In a smoke-shrouded city somewhere, the great Industrial Revolution was sweeping through the city in full force.
In the various factories near the river, workers sweated like rain. What flowed was not sweat, but blood.
Once a worker entered this place, his average lifespan was only three years. Even if he pissed blood every day, it would not compare to the amount flowing here.
The river was filled with waste that gave off a pungent, fishy stench, beyond description. A noble lady would faint after a single glance.
Inside an ordinary textile factory, heat billowed and steam swirled. Workers stood drenched in sweat within the cramped space.
Yet at the factory entrance lay a vast open area, nearly half the size of the factory grounds.
At the center of the open ground stood a statue. It was not large, only as tall as an ordinary person.
But it had been placed atop a five-meter-high platform equipped with a pulley system.
The statue looked simple, but it was actually a wonder. Building one required at least the combined profits of a factory for five years.
In the feudal era, tens of thousands of people would have had to toil for five years to create something worthy of being called a wonder.
Only after the modern Industrial Revolution had wonders become something that could be widely available.
Take the Great Wall, for example. How many Great Walls' worth of earth did modern people move? They could probably build one every year.
"Great God, please grant me strength, so I no longer have to labor so hard." Before work every day, each worker had to worship for ten minutes before the statue behind the factory entrance.
Originally, the best method was to worship for an hour, but the owner simply could not bear