The Hei Surname Is a Lowly Surname

The people present exchanged glances.

Someone spoke up. "There's not enough time. We haven't started a large-scale search yet."

After all, the name Heize had initially seemed insignificant to them.

There had been no need to spend enormous effort investigating it.

"I don't know any famous historical figures with the Hei surname, but I know plenty with the Bai surname.

Demon Slayer and the Pastoral Poet Sage were both surnamed Bai."

"If I remember correctly, the Hei surname was considered a lowly surname in ancient times. During the Warring States period, Duke Huan of Qi had a fine steed named Black God.

Back then, Duke Huan of Qi relied on that horse to win first place in a horse race among the dukes. Overjoyed, he rewarded the fifteen grooms who served Black God with the Hei surname.

That was the origin of the Hei surname."

"During the Great Feng Dynasty, where was the Hei surname mainly distributed?" Liu Chengchao suddenly asked.

"Apparently, in the north... that would be present-day Tianbei Province!"

Everyone present perked up.

"Quick, compare a map of Great Feng's territory with a map of Great Xia."

A sense of urgency rose in everyone's hearts.

Soon, two electronic maps appeared, and they overlaid them on the large screen.

Excitement appeared on Liu Chengchao's face. "The Hei surname was distributed near the Great Wilderness Mountain Range!"

Everyone was utterly shaken.

It seemed that some major event had been buried by history and was now about to be unearthed by them!

"Quick, find out who Heize was!"

"Investigate every known person with the Hei surname from the Great Feng Dynasty as well!"

Everyone present was deeply shocked.

It was as though they were about to part the mist of history and reveal the true face of an unsolved historical mystery.

"In a few more days, I can continue the Reincarnation Simulator."

Lin Chao ate his takeout.

This time, he had reincarnated as Heize, and his completion rate had been quite high. He had received plenty of rewards.

Better physical constitution, along with money.

He now had nearly a million in savings.

So today, he had added an extra egg to his meal.

"I have class this afternoon. Time to go."

Lin Chao cleared the trash from the dining table and walked out of the bedroom.

The university he attended was called Tianhai University, considered the best university in Zhongnan Province.

Still, compared to the nation's top universities, it lagged quite far behind.

Walking out of the room and seeing the sun again, Lin Chao felt his body and mind relax.

His physical abilities had now increased by one across the board. He did not know exactly how strong he had become.

But slapping his master, Gun King Liu Xiu, to death in his last reincarnation simulation would not have been a problem.

After taking the bus, Lin Chao arrived at Tianhai University.

Only when he saw one pair after another of smooth, pale legs brimming with youthful vitality did Lin Chao truly feel as though he had returned to a modern city.

Although after entering reincarnation and returning to the world, his memories remained as they had been before reincarnation in the present world.

The stories from reincarnation felt more like memories, carrying the weight of years whenever he recalled them.

Lin Chao arrived at the classroom, where quite a few students were already seated.

"Lin Chao, over here." Zhang Yiming waved at Lin Chao.

Zhang Yiming was Lin Chao's roommate, though Lin Chao had later moved out and rented his own place.

Lin Chao walked over.

"I brought your books for you." Zhang Yiming handed the books to Lin Chao.

"Thanks." Lin Chao sat down.

"Hey, Lin Chao, did you get a girlfriend? Why else would you rent a place and move out?" Zhang Yiming asked from beside him.

"No. It's quieter, better for studying," Lin Chao answered casually.

"Sigh..." Zhang Yiming sighed. "Brother, if I were as handsome as you, I'd get five girlfriends—one for each day from Monday to Friday, then rest on the weekend."

"Careful, or I'll tell Li Ting." A faint smile appeared on Lin Chao's face.

Li Ting was Zhang Yiming's girlfriend. They had been together since high school, and their relationship was very good.

"Don't, don't, don't." Zhang Yiming was frightened. He waggled his eyebrows. "Brother, you should get a girlfriend. You have no idea how many girls have asked me about you. I want to play matchmaker too, earn a few extra cups of milk tea."

Lin Chao said nothing.

"Oh, right, Lin Chao, do you know about the recent major murder case?"

"Huh?" Lin Chao did not know.

"The one that hit number one on the trending charts.

Several hundred skeletons were found in the Great Wilderness Mountain Range in Tianbei Province." Zhang Yiming grew excited at the mention of it, with a trace of righteous indignation. "For something this huge, the Enforcement Guard is still suppressing information. They really have no shame."

Chen Longxuan, seated in front of them, turned around.

"Haven't the experts already debunked the rumors? Those bodies weren't from recent years. They were from over a hundred years ago."

"You believe what the experts say too? That bullshit expert said the climate there was dry and the environment was special, so the skeletons had been preserved for a thousand years.

Did he take me for an idiot?

I never believe experts!"

"If you don't believe experts, who do you believe? Those trashy clickbait accounts?"

"I believe myself!"

Zhang Yiming and Chen Longxuan began arguing.

Lin Chao was used to it. He took out his phone and checked the trending topics.

"Over a hundred skeletons discovered in the Great Wilderness Mountain Range."

"Major homicide case!"

"Enforcement Guard debunks rumors: skeletons are from over a thousand years ago."

Lin Chao casually opened the photos. They showed only a few simple images of skeletons.

"These skeletons..."

Lin Chao frowned and sank into thought.

Just then, Chen Longxuan suddenly spoke from the front.

"I have some inside information about those skeletons. Quite a few people already know."

"Don't lie to me!" Zhang Yiming drooped his head in frustration.

Clearly, his argument with Chen Longxuan had ended in his defeat.

"Last time, our class watched a movie together called 'Hero.' Do you remember?"

"I remember." Zhang Yiming immediately nodded. "That movie was way too ridiculous. One guy charged straight into the Wolf Clan's enemy camp, then ran off with that high official's daughter in the end. A perfectly good martial arts drama turned into a romance.

That movie was overmarketed. It was only worth a five or six out of ten, yet it still made seven or eight hundred million at the box office."

Lin Chao was slightly stunned. He had not watched that movie.

However, from Zhang Yiming's words, he roughly understood its plot.

Martial arts plus romance.

"In Hero, you remember the famous Wolf Guard, right?" Chen Longxuan said mysteriously.

"I remember." Excitement appeared on Zhang Yiming's face. "Trash Dafeng got beaten down by the Wolf Guard! If I were up there, one Q, one W—what the hell would the Wolf Guard even be?"

"Back then, if that unit of Wolf Guard hadn't mysteriously vanished, the Great Feng Dynasty would have been wiped out." Chen Longxuan sighed. He raised his head and noticed the distracted Lin Chao. "Lin Chao, what are you thinking about?"

"Nothing." Lin Chao's furrowed brow relaxed as he recalled something.

In the reincarnation simulation, he had been Heize, and he alone had stopped the Wolf Guard invading Great Feng.

This...

If he remembered correctly, in history, the Wolf Clan had also invaded Great Feng. However, because the Wolf Clan's main force, the Wolf Guard, had vanished without a trace, Great Feng had survived.

Could it be...

"The Wolf Guard was very powerful. You could say they were invincible across the world at the time.

Unfortunately, when they invaded Great Feng, that unit of Wolf Guard mysteriously disappeared.

Rumor had it that the skeletons in the Great Wilderness Mountain Range belonged to that unit of Wolf Guard."

As Chen Longxuan spoke, he secretly took out his phone.

"Look, my friend sent this to me."