"Benefits?" Upon hearing this, Yi Xiaochuan was taken aback for a moment, then quickly asked, "What benefits do you want?"
"I want you to kill Xiang Yu," Wang Han said calmly.
“No, he’s my older brother. I would never kill him, no matter what.” Upon hearing this, Yi Xiaochuan shook his head without hesitation: “I would not be such an unjust person.”
“Then you can stay here and live out your life alone. Only I know the way to get you back, and only I can help you.” Wang Han said calmly, “Don’t you miss your future parents, relatives, and brothers? You can’t have your cake and eat it too. Are you going to give up all your relatives and friends, including the parents who gave you life and raised you, for someone who is destined to die?”
"I can find a way myself." Hearing this, Yi Xiaochuan turned and left. Outside, Liu Bang saw the obviously unpleasant atmosphere and was very anxious, but Wang Han didn't call him, and he didn't dare to go in.
"You think the thing around your neck can help you go back to the future? You're wrong. Let's not even talk about how that thing is only part of it. Even if you found everything, you still couldn't go back. Time isn't relative. That thing can only bring you to this era, not take you back to the future. Because for the future, the present is a record, it's history, but for the present, the future is unknown."
Upon hearing this, Yi Xiaochuan froze, his steps halting. He couldn't refute Wang Han's words. He had no idea whether the box could transport him back to the future, especially since he only possessed a part of the box.
"Well, you killed Xiang Yu, and I'll help you go back to the future," Wang Han said with a smile, looking at Yi Xiaochuan who had stopped.
"Isn't there any other way? Do I really have to go and kill Xiang Yu?" Yi Xiaochuan looked at Wang Han, smiling obsequiously, and said expectantly, "I can help you with other things. I'm from the future, I know a lot."
"Compared to others in the future, your knowledge is probably nothing, and you're probably at the bottom among your peers." Wang Han glanced at Yi Xiaochuan and said indifferently, "Moreover, you don't have much of a brain, or rather, you only have cleverness but no perseverance or ambition, and you're lazy. Otherwise, you wouldn't have ended up like this with your good connections. If I were you, I would use my knowledge of the future to create my own power."
"Hahaha..." Yi Xiaochuan laughed awkwardly. His correspondence college diploma was indeed among the lowest of his peers, and to outsiders, he certainly seemed unambitious. However, Yi Xiaochuan was also very puzzled. How did the man in front of him know this? Was he also from the future, like himself, and knew him so well, even though he didn't recognize him?
"Confused? Do you think I'm like you?" Wang Han seemed to see the doubt in Yi Xiaochuan's heart and said calmly, "I'm not from the same place as you, but I see the future of this world, and I see your past and future."
“But killing Xiang Yu won’t do you any good. Why do you insist on killing Xiang Yu, and why do you insist that I do it?” Yi Xiaochuan asked. “Can’t we have a different condition?”
“Killing Xiang Yu would not benefit me, but it would benefit the Qin state,” Wang Han said calmly. “Why do I have to kill him? Because you are not a person of this era; you are the variable.”
"You want to change history." Yi Xiaochuan's eyes widened; he never expected that something from a novel would happen to him.
“No, I want to change the future,” Wang Han said with a smile. “Changing history is for you, a person from the future. For me, it’s about changing the future I see.”
“I will absolutely not let you change history.” Yi Xiaochuan thought carefully for a moment and said without hesitation, “If history is changed, the future will change, right? Otherwise, you wouldn’t want to change the future. If you change history, the future I know won’t happen, and even my relatives and friends won’t appear, right?”
“That’s right!” Wang Han nodded and said, “If the established future is changed, then many more futures will also be changed. No one knows how much your era will change, but you can control the direction of the future. It’s like playing chess. Every time you make a move, you have to calculate more moves to come, including the moves of your opponent.”
"I'd rather not go back than not stop you," Yi Xiaochuan said firmly.
"Stop me? Why stop me? You'd rather not go back. Do you want those tragedies to continue to happen in the future?" Wang Han said with a smile, "Or are you willing to let the whole of China fall into misery and let those tragedies continue to unfold for the sake of Xiang Yu and your sworn brotherhood? Isn't it better for China to be strong? If you do this, you will only be letting down Xiang Yu, but you will be worthy of millions of your compatriots. You can't go back now. If you were a person of this era and could see that future, would you still stop me?"
"..." Yi Xiaochuan remained silent for a long time, then gritted his teeth and said, "I still have to stop you. Nobody knows what will happen if you change the future."
“You can’t stop me. You can’t even move in front of me,” Wang Han said, shaking his head and glancing into Yi Xiaochuan’s eyes. He then silently cast the Golden Binding Illusion on Yi Xiaochuan.
"What is this?" The next moment, Yi Xiaochuan realized he couldn't move at all; he was pinned down by huge golden nails. Looking at Wang Han, his eyes were filled with terror.
"I originally thought you would choose to change the future and prevent those tragedies from happening." Wang Han stood up and looked down at Yi Xiaochuan, saying, "It seems I overestimated you. You're not as noble as I thought. You probably still cling to the hope of going back, the hope of seeing your family again, and let those tragedies happen. Your so-called loyalty and nobility are just words on your lips. Seeing your elder brother Xiang Yu's death in the future, even if you had the chance to change it, you probably wouldn't have stopped it. Of course, even if you just watched those tragedies happen, you wouldn't have done anything wrong. Unfortunately, only I can give you your hope, but the future is in the hands of those who have the ability, and you can't stop me at all." (Yi Xiaochuan lived from the Qin Dynasty to the modern era, and really nothing changed. Yi Xiaochuan had many opportunities to change things, but he couldn't even change Xiang Yu's death.)
"I'm curious, if you had to choose between changing your future and your own life, what would you choose?" Wang Han said, prying open Yi Xiaochuan's mouth and feeding him a pill.
“This is a slow-acting poison. You have two months,” Wang Han said. “The antidote is simple: exchange Xiang Yu’s head for the antidote. I will be back here in two months. As long as you bring back Xiang Yu’s head, I can not only help you detoxify, but also have Ying Zheng give you enough wealth and honor to live out your old age in peace.”
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