His soul transmigrated to 1885, becoming Constantine, the crown prince of Greece, the "last worst-performing country in Europe." Internally, oligarchs held sway; externally, powerful nations threatened; the nation was impoverished and weak, teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. His past life's soul cried out: "How can we play this hellish game?" Fortunately, he was the only prophet with historical memories! While the world considered Greece an ant on a chessboard, Constantine treated all of Europe as his own. He intercepted "Nikolaus Dimitrios" (historical prototype being Tesla), overtaking his rivals in the Second Industrial Revolution! He reformed the land, dealt a heavy blow to the oligarchs, and monopolized Mediterranean trade with Greek merchant ships! "Russia's scheme? I see through it!" "Britain and France want me as cannon fodder? First, ask my Italian cannons... no, my Krupp cannons if they agree!" His father, George I: "My son..."

In 1881, at the height of the Victorian era, under the gaslight of London, crime and opportunity festered together in the thick fog. Arthur Collins, an impoverished former student expelled from Oxford University, had only his sickly sister and a mind full of literary memories from the 21st century as his only assets. To survive, he had no choice but to become a "fire thief"—stealing the sparks of thought from the next century to illuminate the obscure skies of this once-mighty empire. He introduced Edgar Allan Poe's dark poems to England as a "discoverer"; he became a "pioneer," making Sherlock Holmes's deerstalker hat and pipe symbols of reason; he founded "Arkham House," recruiting hidden talents like Lord Dunsani and Mr. James, building his own literary empire. He donned the mask of a "prophet," using...

Murad admitted that when he learned he had been transported to the Ottoman Empire in 1861 and was given the high-risk job of Crown Prince, he just wanted to escape the Ottoman Empire as soon as possible.

But as the titles bestowed upon him multiplied: Governor of Eastern Rumelia, Protector of the Circassians, Master of the Balkans, The Only Sun of Anatolia...

Murad turned his gaze toward the throne of the Sultan of the Empire.

Why can't I sit in the Sultan's position?

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Travel back in time to 19th-century Greece and witness his rise from a small Balkan nation. Lead Greece to its great ideals, restore the glory of Rome, and make the name of "Rome" known from Ireland to Khitan! And this is Constantine, the only sun of the Balkan Peninsula, the heir of Komnenos, the second Aristotle, the world's restorer, the Turkic butcher, and the loving father of the Roman people: Rome has only one chance to be revived. If you don't seize it, then let me do it!

1855, this is the best of times, the extended railway, the roaring locomotives, the flowing gold built the towering Tower of Babel; this is the worst of times, in the dark shadow of the Tower of Babel, the North and the South are in opposition, the gap between the rich and the poor is huge, and the weak are preyed upon by the strong. If you don't want to stay in the shadow of the Tower of Babel and be trampled on by others, you must climb to its glorious top and step on everything. In this era full of noise and commotion, the dark...

In 1806, the Kingdom of Prussia teetered on the brink of collapse. Napoleon’s mighty army was pressing in, and the Battle of Jena loomed large on the horizon.

Lynn, a modern-day history enthusiast, finds himself reincarnated into the body of a fallen Junker noble’s son.

Facing the imminent fall of his homeland, he joins forces with legendary figures like Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and Clausewitz, striving to change Prussia’s doomed fate.

This is a sweeping epic of war — a vivid portrait of iron-willed soldiers fighting fiercely for their nation’s survival.

Together, they will lead Prussia through the crucible of fire, paving the way for its rebirth and the future unification of Greater Germany!

While European merchant ships were still searching for new trade routes across the world's oceans in the 17th century, in the distant region of Australia, the sound of roaring industrial machines could be heard.

Truckloads of coal are being shipped to factories, and countless industrial products are flowing to overseas markets.

When we come to trade with you with our goods, please do not let the cloth drop from our hands and hold the muskets behind our backs.

When the line infantry marched toward the earth in neat steps, when the cold cannons fired scorching shells.

Jiang Zirui stood at the harbor, watching the ironclad ships and merchant ships raise their red dragon flags, and pointed his finger into the distance.

"Let's go! Free trade!"

He traveled back in time to early independent America, a time before skyscrapers and railways, a time of crisis.

Externally, it faces competition from powerful nations; internally, it faces the unruly behavior of local inhabitants.

This is the beginning of scientific and technological innovation...

Tsar Peter the Great of Russia, Augustus the Strong of Saxony, King Christian of Denmark, Frederick I, the "Soldier King" of Brandenburg... Across the European continent, countless enemies aimed to crush the hegemony of the Swedish Empire. In the face of powerful adversaries, the Swedish King Karl XII—who hails from a future era—tells his soldiers: "Victory or death."