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The thing Shen Li wanted most in life was probably to become a leader, then lie flat and spend every day eating and drinking until the end of time.
After all, people at the Detection Bureau all possess powers they can't talk about. Those powers have left him... working day and night, with no distinction between friend and foe.
Just let him die.
And later, he really did get his wish.
When he woke up again, Shen Li found himself in a conquest game called "Unparalleled: Three Kingdoms," where the factions and timeline were in complete chaos. He also had an Unparalleled System bound to him.
System: "Host's current identity: Lord."
Lord? Isn't that a leader? Doesn't that mean he won't have to be a wage slave, working himself to death every day?
"And you are a Lord who has gathered every famous general of the Three Kingdoms under your command. In other words, Host... you should be the strongest person in the Three Kingdoms right now."
All the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms working for him? Cao Cao, Guo Jia, Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Sun Quan, Lu Xun... With that many people, he could level up the skill tree until he was good at everything!
Wouldn't that mean he could lie in bed every day, wait for news of victory, and live off the spoils until he became emperor?
But Shen Li was so caught up in the excitement of becoming a leader that he missed the word "should" in the System's explanation.
The System cleared its throat. "Your next task is to..."
"Help the famous generals level up, then have them join forces to fight the foreign enemy and restore order to the broken world!"
Shen Li shot upright from the couch like a stiff corpse. "...What? No way!"
...Wasn't he supposed to be the strongest Lord in the Three Kingdoms?
Shen Li desperately tapped open the System and surveyed his territory. In the end, he concluded that it would take the enemy ten years to cross three countries before they could attack him. By then, his famous generals would have grown up, and he would become the strongest Lord in the Three Kingdoms. Once the enemy arrived, he could wipe them out in an instant and unite the land, all without wasting time traveling around.
Mm, perfect plan.
Shen Li contentedly ate and drank his days away.
So Shen Li lay half-dead on the couch, sipping health tea. In a weak but earnest voice, he said, "Everyone, the physician says your Lord here... is weak and sickly, and could die at any moment. So... can we hold off on conquering the land for now?"
The famous generals, still in their teens and yet to show their full potential, thought it over. And thought some more.
"Then... should we conquer it ourselves?"
"..."
Later, Shen Li realized to his horror that the three countries the enemy supposedly needed ten years to cross were actually...
Wei, Shu, and Wu.
And he was stuck on a couch in a tiny room, with no way to escape his fate of conquering the land, even by pretending to be ill.
"Lord, who are you actually... siding with?"
Shen Li, preparing to fake his death: "..."
General levels = how much the generals like their Lord. So the male lead is everyone's favorite. Later on, as the generals grow stronger, they chase after the most powerful Lord and overwhelm him (?). A battle royale is inevitable. Pairing undecided.
Theme: Unite in friendship and build peace together
