Chapter 1

On the weekend, the sky was clear and cloudless for miles; the museum entrance was crowded with a surging crowd, and people queued outside waiting.

People formed long lines, waiting to enter the exhibition hall specially set aside for this day.

The artifacts once taken by foreign powers have now returned to their homeland—something ordinary people could never hope to see in a lifetime; we ought to observe them closely.

Although many details have already been disclosed online, a large number of tourists still come here to join the excitement.

In the vast exhibition hall, the crowd surged immensely; despite visitor limits, it remained extremely crowded.

Behind railings and tempered glass, people glanced at the various relics as if on a hurried tour; these objects bear the inheritance of a civilization, once forced from their homeland, now finally returned home.

Among the sightseers, a young man stood blankly before a tiger tally.

A light green bronze artifact in the form of a crouching tiger, length 7.9 centimeters, width 2.5 centimeters, the tiger in a prone position, flat head, raised tail; on each side of the neck ribs, two lines of seal script are inscribed, the text identical.

Mu Yi stared blankly at the tiger tally; the moment he saw it, he lost himself, as if some intangible shackle on his body had been undone.

From the tiger tally he sensed a sharp, brutal aura that made Mu Yi's whole body chill, a dread like a thorn at his back.

Mu Yi did not know how he had gotten home; that terrifying feeling lingered in his mind, impossible to shake.

Lying dazed on the bed, Mu Yi seemed to see vast, never-before-seen images arise in his mind.

It was an unrecorded primordial age when humanity had not yet dominated the earth, amidst the struggle of all beings for living space.

All things withdrew; humanity took dominion of the earth, and internal strife began.

A divine sword seemed to pierce everything; one side of its blade bore the sun, moon, and stars, the other side mountains, rivers, plants, and trees; one side of its hilt inscribed the arts of farming and animal husbandry, the other side the strategy for unifying the four seas.

A divine knife burst onto the scene, emitting boundless ferocious light as it clashed with the divine sword.

Time and space shattered layer by layer; spears stood like a forest, banners rose into the sky, as someone fused the unending iron-blooded killing intent of a million-strong army into one entity, beneath the heavens obscured and the sun blocked, as if to destroy everything.

And there was another, like a god or demon, who regarded the million-strong army as nothing, slaying commanders, seizing flags, breaking formations, moving freely within the host.

When the killing intent of the million-strong army condensed into a gigantic sword that fell from the heavens, time and space shattered again in layers.

Mu Yi seemed to see the past of this ancient land: from the rise of the vast wilderness, cities built along riverbanks, tribes vying for supremacy, feudal lords contending for the deer, from the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to the Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, as rivers changed and the land waxed and waned.

He saw even more: someone drilling wood for fire in darkness and fear; someone tasting a hundred herbs on the vast earth; someone waging war in all directions across the four seas and eight wilds...

Until everything dissipated into nothing, all returning to chaos.

Successfully logged into the 'Multiverse Comprehensive Game Network' (hereafter abbreviated as 'ComNet'), now reading version information...

The current version of ComNet is set to: 'Ode to Blades and Swords!'

Blades, spears, swords, halberds, axes, battle-axes, hook forks, whips, clubs, hammers, spears, metal clubs, lances, sticks, spears, rakes, bows, crossbows...

Myriad weapons hunt down all living things; their broken bodies tell of ancient slaughter.

Stone, bronze, steel...

They exist in history, manifest in the world, chanting the ode to blades and swords.

Detailed version information is as follows:

1. This version disables direct exchange channels for this plane;

2. This version disables main storyline quests and compulsory quests;

3. This version disables attribute enhancement functions and disables bloodline enhancement functions;

4. Under this version, each time a character gains 1 limited base profession level, they can choose to draw 1 Elite Talent as their power boost.

5. Under this version, each time a character gains 1 weapon proficiency, they will receive 1 reward of the General's Soul Trial.

Based on inheritance requirements and version limits, the player obtains the limited base profession: Warrior.

Player personal information is as follows:

Name: Mu Yi

Profession: Warrior (LV1) — this profession is locked, and the minimum level cannot be lower than Level 1.

Lineage: Eastern Human War Civilization Sequence

Faction: Military Strategist

HP: 100% (HP determines the character's health and stamina; when HP falls below 10%, the character becomes weak and powerless; when HP falls below 5%, the character goes into shock; when HP falls below 0%, the character dies.)

Inner Qi: 5/5 (Warriors can enhance themselves by consuming Inner Qi)

Strength: 10 (Strength determines the character's muscle and physical robustness.)

Agility: 10 (Agility determines the character's reaction, flexibility, hand-eye coordination, and balance.)

Constitution: 10 (Constitution determines the character's HP, stamina, resistance to blows, and upper limit of Inner Qi Capacity.)

Intellect: 10 (Intellect determines the character's ability to learn and reason.)

Charisma: 10 (Charisma determines the character's resolve, persuasiveness, personal appeal, leadership ability, and external attractiveness.)

Perception: 16 (Perception determines the character's willpower, common-sense judgment, awareness, and intuition.)

Professional Skills:

1. The Four Ways of the Military Strategist: Military Power Scheme, Military Yin-Yang, Military Formation, Military Techniques.

Military Power Scheme: defend the state with righteousness, employ troops with surprise, plan before battle, incorporate military formation, encompass yin-yang, and utilize techniques.

Military Formation: a formation that moves like thunder and lifts like wind; arriving later yet first; separating and reuniting, turning away from home; ever-changing; using lightness and speed to overcome the enemy.

Military Yin-Yang: acting in accordance with the timing, promoting virtue, following the dipper's strikes, relying on the five victories, borrowing the aid of ghosts and spirits.

Military Techniques: technique means training hands and feet, facilitating weapons, accumulating mechanisms, to establish victory in offense and defense.

PS: Even if the Military Strategist's war god, who stubbornly claims Military Formation is useless, surely hides a bit of Military Formation ability... If you don't want to end up like me, having your head chopped off, you'd better firmly believe this... — Master of Reproduction - Shide Luo Pei Kakalos (account deleted).

2. Secrets of the Army Soul:

Each time a Warrior gains 1 Elite Talent, they will derive 1 Basic Talent from it.

Inheritance Skills:

1. Jiuzhou Gift (Inheritance Care)

Those stories that are sung by people and are widely popular are the life you yearned for in childhood.

Your innate strong perception granted you the inheritance, letting you see, amid the dust of history, those glories that have long since passed.

This is a gift from the inheritance, and also a gift from countless years ago.

Effect:

You will find it easier to gain the favor of pan-Jiuzhou cultural figures, and your abilities will receive the limited Jiuzhou effect and adaptive transformation.

PS: Damn Jiuzhou bastard, I just played a joke on that brat… — Disaster Spirit - Fear Demon King - Karilong (account has been deleted).