He couldn't understand.
He couldn't understand at all.
They were words that he could understand, but when they were put together, he didn't know what they meant.
He didn't know if he really didn't understand, or if he was forcing himself not to understand.
Because he was afraid.
Extremely afraid.
He had never heard of the Han people.
He had no idea where the Gregorian Era came from.
As for the People's Republic of China, he had never heard of such a country.
Whether it was the name of the clan, the calendar, or the country, he had never heard of them. In the memories in his mind, in all the history books he had read, in all the ancient books and records, in the engravings and traces of history, these things had never appeared.
What was that?
What was going on?
How could he say something like that?
For a moment, Jia Shidao felt that this was his cousin's crazy ravings, but he knew that it wasn't because his brother's expression wasn't fake. There was a faint nostalgia, a faint sadness, and that was the loneliness that had been worn away by time.
This … What was going on?
His usual quick thinking seemed to be frozen, and he couldn't even speak a complete sentence.
And Sun Lang's narration continued.
His expression was soft and full of reminiscence. "My hometown is very, very far away, so far that I don't know how to define it.
"In the universe I know, there is a vast spiral galaxy called the Milky Way. At the edge of the Milky Way, there is a small, inconspicuous planetary system. Our civilization named it the solar system. The third planet around the sun is called Earth. It is neither close nor far from the sun, so it is surrounded by warm water and atmosphere. Life thrives in it. Then, human beings transcended the definition of animals and became the rulers of this biosphere, so there was civilization."
Jia Shidao's teeth were chattering.
The more detailed and realistic Sun Lang spoke, the more scared he was.
"Earth is very big, and life sprouts everywhere. Different locations and dimensions lead to different cultures and civilizations. This is very similar to this world."
"And my country used to be very similar to the Houtu Empire. From the slash-and-burn era of the ancient Yan Huang, there were the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the three dynasties of Xia, Shang, and Zhou, and even the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period, the Qin Dynasty swept the six countries and unified them, establishing a true imperial system. After that, the dynasties changed, and the civilization was once glorious and dazzling, illuminating the world, but it also fell into darkness, sinking the Divine Prefecture. For five thousand years, it was just a dark and cruel history book.
Sun Lang smiled. "Fortunately, I was born in a brand new era. The monarchy has disappeared, the famine has left, and the common people have the most basic dignity. According to the standards of the ancient times, it is simply the era of saints. Even if there are still many problems, it is still much better than the ancient times."
Jia Shidao looked at Sun Lang in shock. His heart was in chaos at the moment.
Sun Lang continued, "As for me, I am just an ordinary person, a civilian. My father is very ordinary, and my mother is very different. My grandfather and grandpa were farmers who threw food from the field. In the empire, they are the lowest level of the soil. They work for the landlords, are exploited by the officials, and obey the unreasonable rule of the government. They have to kneel down at the slightest thing, and can't keep their dignity and life."
"My ancestors lived like this, and my grandfather and grandpa should have lived like this too. But at that time, a man appeared and did something that no one had done for thousands of years. He did something that even saints couldn't do … He gave the common people who had been kneeling for thousands of years the dignity to stand up."
Sun Lang smiled. His smile was very calm and warm. His words were a bit long-winded, but this was what he wanted to say. There were many things he wanted to say.
He said, "So, although I am an ordinary person, with an ordinary family background, and an ordinary life, I can still live a carefree life in that very good country. There is no hunger or war. As long as I work, I can feed myself. As long as I work harder, I can live a better life. Although the gap between the rich and the poor is still very big, the poor have their own ways of living. There are phones, computers, games, movies, and more in the future because the world is still getting better and technology is constantly improving."
"I think that kind of life is already very good."
"My parents are still young, and the era is very good. The future is worth looking forward to. Maybe in just twenty years, the world will be completely different."
"Because in the past twenty years, the world has changed dramatically. I look forward to the future and live a comfortable life. Although my country has many problems, it won't let artillery fall on my territory. It won't let me starve, and it won't let me have no place to live … Well, at least I can rent a place to live."
He spread his hands and smiled helplessly. "Even if I don't know martial arts, it doesn't matter because in my world, there is basically no martial arts. The most powerful warrior can't even beat a captain …"
"So, do you understand? In that world, in my country, there will be no wars, and there will be no extraterrestrial devils. Although I was born in an ordinary family and did not know any martial arts, I can still live a comfortable and fulfilling life. I have my own life, a future that I can look forward to, and a family that I love."
He looked at Jia Shidao and was still smiling. "Then, I came here."
Jia Shidao took two steps back and looked at the person in front of him. He didn't know what to say. He didn't know if he was dreaming, and he didn't know if his cousin had gone crazy. His elder brother was talking about extremely ridiculous things that he had never heard of before with a matter-of-fact look on his face.
Sun Lang smiled and smiled. He smiled and asked, "Do you know how I came here?"
Jia Shidao shook his head subconsciously, and a panicked expression appeared on his face. "You … Don't say … Don't be like this, you … You …"
But Sun Lang wouldn't stop.
"It was very, very ordinary. I wasn't struck by lightning, I didn't enter the time tunnel by mistake, I didn't make a wish or anything. I was just walking on the street very ordinary. I wanted to buy something very ordinary. After buying something very ordinary, I wanted to eat with Mom and Dad, and then …"
He spread his hands as if this was just a regrettable mistake. "And then, it was here."
He was still smiling. Sun Lang was still smiling. He seemed to be telling a story that had nothing to do with him. He patted Jia Shidao's shoulder and said gently, "You can understand, right?
You were living well, but suddenly you came to another world and couldn't go back. You suddenly disappeared from your world, and your parents are still waiting for you to come home for dinner. You can understand this feeling, right?
Huh?
You can understand, right? "
Jia Shidao felt as if his body had rusted.
How he wished that this was a ridiculous dream. How he wished that he could wake up immediately.
Because he knew that if his brother … No, if what the person in front of him said was all true, then he would tell the most important part of the story.
That was, why this person who claimed to be from another world became his "cousin."
"And then, after I woke up, I saw a dead person."
"You know, I live in a peaceful world that you can't imagine. Other than photos and videos, I haven't even seen a dead person with my own eyes."
"And then I saw it."
"But that's not the scariest thing."
"The scariest thing is …" Sun Lang's voice became very erratic, and there was even a trace of trembling, as if the scene at that time was still in front of his eyes. He slowly said, "That dead person, looked … exactly like me."
The emotions that Jia Shidao had been suppressing burst out. He was on the verge of breaking down. He wanted to step back and shout, but Sun Lang pressed his shoulder so that he couldn't.
But Jia Shidao was still struggling violently. He said hurriedly, "This isn't real, cousin. This is your hallucination. You always like to think about these strange things. You must have suffered a lot in the past two years to have such hallucinations. But it's okay. Let's go home … Let's go home … You'll definitely return to normal, you'll definitely remember …"
Sun Lang smiled and said, "Don't deceive yourself and others. You know in your heart that what I said is true. None of this is an illusion. It's impossible to have such a realistic illusion. If I can deduce in detail in my mind the incomparably complicated development history of thousands of years of technology and culture of another human civilization that is completely different from this world, then the throne won't be in the hands of that old dog."
Jia Shidao shook his head violently. He stared at Sun Lang and said, "This is impossible. This must be a hallucination. You are my cousin. You are. This is definitely you. It can't be fake. You are the person in my memory. How can it be fake? How can it be wrong …"
Sun Lang said indifferently, "I came to this world eight years ago, three years after your cousin ran away from home … The so-called Marshal Jia's illustrious military exploits and his six years of legendary experience as the commander were all created by me. As for your real cousin, he had already died eight years ago."
"The reason why he disappeared for three years was that he participated in a top-secret plan of the empire. The purpose of this plan was to choose a special master of the Holy Sword. Your cousin was very powerful. He stood out from many candidates and lived to the end. Unfortunately, he failed. The moment he held the Holy Sword, all his vitality was destroyed by the Sword Qi of the Holy Sword."
"His death was a small matter, but it meant the failure of this top-secret plan. The leader of the plan was very unwilling, so he set up the Formation of Crushed Star in an attempt to reverse life and death and save your cousin."
"But the formation failed. Not only did it fail, but it also brought me to this world. So when I woke up, I saw a dead person who looked exactly like me."
"And a sword."
Sun Lang's smile was warm and warm.
"What do you think happened next?"