"Horse, could you please not cause trouble?" Chen Gong looked at him helplessly.
This was a crucial moment discussing the survival of humanity.
Having this troublesome beast show up really broke the immersion!
After Red Hare's interruption, Qin Shi Huang looked up at the sky.
The Great Wall floating in space had already been severed by Nameless's arrow.
The Great Wall had fallen.
This crystallization of the Great Qin's greatest architectural achievement, which protected the entire empire and the whole Earth, had been cut down by a single arrow.
Countless fragments fell like shooting stars.
Qin Shi Huang's expression remained calm: "As the only true human of Great Qin, the eternal emperor of the eternal empire, it is only natural that I lead my people to everlasting happiness and future."
This was the obsession he had carried for 2,603 years.
To replace the will of heaven with his own heart.
To become the absolutely fair and just Heaven itself, governing the fates of all.
This long-borne responsibility had long since become an indelible obsession.
So strong that it made him choose to oppose Nameless.
"However, your world has no future left - it is destined for destruction," Nameless softly stated this predetermined tragic fact.
Qin Shi Huang stared intently at him: "Then does Proper Human History truly have hope?"
He had single-handedly created the glorious Great Qin, built the space Great Wall, forged the mechanical holy body of Epang Palace, and ended all wars.
These were his proudest achievements.
Yet Proper Human History remained mired in endless wars and disasters.
Human desires would ultimately consume each other!
Nameless suddenly reminded him: "Do you remember the oath you swore when you were crowned as the First Emperor?"
"Of course I remember."
Qin Shi Huang fell into recollection.
Back then, Nameless had assisted him in conquering the six states and unifying the land.
He had declared himself "a conqueror surpassing the Three Sovereigns and eclipsing the Five Emperors."
Then.
Facing all under heaven, he had sworn an oath—
[I swear in the name of the First Emperor!]
[While I live, I shall secure eternal peace for Great Qin, defending our lands and expanding our borders.]
[When I die, I shall become a dragon's soul, protecting our Hua Xia civilization for all eternity!]
[Let this oath be witnessed by sun and moon, attested by heaven and earth, heard by all immortals, spirits, ghosts, and demons!]
This vow drove countless subjects to follow him in conquering the world, establishing an eternal Great Qin of perpetual peace.
Nameless continued, "While you lived, you created an eternal empire that extinguishes human intellect and the future. Why not give humanity a chance?"
"I do not trust human desires!" Qin Shi Huang answered with absolute resolve.
"Imperfection is what makes humans human. So why not guide them toward perfection and forge a human history that leads to an infinite future?"
Nameless stepped forward, placing a gentle hand on the other's shoulder. "Human greatness belongs to all. Human calamities must be faced together—not borne by you alone!"
"You've done more than enough. It's time to lay down this burden you've carried for 2,603 years."
"At least this once... live truly for yourself."
As a teacher, he had never given up on the other—and never would.
No matter how powerful, no matter how invincible.
In his eyes, this was still just a child who once vowed to create a world where all could be happy.
Beside them, Mordred, Mash, and the others watched intently.
Every one of them was prepared for battle.
Such terrifying obsession—no one believed it could be abandoned so easily.
"Can I trust you, Master?"
Flames seemed to dance in Qin Shi Huang's crimson eyes, reminding Nameless of the eager, youthful gaze from long ago.
"In Pan-Human History, after your death, you became China's Ancestral Dragon—a spirit safeguarding its unification."
He answered solemnly, "From then on, every soul in the land of Huaxia stood as dragons!"
The First Emperor of Qin, who conquered the warring states and unified the realm, laid the foundation for China.
He became the true Ancestral Dragon.
Ever since, no matter how many wars or foreign invasions ravaged the land of Huaxia, it would always return to unification.
Generation after generation of emperors, generals, and heroes fought with everything they had to unite the realm.
This was the spirit the Ancestral Dragon bestowed upon Huaxia!
Though the body perishes, the spirit endures!
Witnessing this, the audience in China felt their hearts surge—
-[This is how Huaxia's legacy is passed down, unbroken across the ages!]
-[The Qin Shi Huang of the Lostbelt is indeed powerful, but he is merely a god who extinguishes human intellect—not the ancestral dragon who ensured the flame of China's civilization endured!]
-[In the land of China, every person strives to be a dragon—well said, Nameless! I must also strive to learn!]
-[It was the ancestral dragon who forged our dream of unification, ensuring we did not splinter into dozens of small states like Europe!]
-[Though my heart is unheeded by the cold stars, I offer my blood to Xuanyuan! Damn, this is hype!]
...
In the real Epang Palace.
Zhuge Liang listened to Nameless' words and nodded in deep agreement.
As expected of Nameless, born in China—he truly understood the Chinese people.
Back then, Zhuge Liang had devoted himself entirely, exhausting every effort to assist Liu Bei, heir to the Han dynasty, all for the sake of realizing the dream of unifying the land.
And this concept of unification—this "Great Unification"—was precisely what Qin Shi Huang had achieved through measures such as "conquering the six states, unifying the realm, standardizing cart tracks, unifying the script, and standardizing weights and measures."
The ideal of Great Unification had been thoroughly ingrained into the soul of the Chinese people.
It had become an obsession for countless Chinese across the ages.
Throughout history, those with ambition had fought desperately for this Great Unification.
"A so-called Eternal Empire is nothing more than severing the future's inheritance!"
Zhuge Liang sighed heavily in his heart.
As an expert in governance, he too desired to establish a nation of everlasting peace.
However.
True protection and happiness were not born from such ignorance.
It lay in enlightening the people, allowing everyone to live freely, advancing together with the nation.
That was the true essence of civilization.
After all, China was a civilization masquerading as a nation!
Not a place where cultural heritage was severed, where people were condemned to eternal ignorance, living as pitiful, caged animals!
So, what choice would the Emperor of the Lostbelt make?
Zhuge Liang and all the Chinese Heroic Spirits watched the screen with bated breath.
Clearly, this was the climax of the recording.
Everything now rested on Qin Shi Huang's decision!
Under the gaze of all, Nameless continued:
"Now, your so-called Eternal Empire has reached its so-called perfection—an end with no future. This is not protection. This is annihilation, wrought by your own hands!"
"Annihilation…"
Qin Shi Huang seemed lost in thought.
Ever since encountering Chaldea's group, he had refrained from attacking precisely because he had already foreseen the doomed future of his Eternal Empire.
A future without hope.
Utter despair.
Thus, he had wanted to see if Chaldea could bring even a sliver of hope.
Yet, in the end, this world still held not even a glimmer of it.
A future without a future was indeed not the future he desired.
Qin Shi Huang smiled, free of burdens:
"Then, if We entrust the future of this world to Proper Human History… can you show Us an infinite future?"
"Of course!"
Nameless pledged solemnly.
This was his mission—Chaldea's mission.
To safeguard human order, to ensure humanity's infinite future, even at the cost of their lives!
HUM—
At that moment, the heavens darkened.
The colossal Epang Palace, unnoticed until now, hovered above them all.
[With the six kings vanquished, the realm unified; the Shu mountains stripped bare, Epang Palace arose. Spanning three hundred li, it blotted out the sun.]
Only now did Du Mu's description in The Epang Palace Rhapsody manifest before their eyes in the most vivid manner.
The unimaginably vast Epang Palace floated in the sky.
Within it, an immeasurable surge of energy gathered—and erupted.
Interior scene, revealed before everyone's eyes. It was no ordinary palace within.
Clearly, it was an imitation of the entire world, modeled after the natural wind magecraft, transforming itself into a microcosm.
In other words.
Inside the Epang Palace was a small world—a permanent, formidable Reality Marble!
After the Epang Palace descended.
Twelve enormous metal puppets leaped down from the palace.
Each stood over a hundred meters tall, a terrifying sight.
Within them surged vast amounts of magical energy, granting them exaggerated, overwhelming combat power.
These were none other than the twelve golden colossi forged after Qin Shi Huang conquered the six warring states and unified the land—
"Collecting all weapons under heaven, gathering them in Xianyang, melting the blades and arrowheads, casting them into twelve golden figures to weaken the people of the world!"
These twelve golden figures were essentially mobile suits—each possessing the terrifying capability to soar into space and wage interstellar warfare!
And this.
Did not even include the numerous powerful Heroic Spirits frozen and preserved within the Lishan Hero Vault.
As the King of the Lostbelt, Qin Shi Huang was the Alaya of this Lostbelt, establishing his own Valhalla!
At the same time.
The Great Wall orbital cannon, suspended in space, also revealed its menacing might.
Vast, surging energy pulsed within, as if ready to unleash a devastating bombardment at any moment.
One terrifying war weapon after another was displayed in full force before the eyes of all.
The audience was momentarily stunned—
-[Twelve mobile suits? Can they stand against the twelve Machine Gods of the Council of Gods?]
-[Are you joking? The sole purpose of Qin Shi Huang's space Great Wall was to defend against the Umbral Star! The Council of Gods's Machine Gods aren't even worthy!]
-[What a shame. This is the Lostbelt's Qin Shi Huang, not the wise ruler of our Proper Human History!]
-[Bringing out so many terrifying weapons of war—does he intend to annihilate Chaldea completely?]
...
All who witnessed this scene felt their hearts sink.
This was dangerous.
Each of these war weapons possessed the power to annihilate nations.
Deploying them all made it clear—this was an attempt to eradicate Chaldea, to eliminate them for good!
In the video.
Mash stood nervously beside Nameless: "Senpai?"
"What's going on?" Mordred, too, was stunned.
The Epang Palace had actually left Xianyang and descended directly above them.
With its terrifying power, it could easily obliterate the exhausted group after their battle against the Evils of Humanity!
So this was truly meant to finish them off!
Yet Nameless showed no trace of wariness, speaking softly: "Qin Shi Huang, the time of the Lostbelt's destruction has come. It is time to let go of the Great Qin!"
Silence fell over the scene.
Everyone's hearts leaped into their throats.
If Qin Shi Huang willed it, he could undoubtedly annihilate Chaldea's forces.
Or rather.
He wouldn't even need to lift a finger.
Simply unleashing the frozen Heroic Spirits from the Lishan Hero Vault would be enough to effortlessly crush them!
Those were all the heroes and legends of China's two-thousand-year history!
"Hahaha, my friend, you truly always present me with difficult choices!"
A gentle smile suddenly appeared on Qin Shi Huang's peerlessly charismatic face.
Hum—
Under the control of his vast magical energy, the twelve golden colossi, each towering a hundred meters tall, moved together.
Their indestructible metal bodies flowed like water, merging seamlessly into one.
Forming an enormous metal giant.
In its hand, it now wielded a massive metal axe—spanning a hundred meters in length.
Like the giant axe of Pangu splitting heaven and earth in the chaos of creation, it brought an overwhelming sense of oppression to all present.
Yet, the towering figure wielding the colossal axe did not attack the members of Chaldea. Instead, it strode toward the Fusang Divine Tree.
Under the disbelieving gazes of everyone—
Crack!
The enormous axe effortlessly cleaved through the writhing, grotesque tentacles and struck the base of the Fusang Divine Tree with devastating force, severing it in a single blow.
The Fusang Divine Tree was the very core of the Lostbelt's existence.
Once severed, it meant the annihilation of the Lostbelt—everything would vanish into nothingness.
And now—
The Eternal Sovereign, who had built an everlasting empire, had personally felled the Fusang Divine Tree.