Giving golden fingers to children of destiny can help small worlds develop better.
But before a newly created golden finger can be put to use, it has to go through a series of tests.
Shi Yi is the golden finger tester.
World 1: Golden Finger [Exchange Student]
System: "This golden finger can send someone from one world to another for a short time. I suggest choosing two worlds with huge differences in development, so you can help the less advanced civilization take off immediately!"
Shi Yi: "What's the fun in that?"
Ignoring the System's wails, Shi Yi chooses a zombie apocalypse world and an infinite-flow world shrouded by an evil god.
He sends survivors from the apocalypse world to the infinite-flow world. The ability users, who have been hungry for so long that their eyes gleam, ignore the blood and severed limbs all over the ground. They fight more viciously than the ghosts and monsters, and they'll do anything to earn points they can exchange for rice, flour, cooking oil, and other essentials.
Vengeful ghosts? Zombies? Murderers?
They're just walking supply depots!
The ability users who eagerly venture into dangerous instances quickly become heroes in the infinite-flow world.
When the people of the infinite-flow world learn that these heroes don't even have enough to eat, they get busy preparing all kinds of supplies. They're determined to make sure their visitors from another world are fed and clothed, and can build a new home atop the ruins.
Years later, the apocalypse world has recovered and flourished, with its technology more advanced than before. The infinite-flow world has escaped the threat of monsters, mastered abilities, and developed a thriving civilization.
The System quietly applauds Shi Yi and sends him to the next world.
World 2: Golden Finger [Hear Your Thoughts]
System: "This golden finger lets you hear the thoughts of people around you. Play a fortune-teller, start a business, catch spies, and avoid a hundred years of detours!"
Shi Yi thinks the System has a great idea and enters a small world with the golden finger, only to find that it still won't activate.
After checking, the System says the golden finger is working perfectly and there's nothing wrong with it.
Shi Yi: "There's nothing wrong with the golden finger. Could the problem possibly be me?"
The people around Shi Yi, forced to hear his thoughts: No, there's something wrong with all of you.
Wandering around with the golden finger, Shi Yi strolls into a technology expo and hears a scientist onstage regret that this technology has yet to make a breakthrough.
Shi Yi, in the audience: That's easy. I saw this in an interstellar world before. The core formula is blah blah blah, and the key to the technology is blah blah blah.
Scientist: !!!!
And so, the entire world begins eavesdropping on people's thoughts, and technology takes off amid chaos and confusion.
World 3: Golden Finger [King of Popularity]
System: "This golden finger is very smart. It'll automatically generate a suitable path to fame based on the Host's circumstances. The more attention you get, the more easily you'll overcome danger! My recommendation is that the Host stay in school and become a celebrity when he grows up, following the most attention-grabbing route of being both hated and adored."
Shi Yi (on the outside): No problem.jpg
Shi Yi (on the inside): This is such an easy job. I can get it done while slacking off. I'll go to another world and take some outsourced jobs to earn extra cash~
By day, Shi Yi plays the part of an ordinary student, well-behaved and sensible in front of his parents and teachers, a happy little slacker. By night, Shi Yi transmigrates to other worlds to fight monsters and enemies, becoming a hero who can travel to the heavens and plunge into the earth, earning extra money like crazy.
The happy life makes Shi Yi forget himself. Who knew the popularity golden finger would suddenly stab him in the back, turning his experiences into short videos and sending them all over the world?
People learn that there's a boy who seems perfectly ordinary, but is actually burdened with the fate of saving the world. He bears hardship and misunderstanding all alone, covered in wounds, but never says a word about it.
Netizen A: "He's an unsung hero."
Netizen B: "He's given up so much to protect the world."
Netizen C: "Seeing him sit in a pool of blood, bandaging his wounds alone, makes me wish I could take all that pain for him!"
On the day he comes of age, the outsourced jobs end. Shi Yi tearfully gives up the joyful working life of earning money and making it rain gold coins, and enters the entertainment industry.
As it turns out, on his very first day in the industry, he discovers that the mission in this world was completed at some point. He's already the biggest star in the world.
Shi Yi: ?
System: ?
Shi Yi: I knew there was something wrong with your golden fingers!!
Maximum sweetness, maximum satisfaction, lighthearted and cheerful, with the strongest protagonist.
Blurb uploaded on 2025/9/14. I'll start updating once I have enough chapters saved and enough bookmarks.
The specific instance plots may change after the story starts. In any case, it's a quick-transmigration story.
Theme: Keeping shoddy golden fingers off the market.