Chen Jue, who had worked hard for nearly thirty years without achieving a better life, was once lost and uncertain. But everything changed when he unexpectedly awakened a data modifier that allowed him to enhance every aspect of his physical abilities. At last, his ordinary existence began to undergo a dramatic transformation! (Solely my own path, a modern quest for truth, delving into the mysteries of the human body, and breaking through the limits of life.)
"Chen Jue, you'll work until the end of this month. Starting from the first of next month, you don't need to come in anymore."
"The company isn't doing well. The shareholders had a meeting that lasted until three in the morning yesterday. They're planning to liquidate and dissolve the company—there's really nothing we can do."
Inside a stylish glass-walled office, a well-dressed woman in her thirties, the HR manager, delivered the news in a businesslike tone to a slightly greasy, bespectacled young man.
"Sister Li, I've worked here for over four years. I'm nearly thirty—how am I supposed to find another job with such a central position?" The young man protested, his face twisted with unwillingness.
Despite the roaring excitement outside for the Asian Games, the job market was bleak; layoffs were a regular occurrence. Even in Hangzhou's Binjiang High-Tech Industrial Park, countless small and medium enterprises teetered on the edge of bankruptcy and closure.
In the very building where Chen Jue worked—the Huaye Tower—he saw new businesses moving in and others clearing out every day.
As the saying goes, "even a hero is brought low by a lack of money." Without financial support, it's impossible to get by in society! This applied not just to individuals but to companies as well.
"Didn't General Manager Liu and General Manager Zhou try to introduce you to other company owners?" Sister Li asked, surprised.
"No reply," Chen