My talent is exceptional, but it has a small problem: it consumes half of my experience.

Forced into unemployment, Gu Su Chen pins all his hopes on the virtual reality game "Dawn of the End".

However, the god-level talent he awakened, which is one in a billion, [Burning Heaven Flame], is actually an experience-devouring beast! It deals true damage per second, ignores defense, and prevents healing, but the price is that his leveling speed will always be only half that of others.

While all the guilds were frantically leveling up, Gu Su Chen took a different approach: If my level is lagging behind, I'll make up for it with better equipment and tactics!

As a result, players across the server were shocked to discover that he was the first to sell equipment at an exorbitant price, the first to solo an elite boss, and the first to make the leader of a major guild grit his teeth!

Just when everyone thought he was just a lucky player, Gu Su Chen had already transformed the raging flames in his hand into a monstrous wave that burned everything in its path.

...

In 2011, a madman used all his savings to buy Arsenal. He was ready to let Wenger, who had suffered for years, experience what it was like to run an aircraft carrier. "You spend so much money to buy an aging defender?" Wenger was furious. Six months later. This defender was surprisingly good… "You spend so much money to buy a Ligue 1 winger? Are you crazy?" Wenger felt his heart bleeding. Six months later. This young man was truly handsome! "You're spending money like crazy, aren't you afraid of Financial Fair Play?" "Huh? How did you get this money? Is this even allowed?" Wenger was completely dumbfounded.

When orcish hooves shattered the southern plains, and infighting among nobles eroded the kingdom's foundations, Ryan Green, from another world, inherited the remote Eaglebeak Valley. Here, there was no fertile land, no loyal army, only a group of serfs struggling to survive and crumbling city walls.

In chaotic times, survival is the only rule. Ryan knew that relying solely on cold weapons and feudal constraints would ultimately reduce him to food for orcs or a pawn in the power struggles of nobles. He took up two "weapons": steam and gunpowder.

He used steam engines to drive forging hammers, stamping out indestructible iron armor; he used sulfur and saltpeter to develop cannons that shook the battlefield. He broke the aristocracy's monopoly on knowledge, teaching soldiers to read and navigate, and had serfs cultivate land and train soldiers, building an iron defense line in barren valleys.

Faced with the savage charges of the orcish legions, he constructed death traps with giant ballistae and gunpowder mines; dealing with the nobility's attempts to win him over and their schemes, he accumulated wealth by exporting iron armor, demonstrating the confidence of "neutrality" through his strength. From being forced to defend to actively expanding, from an unknown lord to Earl Green, he proceeded step by step, transforming a remote valley into the only safe haven in a chaotic world.

As the northern nobles' rebellion tore the kingdom apart, and as the eastern orcs brewed an even greater storm, Ryan stood before the steam-powered workshop, gazing at the armored army arrayed in formation, his eyes gleaming with ambition: "Chaos is not the end, but an opportunity to reshape order. This southern land will ultimately be dominated by steel and steam."

This is a story about using technology to break the shackles of feudalism and using strength to rise in a chaotic world.

Lords + nobles + armies + conquest + magic + knights + orcs + elves + dwarves + dragons + giants + hobbits + demons + Middle-earth, emperors, dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, and the protagonist.

Introduction to the continent of Atlas

The continent of Atlas is vast and rife with conflict. Its core of power is the Augustan Empire, an ancient kingdom ruled by humans and ruled by noble fiefdoms. The empire's territory is expansive, but imperial power is unprecedentedly weak due to an aging king and an unresolved succession issue. True power lies in the hands of eight hereditary marquises, who vie for control of their own territories, forming alliances and maneuvering between "royalistism," "neutrality," and "separatism," posing a severe challenge to the empire's unity.

Other intelligent races and civilizations on the continent are equally important: the Elven Empire in the west lives in seclusion in the Eversong Forest, guarding ancient magical secrets; the Dwarven Empire has established a magnificent underground kingdom beneath the Broken Blade Mountains, and its people are excellent craftsmen and miners; the Orc Empire in the Crimson Wasteland in the east worships strength and has been fighting against humans for thousands of years; the Swamp Kingdom in the Weeping Swamp in the southeast is mysterious and xenophobic, believing in the life force of corruption; the sea creatures of the Ocean Kingdom rule the endless deep blue; and the legendary giants, dragons and other ancient beings remain aloof, quietly observing the changes of the world.

Currently, the continent is on the eve of transformation. Within the Augustus Empire, the "magical steam engine" technological revolution initiated by Leon von Hohenzollern is challenging the traditional magical power system represented by Elisa Windsor. The clash between old and new forces, intertwined with imperial succession, noble intrigue, and racial grudges, is about to unleash a sweeping wave of destiny across this ancient land.

Zhang Yunxiu was in a hurry to travel back in time to become Zhang Juzheng's youngest son.

A year later, his adoptive father passed away, leaving his family devastated; two years later, the Thirteenth Prince, wielding only a boarhide armor, rose in rebellion, embarking on his path to usurp the throne; seven years later, England defeated the invincible Armored Fleet, beginning a bloody primitive accumulation of wealth.

Fierce factional strife, land annexation, border corruption, and the silver crisis are like a sword hanging over our heads.

...

However, four hundred years later, when people opened the historical records, they were surprised to find that history had inexplicably taken a different turn in the ninth year of the Wanli reign.

In that year, the first comprehensive newspaper in the Ming Dynasty, the Wanli Xinbao, was launched, deconstructing Yangming's philosophy of mind and setting off a groundbreaking intellectual revolution.

In that year, modern medical theory was proposed for the first time, and the plague problem that had plagued people for thousands of years was contained for the first time.

That year, the gentry experienced for the first time what the iron fist of macroeconomics truly meant.

From this year onward, the already precarious Wanli New Deal unexpectedly triggered a major upheaval unprecedented in a century! Inventions and discoveries of all kinds, such as the steam engine, sweet potato, and flintlock musket, emerged one after another!

From that year onward, the headstrong Wanli Emperor became obsessed with artistic creation, and Zhang Juzheng, who had been struggling to support the crumbling Ming Dynasty, suddenly realized that his support had become somewhat weak.

Once regarded as a rebellious and absurd son, he actually managed to hold up half of the Ming Dynasty!

This book is also known as *The Chief Architect of the Industrial Revolution in the Ming Dynasty*, *Zhang Yunxiu: A Loving Father and Filial Son*, *The Living Father of the Civil Official Group*, and *My Cartoons Are More Important Than Memorials*.

(The author already has two million words of high-quality books with 16,000 words of premium content, so you can read with confidence.)

The player arrived, and so I became the BOSS.

They call me—the Lord of Eternal Night.

Zhang Ye: "Just wait, I will completely expel them from this world, leaving not a single one alive!!!"

Player: "Wait, who provoked him again? Why is he on fire again?!"

Zhang Ye: "Version update, players all log off at midnight? Opportunity!"

Player: "Why is it so dark? Who's playing that BOSS tune over there... Buhao, my guild!"

Zhang Ye: "Want to form a professional team and start a professional competition? Absolutely not!"

Player: "Wait, which pro team got a boss in here?!"

Zhang Ye: "We need someone to hold off the player alliance for ten days? I'll do it!"

Player: "Everyone calm down, listen to me—quickly kill yourself, don't let him have his fun!"

Zhang Ye: "You can't kill me. Death and revenge are on my side. One day, I will return with my might!!!"

Player: "Quick, quick, use all the world items! This is our only chance—nice, we've finally sealed this world boss!"

[World Announcement: Season 1, "Dawn of the World," has ended and a version update will be performed. Real-time: 24 hours.]

[World Announcement: Season 2, "The Beginning of Eternal Night," has begun. 120 years have passed in the game. The seal of Eternal Night has been broken. We wish you a pleasant gaming experience.]

Player: "BYD, 'one day' means tomorrow, right? Is this game even playable anymore?!"

A player commented: "It's fun, I love playing it!"

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...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

Wild and untamed creatures, growing wildly, their ambitions and desires intertwined, can always forge earth-shattering legends.

A microcosm of reform and opening up, a magnificent miracle of ordinary people rising to prominence.

After many years, he meets Yukino Yukinoshita again, and she is still the same aloof and perfect genius girl in his memory.

But I am no longer the boy who could stand shoulder to shoulder with her.

"Hachiman, your twisted nature remains unchanged."

"Under the snow, you are still the same as before, unchanged."

Ms. Hiratsuka looked at us with satisfaction: "Since you have such a good understanding, the Service Club is now in your hands."

None of us dared to tell the teacher that what we called tacit understanding was actually an unspoken regret from eight years ago.

Just as I decided to escape completely this time, a long-lost voice suddenly rang in my mind—

"A turning point in fate has been detected. [Options] are now activated again."

[Courtyard House] + [System] + [Refreshing Novel]

Traversing the courtyard house, you'll obtain the 'Mysterious Shop' system. Not only are the system's goods cheap and inexpensive, but you can also earn mysterious rewards by accumulating purchases.

Life is so wonderful, what else can Cao Shuang say but enjoy it? Oh, right, Aunt Huairu, come again tomorrow night!

In the vast天地 (heaven and earth), who controls destiny? Even an ant wielding a sword can slay a true immortal! Chen Changming, an orphan of mediocre talent, accidentally stumbles into the perilous and unpredictable path of cultivation. In this world of deceit, survival of the fittest, and scheming, he embarks on a magnificent journey to attain immortality...