Zhou Liao United States, a certain secret military base
Zhou Bang was practicing a set of boxing techniques in the white room, with no spiritual energy in the air, which initially made Zhou Bang uncomfortable. But now he could only accept it, if he couldn’t cultivate to become immortal, then he would practice martial arts.
With the foundation of a cultivator, his progress in martial arts advanced extremely quickly. In less than a month, he had reached almost the level of a Grand Master of Martial Arts.
Here, he felt very comfortable, but also a bit uneasy, as if someone was watching him without leaving any trace.
At the same time, in another room, a bunch of experts and various professionals were observing two rooms, one belonging to Zhou Bang and the other to Li He.
Five ancient stone coffins, five people from a prehistoric civilization, not all have woken up, three have already died, only a man and a woman woke up, they are Zhou Bang and Li He.
That day when the two woke up, they almost scared the archaeologists to death, several of them fainted on the spot. Later, Zhou Liao quickly took the people away and sealed off the information.
The medical team gave them a full body examination, sent in psychologists to talk to them, and secretly took samples from their bodies for research.
"Director Zhang"
"Director Zhang"Before long, a person pushed the door and entered. Everyone greeted him. This person is a deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States, named Zhou Liao, who oversees the top-level operational matters.
"Let’s have a brief seminar. You’ve been observing for so long, what conclusions do you have?"
"Director Zhang, based on our observations, Zhou Bang and Li He have not lied, but they have hidden many things."
"Do you really believe in a cultivation era tens of thousands of years ago?"
"Chief Zhang, we believe in science. I am a psychologist. Whether they are lying or not, I can tell, and the instruments can also show it. What they say is truthful."
"Chief Zhang, our group has discussed with Zhou Bang and Li He many times. What he says matches the records from Qingyun, between four to six thousand years ago. So we can conclude that there was a historical gap between six thousand to forty thousand years ago."
"Combined with what Zhou Bang said, it should be a doomsday disaster. The so-called cultivation era was destroyed by the doomsday disaster. Humanity restarted, reopening from the level of primitive humans."
"I have also read Zhou Bang’s conversation records. According to him, the cultivation era was more advanced than us. What disaster could wipe out the entire era, leaving almost no trace?"
Chief Zhang shook his head. Over these thousands of years, areas like Zhou Liao have experienced natural disasters: earthquakes, volcanoes, floods. Even if some areas were destroyed, there should still be some traces left."
"Chief Zhang, don’t underestimate the power of nature. Our Cloud Marsh province used to be a swamp, with thousands of miles of swampland. Now it is the most important food-producing area in Zhou Liao…"
"Alright, let’s not discuss that anymore. I have received the highest order from above. The matter concerning Zhou Bang and Li He is top secret for our Zhou Liao United States. If even a tiny bit of information leaks, you know what will happen."
"Zhou Bang and Li He, you need to help them adjust to their current life as soon as possible, and make sure they don’t resist our country. They should willingly cooperate with us for some experiments…"
Zhang waved his hand, not wanting to talk about it. He wasn’t a scientist, so there was no need to argue. He was just there to convey the highest orders, which had already alarmed the top level of Zhou Liao, attracting a lot of secret attention.
Because there were countless benefits involved, just the issue of lifespan alone was enough to drive many people crazy.
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Three months later, Zhou Bang and Li He finally met. The five of them who had been sleeping together initially were all very close. Zhou Bang and Li He had grown up together since they were young.
Similarly, they were all smart people. Li Qing didn’t choose poorly. If someone was not clear-headed or had an unstable personality, she would not choose them.
"Mr. Zhou, Miss Li, I am your life teacher, responsible for teaching you how to adapt to the current society. You can call me Mr. Su."
"Hello, Mr. Su."
Zhou Bang and Li He greeted the Mr., feeling very curious about the strange world in front of them. Everything seemed so fascinating that they knew it was better to be humble without abilities.
Mr. Su quickly taught Zhou Bang and Li He some modern knowledge, which was actually the compulsory education curriculum here in Zhou Liao, starting from kindergarten to high school, just a bit condensed.
Mr. Su turned on the projection on the wall and started explaining one by one. Both of them were focusing hard on learning. They were smart and had good memory. They could understand new things easily. Mr. Su was very impressed. If all of Zhou Liao’s students had this ability, Zhou Liao would definitely surpass Huaxia.
In ten days, Zhou Bang and his friend had already finished learning the content of middle school. Of course, middle and elementary school stuff wasn’t difficult for them. With their intelligence, they could learn easily.
"Mr. Su, can we look at the history of the Huaxia Federation?"
"Why do you want to learn about the Huaxia Federation?"
"In our time, no Huaxia civilization had appeared."
Zhou Bang replied, feeling confused. He had figured out about the things in the Green Cloud Republic, where he knew cultivators were leading. But he had never heard of the Huaxia Federation. The language and writing were very unfamiliar to him.
"Okay."
Mr. Su thought for a moment and agreed. There was no harm in checking out the Huaxia Federation. They would have to know about it sooner or later.
Mr. Su quickly brought out the textbooks of the Huaxia Federation. Immortal Language was the primary language of the Green Cloud. Huaxia Language was the primary language of Huaxia. Zhou Liao considered both of them as their primary languages. The cultures and languages of the Alliance of Three Countries were very similar, blending together. This was why they were allies in both of the previous wars. After more than a hundred years since the wars, the three countries had a harmonious relationship.
"Mr. Su, wait a moment, who is this portrait?"
Before long, Zhou Bang suddenly looked surprised and pointed to a portrait on the projection.
"This is a portrait of Emperor Xia, the ancestor of Huaxia. Originally there were over a dozen portraits claimed to be him, but later many were excluded by experts. This is one of them, chosen for the cover because it’s well-made."
Mr. Su explained as he casually brought up information about Emperor Xia. There were many studies about Emperor Xia in Huaxia, with piles of information that were not confidential.
Zhou Bang and Li He looked at each other in amazement, with their expressions captured by the camera.
After a day of lessons, Zhou Bang and Li He had dinner together.
"Senior brother, is Emperor Xia really the sect leader, the sect leader is very mysterious."
"It should be him. Before we fell asleep, the sect leader came back once, and the Grand Elder’s sleeping technique was given by the sect leader. Many people in our Wangxian Sect are also asleep. The sect leader took away many people during those years."
Zhou Bang said in a low voice, it is easy for cultivators to change their appearance. They haven’t seen the sect leader many times, but the last time should be their real appearance.
Later, they were chosen by Grand Elder Li Qing to go into a deep sleep, and they also knew that those taken disciples of Wangxian Sect were also put into a deep sleep.
"Senior brother, what should we do? I think there is something wrong with the history of Huaxia’s development, the sect leader may still be alive."
"Definitely alive. The sect leader mastered the secret technique of deep sleep, absolutely possible. I remember Grand Elder complaining when searching for materials for the deep sleep technique, many of the materials originally belonged to the sect, but were taken away by the sect leader."
"So what should we do, go look for the sect leader?"
"No, the sect leader owes a great debt to our ancestors, but not to us. Have you forgotten how the sect leader treated us after the war with the demon tribe? He didn’t care about us at all. Grand Elder tried to plead with him but it was useless, the deep sleep is not for us."
Zhou Bang shook his head directly. Their ancestors were the ones who advocated staying in the war with the demon tribe at first, but were abandoned by Lin Jiang later. After that, they and the sect leader’s lineage were no longer united, they were loyal to Grand Elder. In their hearts, only Grand Elder was truly good to them.
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"Emperor Xia is still alive."
"There are shadows of cultivators in the development of Huaxia."
"The so-called descendants of immortals in Qingyun are the descendants of cultivators."
In the monitoring room, a group of experts are analyzing the conversation between Zhou Bang and Li He. They are very shocked by the two recognizing Emperor Xia, and that Emperor Xia is still alive.
They also analyze that there are many people like them who are in a deep sleep, coming from the people of the previous civilization in this world.
"If this news is true, the world will be overturned."
Everyone has the same thought that if this is true, the familiar world will be overturned, and the future will become uncertain.