[I'll start posting once I have 100,000 words banked, to avoid going on hiatus]
A human being who has cut himself off from society lives behind a mountain of trash.
He salvages what he needs from the garbage piles out front. Some things are good, some are bad. After fixing them up, he resells them for a profit.
Oh, and he's an alchemist.
After tinkering with a few things, he opens an online shop. A few months later, business is booming.
More and more people grow curious about the seller's true identity, but even hackers can only pinpoint a landfill.
Everyone: Who lives in a landfill?
Chen Shi: ...
It's not like he chose to live here.
Theme: Reclaim and reuse, turning waste into treasure