I appreciate how the story balances supernatural elements with grounded family drama. The cat is magical and has a system, but the core conflict is still about a young man trying to figure out his future while dealing with overprotective family.
The corridor setting is super immersive. The old unit building with peeling paint, greasy wires, damp tiles, and the emergency light making shadows crawl. That's horror atmosphere done right. You can smell the mold and feel the unease. The addition of the school uniform corpse just makes it more tragic.
I love the system explanation—a list that records everything in the world and gives Dao rewards. It’s basically a power ranking with prizes, which is such a fun concept for a wuxia setting. The tiers of cultivation (Postnatal, Congenital, Grandmaster, etc.) and pill grades (Heaven, Earth, Black, Yellow) are clearly laid out, so I can already imagine the power scaling. It’s classic but done well.
I was honestly shocked when Yu Mu just casually admitted to the crime without any fight. After building up this whole scene where everyone expects him to protest his innocence, him saying "I did it" just like that completely threw me off. It's such a cool subversion of the typical "protagonist defends himself" trope. You can tell right away that this guy has been through some serious stuff in his past life to be so done with arguing. The way he just stands there, totally detached from everything happening around him, really sets the tone for who he is now.
The pacing of the first three excerpts is brisk and effective. We jump from revenge paint-mixing → gruesome art class → puppet workshop exposition → school tragedy → delivery crisis → secret client murder scene. That’s a lot of different tones in a short space, but they’re stitched together by Xie’s chaotic perspective. I never felt bored. The author knows when to pause for comedic effect (like the “Xie Kardashian” line) and when to accelerate with action (the fight). The only somewhat slower part is the exposition about Jingren history, but it’s broken up by Zhao’s humor. The balance between world explanation and plot progression is solid. Also, each segment ends on a slightly ominous or absurd note that makes me want to keep scrolling. Cliffhangers like the mysterious elevator man work well.
The dialogue during the confrontation is super sharp. "People do, heaven watches" is such a fitting line for the era and her situation. It’s not overly complicated, but it cuts deep. You can feel the desperation in her words, knowing she has no real power yet but wanting them to know they won’t get away with it.
That rebirth or reincarnation hook with the male lead “Qing Gege” painting a blank screen and having these weird memory fragments has me completely hooked. The jump from the brutal historical drama of Xie Yuqing’s death to this mystical, amnesiac doctor living in a hidden valley is jarring, but I love it. The way he struggles to remember something, with his forehead veins bulging, makes me think he might be connected to the previous timeline. Maybe he’s a soul from that era? Or perhaps he’s just a very unlucky guy who has seizures? The boy calling him “Fenghuang” and him painting a woman’s figure is way too coincidental. I am so ready for the plot to connect these two worlds. I just hope it’s not a bait-and-switch.
The ammo limitation is great. 12 bullets. “Bullet Recovery” of 1 per hour. The MC has to aim carefully. He can't just go full John Wick. This prevents the system from being too overpowered early. Every bullet counts. The scarcity makes the “Upgrade Points” far more valuable than just random XP.