Chapter One: The Twenty-Yuan Silver Coin

For the first time, gray text appeared over a person. [Relational Value: Unreadable.] [Warning: Higher-level authority interference.] Behind Gu, the scarred man watched Shen Yan with cold eyes. The auctioneer rang a bell. “We have added one no-reserve lot: an old filing cabinet from Linhai Machinery Works, including all unclassified contents.” A rusted cabinet rolled into the room. The battered mechanical watch hung from its door. Sixteen hours remained. And the System marked the cabinet’s current transaction price at three million yuan.