Since the fact of crossing over cannot be changed, the only choice Merlin can make is how to plan his second life.

Carefully recalled a certain bit of fiction that I had read in my previous life, and the routes of those traversers' predecessors were nothing more than just a few kinds.

One is the dragon Aotian-style king and hegemony, and then Merlin's empire is dead, what is this called, forget it, this way is not passable.

The second is to linger among the flowers, flirt with girls everywhere, build a big harem, and become a winner in life.

However, Merlin looked down at his current state of being a demon king, are you still flirting with your sister like this? Don't make a fuss.,This hasn't started yet.,The girl scared him to death.,Grow up like this, basically say goodbye to love.,Get ready to be lonely for a lifetime.。

Besides, a dead fat house doesn't need to be in love.

Then Merlin seems to have the third route, low-key farming.

In Merlin's original plan, he thought that the world should be set in a medieval setting where magic and knights were rampant, so that he could build a steam engine first, have an industrial revolution, and finally, like those predecessors in a certain novel, defeat magic with technology, and then go to the pinnacle of life.

The more Merlin pondered this plan, the more feasible it became, as for you asking him if he knew the principle of the steam engine? Do you know how to climb the tech tree?

Hehe, he really understands this, after all, as a dead fat house, after reading too many novels, he naturally thought about what to do if he crossed over.

So a long time ago, when he was in the second grade of middle school, when Merlin went to the library to read novels, he also went through a series of books that he felt were forced to use after crossing, such as "Principles of Steam Engines", "Black Powder Formula", "Firearms Manufacturing", "Capital", "Four Great Inventions", "Compendium of Materia Medica", "Urban Construction and Planning", etc.

At that time, he happily compiled the titles of those books into a table of contents, made a traveler's manual, and then sent it to the post bar and pretended to be forced.

At that time, there were only more than 1,000 books registered in the manual, which basically covered all the fields that he thought had a great impact on the course of human civilization at that time.

"As long as you learn this, you can properly reach the peak of life after crossing over."

He was so proud to announce it in the post bar at the time.

Then he was slapped in the face by netizens, and there was a comment that replied to him like this.

"I don't have to learn everything, as long as you learn a small part of this, you don't have to cross to reach the pinnacle of life."

Well, what the man said made so much sense that Merlin couldn't refute it at all.

After that, he began to learn on his own in a fit of rage, and although he certainly couldn't memorize it, at least he could turn over every page of every book.

Because at that time, he watched a big guy on TV and said that human beings have the ability to remember pictures, and these memories will be permanently stored in your subconscious sea, although you may not usually recall them, but they have always been there, as long as you use special skills to enter the subconscious sea, it is still possible to awaken that memory.

But even if every page was just a glance, it took Merlin nearly a year to scan all the books.

When he was done, he suddenly felt like an idiot, and then he was almost a graduate of secondary school.

Well, what a painful realization.

But now Merlin is really glad that he did this stupid thing at the beginning, it is because of that stupid thing that he has an extra talent for otherworldly knowledge on his character card, and he can make all those memories in his subconscious sea into a book of memories just like he did with the memories of the original owner, and then learn what he lacks, learn and sell now.

He estimated that as long as everything went well, he would be able to climb the technology tree to the level of modern society for about a hundred years of low-key farming, and if he was lucky, he would have already begun to prepare for the space program.

However, dreams are beautiful and plans are feasible, but the reality is a bit cruel.

"So, God of Steam and Progress, you're robbing me of my job, I hate you."

Silently waving the book of memories of the Steam Bible in his hand, Merlin looked up at the sky forty-five degrees, speechless.

Because of the pollution of all kinds of exhaust gases emitted by the major factories without control, the sky of Cornwallis City was foggy, and the haze that was thicker than the national capital in the previous life completely covered the sky, and also covered Merlin's ambition that had just been ignited for a few hours.

According to the "Steam Bible" that he had just finished reading, the god of steam and progress ignited the divine fire three hundred years ago, and the kingdom of God ascended to the void and became one of the gods.

In just three hundred years, the new god has rapidly grown into the third-in-command of the human gods, and in the Pantheon of the Holy City, he is second only to the Lord of the Flame and the God of War.

"So where did this come from, Long Aotian, forget it, I'm still salted fish, anyway, no one stipulates that the traverser will definitely be able to make a big news, right?"

Merlin lowered his head, somewhat listlessly wandering around the East City.

The germination of steam in this world has been completed more than 300 years ago, and because of the god of steam and progress, machinery and technology have been further developed and popularized, but it is also because of the existence of that god, the power of the steam engine in this world seems to be terrifyingly strong, so naturally there is no second or even third industrial revolution like Merlin in his previous life.

The tech tree of this world has completely run out of shape, and has entered the style of the so-called steampunk in fantasy novels in the previous life.

Well, it can't be said to be crooked, after all, if the memory of the original owner is correct, then the cutting-edge technology of this world is no worse than the world in Merlin's previous life, and some fields even surpass, so it can't be simply evaluated who is higher and who is lower, it can only be said that it is the possibility of different directions.

As the capital of the empire, Cornwallis was naturally the most prosperous place in the past, where the most advanced technology in the country was gathered, and a large number of factories were set up here, which naturally gave rise to a large number of jobs.

As a result, countless people who yearn for the prosperity of the big city have given up the land of their hometown and rushed here from all over the world, and most of them have entered the factories to work, injecting new vitality into the city.

A few decades ago, the city was the heart of almost the entire continent, and countless merchant ships and trains rushed here every day, spreading its prosperity and luxury to the whole world with the sound of whistles.

However, with the collapse of the great empire, the former prosperity is gone, leaving only the huge wreckage slowly rotting here.

But the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, the merchants who chased fame and fortune and the aristocracy who pursued fashion and luxury are gone, but the factories are still here, and the city has gradually transformed from the former capital of Wandu into a purely industrial city.

Those rich people can just go, but it is not so easy for ordinary people who once sold everything to come to the city to fight to the death in order to chase their dreams.

As a result, the industrial area of Dongcheng District is still overcrowded, and it is not much different from the most prosperous time more than ten years ago, if there is any difference, it is probably that the people here had hopes and dreams back then, and now the hope is dead, the dream is shattered, leaving only this walking corpse-like shell to decline with the city.

The dilapidated roads had fallen into disrepair, the cracks in the broken stone slabs were filled with feces and urine and a foul smell, and the alleys on both sides of the street occasionally saw some yellow-skinned homeless men shivering in the corners wrapped in old newspapers.

The liveliest place here is the tavern, where the workers after work party late at night, squandering the day's wages at will, or teasing the ragged warblers, or gathering in groups to gamble/gamble.

Everything is filled with the smell of depravity.

Merlin wrinkled his nose in disgust, he didn't have the courage to walk through the and urine, but fortunately he could still walk in the void.

Demons are creatures that feed on depravity and despair, and now the depravity and despair that are surging from all directions almost fail to blow him up.

The body was soaked in darkness, and the spirit that had been very excited because of the demon's transformation was now even more excited under the nourishment of this fall.

It was only that, unlike his physical euphoria, Merlin's mood became more and more depressed, and he stared at a frozen corpse on the side of the road, which was still a half-grown child.

"Alas, success is also theocracy, and defeat is also theocracy."

With a deep breath, Merlin didn't go any further, he silently returned the way he came.

At this moment, the traverser's great career or something, he didn't want to think about it anymore, he just wanted to go back to the castle and get a good night's sleep.

It's just that, on the way back, while passing through a small alley, a small figure caught his attention.

It was a little girl shivering in the corner with a match.

"Mom and grandma, what will happen as long as I go with you?"

The little girl's empty eyes looked at the faint light of the match, and her mouth asked in confusion.

Perhaps to tease the cute little girl, or to vent his previous irritability, Merlin stopped.

He crouched down on the tall demonic body, put his head in front of the little girl, and said mischievously.

"As long as you go with them, I won't eat them."

Anyway, it's impossible for this little girl who is just a mortal to see his shadow body, so he can probably only be regarded as entertaining himself.

Hawkers, the child is an angel given by God to the mortal world, and it will always feel better to tease the child when he is in a bad mood, especially the little girl in front of him is such a cute child.

Merlin originally thought so, but for some reason, the angelic and lovely face of the little girl in front of him suddenly became frightened, as if she saw some indescribable horror.

"Uh, what's so scary here?"

Merlin was a little strange, and then he looked down at his paws.

emmmmm..... I go, can she see me?