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At 18, you became the Regent of Lingbi, second only to the emperor, ruling the country and its borders. However, your path of reform was obstructed by the Dong Party. You used strategies to unite the people and pushed forward with reforms despite numerous obstacles, but the Dong Party continued to trip you up.

Soon, you established various departments, defined their powers, and sidelined the Eastern Party's authority. In order to oppose you, the Eastern Party withdrew from the stage, went north, cooperated with the Oasis Alliance, and launched a westward military campaign. War is about to break out.

[A month later, with everything settled at Wall One, you united your forces to form the Northern Expeditionary Army and officially went to war with the Oasis Alliance. With the assistance of the extraordinary Black Soldier and Li Xin, the Oasis Alliance began to suffer a series of defeats.]

Two months later, the Oasis Alliance was defeated. In a fit of rage, Governor Song Ruhui used his trump card, ordering Wall 21 to withdraw from the border region under the attack of the alien race. The Northern Expeditionary Army had no choice but to face the alien invasion head-on, and thirty-six cities in the north were engulfed in war.

The alien species are overwhelmingly powerful, and the military cannot defeat them. The superhumans are also limited in manpower, and the enemy numbers are vast. The alien species in the pit zone have mobilized almost their entire force, plunging you into a protracted battle.

Six months later, the war finally took a turn for the better. In this war of national strength, you waged a war of attrition, adopted a high-pressure policy, established a royal military, and united all forces that could be united, gradually depleting the number of alien nests.

Three months later, you completely cleared the alien nests from the northern pit zone.

[At 20, you've been avoiding cultivating psionic abilities and infiltrating the Black Tide world, so your strength hasn't increased at all. However, you've poured all academic resources into the Pit Zone, starting research on that area and achieving considerable success, bringing back a lot of old-world technology.]

[At 22, your first son was born.]

At 23, under your leadership, the problem of hunger in the desert was completely eradicated.

At 24, you begin developing the economy, leading to unprecedented prosperity in various desert industries, class shifts, and the creation of generations of wealthy individuals.

[At 25, with the desert unified, you abolished various oppressive policies and prepared to reduce the military, leaving only elite troops for the armed forces and freeing up more productive labor.]

[At 27, your first daughter was born.]

[At 30, the Psionic Research Institute made remarkable progress in energy research, spreading this technology throughout the desert and enabling everyone to live a normal life.]

[At 31, desert productivity exploded once again. The highest academy unearthed the last underground shelter. Deep beneath the sinkhole, a group of Old World cryogenic chambers were still operating, containing dozens of Old World humans in a state of slumber.]

At 33, as these humans awaken, you learn they represent the elites of the old world. You utilize their talents to make due contributions to the desert and also learn some truths about the old world from them—clues to many aspects of the 'reboot' plan at the end of the 22nd century.

At 34, you still haven't solved the Black Disaster problem. Feeling the urgency, you formed a 'Pioneer Team' to explore beyond the desert in search of a solution. Countless Pioneer Teams, under your leadership, set off beyond the desert's borders.

At 36, you lead your army into war against the alien species in the western radiation zone. You've learned from calculations by humans in the old world that the radiation will weaken within the next three years, reducing the alien species' strength. You've reignited the war, but this time, you're prepared.

[At 38, you spent two years ending the war, but unfortunately, the radiation zone was just a dead zone, utterly useless.]

At 40, you finally couldn't sit still any longer. You assembled three teams of psionic masters to venture beyond the borders and find a solution to the Black Calamity. Remembering your promise to the eldest prince, you set off first for the South Sea City-State Alliance.

[Due to the intense war between the Machine Race and the Iron Beast Kingdom, the situation in the south is quite tense. You have not been able to find the eldest prince, Sa Lingtian, and you have learned that he has gone south to find allies to fight against the Iron Beast Kingdom. You guess that he has most likely gone to the Rock Empire in the Myanmar-Thailand-Cambodia region of Southeast Asia.]

At age 41, you represented the Lingbi Kingdom and successfully negotiated friendly diplomatic relations with the city-states of the South Sea.

[At 42, you developed a dense trade chain with the South China Sea Federation using desert specialties, because they possess unique energy resources and are outstanding in hydrogen production, storage, transportation, and application technologies, possessing various hydrogen battery technologies.]

[At 48 years old, after years of hard work, you have successfully partnered with the South China Sea City-State to establish the 'Black Tide Society.' Both parties hope to jointly conduct research on psychic energy, such as black tides and black disasters.]

[At age 50, the various pioneering teams you sent out have returned, bringing back many positive benefits. You have established friendly or neutral diplomatic relations with various tribes, forces, and groups, and signed long-term trade agreements.]

At 53, you returned to the kingdom to attend your daughter's wedding.

[At 55, your eldest son finally awakened his psychic abilities on his 33rd birthday. Through technology, psychic cultivation, and artificial enhancements, he barely managed to become a superhuman. He resolved to accompany you on your campaign and protect you by your side.]

At 58, with no breakthroughs in the Black Tide Society, you felt despair. But you understood that as a superhuman, you could live for many more years. You began to act cautiously, no longer taking risks.

[At the age of 60, your grandson was born. Your daughter sent word from the kingdom that she had informed you, and you named him.]

[At 63, your son has surpassed you in strength in your youth. However, due to years of not immersing yourself in the Black Tide world, your strength has drastically diminished. You've lost your keen intuition and sensitivity to psionic particles, often failing in strength tests. Yet, you remain remarkably composed and focus entirely on nurturing your heir, hoping he will inherit your mantle.]

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