After I Took the Top Spot from the World's Strongest

【Coming Soon: The Pathetic Loser Reincarnates into a Novel as the Cannon Fodder Husband, but Gets the Wrong Role; The Timid Office Worker Plays the Overpowered Hero in His Dreams】 Chu Jiu has a brother who is all he has in the world. His brother takes the form of a piece of wood that can stand upright, move, and talk. In this otherworld, such beings are collectively known as mutated monsters, and are supposed to be taken into custody by the Special Affairs Bureau. Only Chu Jiu knows his brother isn't a mutated monster at all. His spirit has simply left his body. To keep his brother from being taken away, Chu Jiu has lived with him in a remote town, almost entirely cut off from the outside world. The townspeople have gotten used to his brother's presence, and even get along with him quite well. The bad news: His brother is close to death, but has a strong will to survive. The good news: Killing monsters can prolong his brother's life. When a pig-slaughtering monster and a serial-killer monster appear in town, Chu Jiu doesn't back down like he used to. He reveals that he has special abilities, driving monsters away to prolong his brother's life while searching for a way to find his brother's spirit. But there aren't enough monsters in town. He'll have to venture outside and take a look. 2. Mo Han is the strongest person in the world, an idol to all the ability users. But he's close to death. His medical team has examined him countless times, but they still can't find the cause of his physical decline. His body is like a piece of rotten wood, decaying little by little from the inside out. The bad news: Mo Han has little will to survive and tends toward self-destruction. He kills countless monsters every day, hoping to die in the process. He's held the top spot on the Special Task Force's mission leaderboard for years. But recently, someone has knocked him down to second place. Someone is competing with him for monsters. 3. The Special Affairs Bureau recently got a ferocious new recruit who complains to the director whenever there's no work to do. The director has a terrible headache and hides from the newcomer every day. Before long, the newcomer claims first place on the mission leaderboard. Mo Han has found a rival. And he's thrilled. Mo Han: You have a very unusual way of getting my attention. Chu Jiu: You're reading too much into it. I just want to prolong my brother's life. Later, Chu Jiu discovers that Mo Han, like his brother, is close to death. But Mo Han has little will to survive and keeps trying to die alongside the monsters. PS: The gong stays by the shou in the form of a piece of wood at first. Later, he merges with his human form. Theme: If you want a better life, hard work and perseverance are the way forward.