Winds Rise over Nanyang

If you're going to do things in Southeast Asia, you can't just say "seek common ground while reserving differences." The natives were ruthless, cruel, and fickle, while the colonists were despicable, cold-blooded, and untrustworthy. Not taking drastic measures will lead to endless troubles. The right thing to do is to drive out tigers and wolves and exterminate the entire world, just like the emperor in the neighboring mountain village did.

I hope they don't end up going north. There are several stories about Southeast Asia that end up going north, and I don't want to read them anymore. They should expand outwards, go to Africa, go to Australia, go to the Middle East, anything is fine, just don't go north. Going north and returning to their home base is meaningless.

North America and Australia are well-written, so you could write about South America, since there aren't many writers on South America, and most of them abandoned their projects. Many people have already written about Southeast Asia.

In this world, things often go to extremes. Many time-travel novels that start in Southeast Asia end with either unifying the region or marching north, completely ignoring reality. Given Southeast Asia's geography and ethnic distribution, a unified empire is simply impossible to establish. Even if forced, internal strife would ensue.

There's no need to create a world-leading Chinese nation. Just occupying one or two large islands in Southeast Asia, developing slowly, and catching up with Japan is enough. Forget about war orders here and there. Japan's inherent advantages are far superior to the protagonist's. With tens of millions of people, even the Emperor only ate one meal a day.

To be honest, I stumbled upon this book about Southeast Asia by chance, which led me to read and subscribe to all of its sections on Australia and the Americas. Looking back now, it was a complete waste of my time. 🐶

A modern book without a cheat code is simply illogical. In reality, if you can't even make a decent living, how many people can live independently without modern technology and industrial products? To put it practically, without the internet and modern technology, how many words could an author write in a day? What most modern people lack most is self-awareness.

What can you play without cheat codes?

To be honest, things are tough in Southeast Asia. It's situated right on Britain's only route, and things might just start to look promising before they collapse.

A lesson learned the hard way: money alone makes you a easy target for natives and colonists; without control of the military, even the most glorious past is nothing but a joke.