Gao Wu Da Qin: You don't want your secret to be known, do you?

Chapter 192 The Origin of Mechs and the Decline of the Great Shang Dynasty: All Stemmed from a War

The golden divine flames that spread across the shadowy Jizhou did not burn any artifacts; they only targeted the individual shadows of Jizhou. 👤♩ 6➈丂Ⓗ𝐔᙭.ⒸＯᵐ ♥👌

The divine light is like the sun, incredibly hot, and those things that cannot merge into Yin and Yang, or even belong to Yin and Yang, will be rapidly melted away under the sunlight.

Outside the Su family's old residence, flames raged on the courtyard walls, gates, steps, and eaves.

Flames illuminated the Su family mansion, making it appear resplendent and radiant.

With a creak—

The wooden door was pushed open.

A young man dressed in azure-gold armor, surrounded by the soul shadows of three golden crows, strolled into the courtyard.

Under the brilliant golden flames, his shadow stretched long and thin.

Inside the Su family ancestral hall, an old man knelt silently before the plaque commemorating their ancestor, Xuanyuan.

The aroma of incense and candles wafted out and lingered around me.

Qin Feng looked at the white-haired Su Hu with great interest. "You think I'll let you off the hook just because you brought up the Yellow Emperor? Suzhou Shepherd!"

Su Hu didn't turn around, but looked at the memorial tablet of the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan in front of him. "Since entering the Xuanyuan Tomb, I have never paid homage to my ancestor, the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan! Now, before I die, I will pay my last respects to my ancestor, just to find peace of mind!"

Qin Feng said, "If you really want peace of mind, you should honestly hand over everything. That way, you might still have some face when you meet the Yellow Emperor in the afterlife."

"Instead of here pretending to burn incense and pray."

"This will only make the Yellow Emperor look down on you!"

"What makes you even more despicable is that I, a descendant of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, despise you!"

Su Hu slowly stood up. "I'll tell you everything you want to know. Don't rush me; I've been waiting for this day for a long time!"

"From the day I entered Xuanyuan Tomb, I knew that the lies would be exposed sooner or later, the true god would descend one day, the wrath of Xuanyuan Shrine would burn throughout Xuanyuan Tomb, and the seal of the gods would eventually be broken."

"And that day has finally come!"

Qin Feng chuckled and said, "Since you know all this, you should have stopped Su Quanzhong from sending me to the Xuanyuan Temple."

Su Hu shook his head and said, "It's no use! We can't stop them!"

"You carry the aura of a nine-tailed fox, the aura left behind by the guardian of Xuanyuan Tomb!"

"When Nuwa plotted against the nine-tailed fox spirit, she didn't expect that Su Daji already had King Zhou's bloodline. Later, Jiang Ziya noticed this when he was carrying out the execution. Although he killed Su Daji, he spared the life of her bloodline, allowing the nine-tailed fox spirit's bloodline to continue!"

"And the Su family bloodline can only consist of girls, so..."

Qin Feng said, "My wife is the nine-tailed fox spirit!"

"Hahaha!" Su Hu laughed. "The bloodline of Emperor Ku has encountered the Nine-Tailed Fox again. The last one was Emperor Xin and Su Daji, and this time it's you and your wife. The end of that year has become the beginning of today. Don't you think that's interesting?"

Su Hu turned around, his abyss-like eyes fixed on Qin Feng.

Divine flames burst forth from Qin Feng's eyes, and the next moment, Qin Feng's body suddenly shone brightly, and his five-zhang true god body appeared outside the ancestral hall.

His long, pale hair, the boiling, burning Golden Crow armor, and behind him, a huge golden flame crown with a diameter of three zhang (approximately 10 meters) was burning fiercely, and the tattoos on his arms, twisted like teardrops and feathers, shone brightly.

Su Hu stared at Qin Feng with wide eyes and exclaimed in astonishment, "Unbelievable! After the fusion of spirit and body, you actually awakened the Sacred Body! Even Emperor Xin couldn't obtain the Sacred Body, and you actually got it!"

"You should be the first being to be born with a sacred body after Fu Hao of the Yin Shang Dynasty."

Qin Feng looked into Su Hu's eyes and asked, "What exactly is this power you see? It's not just a simple shadow consciousness."

"This is called a demon," Su Hu said. "Or perhaps a different god! According to the doctrines of this universe, anything that doesn't exist in the Pangu universe is a demon! A different god!"

After saying this, Su Hu blinked, the deep demonic energy dissipated, and his ordinary, weathered eyes returned to normal.

Su Hu said, "You don't need to be so nervous, I won't fight you."

"Although my cultivation is indeed a bit higher than yours, having already broken through the Void Shattering Realm and reached the first level of the Nascent Soul stage."

"However, this is Xuanyuan Tomb, your home turf. You can crush me with just a casual summon of a heroic spirit."

"I'm just here to have a simple chat with you and tell you some things you don't know."

Qin Feng asked, "Do you know more than that Shadow Emperor Xin of Chaoge?"

"Hahaha—" Su Hu laughed, "Young man, why would you ask such a foolish question?"

"You seem perfectly intelligent, is it really necessary to ask this question?"

"However, since you asked, I might as well tell you."

"The shadow form of Xuanyuan Tomb has limitations."

"In other words, whatever your original body's knowledge, memories, martial arts, and personality were when it entered, the shadow body will remain in that state."

"When Di Xin entered the throne, he wasn't even the crown prince yet. His name was Zi Shou. Later, when the eldest son was deposed by Di Yi, it was Zi Shou's turn to ascend the throne and become Di Xin."

"Di Xin was just a young man when he entered; what secrets could he possibly know? He hadn't even entered the inner circle of the Shang Dynasty!"

"But I am different. I am an old minister who witnessed Wu Ding's restoration, Di Yi's restoration, and King Zhou's destruction!"

"I'd even say I witnessed half of the history of the Shang Dynasty!"

"Tell me, who knows more, me or Di Xin?"

Qin Feng looked at Su Hu in front of him, "It sounds like you know everything, so can you answer one question for me! When exactly did mechs and technology appear on this land? I asked the powerful figures of the Hall of Heroes, and they said that in their era, there were no mechs or technology, only the simplest way to become a god through martial arts! Mechs are a later product, or rather, they were created during the Shang Dynasty!"

Su Hu stood with his hands behind his back, his voice calm, "That's a very good question. You want to ask it, and I'm willing to answer it."

"As you guessed, mechs and technology didn't exist in the Xia Dynasty, or even in the early Shang Dynasty!"

"And it appeared during the reign of King Wu Ding."

Qin Feng asked coldly, "What happened during the reign of King Wu Ding and the subsequent restoration of the dynasty?"

Su Hu did not answer immediately, but sat down on the futon beside him, head bowed, seemingly lost in memories. "It was a war, an unprecedented war between humans and demons! The Holy Body withered, the Human King was seriously injured, the sacrifices were enormous, but the gains were also enormous!"

Qin Feng looked at Su Hu, "What exactly happened?"

Su Hu said, "I don't remember how that war started. I only remember that in that year, King Wu Ding suddenly summoned eight hundred feudal lords, appointed Fu Hao as the commander and himself as the deputy commander, to carry out an unprecedented decisive battle."

"Jizhou was just a small place at the time, and we didn't know much about what was happening. As an ordinary boy from a small place, I watched my father go to war."

"This war was extremely fierce. Wu Ding gathered more elite warriors than any human race and mobilized all the mountain and river gods he could muster to fight the enemy to the death."

"This battle ended in a Pyrrhic victory for Wu Ding. Less than 10% of the soldiers who went to fight returned. My father came back with his wounds. According to him, Wu Ding demanded absolute secrecy about this war, but my father felt it was necessary for me to know about it, so he secretly told me."

"The group that Wu Ding and Fu Hao conquered were not from our Pangu Continent, but powerful invaders from beyond the Pangu Continent; they were called demons!"

"The demons are a very strange existence. They possess a strange pantheon and powerful cosmic technology, which has dealt an unprecedented blow to our civilization."

"And in this battle, we owe a great deal to Fu Hao."

"As the only one who had reached the peak of divine status back then, Fu Hao single-handedly killed almost all the demons! However, Fu Hao was also seriously injured and perished not long after her return."

"Although this battle was arduous, it was also incredibly fruitful, including in terms of technology and mechs."

"Using the technology gained from spoils of war, Wu Ding quickly achieved his own golden age. During Wu Ding's reign, the human race expanded more than ten thousand times! Even a small, isolated place like mine was transformed into the great city of Jizhou!"

At this point, Qin Feng's head exploded with a bang.

I understand now, I completely understand!

Mechs and technology, it turns out, were just spoils of war!

A battle broke out between the technological universe and the martial arts universe. The Wu Ding Dynasty of the martial arts universe destroyed the invaders and even transplanted their technology tree to its own territory.

Therefore, the reason why the human development tree in this universe is off track can be traced back to Wu Ding!

Before Wu Ding, all the technology trees followed the traditional path of martial arts to godhood, as exemplified by the ancestors. After Wu Ding, technology flourished, and mechs emerged.

Su Hu's words reminded Qin Feng of a rumor he had heard before his transmigration: the Aryans had once launched a war of annihilation against ancient civilizations, which spread across the globe.

Ancient Babylon, ancient Egypt, and ancient India were all destroyed.

Only when they reached the East did they encounter the Wu Ding Dynasty.

The Aryans fought a great battle with Wu Ding and Fu Hao, and then Wu Ding was captured by Fu Hao and forced to be buried with her.

If we compare the small, broken planet before my time travel to the modern super-universe era, wouldn't that mean that the enemy Fu Hao fought against back then was the Aryan super-universe?

A super universe completely different from the Pangu Continent?

At that moment, Qin Feng's smug feeling was suddenly crushed.

Qin Feng never expected that there would be enemies outside the Pangu Universe!

Even his ancestor, King Wu Ding, had already fought a battle against these enemies!

If things develop further in the future, does that mean that those demonic universes will invade the Pangu universe again?

Qin Feng's thoughts were quickly interrupted by Su Hu.

Su Hudao said, "Only a very few people know the inside story of Wu Ding using magical technology to help the human race revive. All the humans think that the king is omnipotent, that the king is a god. But only I and a very few others know that the king is using technology, technology from another realm!"

"After the great war between Wu Ding and the human race, the human race was in decline. We have no objection to Wu Ding using technology, after all, the most important thing is for the human race to survive."

"But after the human race expanded a thousandfold, we discovered something: magic energy technology would unknowingly dissipate the human race's destiny."

"Before the advent of magic energy technology, the Human Dynasty would produce a Saint Body roughly every hundred years and a Nascent Soul expert roughly every ten years!"

"However, since the advent of magic energy technology and the subsequent crazy expansion of the human population, not a single new Holy Body has appeared in five hundred years! In five hundred years, only a handful of Nascent Soul stage experts have emerged!"

"Everyone realizes that if the use of magic energy technology continues unchecked, the Human Holy Body will become a legend, and Nascent Soul experts will become a thing of the past!"

"But this situation was discovered during the reign of Emperor Yi."

"Some of us, like Ji Chang, the Marquis of Xibo, stepped forward to try to persuade Emperor Yi to abandon technology and follow the old path of our ancestors."

"Emperor Yi expressed his understanding and offered his support, but he underestimated the will of the people."

"It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. The Shang Dynasty, accustomed to technology, simply cannot give it up. In fact, the very existence of the Shang Empire requires technology to support it, and the common people need technology to sustain them!"

"Just because Emperor Yi is willing doesn't mean the people of the world are willing; rebellion soon broke out!"

"Therefore, Emperor Yi devised a plan. He demanded that Ji Chang, the Marquis of Xibo, who was most determined to destroy technology and establish martial arts as a path to godhood, increase the development of mecha technology! To maintain the existence of the Shang Dynasty."

"And Emperor Yi announced that the Shang Dynasty would begin to value martial arts as a path to godhood!"

Qin Feng recited a line, "But Emperor Yi will never know that he has nurtured a gravedigger for the Shang Dynasty!"

"Yes!" Su Hu sighed. "But at that time, Ji Chang was the most reliable and dependable person. He hated technology more than anyone else. He longed to destroy technology and restore the normal human society of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors era."

"So, following Di Yi's advice, Ji Chang frantically developed technology, which resulted in the technology of the Marquis of Xibo being more advanced than that of the middle Shang Dynasty in the later period! The Marquis of Xibo himself was also a genius of magic and Taoism. He was the second person after Fuxi to be proficient in the Eight Trigrams. After he fused the traditional Eight Trigrams with technology, he gave birth to an uncontrollable existence of magical energy technology, named Nuwa."

Qin Feng was stunned for a moment, then sat up abruptly. "Mechanical Nuwa? How is that possible!"

Su Hu lowered his head and said, "This Nuwa is not the Nuwa of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, but a being that is indescribable and uncontrollable, created by Ji Chang at the behest of the three founders of religions."

"Back then, the greatest significance of creating her was to prevent the Magic Universe from invading us."

"In fact, she did a great job in this regard. After that battle, the Magic Universe came looking for trouble, but they couldn't find our Pangu Continent."

"However, Nuwa later lost control. She felt that Ji Chang, the Marquis of Xibo, was too conservative in his thinking. If he wanted to develop technology, why did he have to oppose her existence?"

"Nuwa bypassed Ji Chang and worked with the ancestor to realize their plan to revitalize science and technology and oppose the martial arts revival proposed by the human king Di Yi."

"This caused an unprecedented social upheaval, leaving countless citizens of the Shang Dynasty bewildered, unsure whether the king's will was right or Nuwa's will was right."

Qin Feng blurted out, "Is there even a question? Everyone is selfish!"

"People only think of themselves; who cares about the world?"

"In this social upheaval, there can only be one loser, and that loser is Di Yi!"

Su Hu laughed out loud, "I must say, kid, you have a very clear understanding of people's hearts."

"Yes, in this social conflict, Di Yi ultimately lost."

"Because the birth of a sacred body or the emergence of a deity is of little consequence to the vast majority of ordinary people; the probability is extremely small."

"But technology can feed everyone. At this time, everyone believed Nuwa's advice more and promoted technology in an all-round way. As for the sacred body and martial arts to become gods, let them become beautiful legends."

"Di Yi's crushing defeat led to his premature death, but the Shang royal family believed that Di Yi's actions were correct. This led them to abandon their eldest son, who advocated for technology, and instead choose their second son, Zi Shou, who was on the path of reviving the God of War."

"After Di Xin came to power, he first built the Star-Picking Platform to seal away all technological existence. Then he ordered the feudal lords to begin eliminating technology, especially the consciousness of Nuwa."

"The mechanical Nuwa realized that Di Xin wanted to kill her, so the conflict arose. After that, the Investiture of the Gods took place, but I won't go into details."

"The immortal and the mechanical Nuwa joined forces to achieve a stunning counterattack against the human dynasty!"

"The Shang Dynasty is finished."

"Although I didn't witness it firsthand, I can already foresee that they are doomed to defeat; Nuwa will not lose!"

Qin Feng looked at Su Hu, his heart still unsettled. "I have one last question. Isn't the core data of the Divine Mech in the Star-Picking Platform? Why didn't King Zhou stop the Divine Mech from conquering Chaoge in the end?"

Su Hudao said, "There are two interpretations to this."

"The first theory is that Nuwa tampered with the core, which made the data of the Star-Picking Tower invalid."

"Another theory is that the Ancestor and Nuwa bound the most powerful human warriors and mechs together. This means that if the core data is destroyed, all the most powerful human warriors will die, and be completely annihilated."

"At that time, Di Xin did not think that the human race had lost. He only felt that he had lost. He hoped that these powerful human warriors could wake up from their technological fantasy and pick up the old path of martial arts to become gods again."

"At that time, these sparks will turn against the immortals and Nuwa."

Qin Feng said, "But Emperor Xin would never have imagined that the immortals were on guard against these people, and that the entire Investiture of the Gods list was sealed away."

Su Hu nodded. "Yes! Any other questions?"

Qin Feng asked, "What happened in Beihai?"

Su Hudao said, "That was a routine political maneuver. Di Yi was facing huge internal conflicts, and when they had no other choice, they resorted to war to divert attention from the problems, letting Wen Zhong drag things out for hundreds of years, putting on a show for outsiders!"

"Wen Zhong never intended to destroy Beihai, and Beihai also knew that Wen Zhong was just putting on an act, and both sides were enjoying it."

"It wasn't until Wen Zhong was summoned back by the Patriarch, who then intervened and forced Yuan Futong to leave, that Beihai realized Wen Zhong was serious. By then, Emperor Yi had already lost control of the Shang Dynasty, and the 'extra drama' had turned into a real fight!"

Qin Feng nodded. "I see. Then can you tell me, where is your daughter, Su Daji?"

Su Hu chuckled. "Which Su Daji are you talking about? I have three daughters."

"The first one, her biological daughter, was killed by her second brother, Su Quanzhong, with an arrow to the throat during the pursuit at Xuanyuan Tomb!"

"Secondly, a nine-tailed fox spirit possessed her body and became one of Emperor Xin's concubines!"

"The third one is this shadow body."

Qin Feng said, "Shadow Body."

Su Hu said, "They've been taken away."

Qin Feng frowned. "A celestial being?"

Su Hu did not give a clear answer, but only said, "You destroyed Jizhou City, repaid kindness with enmity, Su Quanzhong, and even killed me. If this is mentioned, it will become a crime against you. The Celestials will not let you off the hook. The blame for destroying Jizhou City will become the most powerful sword in the hands of Shadow Daji, and in the end, she will kill you!"

Qin Feng smiled knowingly, "So, the Celestials knew I had come to the Xuanyuan Shrine and even became gods?"

Su Hu said, "I know. In fact, your arrival was part of their scheme, and the destruction of Ji Province by you was also part of their scheme!"

"Don't be too happy yet. They might be planning to lure you and these Xuanyuan Temple deities out together, then kill them all!"

Qin Feng nodded and said, "Thank you for reminding me. One last question: to whom are you truly loyal? To the Celestials? Or to the Human Race?"

Su Hu looked at Qin Feng, "What do you mean?"

Qin Feng said, "This isn't a question I'm asking you; it's a question that Cangjie, the ancestor, asked me to ask you."

"Our ancestor said that making mistakes is inevitable, but if one can turn over a new leaf and correct one's errors, the Xuanyuan clan will welcome you just the same!"

Su Hu trembled all over. "No, it can't be! You're lying to me!"

Qin Feng awkwardly spread his hands. "Although I've deceived many people, would I lie about the words of the ancestor Cangjie?"

"The ancestor also said that the Xuanyuan Clan will not discriminate against anyone because of differences in bloodline, cultivation, or path. The Human King Di Yi was biased back then. He could have cultivated technology or martial arts. This is not a matter of choosing one or the other; it's a matter of wanting both and excelling at both!"

"It was wrong of you to blame the lack of the Holy Body and the stagnation of martial arts on technology back then. At the very least, the appearance of my Holy Body proves this point!"

"Our ancestor wishes to invite you to enter the Xuanyuan Shrine, become one of his followers, and enjoy the fortune of the human race..."

At this very moment, all the bigwigs have gathered in the Arad Shrine.

Cangjie looked around. "Gentlemen, this man will be of great use! Does anyone have any objections to letting him enter the Xuanyuan Shrine?"

Da Yi said, "The Xuanyuan Clan is a great clan with a broad mind. It would be petty to exclude others because of different cultivation paths. I agree to Su Hu joining the Xuanyuan Temple."

Yinglong said, "Su Hu can be considered loyal to the King. Di Xin's death was due to the dynasty's impending doom and the enemy's formidable strength. It really had little to do with Su Hu. After all, Su Hu didn't know at the time that the young master Zishou, who was chasing him, would become the future king. Let him in!"

The drought demon stood aloof beside Yinglong. "Su Hu has one daughter with three names, and she is related to Di Xin and Qin Feng. With the Celestials' methods, they will definitely tamper with Su Hu's daughter and send Su Daji to kill Qin Feng. Since the Celestials can make arrangements, why can't we? Let's keep Su Hu alive and deal with Su Daji. In this way, the Celestials will have miscalculated a move."

Cangjie looked at Xingtian, "Lord Xingtian, what do you think?"

Xing Tian said, "Me too!"

Upon hearing this, the assembled dignitaries burst into laughter, and Su Hu's entry into the Xuanyuan Temple was unanimously approved.

(End of this chapter)

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