The internet erupted in a storm of furious criticism.
But Jin Dachang had no time to pay attention to any of it.
The other side had already activated a symbol, awakened an ancestor, and even produced an inheritor.
It was all settled now. There was no undoing it.
Fortunately, however, his inquiries revealed that no one over there had undergone a bloodline awakening.
Hearing this, Jin Dachang let out a long sigh of relief.
Absolute Inheritance had only happened once before, in a small country at that. Hardly anyone knew about it.
Zhu Yuanzheng and Li Shuhua had only stumbled upon that information because their inability to activate a symbol, combined with their heavy responsibilities, had forced them to search the world for clues.
Meanwhile, after Haidong Country awakened Kim Chunchu, over a hundred thousand people had undergone bloodline awakenings.
As an inheritor, Jin Dachang did not even take Eagle Sauce seriously. Why would he pay any attention to those small countries?
So, as far as he was concerned, there was only one possible explanation.
Dayu's blood descendants had died out long ago!
It made sense. Four thousand long years were enough to erase anything. It was perfectly normal for none of his descendants to have survived to the present.
Thank goodness...
If an ancestor that terrifying still had descendants alive, their bloodline power would surely far surpass Haidong Country's.
Whenever he recalled being pinned to the ground like a dead dog, unable to move, Jin Dachang's heart still filled with terror.
But...
Even if Dayu had no descendants, and his spectral form had already returned to the symbol...
The threat remained.
Dayu's inheritor!
An Awakened from Haidong Country had attacked in public. The two countries had completely torn off any pretense of cordiality.
Dayu's inheritor would definitely retaliate against Haidong Country.
An ancestor from four thousand years ago-a full three times further back than Kim Chunchu!
And he was the first emperor in their history!
Jin Dachang had absolutely no idea how powerful his inheritor might be.
But that young man had managed to awaken Dayu.
That meant he knew many things ordinary people did not.
What if he activated other Ancestor Symbols in the future?
Just think of those accounts in Haidong's banned books.
If all those inheritances were bestowed upon one person...
The mere thought sent cold sweat pouring down Jin Dachang's body.
No!
I absolutely cannot let that happen!
None of them have awakened their bloodlines yet, and that brat has only received one inheritance.
No matter how strong he is, can he really fight over a hundred thousand people alone?
But once the next symbol appears, all bets will be off!
That brat cannot be allowed to live!
Jin Dachang clenched his teeth, his eyes vicious.
Outside Di'anmen.
A massive convoy of dozens of vehicles sped toward the outskirts, sirens blaring all the way.
At the center of the convoy was a specially built Hongqi L5.
The driver had decades of experience behind the wheel and had chauffeured countless foreign heads of state.
Yet now, he looked unusually nervous, like a novice taking to the road for the first time.
Because the person sitting behind him...
Was Dayu's inheritor.
As far as Huaxia was concerned, there was probably no one in the world more important than Su Chen now.
Zhu Yuanzheng sat in the front passenger seat, his neck turning backward over and over as though wound by a spring.
Meanwhile, Li Shuhua sat beside Su Chen in the back, discussing who knew what with him.
One moment, he was sobbing loudly, beating his chest and stamping his feet.
The next, his face was flushed as he gestured wildly in excitement.
The director of the History Research Institute, a man over sixty, was now like a three-year-old child. Not a trace of his composure remained.
But Zhu Yuanzheng understood how Li Shuhua felt.
After spending his entire life studying history, he had suddenly discovered that everything he knew was only the tip of the iceberg.
That feeling was enough to drive any historian wild.
Su Chen appeared to come from an ordinary background, with nothing particularly special about him.
But that only made Zhu Yuanzheng all the more astonished.
Setting aside the question of where an ordinary college sophomore had learned all this...
Given his age and family background alone...
He should not have possessed such extraordinary psychological maturity.
In that earlier situation, anyone else would probably have been so frightened that their legs went weak and they could barely speak.
But Su Chen?
Facing Dayu, tens of thousands of people in the square, and the attention of all 1.4 billion people in the nation...
He had remained perfectly composed and spoken with effortless confidence.
Every scene Su Chen had shown, every word he had spoken...
Had not only been intended to win Dayu's recognition of later generations, but also to remind the world...
What Huaxia's roots truly were!
What Huaxia's soul truly was!
Strength was certainly crucial to whether a nation could rise.
But ultimately, it came down to whether its people stood united.
If they were a heap of loose sand, each thinking only of themselves...
They would never accomplish anything great, no matter how much power they possessed.
They might even fall into internal strife, giving foreign enemies an opening.
Now, however, the people were jubilant, their unity stronger than ever.
Zhu Yuanzheng knew that even if he had activated the Ancestor Symbol himself, he could never have achieved what Su Chen had.
Even without his status as an inheritor, Su Chen...
Was already a hero in the people's eyes, their hope for the future!
The first symbol was Huaxia's supreme divine artifact, the Nine Provinces Cauldron.
The first ancestor was Huaxia's first emperor, who had laid the foundations for all the generations that followed.
What about the second time? The third?
As long as Su Chen was there, activating those symbols should pose no problem.
When that time came, who would dare set their sights on them?
Their rise would be unstoppable!
At these thoughts, even Zhu Yuanzheng's cheeks began to tremble, his excitement impossible to contain.
But he quickly regained his clarity.
If he could think of this, so could others.
If other powers were plotting anything, they would inevitably target Su Chen.
"Pass down the order. Place Su Chen's family under the highest level of protection immediately!"
"No! Besides his family, investigate all of Su Chen's social connections right away!"
"Whether they're distant aunts and other relatives, close friends or neighbors, or even stray cats and dogs he has fed, protect every single one of them immediately if they have any connection to Su Chen. Nothing can be allowed to go wrong!"
Su Chen was their only hope. The security around him went without saying.
Moreover, as Dayu's inheritor, anyone who wanted to lay a hand on Su Chen would first have to consider whether they were strong enough.
So, in Zhu Yuanzheng's view, if foreign powers wanted to strike, their best targets would be Su Chen's family and friends.
If anything happened to someone he cared about, Su Chen would surely be thrown into turmoil.
If his family or friends fell into enemy hands, Su Chen would be forced to hold back and submit to their demands.
Zhu Yuanzheng could not afford either outcome.
So even if this was merely a suspicion...
Zhu Yuanzheng had to prepare thoroughly, just in case.
As soon as the orders went out, the military sprang into action with lightning speed.
Outside a university, countless reporters waited by the gates, craning their necks in anticipation.
This was the university Su Chen attended.
Although they could not interview Su Chen, at a time like this, uncovering even the tiniest piece of information about him would be a career highlight.
But what those reporters had not expected was...
Just as classes were about to end, over a hundred military vehicles suddenly came speeding in from every direction.
Before the vehicles had even come to a complete stop, soldiers armed with loaded weapons jumped out and swiftly sealed off the entire campus, strictly forbidding anyone from entering or leaving.
Within mere minutes...
Under the astonished gazes of countless reporters...
Su Chen's teachers and classmates were brought out, their faces utterly bewildered.
They were bundled straight into the vehicles, which sped away in clouds of dust.
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