"Number? Do you have a name?"
Qin Shi Huang's voice resounded throughout the hall, and the officials no longer harbored their previous joking and mocking intentions, but instead looked at Lin Feng seriously.
"The deal is done." Lin Feng straightened up. "You can call me whatever you want."
"Whatever, I'm asking you." Qin Shi Huang began, "My unification of the six kingdoms and the world is an inevitable achievement. Although this achievement is timeless, it is also tinged with the karma of the Qin dynasty. However, after I ascended to this throne, I studied five thousand years of Chinese culture, absorbed knowledge from all over the world, recruited talents from all over the world, conquered the nine heavens and ten earths, entered the three thousand primordial universes, and expanded the territory of the Immortal Qin. Is there anything wrong with this?"
"No," Lin Feng replied.
"The achievements of the First Emperor of Qin are not my achievements, but as another First Emperor of Qin, I also have my own understanding and judgment." The First Emperor of Qin said loudly, "I ask you, do you have any objections?"
"No," Lin Feng replied again.
"If that's the case, why not kneel?" Qin Shi Huang asked calmly, but the hidden intimidation in these three questions was aimed directly at Lin Feng's heart.
The achievements of the Qin Emperor are just that—achievements. But in the face of these real events, everyone had their own thoughts. This was by no means an inevitable outcome; it was the result of their hard work!
No one can deny this!
At that very moment, Qin Shi Huang shouted loudly, "Where is the King of Chu!"
"I am here!" A man clad in black gold Overlord armor stepped forward, facing Lin Feng directly.
Where is the King of Han?
"I am here!" A man dressed in a white armor with serpent scales stepped forward as well.
"My Qin Dynasty is not the Qin Dynasty of one person. How can the world not accommodate the Great Chu and the Great Han?" Qin Shi Huang's gaze pierced Lin Feng's heart: "Can the world in your heart accommodate the Japan and the United States that you see?"
Before Lin Feng could answer, Qin Shi Huang stood up: "The prosperous age I have created allows all races under heaven to share the world's splendor, without distinction of rank or status. Can this world be the world you envision?"
boom!
Qin Shi Huang's question rang in his ears like the sound of a bell. The imperial will that covered the nine heavens and ten earths, pierced through the three thousand primordial universes, and slayed demons from foreign lands stood openly before him.
"I!"
"He is none other than the First Emperor of this world!"
boom!
The shockwave swept across the entire world, and even the Heavenly Dao, representing the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths and the Three Thousand Primordial Universes, bowed its head. The soldiers guarding around Mount Tai spontaneously shouted out.
"wind!"
"wind!"
"wind!"
"Strong wind!!"
The shouts, like the breath of the Immortal Qin, swept across the mechanical Great Wall that connected all of heaven and earth, across the opened border of the Gods, and towards the Immortal Qin army that had already encountered Wen Zhong's army.
"Issue the order: crush the Shang dynasty, and let the mandate of heaven return to humanity!"
The attendants standing below couldn't help but shout, "His Majesty's decree: crush the Shang dynasty, and let the Mandate of Heaven return to humanity!"
The sound continued to spread outwards, layer upon layer, step by step, pointing directly at the Xianqin army that had crossed the border of the Investiture of the Gods.
"His Majesty's decree: crush the Shang dynasty, and the Mandate of Heaven shall return to humanity!"
Until the sound dissipated, Qin Shi Huang's majesty pressed down firmly on Lin Feng's shoulders, and his irresistible gaze fell on Lin Feng's shoulders, watching him continue to bend his knees.
"I am the ruler of humanity. Since you have come to see me, why do you not kneel!"
"Kneel!" the guards in the main hall shouted in unison!
Sun He braced himself on his knees with both hands; Tang Hong's aura became frenzied, and his body seemed to shatter; the three behind him were completely marginalized.
Lin Feng gritted his teeth and bent his knees again, uncontrollably bending down towards the ground that was so close at hand.
He refused to kneel, but he was utterly powerless to resist.
Everything within him was being suppressed by the other party; his pulse points could not vibrate, his life wheel could not manifest, and the major acupoints throughout his body were completely blocked.
Wang Wu, Hong Ling, and Gui Ke all lent their strength to him, and their wills stood by his side, resisting Qin Shi Huang's oppressive power. Yet, his body still bent over.
He could see that the ancestral dragon, which originated from heaven and earth, spanned three thousand primordial universes and grasped the nine heavens and ten earths with one palm. Gui Ke was like an ant in front of him, incomparable to him.
Finally, his head bent down, his body leaned forward uncontrollably, and the strength of the three of them, including Gui Ke, was also nearing its limit. He too was about to kneel before the other party.
call...
Just then, a gentle breeze blew by, and Lin Feng's arm was supported by a pair of large hands. A long-lost sense of intimacy slowly welled up from the bottom of his heart, dispelling the oppressive aura of Qin Shi Huang, and he was embraced in his arms.
"Xiao Feng..."
An old yet familiar voice rang in his ears, then gripped his arm and helped him up again.
Small... seal?
Lin Feng's mind raced. The name was so familiar, it seemed to be calling him, and the voice...
"grandfather?"
Lin Feng raised his head, and Lin Beichuan's kind face appeared before him. Then, he slowly stepped past him and stood in front of him, straightening his hunched body, which had been stooped for most of his life, to shield Lin Feng from the First Emperor's oppressive aura.
In a flash, Lin Beichuan returned to his youth, his white hair turned black, and he wore a gray-blue linen outfit. Like a long nail, he stood firmly in front of him, separating Lin Feng, Sun He, and Tang Hong from the oppressive aura of Qin Shi Huang.
"Brother! It's him! It's him! The old man I saw when you reawakened me from Soul Town Street was him!" Wang Wu couldn't help but exclaim. That guardian spirit, the one that truly belonged to Lin Feng!
"Xiao Feng."
Lin Beichuan's voice was strong and powerful, and one could sense the smile on his face without even looking at him. Suddenly, Lin Feng recalled everything about him and his grandfather, the name he had overlooked, and the stories his grandfather had told him.
"Xiao Feng, you must keep a close eye on the woods behind our house..."
“When I was little, I didn’t understand anything. I just followed your great-grandfather around. That year, a lot of foreigners came into the mountains. They cut down trees from mountain to mountain and even dug up the ancestral graves in the mountains.”
“They arrested all the adults in the village. Your great-grandfather said they were bad people. He took the third brother from next door, the fourth uncle from the north of the village, and the three Zhang brothers from the south gate of the village with homemade explosives and blew up their cars.”
"Ha... Zhang's second son is unlucky, half of his ear was blown off by a flying part."
Lin Beichuan's laughter surfaced, and in that instant, it seemed to merge with the memories that flashed through Lin Feng's mind, appearing vividly before him: "We blew up the car. Grandpa knew he couldn't beat them and didn't want to cause trouble for the village, so he led us to steal their weapons and ran away together."
“Your great-grandfather told us that these foreigners are heartless wolves. They not only want to cut down all our trees, but also drain our water and bend our knees!”
"We must drive them away!"
"So we joined the army with your great-grandfather. I was 15 years old that year, your great-grandfather was 17, my third brother was 18, my fourth uncle was 20, and the Zhang brothers were 16, 17... 18."
"We fought from north to south for five years. In North China, Zhang Laosan blew up a tank with a bag of explosives to save us; in South China, my third brother was blown open in the back by a shell while saving me; my fourth uncle in Central China was blinded by a bullet; and the eldest son of the Zhang family in West China lost his hearing..."
"After the war ended, new trees were planted in our forest, some belonging to Zhang Laosan, some to Third Brother, and some to the eldest son of the Zhang family."
"But soon your great-grandfather will be going out again. He said the war is not over, and those black-hearted wolves want to cut down our trees again, and they want us to cut down the trees and kneel down and present them to them!"
“We won. When I came back, I planted a tree for your great-grandfather.”
"Your great-grandfather protected our forest..."
"Later, I planted trees for my fourth uncle and for Zhang Lao Er. By the time you grow up, that grove will have grown too..."
“Xiao Feng, when your great-grandfather and I went out, the deputy squad leader told us that there would be no more emperors, lords and nobles. The new China belongs to us, and everyone can live with their heads held high!”
"Your great-grandfather said he protected the village and me, but that day... that person suddenly appeared and said that we not only protected the village, but also the great nation of China!"
“He said we have protected the backbone of our descendants, and we are no longer the army and martyrs that princes and nobles casually mention, no longer the vanity they use to bully us after we have won it with our blood!”
“I’m not as capable as your great-grandfather. They protected me my whole life, but I can only protect that forest with my whole life.”
“Xiao Feng... Grandpa isn’t as good as you, but Grandpa understands what that person was saying: China didn’t stand up because of just one person.”
Gradually, the Lin Beichuan in his memory overlapped with the person in front of him, carrying Lin Feng's inner words, resisting all the pressure around him: "Your dynasty is yours, and the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths and the Three Thousand Universes that you speak of are also yours. Without you, this dynasty loses its greatest deterrent!"
"But we are different. Our world belongs to everyone, to every young person who is like the sun at eight or nine in the morning, to every young person who has placed their hopes on us. They will create a better world!"
A roar rose from his heart. Even though Qin Shi Huang's power shook the entire universe, for them... for their beliefs, it was different!
"Xiao Feng! We'll protect you today!"
At that moment, Lin Beichuan suddenly turned around. Lin Feng's eyes blurred, and one by one, unfamiliar yet sunny auras appeared in his ears. They strode past him, some wearing clothes similar to Lin Beichuan's, and came to his side.
"Beichuan, is this your grandson?"
"Beichuan, you've certainly raised a fine child."
"Kitagawa, can you really handle this all by yourself?"
"Kitagawa, trying to show off again?"
"Kitagawa, you've finally grown taller!"
"Beichuan!"
A deep, resonant voice suddenly broke into everyone's ears, and Lin Beichuan involuntarily gripped his trumpet tighter.
"Blow the horn!"
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