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In the next second, or rather, after the next frame of the playback, his height became 180 centimeters.

Since their attire was the same, if one didn't observe closely, they wouldn't notice this change at all.

Furthermore, although the clothes were all the same style, one could still discern differences from the wrinkles.

These weren't wrinkles caused by body movement, but rather slight variations in how the clothes were worn. For example, the sleeves were rolled up here before, and now they were unrolled.

Also, the clothes looked older before, but in the next frame, they appeared newer.

Then, this phenomenon wasn't isolated; it seemed to be happening across a large area.

"Hmm? I've spotted another anomaly. The person being attacked by one of the assassins... they have the same face as the attacker?"

"This is very strange. Why would someone dress up as an assassin?"

"And then, there's another general anomaly. The civilians in the previous frame had slight variations in height, right?"

"Some were taller, some were shorter."

"But in the next frame, all these civilians had a standard, uniform height."

"Of course, children wouldn't be like this, suddenly growing into adults. But looking around, children of similar ages were also the same. It was as if they were mass-produced identical dolls from a modern assembly line, with only their faces and attire differing."

"This is even stranger."

However, during this fluctuation, a portion of people remained completely unchanged: the assassins who intended to cause unrest and the people who traveled from afar to witness the ceremony.

"Sister, what in the world is going on?"

Despite noticing these differences, Lantigreese couldn't understand them further and could only ask her sister beside her.

From her sister's slightly raised lips, which held a hint of a smile, Lantigreese could tell that her sister understood what was happening.

"Are you thinking that the First Emperor forcibly made a large number of people abandon their physical bodies and instead confined their souls to machinery?"

"Huh? Isn't that it?"

From her sister's tone, it seemed she didn't believe that was the case.

If it wasn't, Lantigreese would be relieved. She didn't want such a cruel thing to happen, extracting people's souls from their bodies and binding them to machines to become puppets.

That was too outrageous.

"No."

Brunhilde shook her head and said.

She could see more clearly and knew what was happening.

In that moment of fluctuation, the world had simply been replaced.

Chapter 048 Parallel Worlds? (Seeking Flowers and Tickets~)

It was just like when she encountered Xiang Yu before, and such a strange change occurred.

It was as if yesterday was the normal pre-Qin era, and today they had directly entered the Industrial Revolution.

And that kind of change, she actually had a guess: she had pulled them into an alternate dimension, an alternate dimension with an environment exactly the same as the real space.

In other words, in that instant of fluctuation, the assassins who intended to cause unrest and the people who traveled from afar to witness the ceremony were transferred to a parallel space, transferred to the Qin Empire, which had a far higher technological level than the other side.

And in the same location, the First Emperor had already arranged mechanical actors and set up the same scenes, making it impossible for those transferred to notice the change for a while.

So, how did the First Emperor accurately pinpoint these people as problematic? Were they not residents of Xianyang itself?

Perhaps the original inhabitants were marked beforehand.

However, Brunhilde had another speculation that she felt was more likely: that it was analyzed from the singing of that battle song.

If they were genuinely celebrating with the King, they wouldn't be transferred. But those who didn't sing or weren't sincere would be marked and transferred to the other side.

As for the method used to determine this, that was unknown.

Why would the First Emperor do this?

Did he intend to kill these people here to avoid affecting other citizens proud of the Great Qin?

It should be more than just that; some people needed to be further distinguished.

After all, there were also people who came from afar. Would he kill these people just because they hadn't yet developed a sense of belonging to the Great Qin?

It shouldn't be that brutal.

This was to further screen out the assassins hidden among them, waiting for them to make their move to catch them all in one go.

This should be the First Emperor's true objective.

Therefore, Brunhilde was also astonished by his unimaginably vast capabilities and methods.

First of all, how did the First Emperor possess another parallel space? And how did he alter it to be almost identical to the surrounding terrain?

This way, it would be convenient to invisibly transfer others to the other side?

And the parallel space here was not equivalent to a parallel world.

In Brunhilde's view, it was just another small parallel plane world stacked upon the real world.

And these sorts of planes, each divine system also possesses its own plane space.

However, this kind of plane space requires very special things to support it, things that are not obtainable by mere humans, nor things that humans can master.

"Sister!!!"

Lantigreese's incredibly shocked voice reached her ears.

Glancing over, Lantigreese wasn't looking at the First Emperor on the reviewing stand, but had turned around to look behind her, towards Xianyang City, the capital of the Qin Empire.

From Lantigreese's profile, Brunhilde could see her expression of utter disbelief.

What could she possibly have seen?

Brunhilde also turned around, her gaze following the assassins who, flustered, had regained their senses – they were running towards Xianyang City.

After all, the army was in front of them, blocking their path, so their only option was to run towards Xianyang City.

Thus, her gaze followed these people as they ran into the gates of Xianyang City.

The moment these people stepped through the city gates, they froze as if petrified, standing stock-still with looks of horror.

They gazed fearfully into the interior of Xianyang City, as if it were Hell itself.

Brunhilde also looked inside, wanting to see what could have terrified them so.

And so, what met her eyes was—

"As expected—!"

The scene within the city was indeed markedly different from the world of over two hundred years before the common era, feeling akin to arriving in a foreign city.

No, perhaps describing it as an otherworldly city would be more fitting.

Although much of the ancient style was retained, the many differences had frightened those people.

Especially when they saw the location of the Xianyang Royal Palace, right? The buildings there were even more astonishing, exceptionally massive.

It looked as if it were built along the trunk of an incredibly huge tree.

In fact, it truly was a tree trunk, the World Tree.

Indeed, there was a World Tree, which was why this alien space could exist.

Of course, this World Tree was much smaller than the World Trees Brunhilde had seen.

So, where did the First Emperor get the World Tree?

Wait, something still felt off.

She remembered, why could it block out the Akasha System?

These spaces attached to the real world, the World Trees within them are actually 'branches' of the main World Tree that exists in the real world, and it shouldn't be possible to refuse the connection to the main World Tree.

To refuse would be equivalent to severing the connection, which would be akin to suicide.

Then, this World Tree would wither, and this space would collapse and be destroyed.

However, as it stood, this World Tree didn't seem to be in a state of withering; it appeared to be completely independent of the main World Tree, capable of existing on its own?

Unless this World Tree was on the same level as the World Trees outside, and this space was actually a complete universe, but that's impossible, right?

How could it be, absolutely impossible.

Speaking of which, Solomon had also created an alien space before, meaning, did that alien space also have a World Tree?

Did King Solomon, like the First Emperor, possess his own world?

This was actually somewhat different from the First Emperor's situation; that alien space was likely constructed using the spatial framework of a Hell Demon Lord's domain.

"Sister, that's—the World Tree, isn't it?"

Lantigreese finally regained her senses, her voice sounding somewhat dazed.

Only the gods could possess spaces supported by a World Tree; they were the home worlds of various divine systems.

And what she was seeing now, was it human?

Furthermore, she saw technology far surpassing the outside world.

Could it be that the First Emperor obtained technology from some super-advanced alien civilization in the universe?

This was absolutely impossible, considering how much the gods understood about this universe.

"Mm."

Brunhilde nodded, but she was still puzzled about something.

Did the Eastern gods not notice the First Emperor's actions at all?

Speaking of which, the Eastern gods had largely withdrawn from interfering with the human world after a major intervention over three thousand years ago, which led to other gods intervening and ultimately a massive battle, causing the gods of other systems to withdraw and no longer step into this human region.

And after that, they didn't participate in the meetings held once every thousand years.

However, at this latest meeting, a few new gods from the Eastern world appeared as representatives.

They unhesitatingly agreed to the proposal to exterminate humanity.

Suddenly, Brunhilde's body stiffened, and cold sweat streamed down her face.

A gaze locked onto her, a gaze with substance, as if it were trying to crush her.

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Chapter 049: Audience with the Emperor, Could the Sisters Be Imprisoned?

That gaze, with its substance, seemed to fill and suffocate the very air around them.

As a result, Brunhilde felt as though she had lost the ability to breathe.

Her body, too, seemed to freeze as if solidified by this invisible force, immobilized and unable to move.

Even more so, the pressure from this gaze penetrated her skin, reaching her blood vessels and internal organs, causing her blood to congeal and her heart to stop beating.

So, who possessed the gaze that brought such immense pressure to Brunhilde?

There was no need to guess; who else could it be but the master of the Qin Empire, the first to call himself Emperor – the First Emperor, Ying Zheng.

Did the First Emperor's gaze pierce through time and space, sensing the Valkyrie sisters?

Incorrect. It wasn't a sensing, but rather he truly saw them, to the point where he could directly touch them.

The reason was that they too had been transferred to this side of space, cut off from the outside world, much like their previous encounter with Xiang Yu.

"Hoo~~!"

Suddenly, as if holding her breath for a long time and then exhaling, the gaze that had kept her from daring to move even a finger shifted away.

Beside her, Lantigreese also unfroze from her statue-like state, nearly collapsing onto the ground as if paralyzed.

In fact, Lantigreese had been about to collapse from weak knees, but she stiffened because another gaze fell upon her. It wasn't the First Emperor looking at them again; he had glanced their way and then paid them no further mind, boarding his chariot and heading back towards Xianyang City.

If it wasn't the First Emperor's gaze, then why did she still feel flustered, with cold sweat trickling down her porcelain-like skin?