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Chapter 582 - 257: Great Tang’s 50th Year

Chapter 582: Chapter 257: Great Tang’s 50th Year

The crowd’s laughter and chatter didn’t last long before they quickly immersed themselves in sorting out the information.

The preliminary information of the Great Tang was relatively easy to obtain from the innkeeper and from their conversations, thanks to the effect of the hints given to Li Changhe and the others.

Furthermore, their friends in various places and the official players were also working to perfect the information. They were even more professional.

Soon, they had a rough idea of what had transpired.

Firstly, following the timeline, it had been fifty years since the Chang’an Plague.

This was no secret, as the Chang’an Plague was also referred to as the first Different Race War by the Tang government.

It was from that year that the Great Tang’s power in various aspects developed rapidly. The systems in various aspects also gradually changed during this period, as they had defeated several small neighboring countries.

After all, they gained a lot of technology from the rat-people, along with the knowledge left behind by Li Changhe and his friends at the time, which was more than enough to make the Great Tang’s officials ecstatic.

However, the Tang did not expose the existence of players like Li Changhe.

During the ninth year after the first Different Race War in the Tang Dynasty, at the beginning of the spring season, they may have developed their technological path based on the Fire God Steam Engine given by the Moon God.

The Tang’s research institute (formerly the Ge Wu Institute) built the first steam-powered mechanized armor.

However, driving a steam-powered armor required a body modification. Even with the rat-people’s advanced technology, the Tang of that time was incapable of mastering such power.

In the eleventh year, the Tang naval forces, led by Xia Wu and several generals, set sail.

In the thirteenth year, Xia Wu’s ironclad ship entered the Mysterious Island. Hence, the steam soldiers that Li Changhe saw on the Mysterious Island were considered experimental subjects.

Originally, they were the best soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, but after a series of modifications, they lost their sense of pain and most emotions, and could only respond to simple commands.

In the fourteenth year, the naval forces returned to the Tang Dynasty. Initially, there were dozens of warships, but only three remained. What happened during this period had yet to be discovered.

It was then that the development of steam-powered mechanized armor suddenly took off.

The official players speculated that the Tang’s level of biotechnology had skyrocketed during that period.

Speaking of which, Li Changhe and the Moon God exchanged a glance. As the parties involved, they were well aware.

The Mysterious Island indeed had enough biotechnology knowledge.

The island’s man-eating monsters were the artificial army created by the so-called "company," right?

Wasn’t that biotechnology?

Moreover, the indigenous people and monsters on the island at that time were not enough to inflict such heavy losses on the Tang army.

Li Changhe and the others had taken the Insect God Shell, and the aliens should have turned into a puddle of blood by now.

There were only two possibilities: either the Insect God had molted again on the Mysterious Island or the Insect God was still near the Mysterious Island.

"Such heavy losses... Cheap Step-Dad, could it be that they met the Insect God after we left?" Li Changhe wondered.

Later, in the fifteenth year, the Tang’s military power surged tremendously. Powerful steam-powered mechanized armors were built one after another.

In the same year, the mechanized armor was officially named as the Armored Warrior.

They were also organized into battle groups, commanded by various generals, to conquer and seize territories.

Wherever the Armored Warriors went, it became the territory of the Great Tang.

So now, countries like Goryeo and Tubo were all within the territory of the Great Tang.

In the eighteenth year, many of the Old Generals of Zhenguan retired.

It was rumored that the rat-people returned, and the old generals led the troops into the Teleportation Gate to counter-attack the rat-people. But then... they never came back.

The passage of time and the silence of the Tang court made it difficult to determine the truth.

In any case, famous generals like Cheng Yaojin and Li Jing had disappeared.

In the twentieth year, an unexpected event took place.

The most well-known hero of the Tang military, the most significant contributor to the first Different Race War, General Li Ba... attempted to assassinate the emperor and actually succeeded.

That was the reason he was called a rebel. However, the truth was unknown. Who could know what the actual truth was?

It was outrageous that Li Er, who had started as a rebel himself, was successfully overthrown.

Subsequently, Li Zhi ascended to the throne.

He did not create any melodrama with Wu Zetian. In fact, he had recently married a young girl as his empress.

She was just a bit young.

This information caused many players who had discovered the news to comment, "Your Majesty, the Great Tang’s national power is already the best in the world. Is there really a need to refine copper for the sake of a girl?"

Over the years, in order to guard against the rat-people who may appear at any time.

The number of Tang’s Armored Warriors and battle groups had continued to increase.

Currently, there were thirty battle groups, each consisting of a thousand Armored Warriors and even more Auxiliary Army units.

Of course, the most elite among them were the emperor’s personal guards, the Thousand Cattle Guard.

As for the rest of the information, they needed further investigation.

One night had passed since the players had arrived in the world of The Great Tang. Most players were able to confirm the locations they were in, except for those unlucky ones.

He Feng and Xiang Wu were in the North Desert. Bai Luohe and Mo Mang were in Dengzhou.

It was too far away and difficult to quickly regroup.

This was the same for all players. They could only attempt to contact nearby players.

Of course, some highly intelligent players might have stored a bunch of mechanical parts in their [Backpacks], so they could craft an aircraft or a vehicle after entering the task to quickly regroup with their teammates.

However, doing so had the risk of being discovered by the people of Great Tang and could easily cause a lot of trouble.

Many more players remained hidden, observing the situation.

Cautious players like these would not easily trust anyone outside their allies. They needed to wait until there was some clarity with the task progress before making a decision.

"Then, there’s the issue of distribution. According to the official statement, there are roughly seventy players in each of the seven areas. In a city like Yuezhou, there must be more than one batch of players who have quietly hidden themselves." Moon God reminded.

"That’s right. Yuezhou City is one of the three major conscription cities in the Great Tang and even has Armored Warrior battalions stationed here. With the recent massive conscription campaigns, players can easily deduce that this is related to the task progress. I assume many players are on their way here now." The girl replied.

"Of the seven areas, four are border towns in the Great Tang, while the remaining three include all the conscripting cities." Li Changhe analyzed, "If the Evolution Game simply wanted us to eliminate the Chaos, all players could have been placed in the border cities."

"Perhaps... they want us players to take advantage of the Tang army’s power?" Chen Yu replied, "Maybe they want to guide players like you to use the opportunity of conscription to infiltrate the Tang army and trigger the task progress."

"Unfortunately, we players haven’t even seen the Chaos yet."

At this moment, everyone looked towards the door of the inn.

They could sense someone approaching.

"Don’t worry, it’s one of our own." Bai Yujing reassured them, then went to open the door.

The newcomer was wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket, making his already tall and robust figure even more imposing. However, his face was a simple-looking round face.

He closed the door, removed the disguise from his face, revealing a square face.

Then, he looked at Li Changhe expressionlessly.

It was Yang Dong...

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