This is a time of great powers: The vast Persia, Sparta that was founded by force, Athens with its trade and business, Thebes the rising star, The ambitious Macedonia, The twin heroes of the Western Mediterranean, The rising Rome and so on.

This is an era of brilliant stars: Agesilaus II – the last king of Sparta, Epaminondas – the Rising General of Thebes, Philip II – the founder of Macedonian’s hegemon, Dionysius – the tyrant of Syracuse, Camillus – the Roman dictator and savior…

This is an era of contention among a hundred schools of thought: Plato – the great philosopher, Antisthenes – founder of cynicism, Pythagoras – school of number, Democritus – the encyclopedia scholar, Hippocrates – the father of western medicine, Aristophanes – the great dramatist…

What will the hero bring to the world when he comes to this age as a humble mercenary through rebirth?

[Tags: Time travel + kingdom building + development + war + multi-character POV + ideals]

In the words of Sankara, what was the situation in the Republic of Buginia before he took over?

The national GDP was only 7.26 billion USD.

The land area was a pathetic 274,000 square kilometers.

The total military force? Less than 100,000 soldiers!

Navy? What navy? It's a landlocked country — how could it have a navy?

And after he took over?

Buginia’s GDP surpassed the American Union, taking 40% of global GDP and becoming No. 1 in the world!

Its territory expanded to 10 million square kilometers!

The army grew to nearly 10 million troops. As for the navy aircraft carrier fleets now freely sail across all four oceans!

Decades later—

“Today, I can finally announce to the whole world with pride The future of humanity will forever belong to all of mankind. Death does not belong to us!” Akhro Sankara (Supreme Ruler of the United Human Destiny Alliance)

"America prohibits slavery, unless you wear a striped prison uniform." - "The 13th Amendment"

"When the prison stock code rises faster than the Nasdaq index, this is the real American dream." - Edward Lind,

a simulation game player, traveled to the United States in late 1999 and became the owner and warden of a private prison.

But the situation he faced was a bit tricky:

prison guards and deputy warden whose loyalty was worse than that of dogs.

The prisoners were extremely vicious and were eager to riot.

and bank loans that must be repaid within 30 days.

Fortunately, he awakened the golden finger: as long as he increases his deterrence value to the prisoners, he can draw characters, skills, drawings and props.

So in order to realize his American dream of being the best, Lind decided to fight violence with violence.

Fang Chen traveled through time and became the new emperor of the Daqian Dynasty.

But on the day he ascended the throne, he awakened the system for restoring the country!

[At the age of thirty-four, foreign enemies invaded, the imperial capital fell, and the Daqian Dynasty was destroyed.

You have become the king of a fallen nation, and from then on you have lived a life of wandering and wandering, unable to sleep or eat.

Fang Chen was stunned.

I just ascended the throne, and you tell me that my country is going to be destroyed?

Looking at the two choices before him: [Old Crooked Tree] and [Make a Comeback].

Fang Chen chose the latter without hesitation.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host, binding to the restoration system.]

[Next, your road to national restoration will officially begin! ]

[No system + Growing the economy + War + Smart and ruthless leader]

My name is Lucas, but I like it when people call me Comrade.

After I was reborn, I had only two choices: give up or fight.

People used to think I was weak and dumb. But in just 20 years, I turned a poor little country into the strongest and brightest country in Africa.

[Unemployment + Unlimited Avatars + Financial Freedom + Acting on Behalf of Heaven + Serving the People + Helping Ordinary People Make Money]

"Open the newbie gift pack"

"Reward: 100 online clones, 1 cubic meter of portable space"

“What does the system do?”

"Sign in, synthesize..."

“Sign in!”

"Congratulations to the host for his great luck, signing in 100 million online clones!"

"Fuck, 100 million, can I cyber-troll those who like to cyber-troll?"

"Host, whatever you want! The system has no mission or other requirements!"

"Come on, bargain hard! I want this iPhone! I'm going to clear out their inventory! 200,000 people will come and bargain!"

Li Ye looked at the phone interface showing the last 0.01 points missing and fell into deep thought!

...

"synthesis!"

"Does the host want to synthesize reality...

My father was so angry that he was admitted to the hospital because he trusted others and was cheated.

Yang Xuebin had to take over his family's company in a time of crisis. Faced with internal and external troubles, he connected himself to a science fiction system that allowed him to travel through science fiction worlds.

As long as you complete the corresponding tasks, you can draw various black technologies from the science fiction world.

From then on, a technological empire was born.

…

"The Three-Body Problem", in progress.

The next world, "The Wandering Earth".

…………

The old book "Starting from Traveling Through Time to Become a God" has a high subscription of 7,000, you can also take a look!

If you're not sitting at the table, you're definitely lying on the menu.

If you have nothing, then your life is your only capital.

Song Heping, who went to the war zone to make money due to life pressure, was accidentally involved in the war and was inexplicably elected as the boss of a defense company by a group of Russians.

Who still wants to be a mercenary these days?

I want to sell arms, and I want to sell coffee cups worth dozens of dollars for more than a thousand dollars.

I'm selling that $9 socket for $299.

I want to sell goats, millions of dollars each...

Don't ask, and don't come to audit. Whether you're from the National Audit Office or the CIA, we'll send you packing...

My name is Song Heping.

I came, I conquered, I am king.

Don't call me the "Lord of War", I love peace,...

In the cold winter of 1854, the small workshop in Genoa was on the verge of bankruptcy.

A mechanical engineer disguised himself as a fatherless military cadet, faced with a mountain of burlap, predatory loan sharks, and a mother with swollen eyes.

He grabbed a piece of war news from The Times and gambled his family's lives:

"I'll make the Brits' winter clothes!"

► 【The sewing machine is my Gatling gun! 】

★ Improved cotton fluffing machine? The Widow's Assembly Line boosts productivity!

Bribing Russian POWs? Confessions from Black Sea corpses become a deadly bargaining chip!

★ Gambling against the British Consul? The Ladder Agreement contains a sinister clause!

When the first pot of gold came into his pocket, he blatantly tore off his merchant coat——

► [From Bronze Ledger to Iron Throne]

❗ Newspaper predicts war: signed article ignites Turin, Cavour personally recruits!

❗ Private army surprise attack on the fortress: Nitroglycerin shatters the Bourbon dynasty, and thousands of black shirts are crowned knights on a bloody journey!

❗ Monopoly of sulfur hegemony: "One ton of sulfur for ten tons of grain", harvesting Sicily during famine!

In the turbulent times of roaring steam engines, he grasped the magic of bonds with his left hand and manipulated the struggle for supremacy among the great powers with his right hand:

Prussian-Austrian battlefield pits Austrian ships: sulfur-mixed coal explodes boiler, and Veneto is taken!

The Pope's Treasury moves gold: 50-year bonds to redeem the Holy City, and the Vatican is furious!

Suez secretly seizes shares: bottom-fishing at the window of France's defeat and strangling the throat of Europe and Asia!

When the Italian crown was crowned, he looked out over the Mediterranean:

"The so-called Caesar is nothing more than making the world believe—

The shadow that sits upon the Iron Throne is a god!"

After being punched awake, Morin found himself a prisoner of war. He'd imagined a world reminiscent of the eve of World War I, but the reality was far worse. And why, even a soldier of the Empire, was he an ally of the International Brigade volunteers? The tin-canned assault troopers wielding swords and shields, the armored knights powered by a hybrid of diesel and magic, and the accompanying mages...all of this told Morin that there was something wrong with this world, and it was a big one. But his priority now was how to survive this war, the one that was supposed to "end all wars." Elements of this book: a magical retelling of World War I, the true man's role as a tyrant, diesel armored knights, airship boarding...