Time is the most terrifying thing in the world. It can make everything deteriorate and die. It can also make everything grow from scratch to prosperity. It can also turn the sea into mulberry fields and the mountains into valleys. Nothing can stand in front of it. constant.
Nothing can stop time from rushing forward, and the world will not stop just because a person leaves.
Kai's disappearance did not stop everything. The world goes on, and so do people and things.
But as time goes by, everything that happened in the past has turned into legends, and legends seem extremely pale in the face of time. Legends will undergo earth-shaking changes according to different times.
For example, Arthur became King Arthur, and then became a legend known throughout the world. However, the background of the times has changed. It was originally an authentic Celtic legend, but after Christianity spread to Great Britain, it became a legend. A typical Christian story.
The relationships between the characters have undergone great changes. For example, Arthur's uncle Tristan became a member of the Knights of the Round Table in subsequent legends. For example, in the life story of King Arthur, in the legend, Arthur became a wild child. He was taken away by Merlin from birth and given to Kay's father, Sir Ector, for adoption. Then something like the Sword in the Stone appeared, and the one who pulls out the sword is the king.
Of course, there are some things that have never changed. For example, King Arthur is still a great hero, but his ending is miserable. He was betrayed by his own knight and stabbed to death by his own son.
Another example is Kay, King Arthur's sworn brother, whose status in the legend is still high. It was he who helped King Arthur stabilize the situation and secure the throne. It was also he who killed the dragon and saved King Arthur. In the end, it was he who died heroically in battle. Let King Arthur win the war and unify England. (I made this up, I can’t let Kai be too soy in the legend)
In short, although time retains some things, it still changes the past beyond recognition. Maybe in a few years, King Arthur will become the Quilt King, and he will be a woman. He might even turn into a cold-faced lady with a great figure. Who knows?
Thankfully, even after countless years, at least they have not been forgotten.
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Time has come to the beginning of the twentieth century.
The saddest thing about human beings is that no matter how they evolve, they cannot resist the factory settings in their DNA. They love to create, but they also love to destroy. Always in a cycle of development followed by self-destruction.
Even now.
At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 1920s, the world experienced unprecedented prosperity, and the invention of the steam engine set off an industrial revolution.
Railways have connected Europe more closely. It only takes a few days for people to travel from the Atlantic coast to the Strait of Istanbul, and distance is no longer a problem. As long as you dare to imagine, everything seems possible. People are excited about the convenience brought by technology. The future is so bright and beautiful, and it seems that everything is under control. People did not realize how cruel the reality would be until the summer of 1914.
On June 28, 1914 (Serbian National Day), Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, were shot dead by Serbian youth Gavrilo Princip during an inspection in Sarajevo.
Then the war began.
Before this, no one thought that the death of a crown prince would drag the entire world into a huge disaster. You must know that before the war started, the rulers of several major warring countries were all relatives. Many people thought that the assassination of the crown prince would end with mediation and negotiations between the countries. Unfortunately... it backfired.
On July 28 of the same year, Austria-Hungary, with the support of Germany, used the Sarajevo incident as an excuse to declare war on Serbia. Immediately afterwards, Russia declared war on Austria-Hungary. Germany also immediately declared war on Russia, and then the two major military blocs, the Entente and the Central Powers, went to war.
The beginning of the war was beyond everyone's expectations, and the process was even more so. No one expected that the war would be so brutal and long.
The war broke out in 1914. In this year, the German army first launched a large-scale offensive on the Western Front based on the Schlieffen Plan formulated before the war. Due to the fierce resistance of the Chinese, British, French and Belgian armies in the Marne River Battle and the Russian army in the East, The offensive on the front line caused the German army's plan of quick victory to go bankrupt.
The two sides fighting on the Western Front built trenches, faced off for a long time, and turned into positional warfare.
In the following two years, the death toll on both sides of the war exceeded the expectations of each country, and both major military groups began to seek ways to end the war.
In 1916, Germany first launched a plan to break the situation. In this year, Erich von Ludendorff was appointed First Munitions Director of Kaiser Wilhelm II - a position equivalent to deputy chief of staff. In the same year, he was promoted to general of infantry.
Secretly, Ludendorff actually led a secret force, a biological and chemical force, bent on using biological and chemical weapons to reverse the passive war situation of the German army.
In the same year, there were three large-scale land battles, namely the "Battle of Verdun" and the "Battle of the Somme" on the Western Front and the Russian summer offensive (Brusilov Offensive) on the Eastern Front. At sea, after the Battle of Jutland, Britain still firmly controlled the sea.
This year was also regarded as a decisive year by both sides of the war.
It was also on this stage that Ludendorff and his viper came into everyone's sight.
Various horrific biological and chemical weapons began to show off their power in the war, and the Allied Powers suffered heavy losses. If this were the case, the Allies could still resist. After all, although biological and chemical weapons were powerful, they could not play a decisive role, so they had to prepare more gas masks. What really makes the Allies feel troublesome is the special forces team led by Ludendorff. They come and go without a trace. Every time they appear on the battlefield, they will kill all the enemies with a whirlwind attitude.
According to reports from frontline soldiers, they called these demons. They did not shoot bullets and moved quickly and stealthily. Some soldiers even claimed to see them sucking the blood of their enemies.
All in all, the impact was very bad. Of course, what was even worse was that until July 1916, for a full six months, the Allies were unable to do anything about them. They were not able to capture these special operations members even once, not even their bodies.
However, the situation improved in early October, when an American spy - Steve Trevor - helped the Allies bring back a super soldier - Diana Prince. The frontline soldiers prefer to call her - Wonder Woman!
From July when she joined the Allied Powers, to September, she and a British special forces team began a two-month battle with Ludendorff's Viper Special Forces. In terms of record, Diana should be considered to have the upper hand. .
However, in late September, Steve and Diana received orders from the Allied Joint Command to secretly retreat to the island of Great Britain. Following a tip from their contact, Sir Patrick, the head of MI6, they will carry out a secret mission personally ordered by the royal family.
The content of the mission was absolutely confidential, and even he, the head of MI6, was not qualified to know. He was only responsible for taking them to the residence of the royal tutor, Reverend Dalton. He knew nothing else and was even asked to forget all the details of this task.
