The Treasure-Hunting Ship of the Steam World

April 11: Successfully hunted and dissected a Wind-Wing Serpent. Cognition +1. May 17: Explored and evacuated a deserted sky-island. Acquired “Miniature Differential Machine,” unlocking Tier-3 specialization. July 23: Exploration of the “Abandoned Construct Factory” failed—lost 37 armor-piercing rounds, but unlocked a new route, “The Channel into the Depths of the Fog-Tide,” now recorded in the atlas. When the fog-tide swallowed the land, airships patrolled the clouds, humanity retreated to floating islands, and all manner of monsters shrieked through the skies. Transmigrated into this broken world, Luo Xia lives in a dingy basement apartment, survives on “insect-paste cans,” and flips open The Phlogiston Exploration Guide—a journal that can turn the world’s curiosities into “collection pieces” and grant him their powers. A chronic sufferer of “firepower anxiety,” he originally only wanted to stockpile enough supplies, build an aerial fortress, and live a comfortable, worry-free life in this ruined world. But gradually, strange titles began to stick to him: “The Mobile Arsenal of the Fog-Sea,” “Reviver of Old-World Machinery,” “The Junker in Top-Tier Gear.” “What’s wrong with wearing power armor while scavenging? High carry weight means you need a big pack.” As for the monsters—Luo Xia whips out his three-meter chainsword, its teeth humming. “This just feels better in my hand.”