The Bankrupt Crown Prince, but with a Fourth-Calamity System

Transmigrating into the crown prince, first in line to inherit the throne, I have only a few minutes to celebrate before I'm told the kingdom is on the verge of destruction. The army is full of the old, weak, sick, and injured; the financial system has collapsed; powerful enemies surround us, and things are just as bad within the kingdom. A doomed start from the start.

We're finished. Let it all burn.

"Ding!" The golden finger may be late, but it has arrived. Let's see what kind of cheat it is before deciding whether to run.

Become the strongest or unleash the Fourth Calamity.

If I become the strongest, I can do whatever I want. Just as I'm about to choose, an arrogant envoy from a neighboring country demands a marriage alliance with the princess, plus several noblewomen as her dowry.

The princess is only thirteen, while the old king next door is nearly seventy and about to be buried!

Even the strongest individual can't stand against an entire country. The princess volunteers to marry him to delay the kingdom's crisis... We've already sent the princess away, so what's next?

Becoming the strongest would require me to cultivate on my own. Just thinking about it is exhausting. Isn't lying low better?

Descend, Fourth Calamity!

The first crisis is resolved, but a second one soon follows. I made a careless mistake, and now it's too late to run.

After working myself to the bone, I finally stabilize the kingdom. "Your Majesty, the empire wants a marriage alliance with you."

Who, me? And I'm a man, too.

Player: "To protect the prince's butt, let's conquer the world!"

▼ No CP. The protagonist has no romantic storyline.

▼ Before transmigrating, the protagonist had a fiancee. They will break off the engagement later, and the girl will awaken, become a powerful woman, and pursue her career.

Message: The darkness before dawn