1999: Infinite Rebirth in the Seven Days Before the Explosion

[Male-oriented period drama + infinite-flow + survival in a snowstorm-battered factory + death regression + no System + no golden finger + criminal investigation and mind games + a hint of ensemble cast + single heroine]

In the twelfth lunar month of 1999, heavy snow sealed off the mountains.

Seven thousand people at the state-owned Hongqi Machinery Factory, built deep in the mountains, were cut off from the outside world.

At midnight seven days later, the No. 3 ammunition depot exploded. Half the factory grounds became ruins, and no one survived.

Shen Dुपing, an archives clerk in the security department, died N times.

Every time he died, he automatically returned to seven days earlier.

When he opened his eyes for the Nth time, he was no longer the good-for-nothing who bowed and scraped to everyone and poured tea for the section chief.

He had once been the sharpest blade in a reconnaissance company. After transferring to civilian work, all he wanted was to keep his head down until retirement. But dying N times had taught him one thing:

This “accident” was a carefully planned silencing.

Someone intended to wipe out this old factory, which possessed three top-secret military technologies, along with everyone who knew about them.

And he had only seven days.

No System. No special powers.

But he remembered the secrets behind every face, the hidden ledgers in every leader's office, and every bloodstain buried beneath the snow.

“Seven days?”

“Plenty.”

“In my last life, I dismantled minefields. In this one, I'll dismantle your entire web of corruption.”