The scenes before my eyes were not due to a lack of humanitarianism by the Black-clothed Guard organization; rather, they were a series of necessary protective measures taken to combat supernatural phenomena.
In the Black-clothed Guard, a strict single-line communication system was maintained between different ranks, and face-to-face contact was generally not made except among the four or five members of the same team.
All voice communications were processed through voice changers.
These were lessons learned through blood and sacrifice.
After hearing Li Qingshan's reply, the neutral electronic voice clearly sighed in relief, "Your current location is the Central Hospital in Kunlun Mountain. We have examined your physical condition and discovered that the former you had lost your soul, falling into a very strange dream state, only slightly better than being in a vegetative state."
"But now you have come back to life, can you explain what happened to you? Do you have any related memories?"
Li Qingshan was silent for a moment, the scenes he had just experienced were all too real, yet they seemed surreal: Ancestor Li Dazhu, the bizarre Elder, and then there were the brothers—weren't those the stories written in the family genealogy?
They seemed even more real than the stories in the genealogy!
After all, text is just text, no matter how eloquent, it can't compare to the feeling of being there.
Once again, Li Qingshan felt the cruel fate of his family lineage.
It was a life-or-death struggle, and the extreme evil had not been eradicated; there were even signs of it spreading.
He took a deep breath and explained, "I seem to have traveled back in time, and met my ancestor, Li Dazhu, in events that occurred around five hundred years ago."
"The destruction of Li Family Village is recorded in our family's genealogy."
"The whole process was basically consistent, except for my own presence, which was inconsistent with history."
He organized his words a bit and described his experience in detail.
The neutral electronic tone began to contact its superiors, and seemed to be astonished by his surprising experience, "You traveled back in time?"
Li Qingshan nodded, "I believe that is the case... but I do not deny that I might have had a delusion."
"The 'flame' in my mind has the ability to cause illusions."
The electronic voice asked again, "Can you now enter a special training camp through the 'flame' in your mind?"
Li Qingshan said, "Yes, I can enter at any time."
"The training camp covers an area of approximately 500,000 square meters, fully equipped for a series of close combat and Shooting training... There are even some airplanes, helicopters, and tanks stationed there. I can use them easily and feel a strong interest and focus."
"I learn very quickly there."
"How quickly?"
"It's difficult to estimate at the moment... I just learned French there, and according to my usual learning speed, I could at most learn about twenty words a day, but in the past hour, I learned over a hundred words."
The electronic voice fell silent and did not speak.
"Additionally, there's some kind of high-tech equipment that can precisely measure Spiritual Strength, different from ours and more sensitive."
"There's also a special blue nutrient solution. Soaking in it seems able to slowly enhance physical strength and soul strength, up to the human limit. Uh... that's what the instructions say, but I'm not daring enough to try it."
"And the necklace that I'm wearing around my neck seems to have a revival function? I'm not sure... and there are some other functions I haven't explored yet."
The information that Li Qingshan described was immense, stunning the person on the other side of the screen, who began seeking guidance from higher authorities.
"Li Qingshan, please describe in detail so we can start drawing out this training camp."
An image appeared on the screen, a professional painter from the Black-clothed Guard, based on his description, attempted to draw an aerial view of the Basic Training Camp. In just half an hour, the depiction was very close to the real camp.
After querying in detail for over an hour, a "sizzling" discussion could be heard on the other end of the phone.
After a long while, the neutral electronic voice slowly said, "This is a serious matter, we are unable to determine exactly what kind of supernatural phenomenon is causing you distress. During your coma, our Spirit Healer, Dream Master, and Curse Removal Master have already conducted a series of diagnoses without a definitive answer."
"So..."
"We will relay the message to the Black-clothed Guard's upper-level meeting for the highest leaders to decide. During this time, you must continue to be isolated and observed, so take good care of yourself."
"I can understand." Li Qingshan sighed.
Even he himself couldn't figure out what exactly had happened to him.
The electronic voice then said, "We have some good news for you. In the new recruitment of the Black-clothed Guard, through DNA testing, we found a distant branch of the Li Family, a man named Li Gang passed the tests and became a member of the Black-clothed Guard."
"His Talent is the same as yours, possessing a very faint 'ginseng bloodline', and he is a distant relative of yours."
Li Qingshan was stunned for a moment, his expression one of disbelief.
Impossible!
The Li Family genealogy always stated that only ancestor Li Dazhu's bloodline had been passed down; how could there suddenly be another distant branch? Impossible!
Yet at that moment, a strange possibility occurred to him, and he was so surprised that he nearly jumped out of the hospital bed.
It was the body he had inhabited when he traveled back— "Li Shan," Li Dazhu's cousin, who left behind the bloodline branch.
The more Li Qingshan thought about it, the more his scalp tingled, his body soaked in sweat, and goosebumps arose unconsciously: "I request to read the Li Family genealogy and to speak with my parents."
The superiors quickly agreed to this request: "Please wait a moment."
When the genealogy was laid before him, "Li Dazhu and his cousin Li Shan fell into a cesspit and were the only survivors of the Li Family Village massacre."
This line of text simply left Li Qingshan dumbfounded!
Who was Li Shan?
Li Shan was the one I traveled back to.
Yes, there was never a Li Shan before, certainly not!
Li Shan should have died in the "Li Family Village massacre!" Ancestor "Li Dazhu" was the only survivor!
But now, Li Shan had come back to life and even left descendants.
"There has always been this line of text..." His father didn't quite understand why Li Qingshan's reaction was so intense, "This line has always been there; the Li Shan branch separated from the family two hundred years ago, you must be remembering wrong."
No, I definitely didn't remember it wrong!
Li Qingshan's pupils dilated, he gripped his hair forcefully, feeling as if his entire worldview had been overturned.