Origin Star.
Eastern Continent.
In the heart of this continent, stands a massive and majestic forest city, brimming with natural harmony and beauty.
This forest city has a beautiful name, the Star River City.
The people who live in this city are prosperous and happy, their faces constantly beaming with smiles of joy and pride.
This city, capable of accommodating millions, has a central area surrounded by a hundred-meter-high wall built from countless white boulders.
People affectionately call it the White Chalk Curtain.
This magnificent wall divides the city into two parts: the Inner City and the Outer City.
Within the Inner City, sits a grand and solemn palace complex, covering an area exceeding two million square meters. This complex is the administrative center of the Star River Empire, and also the residence of the Imperial Emperor.
The people of the Star River Empire named this grand and solemn structure the White Chalk City.
Today, outside the White Chalk City, a square spanning ten thousand square meters, capable of holding ten thousand people, is densely packed with people.
On the White Chalk City.
The upper echelons of the Star River Empire gather together.
Among these leaders, a young man is surrounded by them in the forefront.
This man, surrounded by the leaders, has delicate and deep-set features, a dignified and handsome face. His body is tall and straight, his physique strong and powerful. He is a man with top-tier charm, radiating an alluring aura.
“People of the Empire, I am your monarch, Emperor Hong Shi - Tai Hao.”
“Just yesterday, our Star River Empire army completely conquered the Western Continent and destroyed the Arendelle Empire. This global war, lasting for five years, has finally come to an end!”
Amidst the thunderous cheers, Tai Hao continued his speech.
“Twelve years ago, when I took over the reins of the Star River Empire, I made a vow. I would lead all the people of the Star River Empire to a prosperous and peaceful life, and I would eliminate all those who dared to invade our land.”
“Today, I can finally stand tall, look you in the eyes, and tell you, I have fulfilled my promise to you!!!”
Suddenly, a deafening roar erupted from the silent square, a wave of fervent cheers.
Tai Hao raised his hand, and the crowd immediately fell silent. Tai Hao smiled in satisfaction, then continued, “From this day forward, Origin Star will have only one nation, the Star River Empire! On this planet, there will be only one race, and that race is us, the Star River human race!!!”
Tai Hao looked down at the square, his eyes filled with comfort and satisfaction, as he watched the people below shout with excitement, raising their arms in cheers.
Tai Hao wasn't originally called this name, nor was he from this world.
He came from 21st century China, living in a peaceful, harmonious, and prosperous era.
Unfortunately, during a dream, without any awareness, Tai Hao transcended time and space, arriving in this strange and backward world.
Initially, when he was born into this world, Tai Hao thought he was just having an incredibly realistic dream. But reality delivered a harsh blow to Tai Hao.
Tai Hao's tiny body, unable to control the contraction of his muscles, wet the bed and even left a smelly mess!
Tai Hao almost broke down!
As time passed, Tai Hao gradually grew up, adapting to this world and accepting the fact that he had truly transcended time and space, reborn in another world.
If he couldn't go back, then he would live a life that was exciting, vibrant, and full of brilliance!
Who would have thought that, as he grew older and came to understand this world more, his ambitions sank to the bottom of the ocean.
Because the world's civilization was at a stage of technological infancy, it hadn't even entered the steam age.
Backward, chaotic, ignorant, and feudal, with frequent wars - this was Tai Hao's assessment of this world.
This was a backward world where even a common cold could be fatal.
The only consolation was that Tai Hao's birth in this life was incredibly noble. He was the only child of the previous Star River Empire's old monarch.
As the child born in his later years, Tai Hao was immediately crowned as the sole heir from the moment he was born.
Moreover, the Star River Empire was a feudalistic and autocratic nation, one of the most powerful kingdoms in the Eastern Continent.
When Tai Hao was fifteen, the previous monarch died of illness. At the tender age of sixteen, Tai Hao took over the reins of the empire, becoming the new emperor.
The moment Tai Hao became the ruler of the Star River Empire, his external help finally arrived.
The Civilization Upgrade System.
A system that could help Tai Hao develop civilization and elevate the level of technological advancement.
The system's database stored complete knowledge systems of all levels of civilization, from the steam age to divine civilization, encompassing everything.
The Civilization Upgrade System also gave Tai Hao a beginner's pack.
The complete knowledge system of the Human Steam Age.
Relying on this beginner's pack, Tai Hao immediately began pushing forward reforms and development. He upgraded the Star River Empire, which had a small peasant economy, to the steam industrial age in the shortest possible time.
During the reform process, Tai Hao also encountered a lot of resistance, but he also discovered many forward-thinking individuals who shared his ideals.
Ultimately, as a feudal and autocratic monarch, Tai Hao successfully transformed the minds of everyone in the empire, bringing the winds of industrial revolution across the entire nation.
After the reforms, the empire's national strength exploded exponentially.
Under Tai Hao's intentional indulgence, the empire embarked on a path of external expansion.
This world was divided into five continents, namely the Eastern Continent, the Northern Continent, the Southern Continent, and the Western Continent, with the Star River Empire located in the Eastern Continent, which was the most chaotic, with constant wars between the various nations for land, profit, survival, and even face.
The nations of the Eastern Continent had a strong sense of the Warring States period.
In the first year of Tai Hao's reign, the Star River Empire was invaded by other nations.
A young ruler is suspicious, even if this world doesn't have this saying, any ruler would understand this meaning.
Over the next two years, the Star River Empire was like a young wife, bullied by the strongest nations in the Eastern Continent.
Although Tai Hao's attitude was firm, and the Star River Empire resisted resolutely, they still suffered heavy losses.
But in the third year, the situation reversed.
Knowledge of the steam age, under external pressure and Tai Hao's forceful promotion, finally spread completely throughout the Star River Empire, and the ancient and backward empire underwent a life-altering transformation.
With the roar of steam engines, the Star River Empire, entering the industrial age, abandoned cold weapons and equipped itself with hot weapons.
The imperial soldiers directly adopted weapons and equipment from the First World War, those of the German Reich.
Mauser C96 pistols, Luger P80 artillery pistols, Mauser 98 rifles, M16 grenades, water-cooled Maxim MG08 heavy machine guns, M16 flamethrowers.
17cm trench mortars, 77mm M96 field guns, 105 howitzers, 21cm Morser heavy howitzers.
Along with Zeppelin rigid airships, sarin gas bombs.
The hot weapon era against the cold weapon era.
The Star River Empire launched a dimensional strike against all the nations of Origin Star.
In the face of absolute power, the Star River Empire, in just five years, destroyed hundreds of nations and unified the entire Origin Star.
As the citizens of the Star River Empire celebrated the empire's global unification, three uninvited guests appeared in the star system where Origin Star resided.
Three beings, clad in silver armor, with golden hair, wearing red mini-skirts, exceptionally beautiful, with a pair of pure white wings behind them, suddenly appeared within the Origin Star system after passing through a space wormhole.