I Was Just Reading a Free Novel, and Now I'm a Tycoon?

Overworked corporate drone Shi Yuan loves nothing more than reading free novels in his spare time.

He even has a wonderful dream: to lounge around at home without working, and reach the pinnacle of life by reading free novels alone, marrying a beautiful, wealthy woman along the way... Then one day, a shimmering treasure chest suddenly appeared in a free novel he was reading, and Shi Yuan clicked it without thinking.

“You found 1 Bronze Treasure Chest and received 5 bargain-bin Strength Pills.”

“Ding... Your reading time for today and this week meets the requirements. You qualify to activate the Get Stronger by Reading Free Novels System. Congratulations, you have received a cash reward of 10,000 and the special skill Photographic Memory x1...”

“Books hold both beauties and golden houses. Get stronger by reading free novels, and reject every cheap trick!”

“You found 1 Gold Treasure Chest and received Controlled Nuclear Fusion Technology x1... You found 1 Dark Gold Treasure Chest and received a complete cultivation manual x1...”

That day, a stunning woman who called herself a villainess leaped out of a book. Weeping, she told Shi Yuan that the God of War XX had returned with a hundred thousand elite soldiers to slaughter her entire family, and begged for his help.

Shi Yuan: “So he’s the God of War, and he’s got a hundred thousand elite soldiers? I’ll suppress the lot of them and dump them in the mental hospital to drum up business for his whole family...”