Vindicating Huaxia

Su Chen walked all the way forward, but just as he reached the foot of the high platform, the guards blocked his path.

The Ancestor Symbol was no trivial matter; even when publicly displayed, people could only view it from beneath the platform.

However, the entire high platform was a full dozen meters high, and standing below it, one could barely make out the general outline.

Yet in Su Chen's memories, cauldrons had appeared throughout every historical period in Huaxia.

In his previous world, hundreds alone had survived.

Yet not a single cauldron matched the vessel's shape and inscriptions of the symbol.

Just which ancestor did this suddenly appearing Ancestor Symbol represent?

Su Chen had to approach and examine it closely if he wanted any chance of finding a clue.

Things having reached this point, Li Shuhua could no longer care about much else.

With so many guards around anyway, was he afraid Su Chen would run off holding the Ancestor Symbol?

He only hesitated slightly before nodding.

Following Li Shuhua's gesture, the guards blocking Su Chen's front immediately stepped aside, clearing a path of steps.

Meanwhile, around the plaza, the media reporters who had been dooping off suddenly perked up at this moment.

If you asked what drew the most attention in Huaxia over the past year, it was definitely the Ancestor Symbol.

From the moment it was publicly displayed, major media outlets across the country had dispatched reporters to stake out the place, wanting to record the historic moment.

As a result, several months had passed.

While visitors came in an endless stream, no one had ever managed to activate the Ancestor Symbol.

If not for a sense of duty, most reporters would have wanted to pull back long ago.

Yet today seemed different.

Those with sharp eyes had spotted Li Shuhua long ago.

As the head of the History Research Institute of Huaxia, his current level of public attention far surpassed that of any celebrity.

At this moment, Li Shuhua had arrived in person.

Moreover, the young man he brought along was actually able to ascend the high platform and view the Ancestor Symbol up close.

Something big was definitely about to happen!

Relying on professional intuition, countless camera lenses aimed at Su Chen in the very first instant.

Su Chen took it one step at a time, looking at the familiar sights around him and bearing countless gazes, a complex mix of emotions swirling in his heart.

Five thousand years of towering history!

Predecessors and ancestors as vast as a sea of stars!

Among Huaxia's hundred family surnames, tracing back a millennium, which one didn't leave the Jin Dynasty streets behind!

Yet it was precisely this place that had been a vassal since ancient times.

An ancestor that had relied on groveling to the Tang Emperor to defeat Goguryeo.

Its bloodline descendants actually dared to brandish their might before Huaxia today!

Yet the Huaxia of this world had long grown weak and feeble on historical issues.

Let alone other countries, even the people of Huaxia themselves had long since grown accustomed to enduring all of this.

Even if he were to speak with brilliant eloquence right now and recount Huaxia's ancestors one by one, not a single person would believe him.

As likely as not, they would just think he had suffered a mental breakdown and gone crazy.

By then, forget about approaching the Ancestor Symbol; he would probably be dragged straight off to a psychiatric hospital.

Therefore, upon meeting Li Shuhua, he simply said nothing at all.

Anyway, as long as he activated the Ancestor Symbol and awakened Huaxia's ancestors, it would naturally prove everything!

The dozen-meter-high platform consisted of no more than several dozen steps.

Yet the closer he got to the great cauldron, the more Su Chen could feel an invisible pressure.

That was the profound weight of Huaxia's history.

He believed that moments later, everyone present.

And indeed the entire fourteen billion people of Huaxia, would feel the exact same empathy as him.

Su Chen calmed his emotions, finally stepped onto the high platform, and stood before the great cauldron.

The entire cauldron was about a meter tall, with a round body and three legs, its entire surface carved with intricate patterns that did not resemble any ancient script in Huaxia's history.

Upon closer inspection, they were more akin to graphics of mountains, rivers, and great currents.

At a single glance, it gave one a sense of magnificent momentum.

More importantly, this cauldron was not as exquisite as the ones Su Chen had seen in his past life.

From top to bottom, it everywhere revealed a rough, primitive feel.

Even the bronze used for it was not pure, mottled all over.

Yet precisely because of this, this Cauldron also possessed a temperament that no other Huaxia cauldrons had.

An aura of remote antiquity crossed countless stretches of time, rushing right at them.

Mountains and rivers for decoration?

Supreme clumsiness resembling true skill?

Su Chen froze, a flash of lightning suddenly cleaving through his mind as an idea he scarcely dared to believe popped up.

Could this Cauldron be the legendary...

Screw it, I'll try it first and see!

Su Chen steadied his mind, his lips parting slightly as he attempted to call out two words.

"Dang!"

As the two words escaped his lips.

The next instant, the Cauldron that had lain dormant for a full year violently shuddered, emitting a heaven-shaking roar.

The surrounding crowd of onlookers, caught completely off guard, trembled all over from the massive sonic wave.

Some of the more timid ones even dropped straight onto their bottoms on the ground.

"What's going on!"

"The Ancestor Symbol? It's the sound made by the Ancestor Symbol!"

"My god! Could our Huaxia Ancestor Symbol have been activated!"

"Who on earth... which Qing dynasty ancestor was summoned?"

"With such a massive momentum, it might just be a Qing dynasty emperor!"

"Has the heavens finally opened their eyes! If this is the Great Emperors Kangxi or Qianlong, then Huaxia is saved!"

Di'anmen Square instantly erupted into pandemonium, and everyone felt their minds buzzing slightly, daring not believe it for a long time.

The news that the Ancestor Symbol had emitted a tremendous roar and was very likely about to be activated also spread like a thunderclap across the entirety of Huaxia in an instant.

Regardless of age or gender, everyone dropped what they were holding at the very first moment, turning on their TVs and pulling out their phones.

The viewer counts in the live-streaming rooms set up at the scene by major official media outlets surged at an explosive rate.

Across the vast land of Huaxia, countless burning gazes pierced through screens large and small.

Focusing on Di'anmen Square.

Focusing on the Cauldron.

Focusing on Su Chen.

They had been disappointed for far too long; when happiness arrived so suddenly, no one could contain the excitement in their hearts.

Yet very quickly, these people all froze.

Because an illusory figure had already surfaced above the Cauldron at this moment.

That was a tall-statured man.

However, contrary to what everyone had imagined.

This person wore no dragon robe, nor did he don Qing dynasty official attire.

Instead, he wore a garb of coarse hemp and a bamboo hat upon his head.

He looked...

Strangely like a farmer.

"Th-this... who is this person?"

"No way? The ancestor summoned by our Huaxia is actually an ordinary farmer?"

"It's over! The ancestors summoned by others are either founding monarchs or queens, or at the very least heads of ancient clans. How did it end up like this when it came to Huaxia?"

"Good grief! Summoning an ancestor like this, what use is it even if later generations awaken their bloodlines?"

"After others activate their ancestor symbols, the ancestor's illusory figure always emits spots of light. Once later generations fuse with the spots of light, their bloodlines get activated. How come our ancestor's illusory figure isn't reacting at all?"

"Holy crap! Could it be that this ancestor's line has already died out!"

"Oh my god! Could the heavens truly be destroying Huaxia!"

The live-streaming room was filled with wails of grief, and the inner ecstasy of everyone instantly vanished by more than half.

Yet Su Chen at this moment had glowing eyes, excited to the absolute extreme.

He looked up at the illusory figure above the Cauldron, then turned to sweep a glance at the crowd with their complex expressions, understanding something in his heart.

Ancestors reappear yet go unrecognized, sitting upon a mountain of treasures while feeling ashamed of oneself.

How could descendants like this ever win the favor of their ancestors, how could they ever activate their bloodlines?

Now.

He had to vindicate the ancestor!

Vindicate Huaxia!