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...

A sudden time travel reveals the New York of 1940. It's World War II, a bloody conflict marked not only battlefield bloodshed but also ideological confrontation. As the epicenter of the world, New York undoubtedly teemed with the brightest minds of the era. Hemingway, Asimov, Lewis Sinclair, John Steinbeck, Pearl S. Buck, Maugham, Gide, Lin Yutang, Fitzgerald... And then there were those fighting the Axis powers in Europe, Camus, Agatha Christie, George Orwell, Arthur C. Clarke... Ernie exclaimed, "Everyone here is a talent. I love it!"... Years later, a young man, a veteran of both battlefields and studies, emerges with a gun in one hand and a pen in the other, shining brightly and rising in this golden age of literature...

In front of you is,

The founder of the new era of the German Wehrmacht, the developer of Middle Eastern oil, the venomous snake at the negotiating table, the leader of the Forward Party, the scalpel of the colonial dismantling, the shaper of the Millennium Reich—

Mr. Joad von Roman!

In the last second, he was the godfather of Internet celebrities with a market value of over 100 million yuan, and in the next second, he was reborn in the United States in 1990! Looking at the squeaking "big-butt" computer and the "cat's meow" dial-up sound that could be used as a lullaby, Zhou Rui almost smashed the keyboard - with such a poor Internet speed, even a sloppy picture could not be loaded!

Where is the promised Internet boom? He originally wanted to take advantage of the Internet, but in this era where Internet speed is slower than a snail, Zhou Rui had to start from scratch to build the Internet.

[A refreshing article based on rigorous textual research and directed towards history]

He is in France, has just entered Versailles, and is the crown prince.

The only problem is that the current king is Louis XVI, who will be kicked off in two years...

Since my father and the ministers are unreliable, I have no choice but to rectify France myself!

Earn a little money first and solve the financial crisis that has plagued the country for hundreds of years.

Let’s give those nobles who have evil intentions and seek to seize power a hard beating.

Then he seized the church which occupied a large amount of land and obtained it for nothing.

Industry, technology, agriculture, and commerce go hand in hand. I am the greatest crown prince in France!

That year, Xiao Yingzi was entangled in the alliance army and pressed on the border, so I took his island directly.

That year, I pointed my sword at the whole of Europe. I will accomplish the feats that the Emperor failed to accomplish back then! ...