Lin Xue, and even some of the Huaxia people, discovered this and were greatly shocked!
The new continent, isolated from the world, actually has a connection with ancient Huaxia?
Moreover, judging by their appearance, they look similar to Huaxia people, all of them are of the yellow race. The system they use also bears a striking resemblance to the feudal military system of ancient Huaxia!
Professor Sam, who had studied Huaxia, also noticed this. He looked at Lin Wencheng and said:
"Old friend, why do these people look so much like you Huaxia people? Are they related to you?"
He knew that Huaxia civilization had a long and continuous history, and its five thousand years of civilization were merely a humble estimate. If one were to trace it back meticulously, documented history could go back eight thousand years.
Further back, one would enter the realm of ethereal myths and legends.
In contrast, Western history was quite meager, often relying on novels to fill the gaps.
Lin Wencheng shook his head and said with a wry smile, "I don't know why the people on this new continent are so similar to ancient Huaxia."
"Besides, we can't just assume they are related to Huaxia just because their attire and appearance resemble Huaxia people. At the very least, they don't understand the Huaxia language."
He had already tried several times to communicate with the soldiers in Huaxia, but all his attempts had failed.
He even tried several dialects, but the soldiers still couldn't understand.
Finally, he thought of taking out paper and pen to write and communicate, but one soldier became impatient with his actions, glared at him fiercely, and said something he couldn't understand.
But Lin Wencheng knew it was a warning, so he could only remain silent.
Sam disagreed with Lin Wencheng's statement and said, "I'm certain this new continent has something to do with your Huaxia!"
"Don't you think their extraordinary abilities are very similar to the Qi Refiners in your ancient Huaxia legends?"
When he studied Huaxia culture in the past, he often encountered legends of Qi Refiners. He had even yearned for them for a while, but after it was proven to be false, he stopped paying attention.
However, what he witnessed today made him think that perhaps those legends were not false!
Lin Wencheng's expression shifted, and he also thought of this.
These people flying through the air, piloting floating ships, and employing various magical means all corresponded to the Qi Refiners of the pre-Qin era.
Could these people really be related to ancient Huaxia?
Lin Zihao, upon hearing the conversation between the two old men, excitedly chimed in:
"These people must be cultivators! They can fly through the air, move mountains and seas, and are capable of anything!"
"Grandpa! I want to cultivate too, and I want to become an omnipotent cultivator!"
His eyes looked at his grandfather with immense anticipation.
Lin Wencheng's old face twitched. He couldn't understand why his grandson had such an idea!
They were captives now, and their fate was uncertain, yet he was already thinking about becoming a cultivator?
He felt helpless and said, "Zihao, don't think too much. The cultivators you're talking about are now our enemies."
Hearing his grandfather's words, Lin Zihao was stunned.
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As the army and ships returned to the camp, the副将 (fù jiàng - deputy general) immediately ordered all the captives to be confined.
Fan Cheng instructed the officers in the camp who specialized in mental interrogation to question these people.
"General, all the items from their camp have been brought back. What should we do with them next?" the deputy general reported to Fan Cheng.
In the camp, the lifeboats, tents, and even the food of those people were sent to the military camp and were under strict guard.
Fan Cheng pondered for a moment and said, "Those should all be ordinary items. Don't worry too much about them, just keep them in the camp."
After being tricked by that pile of junk last time, he had learned his lesson.
He would report to His Majesty after his subordinates had thoroughly investigated all those items.
The deputy general nodded, having the same thought.
Just then, Bai Zhan walked in with a swagger, holding a transparent glass bottle in his hand.
Fan Cheng recognized it as one of the bottles and jars that Chen Wu and the others had salvaged last time, which were considered junk.
He couldn't help but frown and look at Bai Zhan, saying:
"Why are you holding a piece of junk? Are you bored?"
Fan Cheng's face darkened slightly, feeling that Bai Zhan was mocking him.
But Bai Zhan's expression was serious. He carefully placed the transparent glass bottle on the table. Inside the glass bottle was a rolled-up piece of white paper.
"Old Fan, this thing is not simple," he said with a solemn tone.
Fan Cheng was taken aback. "Not simple? What do you mean?"
He was puzzled. Hadn't these bottles and jars all been confirmed as junk?
Moreover, those people were ordinary mortals without any extraordinary powers. The items they used were also ordinary. How could this be not simple?
"Look." Bai Zhan didn't answer. Instead, he condensed a ball of blue flame in his hand and hurled it towards the glass bottle.
As the blue flame appeared, the surrounding temperature suddenly rose, and a terrifying power was brewing within it.
The deputy general standing nearby gasped for breath, feeling suffocated.
This was a full-power strike from a half-step Shen Suo realm, compressed into the blue flame, capable of leveling a small hill with a single blow!
But as the blue flame struck the glass bottle, the bottle suddenly emitted a black light, which actually swallowed the blue flame!
Silently, without any spiritual energy erupting, it was incredibly eerie.
Fan Cheng stood up, his eyes wide with disbelief as he witnessed this scene!
He refused to believe it. He personally condensed a spiritual energy spear and thrust it towards the glass bottle.
The black, eerie light appeared again. As soon as the spiritual energy spear touched the black light, it was silently devoured.
"Hiss..."
Fan Cheng gasped, suddenly feeling that this was troublesome!
This glass bottle could devour attacks from the half-step Shen Suo realm and remain unharmed!
Bai Zhan's expression was solemn and he said:
"When the soldiers were destroying those bottles and jars, they accidentally discovered the strangeness of this glass bottle. No matter what methods they used, they couldn't destroy it."
"When it was reported to me, I found it peculiar and went to see it myself. To my surprise, even I couldn't destroy this thing!"
His tone was still filled with shock, as he had never encountered such a bizarre situation before.
"The Endless Sea, as expected, is not simple!"
Fan Cheng exhaled heavily.
After discovering that the people from the Endless Sea were all mortals, his mood had begun to relax, thinking that the Endless Sea was nothing special. He hadn't expected to be proven wrong so quickly.
"Can this thing be opened? What is written on the paper inside?" he asked.
Bai Zhan shook his head, informing him that he had tried to open the wooden stopper of the glass bottle, but it wouldn't budge.
"This is not something we can handle. Should we send it to the imperial capital for His Majesty to see?" he suggested.
Fan Cheng pondered for a moment and then asked Bai Zhan if the glass bottle was dangerous.
"There's no danger. No matter how it's attacked, there's no backlash. It seems to only devour the power that attacks it."
Bai Zhan replied.
"Since there's no danger, then let's send it to the imperial capital for His Majesty to see what this thing is!" Fan Cheng declared.
At this moment, a soldier came to report that the interrogation of the Endless Sea humans had yielded results.
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