The First Emperor's Livestream

A cross-temporal light screen suddenly appeared in Xianyang Palace. Cangjie, an AI from the future, appeared before Ying Zheng with a vision of two thousand years of civilization.

He revealed in full the fate awaiting the Qin Dynasty: its fall after just two generations. Having witnessed the empire’s ruin with his own eyes, the First Emperor took a hard look at himself and abandoned his former harsh policies. He eased labor and taxes, opened up trade routes, and used future technology to improve farming and industry and strengthen the borders. He also eliminated the threat of rebellion from Zhao Gao and the old aristocrats of the six conquered states, reversing the dynasty’s destined collapse.

Just as the Qin Empire began to flourish, the Heavenly Net sounded an alarm: an extraterrestrial civilization called “Entropy Blight” had torn open a rift in time and space, hoping to erase the Chinese cultural legacy completely.

Ying Zheng turned the Great Wall into a defense line spanning the ages, forged bronze guardians, and laid out thunderous gunpowder traps. He marshaled the entire empire’s strength and joined hands with humanity two thousand years in the future to confront the alien catastrophe.

Atop the Great Wall, Ying Zheng gazed at the rift in the heavens and shouted, his voice shaking the land: “My battlefield has never been confined to this age!”