In the spring of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng came to Beijing with troops, and the Manchu and Qing Dynasties outside Shanhaiguan were watching with eager eyes. The Ming Dynasty's finances collapsed, its military morale collapsed, and natural and man-made disasters continued. History was originally going to lead to Meishan dying for the country, the Qing army entering the Pass, and the mountains and rivers being shattered.
Zhu Cixiang awakened the savior system on the eve of his escape south and gained the ability to summon players from other worlds. Players thought they were entering a 100% immersive holographic VR game called "Ming Dynasty: Total War", but in fact they were controlling biochemical clone bodies created by the system.