Sky Curtain: With a vermilion mirror, Jing travels through the modern world, shaking all dynasties.

The renowned author Yu Shan Jing Lun has joined Cola Novels with his new work, "Sky Curtain: Traveling Through Modern Times with Zhu Jingjing, Shaking the Thousand Dynasties!"

The Great Ming Dynasty, Fengtian Hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned deeply and murmured, "If I were to use those 'mechanical wolves,' I would surely train them into an army, invincible and unstoppable. But in later generations, they were merely used as scapegoats to scout dangerous places..."

Empress Ma's heart tightened, and she quickly asked, "Chongba, why do you look so alarmed? Is there something wrong with how the 'mechanical wolf' was used in later generations?"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and sighed, "No! What I consider an elite force will be seen by later generations as nothing more than tools to die for soldiers. From this perspective, the brutality of later wars is probably far beyond our imagination..."

The Great Han Dynasty, Weiyang Palace.

Liu Che looked up at the sky, his eyes fixed on the "mechanical wolf," his gaze filled with longing.

Wei Qing clenched his fist and said resolutely, "Your Majesty, if our Han Dynasty were to possess such a weapon, I could easily wipe out the Xiongnu with just a few dozen of them!"

After saying this, he already had a vision in his mind of leading mechanical wolves in a relentless pursuit of the dead.

Huo Qubing stepped forward and said loudly, "Why bother with that! If these 'mechanical wolves' are in my hands, they won't need to be on the battlefield. They can simply be scattered across the grasslands to scout out the Xiongnu's movements and report back immediately. I will then lead the elite cavalry of the Han Dynasty and, taking them by surprise, crush their stronghold!"

Liu Che gave a wry smile and sighed, "If such a thing truly existed, why would we need your two valiant generals? We could simply grab any commoner from the marketplace to be our commander, and they would be able to wipe out the Xiongnu!"

modern.

Xiao An led Zhu Jingjing on a tour of the research institute. Zhu Jingjing followed behind listlessly, yawning from time to time.

"Sister An, when will my brother finish?" She pouted slightly, her tone tinged with grievance. "Following you around, I can't touch anything, I can only watch longingly, it's so boring!"

Xiao An glanced down at her watch and replied softly, "It's been almost half a day, it should be soon."

Before the words were even finished, the two of them were both startled at almost the same time.

A bionic robot, just like a real person, started running towards them.

The movements were so fluid they didn't seem like those of a machine, carrying an inexplicable sense of pressure.

"What's going on? Has it gone out of control?" Xiao An's face darkened. As far as she knew, nothing like this had ever happened in the research institute before!

"Jingjing, quickly get out of the way, don't get hurt!" Xiao An urged urgently, her voice filled with tension.

However, after looking around, Zhu Jingjing actually ran towards the robot!

"Jingjing, don't go over there!" Xiao An was startled and tried to grab her, but Zhu Jingjing ran too suddenly and it was too late to reach out.

To her utter surprise, the robot abruptly stopped just before it was about to collide with Zhu Jingjing, then opened its arms and steadily embraced her.

Xiao An was completely dumbfounded. What was going on?

Could it be that the robot sensed Zhu Jingjing's loneliness and came over to comfort her?

If that's really the case... then we might be facing an omnipotent crisis!

"Brother, all you do is scare Jingjing!" The little princess, being hugged by the robot, pouted and shouted at the person hiding in the shadows not far away. "You actually let the robot suddenly rush over! If I hadn't found you hiding there, I would have been scared half to death!"

Jiang Chuan then emerged from the shadows and strolled leisurely to the two of them.

He first raised his hand and gently rubbed Zhu Jingjing's little head, then turned to Xiao An with sincere apology in his eyes: "I'm so sorry, I just wanted to tease my little sister, I didn't expect to scare you too."

Xiao An breathed a long sigh of relief; thankfully, it was just a false alarm!

If the robot really went berserk and hurt Zhu Jingjing, she really wouldn't be able to explain herself.

"It's okay, as long as nothing bad happened." Xiao An forced a smile.

Although he was somewhat dissatisfied with Jiang Chuan's actions, he was, after all, a distinguished guest of the research institute, so he couldn't really criticize him.

"Brother, what's with this robot?" The little princess's curiosity resurfaced. She stared down at the robot that was still tightly hugging her, her eyes shining. "Could it be that you bought it to keep Jingjing company?"

"This thing isn't cheap. I'm not rich enough to buy you such an expensive toy!" Jiang Chuan paused deliberately, then suddenly changed the subject, "But the research institute said they can lend us this robot temporarily, but we have to agree to one condition."

Zhu Jingjing looked curious, her bright eyes sparkling as she asked, "What are the conditions? As long as Jingjing can help, I'll definitely cooperate fully!"

Jiang Chuan's lips curled into a sly smile: "There's a robot marathon competition this afternoon, we need to take this guy with us!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Jingjing's eyes instantly lit up with excitement. If there hadn't been no music playing, she probably would have already started dancing around.

"Brother, let's go participate now!" She agreed without hesitation, her voice full of eagerness.

"You agreed so readily!" Jiang Chuan lightly tapped her on the head, a smile playing on his lips. "You know what a marathon is, yet you dared to agree?"

Zhu Jingjing put her hands on her hips, puffed out her cheeks, and said angrily, "Brother, don't underestimate me! A marathon is a long-distance race! I've heard about it on TV!"

The Great Ming Dynasty, Fengtian Hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned in confusion and asked, "A marathon with 'robots'? Didn't he just say that bionic robots are not very practical? How come they can suddenly run races?"

After saying this, he looked doubtful, secretly thinking that Jiang Chuan was deliberately deceiving him.

Upon hearing this, Empress Ma said softly, "Chongba, I also witnessed it just now. The robot was moving at an astonishing speed! And just as it was about to touch Jing'er, it suddenly stopped and then stretched out its arms to embrace her. I suspect that it is hiding a living person in its arms!"

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment, then suddenly realized something, clapping his hands and exclaiming, "This so-called race is actually some kind of academic conference! Everyone brings their 'robots' to the race to discuss ways to improve them. I must say, this method from later generations is quite interesting!"

Empress Ma pursed her lips and said, "Chongba, do you find the methods of later generations' scholarship interesting, or are you interested in that 'robot'?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't mince words and readily replied, "Is there even a question? Of course, I love both!"

modern.

Jiang Chuan, carrying the robot, and the little princess headed to the marathon venue, a city road that was blocked off by police with fences.

In that closed section of the road, people gathered in small groups, seemingly already discussing robots!

"These guys are really impatient. They started before we even arrived!" Jiang Chuan complained with a wry smile.

"Brother, is this the one who's going to represent us in the competition?" She pointed at the robot and asked, "Brother, does it have a name? It would be so pitiful if it didn't even have a name!"