Had he witnessed the true power of that Zhuge crossbow?
A man armed with a single Zhuge crossbow, combined with a repeating mechanism, was effectively wielding a machine gun. This was not something that could be overwhelmed by mere numbers. Before such cold weapons that surpassed the era, one simply had no capacity to resist. A single soldier could surely take on dozens. The thought of this filled him with intense excitement; he felt that once this army marched out of the valley, they would essentially sweep across the world.
Yet, Shi Yi had always held a consistent philosophy. He had never once desired to become the emperor of any nation, and his plans had remained simple: with one man and one minister, he would hold enough power to intimidate all nations, and then become the shadow ruler behind them all. That was his ultimate goal. Making him the emperor of any one country was an idea that never once crossed his mind.
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