Ever since he was young, Li Xuan had loved reading all sorts of myths and stories from Huaxia. He too had gone through a 'chuunibyou' phase where his brain wasn't quite right. He had once yearned for the 'Immortals' in mythological novels, and the legends of Nüwa mending the sky, the Yellow Emperor slaying Chiyou, and Shennong tasting a hundred herbs... these ancient tales were the stories that relieved his boredom as a child...
But... as he grew older and learned more, even if he didn't want to admit it, he knew that legends were still just legends... From a scientific perspective, the world's legends were nothing more than that, or perhaps just simple beliefs.
"..." At this moment, however, Li Xuan stared blankly at the history book in his hands... He was beginning to suspect that Kiana had given him the wrong book, perhaps a satirical mythological novel...
The beginning of the Eastern Honkai history in this book was quite normal...
[In the ancient era of China, in 2717 BC, the 'Honkai' first appeared in southern Asia. Infected by Honkai energy, various beings mutated into Honkai Beasts, some even possessing strange abilities. They wreaked havoc across the ancient Divine Land. Helpless humans were cruelly slaughtered by the Honkai Beasts. They were the earliest Honkai Beasts, existing solely to kill humans.]
[And at this time... a mysterious young girl appeared.]
[This girl, named Ji Xuanyuan, was respectfully called the 'Yellow Emperor' by the people of Eastern Huaxia! She was the first human in history to possess the ability to fight against the Honkai... She married Shennong, who was later known as the 'Yan Emperor'. After single-handedly eliminating all the Honkai Beasts, the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor disappeared one after another...]
"..." After reading this passage, Li Xuan's mouth was still hanging open... Why was the Yellow Emperor a 'she'... and she even married the Yan Emperor?! Wasn't the Yellow Emperor a man?! Are the people in this other world perverts?! Do they like homosexuality?! Or... was the Yellow Emperor a woman?!
At this moment... Li Xuan felt the deep malice of the world...
"How is this possible..." Li Xuan murmured. In his impression, the Yellow Emperor was a man who rode a dragon and fought Chiyou, a monster with eight feet, three heads, six arms, a bronze head, an iron forehead, and was impervious to weapons... and he even won! How could such an iron-blooded man be a young girl?! A young girl!!
"..." He felt like he wanted to spit out a mouthful of old blood.
"Impossible... how could this be possible..." Li Xuan's worldview suffered an unprecedented blow. Even a legend without the Yellow Emperor would have been easier for him to accept than a gender-bent version of the Yellow Emperor legend...
"Could it be..." A terrifying thought suddenly popped into Li Xuan's mind. He stared at the open history book before him, his eyes filled with a certain horror... He hesitated for a moment, but still reached out a trembling hand to turn the history book to other pages...
"As I thought..." Li Xuan's mood became complicated. The various historical figures recorded in the book were quite detailed... Nikola Tesla, the scientist who designed alternating current in his original world, had become a red-haired girl in this world... The bearded and famous playwright William Shakespeare, who was revered like a hero by foreigners in his original world, had become a beautiful and seemingly rebellious young lady. Furthermore, this young lady was always holding a book...
"What's wrong with this world..." Li Xuan stared intently at the history book in his hands and said in disbelief, "Why have all the famous historical figures from my original world turned into beautiful girls?!"
"This one is relatively normal..." Li Xuan turned to a page he had hastily flipped past before. As a top student... he was quite good at history, so he still remembered some foreign celebrities...
"Someone with the same gender as in the original world... Catherine." Li Xuan was quite familiar with this famous person... Catherine II Alexeyevna, Empress of the Russian Empire (1762-1796), also known as Catherine II or Catherine the Great. The standard Chinese translation is Catherine the Great. She is also the only female tsar in Russian history to be called 'the Great'.
During Catherine's reign, due to her skillful governance and remarkable achievements, Russia became the most powerful country in Europe. Her talent and fame were also known at home and abroad, making her a great ruler second only to Peter the Great in the eyes of the Russian people. She was respectfully called 'Empress Catherine' and also 'the Great'.
"Smack!~" Li Xuan slammed the book in front of him shut... He needed to calm down for a moment... He never expected that this world would have figures from his original world... but they were all gender-bent...
"Could it be... this world and Earth are parallel worlds..." Li Xuan habitually stroked his smooth chin and thought, resting his head on the desk. The appearance of so many figures with the same names could only make him think of the concept of parallel worlds.
"Forget it..." Li Xuan buried his head in the desk. These matters were not his to manage... he should focus on himself first.
However, he didn't know that... he would later have interactions with these historical figures... Fate, like two non-parallel lines, would eventually intersect.
"..." Perhaps because of the spaceship ride earlier, Li Xuan felt a bit dizzy. Coupled with the most sleep-inducing lecture from the teacher on the podium, he fell asleep on his desk without realizing it.
After an unknown amount of time...
"Hey, hey~" A hand suddenly patted Li Xuan on the head, waking him from his slumber. "Li Xuan, stop sleeping! Class is over!~" Kiana said nonchalantly.
"Kiana! You're being too rough!" Mei scolded sternly.
"Well~" Kiana rolled her eyes and said nothing... But she was actually quite happy inside. This guy Li Xuan came in mid-semester and even sleeps in class... It seems someone will finally be at the bottom for me in the next exam!
However... a certain white-haired furball didn't know that there was a species called 'top student', the natural enemy of 'underachievers'.
"Hah~" Li Xuan rubbed his eyes and stood up from his seat. Because he had been lying on his stomach for a while, there was a faint red mark on his face. "Is class over?..." He was a little groggy from just waking up...
"Yeah... and your maid is here to pick you up," Kiana said, pointing at Liv who was standing by the door, a hint of envy in her eyes. A maid... it would be great if I had one... then every night I could hehehe~
"Oh~" Li Xuan nodded and walked towards the door. Liv, in her black and white maid outfit, was looking at him with a warm smile.
"Hey! Liv, is the room tidied up?" Li Xuan stepped out of the classroom and said softly to Liv.
"Wait!..." Li Xuan was suddenly startled. Before he could hear Liv's answer, he looked in horror at both sides of the corridor.
'A miscalculation!'
(End of Chapter)