You Asked for a Story About Struggle, So Why Did You Draw an Iron Empire?

The Global Creator Competition is kicking off, with “Struggle” as its theme. While the other contestants are still writing about the hardships of low-paid workers and the rise of live-in sons-in-law from wealthy families, Lin Yuan quietly puts on a brainwave headset, perfectly blending the Eastern myth of “Ma Liang and His Magic Brush” with heavy industry. He puts pen to paper: “Do you know how much a loaf of bread costs these days? 500,000 marks!” “I want to stand at the highest place in the world and tell the whole world to stand at attention!” At first, viewers think it’s an inspiring story about a rejected art student struggling to become a great painter. But the more they watch, the more something feels off. When the protagonist, Viktor, wields the “Creator’s Brush” to bring the steel behemoths, steam-powered mechs, and electromagnetic railguns on his paper to life, unleashing an iron tide across the entire continent, viewers everywhere are completely stunned! “You were supposed to write about struggle. What the hell is this rise of a demon?!” “He draws a steel empire with a divine brush, and you call that a painter’s struggle?!”