Chapter One: Wallet Zero

His landlord sent a final warning: pay by morning or find the locks changed. Then debt collector Luo Cheng sent a photograph of Lin's mother at her care home. “Fifty thousand before midnight. Otherwise I'll visit her for a chat.” Lin's fingers rested over the keyboard. The computer was the last thing he could sell. But when he turned it on to check its value, no operating system appeared. Strange characters surfaced on the screen. [Heir detected.] [Wallet Zero dormant for 4,748 days.] [Use all current net assets as awakening fuel?] His listed net worth was negative 2,998,641 yuan. Lin laughed. It was probably the first scam program to meet a user with negative assets. He clicked YES. The screen died.