The Greatest Mind of the Late Ming

There is no System, only an evolved brain. This is a scientifically grounded transmigration story, so readers who dislike technical details should steer clear. The protagonist, naturalist Yu Di, takes part in a brain-computer interface experiment, causing his consciousness data to transmigrate into the body of Duan Shuquan, a young traveling merchant in the late Ming. Deep in the mountains of the southwest, he is captured by the local tribespeople, whom the novel describes as uncivilized, and discovers that his brain has changed, granting him abilities beyond ordinary people. After taking part in the local tribal wars, he earns the position of military adviser to the Han people. From then on, he builds a home, advances the technology tree, develops agriculture, commerce, industry, and trade, and establishes a red regime amid the chaos. In the later stages, he encounters other transmigrators and faces the First World War ahead of schedule.