Wilder Than Unofficial History
"A mirror presents reality to our eyes!"
In the B13 Research Institute, Zuo Quan thoroughly enjoyed the feeling of being respected and valued.
This didn't originate from the idea of the purple gladiolus, but from Zuo Quan himself.
The power struggle among the second generation of the Zuo Household was so vicious that he and Zuo Jin had always had a very bad reputation.
As a member of a prominent Lineage in Western Capital City, Zuo Quan rarely enjoys recognition from the Western Capital City Sequence Committee, and even his peers among the second and third generations of Western Capital City look down on him.
He looked at the 'mirror' remains provided by Zhang Xuezhou and others.
These are indeed the remains of the Mirror Clan after their deaths, and also the core of the Mirror Clan's abilities.
Zuo Quan knew about this rare race, and he was also well aware of the strangeness of its powerful cultivators.
All truth and falsehood will be revealed in the hands of the Mirror Clan. Anyone captured by a great cultivator of the Mirror Clan will inevitably be trapped in a world of false constructs, and no matter how powerful their body is, they will find it difficult to escape.
This is an extremely dangerous opponent; once they gain the upper hand and surround you, there is almost no chance of resistance.
However, this is also a rather tragic race. Due to the ability of the 'Mirror' race to clearly demonstrate their abilities, the Mirror race is also a target for some powerful beings to hunt and create Law Treasure.
The mirror remains held by Zhang Xuezhou and the others were the rough prototype of Law Treasure.
"Just like a regular mirror, it can reflect the real body and display all the ailments within it. This is probably due to the material's radiation capabilities; it shines on us like an X-ray machine," Zuo Quan said. "I remember reading about this in an ancient book, but I can't recall when!"
Zuo Quan's perfunctory words weren't fabricated; he had genuinely read similar records, but he had forgotten which book it was or when he had read it.
He felt a sense of disconnect and unreality filling his mind, which also confused his original memories.
Of course, even without the corroboration of books, Zuo Quan can still give an explanation based on some of the inherited memories.
"Where did you get this item?" Zuo Quan asked casually.
Zuo Quan rushed to North Rehe, not to gain any benefit from the Mirror Remains. He just wanted to know where Zhang Xuezhou and the others had obtained the Mirror Remains, and whether he could trace the Mirror Clan based on the clues, thus eliminating these competitors.
When Zuo Quan asked the question again, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
"We've been exploring and excavating in the North Rehe, and even acquiring various items related to the sinkhole. This is what we acquired," Zhang Xuezhou casually made up.
"This thing can be acquired through acquisition?" Zuo Quan asked incredulously.
"This thing was originally stuck in the rock, and we had to break the rock to cut it out," Zhang Xuezhou said.
Where's the stone?
"Our research institute can't handle too much waste; we used it all to build chicken farm fences!"
"A chicken farm!"
Zuo Quan originally wanted to go and see Zhang Xuezhou's rubbish, but the chicken farm that Zhang Xuezhou mentioned made Zuo Quan somewhat displeased.
In short, he hated chickens and disliked going to chicken farms to dig up stones for his research.
Knowing that the remains of Zhang Xuezhou and others came from North Rehe and were inextricably linked to the Sinkhole No. 2, Zuo Quan felt that everything was barely enough.
The North Rehe is a sealed-off area, and anyone entering or leaving has a travel record. Zuo Quan will next investigate this list and meet with the people on it to determine if any of them are controllers of the Mirror Clan.
His gaze swept over Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Yisheng, and he felt that it was impossible for the two of them to be controlled by the Mirror Clan experts, and he found no trace of the Mirror Clan on either of them.
"Committee Member Zuo, you said this 'mirror' originated from the Sinkhole No. 2. Does that mean there are many other 'mirrors' on the fire meteor?" Ren Yisheng asked cautiously.
"Your Ren Household hasn't been in Western Capital City for nearly twenty years, so your understanding of the Sinkhole No. 2 is limited," Zuo Quan said in a low voice. "You can check the classified information about the sinkhole. The committee believed more than ten years ago that the sinkhole carried special creatures, and the committee has always wanted to contact these 'aliens' to see if we can obtain extraterrestrial civilization benefits for our development!"
"An alien?"
"Yes," Zuo Quan nodded, "After the explosion of the Sinkhole No. 2, many fragments were left behind. When these fragments were first seen, they looked like red gems, each with flames rising from it. But in less than a day, these red gems turned into grayish-brown stones, and the flames went out. This aroused strong concern from the committee at the time!"
"Why haven't I heard about any follow-up investigations?"
"The committee believed that those red gems were most likely some kind of material used by aliens to build their spaceships, but no matter how the committee's researchers combined and analyzed them, no one could figure out anything from these stones. Further investigations into aliens yielded no results, and the matter was gradually shelved. I didn't expect you to obtain another lead from North Rehe."
Ren Yisheng currently has extremely high authority, and can obtain almost all classified information except for the internal documents of the major Lineage. However, the Scarlet Alliance State accumulated a vast amount of classified information over the past decades, and unless there is a special need, no one would bother to read these tedious documents.
Zuo Quan recounted classified information from the Alliance States, while Ren Yisheng echoed him. This situation seemed incongruous, yet it was perfectly normal.
During their conversation, Ren Yisheng and Zhang Xuezhou keenly sensed that Zuo Quan was extremely serious about the matter and also discovered that Zuo Quan seemed to want to investigate relevant clues to verify the information.
"In other words, these aliens are either dead, or they may still exist in our Alliance States," Zhang Xuezhou asked in a low voice.
"I think so," Zuo Quan nodded. "If we can verify this, I believe that contact with these special beings could lead to knowledge of extraterrestrial civilizations, which would greatly benefit us!"
"This... could this be wishful thinking on our part?" Ren Yisheng asked hesitantly.
"Even setting aside their collaboration on technological data, catching them would be worthwhile," Zuo Quan whispered. "Don't underestimate these special alien beings like Mirror. They can simulate all reasonable and unreasonable ways to enhance life, preventing the sequence from going in the wrong direction. If former Committee Member Zhou Xin obtains a living 'Mirror,' there's a high probability it could help deduce the Eighth Sequence, and by following along, they might be able to achieve their goal!"
"Can't a dead mirror work?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.
"The dead mirror... The book says that forcibly using the mirror's remains will drain the user's essence and spirit." Zuo Quan hesitated for a moment before saying, "The higher the goal you want to achieve, the stronger the possibility of draining your essence and spirit. You shouldn't keep using these mirror remains, lest something unexpected happens and you damage your body!"
When Zuo Quan got to this point, he finally remembered the source of his memory.
He blinked slightly, not daring to say anything more for a moment.
Compared to official history, unofficial history is undoubtedly exaggerated and far-fetched.
But in recent years, something even wilder than unofficial history has emerged.
Those were films and television dramas involving the history of Luofu. Zuo Quan finally remembered the source of the content he had been talking about.
This is a combination of Zuo Quan's memories of the Mirror Clan's heritage and a TV series called "The Secret Records of Emperor Wu," which together generated the content he described.
In the TV series "The Secret Records of Emperor Wu," which is even more fantastical than unofficial historical accounts, this emperor possesses a magic mirror that allows him to learn cultivation methods from others. Emperor Luo Wu can learn anything the magic mirror gives him.
Emperor Luo Wu of the Luofu Dynasty conquered east and west, defeating heroes from all walks of life, then gods, and finally aliens. But as he embarked on his interstellar journey, he tragically died young.
The screenwriters' wildly imaginative ideas captivated Zuo Quan in his youth, but looking back now, he finds them all absurd and outrageous.
Under the influence of this vague memory, and combined with his own true inherited memories, Zuo Quan narrated the true story of the Mirror Clan amidst the confusion of half-truths and half-lies.
He could only deduce what he knew from books, without mentioning that the content originated from movies and TV shows, to avoid being ridiculed.
To Zuo Quan's relief, Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Yisheng listened very attentively and did not doubt the source of his far-fetched information.
Little did they know that opposite Zuo Quan, Zhang Xuezhou was also glad that Zuo Quan hadn't pressed for details and hadn't doubted that the Wuliang Jade Wall originated from the Luowu Emperor's Mausoleum, but instead assumed that the Wuliang Jade Wall originated from the Sinkhole No. 2.