Chapter 743: Chapter 15: Lostbelt—Moon Sea Ascension True Country
The entire universe is like a projector.
The past that never vanished, the future already destined, all the frames exist eternally.
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Through struggle and victory, an era quietly drew to a close.
The Qing soldiers advanced southward, launched a grand attack on the Ming, seeking to enter the inner region and vie for supremacy in the Central Plains.
However, the regrouped Empire was not as imagined, their military might unstoppable. The Qing soldiers could not enter and dominate but instead faced utter destruction, their endeavors ending in tears and wails. From then on, the nomadic tribes became known for their singing and dancing...
Even the fearsome title of the Khan of the nomadic tribes began, during this period, to be roughly equated with what future generations would know as the definition of Western Regions’ People’s Artists...
What followed was a series of natural measures—
Pacifying public grievances, reclaiming lost lands, implementing new policies...
When people suddenly came to their senses, they realized that the Empire, which should have perished in the early seventeenth century, miraculously resurrected, achieving prosperity and unity in its fragmented state, and even directly ushered in the prelude to the Ascension Era.
However, even though everything was reunified under the flag of the Empire, people understood that this Ming Empire was not the Ming Empire of old.
Yet, he dismissed this notion and had no intention of changing the name of the country.
With the completion of the Electronic Immortal Technique revolution, electricity and the Immortal Technique Power Furnace began to be widely used, driving rapid urbanization progress. Factories mass-produced goods and machines powered by the Early Dawn Core, and air travel became increasingly popular. Alongside the synchronous development of the light of technology, the mysterious darkness did not recede but instead integrated into the new frontier of development.
In the year 1633 of the Old Era, the Ming Empire detonated its first nuclear bomb, entering the nuclear era.
In 1644 of the Old Era, a year that in Pan-Human History should have been marked by the Qing army entering Beijing and the fall of the Ming, the Empire deployed multiple satellites in orbit, and successfully completed its first manned space mission in low Earth orbit that same year.
The Ascension Era brought about massive transformations.
The new frontiers of development constantly expanded.
The emperor began to gaze beyond to the ends of the stars.
——But before that, all the sky, earth, and seas must first be incorporated into the Empire’s territory...
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"Mmm..."
Accompanied by a soft moan, the purple-haired girl awoke from her dream. She blinked her eyes in a daze and lay on the bed, somewhat absent-mindedly.
The room was dim, pitch black to the point of not seeing one’s hand in front of them.
"Why is it this dream again..." she murmured to herself, the purple-haired girl turned over.
She hugged her pillow, yawned, tiny glistening teardrops squeezing from the corners of her eyes as she felt drowsy and half-asleep, not fully awake, merely muddled thinking about the dream she just had.
She had that same old dream again. Though like most dreams, it rapidly faded upon waking, some fragments still lingered... In the dream, she seemed to belong to a special family with a once happy and harmonious childhood.
Because in the dream, there was a very dear older sister, who seemed to genuinely love her from the bottom of her heart.
However, not long after, the father in the dream abandoned her...
Thinking of this, the purple-haired girl sighed, then sat up from the bed. In the next moment, as if responding to her actions, the room was filled with a soft and gentle glow, not harsh to the eyes. Simultaneously, the intelligent curtains by the window slowly drew back, revealing the outside scene, a picturesque natural landscape.
Distant Jade Peaks covered in snow, nearby lake shores stretched and winding, with the lake surrounded by mountains smooth as a mirror.
Like a beautiful painting.
However, this was merely a preset wallpaper theme because the simulated natural scenery can help soothe the mind and body... In reality, she didn’t actually live in such a place, nor was the outside genuinely such natural beauty.
The purple-haired girl had long since taken such scenery for granted and didn’t look out the window. She sat blankly on the bed, seemingly lost in thought.
The memory of dreams quickly fades unless one tries to recall them upon waking, they vanish completely after a moment.
Still, she had these dreams several times, so the impressions remained somewhat strong.
The sister in the dream and she truly got along so well, so much so that upon waking, she couldn’t help but miss it a little... Come to think of it, since childhood, she always wished for a sister. Could this be why she dreamed such a dream?
But what was the deal with the parents in the dream...
It seemed like her mother was still her mother, but somehow an awful father appeared out of nowhere. This dream was truly terrifying—thinking of this, the purple-haired girl hugged her pillow, seemingly subconsciously shaking her head vigorously, as if denying it, while feeling a sudden shiver.
"Xiao Ying?"
At that moment, a knock came from outside the door, accompanied by a gentle female voice, the tone was very soft: "Haven’t woken up yet? You’re going to be late for school."
"Yes... I’m awake, mom. I’m coming!" The purple-haired girl responded quickly, hastily getting up and putting on her slippers.
She heard the light footsteps outside the room slowly recede, then stood by the window, first glancing outside, then at the computer desk on the other side of the bed, a classic model display quietly mounted on the wall, the stealth helmet resting on the desk, with a tangled heap of cables connecting to the adjacent lepton data terminal.
