Qin Shi Huang

Boom!

The Great Flood surged and raged, while torrential rain poured down.

By now, even though Su Qi had stopped acting, the rain and floodwaters continued to wreak havoc on their own.

They destroyed everything in their path. Countless plains and mountains were submerged, and as far as the eye could see, heaven and earth seemed incredibly close together!

Of course, Su Qi knew that although this flood was enormous, the peaks of some mountains and places at relatively high elevations had not actually been submerged.

In other words, some people had still survived.

Su Qi had even seen boats upon the raging waters, where towering waves rolled.

At that moment, a notification sounded by his ear.

Time passed swiftly...

The scenes before Su Yun's eyes flashed rapidly by, as though everything had been put on fast-forward.

The flood went from rampant to gradually calming, while the torrential rain in the sky also slowly eased and the waters receded.

Countless mountaintops emerged once more, and the surviving humans wore expressions of joy.

Then, as the rain eased, an enormous rainbow appeared on the horizon!

Brilliant and multicolored, the rainbow woven from every shade was breathtakingly beautiful, dreamlike and illusory.

This scene, like a Divine Miracle, filled the people with even greater delight.

Was this proof that the gods had withdrawn the disaster and would no longer be angry?

The people rejoiced.

As he watched, Su Qi suddenly discovered that the scene before him continued flashing past at high speed.

As the floodwaters completely receded, people descended from the mountains and other places, multiplying and spreading in every direction.

During this process, as distance cut off communication, they gradually developed their own separate languages.

At that moment, Su Qi noticed that some people had gradually migrated to the area near the original sacred mountain as well.

Among them, one person caught Su Qi's attention.

That person was abnormally tall, like a giant. He called himself Gilgamesh and possessed divine blood—the offspring of a god and a human.

Before long, a civilization called Sumer emerged.

Time continued to pass swiftly...

Listening to the notification at his ear, Su Qi initially paid no attention, until his vision blurred and everything seemed to smear together.

Then, when the scene before his eyes became clear again, a look of astonishment appeared on his face.

Time passed swiftly, and before long, more than nine thousand years had gone by...

Su Qi: "..."

"More than nine thousand years?" He could hardly believe it.

He had originally guessed that this simulation was nearly over, but who could have expected this damned system to pull something like this?

"Wouldn't the Wisdom Tree on the moon have turned into a fossil by now?"

The corner of his mouth twitched.

Even if it had been planted on the earth, he suspected that after nearly ten thousand years, no matter how special the Wisdom Tree was, it would probably have become a fossil by now.

Su Qi frowned.

After a while, he temporarily set the matter aside and turned his gaze toward what lay before him.

Everything within his sight had changed drastically. Mountains had become plains, forests had become deserts...

Seas turned to fields in the blink of an eye!

The prehistoric humans, whose numbers had dwindled after the Great Flood, once again spread across the land.

"Oh, no. They should be called ancient people now."

Just as he thought that, a notification sounded by his ear.

As time passed, it arrived at 405 BC!

"BC?"

Su Qi fell into thought.

"The Gregorian calendar is the solar calendar. So that means more than two thousand four hundred years before the real world?"

"Hmm, this time period..."

Before long, he immediately realized what era this was.

"The Warring States Period? The Warring States Period after the Spring and Autumn Period?"

When he thought of the Warring States Period, the first thing that came to mind was the Seven Warring States.

"The seven states: Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei, and Qin."

Many states of varying sizes existed during the Warring States Period, but these seven were the strongest among them.

Thinking of the seven states, he instantly made an association.

"The King of Qin sweeping across the six states?"

Curiosity appeared in Su Qi's eyes.

He was rather curious about Qin Shi Huang, who destroyed the other six states and unified Huaxia, then later sought immortals and the Dao, searching for an immortal elixir and eternal life.

"I remember Qin Shi Huang seemed to have performed the Feng and Shan sacrifices on Mount Tai, offering rites to heaven and earth? Hmm, I can go take a look when the time comes."

"But it's still far too early. There are more than a hundred years left..."

Still, a hundred years was merely an instant to him. It would not take long at all.

Just as he thought this, he noticed the scene before him shift.

A grand residence appeared before his eyes, and in one room within it, an elderly man with graying hair sat at a table, carving something.

Several ancient tortoise shells and animal bones lay on the table before him, all covered in oracle bone inscriptions.

Holding bamboo slips and a brush, he studied the oracle bone inscriptions on the tortoise shells and animal bones while copying and translating something.

Su Qi focused his gaze and clearly saw the characters written upon them, instantly understanding their meaning.

A notification sounded as well.

Huan, a strange beast: On Mount Yiwang, there was a beast. It resembled a wildcat, had one eye and three tails, and was called Huan. Its cry surpassed a hundred sounds. It could ward off misfortune, and eating it cured jaundice.

Su Qi immediately understood the meaning.

"On Mount Yiwang, there is a wild beast shaped like an ordinary wildcat. It has one eye and three tails."

"It is called Huan. Its cry seems to surpass the calls of a hundred animals. Raising it can ward off evil influences, while eating its flesh can cure jaundice."

Besides this one, there were other strange animals.

Yong, a strange beast: Mount Lingqiu had no grass or trees and was full of fire. To its south was a valley called Central Valley, from which the east wind emerged. There was a bird there, shaped like an owl, with a human face, four eyes, and ears. It was called Yong. Its cry was its own name, and when it appeared, great drought came upon the world.

"Mount Lingqiu has no flowers, grass, or trees, and wildfires are everywhere. South of the mountain is a valley called Central Valley, where the northeast wind blows from."

"There is a bird in the mountains shaped like an owl, yet it has a human face, four eyes, and ears. It is called Yong. Its cry is the pronunciation of its own name, and whenever it appears, a great drought sweeps across the world."

"These animals..."

As Su Qi continued reading, his brows gradually furrowed.

"The strange animals from prehistory? Do people still remember them now? The Classic of Mountains and Seas?"

In an instant, he recognized what the old man was writing.

The Classic of Mountains and Seas!

A book describing all kinds of strange beasts, geography, mountains and rivers, peoples, local products, medicines, sacrifices, shamans, and healers.

The old man was writing something new at that moment. Su Qi had not cared at first, but after reading it, he was somewhat surprised.

A notification sounded.

...Below was Tang Valley. Above Tang Valley stood Fusang, where the ten suns bathed. It was north of the Black Teeth, standing in the water. There was a great tree: nine suns dwelled on its lower branches, and one sun dwelled on its upper branch.

This description...

The Tree of Life!