Zhou Chen is a lithography machine chief engineer who transmigrated from 2024, but his true identity is a mystery.
On the surface, he's a delinquent genius at Pengcheng University, skipping classes to work on ringtones, and a nouveau riche in the online entertainment business.
Behind the scenes, he's the sword-bearer who controls the lifeblood of global technology.
[Ding! Main quest issued: Build the foundations of the Star Empire.]
Quest One: Use the “QQ Show” theory of dimensional superiority to win over the desperate Ma.
Quest Two: Convince Lei Jun, still grinding away at Kingsoft, to make hardware over a street-stall barbecue dinner.
Quest Three: Invest in Zhang Yiming early and build the world's most powerful AI algorithm empire.
Zhou Chen isn't just a tech genius. He's a master schemer, too.
A Western conglomerate sends a stunning corporate spy to infiltrate Star Group.
But when the spy sees the underlying code for a 1-nanometer carbon-based chip that Zhou Chen casually writes, she falls into a deep crisis of self-doubt.
Lei Jun's eyes turn red. “Without Brother Chen, I'd still be writing antivirus software. He gave me the stars and the sea.”
Ma sighs in admiration. “He's no investor. He's a god who crossed through time.”
Just when everyone thinks Zhou Chen has already reached the top of the world,
a top-secret list called the “Deep Space Protocol” comes to light.
Zhou Chen raises an eyebrow. “So the real mole is still here in China?”
