From the Start, I Found a Human Bone

Three years ago, a horrifying murder took place in Jiangcheng. A family of three was brutally killed on New Year's Eve. The two adults were teachers at a local middle school and were well loved by everyone. Their youngest child was only seven or eight years old. When the body was found, its head had vanished. The authorities offered a reward of over 100,000 yuan for information, but despite their efforts, they found nothing. It was as if the killer had vanished into thin air! -- Chen Lidong, a poverty-stricken high school senior who had been recommended for university admission, was working a part-time job when he unexpectedly found a palm-sized piece of jade-white bone on a dining table, its edges worn smooth. He had examined it for only two seconds when he was forcibly bound to a certain [Reward App] System. --[Ding! You found a human occipital bone!] --[Reward System activating!] --[Case unlocked: "Report! There's an Unusual Collector Here," 1% complete. Reward: 50 yuan!] Chen Lidong: "..." Just 50 yuan... Did he look like someone who was that short on money? He really was! Still, something was strange. The faint sound of footsteps behind him, the feeling of being watched, the unusually noisy wind outside the window... It seemed the killer had set their sights on him! -- Chen Lidong had never thought of himself as a good person. Yet, for some inexplicable reason, he was reported on again and again, and the media and netizens hailed him as "Jiangcheng's missing conscience." Someone interviewed him: "What made you keep going further down the road of fighting crime?" Thinking of the eight-digit balance in his bank account, Chen Lidong smiled brightly. "Of course, it was passion." -- A stingy bottom who thinks his life is worthless and fears nothing x a long-legged uncle-type cop top -- Lots of small murder cases. Please add it to your favorites! -- Coming soon: "When a Chuunibyo Meets the Workhorse System." Please add it to your favorites! A story about a chuunibyo rich second-generation heir who gets forcibly bound to a workhorse System and begins a chaotic everyday life! Zhou Feng was rich, popular, and, by all rights, should have enjoyed the enviable life of someone "born in Rome." But one day, he was bound to a newspaper's [Workhorse Career Experience] System. -- Story One: Celebrity Headquarters Every three years, Blue Star holds a public vote to select the 101 most popular and attractive people, who then form the Celebrity Headquarters. Through livestreams, they can win more votes and gain more fans. Zhou Feng: So I'm one of the celebrities, and in the end I'll have hundreds of millions of fans, with everyone loving and chasing after me? System: Look, you're an editor. You live in a tiny 30-square-meter room, work 15 hours a day, and have to be on call at all times. Your monthly salary doesn't even reach one percent of a celebrity's daily pay. -- Story Two: God of Cooking System In the 1990s, street-vendor businesses flourished. A small food stall became famous for all kinds of dishes so delicious they practically made your tongue melt, and eventually grew into a celebrated food empire in Huaguo. Zhou Feng: So I've bound myself to a God of Cooking System, and everyone admires me while I get to taste all the delicacies in the world? System: Look, you're the stall owner who delivers ingredients to the protagonist, the God of Cooking. You have to transport all kinds of fruits and vegetables to the stall at five every morning. -- Other stories are still undecided. There will be wealthy families, the apocalypse, period pieces, spiritual qi revival, cultivation, and more... The protagonist is something of a cannon-fodder nobody. -- Zhou Feng (clenching his fist): I get it!! I'm actually the protagonist of the world! All these experiences are meant to help me turn the world upside down and eventually save it! System: ...As long as you're happy! The stories are all going to go wrong anyway! Theme: Always stand up for justice and hold fast to your principles as a person.