In order to become a Heroic Spirit, I had no choice but to cause trouble in history.

fall back.

He chose to let the world return to its pre-Qin state, to... the Warring States period.

However, this time the "players" are slightly different.

First was Xiang Yu, the King of Western Chu. He did not abdicate; he remained the King of Western Chu, ruling over a large and fertile land south of the Yellow River.

The former Chu territory outside of Western Chu was divided into three by Xiang Yu, who enfeoffed three kings: Wu Rui, King of Hengshan; Ying Bu, King of Jiujiang; and Gong Ao, King of Linjiang.

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Liu Ji, whose contributions to the overthrow of Qin could even be said to surpass those of Xiang Yu, was enfeoffed by Xiang Yu as the King of Han, with his fiefdom encompassing Bashu and part of Hanzhong. As for Guanzhong, which had been promised to Liu Ji at Xutai, Xiang Yu divided it in two, enfeoffing it to King Dong Yi of Zhai and King Sima Xin of Sai respectively. These two were originally generals of the Qin Dynasty, but after the successive deaths of Zhang Han and Jin Qixiu, they chose to surrender to Xiang Yu and made contributions in the subsequent war against Qin, and were thus fortunate enough to be enfeoffed as kings.

The fiefdoms of Dong Yi and Sima Xin, along with Gong Ao's fiefdom, surrounded the fiefdom of Liu Ji, the King of Han. Because of the previous Feast at Hongmen, Xiang Yu felt that Liu Ji was not up to the task, so since they had become enemies, he simply symbolically surrounded it.

As for the State of Qi, which had been closely involved with Western Chu before Xiang Liang's death and was later destroyed by Zhang Han, it underwent a complete reshuffle. Almost all of its high-ranking officials, including Tian Rong, were killed. Tian Jia and his group, who had originally fled to Chu and Zhao, were also wiped out by Xiang An.

Xiang Yu divided the State of Qi into three parts. Tian Shi, the son of the former King of Qi, Tian Dan, was enfeoffed as the King of Jiaodong. He also enfeoffed two other young men from the Tian clan, Tian An and Tian Bing, as the King of Jibei and the King of Qi, respectively.

Xiang Yu also divided up the territory of Zhao. In addition to the original King Xie of Zhao being enfeoffed as the King of Dai, he also enfeoffed Zhang Er, an old acquaintance of Liu Ji, as the King of Changshan.

The state of Wei, which died particularly young, was also divided in Xiang Yu's hands. He enfeoffed Wei Bao, the younger brother of Wei King Jiu who died in the Battle of Linji, as the King of Western Wei. In addition to Wei Bao, Xiang Yu also gave the fiefdom of Yin King Sima Ang to this state. The fiefdom was pitifully small, as if it was made specifically to annoy people.

The remote state of Yan also suffered the fate of being divided, split into two by Xiang Yu and enfeoffed as King Zang Tu of Yan and King Han Guang of Liaodong. These two men had followed Chen Sheng during his uprising and were considered lucky to have survived to this day. They had also participated in the nesting of Chen Sheng's forces. Chen Sheng sent Wu Chen to help the state of Zhao restore its kingdom, and Wu Chen then declared himself King of Zhao. Wu Chen sent Han Guang to help the state of Yan restore its kingdom, and Han Guang declared himself King of Yan. Now, Zang Tu, one of Han Guang's subordinates, had also been enfeoffed as a king.

Finally, there is the Han Kingdom in the center of the map, which was also divided in two, with King Shenyang of Han and King Hancheng of Han occupying this land.

Thus, the vast Central Plains were divided into eighteen pieces by Xiang Yu, as if sliced ​​by a knife, and eighteen kings were enfeoffed there.

As for the southern region, those who chose not to return were the former Qin army led by Zhao Tuo.

When the First Emperor was still on the throne, Ren Xiao and Zhao Tuo were ordered to cross the Central Plains and go to the desolate lands beyond the Great Wall to wage war in the southwest with the goal of pacifying the Baiyue. Later, Zhao Gao's plot was exposed, Ren Xiao died of illness, and Zhao Tuo decided not to return and stayed in the south. Now that Qin is gone, he has no master and it seems that he has no intention of getting involved in the mess in the Central Plains.

However, regardless of the circumstances, Xiang Yu had already enfeoffed these kings.

Moreover, Xiang Yu's distribution of fiefdoms was quite artistic. His various arrangements, such as tearing apart his homeland, placing subordinates and superiors on equal footing, giving them extremely small, humiliating fiefdoms, and creating impoverished encirclements, were all carefully planned...

Just right.

This is precisely what can provoke the aggressiveness of these so-called "kings".

However, at this time, these "kings" did not notice this. They were intoxicated by the fact that they had obtained fiefdoms, the status of "kings," and the wealth and soldiers they had gained in the war, so that they could return to their fiefdoms and act arrogantly.

The world seemed to have settled down.

Only one person looked at the map, his expression a mixture of sorrow and deep thought.

"Xiang Yu's enfeoffment... seems to be deliberately provoking conflict between kings..." Liu Ji stood at the end of the list of lords, his eyes slightly narrowed as he looked at his fiefdom in Bashu and gently stroked his beard.

Thinking about it, he couldn't help but feel a little discouraged again.

"Why think so much? I'm already a loser anyway, and I'll have to live in that godforsaken place in Sichuan from now on."

The Bashu region is currently undeveloped and is perceived as a desolate land.

The mountains to the east of Sichuan and Chongqing are towering and rugged, and the only way back to the Central Plains is to go north. However, to the north, there are the fierce defenses of King Zhai Dong Yi and King Sai Sima Xin. Although these two are prone to infighting, they will never relax their defenses against Liu Ji.

For Liu Ji, this desperate situation was no different from anything else.

Leaving behind the princes who were excited about the enfeoffment and probably wouldn't be able to sleep tonight, Xiang An turned his back and walked towards the rear hall, leaving behind a group of seventeen kings and a huge map of the Central Plains.

......

In the rear hall, Xiang An's strength had recovered somewhat.

He sat in the chair, his face flushed and his eyes blazing.

The moment Xiang An saw Xiang Yu appear at the entrance of the rear hall, he rushed forward in a flash, his huge fist aimed straight at Xiang Yu's face.

Xiang Yu had anticipated Xiang An's punch, and with a swift movement, he caught Xiang An's fist in his hand.

"Xiang Yu—!"

This time, Xiang An didn't call him "elder brother" anymore, but instead addressed Xiang Yu by his full name.

Xiang An clenched his teeth, biting so hard that his gums seemed to bleed. His eyes were wide with rage, as if fire snakes were about to spew from them. The veins on his arms bulged, as if they were about to burst at any moment.

"You bastard—what are you doing!"

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Xiang An's roar seemed to overturn a palace. After missing his punch, Xiang An thrust forward, spun around, and swung his other arm straight at Xiang Yu's head.

Left with no other choice, Xiang Yu released Xiang An's hand and stepped back, not daring to take Xiang An's furious punch head-on.

Xiang An, however, was relentless and continued to press forward, and the two brothers ended up fighting each other with their fists and feet right there in the hall.

boom--!

Xiang An showed no intention of holding back, forcing Xiang Yu into a retreating retreat until Xiang Yu had nowhere left to go. He then threw another punch at Xiang Yu's head, which Xiang Yu narrowly avoided. Xiang An's punch hit the wall with a loud bang, and cracks appeared on the wall.

"The world is already suffering terribly. You scoundrel, you could have become emperor, you could have brought peace to the world! You could have brought peace to the world!"

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Xiang An roared angrily, and the wall collapsed with a crash.

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Chapter 945 Unprecedented Intense Conflict

"Is that all you wanted to say?" Xiang Yu stood not far from Xiang An, his eyes icy. "Do you think that by declaring myself emperor, I can change the current situation?"

"Can't you?!" Xiang An straightened up, glaring at Xiang Yu and Kuaiji Zero. "Did Father and the First Emperor give you these eyes so that you could ignore the suffering of the common people?"

"I am making this decision for the sake of the common people!" Xiang Yu's momentum was in no way inferior to Xiang An's. "What are the common people? Does suffering only exist among humans?"

"Now that the Qin Dynasty has just fallen, the feudal lords of the world are still around. Their wealth and military strength far exceed our imagination. If I were to declare myself emperor, the feudal lords would not completely obey my orders. Have you thought about these issues?" Xiang Yu walked up to Xiang An, looked into his eyes, and questioned him in a cold tone.

"At your command, who dares disobey?!" Xiang An stepped forward as well, meeting Xiang Yu's gaze head-on. "Who was it that made all the lords kneeling and crawling at the gate? Was it him or who?!"

He punched Xiang Yu in the chest, his eyes blazing with fury: "Is it him, Xiang Yu! If you want those people's money and soldiers, who dares to refuse you!"

"Yes! It's precisely because it's me that I can't do it!" Xiang Yu grabbed Xiang An's wrist with tremendous force. "Do you think I don't know that the world needs a supreme ruler right now? The reason why the two leaders haven't installed a future-predicting module for you is because your mind is always so emotional!"

You'll make a complete mess of everything!

"Whose Central Plains do you think this is? Yours? Or mine?"

"The Central Plains belong to humanity! Don't you have any idea what we are?!"

"Who's so clueless!" Xiang An abruptly shook off Xiang Yu's hand, grabbed Xiang Yu's collar, and squeezed out an angry voice through clenched teeth, "This Central Plains belongs to humans. Aren't you human? Aren't I human?"

"What are the prerequisites for a savior machine? Have you forgotten what our status was when we were excavated from the Yin Ruins?!"

"That's an artificial human, not a human!"

"Bullshit!"

The two brothers were like two bulls locked in a fierce battle, their heads almost touching, roaring at each other.

"Big brother, second brother!" Zijuan was already in tears, grabbing Xiang Yu and Xiang An's arms with both hands, trying to pull them apart. But how could Zijuan separate them with their immense strength? She could only shout helplessly, "Stop arguing!"

Xiang An, however, grabbed Xiang Yu by the collar and continued to roar: "If an artificial human isn't human, what is it? Is it shit? Is it your brain?"

"Do you realize how long your lack of self-identity will cause suffering for the Central Plains and the entire world?!"

"Just because you refuse to admit you're human! Just because you refuse to be the ruler of the world! How much longer will the world suffer for nothing!"

"If I were to become the ruler of this land, the suffering of the people would only increase!" Xiang Yu suddenly waved his hand, slapping Xiang An's hand away. "Do you think it's interesting to make the people crawl from one pit to another?"

"Humanity should be ruled by itself! We, who are not human, should just do what we're supposed to do and leave! Why can't you understand this principle?!" — Kuaiji Ichimoku!

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"I don't understand!" Xiang An roared, interrupting Xiang Yu. "I need to ask you! What do you understand?"

"They've never looked at themselves properly, let alone me!"

"Why did Dad give us names? Why did he say we should treat him as his own son?! Did a glutton eat your brain in the rainforest?"

"The fact that I can see happening right now is that you, Xiang Yu, because you, the Jiling clan, are unwilling to acknowledge your identity, you are ignoring the suffering of the people!"

Peng—!

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Zijuan, who was sobbing, was stunned.

Xiang An, who was speaking, was also stunned.

Xiang Yu withdrew his fist and looked coldly at Xiang An: "I attacked you in advance precisely because I was worried that this situation would happen in the front hall, so that you would lose the ability to move."

"Your thinking is too naive... Kuaiji style."

Xiang An stared blankly at the ground, slowly covering his face. He didn't even notice Xiang Yu walking out of the main hall.

"Second brother, second brother!" Zijuan knelt on the ground and shook Xiang An. "Are you alright, second brother?"

Slowly straightening up, Xiang An found the pain on his face almost unbearable.

"Second Brother! Second Brother!" Zijuan saw Xiang An still standing there in a daze and continued to call out loudly, feeling only sadness.

The Gene Era

Everything happened too fast and too suddenly. Xiang Yu didn't give anyone a chance to prepare. He suddenly announced everything, and it seemed as if he was specifically guarding against Xiang An.

Because only Xiang An has the ability to stop all of this.

Xiang An's face didn't hurt much. Having fought in the Central Plains and beyond for so many years, he was already extremely familiar with pain.

The one who truly felt the pain and sorrow was Xiang An's heart.

He always believed that the purpose of this war was to end the Qin Dynasty and establish a unified state with Xiang Yu as its leader. He always thought so.

Starting from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou king enfeoffed the land, plunging the world into what seemed like an endless war. The various feudal lords attacked each other, and the chaos caused unimaginable suffering for the people.

After the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there finally came a country powerful enough to destroy all dissenting voices, bringing an end to the war and allowing the people of the world, who had suffered so much, to rest for a moment. But it was only a moment.

Xiang An believed that Xiang Yu could restore peace to the Central Plains. Xiang An always believed that Xiang Yu would do it, so that the world would no longer be threatened or suffer. This was the meaning and purpose of the savior machine.

But Xiang Yu—

"Xiao Si, don't be afraid." Xiang An turned around and gently touched Zi Juan, who was still sobbing softly while clutching his sleeve. "I'm sorry for scaring you."

Zijuan just opened her mouth, choked up and couldn't speak; she didn't know what to say.