Watching Films in Ancient Times: Technology Leads Us into a New Era

A giant screen appears, shining across every dynasty. It reveals the splendid prosperity forged by technology, exposes the humiliating scars of a century of resistance, and reflects the brilliant light of the rising red star.

Emperors and rulers remembered in the history books, including Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng, Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty, Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty, witness it all and turn to vigorously developing science and technology. Yet the screen's ideal of “equality for all” puts the emperors under immense pressure: mediocre rulers are forced to change by the tide of the times, while the ambitious take the initiative and steer their own eras of reform.

Emperors, celebrated ministers, and famous generals also visit the modern world to experience its splendor. They receive official welcomes, and the internet erupts in an instant. Even more unexpectedly, historical figures from Europe and elsewhere arrive through transmigration. It turns out their timelines have screens too, though those show the history of their own peoples. As these timelines converge, rivalries between nations begin to stir beneath the surface.

Since they exist in different timelines, China's emperors create a chat group to share technologies from their eras, such as gunpowder, and exchange political views and strategies. This keeps mediocre rulers from dragging their dynasties down, while capable emperors gain the support of gifted officials from every era, leading China's timelines into the Age of Exploration and even the Space Age. And when all worlds, including the West, are finally connected, what upheaval will follow?

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