Chapter 81 Extra Chapter: What?! Alien Invasion! 1...
1111th year of the Qin calendar
"The record of the motherland appearing before the world ends abruptly in the 126th year of the Qin calendar with the death of Qin the Fourth, who was actually Qin the Second. However, the record of the sky screen continued until the appearance of the first black and white television more than 500 years ago."
"The old machine at the earthquake prediction center lasted until 900 years into the Qin calendar when we made our first instrument that could accurately predict earthquakes."
"Later, when the staff at the forecasting center disassembled and maintained the old machine, they discovered that it was just a wooden box with a coated glass plate. It contained no technical expertise whatsoever, yet it miraculously predicted earthquakes for the Qin state nine hundred years ago."
"Our People's Republic of China was founded in 607 AD. A reporter once saw what appeared to be the image of Motherland on the day of the founding ceremony."
"Moreover, the peaceful transfer of power, with the feudal regime barely struggling, has led some scholars to suspect that there might be a national spirit at play..."
"However, some scholars believe that this is just a legend. After all, the evidence left behind is all recorded by people, and Motherland has not appeared for nearly a thousand years, and her traces completely disappeared more than two hundred years ago."
"This is the legend about Motherland."
Lu Qian put down the light screen in her hand, her face blank. So she had really come to a strange world. Here, there was only one feudal dynasty with the profession of emperor, Qin. It quickly moved on to the Republic.
No, she couldn't understand it; she was deeply shocked.
Upon seeing this calendar calculation, she thought it was created by some time-traveling genius, like the legendary prime minister Taishu Jiu, who is often discussed online. According to many netizens' speculations, he seems to be a time traveler.
When she looked at the history books and saw that they mentioned things like "sky curtains," she was certain that this was something more than just time travelers could create; it would require at least a system, and specifically a system with the function of creating a sky curtain.
But she was conflicted. Maybe this was just how this world was designed. This world had a sense of national identity. Just because her previous world didn't have it didn't mean this world didn't.
While she was distracted, the video automatically started playing the next one.
"...At its most prosperous period in history, our country possessed the entire... globe..."
Lu Qian: Hmm... the whole ball.
Lu Qian omitted many details but remembered the key words. Her history teacher, who appeared on the screen, praised her for her ability to grasp the essentials.
When she first transmigrated, she did some research. There was only one language in the world, Qin language, and at most, various local dialects. In terms of writing, only China has ancient characters and various derivatives of characters that can be used for archaeological research. The rest of the world is filled with simplified characters, which everyone knows and there is no need for archaeological research.
Good news, you don't need to learn English anymore.
Bad news: history changed drastically starting from the end of the Warring States period, and she has to start learning from scratch!
Qin history was still a major subject alongside Chinese and mathematics, which gave Lu Qian a real headache.
The video she's watching now is the online course assigned by her history teacher. She's temporarily on leave from school and hasn't gone home, afraid that someone will notice something's wrong.
Her situation couldn't be described as time travel, but rather as reincarnation. It's just that her memories of her past life only recently returned and overwrote her previous ones, leaving her somewhat confused. Fortunately, she lives alone, so as long as she doesn't go out, no one will notice her abnormality.
On weekdays, I order free takeout and eat government-provided meals at home.
"The Americas, across the ocean, were once our territory. Some of you may be wondering why history books record that the other side was the Qin Dynasty and we were the People's Republic of China."
"There's also a little historical tidbit here..."
Hearing this gossip, Lu Qian instantly woke up and sat up straight, waiting for the history teacher on the screen to explain. Luckily, she didn't go to school, or the history teacher would have been furious.
"In the 417th year of the Qin calendar, the Qin Dynasty began its decline, and by the 477th year of the Qin calendar, it had basically lost most of its distant territories..."
Listening to the teacher's regretful tone on the screen, Lu Qian silently pulled up a current national map. All of Eurasia belonged to them, with Africa accounting for more than half.
She touched her chin and said, "Oh, it's not a small amount, is it?"
She compared it to the world she had been in before, and it was at least several times larger.
Moreover, neither of the two world wars broke out in this world, and it is now extremely peaceful.
"Because of the internal struggles at the time, the counties in the Americas were abandoned, which brings us to the issue of national consciousness. I personally think that Motherland may have been seriously injured because of this."
"There was once an opportunity presented to the reigning emperor, but he did not cherish it, resulting in the Americas remaining in a state of separation to this day."
Lu Qian was curious. What opportunity? Was it a chance to fight back?
The teacher in the video quickly explained: "At that time, the locals quickly took control of the situation. Someone declared himself emperor, but they also quickly submitted a diplomatic letter to apply to become a vassal state of the Qin Dynasty."
"Unfortunately, it was a chaotic period at the time, and no one paid attention to the group of envoys who came to Qin. Later, after the turmoil was resolved and the country underwent reforms, it became the China we know today. But they didn't know that. They thought that the suzerain state that rejected them was Qin. So, in the history books of the Americas, before 777 in the Qin calendar, they believed that there was a country across the sea, and they called it Da Qin!"
As Lu Qian followed the historical timeline through the small window, she discovered that the great powers were actually herself, and she would continue down the path of the great powers to the very end.
"Later, we believed that the other side retained some characteristics of the Qin Dynasty and called itself a vassal state of Qin. So, during that period, our history recorded that there was a country across the sea, and we called it Great Qin!"
Lu Qian laughed out loud, calling each other "Great Qin," as if it were some new way to commemorate the occasion.
But then she wondered, if they consider themselves a vassal state, why don't they come back? Why isn't the world a unified world now?
Perhaps sharing a tacit understanding with Lu Qian, the video continued playing: "However, their self-identification as a vassal state has nothing to do with their unwillingness to integrate. Their attitude is ambiguous; the higher-ups don't want anyone above them to control them. Besides, we've entered a peaceful era, and we can't possibly start a war against our own people, so it's kind of a lingering problem..."
Lu Qian spent another hour in class and felt even more dejected. She had already been reincarnated, so it didn't matter whether she had memories of her past life or not. She was doing very well!
Upon waking up with these memories, she even had to relearn history because of the memory loss—how awful!
Lu Qian clasped her hands together and prayed devoutly to a pile of merchandise on the table that supposedly featured the image of 'Qin,' muttering to herself, 'Please, Motherland, bless me so I don't fail my midterm exams! Please, please!'
After she finished praying, she felt something was missing, so she found a picture of an incense burner and three lit incense sticks on her screen, shook them up and down, and then inserted them into the incense burner.
Great! Perfect!
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Another month passed, and Lu Qian returned to school after her leave. The number of students at the school was relatively small. These days, studying at home is considered a good achievement, and those who still insisted on coming to school were people with strong traditional values.
For example, she only had memories of her past life up to the time before the college entrance examination. She still considered herself a high school student and was more used to staying at school to study. If she hadn't been afraid of exposing something, she would have come to school directly.
When Lu Qian returned, there were only a dozen or so people sitting in the classroom. Her friend Liu Xiao from this world came over. After her memories returned, Lu Qian had been chatting with her for more than a month through the chat software on the screen.
He greeted Liu Xiao quite familiarly and chatted with her naturally.
The two chatted and laughed about the latest news, such as how spaceships have been equipped with the latest weapons, and how someone had boasted about going on a trip to Mars a few days ago.
The pleasant campus life continued slowly until one day at noon when school ended. The school was usually half-day, and there were no classes in the afternoon, so students could decide on their own social practice activities.
Lu Qian took Liu Xiao's hand and walked towards the street, planning to take a flight to the shopping street for a stroll.
She was quickly pulled by Liu Xiao, and she heard her friend's surprised and puzzled voice: "Lu Qian, look what that is?"
Lu Qian followed Liu Xiao's gaze and looked up. There were tall buildings all around, but the usually clear blue sky was shrouded in shadows, and the objects covering the sky looked like metal objects...
"A spaceship! But it's not from our country!"
Lu Qian was taken aback. She didn't know as much as Liu Xiao, who was very interested in things related to the universe. Since she said it wasn't true, then it definitely wasn't.
But surely the neighbors aren't so arrogant as to send a spaceship over...
"Humanity... surrender immediately. We, the people of Luke, hereby declare that all governments on planet U-9yh are hereby dissolved and the Luke Population Welfare Association will take over all affairs of this planet. Do not attempt to resist."
Lu Qian waited for a moment, and the broadcasts in the sky and around her kept playing the same message on a loop. The streets went from noisy and bustling to completely silent.
She could almost hear her friend's breathing, and she heard Liu Xiao say, "Really... there's really no sound..."
Lu Qian knew what Liu Xiao was talking about. Logically speaking, if there were alien invasions at this time, a defense war would have already broken out. The fact that it didn't break out meant that their technology was being crushed and they were simply unable to resist.
They were like fish on a chopping board, at the mercy of others.
At this moment, the message from the sky had changed. The Luke people were saying, "Please do not panic. We Luke people love peace and will not take over your homes. However, we have discovered an uncontaminated intelligent race. You only need to pay a certain population tax, and we can guarantee your safety in the endless universe."
"To reiterate, we have no intention of seizing your homes; you only need to pay a certain amount of population tax..."
The surrounding crowd erupted in an uproar; those who were shopping stopped and stared at the enormous object in the sky.
The projection screens on the surrounding high-rise buildings flashed with a signal, displaying two thousand spaceships surrounding the planet.
Liu Xiao asked in a trembling voice, "What does 'population tax' mean?"
Lu Qian subconsciously shook her head, but she felt that this must be something bad; the name of this tax sounded terrifying.
The Luke aliens dropped another bombshell in the noisy world: "Regarding the population tax, we are recruiting members of the Population Welfare Association. We only recruit young women who pass the assessment. Please be aware of this."
Lu Qian: ? ? ?
"Don't be afraid." Lu Qian heard a gentle female voice in her ear amidst her extreme terror...
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Author's Note: Zhu Qing'ai: You've really messed with me. (jpg)
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