Huayu 05, our science fiction movie universe

Chapter 668 Close Encounter with Aliens
To protect Liu Qianqian, whose life was in danger, Hou Mingyu had no choice but to use his superpowers while being surrounded by numerous media outlets.

Unexpectedly, at that moment the sky suddenly began to flash, and the Three-Body Crisis became known to the world for the first time.

With the global sensation caused by the Three-Body Crisis and the Cosmic Flicker, Hou Mingyu's superpowers have become minor news.

Ultimately, Li Shenghui was imprisoned after his crimes were exposed, and suffered a mental breakdown in prison.

After escaping danger, Liu Qianqian finally got together with Hou Mingyu.

However, due to the Three-Body Crisis, the global entertainment industry suffered a major blow. Governments invested a lot of funds and manpower in science and technology and industry, and the entertainment industry ushered in a winter. Naturally, Liu Qianqian's career also plummeted.

But she wasn't worried about it, because the sweetness of love was enough to make up for everything.

Especially at night, when the two of them lay on the massage chairs, Hou Mingyu quietly reading a book while Liu Qianqian smiled gently beside him, this was probably the most beautiful thing in the world.

However, just when the audience was extremely envious of their love, Hou Mingyu's face would occasionally show a hint of unease.

This unease soon came true.

One day, Liu Qianqian finally got a job doing a commercial performance. However, after getting in the car, the vehicle did not go to the performance venue, but instead drove to the interior of an ordinary-looking research building at Shanghai University.

Why did you bring me here?

When Liu Qianqian arrived at the place, she asked questions with a wary expression. However, the person who brought her there immediately took out his or her identification documents, and Qin Yanni (played by Shu Chang) and Huang Ji (played by Huang Xuan), representing the special affairs department, also appeared.

After greeting Liu Qianqian, the two of them looked behind her.

Hou Mingyu appeared there.

Clearly, given his abilities, he wouldn't allow Liu Qianqian to be put in danger.

"Did you lure me here on purpose?"

Hou Mingyu stood in front of Liu Qianqian, protecting his lover behind him.

The inevitable has finally arrived. Although the news of the "Cosmic Twilight" event overshadowed his original superpower video, the Trisolaran crisis has also attracted most of the government's attention.

However, his special behavior still caught the attention of the relevant departments.

The fact that the special affairs department invited Liu Qianqian this time was clearly for his sake.

"Mr. Hou, there is no need to be nervous. We have no ill intentions towards you or your loved one."

Qin Yanni took the initiative to calm Hou Mingyu down and said that this was not the place to talk, inviting the two of them to go into the room first.

Upon entering this special base hidden within the school, the busy activity there surprised both of them.

I never imagined that such a large secret base would be hidden under a school in a cosmopolitan metropolis like Shanghai.

"Mr. Hou should be familiar with this."

As they passed a research lab, Qin Yanni pointed inside and asked a meaningful question.

Inside the room, a strange, silvery-white ellipsoidal object was being studied by several scholars and professors.

Isn't this the same thing that appeared in the second post-credits scene of The Wallfacer 1?
When Hou Mingyu saw the silvery-white creation, he was clearly stunned for a moment, a complicated expression on his face, and then he nodded.

They then entered another room, which was not very large. The decoration on all four sides was simple yet had a touch of science fiction. There were several sofas and lounge chairs that looked very comfortable to lie on, and each lounge chair also had a helmet with a similarly futuristic appearance.

Huang Ji was the first to lie down on the recliner, put on his helmet, and fall asleep as soon as he closed his eyes.

At Qin Yanni's prompting, Liu Qianqian followed suit, putting on a helmet and lying down on the sofa.

As for Hou Mingyu, he was, after all, an alien, and was very knowledgeable. He guessed the purpose of the helmet at a glance and couldn't help but sigh.

"I never imagined that human technology had developed to this level."

After saying that, he put on his helmet.

As soon as the helmet was put on, Hou Mingyu's consciousness passed through a seven-colored passage and arrived at a seemingly ordinary room.

However, if you look out through the room's window, you'll see that the room is built on a giant, ancient tree with lush foliage and a rustic, bronze hue.

"Mr. Hou must be very familiar with this tree, right?"

Huang Ji, who had arrived at the room first, stood beside Hou Mingyu and asked with a smile.

Qin Yanni's figure gradually appeared beside Hou Mingyu.

"Jianmu!"
It seems you humans have truly unearthed quite a few things and learned a great deal.

Hou Mingyu glanced at the big tree outside the window, then sat down next to Liu Qianqian. At this moment, he was in charge of the conversation between the two of them.

Huang Ji sat opposite him.

"Doesn't Mr. Hou also want to know what happened back then? Otherwise, why would he choose to become a teacher of Chinese history and mythology literature at the university?"

"Yes, I do want to know what happened back then."

However, when I woke up, decades had already passed.

At that time, you humans already had advanced ocean navigation technology and had built ships.

After I woke up on the island, I boarded a ship and followed a family surnamed Sun to Honolulu, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and other places. I also went to Europe and even the Middle East. Later I found that only the historical records of China were the most comprehensive and reliable.

Especially the things about ancient times, they bore some resemblance to what I remembered, unlike the far-fetched Western mythology.

Upon hearing this, Huang Ji's face immediately broke into a smile.

"It seems my prediction was correct. The records in the Classic of Mountains and Seas are indeed related to ancient events and are the most reliable historical records in the world today."

After a brief initial exchange, the final episode of "My Love from the Star" and the final episode of "Candle in the Tomb 4" were seamlessly connected.

Meanwhile, during their conversation, images of Shi Qiang and the elderly Hu Bayi appeared in the room one after another.

"So, do you know Zhuanxu?" Huang Ji asked Hou Mingyu. "How exactly did he drive the ancient aliens away from Earth?"

Huang Ji asked this question mainly because humanity, facing the Trisolaran crisis, wanted to know how the ancient Chinese ancestors, with their underdeveloped technology, managed to "sever the connection between heaven and earth" and drive aliens away from Earth.

If they knew this, perhaps they could have followed suit to solve the future Three-Body crisis.

However, Hou Mingyu shook his head when faced with this question.

"I know Zhuanxu, one of the Five Emperors of China, of the Gaoyang clan, but I don't really know him."

After all, the Asian region you mentioned is territory ruled and contested by the Light Clan and the Dragon Clan, so when we arrived, we could only choose to settle in relatively remote places.

"Hmm... I remember that in your Western history books, that place was called Atlantis, yes, that's the name."

"Atlantis?! That place really exists?" Hu Bayi, who arrived last, asked in surprise, while also curiously looking at Hou Mingyu. He never expected that he would meet a living alien in his lifetime.

"It should have sunk into the sea a long time ago. It's been so many years. I went into hibernation a long time ago. At that time, the Light Clan and the Dragon Clan had another secret battle, and then I left Earth in a hurry. The other races did the same."

According to your historical records, this should be what is known as 'severing the connection between heaven and earth'.

To be honest, I have some doubts about whether Zhuanxu actually did this, because it's truly unbelievable.

Hou Mingyu answered in this way, but Huang Ji focused on another point.

"Dragon Clan? Light Clan? You mean Phoenix Clan, right?"

"Phoenix Clan? Hehe, if that's the right name, it's not wrong. Of course, you could also call them Golden Crow Clan, or perhaps Bird Clan would be more descriptive."

Hou Mingyu joked with a smile.

"Anyway, they are both companies. In fact, they appear in the myths and legends of many human races."

"It seems that my predictions about the 'Dragon and Phoenix Calamity' and the 'Lich Calamity' were correct."

Huang Ji smiled with satisfaction and glanced at Hu Bayi.

When Hu Bayi first deduced this history based on the "Classic of Mountains and Seas," some myths and legends, and ancient artifacts unearthed, he was somewhat skeptical.

"So you really know absolutely nothing about 'Severing the Heavenly Connection'? All these years of research have yielded no results?"

Huang Ji pressed for an answer once more.

The last time he discussed the issue of Emperor Zhuanxu's "severing the connection between heaven and earth" with Hu Bayi, they got stuck at this step.

Even many experts in history, society, humanities, and politics from the special affairs department found it hard to imagine.

How exactly did the ancient Chinese people manage to drive away the aliens who rode in giant steel birds resembling the sun, freely entering and leaving Earth?

It's like a primitive tribe in the Amazon rainforest driving away the US military base stationed there.

No, perhaps the difficulty of "severing the connection between heaven and earth" is even higher than that.

Some experts at the base speculate that perhaps aliens have lost interest in Earth and humanity, just as the US military might have abandoned its base in the Amazon rainforest because it deemed it pointless.

However, through Hou Mingyu, an alien who descended to Earth in ancient times, Huang Ji finally confirmed that the "severing of the connection between heaven and earth" was indeed true, and that Emperor Zhuanxu in ancient times must have used some means to drive away the aliens who were entrenched on Earth.

But clearly, Hou Mingyu, an alien living in Atlantis, also didn't know how Emperor Zhuanxu had done it.

"Didn't your race have anyone who knew about this back then?" Shi Qiang suddenly asked.

He didn't really have much hope anymore; he was just asking out of reluctance.

Unexpectedly, after a moment of contemplation, Hou Mingyu gave an answer that was quite surprising.

"There are still some. After all, Asia was the core of the entire Earth at that time. There were the Phoenix Clan's Fusang Sky Platform, Jianmu Heavenly Ladder, and Heavenly Court there, as well as the Dragon Clan's Kunlun Hill and Buzhou Fuzi."

Generally speaking, when aliens arrive on Earth, they first land in Asia before heading to various other places to establish their own bases.

Moreover, even on other continents of the earth, we occasionally needed to communicate and trade with the Phoenix Clan and the Dragon Clan who occupied the earth at that time.

Therefore, our race did send someone to China at that time. If he were still alive, he might know something.

"What's that person's name?"

Where is that person?

Shi Qiang and Hu Bayi asked the question almost simultaneously, but Huang Ji was more concerned with another piece of information revealed in Hou Mingyu's words.

"Kunlun Hill is indeed the capital of the Dragon Clan. Where exactly is that place?"

Hou Minghao looked at them and shrugged.

"Don't rush, ask one by one. There's still plenty of time. I'll try my best to answer the questions I can."

Let's address the first question. My compatriot, who frequently travels between China and Atlantis, is named 'Dong'.

East?!

What kind of name is this? Who uses a direction as a name?

Only Huang Ji seemed to have grasped something, and looked at Hou Mingyu, asking:
"Mr. Hou said that the place you lived in back then was called Atlantis. Is your alien race fond of water or do you need water to survive?"

Hou Mingyu gave Huang Ji a deep look and smiled:

"Mr. Huang is one of the few intelligent people I have ever met on Earth."

Yes, just as you guessed, my compatriot's name in your Western mythological texts should be Poseidon.

In ancient Eastern myths and legends, he should also have another name—Dong Wang Gong (Eastern King Duke).

Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, one of the twelve Olympian gods, and brother of Zeus, the king of the gods.

Legend has it that he possessed a trident that could control the sea and unleash storms and tsunamis.

Dongwanggong is one of the most famous deities in Chinese mythology. He resides on the three immortal mountains of Penglai overseas and is the head of the male immortals. He corresponds to Xiwangmu of Kunlun Mountain and is the deity representing the "yang" aspect of "yin and yang".

Unexpectedly, Hou Mingyu described these two figures as the same person.

No, it must be the same alien.

"Of course, I don't know if he changed his name later, and I also don't know his whereabouts."

Because he was the last of us to go into hibernation, or perhaps he wasn't even in hibernation at all, I really don't know where he is, or whether he's dead or alive.

Hou Mingyu's words left Shi Qiang somewhat helpless.

Because what they said makes sense. Back then, he was overseas and had been asleep for so many years. If we're being honest, he probably didn't know as much about many things as their special affairs department did.

"As for Kunlun Hill, that place is indeed where the dragons live, but they flew away a long time ago. I saw it with my own eyes. It must have been after the first proxy war between the dragons and the phoenixes."

Hou Mingyu's so-called first proxy war should be the Dragon and Phoenix Calamity and the Battle of Banquan that Huang Ji and Hu Bayi talked about, in which the Yellow Emperor unified many tribes of China.

After that, the Dragon Clan left Earth, but according to Huang Ji's research on the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Dragon Clan must have been quite unhappy when they left, so they left behind a contingency plan, which led to the later separation of heaven and earth.

However, even now, relying solely on Hou Mingyu, an alien who has been asleep for countless years and knows nothing about anything, it seems that the mystery of the ancient "severed connection between heaven and earth" remains unsolved.

Unless they can find the "Dong" that Hou Mingyu mentioned, who frequently travels between Atlantis and China and is responsible for communicating with the Dragon Clan or Phoenix Clan, but where is this alien now?

Is he still alive?
(End of this chapter)