Neon: Found Dad (Part 2)

"Neon's sixteenth emperor was Chinese."

Maybe it was just her imagination.

The moment she heard Zhu Qizhen say those words,

Zhang Ying suddenly felt the world tremble faintly before her eyes, as if everything had stopped for a few seconds.

The strange sensation left her dazed. Zhang Ying's eyes widened instinctively, her face full of disbelief.

It took quite a while for Zhang Ying to come back to her senses. She stared at Zhu Qizhen, as if searching for confirmation.

"Mister Zhu, what did you say? Neon's sixteenth emperor was Chinese?"

Zhu Qizhen wasn't surprised by Zhang Ying's reaction. Although he was only a digital construct, the server powering the interaction was Tianhe-3.

"Miss Zhu, I didn't misspeak, and you didn't mishear me. There really was an emperor in Neon's history who was Chinese."

"Although it sounds like the headline of a clickbait article, it really is a record we found in the Yongle Encyclopedia."

"In fact, even before the Yongle Encyclopedia was unearthed, a similar theory already existed among historians."

"After all, Emperor Nintoku, the sixteenth emperor of Neon, did behave somewhat unusually in some surviving historical records."

"Emperor Nintoku."

At that, Zhang Ying picked up her phone again, deleted her earlier search for Epang Palace, and entered the keyword "Emperor Nintoku."

"Emperor Nintoku, the 16th emperor of Neon. Some scholars believe he was King of Wa, San (or Mi), recorded in the Book of Song - Records of Wa. During his reign, he valued agriculture and had the Horie of Naniwa dredged."

Zhang Ying quickly skimmed the introduction to Emperor Nintoku, then looked up at Zhu Qizhen, somewhat puzzled.

"Mister Zhu, there doesn't seem to be anything unusual about Emperor Nintoku's introduction."

Zhu Qizhen gave a soft chuckle and shook his head.

"Miss Zhang, you're rushing ahead. I