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After Zhong Ling became a god and left Daxia, white jade statues were built in the squares of major cities. The statues had blurred faces and looked down at the world with their eyes lowered.
The history textbook also opened a new page for Zhong Ling, and the first line of text read: "Zhong Ling, the immortal ancestor of Daxia, the founder of Daxia's scientific and technological development."
In front of the Kunlun Taoist Temple, the first thing every new disciple who enters the temple does is to perform the ritual of three bows and nine kowtows in front of the inscriptionless stele.
In the deepest part of Shangjing's underground, in a secret room made of a special alloy, Li Zhenhua placed the boundary bead into the slot.
"This is the Boundary Pearl, the final trump card that Immortal Ancestor Zhong Ling left for Daxia."
“It must not be used except in times of national survival.”
"Passwords and authority will be passed down orally by each supreme leader forever."
He recorded his voice through the device as the highest level of encryption.
Afterwards, the alloy door slowly closed, sealing the boundary bead underground.
Three hundred years later, Daxia's first starship set out on an expedition to the Sirius system, with the Blue Star becoming its mother planet.
Eight hundred years later, Daxia officially entered the second-level civilization, with its footprints spread across more than a dozen galaxies.
A thousand years later, the capital was moved to a newly discovered habitable planet and named "Tianyuanxing".
Three thousand years later, Daxia had become a standard third-level cosmic civilization, a civilization system that combined technology with cultivation, and it could be considered a powerful power in the Milky Way.
Blue Star, as the mother planet, became a travel planet, and Zhong Ling, from a revered immortal ancestor, became a symbol in the textbooks.
Star Calendar Year 638
Tian Yuanxing, Tianheng University, open course in the Department of History.
Professor Chen was pointing at a live broadcast screenshot on the holographic projection.
"Classmates, today we are talking about the founder of Daxia's immortal cultivation and the founder of our scientific and technological civilization, the Immortal Ancestor Zhong Ling."
The students sitting in the audience were whispering.
A student sitting in the front row raised his hand. His name was Li Ang, and he was a well-known skeptic in the department.
"Professor Chen, I have a question."
"Speaking."
Li Ang stood up and asked:
"There has always been controversy in the academic community regarding the authenticity of Immortal Ancestor Zhong Ling. Aside from those ancient video materials that are regarded as sacred texts, there is no actual evidence to prove that she actually existed."
"My view is that she is more like a spiritual totem created by our ancestors, a symbol used to unite people in the early stages of civilization."
As soon as he finished speaking, many students in the classroom supported Li Ang.
"Le Ang is right. How can anyone be so omnipotent? I don't believe it!"
"That's right, I think it's more like a play directed by the top management back then."
Professor Chen was not angry, but just looked at Li Ang calmly.
"So, Mr. Li Ang, how do you explain the Gate of Heavenly Law? To this day, every cultivator in Kunlun Daoist Academy has the imprint of Heavenly Law in their souls, and this imprint cannot be erased by any technological means."
Li Ang pushed up his glasses.
"It's just a high-dimensional spiritual technology. Perhaps it was a technology that hadn't been made public at the time. After all, there were too many technological gaps in that era."
Professor Chen sighed.
"Sit down. You have to know that history is not just cold data and research. Sometimes, it is more of a heritage and belief."
Li Ang sat down, still looking disapproving.
Faith? That kind of thing is inherently illusory.
Professor Chen continued teaching when suddenly, a shrill alarm sounded. It was not the beeping sound of the drill, but a shrill sound representing the highest threat level.
The top of the classroom instantly switched to transparent mode, and everyone looked up.
A huge black hole appeared out of nowhere in the outer space orbit.
Immediately afterwards, endless black warships flew out from the hole, covered with densely packed huge insects.
"Space jump detected! The scale is incalculable!"
"The enemy units outnumber our fleet thirty times!"
"It's a predator! Kara, a level five Zerg civilization!"
Reports continued to sound from the bridge of the flagship "Kunlun", the supreme command of Daxia.
Supreme Commander Qiao Yunfan, the 308th generation descendant of the Qiao family, stood in front of the command platform with a solemn expression.
"All fleets, activate jump shields!"
"Tianyuan Star planetary shield, energy supply to maximum!"
"All monks, form a formation! Prepare to meet the enemy!"
Orders were issued one by one.
However, in the face of absolute suppression of civilizational hierarchy, all resistance seems pale and powerless.
The Zerg vanguard fleet fired the first round of shots, and the dark green energy beam hit the shield of the Daxia fleet, shattering the shield instantly.
Thousands of Daxia warships, along with the soldiers on board, turned to dust in the first wave of attacks.
"The Seventh, Ninth, and Twelfth Fleets, all destroyed!"
"The planetary shield's energy is rapidly decreasing! It's estimated to last only seventeen minutes!"
"General, we are no match for them!"
Despair spread across the bridge.
Qiao Yunfan looked at the mechas, warships and monks on the screen, who were flying like moths to a flame, and closed his eyes in pain.
Will thousands of years of peace and development finally end with him?
No!
There is another way!
A trump card that has been buried for thousands of years and even regarded as a joke by many people.
"Connect to the top secret archives."
Qiao Yunfan finally made up his mind.
"Verification authority, Supreme Commander, Qiao Yunfan."
"Activate Guardian Protocol."
A light curtain unfolded in front of him, with an input box requiring a password on it.
He paused and recited the command passed down from generation to generation by generations of supreme commanders.
"Cause and effect, that's all."
The password is correct.
In the deepest part of the Tianyuan Star, in a secret room that has been sealed for a thousand years, a bead emitting faint light slowly rises from the container.
Qiao Yunfan looked at the boundary bead on the screen, confusion flashing in his eyes.
Does the Immortal Ancestor... really exist?
Isn’t this really a false hope left by our ancestors to future generations?
But he had no time to hesitate.
"Execute the final order."
As the command was given, the robotic arm accurately picked up the boundary bead and then crushed it.
The boundary bead turned into ashes.
One second, two seconds, nothing happened.
On the battlefield, the Zerg's attack continued, and the planetary shield's energy was only 3 percent left.
Inside the flagship bridge, Qiao Yunfan's body shook, a miserable smile on his face.
After all, it's just a legend.
In the classroom of Tianyuan University, Li Ang and all the students were watching this doomsday scene through the portholes and public channels.
There was no calmness left on his face, only fear.
"So...are we so weak?"
Just when everyone was in despair, the entire battlefield suddenly stopped.
It's not an illusion, it's real stillness.
Everyone's mind was still functioning, but their bodies were unable to move.
Time and space were paused.
Then, people saw a crack appear on the battlefield, and a figure slowly walked out of the crack.
She was wearing a plain long dress and had a calm expression, as if she was just out for a walk.
Thousands of years had left no trace on her body, and all the people of Daxia who saw this scene recognized her.
It's her!
The figure in the textbook!
That face in the live broadcast!
It’s the Immortal Ancestor Zhong Ling!
She actually exists!
Zhong Ling's eyes swept across the endless Zerg fleet. She didn't say anything, but just raised her hand slightly and waved casually at the fleet.
Then a golden light spread out from her fingertips. Wherever the light passed, the huge Zerg warships and the Zerg were silently decomposed and dissipated.
Like a pencil drawing being erased by an eraser.
In just five seconds, the Zerg fleet that covered the sky and the earth disappeared completely, as if it were a dream.
On the flagship, Qiao Yunfan came back to his senses. He looked at the figure on the screen, his legs went weak, and he fell to his knees.
"The unworthy descendant Qiao Yunfan respectfully welcomes... the return of the Immortal Ancestor!"
His voice was broadcast throughout the entire fleet and the entire Tianyuan Star.
In the classroom, Li Ang knelt down at some point.
He was trembling all over, not because of fear, but because of shock and excitement from the depths of his soul.
He was wrong!
It turns out that history is not a symbol!
It turns out that faith is not empty!
It turns out that there really are gods protecting Daxia!
Zhong Ling's figure disappeared into the universe.
Everything returned to calm.
But everyone knows that the world is different.
the next day.
On the Daxia network, the video of Zhong Ling appearing and wiping out the entire Zerg fleet with a wave of his hand was circulated crazily billions of times.
The trend of archaeological Zhong Ling swept across the entire Da Xia, and people enjoyed digging deep into every detail of Zhong Ling every day.
Zhong Ling’s previous live broadcast videos were analyzed and interpreted over and over again.
Her every word and every action was regarded as truth.
Tianyuan University, Library.
Li Ang sat in the corner, with electronic copies of various ancient books piled in front of him.
He was wearing a neural access device and concentrating on watching the live broadcast of "Delicious Vegetable Shop".
In the picture, the young woman is looking at the camera and saying calmly:
"Cause and effect, that's all."
A tear fell from the corner of Li Ang's eye.
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