To tell the truth.
After confirming that the worldline had indeed shifted twice, Xu Yun's mind was restless for a long time.
After all, whether from a technological or humanistic perspective, this represented enormous changes.
Especially at this exact moment in time.
This is 1850, after all...
Everyone who attended elementary school knows this.
1840.
The United Kingdom government, using Lin Zexu's destruction of opium at Humen and other events as an excuse, launched the infamous Opium War.
The Opium War ended with Huaxia's defeat, reparations, and territorial concessions. Both sides signed the first humiliating unequal treaty in local history, the 'White Treaty.'
The homeland started surrendering territory, paying indemnities, and negotiating tariffs with foreign powers.
Huaxia officially began its decline into a semi-colonial, semi-feudal society.
Therefore, in history:
1840 is also seen as the beginning of modern history.
