In the spring of the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign, Li Zicheng's forces reached Beijing, while the Manchus watched hungrily from beyond Shanhai Pass. The Ming Dynasty's finances had collapsed, its troops had lost heart, and disasters and calamities continued unabated. History was headed toward Chongzhen's suicide at Coal Hill, the Qing army's entry through the pass, and the ruin of the land.
On the eve of his flight south, Zhu Cilang awakens the Savior System and gains the ability to summon players from another world. The players think they have entered a fully immersive VR game called Great Ming: Total War, but in reality, they are controlling biochemical clone bodies created by the System.
