Ever since he learned about the cursed beings known as "zombies," Qin Shi Huang had recognized their potential on the battlefield.
However, due to the Heavenly curse that made zombies inherently ominous, and the lack of a way to directly communicate and effectively command them, he had temporarily abandoned the idea of assembling a zombie army.
But now, Li Yi had explicitly told him: a Rejuvenation Golden Pill could revive a zombie with strength comparable to the Heavenly Man Realm, while retaining all its abilities as a zombie.
This perfectly solved the problem of commanding a zombie army.
Therefore, upon seeing Qin Shi Huang's message asking for his help in capturing a zombie with strength comparable to the Heavenly Man Realm, Jiu Shu immediately guessed his intentions.
In the past, he would have refused without hesitation.
Because zombies were inherently ominous, and those who controlled them would inevitably be subject to their backlash.
But since joining the chat group, while his nature had not changed, his perception of the world had subtly shifted.
The Group Master had said that zombies revived by the Rejuvenation Golden Pill were no different from living people, or rather, they would be normal living people after revival.
To control the power of a zombie with the body of a living person was essentially no different from gaining supernatural power through cultivation.
Therefore, he no longer had to be so wary.
He had already agreed to help the Group Master catch a zombie.
One zombie or two, it made no difference.
Such a lucrative opportunity to earn points was not something to be turned down.
With these thoughts, he replied to Qin Shi Huang's message in the group.
Lin Feng Jiao: "Flying Zombies, and zombies even stronger than them, are rare even for me.
"I can try, but I can't guarantee I'll be able to capture one."
Qin Shi Huang: "It's alright if you can't find one, just capture the strongest one you can.
"The value of the zombie will be settled according to the price in the shop.
"In addition, I will provide an equal amount of points as a reward for your assistance."
This way, they could determine the fair value of a zombie.
The reward would be equal to the zombie's value, ensuring he would capture the most valuable one he could find.
Understanding Qin Shi Huang's intentions, Jiu Shu simply replied, "Alright."
Their opinions aligned, and the matter was concluded.
After suggesting to Ren Lao Ye that he should cremate his father on the spot, an idea that was predictably rejected, Jiu Shu had the coffin carried back to the Righteousness Manor, preparing to deal with it after Ren Lao Tai Ye's resurrection.
After watching Jiu Shu's live stream, Li Yi spent the morning playing a racing simulator game.
At lunchtime, he bought two dishes of Song Dynasty cuisine from the shop, prepared by Huang Rong herself.
As he was eating, he suddenly remembered: he seemed to have a car just like the most expensive one in the game.
With that thought, he retrieved his garage keys from his drawer on Earth, and quickly went downstairs.
Reaching the parking lot, he opened the electric roller shutter of his VIP parking space, and saw the car he had been coveting in the game.
He hadn't forgotten.
Apart from the color being slightly different, even the emblem was exactly the same as the one in the game.
As he was staring, a voice came from behind Li Yi:
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"Looking at the car."
His mouth spoke faster than his brain. Li Yi turned his head and saw who was speaking.
It was Professor Sun, who lived in the same building, an authority in history and archaeology.
He had been one of the people from Earth who had been called to help settle the argument between Li Yi and his history teacher.
The old man was his history teacher's teacher's teacher.
Professor Sun came closer and took a look. Seeing that Li Yi was alone, he asked curiously:
"Where's your Blue Academician?"
Li Yi: "She went to work."
"Then why are you here looking at this car? You can't drive anyway."
"I can drive in the game!" Li Yi confidently retorted, "It's just that this car is too expensive in the game, I can't afford it, so I can only look at it in real life."
Professor Sun: "......"
You should go out at noon in the future!
Just as he was speechless at Li Yi's refreshingly simple way of showing off his wealth, he heard Li Yi's sudden whimsical thought:
"Old Sun, do you think it would be cool to put a Wuling Hongguang logo on this car? I'm thinking it might be pretty cool."
Professor Sun: "You can try it, if you don't mind getting beaten to death by your Blue Academician."
"Let me ask her first."
Li Yi took out his phone and sent a message to Blue Star:
"Our very expensive car, the one that company specially customized for you, the one that's the only one in the world.
"Can I change its logo to a Wuling Hongguang logo?"
Blue Star's reply came quickly: "Whatever makes you happy."
Li Yi received the reply and waved his phone at Professor Sun, "See, I told you it's okay."
"You're a real character!"
Professor Sun glanced at it, then turned to leave.
After walking a few steps, he remembered something and turned back, saying:
"You distracted me and almost made me forget the main thing.
"An old friend of mine sent some materials to your Blue Academician's lab.
"Just tell her, can you check the specific year of the paper and ink, to see if there are any signs of forgery."
Many institutions in the country have the technology to conduct a rough assessment and estimate the age, but the technology to accurately determine the year and month is only possessed by Blue Academician's lab.
Li Yi wouldn't refuse such a simple request.
After confirming the details, he sent another message to Blue Star.
Blue Star: "Received."
Soon, two more messages came.
Blue Star: "【Image】"
Blue Star: "What do you think?"
Li Yi opened the image and saw a fragment of an old, torn sheet of paper.
On the incomplete sheet, there was an entire page of traditional Chinese characters.
Li Yi had no problem understanding traditional Chinese characters.
Skipping over the missing parts, he read the parts where the characters were recognizable, and he understood why Blue Star asked, "What do you think."
This piece of paper recorded… the events of Li Qingzhao appearing in the imperial palace and reviving Zhao Xu.
Even if this was recorded, it should have been recorded in the history books of Li Qingzhao's time.
Why would it end up in his world?
This doubt only lasted for a moment.
Upon reflection, Li Yi understood the cause and effect.
This should be due to the fusion of the World Origin from Li Qingzhao's world into this world.
The fusion of the World Origin caused a slight connection between the two worlds that had no previous connection.
This slight connection resulted in some of the "history" from that world being reflected in the current world.
Li Yi explained this to Blue Star, saying:
"Actually, this is easy to solve.
"Before fusing the World Origin, just purify the fragments of information from other worlds contained within it, and there will be no more similar effects."
Blue Star: "Then are you going to purify it?"
Li Yi: "No! It's the World Will's job. I refuse to work overtime.
"And, one by one, secrets from other worlds, one by one, fragments of history that seem to be real but aren't, are reflected in reality.
"The more we uncover, the more we feel as if there is a heavy fog in front of us.
"Until one day, looking back suddenly, we find that everything behind it points to the same man.
"That man is still your husband.
"Don't you think that's cool?"
Blue Star: "Yeah, my hubby is awesome!"