In 2025, Jiang Chen, an engineer who spends his days slacking off, discovers the biggest bug in his life.
One second, he's passionately arguing with the product manager about a project launch. The next, he's in Shanghai in 1945, with some annoying pop-up-spewing thing inside his head.
"Where's my phone? And my account with all the skins I just paid for?"
He looks around. Red brick walls, wooden lattice windows, and a strange smell of coal smoke mixed with the damp air from the Huangpu River.
[Ding-dong! The Host's mental state is extremely unstable. Force-binding the [Rise of the Republic] System...]
A cheap, blue-glowing interface, like an ad for a browser game, spreads rudely across his vision.
[Main Quest: Lay the Industrial Foundations. A five-year plan? No, it's your five-year contract of selling your life! Hurry up and help build the Republic's heavy industry, or you'll be erased on the spot, sweetie!]
Jiang Chen's eyes widen in shock. Erased? How retro. These days, everyone's into firing the lowest performer!
[Side Quest: Break the Blockade. Make ball bearings by hand and break through the CoCom embargo! Show the foreigners what China-made Version 1.0 can do!]
"What? CoCom? Is that some new milk tea brand? And ball bearings? I've only ever played with fidget spinners!"
Before he can finish complaining, a blood-red exclamation mark smacks him right in the face.
[Emergency Quest: Turn the Tide. Enemy agent codename 'Jackal' is active. Find the mole in Workshop Three within three hours! Friendly reminder: this isn't Werewolf. There's no confirmed-good role, you can't claim a role, and if you're eliminated, you'll really die!]
Jiang Chen is completely numb.
Hell difficulty from the start.
At first glance, this is for a science major. There is not much nonsense and logic to clean it up. It is worth watching.