Beasts devour the heavens, gods loom above, and humanity struggles to survive in a death spiral! Su Zhe, a modern science student, wakes up to find himself a crippled, expendable soldier in a northern frontier infirmary.
While everyone else kowtows and begs the gods for help, Su Zhe scoffs and fires up the first steam engine.
Pulley systems trick the gods into granting vast amounts of divine favor, steam hammers roar to delight the altar, railways stretch across millions of miles, and heavy artillery tears through fleets of floating warships!
The county magistrate, a fanatical production zealot, tears off his official robe and laughs maniacally. The cool-headed female war goddess calls out technical specs, while an old soldier proudly shows off his iron arm… Physics forces everyone to face reality! From worthless infirmary patient to ruler of an empire of steel, Su Zhe uses the coldest laws of thermodynamics to forge a backbone for a civilization that has neglected the sciences!
The gods are in deep hibernation. At last, humanity is going to stand on its own!
A hard-core industrial revolution, the collapse of faith, and mind games between all sides: a must-read physics-powered masterpiece!
See how Su Zhe, an ordinary man, uses boilers and railways to end the beast tide from beyond the stars!
