In the second year of the Chongzhen reign, a great drought struck northern Shaanxi. Programmer Chen Yuan woke up in the body of a starving corpse and activated the Civilization Summoning System, which brought him three top university graduates: one in agronomy, one in materials science, and one in civil engineering. They clung to life by roasting insects, only to run into bandits looting corpses. They learned that the bandits planned to attack Chenjiagou the next day and seize its only supply of drought-resistant millet seeds. Though unarmed, they used their expertise to set traps and make rudimentary weapons, while the System triggered a life-or-death mission: "Protect the Seeds." Explosions rang through the dead forest, and the spark of civilization broke through the night. A desperate fight for survival, pitting knowledge against blades and poised to reshape the late Ming Dynasty, had begun.
