The Day I Was Forced to Ascend the Throne, I Ran Away

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What should you do when you wake up and discover you've transmigrated three thousand years into the past, to a chaotic era? Gu Fei, a former top sales champion who got a hellish start, has something to say.

The good news is that the land is in chaos and warlords are carving up the realm, and with the Chosen One System in hand, he's the only one who can be the usual overpowered hero.

The bad news is that he starts with nothing, stranded in a desolate western region where even birds won't shit. There are a few dilapidated thatched huts, a handful of people who starved to death, and dozens of living corpses waiting for him to save them.

But what of it? Gu Fei chuckled.

Superior sweet potatoes, high-yield potatoes, curved plows, cement, steam engines: the System has it all. If you can think of it, he can make it. The overpowered hero is here, so who can stand against him?

Unsurprisingly, Gu Fei succeeded. But then he ran away. Retirement is the ultimate goal.

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Legends about him would be recorded in later generations. The History of Qing has this to say:

In the 319th year of the Dayin calendar, the tyrannical Emperor Li angered Heaven with his wanton cruelty, and Heaven sent a great drought and cold wave.

The chaos gave rise to powerful clans establishing their own domains. Warlords carved up the realm and vied for the Central Plains, setting the land ablaze with war and leaving the people in misery.

Suddenly, an immortal descended upon Yunzhou, unmatched in benevolence and virtue. Under his rule, children received an education, the elderly had support, doors were left unlocked at night, and the people grew prosperous and lived in peace. An age of great harmony had begun.

Wherever his immortal arts reached, mountains and seas could be leveled. He even captured the Penglai Islands, wiping out every Japanese pirate there.

In just a few years, Gu Fei reclaimed the old lands of the crumbling Dayin one by one, changed the country's name to Qing, and ended the centuries-long era of chaos.

The once-arrogant clans and literati flocked to pledge their allegiance, following Gu Fei and begging him to don the imperial robes and take the throne. The history books record that Xun Ju, the founding tutor of Great Qing, once slept outside his door for three days and nights.

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During the reign of Gu Fei, the uncrowned emperor, government was clean and upright, and women could serve as officials at court. At its greatest extent, his territory stretched east to the Penglai Islands, west to the pastures beyond Loulan, and south to the granaries and fruit orchards of Old Yue.

Every year on his birthday, envoys from countless nations came to pay tribute.

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And right now, Gu Fei is doing his utmost to force a broker to buy people for him! Lots of people! He'll snatch up every talented person who can help him lie flat!

The magnificent life of an uncrowned emperor officially begins here.

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#Who says an overpowered hero can't slack off?

#With the System in hand, the world is mine

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