This is an ancient-era alternate-history novel. Its setting is entirely fictional, with no real-world parallels and no connection to any real country, person, or historical event.
When I opened my eyes, I had become a slave in the ancient Yu Dynasty, numbered Bing-72.
The overseer wanted to feed me to the beasts? I snapped a saber-toothed tiger’s fang with my bare hands.
The sorcerer cursed me to die a horrible death? I used science to create thunder and fire.
The nobles said slaves were born inferior? I led thirty thousand people to build a city where everyone was equal.
I tamed floods, slew beasts, abolished slavery, and established a charter of equality.
Yu the Great said, “I’m not as good as you.”
I said, “I never wanted the throne. I want everyone under heaven to have enough to eat.”
Three thousand years later, archaeologists unearthed a stone tablet engraved with these words:
“People can be born equal.”
My name is Nan. This is my story.
