Chen Guan has feared two things all his life: death and trouble.
So when he transmigrates to a camp at Shaqiu in 210 BC, his first thought is: Which bastard shoved me into the scene of Qin Shi Huang's death?
The System orders him to [change the event of Qin Shi Huang's death]. Everyone assumes he has to save the emperor. He refuses.
He can't save him, and he can't stop it. So why not... let him "die"?
**"Your Majesty, you need to fake your death."**
The entire court is waiting for Qin Shi Huang to breathe his last. Only this servant, his hands covered in firewood ash, dares to whisper those words in the emperor's ear. Let Zhao Gao think he has won, make Li Si rush to pick a side, let Hu Hai grow smug, and then let the emperor of the ages, lying in his coffin, see the whole nest of vipers and rats for what it is.
From then on, history is twisted beyond recognition by his dogged efforts to stay alive: the Qin dynasty avoids an early collapse, the Chu-Han contention is rewritten, the Battle of Red Cliffs takes a new turn, and the Hongwu era becomes a game of chaos...
Along the way, he recruits historical figures as secretaries and bodyguards: the richest woman at the end of the Qin dynasty manages his purse, Zhang Liang and Xiao He form his team, Sima Yi serves as a hidden piece while he guards against a betrayal, Shangguan Wan'er becomes his chief secretary while he watches which side she takes, and Empress Ma keeps Zhu Yuanzhang in check. Nine men and three women, a full team of twelve, each with their own agenda.
He scrapes by from the river of history into the world of cultivation, then from the cultivation world to the edge of the star sea. He does only one thing: stay alive!
But when he has changed history so much that even he can no longer recognize it, he finally understands...
The two things he feared most all his life have come to fear him.
**You think I'll save him? No, I'll make him fake his death. You think I'll pick a side? No, I want it all. You think I'll charge in? No, I'm already running.**
The male protagonist doesn't have any abilities. Is it because he hasn't developed them yet?
Should I say it or not? The author's imagination is quite big (°ー°), so I'll update it quickly.