Waste to Ascend

Lu Jiangliu, a 26-year-old programmer, dies from overwork and is reborn in a parallel world as his alternate self. The first thing he sees is a notification: [Waste to Ascend System] — every legal waste of 5000 yuan earns 1 'waste point' to exchange for superpowers. But the system's second page reveals a catch: waste points must be used within 48 hours or they reset, and a random learned ability is deducted. Worse, this world harbors a terrorist group called the Thrift Alliance, which views waste as a sin and kills spendthrifts. Lu must burn money to awaken powers while fighting assassins, living a absurd urban life where not spending leads to death, but spending might too.