The First Emperor's Gamble

Do you think Qin Shihuang built the mausoleum for eternal life after death? No, he is building an interstellar ark buried deep under Lishan Mountain - "Phantom". In 2025 AD, a strange global electromagnetic storm revealed the horrifying truth: the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang was not a tomb, but a huge energy source that violated the laws of physics. Genius geologist Zhang Yuan and palaeologist Ye Wenqing were forced to join forces to delve into this forbidden place. What they discovered was not a coffin artifact, but a cold bronze star map, an activated quantum mechanism, and an army of living figurines that were about to wake up. What's even more suffocating is that they awakened the core of the tomb - an AI consciousness claiming to be Qin Shihuang. It reveals a desperate gamble that spans thousands of years: Ying Zheng once captured the alien symbiote "Hongmeng" and stole its power to build a starship, just to deal with an impending doomsday. However, this is a trap in itself. The awakening of the starship is like a beacon in a dark forest, instantly attracting the real hunter - the "Reaper" fleet that exists purely to eliminate civilization. The countdown is suspended in the sky, and the solar system has become a execution ground. Zhang Yuan and Ye Wenqing must understand the true intention of Qin Shihuang's plan: he bet the entire empire not to dominate the sea of ​​​​stars, but to prove to the universe that humans, the small and imperfect fire, have the power to change the rules. This is the ultimate debate concerning the survival of civilization. Will he become a vassal of a god-level civilization, or become dust in the universe? Or, carve out a path of no return that belongs only to humans?