
by Thechosenchicken
247 job applications. 89 rejections. 158 ghosted. Chen Jun's computer science degree wasn't supposed to end like this: expired visa, empty bank account, and a rat named Gerald as his only friend. When a mysterious system offers him a way out, Jun takes it. Not because he wants adventure or power. He just wants to stop existing in a world that doesn't want him. He wakes up in a cultivation world where qi flows like data and formations work like code. The locals call his talent worthless: Logic-type spiritual roots. No elemental affinity. No combat potential. But Jun sees what they can't. The formations are inefficient. The cultivation techniques are bloated. The entire system has been running on legacy code for three thousand years. Something is broken. Someone broke it on purpose. And Jun is going to debug it. Him, his rat, and the jade beauty master who can't stand either of them. Updates: Monday / Wednesday / Friday