世界: world...
强硬: tough, unyielding, hard-line...
浏览器: browser (software)...
小说: novel, fiction...
开场: to begin, to open, to start, beginning of an event...
踏上: to set foot on, to step on or into...
紧缺: in short supply, scarce...
吃亏: to suffer losses, to come to grief, to lose out, to get the worst of it, to be at a disadvantage, unfortunately...
咳: cough...
沙子: sand, grit...
