Chapter 1987 - 1980: I! Emperor Qin Shi Huang!
Zhang Menglong couldn’t remember how long he had been flying in that white passage. He only remembered finishing 102 episodes of Legend of Zhen Huan 2, 54 episodes of Romance in the Rain 2, and 56 episodes of iPartment 25 during the process...
Finally, that light appeared before his eyes. He took a step forward— a new world, Zhang Menglong was coming!
"Oh no! Why does it feel like this again!" Unsurprisingly, something unexpected happened on the way to a new world, just like the first time he came to this God Race world, Zhang Menglong seemed to fall into an endless void.
"Amitabha, please don’t let me hit anyone this time!" Zhang Menglong prayed silently, hoping not to encounter another unlucky guy like Gu Xiao.
Zhang Menglong felt his body slam hard onto an incredibly solid place, and he heard a lot of murmuring voices nearby. He was sure a lot of people had gathered around him, it was just that the impact had stirred up a large cloud of dust, temporarily obscuring his view of them.
Zhang Menglong checked his body, and so far, the fall didn’t seem to have caused any issues. The spatial strength here was more than 500 times that of the God Race world, and the energy was astonishingly abundant, incomparable to anywhere he’d been before.
"This is indeed a supreme world, the difference from the God Race world is this vast? It must be a more exciting world, right?" Zhang Menglong muttered to himself.
[Dean, do you notice any changes in your body compared to before?] Gou Dan suddenly reminded him.
"Changes?" Zhang Menglong was puzzled, but then he realized something: his once inexhaustible life force now had limits, and his boundless life span now had a number...
"Has my Life Level decreased? No... it seems not..."
[The level of this world is too high. Even a two-dimensional creature entering a three-dimensional world would suddenly find they can see many things they couldn’t before. Now the Dean is in the same situation.]
Zhang Menglong climbed out of the pit; what was most important now was figuring out where exactly he was.
"That person has come out!"
"It’s been a long time since we’ve had a newcomer here!"
"Yeah, I wonder which world he’s from."
"Has the leader arrived?"
"He’s on his way, he’ll surely be delighted!"
"It’s just one person, why should we be happy? It doesn’t help our current situation in the slightest, is it necessary for the leader to come personally?"
"It’s different, this person was calculated by the leader to change our current predicament, don’t you trust the leader?"
"Him? He looks skinny and small, can he change our current situation? If he can even survive in this place, it’d be impressive!"
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Zhang Menglong had just climbed out of the pit. There must have been dozens of people around, but they didn’t directly approach him to talk. Instead, they were chit-chatting among themselves, while Gou Dan was still deciphering their language, making Zhang Menglong feel like he was doing a Level Six English listening test.
Seeing that nobody was paying him any attention, Zhang Menglong started observing his surroundings. But to his disappointment, it wasn’t a world brimming with civilization, as he had imagined. There were no skyscrapers, nor grand sect organizations. It felt like a slum.
The sky here was a strange dark red with thick city walls on all sides, as if he were trapped in a square box. The first impression of this world was oppressive.
Within the walls stood some very rough dwellings, seemingly cobbled together from available materials. Their purpose was merely to block people’s sight and, at most, to provide shelter from wind and rain.
"Are those farmlands?" Zhang Menglong surveyed around and noticed some wheat-like plants growing in the distance.
At that moment, his stomach growled, making him realize that he was actually hungry!
It had been a long time since he’d experienced such a feeling. After his Life Level reached a certain point, he no longer needed food to sustain his body’s energy. Eating was merely to satiate his appetite.
This almost indicated that now he was just an ordinary person with slightly more strength, a slightly thicker life force, and a slightly longer life span! To survive, he still needed to eat, drink, and take care of basic needs!
"Ark of the Gods!" Zhang Menglong attempted to communicate with the Ark of the Gods but was unable to establish any connection. It was as if they were in completely different worlds, seemingly beyond the Ark’s capacity.
"The leader has arrived!" Just as Zhang Menglong was pondering what kind of place this was, a middle-aged man emerged from the crowd.
When Zhang Menglong turned to him, he felt a strange sense of familiarity.
If this were on Earth, this middle-aged man would be considered burly. He had a beard and a unique headwear that held his long hair in place, reminiscent of the crown used by ancient Huaxia emperors.
His clothes were predominantly gold with some dragon-like totems, and this dragon was most certainly the Huaxia dragon Zhang Menglong had seen most often!
"What’s happening? Have I met someone from my hometown?" When Zhang Menglong saw this person, the strongest feeling he got was kinship. Despite the aura of aloofness and majesty, there was an unmistakable sense of familiarity.
"Earthling?" Zhang Menglong cautiously asked, as Gou Dan had just finished analyzing their language for him.
"Earth?" The middle-aged man froze, seemingly unfamiliar with the term.
"Blue Star person?" Zhang Menglong asked again, as people started referring to Earth this way once the concept of the universe became widespread.
Sure enough, upon hearing this term, the middle-aged man’s face broke into a smile, lessening his formidable aura.
"Encountering a Blue Star person here is highly improbable, but I foresaw your arrival here long ago."
"Really?" Zhang Menglong couldn’t help but reassess the middle-aged man in front of him, as having even a slight prophetic ability was beyond ordinary people.
"Though I don’t know you, you might recognize me," said the middle-aged man, "When I left Blue Star, I should have been somewhat well-known. If that part of history hasn’t been obscured, my fame might still be significant."
"I am Zhang Menglong, may I ask this elder brother’s name?" Since he left Earth earlier than Zhang Menglong, he certainly deserved the title of elder or even senior, possibly being from the same era as one of Zhang Menglong’s ancestors.
"My name is Ying Zheng, from the state of Qin."
"Ying... Ying Zheng?" Zhang Menglong’s eyes widened in disbelief, "Emperor Qin Shi Huang? Have scams really reached this place?"