Modern weapons expert Lin Zhen transmigrates to Guangzhou on the eve of the Opium War. Faced with the British forces’ formidable ships and cannons, he starts by improving black powder, then secretly develops weapons generations ahead of their time, including grapeshot cannons and rockets in the mines at Humen. But behind every technological breakthrough lie obstruction from the peace faction, the constraints of a decaying system, and the crushing weight of history. From the bloody battle at Humen to the power struggles in the Forbidden City, Lin Zhen must do more than forge weapons: he must awaken a sleeping empire. This is a race for survival, pitting equations against the cannons of colonialism, and a hard-hitting, tragic epic about saving a nation through technology. When rusted cannon barrels meet modern military engineering, can China in 1840 ignite the spark of the Industrial Revolution ahead of its time?
