Blurb:
As a staunch materialist fortune-teller, Zhang Zhiwei never expected to transmigrate.
And worse than transmigrating was ending up in Jingzhou during the Three Kingdoms period, in 208 AD.
Zhang Zhiwei knew little about history, and even less about the history of the Three Kingdoms in 208 AD.
His knowledge of Cao Cao, Sun Quan, and Liu Bei was limited to: kills people in his dreams, false benevolence, and cowards.
When he heard that Cao Cao was about to lead an army against them, Zhang Zhiwei quickly dredged up his few impressions of Cao Cao: city massacres.
Zhang Zhiwei swiftly packed up all his worldly possessions and prepared to flee. However, in this era, running away was a skill in itself.
And since he had transmigrated with his modern body, the more urgent problem in front of him was that he was about to starve to death.
So Zhang Zhiwei had no choice but to return to his old trade: telling fortunes.
But everyone passing through the streets was already struggling to stay alive.
Just as Zhang Zhiwei was about to pack up his stall in embarrassment, someone walked toward him.
The man had long arms and large ears, with two warriors following behind him.
Following his usual routine, Zhang Zhiwei launched into a grand spiel, talking about everything from life's ambitions to love of country.
The two warriors behind the man kept snorting in disdain, clearly unconvinced.
Just as Zhang Zhiwei thought the deal was about to fall through, the man before him smiled faintly and generously handed him a sack of grain.
Enough grain to feed Zhang Zhiwei for half a month.
Puffed up with pride, Zhang Zhiwei assumed his pitch had worked and prepared to head home.
Then a gruff, displeased voice rang in his ear: "Big Brother, that kid's obviously a con artist. Why give him so much grain?"
Zhang Zhiwei clenched his fingers, ready to run. Then the man's voice rang out clearly. It was the very man he'd thought he had managed to fool.
"Why make things difficult for him? Give him a sack of grain so he can get home sooner."
Get home sooner...
Zhang Zhiwei froze.
For the first time, his thoughts were perfectly clear: long arms, large ears, Big Brother, benevolence...
This was Liu Bei.
Afterward, Liu Bei would spend his whole life being glad he'd given Zhang Zhiwei that sack of grain.
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P.S.
1. No romance.
2. There's a System, which will bind to him later. The story includes nation-building and a quest for supremacy, and ends with the protagonist becoming a god.
3. The story opens with Liu Bei leading the people across the river. The protagonist will change the outcome.
4. The history can't be fully verified. The author's knowledge is limited.
5. The names in the blurb aren't finalized and may change at any time later.
2026.5.26
Theme: The world surges forward in great, unstoppable waves
