After the empress ascended the throne.
In the same year, the national calendar was changed to the Kaitian calendar, one year.
One year after the start of the Tianli calendar, Emperor Wei Zhao took drastic measures to reform the internal system, remove the bloated system, establish imperial examinations, and appoint people on their merits.
From that day on, the Red Prince seemed to have disappeared from the sight of the people. The tightly closed Red Prince's Mansion never opened its doors and never welcomed visitors. Occasionally, people pass by the door of the Red Prince's Mansion, and from time to time they hear the laughter of children or the sound of explosions coming from inside. Only then do they know that there are still people living in the Red Prince's Mansion and it is not abandoned.
The first year of the celestial calendar is winter.
As the world enters eternal night, this year's winter is particularly cruel. Trees and vegetation are dying in patches, the earth is dead, and famine is spreading.
That winter, the long-lost sun finally rose. But what is different from usual is that day and night are no longer equally divided.
There are only about two hours of sunshine every day.
After two hours of daylight, sunset and dusk came, and the chilling, cold night fell again.
I don’t know when it started, but rumors spread among the people: The Red King was successful in cultivation, soared into the sky during the day, sympathized with the sufferings of the people, created the scorching sun with his vast divine power, and devoted his energy to the dawn of the people all over the world.
Naturally, no one believed such a ridiculous statement at first.
But gradually, some people discovered that the willow trees and wild flowers all over the city were withered, but the fragrance of flowers could still be heard from Prince Chi's Mansion. Only then did some people begin to believe such a bizarre statement.
One year after the start of the celestial calendar, on the day the empress ascended the throne, a shower of stars fell from the sky, which was recorded in history as an "auspicious omen". Until the third year, the people of Dawn, who had suffered from natural disasters and man-made disasters, accidentally discovered a mysterious thing from nowhere. A glowing crystal.
In July of the third year of the Tianli calendar, Yan Jiji, who used to be the most skilled craftsman of the Zheng family and is now famous all over the world as "the great craftsman of the country", successfully produced luminous lamps with "luminous crystals" for the first time.
From this day on, the "luminous crystal" was officially named "Stardust", and the lamps powered by stardust were also called "Red King Lamps".
It was also from that day that the Daqian Dynasty, no, the whole world, officially entered the "Stardust Era".
Veins of minerals called "stardust mines" were discovered around the world, and stardust was used in many more places.
Stardust is a universal energy source.
Stardust is used on barren lands to enrich the soil. The barren farmland no longer relied on sunlight. The tenant farmers learned to build greenhouses and used stardust to mix fertilizers, and crops grew again on the barren soil.
Yan Jiji, the great engineer of the country, disclosed various exquisite machines used in agriculture and industry. They were driven by stardust and buildings were built on the ground to withstand severe cold and earthquakes.
In the sixth year of the Tianli calendar, Yan Jiji invented the "single-operated manned earth drilling machine" and named it "Mole No. 1". Therefore, Yan Jiji was awarded the title of "Great Inventor" by the empress, with the same level of merit.
In September of the same year.
Yan Jiji's disciple Xiao Tong, after several years of research, created an "iron carriage" that required no horsepower and only required half a tael of stardust to be filled into the "iron horse". It could travel thousands of miles a day and not tire for months.
From the next seven years until the start of the celestial calendar, in this short period of one year, things that people once did not dare to imagine were flying to the sky and the earth, no fire can burn, winters as warm as spring, and summers with snow, all kinds of things that people did not dare to imagine in the past were the same. Miracles are happening around people little by little due to the discovery of "stardust". An endless stream of weird "devices" are rapidly changing people's lives.
When historians looked back at the changes in the seven years after the empress ascended the throne, they suddenly realized that the vision of the replacement of the old with the new on the day the former emperor fell and the empress ascended the throne did not refer to the replacement of the new emperor and the old emperor, but... the replacement of the world!
The world they live in has fallen into a long "eternal night".
But the rapid changes seem to indicate that a new era is quietly coming.
"Yes, it's transformational."
Eight years after the beginning of the Tianli calendar, Mo Fuzi, who was already at the pinnacle of the literary world and known as the "literary sage", accepted an interview with "Zhu Daily" for the first time in eight years and spoke publicly.
Beside Mr. Mo, there was a quiet, white and tender boy holding his hand.
The child was clearly only one year old, wearing a red bellyband, but he stood calmly, like a big child, looking around intelligently.
According to legend, Master Mo was not yet married and had no scandals, so the origin of this child is incredible.
"Don't ask me why I know it, and don't ask me what I know."
Holding the paper fan in his hand, Master Mo walked in place for seven steps, and after seven steps, he sighed sadly:
"We humans are standing on the edge of an abyss, and we are on the verge of destruction without knowing it."
"But at the same time, we are also standing on the crest of the wave, on the crossroads of change."
"The long eternal night will eventually pass away,"
"A new era is coming."
"We are going to experience a revolution, a change of unimaginable magnitude. I would personally call this change...red tide."
The reporter asked:
"Huh? Master Mo called this change of the times the Red Tide. Does it have something to do with the Red King who has disappeared for eight years?"
"It is said that the Red King developed incredible abilities after taking stardust and is practicing in seclusion. Is it true?"
"Folk legend has it that you had an unexplained relationship with the Red King who disappeared for eight years. You served under him back then, and when you returned from a mission, you had a child. Is your child related to the Red King? An inseparable and secretive relationship?”
"Excuse me……"
"Excuse me……"
In the past eight years, Mo Jie has written many works.
The works are popular all over the world, and even people who are illiterate in the Northern Barbarians and Western Regions can relish listening to the books and forget to eat and sleep. Examples include: "Zhang San's Happy Journey to Another World", "I came from time to time, your moon is my eyes" ", "I came from Daqian, kowtow to ask for immortality", "Legend of the Heavenly Emperor of the Alien World", "Starting with a dog, running rampant in all the worlds", "Master Mo from Daqian, paying homage to the Heavenly Master", "Beyond the Stranger" "etc.
His writing style is eclectic and seemingly plain, but he abandons the previous style of writing that was full of rhetoric and created a unique and easy-to-understand style that is both elegant and popular.
He once said: Writing a book is writing a story. But others write stories, and I write about you.
This style of writing is called "Mozi Style" in the literary world.
It was the literary sage Mo Fuzi who created a new genre in the literary world: time-traveling flow.
The newspaper reporters bombarded him wildly, causing Mr. Mo to pick up the child and run away.
In the daily newspaper, a young man with dog skin plaster on his face was reading the "first draft" handed over by his subordinates and burst into laughter.
He was the one who borrowed a sword from the Red King many years ago through the path of a "sword loaner". It was not until many years later that he inexplicably fulfilled the proverb, and in the pouring rain, Sun Erming was so moved that he bowed to the sky.
The former Sun Erming has now transformed into the owner of Zhuzhu Daily.
Late at night, the bright red lanterns illuminate the house as brightly as daylight.
Sun Erming tossed a small knife and fell into deep thought.
Ever since the man who borrowed knives did business with the Red King, he had been doing this for several years. Sun Erming did not dare to lend knives on credit easily anymore, for fear that he would not come back and his career would stagnate.
Looking at the "first draft" that the reporters reported back to him on his desk, Sun Erming closed his eyes for a moment and tightened his grip on the knife.
After a moment, he waved his hand, picked up the pen and put down the words, setting the headline of tomorrow's daily newspaper——
"Red Tide"!
…
In a blink of an eye, it’s ten years since the start of the celestial calendar.
Changyang Palace.
The residence of the Empress.
The flowers in the deserted harem were withered and lifeless.
The cold moonlight shone down, reflecting the lonely and glamorous woman in the harem.
"Your Majesty, it's time to rest."
Yin Qingqing stepped forward and put the cloak on the thinly dressed empress.
As a "time demon" stranger, time has not left the slightest trace on her face.
"Ten years."
The only flower in full bloom in the back garden, as Wei Ruyi's fingertips passed over it, a petal fell silently.
Yin Qingqing had quick eyes and quick hands to catch the falling petals.
"In the blink of an eye, Xiu'er has been in seclusion for ten years."
From the day she became the empress, Zheng Xiu told him what happened to her.
She still clearly remembered that when she heard about "Zheng Xiu becoming a god", she couldn't close her mouth for a long time.
"In ancient times, there was a sad sadomasochistic relationship between immortals and mortals. Unexpectedly, I also experienced the suffering of immortals personally."
Wei Ruyi looked at the withered petals, feeling miserable in her heart.
She turned back and asked: "Qing'er, the book says that one day in heaven is one year on earth. Is it true?"
"I don't know."
Yin Qingqing had a cold temper, pursed her lips and shook her head.
"In other words, I have been an emperor for ten years in the human world, and Xiu'er has only spent ten days and slept a few times in heaven."
The words seemed to be accusing that the supreme position of the human emperor, which everyone envied, was also bitter in her eyes.
Yin Qingqing was silent for a moment, then stepped forward to tuck the empress's cloak tightly to cover the cold wind.
"It's time to sleep."
The empress remained silent.
She looked up at the stars.
Even though she knew that this starry sky was fake, it was an illusion created by his good brother with his "divine power".
But it seemed that by looking at it this way, he could see the long-lost face of his brother among the stars.
As I watched, a shooting star streaked across the sky.
"meteor!"
Wei Ruyi's eyes lit up and she pointed at the night sky.
Yin Qingqing followed Wei Ruyi's gaze, and waves gradually appeared in her calm eyes. Then she opened her lips little by little, her tongue trembling slightly, and she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear.
Because she discovered that the "meteor" was falling towards the palace at a terrifying speed.
Falling meteors are like handfuls of soft shimmering light.
There is a letter hidden inside.
Wei Ruyi stepped forward with surprise and took out the letter from the dim light of the stars.
The envelope is square and square, with a bright red seal pressed on the seal.
The shape of the sealing mud is like a blazing fire.
…
at the same time.
Meteors fell to the earth one after another.
When it fell to the ground, only a palm-sized shimmer remained.
The same letter was wrapped in the faint light.
The envelope is white and the sealing mud is like fire.
Northern barbarians.
Yue Linglong, who unified the major clans and was called the "Witch Emperor", carefully took out the letter from the dim light as if she had found a treasure.
Tianyin Mountain.
There is a huge snake den hidden inside.
The snake's nest hollowed out the mountain wall. It was windy and snowy outside, but it was as warm as spring inside the snake's nest.
The snake was naked, nestled in its mother's arms, sleeping against its scales.
Since Zheng Xiu disappeared without leaving any message, Zheng Xiu's nostalgic smell gradually disappeared in the Red Prince's Mansion. The snake went south all the way back to Tianyin Mountain, intending to spend the rest of his life with his mother as a A pure little female snake.
"It's his smell."
The snake hurriedly grabbed the letter from the dim light.
The blind man Chen Wei changed his name to "Wang Wei" after the empress ascended the throne. He traveled around the world, touched people's bones and made money. When he met everyone, he told everyone that his parents died when he was young, and his late father's name was Wang Cangyun.
That night, a shooting star also fell in front of him, and there was a letter hidden in the starlight.
overseas.
In the vast ocean, there is an isolated island and a fragment of land hidden away.
The people here have dark skin and curly hair, and live like savages eating their hair and drinking blood.
Until a few years ago, an Eastern monk came to their land, who was eloquent and good at treating diseases and saving people.
A man without hair calls himself "a flower but not a flower".
Hua Feihua always has convincing truths. Local people who were bitten by venomous insects and snakes were brought back to life in the blink of an eye by the bald man.
Someone had evil intentions and wanted to eat the monk. The monk smiled and scraped a piece of bloody flesh from his arm. Such a feat of cutting off flesh to feed people made the perpetrator burst into tears on the spot, crying bitterly.
The monks traveled to unfamiliar lands overseas, covering tens of thousands of miles, spreading the culture of the East, teaching the indigenous people how to write, and how to grow crops. After the "Stardust" was discovered, the monks also made an "elixir" for them to swallow, teaching them how to follow the rules, learn how to become a "master".
Here, the monk Hua Fei Hua is revered as the "Holy Monk" by the locals.
That night, a letter fell from the sky, accompanied by starlight, and floated in front of the holy monk.
Seaside, fishing village.
Qing Shisan and Ji Hongou got married here, gave birth to a child, and lived in seclusion.
Ji Hongou and Qing Shisan opened the letter at the same time.
"Dad! Mom!"
The child, who was not attuned to worldly affairs, watched his father and mother open the letter, with expressions of embarrassment on their faces, and couldn't help beeping.
"Go, go, don't make trouble, your father is upset."
Ji Hongou smiled and took the child back into the house.
After a long absence, Qing Shisan took out a well-polished cigarette stick from the bottom of the bed that had not been used for many years. He lit it with trembling fingers, leaned outside the door, and puffed away at the smoke.
Between the mountains, under the icy waterfall.
The motionless man is still practicing his "immobility".
The stars are falling.
He was motionless, motionless, motionless.
Finally, I couldn't help but open the letter.
He was moved.
In the past ten years, Jun Buxiao has traveled around the world with his troupe, singing operas and bringing joy to the people.
People say that Jun Buxiao obviously likes to laugh the most and can’t stop laughing.
He is like a star, frequently appearing in the headlines of daily newspapers.
He also received the letter that dropped from the sky.
The next day after receiving the letter, he laughed, giggled, laughed, and finally laughed more and more sinisterly.
He put on a grand show in the town, swallowing fire and spitting water, and cast a heavy shadow.
This performance lasted for a whole day, bringing together people from all over the world.
At the end, he performed his best "escape trick", which was to lock himself in a sealed cage and place the cage on the stake. Everyone in the audience could add to the fire.
"Hehehe! It's time to end!"
Captain Jun Buxiao locked himself into the cage with a smile as usual, but what was different from usual was that he said one more sentence.
The fire was so strong that the sealed iron cage was burned red for a whole night.
The next day, when the melon eaters were curious about whether Jun Buxiao was still alive, after the cage cooled down, they opened the cage and saw that it was empty.
From that day on, no one saw Jun Buxiao or the leader of the troupe again.
…
On the keel of the world, a place called the world axis has human pillars nailed to it.
It's like an eternal landscape.
The snow-white jade hands are dancing in the sky. The jade hands are in groups and changing various gestures, making this place look like a fairyland on earth.
At the end of the dragon bone, in a room overflowing with light, a man with long hair and dark eyes walked out yawning.
Zheng Xiu looked at the "jade hands" flying in the core of the world, nodded with satisfaction, and fell asleep: "Finally, the loophole has been repaired."
In the room, Xiaowu, who had not rested for ten years, was so moved that he burst into tears when he heard these words.
Tears burst out and flooded the room. The orange cat, who had not yet woken up, was floating in the tears with a confused look on his face.
"Is it done?"
The orange cat flew over with its tail twirling and asked curiously.
"You have the nerve to ask?" Zheng Xiu pinched the soft flesh on the back of the orange cat's neck and was about to scold the orange cat for having so many loopholes. boom! The core of the world suddenly shook, and greedy scarlet eyes flashed on the light screen. The Jade Hands quickly attacked to nip the crisis in the cradle.
Zheng Xiu and Orange Cat stared at the flying jade hands and remained silent.
"The ten years inside, to them, are just a blink, a breath, and a thought."
Zheng Xiu put down the orange cat and took a deep breath: "For us, it is the crucial squat before taking off."
The orange cat nodded and agreed: "The deeper you squat, the higher you jump."
Xiaowu was still crying inside.
Five elves as big as thumbs patted Xiao Wu's shoulders to comfort him, and whispered angrily that his father was not a human being.
"Are the invasion channels ready?"
Zheng Xiu asked without looking back.
Xiaowu wiped away tears and made an "OK" gesture.
Xiao Wu has grown up visibly to the naked eye.
"The invitations have also been sent out."
Zheng Xiu stepped out of the rudder, and when he blinked again, he had returned to the ordinary world.
"Then let's see how many people are willing."
Asking for a monthly ticket! !
(End of chapter)
