Suiren was the first to bring the light of fire to humans in the Huaxia civilization.
In western legends, the one who brought fire and light to humans was Prometheus. However, Prometheus was a god, not a human. In Huaxia, the ancestor of Huaxia, Suiren, was the first to discover fire by rubbing wood against each other and creating a flame. Suiren was a human, not a god.
The difference between civilizations was also born from this. In one civilization, gods ruled over everything. On the other, humans could also become gods.
Due to the fact the historical timeline was already completely different, and Goddess Nuwa did not patch the sky in this world, there was no legend of Suiren in this world.
Why were the characters of Suiren God on the divine fire boundary bead?
Could it be that the divine fire that was ignited in summoners was related to Suiren?
The similarity between the two of them was that both were fires.
Xia Ping'an's heart was overwhelmed. He took the boundary bead and seemed stunned.
The impact that this tiny boundary bead had on Xia Ping'an was no less than that of what this world had given him over the last 20 years of his life.
Xia Ping'an's heart was beating frenziedly. He could faintly sense that he was gradually opening a door to a new world. The world behind the door caused him to tremble.
Just as Xia Ping'an was staring blankly at the boundary bead, on the wall in front of Xia Ping'an, a gigantic display was lowered from the ceiling. Mo Yanshao's face appeared on the electronic display, and his voice could also be heard in the room.
This room was equipped with communication and monitoring facilities. It was convenient for people outside to control the condition of the room. The person in the room could also use the facilities in the room to communicate with the outside world. For someone who was preparing to merge with a boundary bead for the first time, such an arrangement was friendlier.
Many people would be very nervous when merging with a boundary bead for the first time. They might even have no idea what to do.
"Xia Ping'an, right in front of you now is the divine fire boundary bead. Before you officially begin merging with it, you do not need to be nervous. Summoners are mysterious and powerful. Many people believe summoners are untouchable beings. They doubt themselves and even have low self-esteem before this. However, in reality, as long as a person is of sound mind and body, regardless of their identity and status, after they are 18 years old, they will have the chance of becoming a summoner and can merge with the boundary beads. In ancient times, some powerful summoners were even illiterate and uneducated before they became summoners. Hence, you do not need to worry."
Right then, Xia Ping'an, whose eyes were still glued on the boundary bead in his hand, was still shocked at the three characters on the boundary bead. His thoughts were everywhere. Mo Yanshao's words merely rang past in his ears. He did not even raise his head to glance at the display.
"Due to the mystery of the boundaries, although I have also merged with a divine fire boundary bead before, I am unable to tell you what happens when you begin merging with the boundary bead or how to ignite your divine fire. The mystery of the boundaries is an insurmountable law for all summoners. However, since those ordinary people who had never been educated managed to merge with the boundary beads and become summoners, you should also be confident and believe that you won't lose to them."
Mo Yanshao's voice reverberated in the room.
In a hall of the Intelligence Unit in the building, on a gigantic display, the situation in Room 999 was being displayed.
Mo Yanshao, who was standing in the hall and looking at the gigantic display, saw Xia Ping'an holding the boundary bead and sitting cross-legged in front of the table. He was not moving. Mo Yanshao thought Xia Ping'an was somewhat nervous, so he spoke up to guide him.
"Two thousand years ago, a legendary summoner from Huaxia, Huo Yuan'en, lived to the age of 700. Initially, Huo Yuan'en was a shepherd boy. He accidentally picked up a boundary bead and began merging with it. Before he died, Huo Yuan'en imparted his final words to all summoners. His words became the maxim for all summoners. Now, I will impart these words to you."
Mo Yanshao's gaze swept across the face of Xia Ping'an with his lowered gaze on the display. He then said in a low voice, "'Each boundary bead is a calling, a life, a legend. Becoming a summoner is fulfilling your calling, pursuing those faded legends, and consolidating your own divine kingdom, bringing the light of that divine kingdom to the world and shining it on Huaxia and the future of humanity.' These are words of the legendary summoner, Huo Yuan'en, to all summoners. I hope that they inspire you."
On the gigantic display in the hall, only when he heard this part did Xia Ping'an suddenly raise his head. He looked at Mo Yanshao and said, "Thank you. Just now, it was my first time seeing a boundary bead, so I could not help but be drawn to it. Now, I am more or less ready. I can begin merging with it."
"Do you have any more questions?"
"None."
Mo Yanshao also heaved a sigh of relief. He said, "The words I told you just now are also the maxim held true by many summoners. It is also the key for many summoners to understand the relationship between the boundary beads and the power of summoners. Now, if you're ready, you'll use the sterilized silver needle in the box to prick your finger. Next, drip your blood on the boundary bead. The merging process will then begin."
Xia Ping'an looked at the box that was used to store the boundary bead. Indeed, there was a tiny silver needle lying in it. He took a deep breath and calmed himself down. Then, he took out the silver needle, pricked his finger with it, and dropped a few drops of his blood on the divine fire boundary bead.
The blood dropped onto the boundary bead was instantly absorbed by it. A dazzling light emanated from the divine fire boundary bead as thick crimson fog leaked out from it. The fog enveloped Xia Ping'an. He was wrapped up like an egg in a gigantic light cocoon.
In the blink of an eye, Xia Ping'an's body had gradually disappeared from Room 999. Only a gigantic sphere flashing with red light could be seen on the electronic display in the hall. The rest of them could not sense what was happening inside the sphere.
In the sphere, Xia Ping'an felt that his eyelids were getting heavier. Subconsciously, his consciousness had sunk deep into the darkness and entered the mysterious dreamlike world.
...
Unbeknown after how long, a loud rumble rang in Xia Ping'an's head. He regained all his senses. He opened his eyes immediately and noticed that he was no longer in Room 999. Instead, he was in an unfamiliar place, a slope outside of a cave.
The sun was shining brightly, and the blue sky was something straight out of a painting. He could taste the freshness of the air. Beneath the slope was an endless forest and wilderness. There was a river nearby. In the distance, mountains could be seen in all directions.
There were quite a lot of people around him. All of them were busy with their work. Those people were wearing clothes made out of tree leaves and beast skin. Judging from their attire and what they were working on, Xia Ping'an discovered that he seemed to be in a tribe in ancient times. Everyone was working.
Some people were cutting flesh from the beasts using sharp stones while others were collecting twigs in the forest. A group was plucking fruits from the trees while another cluster was sharpening the stone utensils. All of them had long, disheveled hair and wore clothes made out of only tree leaves and beast skins. None of them wore shoes. They looked exactly like savages.
On the trees nearby, there were tree houses built in between the branches.
Quite a number of men carried spears made out of wood hardened over fire, and they were patrolling the tribe. The tips of their spears were sharpened.
Xia Ping'an was also one of them. He drew in a cold breath when he realized that his lower body was covered in beast skin and he was naked from the waist up. He also held a wooden spear in his hand and had long, unkempt hair draping down his shoulders.
Was he in a dream?
He pinched his own hand. The pain he felt was the same as that when he had his actual body.
He held his breath. A short while later, Xia Ping'an struggled to breathe with his face turning all red. The tolerance level of his lungs had reached its maximum limit. His face was red.
Then, he used the fire-hardened tip of the wooden spear to prick his own finger. He felt the pain, and fresh blood dripped out from his wound. This sensation of pain was exactly the same as that when he poked his finger with a silver needle to merge with the boundary bead.
This was not a dream. A dream would not be so realistic. The senses he experienced here were exactly the same as that of the actual world.
If Xia Ping'an died in this world, he doubted that he would ever wake up in the actual world again.
In the actual world, his head would then explode. This might be the reason why some summoners would die from their heads exploding when they were merging with boundary beads. It was because they died in this world.
Was this the world one would enter after they tried to merge with a boundary bead?
The mysterious world of summoners and boundary beads was finally unfolding before Xia Ping'an's eyes. He felt his heart pumping wildly as he carefully observed his surroundings.