilled to discover that people sometimes drop stats during battles without realizing it. He can pick them up and use them himself, or transfer them to the five burdens at home!
As their stats improve, his five burdens stop being burdens and each becomes a powerful figure feared across the land.
And Lan Tiantian becomes the boss of all bosses, a fighter jet among fighter jets!
People with low stats start offering him huge sums to have stats grafted onto them.
Lan Tiantian sighs with an air of importance. "Business is slow these days, and stats are hard to come by, so as for the price..."
Everyone: Boss, we get it. Name your price!
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Looking for advance readers for this infrastructure-building and power-up story, "Stranded on a Desert Island, I Became the Sea King":
From the start, all you've got is a dog. You'll have to fight for everything else.
What kind of outdated, melodramatic trope is that?
Le Fan inexplicably gets bound to a Sailing System and dumped on a deserted island, where he has to struggle to survive with limited resources.
Living off the land, starting fires by rubbing sticks together, and dying alone? That's not happening!
Hunting, building houses, raising magical beasts, and recruiting goblin natives are just the first step in showing off (crossed out).
Developing industry, building ships, and opening up ocean trade routes, he establishes trade agreements with every tribe.
Middlemen want to profit from the price difference? One-click shipping straight from the source, with delivery golems covering the entire continent.
Attacked by pirates? His merchant ships, armed with cutting-edge technology, beat the pirates so badly they'll question their existence.
The queen wants to collect taxes? Sorry, my deserted island isn't part of your kingdom. If you don't like it, let's fight.
In the end, everywhere Le Fan's fleet goes, all intelligent races, including demons, humans, and elves, will bow at his feet!
Theme: Make a fortune and work toward a moderately prosperous life.
Woohoo, I miss you so much
Xiaoliu (Cosmic Core): I left voluntarily
Finished spreading flowers!!! Haven't seen you for a long time!
Woooooooooooooooo
Long time no see. Where have you been?
Finally back!!!!!
Oh my god, why don't you update it more?
Hahahaha, Ant-Man was so angry...
I thought Xiaoliu wanted to take revenge, but I didn't expect...
Xiaoliu: Soft yes, others no