Simulates history, but Chongzhen is the Divine Emperor at the beginning

Chapter 143 Accidental Discovery
[Lee Lai-hyung... is dead? ]

[Upon receiving this news, you were almost immediately stunned, your mind constantly reeling from memories of that old thief...]

As an old soldier who had once followed Li Zicheng in conquering cities, he was already quite old. Even if divine power extended his life, he was still a mortal.

He lived to be over 170 years old, which could be considered a happy death...

[The reason you left him in the West back then was because he was too old. You couldn't bear to let him follow you back to Ming to die, so you let him retire in the West.]

[He also had a taste of being an emperor in the West, and in his later years he enjoyed a life of wealth and glory, so his death was not in vain!]

[So, although you were surprised by the news of his death, you weren't completely surprised...]

[But when you open his handwritten letter with deep emotion, you are truly stunned! ]

Because in the letter, Li Laiheng not only expressed some of his usual sorrow and confided in you, but he also reported a piece of good news to you.

"Master! I have truly completed the mission you gave me!"

[Mission? What mission?]

[You are so confused that you can't remember what task you gave him. But when you continue reading, you suddenly realize...]

Before you returned to the Ming Dynasty from the West, in order to convince Li Laiheng to spend his last years there, you gave him an unrealistic task: to help you research how to enable foreigners to generate divine powers like the people of the Ming Dynasty!

[After all, the failure of your plan to slay the gods stems from the fact that only the common people of the Ming Dynasty can generate divine power. Under such circumstances, if you want to accumulate divine power to defeat the God-Emperor, you must work under His watchful eye, which is nothing less than a path to death...]

[That's why you wanted to accumulate divine power in a foreign country, but because you were restricted by the so-called "racial superiority" theory, your plan was completely blocked!]

【After a while, this becomes your biggest regret.】

[And that's why you used this as an excuse to stall Li Laiheng and ask him to help you solve this problem...]

"However, you never expected Li Laiheng to truly help you solve the problem. After all, even the Divine Emperor doesn't know how to solve this problem, so how could Li Laiheng possibly do it? This was just a prevarication, an excuse to let Li Laiheng retire peacefully in the West!"

[But now, he actually seems to have achieved some results...]

[For a moment, you are completely stunned: What is this called? ]

Did the villagers really share their controlled nuclear fusion technology with you?!

You hurriedly read on, afraid of missing a single word...

[After a moment, you, overwhelmed with excitement, immediately called the old thief who delivered the letter and asked him some questions.]

[Just asking, just start the experiment! ]

【…】

You quickly gathered some corrupt officials from the four provinces of Japan, as well as several landlords and gentry from Southeast Asia, and imprisoned them deep within the imperial prison.

[Then, you trembled and injected a little divine power into them...]

Perhaps it's because non-Ming natives truly have some kind of social distinction from Ming people. Even the most destitute Ming people possess a certain degree of resistance to divine power, allowing them to absorb it... but these foreigners seem to have no resistance at all. Once divine power enters their bodies, they immediately fall into a state of absolute madness, from which they can never recover!

You've also noticed this before, but you didn't realize its significance at the time... and you deeply believe that "God is merciful to all." Although foreigners in your current worldview do have certain "superiority and inferiority" compared to the people of the Ming Dynasty, you've always treated them equally, so you haven't actively driven them crazy.

[But Li Laiheng didn't care... This old thief was already quite extreme, and after being brainwashed by your telekinesis, he became even more insane. So, for the past few decades in the West, he's basically been a "evil scientist conducting human research," recruiting many people to serve as guinea pigs!] [It is precisely because of this perverted scientific spirit that he has made today's major discoveries...]

“Quack!”

[Looking at the group of foreign magnetic field frogs in front of you, whose divine power has been lost, you can't help but take a deep breath, and then call two Jinyiwei to come and play with the spinning top!]

[Even though the Imperial Guards don't understand why they were asked to beat up these foreign lunatics, since it's your order, they'll just obey!]

[So, two Jinyiwei whipped out their standard copper-headed leather belts and began to beat the crazy people mercilessly...]

[As they continued to pump, the two Jinyiwei exclaimed in surprise and respectfully reported to you, "Prime Minister, there are signs of increased divine power!"]

【Can it really grow?! 】

You can't help but widen your eyes: What the hell is going on here?

[Because foreigners are "inferior" to the Ming people, they cannot produce divine power like the Ming people. This is an indisputable fact... But now that they have been driven crazy by divine power, how can they produce it again?]

[Does it mean they are no longer "inferior" after becoming insane? Or does possessing supernatural powers mean they have a Ming Dynasty "green card," allowing them to "leave the West and enter the Ming"?!]

[This is really off the mark...]

After a moment of shock, faced with this scene, you can't help but laugh and cry: What is this called? This is what it means to search high and low for something, yet it comes to you effortlessly!

After a lifetime of research, I finally realized I was only one step away from success...

It's like those scientists on Earth who were researching graphene. They spent their entire lives researching, but couldn't figure out how to mass-produce it. Then one day, an amateur had a sudden flash of inspiration and used tape to stick together graphite, and they actually created graphene.

What else can you say?

【What can I say？】

【…】

[In short, this is the great gift that Li Laiheng presents to you! ]

[As long as you use your divine power to corrupt foreigners, they will naturally become "Ming people" in a sense while going crazy, and can be said to have obtained a Ming green card... At this time, if you let the Jinyiwei pull the spinning top, you can draw out the divine power.]

[This last gift from Old Man Li truly opens the door to a new world for you and directly impacts your strategy...]

[In other words, your plan to slay gods with divine power can now truly be realized!]

【This can’t help but make your heart surge! 】

[What made your heart flutter even more was a serendipitous discovery you made earlier: the external divine power that suddenly merged into your body had apparently found its source... It was Li Laiheng's divine power!]

[After Li Laiheng dies, it will belong to you...]

[This is an extremely important discovery, even more important than the previous one. With this discovery, perhaps your fate in this life will no longer be so pessimistic...]

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(End of this chapter)