The Disappearing Books Haven't Disappeared?

Jiang Xiao and the others looked at each other.

What kind of statement is that?

Isn't it just as hard to understand as if a person claims to be hungry after a full meal?

"No, listen to me, those books didn't vanish into thin air, they just..."

The old man swallowed and said with bright eyes.

"They simply aged away and disappeared."

Aged away and disappeared?

The elder pointed to some inconspicuous gray dust on the table.

"This is what's left of those disappearing books!"

"Uh..."

Jiang Xiao took some of the powder with his hand, sniffed it, and realized there was no smoke smell; it certainly wasn't ash.

Wang Dayong casually picked up a book, flipped through it, and asked in confusion.

"Even so, that doesn't make sense. How could perfectly fine books age? Weren't these books all delivered together? Why do the other books look fine?"

"That's the terrifying truth we just discovered...."

The old man's forehead started to sweat and it dripped nonstop.

The elder wiped the sweat from his forehead, his voice trembling slightly as he continued.

"These aging books, without exception, involve content related to 'gods' and 'history.'

"We compared and found that as long as the books involve such content, no matter how well preserved, they rapidly age into ashes in a short time."

Jiang Xiao's frown deepened, sensing a hidden secret behind this.

Gods again?

But haven't the gods already sent down a plague?

Alright.

Even if the gods decided to destroy books about "gods," Jiang Xiao could understand.

But why would the gods target history books?

Is their brain flooded with pelvic fluid?

"You mean there's some force intervening in our understanding of history?"

The elder nodded, fear flashing in his eyes.

"Yes, it's as if there's an invisible hand preventing people in our world from tracing history backward."

Wang Dayong's expression also grew serious after hearing this.

"Does that mean the history we know might just be the tip of the iceberg, with true history deliberately hidden by some force?"

The elder sighed heavily and nodded.

"However, not all history has disappeared. Some books can still be read, but the text is somewhat blurred."

Jiang Xiao casually pulled out a history book from the shelf, and as he opened it, he frowned.

The characters on the pages were indeed blurry as the elder described, as if covered by the dust of time or deliberately erased by some force.

He tried to decipher the characters but found it wasn't easy.

Every word seemed hastily written, devoid of detail, much like ancient landscape paintings sketched with broad strokes, leaving only vague outlines.

Yet undeniably, these books were published with properly formatted printed text.

But the most puzzling thing is.

This is a history book?

It's so brief!

Many things are glossed over in a single stroke. How should I put it? This doesn't seem like a history book; it's more like condensing an entire historical period into a single sentence.

Jiang Fan randomly pointed to a segment of dynastic history, questioning the historians.

"Look here, the history of the Da Fang dynasty, all described with 'such-and-such battle, one side won,' 'great famine, countless dead,' is this all the description?"

Jiang Xiao couldn't help but read a sentence from the book sarcastically.

He couldn't believe his eyes; such description could hardly be called history.

Wang Dayong walked over, looked at the page, and was equally shocked.

"How is this possible? Where are the rich details of history? These books seem to be deliberately hiding something."

What about the historical scholars and generals?

Some emperors' names are even unknown and can only be referred to as "emperor" or by their reign name.

"This is too absurd..."

Even Niu Jieshi shook his head repeatedly, indicating that this history was simply too ludicrous.

Their history is monotonous and dull, with no appeal at all.

"Where are the Tang and Song poems? Uh, I mean, shouldn't there be some poems passed down from ancient times here?"

"Yes, there are."

There are indeed some, but these poems are incomplete, either missing lines or words, so they have to be completed by educated guesses from future generations.

Their history is chaotic...

But technological advancement far exceeds the level of Blue Star.

Since a fragmented history didn't stop scientific progress.

These historians were also baffled.

They never considered that their history might be incomplete.

But when Jiang Xiao mentioned Tang Zong, Song Zu, the loyalty of Yue Fei, the Overlord of Western Chu, the Killing God Bai Qi, Hua Mulan who stood firm against men, and Huo Qubing who conquered the northern nomads.

They realized how rich and colorful history truly was.

Even though Jiang Xiao's storytelling was lackluster, it did not diminish their admiration for Yue Fei, Hua Mulan, and others.

"What about our history then?"

Wang Dayong said in disbelief, you ask me, we damn want to ask you!

"Right, then what about your history? The gods only appeared recently; has your history always been like this?"

Yes.

The historians bowed their heads in shame, for such was indeed their history.

Simple to the extreme, utterly lacking in any readability or appeal.

"Logically, as long as those emperors weren't idiots, they'd know to write some historical records to glorify themselves, right?"

That's human nature.

It's like posting on social media after buying a Mercedes-Maybach.

It's like showing off when your girlfriend gifts you a 4090 graphics card.

You're an emperor!

You could be recorded in history!

Wouldn't you have someone document your achievements?

"You mean, someone later destroyed the records of previous emperors?"

"Impossible!"

Jiang Xiao asserted, besides official histories, there are also unofficial accounts!

It's not just about destroying a few books; it's about covering an entire historical period in dust.

Even an emperor couldn't completely erase the stories of a previous dynasty.

Moreover, even if the later dynasty held grudges against the former and truly erased everything,

There would still be transitions of power within the dynasty, right?

It's unlikely that a son would defy the world by slandering his father and erasing all his father's deeds, right?

And what about those gallant generals and poets?

Why would their stories be covered up?

So everything about them should have been buried by that so-called "god."

Jiang Xiao explained everything articulately, as the expressions on the historians' faces also grew darker.

Indeed..

Jiang Xiao made a lot of sense.

But they had wasted most of their lives studying history without discovering this.

Of course, because history had always been this way, their teachers had taught them so from the start.

It's as if one day someone discovered mistakes in the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics, successfully proving it.

But until then, no one would think there's anything wrong with the knowledge they learned.

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