Extra Part 2: Tianying Empire and Ancient Myths

Time is like running water, and the years are endless.

In a bright and spacious classroom.

"...As we know, the empire that was the predecessor of the alliance continued to vigorously develop technology and civilization under the guidance of the gods after unifying the Douluo planet."

"In that imperial era, the government was clear and the country was peaceful and the people were peaceful. Countless capable people, strong men, and geniuses emerged in large numbers, which led to an unprecedented explosion in both soul guidance technology and people's livelihood technology."

"Lu Ying, Okayi, Ning Yijiang, Chen Zhixin and other scientists who are famous in the entire history of Tianying were born."

"For the first time, mankind has explored the existence of the starry sky in the universe, and in the next 20,000 years, it has successfully sent out interstellar exploration teams to explore the Douluo Star and even the interstellar space beyond the Douluo Galaxy."

"History calls the period of 20,000 years the 'first interstellar technological revolution'!"

In the front of the large classroom, a professor wearing formal alliance uniform was giving lectures.

However, he was giving an impassioned speech above, and except for a few students below who were listening to the lecture, most of the students were connected to virtual devices and traveling in the virtual world.

The professor was already not surprised. After all, his class was only an elective, and he also knew that these students were taking his class to gain credits.

And in universities, in addition to the daily training of students, the college also has courses on fighting armor and mechas, so they can basically turn a blind eye to these students.

As long as your cultivation level is high enough and you are among the best in the combat class, you can still work in the alliance government even if your credits are low.

This is the principle of Tianying Interstellar Alliance, everything is based on strength!

However, in the front position in front of the professor, a tall young man was not as distracted as the college students behind him. Instead, he was listening very seriously.

He looked very interested.

When the professor saw this, he felt a little strange.

But he continued to lecture, "...the success of the first interstellar exploration team, coupled with the subsequent aging of Douluo Planet's core and the weakening of the planet's magnetic field, resulted in Douluo Planet's environment becoming increasingly unsuitable for life. , so in the next thousand years, the Sky Shadow Empire began to continuously explore habitable galaxies."

"And along the way, we discovered a lot of life and civilization on other planets..."

"...During this period, the technological innovations in space technology and interstellar mecha technology that broke out are what we call the 'third interstellar technological revolution'."

"Okay." The professor stopped and picked up the teacup. "There will be a ten-minute break between classes. If you have anything you don't understand, you can ask me directly."

"teacher."

At this moment, a girl sitting in the front row raised her hand. She was still taking notes on an old tablet.

It seems that this girl's family is not very well off and she cannot even afford higher-end projection electronics.

But the professor didn't care.

"Hmm? Classmate, do you have any questions?"

The professor looked at her.

"I want to ask, in the history of Tianying, there have been many times of guidance from gods, but after entering the interstellar era, there has been no such so-called guidance from gods."

The girl stood up and asked, with everyone watching, "So, do gods really exist? Or is this a feudal superstition of people in ancient times?"

After hearing this, the professor thought about it seriously, and then said, "Actually, your question has caused huge controversy in the archaeological community."

"The era we are in is currently the year 131024 of the Oracle Calendar. There is a gap of 130,000 years from the year when the legendary Oracle Calendar replaced the Douluo Calendar."

"It has been more than 10,000 years since the Lu family in the empire announced their agreement to establish a constitutional monarchy and change the empire to the Interstellar Alliance."

"For such a long time, with the development of human science and technology, we have not found the residence of the gods outside the Douluo Star, even out of the Douluo Galaxy, and out of the Sky Shadow System. Therefore, many archaeologists believe that people in ancient times were relatively He likes to deify historical figures, and often uses myths to record history, so he uses divine guidance to explain the great moments in history."

"So of course the myth cannot be taken as true. There are no gods in the world."

"However," the professor said, "As we all know, based on the claims and records of the Lu family, most of the myths are true. They are the descendants of the God of Night and Guardian, the God of Dawn, and the God of Fire. Take the martial spirits of the direct disciples of the royal family and the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect as examples."

"You know what the martial spirits of the Lu family and the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect are, right?"

"Of course I know." The students who were still listening to the lecture all had their eyes lit up and said, "The martial souls of the Lu family are the Death Star Scythe, the Dark Prison Blade and the Storm Thunder Dragon! The martial souls of the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect are the Nine Treasures Glazed Tower!"

"Their martial spirits, even in today's era when various top martial arts appear, are still top-notch or even the strongest martial spirits."

The professor said, "The martial spirits of the supreme god Lu Yuan and one of his wives, the guardian god Ning Rongrong, in the Tianying myth we are familiar with are these four martial spirits."

"This is recognized by the archaeological community, especially the first emperor Lu Yuan, the ancestor of the Lu family. Although his three martial spirits are unbelievable, it is a fact recognized by everyone."

"It is precisely because the blood of the gods flows in the Lu family that they have strong men and geniuses generation after generation. To this day, the Ultimate Douluo owned by the Lu family and the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect dominate the alliance. Nearly half of the Ultimate Douluo."

"However, they are all genius soul masters with top-notch martial souls. Isn't it normal for them to emerge in large numbers?"

The girl raised her hand again at this time and asked.

"Yes, it is normal for top martial spirit owners to become powerful, but one thing I want to say is that among the Lu family, those who become emperors of the Tianying Empire rarely have extremely stupid kings. Even if there are , will also abdicate bizarrely within a few years in history."

"For example, the famous emperor-slayer tyrant Lu Changwei. He served as the crown prince for more than fifty years and had countless gang members. At that time, the empire was full of loyal troops to him. After he ascended the throne, he exposed his true nature. For his own selfish desires, he killed soul beasts indiscriminately and held gladiatorial arenas. , just for their own enjoyment, and during this period, they killed countless loyal ministers and good people who had remonstrated."

Everyone nodded. Emperor Tu Lu Changwei's name was a household name in the Star Alliance. Although more than 80,000 years had passed, this famous tyrant in the history of Tianying was still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

His reputation has been infamy for thousands of years, comparable to that of Dai Mubai, the last emperor of Xingluo.

"But three years later, when there was no rebellion in the Tianying Empire, he suddenly died violently."

The professor continued.

"You must know that he was a powerful Titled Douluo at the time. A Titled Douluo who was only sixty-seven years old was not an ordinary person. How could he die quietly?"

"But if someone assassinated him, how could he be killed quietly without mutiny or civil strife when there were still many members of the empire loyal to him?"

"And after that, after his younger brother ascended the throne, he gave him a bad posthumous title and issued a criminal edict in his name. However, the officials of the empire did not object at that time. How can we explain this?"

The professor shook his head and said, "So there is a saying in the archaeological community that the death of this tyrant was caused by the gods. It is precisely because the ancestor of the Lu family and the gods took action that the Tianying Empire can survive without civil strife. Under the circumstances, let the tyrant die and the empire can transition smoothly."

"And no matter what, the proportion of wise kings in their family can be said to be much higher than that of the previous Tiandou Empire, Star Luo Empire, and even those alien empire civilizations discovered after we entered the interstellar era. times."

"Even if His Majesty, the Lu family, agreed to the constitution, it was not because he was incompetent, but because of the righteousness of the alliance, he agreed to the constitution."

"Normally, this would be almost impossible."

"Then why did the Lu family agree to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy? If they are really a wise king for generations?"

The girl said in confusion, "Wouldn't it be better if they lead the alliance?"

The professor gave a bitter smile, "This...student, do you know how big the empire was at that time?"

"Students don't know this."

The girl said in confusion.

At this moment, the young man sitting at the front smiled and said:

"The current territory of the Alliance, as far as I know, the Great Wall of the Borealis, the divine shadow of the observable universe where the Alliance is currently located, has more than 80% of the galaxies where the Alliance flag can be planted, which is 1.3 billion light-years, and Although the territory seven thousand years ago when the royal family proclaimed the constitutional monarchy was far less than the territory of the Alliance today, it was still 130 million light years long."

"Contains about 100,000 galaxies the size of the Sky Shadow System, with planets in the trillions."

"That's right."

The professor nodded with satisfaction and said, "This classmate is right. Although the territory of the Tianying Empire at that time was far less than the territory of the current alliance, the territory was already very vast."

"Perhaps for us now, 100 million light years is nothing, but for the imperial era when super-curvature navigation was not so developed at that time, it would be difficult to rule such a large territory."

"Especially with such a large territory, the empire's affairs will eventually fall on the monarch. This is too inefficient. At the same time, because the territory is so large, the Lu family's dominance over the entire empire at that time was actually declining."

"Therefore, out of such considerations, the Lu family announced that they agreed to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy and changed the Tianying Empire to the Tianying Interstellar Alliance, and the alliance government will rule the vast interstellar territory."

The girl suddenly realized, "I see, I understand, but professor... do you think gods really exist in our world?"

Returning to the topic just now, the professor was silent for a long time before saying, "I'm not sure about this either. Maybe only the Lu family can know about this. After all, it is said that the Lu family still has the ability to communicate with the ancestors and gods."

"But the Lu family has always kept this matter secret, and outsiders have never known it."

He shook his head, "Anyway, who knows? The world we have actually explored now is less than one-tenth of the entire observable universe."

When the girl heard this, she pursed her lips and said, "Thank you, teacher."

Then she sat down and asked no more questions.

"If you are interested, classmate, you can continue to choose my course, or you can choose to continue studying in this area after you graduate from university."

The professor said the last thing.

…

"Okay, that's the end of this class. Goodbye, classmates."

The professor saw the end of get out of class and said.

"Okay! I can finally go and cook!"

"The cook! The soul of the cook!"

"Where are you going to go on the weekend? I really want to go to the constellation Arceus galaxy. I heard that a huge amusement park has opened there!"

…

The college students didn't care about the class and left the classroom amidst the noise.

When the professor saw this, he shook his head helplessly.

The young man who was listening carefully in front of him just now also slowly walked out.

At this moment, a dozen or so seriously-dressed figures appeared out of nowhere, surrounding the young people and looking at the newcomers with evil intentions.

The professor was stunned for a moment. He was a little panicked, thinking that the young man had caused something.

"What are you doing? Let me tell you! It is illegal to hit people in Tianying Royal University!"

He used his soul power and stopped directly in front of the young man.

At the same time, the eight soul rings behind the professor also told these people that he was a Contra and was not someone to be trifled with.

However……

"Thank you Professor, but I know them all."

Lu Xuanqian came to the professor apologetically and said.

"Your Highness!"

At this time, those who looked at the visitor with evil intentions all knelt down on one knee and shouted in unison.

"Your Highness... Your Majesty?"

The professor was stunned for a moment, his face full of disbelief.

In the alliance, there is only one family left that still follows the feudal rules of the old days.

This is also a privilege granted to that family by the alliance.

That is... the Lu family who took the initiative to establish the constitution!

As for the Lu family, the only one who can be called His Royal Highness is the son of the current emperor, that is, the prince.

But you must know that even if the Lu family declares their consent to the establishment of the constitution, they will still retain their royal status, and an emperor will succeed each generation.

Even in the age of the alliance, the emperor no longer keeps his word, but he still plays a decisive role in the alliance and has huge power that covers the sky with one hand!

The royal family also has huge wealth and powerful strength, and is quite mysterious. Although it is no longer superior, it is still difficult for ordinary people to access.

But now... Lu Xuanqian in front of him is actually a member of the Lu family, or is he His Royal Highness? !

"How many times have I told you not to call me Your Highness outside."

Lu Xuanqian said helplessly.

"It's...the palace...young master!"

Immediately, everyone changed their tune.

Seeing that his identity was exposed, Lu Xuanqian had no choice but to turn around and say to the professor, "Professor Gu, I'm sorry to disturb you. Your lecture today was very good. Thank you for your advice."

"oh oh……"

The professor nodded quickly, "To be appreciated by His Highness, I... No, you common people..."

Lu Xuanqian shook his head helplessly, "Professor, we are already in the Alliance era, and there is no need for such an ancient title."

"Okay, it's time for me to go back after I came out today. Next time, I'll come and listen to the professor's class."

With a thought in Lu Xuanqian's mind, a projection of the current time appeared in front of his eyes and he said.

Then he slowly left here under the protection of a dozen royal guards.

In the end, the professor could only stammer, "Best regards... Your Highness."

After thinking about it, I haven't written a side story about Lu Yuan's current situation yet, so I'll write a side story tonight about the protagonist's current situation, and then write the closing remarks.