The Players in My City-State Are the Fourth Catastrophe

Chen Xi was a top architect in the pre-civilization era. Now, he struggles to survive in an apocalyptic world known as the “Ashen Wasteland.” This world is filled with twisted monsters, and a group of immortal beings with bizarre behavior has appeared out of nowhere. They call themselves “players,” treat the world as a game, and regard death as routine. Their chaos and madness are the most unpredictable “Fourth Calamity” on the wasteland.

At the brink of despair, Chen Xi awakens a mysterious System called “Echoes of Civilization.” It can break down grand city blueprints into “quests” the players can understand, and turn cold resources into the “rewards” they crave.

And so, everything changes.

“Guys, team up and run the dungeon for cement! That NPC called Chen Xi has posted another quest!”

“Tower defense quest is up! Hold off this wave of monsters, and Boss Chen Xi will give each of us an enchanted wrench!”

Chen Xi calmly watches these “players,” who treat the calamity as a playground, while quietly issuing plans for construction. They build city walls, purify water, and restart production lines… In the middle of the wasteland, a beacon of civilization is built, brick by brick, by the most chaotic force imaginable.

But when he cracks the encrypted messages from the old era, a world-shattering truth comes to light: the nature of this world, the origins of the “players,” and his own true mission…