The Tang Dynasty has not yet declined, and its institutions have existed for thousands of years.
Pei Chenbi, a bachelor from a humble family, broke into the "Hanlin Academy" with the help of a world-famous calculator, but unexpectedly discovered the terrifying truth behind the glory - the frozen brain of Empress Wu Zetian was still running in the underground palace, controlling the entire empire through the "Eternal System" system. The bronze grid in the pupils of officials, the dreams of yellow rice steam, the crystallized corpses in the Yongye mineral veins... Every sound of gears gnashing in Chang'an City is an echo of the system's harvesting of humanity.
In order to destroy this conspiracy that has lasted for thousands of years, Pei Chenbi formed an alliance with the barbarian warrior Jin Lang and the cold-faced doctor Yuzhu, but gradually fell into a deeper dilemma: the system promised to save the troubled times with "perfect order," but resistance meant ruining the prosperous Tang Dynasty with one's own hands. When the gears of the calculator are stained with blood, when loyalty and betrayal blur the lines in the steam, they must answer -
Should we live in an eternal lie, or ignite a fire that will burn down civilization?
◆Steampunk×Trouble in the Tang Dynasty ◆The consciousness of the empress in the frozen brain ◆The fatal symphony of bronze mecha and Tang poetry
