Beginning (In Celebration of Brother Zhao zq!)

Inside an Internet café.

With the rise of the Empire's personal computer industry and smartphones, Internet cafés, once a sunrise industry, had long since fallen into decline. They were now gradually transforming into large gaming centers and leisure clubs.

Beside Zhong Shenxiu sat several gaming fanatics playing together online.

After seeing this scene, he still felt rather relieved.

At least, the people of this world understood concepts like "games" and "systems" quite well.

He turned on the computer and swiftly browsed the information on the Internet.

Thank goodness for the Information Age. Most materials could be found online, like a mountain of treasure.

However, there were very few people who could truly settle down to study and dig precious ores out of the vast sea of information.

"The history of this world really is very similar to what I remember..."

Zhong Shenxiu went straight to the history section. His gaze shifted slightly. "Some historical figures are similar but not quite the same, while the general course is largely familiar. The greatest difference appeared at the end of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, a Han Chinese regime rose in the south and established the Great Xia Empire... It actively opened the seas, developed technology, and three hundred years later carried out a constitutional monarchy reform. It actively participated in global colonization, reaped enormous profits, and remained standing to this day..."

"Now, under the constitutional monarchy, the Prime Minister and Parliament hold the real power. The Emperor has retreated to the sidelines, but still appears at important events as the symbol and faith of the Empire..."

"As for the rest, the Internet is highly developed, the game industry is flourishing, and there are even several major true-VR games. Of course, they all claim to offer holographic simulation and one-hundred-percent physical immersion,