Synopsis: Silicon & Steel: The System Engineer of 1985

In a dusty motorcycle workshop in 1985 rural China, 17-year-old Li Wei wakes up with memories of a hard and bitter life — and one unfair ending.

In his first life, he watched helplessly as his father’s small motorcycle assembly factory was strangled by greedy suppliers and crushed by bigger competitors. They never made their own parts — and it cost them everything.

But now, he’s been reborn, just weeks before the college entrance exams. This time… he’s not alone.

[HyperTech System Activated]
Photographic Memory unlocked.
Mechanical Comprehension unlocked.
Workshop Efficiency Scan available.

Armed with a system that grants him deep insight into machines, manufacturing, and engineering, Li Wei vows to change his family’s fate — and reshape China’s industrial future one part at a time.

From forging motorcycle components in-house to building up a true factory empire, he’ll go from apprentice to industrial pioneer — all while facing sabotage, suspicion, and the limits of what one genius can build with steel, sweat, and silicon.

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⚙️ A story of rebirth, innovation, and industrial growth in a country on the edge of transformation.

If you’re a fan of:
	•	System + Industry combo
	•	Rebirth in realistic historical settings
	•	Engineering, machines, factories, and business-building
	•	A smart MC who earns his power through skill and strategy

…then this is your next read.

A new window slid into view like a page turning in midair.


🛠 Welcome to the Industrial Ascent System 🛠


You have been selected to receive the following core modules:


Instantly memorize anything you see — diagrams, notes, machines.


View basic machines in exploded blueprints. Detect flaws or weak points.


Unlock new functions by creating, repairing, or innovating mechanical/electrical devices.


Assemble 1 full product with in-house parts


🧠 Think of this system as your second brain. Cold. Precise. Merciless.


📈 Success builds more modules. Failure gives nothing.


First-time Bonus Skill: "Recall Echo" unlocked.


Replay one moment from your past life in perfect clarity.


And then, like a flash of lightning—he was there again.


The repair shop was cramped and boiling hot. Grease on the floor, fumes in the air. In front of him: a small 4-stroke motorcycle engine.


The instructor stood over him, arms crossed, sneering.


"I thought your family ran a factory. You don't even know how to realign a timing chain?"


He'd stayed up for nights cramming, trying to memorize the diagrams. But when it mattered, his mind had gone blank. Just blank.


He was expelled from the program a week later.


He exhaled sharply, back in the factory. His knuckles were white from clenching his fists.


I won't be laughed at again. I won't be helpless when my family needs me. I won't kneel for scraps from suppliers who spit on us.


New Goal Created: [Self-Sufficiency Path - Tier 1]


✅ Identify part the factory relies on from external supplier


⬜ Recreate technical drawing using system assistance


⬜ Integrate it into an actual motorcycle model


⬜ Present part to father for production pitch


Rows of carburetors, all imported. Delicate. Overpriced. Frequently defective.


By lamplight, he sketched the entire inner structure of the factory's current carburetor — from fuel intake to venturi.


Every curve. Every hole. Every measurement.


Not from memory — from system memory.


A second page followed. This time, his improvement:


A small alteration to reduce clogging, using cheaper domestic materials.


The blueprint was done before midnight.


At 17 years old, in a crumbling backlot of a small-town motorcycle factory, he had just designed his first original part.


And he wasn't even getting started yet.


Chapter 5 - Chapter 5: Blueprint of Revenge