I Became a Refugee, and Qin Shi Huang Overheard My Thoughts

After pulling an all-nighter revising a PowerPoint presentation, Lin Yan dies suddenly and transmigrates into the Qin dynasty as a refugee. The moment he opens his eyes, he’s arrested for “suspicious behavior” and dragged into the Xianyang Palace, where he faces Qin Shi Huang’s murderous stare!

He intends to act timid, lie flat, and survive quietly, but then he unlocks a golden finger that broadcasts his inner thoughts. Qin Shi Huang can hear every complaint he makes!

“This lousy plow is so inefficient. The curved-beam plow is the way to go!”

“Fertilizer and hybrid rice: a thousand jin per mu is no dream!”

“Ying Zheng looks so murderous. I haven’t paid enough into social security to want to die!”

Ying Zheng: ???

The thoughts of a refugee turn out to hold earth-shattering secrets? The curved-beam plow, fertilizer, the steam engine... all are wonders he has never heard of!

From then on, Qin Shi Huang becomes a “secret-listening maniac,” following Lin Yan’s thoughts to build infrastructure, boost agriculture, and strengthen the military.

Lin Yan just wants to go home and order takeout, but he’s forced to lead the Qin dynasty in unlocking its technology tree, farming, smelting steel, and building rockets, until it eventually rules the universe!

The ministers: His Majesty’s always staring into space at some refugee lately. Could he be possessed?

Ying Zheng, expressionless: What would you know? He’s my “living encyclopedia”!