My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 16 Time of Death: 2053

After a brief silence, Nuwa No. 17 said, "Initiating retrieval, initiating deep thinking, data information successfully retrieved! Initiating retrieval."

"Name: Chu Zhu, Gender: Male, Time of Death (ID Card Cancellation Time): June 17, 2053, 13:14:27. Cause of Death: During the Fourth Battle of ●●, facing ●●●●, after the war, organ failure and cancer caused by high-risk radiation! Overall Identity Rating: Level 0 Citizen Privilege Holder."

"Begin testing!"

A beam of white light shone on Chu Zhu's face once more.

"Warning: Age not met! Age not met!"

"Pupil detection passed! Facial detection passed! Please raise your hand, facing the light... Fingerprint detection passed! Preliminary judgment: Chu Zhu, a citizen of China! Logical error found! Correct the logical error! In-depth speculation: ID card stolen/mistakenly destroyed/dead and mistakenly identified by relatives/other."

"Start the process of re-issuing ID cards!"

After a brief silence, the white light shone again, but this time it was softer than before.

"Welcome, Mr. Chu Zhu, Level 0 Citizen Privilege Holder."

"It really is feasible." Chu Zhu's expression was filled with regret. He only had about twenty years left to live. And the Fourth... Campaign? What campaign? A world war? Or some other weird thing?

Death from exposure to high-risk nuclear radiation! No, they actually used all that stuff. I wonder if exposure to nuclear radiation back then caused human evolution.

However, human civilization was destroyed in the 22nd century, which seems to be 40 or 50 years in between? Were there any other wars fought during that time?
However, when Chu Zhu asked again, Nuwa No. 17 fell back into a state of artificial stupidity.

"Alright!" Chu Zhu felt a slight headache. He suddenly thought of a crucial question, "By the way, Li Kang, you should know who Li Kang is, right? The one from earlier, what is his level of authority?"

"Temporary Level 2 access (one year)".

"No... he's level two? But why is it temporary? Does it need to be renewed? Wait, although I have level zero permissions, it's permanent?" Chu Zhu's heart was in turmoil. Could it be that only true citizens of China can have permanent permissions?

"Do you know about the cultivation methods in the current world? The kind that utilize nuclear radiation for cultivation!" Chu Zhu blinked.

"After deep thought, based on the inquirer's words and referring to previous questions, we can deduce that the inquirer actually wants to obtain the current cultivation technique... Your status and permissions are insufficient! Please upgrade before asking again."

"Uh..." Chu Zhu couldn't hold back for a moment, forcibly suppressing the urge to curse or swear at AI. He comforted himself, at least this revealed that the technique did exist. He continued to ask patiently, "Then how do I upgrade my privileges?"

"After consideration, two reasonable options are proposed: Make a sufficient contribution to the country! Approval granted! Privileges upgraded."

"The second option is to successfully pass the Commandery's assessment and undergo formal data entry. You will then become a temporary Level 1 privilege holder, capable of making inquiries!" Chu Zhu: "..."

Your contribution to the country isn't for that ancient thing, is it...? How can you make a contribution like that? Go and rebuild the land of China?
"No!" Chu Zhu thought to himself. If this really is several years in the future, then if he returns to the real world and makes changes in that world, will it create a butterfly effect here?
Next, Chu Zhu asked questions sporadically, mostly to which he declined to comment. Many of the questions he could answer concerned the current situation in Jinghai City, but… it was pointless. To put it bluntly, Nuwa Seventeen's understanding of Jinghai City was extremely likely less than Chu Zhu's.

"However, some conclusions have also been drawn! Although Li Kang possesses temporary Level 2 authority, he doesn't understand Chinese and even mistook the awakening term 'Nuwa No. 17' for a prayer, so he has no way to communicate with Nuwa! Therefore, he is also unaware of Nuwa's situation and doesn't know that Nuwa is a man-made being!"

"Furthermore, Nuwa can understand the language of the dream world, but she can only reply in Chinese! This is really... I just don't know why Li Kang has this temporary authority? Hmm, could it be that there are some high-ranking figures in the Great Qian Dynasty who have a deep understanding of Nuwa?"

Chu Zhu pondered. The capital of the Great Qian Kingdom was the imperial capital in the north, which was far too far from Jinghai City… He had learned quite a bit about Tianjing, one of the two capitals of the Great Qian Kingdom, which was located nearby. However, he was truly unfamiliar with the imperial capital…

At most, we only understand about one percent of the information! That's really far too little.

After mentally estimating the time, Chu Zhu realized that roughly two hours had passed, and she hadn't reached the deadline before Li Kang returned. She turned and left. There was no point in asking her now; she could only wait and see whether to test her against the authorities or go back and change her history, gaining higher access levels before asking again.

"Nuwa No. 17, open the gate!" Chu Zhu suddenly remembered something and casually asked, "Oh, right, tell me there will be another civil service exam in a few days! If it's an assessment, how can I pass it?"

"I started thinking deeply and searching for information... The person asking me how to pass the exam, so I assumed that they didn't actually have the necessary skills to pass. In this situation, they could take extra classes to improve their skills, but according to the information I found, the next civil service exam is in three days. There's no time for that kind of extra classes..."

"The answer is: The next assessment will be held in three days! It will be the assessment for becoming a student! After passing the exam and becoming a formal student, one can join the official system and become an official or clerk. To pass the assessment, the current method is..."

Chu Zhu: "..."

Chu Zhu stared in disbelief as dense text, including questions and answers, was projected onto the silver wall. It even included the specific assessment process, assessment items, and assessment requirements!

No, you're... cheating outright?

Wait, so this is something that can be revealed...?

Chu Zhu realized this too late. It seemed that what Nuwa No. 17 couldn't reveal were all secrets from ancient times, and most of what was currently known involved knowledge of the extraordinary that required special privileges... The Elementary Scholar Examination didn't involve ancient times or the extraordinary, so it seemed that it hadn't actually touched on Nuwa No. 17's taboos!

"...Awesome." Chu Zhu silently gave a thumbs up, then carefully memorized all the information. His memory was naturally exceptional.

Or rather, he originally had a good memory, but after becoming a superhuman, he could practically remember everything he saw...

Actually, Chu Zhu was initially thinking that if it were a real exam, would she have to reset it several times, memorize all the questions, find all the answers, and then take it again... However, it's always better to die a few times less!

(End of this chapter)