Peerless Genius System Chapter 584 Discussion

Your typical weak-to-strong story. An average salaryman broke up with his girlfriend, got into an accident and died. As his compensation, he received a System, which worked by awarding points based on the amount of awe or anger or fear the protagonist inspired in others.

And using the accumulated points, the protagonist bought skills such as Constitution of the Mercenary King, Sinew Metamorphosis and Dragon Subduing Palm from the System.

At first I liked the story and empathized with the protagonist. He was humble and mild-mannered unless someone provoked him. Just like myself in real life. And using the skills bought from the System, he punished evil-doers. If you like face-slapping scenes where arrogant a**holes get their comeuppance, then there are a lot of such scenes in this novel. Very cathartic.

And then, after chapter 300, Nationalism reared its ugly head. I put up with the evil Emperor-worshiping Japanese MLM agents and the racist Navy SEALS soldiers because the author did not go overboard. For example, instead of portraying ALL Americans as Chinese-hating racists, the author made a clear distinction between American civilians and military personnel. And he explained that the American soldiers tended to display hostility towards Chinese soldiers because the Americans used the PLA as imaginary enemies during their drills.

Fair enough. It's more acceptable than the usual crap where every single white person in a Chinese novel is a Chinese-hating villain.

But then around chapter 584, the protagonist did something unforgivable.

Both the protagonist and the female lead were involved in some business rivalry you see. And during the business meeting, the female lead correctly deduced that the protagonist was the real backer behind her business rival. So he lost his temper and r*ped the female lead, who was also his wife-in-name. AND benefactor. The female lead had helped him earlier when he was getting defamed by an online celebrity.

After the r*pe, the female lead truly fell in love with him and handed over her company.

At this point, I thought that the story was too s*upid for me to continue reading. I gave up and stopped there. The end of the road for me.

Later on, there's supposed to be some fighting in Japan where, no doubt, more nationalistic bullsh*t can be found.