When Na Jun opened his eyes and saw everything in front of him, he was momentarily stunned.
How did he end up lying in an office filled with computers?
He quickly picked up his phone to take a look, and the screen displayed a pale, familiar face.
He immediately realized that he had been reborn, returning from 2024 to 2018.
He was none other than the real Na Jun from "The Song of Mortals."
In 2024, he had become the security director of a tech company, but he was overly stressed and didn't take care of his health, ultimately dying from overwork.
After his sudden death, he was reborn back to 2018!
He still vividly remembered that day in September 2024, just before the Mid-Autumn Festival, when he had stayed up late working and suddenly felt his heart racing, struggled to breathe, and trembled all over, collapsing to the ground unconscious.
The feeling of dying so suddenly was so intense that he couldn't help but want to slap himself now; what was the point of being so competitive!
His beautiful wife and their 200-square-meter luxury apartment had all been taken by others.
After a lifetime of competition, in the end, everything was for nothing!
It turned out that the painful experiences of that life made Na Jun decide that in this life, he would absolutely not compete anymore; he would resist the grind, slack off, and take it easy.
“Ding dong! Congratulations, Master, on your enlightenment. The system for upgrading the 'slacking off' entry has been activated. Your voluntary slacking off will trigger the entry and allow it to level up.
Additionally, you can seize positive entries from others by confronting them, and you can transfer negative entries onto others.”
Na Jun immediately checked the entries he currently possessed and found that aside from 'Top Student,' he had the entry [King of Competition].
The 'Top Student' entry represented excellent learning ability; after all, Na Jun, as a small-town exam-taker, had managed to get into Peking University for his undergraduate studies and Tsinghua University for his master's, definitely qualifying as a top student.
This excellent learning ability was something he wanted to keep.
As for [King of Competition], it was undoubtedly a negative entry that he needed to get rid of quickly.
Otherwise, this negative entry would drive him to compete for his boss's house, car, and children, ultimately leading to his own sudden death, leaving behind a million-dollar salary, a multi-million-dollar mansion, and billions in stock options for others. Why suffer like this?
Thus, Na Jun decided to rid himself of the [King of Competition] entry starting now.
He looked around; most of the members in his small group were very dedicated colleagues, each one highly competitive.
Na Jun didn't want them to be more competitive, lest they end up like him and die suddenly.
One exception was a guy who looked like a skinny monkey, clever yet cunning, named Tang Xiaoping. True to his name, he always preferred to slack off.
However, his slacking off was at the expense of others.
Tang Xiaoping loved to flatter his superiors, the directors and general managers, always making various PPTs to report on work, and often using client visits as an excuse to avoid work.
This forced Na Jun, as the team leader, to take on most of Tang Xiaoping's workload.
As a result, Tang Xiaoping showed no gratitude for Na Jun's efforts.
Last night, when Na Jun had stayed up all night and fainted, everyone else was very worried.
Only Tang Xiaoping dismissively said, “The team leader is just too fatigued; a little sleep will fix him.”
To make matters worse, Tang Xiaoping even went to complain to Director Lu, saying, “Na Jun is pretending to work late, but he’s just sleeping in a different place.”
Na Jun hadn't realized Tang Xiaoping's true nature until he gradually saw through him during the years from 2018 to 2024; this guy was truly a complete jerk!
Without hesitation, Na Jun directly transferred his [King of Competition] entry onto Tang Xiaoping.
Suddenly, a black entry appeared above Tang Xiaoping's head that only Na Jun could see—[King of Competition].
Originally, Tang Xiaoping was lazily yawning, preparing to sneak off to the restroom for a quick nap.
But when the [King of Competition] entry appeared above his head, he instantly perked up, full of energy, and turned to Na Jun.
“Team leader, I feel incredibly energized and motivated! Is there any work you need me to do?”
Na Jun chuckled, “Tang Xiaoping, I’m glad to see you so spirited.
Work hard, and the position of team leader will be yours in the future.”
Though he said this, Na Jun secretly thought, die, you jerk!
He assigned Tang Xiaoping the work that should have been his, along with part of his own workload.
He also distributed the remaining work among the other team members.
Seeing the laziest and most slack-off-loving Tang Xiaoping suddenly so competitive, everyone was taken aback.
Then, influenced by him, they all became competitive as well.
Na Jun couldn't help but smile with satisfaction at the sight of them working so hard.
Next, he was going to start slacking off.
Based on Na Jun's years of experience in a big tech company, slacking off couldn't be done haphazardly; taking it easy couldn't be done carelessly, and lying flat couldn't be done randomly; it all required skill.
In such an IT giant, one must learn to slack off while making the directors and general managers believe that you are a hardworking, competitive person.
Na Jun had spent a lifetime competing, from his twenties to nearly forty, and he truly didn't know how to slack off skillfully.
Just when he was at a loss, he suddenly saw Director Lu walking over.
Director Lu was a smiling tiger, always grinning, but in reality, he had a wicked heart,
just like the higher-ups, treating programmers like expendable resources.
Director Lu approached Na Jun with a smile and said, “Na Jun, if you’re really too tired, just take a leave and go home to rest.”
On the surface, it seemed like a kind gesture, but in reality, it was a reprimand.
Na Jun knew that it was because Tang Xiaoping had just complained, saying he was pretending to work late while actually just sleeping in a different place.
So, Director Lu had come specifically to reprimand Na Jun.
How should Na Jun respond?
At that moment, he suddenly realized that Director Lu actually had a very useful entry—[Newbie Performance].
Everyone knew that all those in power were like movie stars; they were almost all skilled at acting and adept at deceiving others.
So, this director possessed the entry [Newbie Performance].
It was likely that even higher-level managers had more advanced performance-related entries.
Na Jun immediately wanted to seize Director Lu's [Newbie Performance] entry to help himself perform slacking off as if he were competing.
However, the system prompted: “You need to confront the other party angrily, causing them to become emotionally disturbed, to have a chance to seize their entry.”
A playful smile appeared on Na Jun's face; having traversed two lives, the person he most wanted to confront was the foolish leader, especially a scheming person like Director Lu!
Not only did he want to seize Director Lu's entry, but he also wanted to take his physical and stamina-related entries, turning him into a useless person, making his beautiful wife a resentful widow, so he could take advantage of the situation and take revenge for the exploitation he had suffered before.