In the tenth year of Qianlong's reign, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province.
Ye Qiming woke up from a pool of blood. One moment, he was a doctor of military industry in the 21st century; at this moment, he was the only orphan of the Ye family after the entire family was executed in the Literary Prison.
The pirates are chasing them, and the Qing army is encircling and suppressing them, leaving them with a dead end.
He had no way out. He has a system called the "Civilization Engine" that requires Chinese civilization to dominate the world within twenty years.
This is not to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, but to rebuild a new Chinese empire.
From the secret base on Peach Blossom Island to the prairie fire sweeping across the Central Plains;
From the first gunfire in Manila to the steam ironclads in the Indian Ocean;
From the conquest of the American continent to the ultimate showdown on the Atlantic Ocean.
One person, one system, twenty years.
He wants to plant the dragon flag across the seven seas and make China a true empire on which the sun never sets.
But when he stood on top of the world, the problem came——
What is the price of colonization? What is the end of power? Is the light of civilization spread by swords or ideas?
This is a story about ambition and price, conquest and reflection.
This is an fictional epic that spans five continents and spans twenty years.
This is a game that climbs out of the dead and finally conquers the world——