Tech Breakthrough: Rising from the Provincial Compound

Lin Fan wakes up in 2005 as a low-level government clerk with one goal: coast through life and retire early. But the "Civilization Progress Engine" system has other plans, forcing him to work—and monitoring his every attempt to slack off! Armed with black tech knowledge from 2025, his "accidents" spiral out of control: a reflection paper earns ministerial praise and a promotion, an automation script revolutionizes government efficiency, and an overnight pandemic tracing system makes him a national hero. Climbing the ranks while desperately trying to retire, Lin Fan discovers that changing hist…