When he wakes up, overworked office drone Liu Heng has become the poorest county prince at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty. His fief is barren, bandits run rampant, and his life hangs by a thread.
Just as he falls into despair, a translucent screen suddenly appears before him, visible only to his eyes: the [City-Building System] has been activated. His territory has been fully digitized.
[Current City: Le'an Town]
[Level: Ruined Village (Level 0)]
[Population: 217 (refugees continue to flee...)]
[Public Sentiment: 15 (on the verge of collapse)]
[Resources: Food (97), Timber (21), Stone (8), Iron (0)]
[Special Status: Bandits Besieging the City (3 days remaining)]
From then on, the entire chaotic Three Kingdoms era becomes the clearest strategy game in his eyes. Refugees are recruitable population, bandits are mobile resource caches, renowned generals are divine general cards waiting to be unlocked, and peerless beauties... might be high-difficulty companion quests.
He silently opens the [Build] menu and selects the first option: Wooden Palisade (requires 50 timber). Then he looks toward the bandit camp outside the city, where tempting resource markers are flashing.
Starting with a digitized, dilapidated village, he farms, advances technology, stockpiles resources, and draws renowned generals... In this age of heroes, he will use the most game-like strategy to build a city that makes the whole realm tremble: an immortal royal capital.
