A graduate student in history at the Capital Museum, with minors in basic chemistry and classical agriculture. Cautious and practical, with a slight touch of obsessive-compulsive behavior when restoring artifacts. Empathetic but not self-righteous. Years spent among ancient books have given them a solid understanding of ancient rites and technology. Their weaknesses are average physical fitness and a tendency to panic when faced with sudden danger.
The transmigration begins while restoring a bronze "Calamity-Quelling Cauldron" unearthed from the Great Yong Dynasty. The inscriptions on the cauldron suddenly glow. A sharp barb on its handle cuts their fingertip, and a drop of blood falls into a groove in the inscription. A flash of white light engulfs them. When they wake, they are in a mass grave on the frontier of Great Yong.
Golden finger: "The Cauldron-Inscripted Ancient Text Archive." An animated ancient text associated with the Calamity-Quelling Cauldron appears in their mind. As they unlock higher levels of artifacts, they can later obtain lost technologies, such as plans for improving the curved-shaft plow, the rudiments of gunpowder formulas, and flood-control plans; military strategies, such as infantry formations and city defense layouts; and even the secret history of the Great Yong imperial family and the ultimate secret of the Calamity-Quelling Cauldron. Unlocks require either "artifact resonance," by coming into contact with a genuine ancient object, or a "scenario trigger."
Character arc: From an ordinary graduate student who "just wants to survive in troubled times," to someone who uses knowledge to solve famine on the frontier and reform officialdom, then becomes embroiled in court struggles and leads troops against foreign tribes. Ultimately, they become a versatile civil official and military strategist who helps Great Yong rise again. Along the way, they overcome their physical limitations and let go of the idealism of a modern mindset, learning how to adapt to the ways of the ancient bureaucracy while maintaining their principles. In the end, they discover the meaning of their transmigration: it is not merely about survival, but about combining a modern perspective with ancient wisdom so the people suffer less in troubled times.
