Lin Lan transmigrated to the interstellar age, expecting to pilot a mecha across the stars, only to learn that the Milky Way was actually a gigantic black-hole prison.
The laws of physics here were full of loopholes, and humanity struggled to resist the “Rule Devourers” from beyond the black hole’s event horizon by developing their brains.
While everyone else was fighting tooth and nail to reach just 1% brain development, Lin Lan discovered that the Earth culture he had brought with him could make his brain operate at full capacity, at 100%.
A casual recitation of “Bring in the Wine” left a star-system-sized Devourer drunk on the spot;
A quick sketch of the Taiji symbol became humanity’s ultimate bulwark against the collapse of the rules;
And when he absentmindedly hummed “March of the Volunteers,” every Devourer who heard it clutched its head and fled in terror, screaming, “Forbidden song!”
Just as Lin Lan led humanity in a counterattack toward the edge of the black hole, a deep murmur came from beyond the event horizon:
“Primordial civilization fluctuation detected... Authenticating permissions... Welcome home, Mother Empress.”
