Whale Dream in the Sunken Ruins: Trapped in the Dream of a Cosmic Behemoth

A Western fantasy cultivation-and-farming story! An otherworld much like nineteenth-century Europe. But without coal! So steam engines powered by magic were born. The male lead is devoted to learning first and making money second. He has no third ambition. Drawn into a border war, a currency war, and political struggles, he eventually gets caught up in the world's greatest secrets.