The Layoff Reversal System Arrives Too Early

Li Xiang is a freshman in medical school, casually playing games with his buddies during lectures. But his life takes an unexpected turn when a "midlife layoff reversal system" activates nearly twenty years ahead of schedule. The system presents him with a jarring prompt: ["At thirty-five, with low education and no professional title, you are laid off from the hospital. Determined to change your fate, you resolve to study hard and pass the qualifying exams. Reward for studying any medical textbook for over three hours: Memory +0.1."] Staring at the brand-new copy of Physiology on his desk, Li Xiang can only wonder—what does a midlife crisis have to do with him right now? Yet the system's roadmap is already laid out: win the national clinical skills competition, gain admission to a top-tier graduate program, publish a paper with an impact factor above 10, complete a PhD early, and join the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Is his future self really that ambitious?