The Crown and the Caged Beast

This story takes place on an imagined continent with entirely original systems, nations, and history. From a fragmentary manuscript, young Wang Haoyi reconstructs a method for predicting group behavior. Together with Lin Feng, a military officer who believes in action, and Lin Fengjiao, who has a remarkable memory, he becomes embroiled in a struggle over the Old Crown and a war spanning the continent. The story has no transmigration or System. It centers on relationships, political choices, wartime decisions, and personal fates.