China's History

On the boundless white ground.

Qin Yiguan walked slowly, all alone.

Three hours had passed, and the surrounding scenery remained unchanged, still the same white floor tiles, while the farthest point visible was covered by a thin layer of mist.

The God's Abandoned had already given prior instructions—aside from a personal AI like itself, the world ahead would not welcome any high-tech devices.

After bidding farewell to Lu Zhoulang and his entourage, Qin Yiguan embarked on his journey alone.

Qin Yiguan frowned, looking around, "Is there really something ahead?"

Of course!

God's Abandoned firmly stated, "It's still about 1339 kilometers away."

"Pshaw, only 1339 kilometers."

Qin Yiguan scoffed, "It's not even enough for the Shadow to fly for one second."

Immediately.

Qin Yiguan looked down at his feet and fell silent for a moment.

At that moment, Qin Yiguan slowly turned around, looking at the thin mist in the distance behind him, "Come out."

"Benefactor Qin, what a coincidence!"

But then a young monk with the word "Strongest" tattooed on his forehead slowly emerged from the clouds, clasped his hands together, and said, "Amitabha."

Qin Yiguan said, "Didn't we agree that once your master's sect was cleaned up, we would go our separate ways?"

"Hehe."

The young monk scratched his head and said, "Look how vast the world is, Shitian doesn't even know where he's going. Why not follow Benefactor Qin and see this wonderful world? By the way, you're really fast. You've traveled 1,000 kilometers in just two hours. I had to hurry and catch up with you."

Immediately.

The young monk took off his tattered cloth shoes with his toes showing, and the stench of his feet, like a deadly aura, instantly permeated the surrounding area for hundreds of meters.

The melancholy face of the Victim even faintly appeared on Qin Yiguan's body.

Shitian pointed to those smooth feet, "1000 kilometers! I was chasing you so fast that Future get blisters."

"Exaggerate."

Qin Yiguan said helplessly, "I've been walking slowly all the way, and in the past two hours, I've covered 30 kilometers, which is still an exaggeration."

Mwah mwah mwah.

But then, a bunch of blood blisters suddenly appeared on Shitian's feet, one on top of the other.

"It's clearly 1000 kilometers!"

Shitian grinned and said, "Look, my blood blister is only just reacting!"

Qin Yiguan looked at the somewhat naive-looking young monk, his mind replaying Lu Zhoulang's words: 'Do you really think everyone around you is a friend and assistant?'

"Shitian, I don't think I can shake you off no matter what I do."

Qin Yiguan smiled and said, "Then let's go together."

"Amitabha Buddha, okay!"

Shitian jumped three feet high.

The two walked on this vast, endless white ground.

Having experienced the life of an ascetic monk, Shitian was quite adept at this kind of journey, while Qin Yiguan remained calm and composed throughout.

Because the surrounding scenery remained unchanged and there were no reference points, the two of them had no idea how fast they were moving, and even their concept of time became blurred.

I don't know how long we walked.

A massive city appeared in the white mist ahead.

The city gate, built of blue stone bricks, is 10 meters high, with an antique charm and magnificent presence. Against the backdrop of white mist, it resembles a Mirage City.

"There really is something there, it's a city!"

Qin Yiguan's expression brightened, and he couldn't help but sigh, "The Metaverse is vast, but humanity's footsteps also traverse mountains and rivers. In such a remote area, people can still set up camp."

The two arrived before this enormous city gate.

But atop the city gate hung an imposing plaque with the ancient Chinese characters for "Xianyang".

Atop the city gate stood a line of armored guards, all turning to look at Qin Yiguan and his companion, and shouting loudly, "Outsiders? In this prosperous era of our Heavenly Dynasty, our gates are wide open, and we fear no guest from the world!"

The massive red city gates roared open.

Qin Yiguan gazed at the street hidden in the mist and smiled knowingly, "Cosplay, huh?"

"Damn it, Prey?"

Shitian tilted his head and said, "I've heard that word before. My master said he had an ultimate dream, which was to make chickens play with Prey to death in front of him! Benefactor Qin, who is Prey?"

Qin Yiguan held his forehead with his hand, his arm trembling slightly, "I don't know him..."

Immediately.

The two entered this enormous city.

The thin mist then dissipated.

But ahead lay a straight bluestone pavement, with countless ancient pavilions and wooden towers on both sides of the street, thousands of doors and households, and countless vendors dressed in hemp robes and belts, hawking their wares along the street.

'Jade comb, ox horn comb...'

'Silk robes and skirts in black...'

' Lu Family Tailor Shop, wearing high-mountain crowns, French crowns, and military crowns, robes, and sashes...'

'Beans and millet, frog sauce...'

Shitian looked at the scene with some astonishment, "What is Frog Sauce?"

Qin Yiguan said helplessly, "Is frog sauce the point? The point is, why is this ancient times?"

And at this very moment.

A handsome man, resembling a scholar, slowly approached Qin Yiguan, looked him up and down, and smiled, "In this dynasty, food is scarce, and many ingredients have not been introduced to China, so people use local materials. Frog sauce is a sauce made from frogs."

Shitian nodded repeatedly, "Oh, I see."

"What a load of rubbish!"

Qin Yiguan turned his head in surprise to look at the scholar, "What do you mean by 'this dynasty'?"

But then the dashing scholar laughed heartily, "The world, after a long period of unity, tends to divide; after a long period of division, tends to unite. As the saying goes, the King of Qin swept across the six kingdoms, his tiger-like gaze so majestic! He brandished his sword, parting the floating clouds, and all the feudal lords came to the west!"

"Young man, you are currently in Xianyang, the capital of the Qin Dynasty."

"And the current time is 217 BC, four years after Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms."

Look ahead.

"The palaces and gates, layer upon layer, were replicas of the 'concubines and concubines' buildings that Qin Shihuang copied from the architecture of the six former states."

Qin Yiguan tilted his head slightly, his eyes widening slightly. "Where is this? Say it again?"

But the scholar sighed softly, "The Gemini Superbrain is even more imaginative than you can imagine. It has not only created a virtual world for humans in the real world, but also..."

"It also wants to dissect and study the entire history of humankind in depth."

"Before it ascended, it collected all of humanity's historical records, including but not limited to the five thousand years of civilization of the great China."

"Afterwards, in the far reaches of the Metaverse, it shaped and reproduced every stage of human history."

"It includes the ancient period, as well as the Xia, Shang, Zhou, Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou, Spring and Autumn, Qin Dynasty, Qin, Han, Western Han, Eastern Han, Three Kingdoms... all the way to the modern Yuan, Ming Dynasty and Qing dynasties, without missing a single one."

The scholar turned around, smiling at Qin Yiguan, "In other words, beyond the edge of this Metaverse, there are various dynasties connecting the human timeline, and they overturn the linear river of time. They exist simultaneously in the Gemini Metaverse, adjacent to each other, coexisting in parallel!"

Qin Yiguan was utterly shocked. "You mean, outside the Gemini Metaverse, there are connections between various dynasties in human history?"

The scholar nodded calmly, then pointed eastward, "Once you leave this Qin land, travel another 15 kilometers, and you will see the next dynasty, the Western Han Dynasty, which was founded by Chen Sheng and Wu Guang who cut down trees to make weapons and rose up in rebellion."

At that moment, Qin Yiguan felt a chill run down his spine. "This..."