Chapter 1988 - 1981: Oh, Great Qin Has Long Since Fallen

"You doubt my identity?" Seeing Zhang Menglong’s expression, which seemed to scrutinize him as a fraud, Ying Zheng was immediately displeased. He was, after all, the emperor of all ages, and such a look was simply an insult to him!

Others also glared at Zhang Menglong with angry expressions.

Ying Zheng’s temper wasn’t the best, and he often punished his subordinates on a whim. However, he was overall fair in rewards and punishments, and almost everyone here had been saved by him at some point, so saying they owed him their lives wasn’t an exaggeration.

"Nonsense, when I was in college, I would frequently receive calls from several people claiming to be Emperor Qin Shi Huang," Zhang Menglong said disdainfully, "They said if I transferred 1000 RMB to them, Qin Shi Huang could summon his Terracotta Army to reclaim the world, and I could even become the State Preceptor!"

"Outrageous, someone dares to impersonate me and use my name for deceitful purposes! I want them dead without a burial place, entire families executed!" A murderous aura rose from Ying Zheng, and Zhang Menglong could faintly sense that Ying Zheng’s power was indeed very close to the limit of the Dao Realm.

One more step, and he would become the Ultimate Life Form!

"Brother, your aura of killing is too strong; that’s not good." Zhang Menglong couldn’t help but advise, seeing the other’s furious appearance, "Plus, being too angry is prone to breast nodules, which could eventually develop into breast cancer."

"Hmph! If anyone dared to impersonate me during my reign, I would ensure they had no place to be buried!"

"So, are you really Emperor Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng?" Zhang Menglong suddenly felt like he might somewhat believe him. Whether he was Ying Zheng or not, at least he was an Earthling, "Can you prove it?"

"Of course!" Ying Zheng pulled out a sword from his side, "Look, what is this?"

"How would I know what that is..." Zhang Menglong was also speechless. Even if he was really Emperor Qin Shi Huang, they weren’t from the same era, so it was normal for him not to recognize the stuff, right?

"This is the Tai’a Sword, my personal sword!"

"That I’ve heard of," Zhang Menglong muttered, "Ancient texts do record that Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s accessory was indeed the Tai’a Sword, one of Huaxia’s ten divine weapons."

Zhang Menglong also recalled that all of Huaxia’s ten divine swords were stored in his family’s library. Hong Yi had once specifically introduced them to Zhang Menglong, mentioning that while the others were authentic, the Tai’a was a replica, as the real Tai’a Sword vanished together with Emperor Qin Shi Huang back then.

"Could this person really be Emperor Qin Shi Huang?" Zhang Menglong was somewhat swayed.

"Well, do you believe now?" Ying Zheng asked.

"What does this prove?" Zhang Menglong quickly drew out other swords, "Look, I have the Xuanyuan Sword right here, and I could claim to be the Yellow Emperor."

"This..." Seeing Zhang Menglong pull out those gleaming swords, Ying Zheng was momentarily unsure how to prove his identity.

The Imperial Jade Seal had been left behind on Earth, and its whereabouts were unknown. Even if it existed, proving his identity with it was challenging. Ying Zheng was quite surprised to find himself in such a frustrating situation, unable to prove he was himself!

"Perhaps I could tell you of my achievements during my reign? Surely, they were unmatched by any before or after!" Ying Zheng thought of this with great zeal.

"Back then, there were some scholars in my Great Qin..."

"I know, the burning of books and burying of scholars! You unified Confucianism over the Hundred Schools!"

"To resist the invading Xiongnu, I built..."

"The Great Wall! I even visited it on a school trip!"

"You know all this?"

"Of course, it’s all in the textbooks. Anyone who completed nine years of compulsory education could recite it," Zhang Menglong dismissed, "Give me something substantial, like some landmark event only you know about."

Suddenly, Ying Zheng thought of something and raised his sword to the sky:

"I unified the six kingdoms, consolidated the world, built the Great Wall, secured the dragon veins of the nine provinces, fortified my Great Qin, safeguarded my lands. In the name of the First Emperor, I swear, while I live, the lands shall be protected and expanded. I will wipe out the barbarians and solidify my Great Qin. When I die, my spirit will transform into a dragon’s soul, ensuring Huaxia’s eternal prosperity! This oath, verified by the sun and moon, witnessed by heaven and earth, and heard by immortals, demons, and gods. I am the First Emperor, understood by the second and third generations, passed on for eternity!"

"What!?" Zhang Menglong was stunned by such bold and heroic words. Such declarations weren’t things an ordinary person could utter.

At least during Zhang Menglong’s studies, he’d never encountered such a passage. Even if someone could recite it as a textbook excerpt, it wouldn’t be possible to say it with such grandeur if not for being Emperor Qin Shi Huang himself!

"I believe you now!" Considering the way this person spoke and his ruthless, decisive style, Zhang Menglong could almost definitively judge this person as truly Emperor Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng.

No wonder contemporary historians and archaeologists turned all of Huaxia over trying to find the real tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang. The man had never actually died, so naturally, no tomb could be found.

"Old Brother Qin, how on earth did you end up in this place?" Zhang Menglong opened up with his curiosity getting the better of him.

"Back when I conquered the seven kingdoms and became the emperor of the ages, but I was ultimately a mere mortal and couldn’t stand the thought of turning into mere dust, so I sought various means of immortality."

"I know, you also sent Xu Fu to Penglai Fairy Island to seek the Immortal Pill."

"The world thought I failed, but I actually acquired the Immortal Pill. However, I later discovered it was a pill concocted by an Alchemist. After consuming it, my entire body felt transformed; I could fly freely and even survive in the cosmos."

"Wow," Zhang Menglong found it hard to imagine such a scene—an emperor without even a concept of the universe suddenly became someone who could roam within a cosmic civilization.

Zhang Menglong also uncovered even more shocking details: the location of the so-called Mausoleum of the First Emperor actually hid a spaceship left by an alien civilization. To cover it up, Ying Zheng lavishly converted it into a mausoleum while he secretly studied it.

In the end, he successfully awakened the artificial intelligence within the spacecraft and embarked on his journey into the cosmic civilization.

His talent was exceptionally strong, creating a cultivation technique called the Emperor of the Purple Tenuity and cultivating it to the extreme of the Dao Realm, all without the assistance of a system like the Zhang Family.

One could only imagine the dangers he faced and the miracles he encountered along this path.

"Qin Shi Huang is indeed Qin Shi Huang; he shines wherever he goes!" Zhang Menglong couldn’t help but admire this emperor of all ages.

"Menglong brother, may I ask, after I left Qin, how is Qin now?" In their conversation, they had started addressing each other as brothers, as the emperor now had no regal airs, being fellow countrymen.

"Oh, Great Qin fell long ago!"

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