Li Muchen, a transmigrator, wakes up to find himself a low-ranking official on the frontier of Qin. He has a “Historical Comment System” that lets him see how history will unfold and read netizens’ live reactions. He was hoping to lie flat, but it turns out that King Ying Zheng of Qin is also a fellow modern-day transplant, a burned-out office drone from the 21st century. Two modern souls: one makes a splash at court, while the other markets products to the masses. When “unifying the written script” becomes “standardizing keyboard layouts,” and “standardizing the width of cart axles” becomes “building the Qin Expressway,” when livestream comments spoil the coalition of the six states, and Jing Ke’s assassination attempt on Qin Shi Huang turns into performance art... This time, the Qin dynasty is really taking off! The six kings fall, the four seas are united. This age of prosperity is just as you wished, though the whole thing might be a little off-brand.
Protagonist One: Ying Zheng, King of Qin, First Emperor. His soul comes from a 21st-century internet company, where he was a 996 office drone. He excels at project management, KPI assessments, organizational restructuring, and PowerPoint presentations. He sees the unification of the six states as “the biggest merger and acquisition in history.”
Protagonist Two: Li Muchen, a low-ranking Qin official who later becomes the “Chief Operating Officer of Great Qin.” His soul comes from a 21st-century history student. His “Historical Comment System” lets him see future events and the real-time reactions of people from later generations. He serves as Ying Zheng’s “off-site advisor” and “spokesperson among the people.”
