On the eve of Qin Shi Huang's conquest of the six states, the deposed crown prince of a minor realm embarked upon a mission to assassinate the First Emperor.
Though inherently timid, his very name evoked a spirit of non-confrontation, yet now he faced a life-or-death struggle.
To his astonishment, he succeeded! The First Emperor fell in a pool of blood, halting the march towards unification. The vast expanse of the realm split into two halves.
Yet Qin soldiers, alerted by the news, closed in around him. He drew his sword and pressed it to his own throat...

This is an imagined China, an alternate possibility for Chinese history.
What kind of world would this be, where Huaxia civilisation never achieved great unification?
Embodying Huaxia history within a novel, understanding Huaxia history through a novel.

 This is the "Next World," sharing similarities and differences with the previous one.


Chapter 1 - Prologue