During the eighth year of King Zhou’s reign, news reached him that the Institute of Heavenly Scriptures, under the na of Su Hu from Jizhou, was secretly developing war weapons for Ji Chang of the West. To conceal this information, they used the na of Su’s daughter Daji, calling it the "Daji Plan".
Zi Shou tried to probe Su Hu, intending to take his daughter Daji as his consort. Su Hu refused, and the Institute of Heavenly Scriptures ca under attack from an unknown force...
"Wow... this is so Gundam! I really want to know now whether Fei Zhong is wearing a mask... or maybe it’s Hou Chonghu?" Feng Xue gathered information from all parties, her expression a sight to behold. So, what King Zhou wanted to snatch wasn’t the "beauty Daji," but the "Landship Daji"?
However, more curious than the Landship Daji, Feng Xue wondered what exactly an Immortal Master was in this world.
After all, according to the hidden rule of the Babylon Tower, this world she had co to should be devoid of Kaidan. So, what exactly were these cultivation practitioners cultivating?
As Feng Xue pondered this, she switched her cellphone to the public network, her expression growing increasingly intriguing.
Although there were significant differences between this world and her own, the internet seed pretty similar.
Forums, Tieba, Wikipedia... all sorts of features were intact, and although the underlying logic and user habits might differ, anyone who had surfed the internet could adapt quickly to this interface.
With the help of the translation yam, she effortlessly typed the word "history" into the search engine.
Then...
"What? The Xia Dynasty received the teachings of Immortal Xuanzu Jun, and its rule stabilized the Nine Provinces?"
"What? The Nine Provinces are Asia, Europe, Yinzhou, Africa, South Arica, North Arica, Oceania, Antarctica?"
"What? The tyrannical Xia Jie failed, and an alien Keg ancestor Hong passed down the path of science, helping the Shang overthrow Xia and establish dominion over the Central Plains?"
"What? The battle between Keg ancestor Hong and Immortal Xuanzu Jun shattered five continents, leaving only four continents in the world?"
"What? Both founder ancestors, Hong and Jun, perished, and now the world venerates both science and the supernatural equally?"
"What? The Chan Sect focuses on following footsteps, valuing innate talent above all, prioritizing the supernatural while supporting science?"
"What? The Jie Sect believes in education for all, prioritizing science but also valuing the supernatural?"
...
As she looked at the information in her hands, Feng Xue felt a bit confused but was greatly shocked. However, after absorbing all this, she felt strangely exhilarated—
"To put it simply, in this world, the native Kaidan is this Immortal nad ’Jun.’ The Xia people are followers of Jun. Because Jun is powerful, Xia is strong; because Xia is strong, Jun is strong.
"Then near the end of the Xia Dynasty, ca an alien Kaidan nad ’Hong,’ similar to those from the Infinite City, whose Kaidan is ’science.’ And being an outsider, he started off at a high level and probably understood Kaidan better. He quickly led a power called Shang and overturned the unpopular Xia.
"When Jun saw his followers convert in large numbers, he, being new to the faith ga and unable to compete with a wily veteran, beca desperate and directly engaged in a fight. Eventually, both Kaidan perished, but the phenona they left behind added corresponding rules to this world. So both cultivation and science can still operate here, and they have even rged into strange new things."
By interpreting the history of this world through the lens of Kaidan, and then bringing in the plot of Investiture of the Gods, everything beca clear.
Now the question was—
"Is this world operating according to history, myth, the Primordial sect, or has it been completely changed by the butterfly effect?"
While logic would suggest that the latter is more likely, Kaidan operates on "justification through faith," completely disregarding logic—at least, under normal circumstances, there shouldn’t be such an outrageous scenario as a perfectly fine Hou from Jizhou helping Ji Chang of the West with the Daji Project.
Even to exaggerate a bit, the world itself might be influenced by a "Divine Enthronent" Kaidan in history.
And when the butterfly effect is excluded, the problem becos even bigger—
First, if Hong Jun is gone, are the Heavenly Venerate and Primordial Venerable still around?
Or, do they still have the sa characterization as in the original work?
If so, what about the Heavenly Court? If there is no Heavenly Court, the Investiture of the Gods clearly loses its aning, but if there is a Heavenly Court, what is its purpose, or what position does it hold?
Moving forward, if the Heavenly Court also exists, then what are the two saints of the West?
Are they the backup plan from Hong or Jun?
Or are they remnants of other Kaidans?
Or could they simply be opportunists trying to establish a new sect between the Chanyi and Jieyi Sects?
Only by understanding these superstructures can one truly comprehend the foundational frawork of this world.
Right, there’s also Nuwa—if Nuwa still exists in this world, then what would her role be, assuming she isn’t from a Kaidan?
She can’t possibly be an alien like in certain comics, can she?
Feng Xue thought of this and imdiately covered her mouth with her hand, then checked her powers, and after confirming that she was only thinking in her mind and would not trigger the "Hard Mouth" power, she breathed a sigh of relief.
She typed "Nuwa" into her phone, but before she could press the search button, a loud boom suddenly ca from the direction of the research building. Imdiately afterward, the building, which had started to wobble during the firefight after the protective shield shattered, suddenly collapsed. Then, a "spaceship," not too large but filled with a chanical texture and various mysterious runes, rose from the ruins.
No, it shouldn’t be called rising!
That building was, in fact, the outer shell of the spaceship—
Or rather, a launch pad!
As the shell peeled away, the horizontal spaceship emitted beams of mysterious light, and Feng Xue’s "Immortal" power was imdiately activated.
Though the power had beco quite weak due to the influence of Miss Ke, it was still sufficient for analyzing technologies with the sa origin (reference to cognition source).
The bulky structure slowly floated to a height of about twenty ters above the ground, and the transformable chanisims on both sides of the ship opened, deploying a variety of dazzling weapons in a manner that boasted chanical beauty, revealing those intimidating runes.
But the black exoskeleton soldiers not far from Feng Xue, far from being scared, instead emitted a thrill of excitent and imdiately activated their communication devices, shouting to an unknown recipient:
"The Daji plan target has been visually confird, Group One’s mission has also been accomplished, requesting Xuan Niao assistance!"
"Xuan Niao received, arming drop underway, permission granted to retreat if faced with danger."
"Understood!"
After the brief exchange, the black exoskeleton soldiers scattered like startled rabbits, their previously orderly formation breaking apart—so deploying chanisims to fly away, others activating optical camouflage to go invisible.
However, the so-called Landship Daji of the Daji plan did not seem to have any intention of pursuing these fleeing soldiers, or rather, it seed to also realize what its existence implied. As the circles of rune power began to extend, the seemingly bulky and aerodynamically unsound body suddenly gained outrageous speed and vanished from sight in a flash...
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