An Industrial Revolution Starting from a Mine Slave

On the Cangye Continent, humans are the lowest and most despised race.

They have no land, no country, and not even the right to decide their own fate.

Humans toil in the mines and fields, and build the cities of the myriad races. For thousands of years, they have created countless riches, yet have always been treated as slaves to be bought, sold, or discarded at will.

More tragically, centuries of enslavement have made many believe that this is simply how things should be.

That is, until Shen Sui transmigrated here.

A mechanical engineer, he had no powerful abilities or prestigious status, only his knowledge and an idea that seemed almost absurd to everyone around him:

Humans should not be born slaves.

Starting with a nearly abandoned mine, he led the enslaved workers in repairing machinery, smelting steel, and building factories, until the roar of the steam engine rang across this long-silent land for the first time.

Then came railways, electricity, guns, and one industrial city after another rising from the ground.

While the ancient races still measured strength by bloodlines and supernatural abilities, a race they had never taken seriously was quietly changing the order of the entire world.

And it all began with a simple wish:

To let humans live with dignity, like human beings.