Doctor, I'm really strong!

To be precise, it was learning. Liu Jiuli didn't know how to play Go, but the old man was very patient and willing to teach him. Liu Jiuli wasn't interested in Go, but rather in the old man in front of him.

Liu Jiuli said he would come to visit recently, but in fact he had already come to the Yan Kingdom's palace alone long ago.

If it says "in the near future," then it definitely means "in the near future," or even "today." You didn't expect that, did you?

Liu Jiuli originally planned to give the Yan Emperor a surprise, or you could say, a show of force, but when he arrived above the Yan Kingdom's palace, a voice rang in his ears.

"Welcome, little guest from afar."

Liu Jiuli was taken aback at first, then quickly pinpointed the source of the sound to a side hall inside the Yan Kingdom's palace.

Although it's called a side hall, it's not desolate at all. On the contrary, it's filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers, completely out of place with the surrounding majestic palace. If the palace is a symbol of authority, then this place is like a retirement home.

However, the retirement home in the palace is definitely not for ordinary people.

"Are you the owner of this place?" Liu Jiuli asked.

“Master? Hahaha, the palace certainly has a master, but not me. It is the people who created all of this. We are just temporary managers who are staying here.”

"Although I don't know who you are, I really like how you put it."

"Would you like to come down and have a chat, Doctor? By the way, what's your name now?"

Liu Jiuli's expression changed; the owner of this voice clearly knew something extraordinary.

Perhaps knowing Liu Jiuli's thoughts, the voice continued, "Don't worry, I have no ill intentions. I just want to see how far the Suirenshi Project has progressed. I am not your enemy."

Instead of responding, Liu Jiuli immediately asked Yueying, "What do you know about this body?"

Yueying was taken aback, then replied, "Jiuli, this is your own body."

This time it was Liu Jiuli's turn to be stunned: "Wait a minute, didn't I just transmigrate?"

Moon Shadow: "When did I say you were a soul transmigrated? You were a whole person who transmigrated to this world."

Liu Jiuli: "In other words, my time travel was arranged by you, not someone else's plan."

Moonshadow: "Given the level of technology in this world, I don't think they could have arranged this for me. It's most likely a coincidence."

"Where did the real PhD go?"

Liu Jiuli knew very well that when he came out of the stone coffin, there was nothing inside except himself. He thought he had been resurrected, but it turned out to be a case of changing the cage.

Countless questions flooded his mind. After much deliberation, Liu Jiuli decided to meet with the other party.

So he teleported to the side hall below, where he saw a silver metal ball the size of a football.

The metal sphere floated in mid-air, with symbolic emoticons appearing on it.

(^▽^): "Hello, I am QQ, the smart assistant. Please follow me."

As he spoke, a number appeared on the front screen of QQ, pointing to the side hall, and then drifted away into the distance, signaling Liu Jiuli to follow.

"This is really bad luck. How come I can still see Tencent after time travel?"

Liu Jiuli made a comment and followed QQ into the side hall.

Upon entering, Liu Jiuli found the place decorated in a magnificent and opulent style. But the next second, he felt his feet slip and he fell into a tunnel that resembled a spiral slide. After spinning and sliding down for a hundred meters, he finally landed on a soft mat.

Liu Jiuli calmly stood up. Luckily, he had been enhanced; otherwise, he would have vomited up everything he had eaten in his past life.

Here, Liu Jiuli saw a kind-faced old man whose appearance resembled Wei Yanwu's, with a dragon head and a dragon-human appearance.

However, although this old man looked older, he was clearly more robust than Wei Yanwu. At least in terms of strength, Wei Yanwu was definitely no match for him.

Upon seeing Liu Jiuli, the old man smiled and said, "Welcome, inheritor from another world."

Then the old man suddenly bowed to Liu Jiuli and said, "Please allow me to apologize to you first. Our plan forcibly changed your life trajectory, but we really had no other choice. All your anger and dissatisfaction are justified. I am willing to do my best to make amends to you. I'm sorry."

Faced with the old dragon-man who bowed and apologized to him, Liu Jiuli was stunned for a long time before finally speaking: "Before that, didn't you explain the Tunnel Man's plan to me?"

The old dragon-man stood up and said, "The Suirenshi Project, also known as the Civilization Fire Seed Project, was designed to leave behind a spark of civilization for our people in the face of this sudden natural disaster. Let me introduce myself. My name is Wei Renmin. Ten thousand years ago, I was the director of the 27th branch of the Xinhua Institute of Physics, specializing in quantum mechanics."

Liu Jiuli's jaw nearly dropped to the floor: "Ten thousand years ago!?"

Wei Renmin nodded, sighed, and said, "Yes, our civilization has been extinct for 100,000 years."

Liu Jiuli asked in shock, "How have you survived until now?"

Wei Renmin smiled and reached out to remove his head from his neck.

"With the quantum chip memory and consciousness extraction, I am now a completely cyborg. By constantly changing to a new body, I have persevered for 100,000 years. The price is that I have forgotten many things, leaving only one obsession. And the equipment that keeps me here is here. I cannot leave this area."

Liu Jiuli took a deep breath. No matter what, after 100,000 years of perseverance, the emperor of GW has been reincarnated four times. Anyone who can transcend such a long period of time, regardless of what kind of person he was before, is now absolutely qualified to be called a nuclear fusion ruthless person, worthy of a video by Comrade Khan.

After digesting the information for a while, Liu Jiuli shook his head and said, "I don't know anything about the Suirenshi Project, I have no memories of the past, and I don't know about your existence. As for the title 'Doctor,' it's just my code name, nothing more."

Wei Renmin said with a wry smile, "It's alright, it's all the same. In the face of time, we are nothing more than the remnants of a previous civilization that are constantly being worn down. To be honest, I only recently awakened again, and this may very well be my last awakening."

Liu Jiuli asked, "Why?"

Wei Renmin snapped his fingers, illuminating the previously dim environment. Liu Jiuli then realized that this was a well-equipped research institute, and on the ceiling of the laboratory was a familiar flag, except that the five stars now included a sickle and a hammer.

It's obvious this isn't my homeland, but...

Liu Jiuli said with a smile, "This place feels much more welcoming now."

Wei Renmin explained, “When the apocalypse came, we deployed 174893 facilities around the world. Now only this one is still usable, but many of the equipment has been replaced by Originium Industries products. My Originium Arts skills are flawed, and besides, Originium Industries' stability is…”

Liu Jiuli expressed his understanding, saying that the randomness of conjuring explosives when synthesizing sugar groups was enough to make any whale (a term for someone who spends a lot of money on in-game purchases) cry.

The first Originium factories on Terra were built up amidst the sounds of explosions and lightning.

While some experience has been gained, randomness still exists, which is why Originium Industries faces difficulties in mass production. You never know what strange added value you might create besides the main product.

I run an ordinary candy factory, but while I was making candy, I was reported for illegally manufacturing explosives. Who can I complain to?

Putting all that aside, the Originium material itself has a certain degree of uncertainty. In this situation, if you expect large-scale industrial production, it's highly likely that the massive factory will suddenly display artistic brilliance during operation, and then you will be forced to declare bankruptcy.

It's incredibly lush and green, isn't it?

Liu Jiuli: "So, is it possible to not rely on Originium at all?"

Wei Renmin shook his head and said, "It's not possible now. Originium has infiltrated every corner of the earth, and even trace amounts of Originium are inside our cells, participating in the life cycle. We can no longer live without it. Removing Originium is tantamount to killing everyone living on earth today."

As they were talking, Wei Renmin led Liu Jiuli into a room, and when they opened it, they found a source stone inside.

A rectangular source stone, about one meter high, and 30 centimeters wide and long.

Wei Renmin then spoke up: "Although Originium destroyed our civilization, we still studied it before we were destroyed and mastered some of its properties. One of them is that it is a good storage medium. It contains almost all the technological data stored by the previous civilization, from cutting-edge theories to applied technologies.

A surprise gift pack appeared out of nowhere, and Liu Jiuli suddenly realized that he, who always guaranteed the minimum payout in ten consecutive draws, actually had some good luck.

Liu Jiuli looked at Wei Renmin: "You want me to take it away?"

Wei Renmin nodded: "Yes, take it with you."

Liu Jiuli: "Why don't you leave it to Yan Kingdom? It's a powerful country, and they'll definitely make good use of it."

Wei Renmin declared emphatically, "No, they don't deserve it!"

Chapter 178: The Truth of History

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Does history really need the truth?

It varies from person to person. Often, what people need is not the truth itself, but the truth that they need.

In the official history of the Yan Kingdom, the Yan Kingdom court is naturally portrayed as a glorious and righteous entity, a savior who rescues the people from darkness. As the Yan Emperor, he naturally ascends the throne and is crowned, ensuring the longevity of the Yan Kingdom.

However, once you delve into the history of the Yan Kingdom, you will find that the first five hundred years of this ancient country, which has existed for two thousand years, were entirely supported by myths and legends, and there is nothing that can withstand scrutiny.

Of course, the historical community in Yan would not think so, but there will always be those who dig for the truth in the ruins of history, then piece together a possibility that shatters one's worldview, only to have it destroyed by a group of people who do not want to see the truth of history.

Now, two thousand years have passed, and many things have turned to dust, but there are exceptions.

The continent of Terra has immortal beings who are living history textbooks, constantly illuminating the dark truth of history at the boundary between reality and history.

If they could, many people would like these guys to die out, but that's obviously impossible. Even the ancestor of the Yan Kingdom's royal family was an orphan from a previous civilization.

According to the people of Wei, the history of the Yan Kingdom has become something else entirely, and the story begins in 2012.

For Liu Jiuli, 2012 was ten years ago in his previous life, when the most popular thing was the doomsday rumor, which led to a lot of jokes and can be considered an old joke. But in the world of Arknights, 2012 is not a joke, but reality.

On that day, humanity achieved controlled nuclear fusion, but few people know that on the same day, humanity also activated the first zero-point reactor in the wilderness of the western United States using an unknown extraterrestrial substance.

If it succeeds, it will be a historic day, and from that day forward, America will truly be great again.

Then the zero-energy reactor exploded, the cause of which is unknown.

But whatever the reason, the explosion brought a devil's gift—Originium.

In the days that followed, Originium spread rapidly throughout the world, infecting and corroding a large number of people. At that time, Oripathy was an acute disease, with the entire process from infection to death taking no more than five minutes. After death, the patient would explode violently, spreading Originium dust to even more places, and there was no cure.

After realizing the situation was spiraling out of control, the US government immediately ordered its strategic missile forces to launch nuclear missiles at targets worldwide.

Since America can't become great again, let's bring the whole world down to my level and survive the apocalypse together.

The result was a sudden nuclear war. With the help of Originium and nuclear war, the total human population plummeted from nearly seven billion to less than two billion.

It was only at this point that all of humanity truly realized that it seemed like humanity was doomed.

What followed was a year-long war of revenge. All nations regarded the United States as the source of evil and indiscriminately dropped all their weapons on the land of North America, wiping out all life living there. Britain and France even went to the United States to play a game of scalping hunters, committing massacres purely to vent their anger. It was truly a dreamlike return to the 19th century.

Even amidst madness and despair, some still hold up the torch and forge ahead. The Suirenshi Project was officially launched in 2020 in order to continue human civilization.

The plan is mainly divided into two parts: the continuation of existing civilization and the inheritance of future civilization.

If possible, humanity would certainly hope to successfully survive the darkness of despair, but if not, then it should leave reserves for the next generation of new civilizations.

The Earth is still young, and life will always find a way.

The first priority was naturally to continue the existing civilization. Human scientists quickly discovered that Originium could be integrated with living organisms, and that some organisms could coexist with Originium. Thus, the "Originium and Human Cell Coexistence Project" began, with the goal of developing new life forms that could survive in an Originium environment.

The result of this project is the rich, multi-ethnic biosphere that Terra currently possesses.

Faced with the pressure of civilization extinction, all morality must give way to survival. Human experimentation has become a necessary task, and every day a large number of lives are lost in the laboratory. Researchers do not have time to wipe away their tears before they immediately throw themselves into new research until they are completely numb.

Numbness at this point is not giving up, but self-protection, a way to persevere and go further.

Perhaps it was a case of God having no other choice, but the "Originium and Human Cell Coexistence Project" made a breakthrough, with two babies who were perfectly adapted to the Originium environment being born in the laboratory, giving humanity a glimmer of hope.

However, humanity no longer had the time to wait for the two children to grow up, because the spread of Originium brought a second fatal problem—Originium Cataclysms.

Frenzied geological activity has left the last remaining cities of human civilization in turmoil, and doomsday fortresses are beginning to lose contact. Mutant creatures infected with Originium are launching massive attacks. According to calculations by the Tianhe computer, this turmoil will last for at least 100,000 years.