And now, something like that appeared in Bai Yue's field of vision as well.
Entering the next character. Countdown: 5...
This character was about to end too.
He just did not know whether, after jumping into the next character, his consciousness could connect to the artificial humans he had created.
There were two in total. One was Xiang Yu, whom he was currently using.
The other was the more advanced Mechanical Holy Body of the First Emperor, but that one was not finished yet.
So, he sent this question to the system. He did not know whether this idiot system could answer it.
Hm? It was possible.
Of course, it did not simply give him a clear answer saying it was possible. Instead, it mechanically rattled off a pile of seemingly professional terminology, from which he gleaned the answer that it could be done.
Since it was possible, his next character could operate two bodies at once: one being the body he was currently roleplaying, and the other being Xiang Yu, the artificial human.
At that time, he could continue constructing and upgrading the First Emperor's body through that body, while possibly needing to purge some people within as well.
Why purge them?
Because after entering the next character, he would surely skip across a certain span of time again. During that period, he would be unable to connect to them. After the people of his Qin Empire in the Parallel World discovered over a long time that he did not actually exist, some would definitely begin harboring ulterior motives.
Those with ulterior motives would try to dig into his secrets, challenge his authority, and test the waters step by step. Once they found that he showed no reaction, they would usurp the Qin Empire.
When he came back online, the reactivated Kuaiji Zero Type would bring terror to those people.
He needed to eliminate the festering disease and stabilize the Qin Empire once more, allowing it to continue moving in the direction he wanted and accelerating its industrial transformation.
As for the other nation, he was not worried about that. Because of the contract made with the Demon King Berial, as long as the contract was not violated, the demons would watch from behind and prevent the entire nation from collapsing.
Of course, that contract was not permanent. Berial would rather die than sign a permanent contract. The contract would last until the modern millennium.
During that period, Berial could not violate the contract.
So how many centuries would the next character span?
As for the previous character, more precisely, it was a character before the First Emperor—not King Solomon. That character fell between the First Emperor and Solomon.
That character was also an emperor, active from 356 BC to 323 BC.
Meanwhile, Brunhilde had finally arrived in the era of the Qin Dynasty.
Xianyang, the First Emperor!
She did not know what the Hegemon King had done to her. She only knew that, in an instant, her vision distorted and the scenery around her became a chaotic blur.
It was like countless movie reels had been mixed together and rapidly rewound, leaving no trace to follow.
The speed was so fast that she could barely remember anyone's face before it flashed past.
The phenomenon seemed to have lasted a very long time, yet it also felt like no more than the instant of a blink.
The moment she blinked, the scenery around her suddenly vanished like a mirage.
She should have been standing beside the Wujiang River, but now she stood in the middle of a broad avenue.
Her pupils contracted slightly as she saw enormous city walls and a gate tower some distance beyond the vast square ahead. She also saw ancient soldiers carrying weapons, standing guard and patrolling.
Through the open city gates, she could see buildings vastly different from those outside. It was a majestic complex of buildings—the palace of an emperor.
Brunhilde recognized the palace.
"Xianyang Palace." This was the emperor's palace before her, the palace where the First Emperor held court.
But this was not the time to care about what era she had been sent to. There was something more important.
To keep Brunhilde from being detained by Xiang Yu, her gentle and beautiful younger sister had voluntarily agreed to remain as Xiang Yu's woman. That made Brunhilde anxious.
"Lantigreese?"
"Ah? I'm here, Sister!"
The moment she anxiously called for Lantigreese, she received a response, causing Brunhilde to freeze for a moment.
Lantigreese stood just behind and beside her, wearing a similarly confused expression.
Was it an illusion?
Brunhilde immediately stepped forward and embraced her, feeling her real, physical body.
"I wasn't left behind?"
Lantigreese murmured in confusion.
Hadn't he said he would leave her behind? Why had she been transported away too?
Naturally, Brunhilde was confused as well. But her expression immediately changed as she felt a mark inside her body.
When he sent the sisters away, she seemed to have seen Lantigreese get struck as well.
"Lantigreese, can you sense a mark inside your body?"
"Ah? Let me see... I can see it."
So what was that mark for? Lantigreese felt a little uneasy too.
Could it be removed?
It would be best not to remove that mark. It is your identification mark for entering Great Qin in this era. Without that mark, you will be judged as enemies, and the result...
The voice of the Western Chu Hegemon King sounded in their minds.
Was he still observing them through some means? Was he speaking with them in real time?
No, this was a message left within the mark.
Just as the message stalled at that point, the sisters were stunned by a sudden anomaly.
Two golden lights instantly fell from the horizon toward Xianyang City. Were those gods? Eastern gods?
They seemed to be gods from the Far Eastern Island Nation not far away.
The next second, the two newly arrived gods were attacked. A great number of branches appeared from the void, like vines, and bound them in an instant before they could react.
Then, at a rate visible to the naked eye, the two began to age. Their Divine Power and life force were being absorbed?
They tried to break free, but could not. In the blink of an eye, they were dragged into the void and vanished.
The result would be this.
The stalled message finally resumed.
In other words, if the sisters did not have those identification marks, would they also be instantly attacked by those bizarre branches?
As the two gods were dragged into the void, the sisters vaguely caught sight of an enormous tree.
"Sister, that is..."
"It seems to be the World Tree."
Though they had only glimpsed it briefly, it left the Valkyrie sisters deeply shocked.
For a moment, it felt as if they were facing the World Tree itself.
The two were confused. Was this bizarre, mysterious giant tree guarding Xianyang?
That was not something humans could possibly possess. Was it protection bestowed by gods from the Eastern immortal realm?
Brunhilde knew that the Eastern immortal realm of this era and the gods of other mythological pantheons existed in a state of non-interaction. They would show no mercy to gods from other mythologies who rashly crossed into their domain. She had not expected it to be true.
That brought them back to the question: had Xiang Yu not said he would leave Lantigreese behind?
Perhaps he had simply wanted to tease the sisters. That bastard!!!
"That bastard!"
Brunhilde could not help cursing again.
Lantigreese was briefly stunned when she saw this, then roughly understood why her sister was cursing and could not help smiling faintly.
Lantigreese also believed that Lord Xiang Yu had merely toyed with the sisters and had not truly done anything to them.
Now that she thought of him saying he wanted her to become his Yu Meiren, her heart began to pound slightly.
Then, the sisters put away their emotions and carefully watched their surroundings. Xianyang City was now filled with an exceptionally solemn yet excited atmosphere.
The avenue outside the emperor's palace should have been filled with hawkers and stalls doing business, but today it was as though everything had stopped operating.
So the avenue should have been rather quiet today, right?
Quite the opposite. Crowds filled both sides of the avenue, and countless citizens gazed excitedly toward Xianyang Palace.
"Sister, the ground."
"The ground?"
Lantigreese suddenly stared at the ground in surprise and gestured for her to look. What was wrong with the ground?
Brunhilde looked down. It was an avenue paved with stone slabs, nothing—
No, Brunhilde saw it. This broad avenue paved with flat stone slabs was far too precise.
If it had been an avenue paved using modern techniques, there would have been nothing strange about it. But the problem was that it had been laid two thousand years ago, making it utterly inconceivable.
Looking at the slabs, nearly every one was exactly the same size, as though they had been cut and polished with modern tools.
A closer look at the walls surrounding Xianyang Palace revealed that they too had been built with extraordinary precision.
Suddenly, the noisy crowd quieted slightly. The reason was that a formation in black armor emerged from the gates of Xianyang Palace.
The Black-Armored Soldiers radiated a murderous, solemn aura as they marched forward in neat, powerful steps.
They also saw the magnificent carriage guarded on both sides by Black-Armored Soldiers. Seated atop it was a figure dressed in a Gold-Embroidered Black Robe.
That figure exuded an overwhelming sense of presence that made people dare not look directly at him.
There could be no mistake. This figure was the master of the Great Qin Dynasty—the First Emperor, Ying Zheng.
As though he had noticed the sisters watching him, the First Emperor's gaze shot toward them, seemingly carrying a tangible killing intent.
At that moment, the sisters were like rabbits stared down by the king of beasts. Their bodies stiffened, and neither dared to move.
Stirrings Beneath the Military Parade?
Brunhilde and Lantigreese were both tense.
Had the First Emperor looked in their direction purely by coincidence?
Or had he truly discovered the sisters?
A bead curtain separated them, so they could not clearly see his eyes and could not determine whether he was looking at them.
No, that was not right. He had probably truly noticed the sisters.
More accurately, he had not merely noticed them—he could directly see them.
Even the Western Chu Hegemon King, Xiang Yu, had been able to detect them. The emperor of Great Qin whom Xiang Yu served had to be an even more terrifying person to make Xiang Yu submit to him.
Therefore, the First Emperor had surely noticed their presence too.
Although the Western Chu Hegemon King, Xiang Yu, had also given them an oppressive feeling of terror, he seemed to be a bold and domineering man.
But the First Emperor before them, though equally domineering, possessed a dominance unlike the Western Chu Hegemon King's martial dominance. It was the dominance of one who was resourceful and ruled over heaven and earth.
They were now like rabbits watched by the king of beasts, not daring to make any rash move. Otherwise, a single misstep might instantly cost them their lives.
For a moment, Brunhilde felt as though she were facing Sovereign Odin, stirring fear within her heart.
That terrifying pressure even made Brunhilde lower her head on instinct, nearly unable to stop herself from dropping to one knee in obeisance.
Lantigreese beside her was much the same. Cold sweat trickled down her fair, smooth face, and she had even stopped breathing.
The next second, Brunhilde forced herself to move, grabbed Lantigreese, and pulled her aside.
The two of them had been standing right in the middle of the avenue. The Black-Armored Soldiers could not see them and would pass straight through them, but the First Emperor, radiating that terrifying aura, could see them.
Was it not an affront to his dignity for the two of them to block his path so rudely?
So they moved aside and watched as the Dragon Carriage was about to pass before them.
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