1: Chapter 1 Traveling to 2010

Parallel space, Dragon Kingdom. Handong Province, Jinzhu Township.

The Xiushui River Bridge was a reinforced concrete road bridge built with great difficulty by pooling funds from the township, higher-level appropriations, and public contributions. It spanned over one hundred meters with a maximum load capacity of 30 tons. The completion of this bridge ended the history of the common people having to take boats across the river or making a detour of more than ten kilometers to cross.

Today, there was big news in the township; the Xiushui River Bridge, which had been newly built and open to traffic for less than half a year, collapsed this morning. After the incident occurred, many common people gathered there to watch.

The news spread like wildfire, quickly reaching the county and then the city.

Reporters from the City TV Station and the City Daily Newspaper arrived, carrying cameras and microphones, interviewing the onlookers.

"Sir, what is your take on this matter?"

Facing the camera and microphone, the interviewed old man looked indignant. "This is a typical shoddy project. I heard that it cost over 20 million to build this bridge, and yet, in less than half a year, it collapsed!"

A middle-aged man ran over and revealed, "Comrade reporters, come and take a look. This cement crumbles at the slightest touch!"

He held a piece of cement he had picked up and, in front of the camera, squeezed it hard, and it really crumbled, with the powder spilling from his hand.

This... this is truly shocking; a piece of cement can actually be crushed by hand.

It looks like this is most likely a shoddy project!

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Jinzhu Township, Urban Construction Office.

Qin Chuan looked completely bewildered as he blankly surveyed the large office, thinking to himself, 'What is going on? Where am I?'

One cannot blame Qin Chuan for such a reaction; anyone else would likely be the same.

Today was the day of his promotion to County Party Secretary. After serving as County Head for many years, he had finally made it to the throne of County Party Secretary.

Being appointed County Party Secretary in his forties was not due to a lack of ability; on the contrary, his political acumen was high, and his capabilities were outstanding. His biggest shortcoming was his lack of background.

Coming from a grassroots background, being able to climb step by step from a substitute teacher to County Party Secretary was already very impressive. Of course, if he had a sufficiently strong background, with his abilities, he could even have become the Municipal Party Secretary.

However, why was he in such an unfamiliar environment? This was definitely not the County Party Committee compound he was familiar with, nor was it any office of the County Party Committee.

Soon, a flood of memories rushed in, and after a few minutes, he finally understood what was going on.

He had actually transmigrated.

This was not Earth, but a parallel space called Blue Star. The date was May 10, 2010, and he was still called Qin Chuan, but he was just an ordinary clerk in the Urban Construction Office of Jinzhu Township.

After receiving a large amount of memories, Qin Chuan learned some things about the original owner.

The original owner was a graduate of the Chinese Department of Jingcheng University. He could have originally chosen a better work environment, but his girlfriend was only a graduate of a second-tier college in the capital and her household registration was in Jinzhu Township, making it difficult to stay in a big city like the capital. So, he returned to this mountain valley with his girlfriend and became a member of the Urban Construction Office of the township.

In his memories, the original owner was a total simp, and also had high standards but low ability, was arrogant, and as a top student from Jingcheng University, he had been working for three years but had not made any progress in his official career, remaining at a standstill.

Damn it, he had a great hand of cards but played it terribly.

His political acumen was also pitifully low; whenever his leader promised him the moon, he actually believed it.

Just a short while ago, Director Liu Wei had already approached him, implying that the responsibility for the collapse of the Xiushui River Bridge should be temporarily shouldered by the original owner, and also hinted that this was the intention of Township Head Zhao Yijiang.

Director Liu Wei promised him the moon, telling him that with the maneuvering of Township Head Zhao, the organization would at most give him a warning, and promised that within two years at most, he would be promoted to Deputy Director of the Urban Construction Office.

Qin Chuan had rich experience in officialdom and knew that this was intended to make the original owner a scapegoat, pinning the blame on him. As for future promotions and heavy responsibilities, that was just wishful thinking.

"Ding!"

Suddenly, at this moment, an electronically synthesized voice rang out in his mind.

"Host has successfully transmigrated. The Officialdom Information Prompt System has been successfully bound. This system can provide the host with 1 to 3 pieces of information daily."

Hearing this voice, Qin Chuan felt a surge of joy.

He also often read web novels in his spare time, so he was no stranger to the concept of a "system." Sure enough, it was the standard equipment for a transmigrator.

"Novice Gift Pack, would you like to claim it?"

He silently thought to claim it.

The system's voice rang out in his mind again, "Novice Gift Pack claimed successfully. Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Peak Physical Fitness Enhancement Card. Would you like to use it now?"

"Use it later."

This was the large office of the Urban Construction Office. Besides himself, there were three or four other people. Although they were all buried in their work and not paying attention to him for the moment, if using this Peak Physical Fitness Enhancement Card caused some big commotion and alerted them, that would not be good.

"Retrieve today's prompt information."

Soon, three pieces of information appeared in Qin Chuan's mind.

1. This morning, Township Head Zhao Yijiang will talk to you and make you take the fall.

2. The collapse of the Xiushui River Bridge will alarm the Dongzhou Municipal Party Committee, which will order Qinghe County to form an investigation team. The investigation team will move into Jinzhu Township at 3:00 PM to conduct an investigation.

3. Tonight, Township Head Zhao Yijiang will have a secret meeting with your girlfriend, Liu Yan, in Room 1208 of the Four Seasons Hotel in Qinghe County.

After reading these three pieces of information, Qin Chuan was slightly shocked.

As expected of the system, the amount of information provided was quite substantial.

Especially the fact that the original owner's girlfriend was secretly meeting with Township Head Zhao Yijiang tonight; it seemed they had been together for a long time, and the original owner just didn't know it.

This explained why Township Head Zhao Yijiang wanted the original owner to take the fall. Besides the fact that the original owner was in the Urban Construction Office, the more important reason was likely to send the original owner to prison.

When soldiers come, block them with generals; when water comes, cover it with earth. For now, he would use this Peak Physical Fitness Enhancement Card first.

Although the original owner was young, his body was really a bit weak. A good body is the capital for revolution, especially in officialdom, where good health is even more important.

After glancing at the others in the large office, Qin Chuan said to Zhang Anxiang, with whom he had a relatively good relationship, "Brother Zhang, I'm going out for a moment and will be back soon."

Zhang Anxiang was in his thirties. Because he only had a college diploma and was relatively sincere, he had been working for over ten years but was still just an ordinary clerk.

"Hmm." Zhang Anxiang nodded gently and reminded him, "Come back quickly. The Xiushui River Bridge has collapsed, which is a major incident. Let's work honestly and not slack off; be careful not to get on the leaders' bad side."

Qin Chuan went straight back to his dormitory.

Jinzhu Township had dormitories. Colleagues who lived further away usually stayed in the dormitories and only went home on weekends.

The dormitory was very close, right inside the Township Government compound. The location was a bit towards the back, behind the canteen, and was relatively quiet.

Because it was working hours, there was no one in the entire dormitory building. Qin Chuan used his memory to open his dormitory, closed the door, and then used the Peak Physical Fitness Enhancement Card.

The intense pain he had imagined did not occur; instead, his whole body felt warm and comfortable. The entire process lasted about ten minutes.

His whole body also underwent huge changes.

Although his height didn't change much, still around 183 cm, his whole body now had muscles, and his eight-pack abs were very obvious, no longer as weak and bloated as before.

Especially a certain part, which had almost doubled in size, making his shorts feel a bit tight.

He looked in the mirror and was very satisfied.

This physique was simply perfect.

The original owner was already very good-looking, a real hunk, and now he was even more handsome. If 100 points was the perfect score, he could definitely be rated 99 points now.

Why couldn't he be rated 100 points? Because you, the dear readers, are the 100 points. No matter how handsome the protagonist is, he cannot compare to you, the dear readers.