bookandnovel Chapter 1 What kind of world line is this?
Chapter 1 What kind of world line is this?
The bedroom was small, with a single bed covered with a navy blue checkered sheet, a light yellow wooden bedside table, a lamp on the table, a glass under the lamp with a little water left at the bottom, and a strip of painkillers with a few pills removed next to it.
In the corner of the bed, on the desk, there was a small double-layered bookshelf, densely packed with two rows of high school textbooks and supplementary materials. Math and physics textbooks were the most numerous.
To accommodate the desk, the bedroom forgoed the wardrobe and replaced it with a clothes rack with only one horizontal bar, sandwiching the black-haired, black-eyed boy in the middle, making him look somewhat cramped.
The sound of a weather forecast came from outside the door, and someone was watching TV in the living room.
It is 7:30 p.m. Lu Zhao has just sat down at his desk and taken down the first volume of the first year of high school history books from the bookshelf.
His hands were trembling slightly, not because he hadn't yet adapted to his body after transmigrating, but entirely due to the excitement in his heart.
"call--"
He took a deep breath, his eyes sharpened, as if he had mustered immense courage, before turning to the first chapter.
In the 28th year of the Qin Dynasty, the emperor made an eastern tour to Langya.
At that time, alchemists such as Xu Fu submitted a memorial, saying that there were three mountains overseas, named Penglai, Fangzhang and Yingzhou, where immortals lived and there was an elixir of immortality.
The emperor then dispatched Xu Fu to gather several thousand strong and armored soldiers to sail the sea in search of the elixir of immortality.
"These first few questions aren't too difficult; I've already learned them."
Lu Zhao's finger skipped over the ink-wash style hand-drawn illustration of Xu Fu's voyage and moved down two lines.
[In the thirty-first year, all the soldiers were killed, and Xu Fu returned with medicine, which he presented to the emperor.]
"..."
"But what is this thing?"
"Has Xu Fuzhen's mother found the elixir of immortality?"
A few minutes ago, he had just woken up when a flood of memories rushed into his mind, so outrageous that he had to consult his history textbooks to determine how much of the memories he had taken over were true.
Now it seems, it's all true, money back guarantee if it's not.
Lu Zhao flipped through the pages of the book quickly, skipping around as he browsed the history of this timeline.
In 255 AD, the emperor dispatched a million soldiers westward, an expedition historically known as the Great Western Expedition.
[In the 367th year, the Emperor unified the Central Plains.]
In the 486th year, the Emperor performed the Fengshan ceremony at the Great Snowy Mountain, proclaiming to Heaven and Earth that all under Heaven had submitted, and his hegemonic ambitions were complete. That year, the nation's name was changed to the Great Qin Human Empire.
.....
In the year 570, the Emperor proposed that the entire human race should unite as one, keep pace with the times, and focus on a development strategy centered on martial arts and technology to achieve high-quality, high-efficiency iterations of productivity.
In the 682nd year, the emperor personally pressed the start button, and the first manned carrier rocket of the Qin Empire successfully ascended into space. The whole country rejoiced, marking the beginning of the space age for the Qin people.
The Ministry of the Interior issued a decree the following day, designating this day as "Ascension Day," a three-day national holiday.
.....
In 1032, the Emperor sent New Year's greetings to all subjects across the twelve star regions of the Empire. In the same year, the empire's name was changed to the Great Qin Universal Empire.
Lu Zhao's expression at this moment: What is this guy talking about?.jpg
"Where did I come from? Is this still in China?"
"...It seems so."
Today, Lu Zhao is not only still within the political system of Chinese civilization, but also has a familiar supreme leader, Qin Shi Huang!
To be precise, there was no beginning.
There must be a sequel before there can be a beginning, there must be a second before there can be a first, there must be a sequence before there is any meaning.
Qin Shi Huang, who lived forever, was the only one.
No embellishment needed, no restrictions required...
An emperor is an emperor.
Therefore, although the planet where Lu Zhao was born is countless light-years away from Earth, which is now called Ancient Shenzhou, it is difficult for him to say that he is not in China.
It's just that the territory is a little bigger, isn't it?
It felt both exhilarating and a bit of a shock.
For a Chinese college student who traveled back in time to 2026, he was so familiar with Qin Shi Huang that it felt like waking up to find his best friend had turned into a domineering CEO.
Just as Lu Zhao was about to carefully flip through the book again to see if there were any details he had missed, he heard a girl's shout coming from outside the door.
"Brother, it's starting, come out quickly!"
Upon hearing the light, melodious voice, an image involuntarily surfaced in Lu Zhao's mind.
A sixteen-year-old girl with pigtails, big eyes, and a beauty mark under each eye; she's just started high school.
She's a silly little sister, a pet.
"Pets? Why do I have that impression?"
He couldn't recall it at first, and he couldn't pretend he didn't hear it, so he put down the book and left the bedroom.
When I came out, the image in my mind was right there: wearing pajamas, tall and slender.
The little girl is growing very fast.
Faced with a lovely young girl, Lu Zhao's choice was to simply push her aside.
Then he saw the living room, where a middle-aged couple was sitting on an L-shaped fabric sofa. They had unusually short hair, wore light gray short-sleeved shirts, dark blue shorts, and slippers, with their feet propped up on the coffee table.
Despite his relaxed posture, his brow was furrowed as he stared intently at the television screen opposite him on the sofa.
The woman next to him sat upright, her neck slightly tilted forward, her tension visibly palpable.
The man is the father, Gu Yong; the woman is the mother, Zhang Shuhua; and the girl is the pet, Gu Jianing.
This is the impression that Lu Zhao had in his subconscious.
But in fact, he is Gu Jianing's cousin and the Gu family couple's cousin-nephew, who was adopted after becoming an orphan.
However, when he was adopted, Lu Zhao was still an infant. Over the past ten years, the four of them have lived like a normal family of four, except that his surname has not been changed.
"Brother, go sit down. Other people have been waiting for half an hour already. Why are you acting like nothing's wrong?" Gu Jianing shook his arm.
Lu Zhao came to his senses, feeling somewhat puzzled. He still didn't understand why his subconscious impression of his younger sister was that of a "pet."
But before he could think any further, he was drawn to the sounds coming from the television.
"The public recruitment ceremony for the thirteenth Great Expedition's grassroots soldiers has officially begun. All citizens of the twelve star regions within the Great Qin territory are requested to verify their identity information and confirm the results. Those who are recruited shall report to their local recruitment station within three days."
Lu Zhao remembered that when his sister said "it started," she was referring to the public conscription ceremony.
Qin army recruitment was always available; it was called "voluntary enlistment of regular reserve personnel," and it was a proactive process.
Now, the emperor's decision to launch a large-scale expedition and to temporarily conscript soldiers is a passive one.
In the past, apart from the ancient Divine Land, the Great Qin Empire conquered twelve star regions and undertook twelve great expeditions.
This is the thirteenth time.
Lu Zhao, an ordinary senior high school student, was already eighteen years old. He should have gone to university, graduated, worked step by step, and lived his life like his parents.
However, things are different now. At eighteen, he falls within the recruitment range, and he needs to determine whether he will be recruited based on the results announced on television.
To be honest, he felt he couldn't escape.
This kind of thing is just destined to happen to time travelers...
"Xiao Zhao, come and sit down."
Zhang Shuhua got up and pulled him to the sofa. "It's okay. I went to the temple to burn incense a few days ago. May the Bodhisattva protect us. If we survive this ordeal, I'll buy a big bundle of incense next month to fulfill my vow."
Don't make such a bold prediction...
Lu Zhao smiled and said, "Mom, I'm not nervous."
It's hard to say who's comforting whom.
Gu Yong, who was standing next to him, gave a heavy "hmm" and stood up to pick up his teacup: "Xiao Zhao is a promising young man. A man should remain calm even when Mount Tai collapses before him."
Da da da...
His hands were shaking so badly that the tea spilled out.
"..."
A mom who sets ambitious goals, an abstract dad, and a sister who's currently normal but is labeled as a pet.
This family is quite something.
Lu Zhao looked at the television; the conscription had begun.
This is a very random recruitment method. Starting from the first star system, some planets are randomly selected, then some regions are randomly selected, and then the last few digits of the ID card are randomly selected. All young and middle-aged men and women selected are required to enlist.
At this moment, in the entire ancient Zhongzhou, among hundreds of millions of people and countless households, no one was asleep.
It's only eight o'clock now.
But there is one emotion that is shared by the entire planet and even across galaxies: anxiety.
Everyone was waiting in front of their television screens for the results of the lottery.
As yet another lot was drawn, a sob escaped from the living room.
Zhang Shuhua covered her mouth, her eyes filled with tears, and collapsed weakly onto her husband's shoulder.
Gu Yong remained silent, but his hands stopped trembling.
As expected, Lu Zhao was selected. All men and women aged 18-25 whose ID card numbers ended in 6 from six random areas, including Guzhongzhou and Dongyun County, were conscripted into the army.
Gu Jianing rushed over and hugged Lu Zhao's leg.
"Brother!! I'm so sorry!"
"It's okay, it's okay."
Lu Zhao patted his sister on the back, "Recruiting is random, it's none of your business."
"no!"
Gu Jianing tearfully confessed her past misdeeds, "A few days ago, Mom actually bought two skewers of candied hawthorns, saying one for each of us, but I ate them all without telling you."
"It doesn't matter, I don't like sweets anyway."
"And I deleted the stuff on your hard drive, it wasn't because the computer broke, sob sob sob."
"It's okay, that kind of thing should have been deleted a long time ago, it's not your fault."
"And another thing! Yesterday, Li Lili said her brother dared to eat fried cockroaches, and I wasn't convinced, so I said, 'If you dare to eat shit, I'm sorry!'"
"...This kind of casual talk is no big deal."
"real?"
Gu Jianing looked up, tears still glistening in the corners of her eyes.
Lu Zhao wiped it off with his thumb: "Really."
Gu Jianing stopped crying and said softly, "Well, since you're going to eat it anyway, could you really eat a lump of it to intimidate them?"
You fucking bastard.
Lu Zhao now understood why his sister's label was "pet".
She's not a pet, she's a dog.