In the eleventh year of the apocalypse, zombies and mutant beasts ran rampant, and humanity retreated to enormous steel cities. Within the city-states, there were no guns, artillery, or armies, only the "entertainment industry": a mass fantasy-entertainment system created by the Federation's Mental Control Committee. The songs, videos, and livestreams of celebrities were its weapons, suppressing panic and maintaining order while monopolizing all power and resources. Top-tier stars were city lords; fan counts were military strength; ranking campaigns were coups.
Guo Shouzhuo was a low-ranking actor, barely known even in the apocalypse's third year, when he awakened the "Conscription Order" golden finger. His ability let him enter the abandoned instance "Wars of the Old World" and summon warlord armies slumbering in historical footage. At first, he could summon only three battered veterans from the Republican era, and it cost a tremendous amount of willpower. To survive, he had no choice but to enroll in the "Liyuan Official Academy." He worked as an actor while earning fans' willpower through his performances, secretly expanding his army of the dead.
He was disciplined and courteous, gentle and proper, a gentleman who followed the rules in everyone's eyes. But those he took a liking to knew the truth: once this "humble gentleman" desired to possess someone, he would use every scheme at his disposal to recruit both their body and heart under his own banner.
As the entertainment empire's reigning queen began to fall and the truth behind the fantasy-entertainment System gradually came to light, Guo Shouzhuo finally overturned the table. The steel tide buried in the ruins of the Old World roared back to life in this apocalypse built on "entertainment."
