You Asked Me to Collect Scrap, So Why Did I Hand Over a Lithography Machine?

[Rebirth] [Urban Farming] [Cutting-Edge Technology] [Strengthening the Nation Through Industry] [Unbeatable Business Warfare]

2005, on the eve of the industrial boom.

Top engineer Chen Ye is reborn on the day his father jumps from a building. Facing tens of millions in debt and his family's only asset, a recycling depot on the brink of bankruptcy, he has his work cut out for him.

That year, the stock market is full of golden opportunities, and housing prices are about to take off.

But Chen Ye has no capital. Luckily, he awakens the **[System for Reforging All Things]**!

"Scrapped circuit board detected... Extracting high-purity gold! Extracting rare metal indium!"

"Scrapped engine detected... Repair plan: graphene coating modification, boosting performance by 300%!"

To repay the debt, Chen Ye digs his first fortune out of a trash heap.

From then on, things start to go off the rails:

He buys up land like crazy. Everyone thinks he's getting into real estate, but he's only stockpiling the rare earth deposits underground.

He buys up bankrupt shipyards. Everyone thinks he's speculating on land, but he hauls away a scrapped aircraft carrier.

He enters the home appliance industry. Everyone laughs at him for choosing a sunset industry, but the "microwave oven" radar he builds can lock onto stealth fighters!

Years later, the Eagle Empire swings the hammer of sanctions, and the world faces a technological blockade.

A reporter interviews Chen Ye, now the world's richest man: "Mr. Chen, what do you think of the blockade?"

Chen Ye points behind him at a massive machine that's swallowing the wreckage of an F-22 and spitting out parts for a sixth-generation fighter. He grins sheepishly.

"Don't worry, I'm just a scrap dealer. This is only a new 'automatic scrap sorting machine' our factory developed. It just happens to be a little fast."

At that moment, the whole world is stunned!