Wuxia's Industrialization Can Wait No Longer

On the first day after transmigrating into the body of an empress, Lin You was overjoyed. Just as she thought she could spend the rest of her life holding absolute power, able to turn the world upside down with a wave of her hand, disaster struck.

This was a martial arts world.

Any old sect could dominate the region. Thieves and saints could enter the imperial palace whenever they pleased. Demonic practitioners could kill and rob people on the street without anyone stopping them. Public safety depended entirely on martial heroes doing what was right...

Lin You: "Where are my million soldiers? This isn't how I imagined things!"

Little Eunuch: "You do have a million soldiers, Your Majesty, but those martial heroes can take an enemy commander's head from among them as easily as reaching into a bag..."

Lin You: "..."

For the sake of all the people under heaven, I must make use of science!

She summoned her imperial guards:

"You're the eighteenth-generation inheritor of the Blazing Palm? Come on, try a set of moves against this furnace. Iron melts at over 1,500 degrees, so it should be easy for you, right?"

"You're a member of the Tang Sect? What a waste to use that skill only for hidden weapons. Go research firearms first, then improve the furnaces. And after that, we have farming tools, irrigation... It's all up to you, so give it your best!"

"You know the Bone-Melting Cotton Palm? Is the poison you produce a strong acid or a strong base? Those are essential raw materials for the chemical industry. I'll leave production to you from now on!"

"What principle does lightness skill work on? Could it be used to build a jet plane?"

"You know both lightness skill and the Mysterious Ice Palm. Why not fly higher and try making artificial rain?"

Years later, at the martial arts civil service examination, Lin You rubbed her hands in anticipation:

"I wonder what unusual talents will show up this year. I can't wait!"

The older martial artists, dragged off to work 996 every day: ...

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Theme: A love of science