Bright Sword: The Flowers of War

Chapter 2 Good News and Bad News

The vast universe is like an endless black ocean, shimmering with starlight, like countless silent eyes watching down below.

Cold and desolate, this is a stage where death and destruction intertwine, and a sense of unease permeates the silence.

Two massive fleets clashed fiercely in the endless starry sky. The enormous spaceships, like behemoths, traversed the universe, their dazzling energy cannons flashing and piercing the darkness, illuminating the indifferent universe into a dazzling battlefield.

Beams of energy slashed through the void like sharp blades, instantly tearing apart the spaceship's sturdy hull.

One after another, massive warships were struck and shattered into pieces, countless fragments floating in space, like dust in the cycle of fate, silently telling of their past glory and honor.

"what……"

With a loud shout, Su Yaoyang sat up in bed. A tattered blanket slipped off him, revealing his bare, muscular upper body.

"Young Master...you had another nightmare?"

A clear, slightly dazed voice rang in his ears, followed by a soft, delicate body embracing him from behind.

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Su Yaoyang wrapped his arms around her smooth and soft body and comforted her gently, "Xiao Lu, it's still early, you should sleep a little longer."

"And what about you, young master?"

"I'll get up and have some tea."

"Alright then, I'll sleep a little longer."

Perhaps she had exhausted too much energy last night, because soon a soft breathing sound arose and the girl fell into a deep sleep again.

After letting out a long breath, Su Yaoyang glanced around. It was still pitch black. He groped around the bed and found a box of matches.

With a "click," the match was lit, and a bright orange light illuminated the room. He then lit the oil lamp by the bed, picked it up, and walked to the table in the middle of the room. He poured himself a glass of cold water and gulped it down in one go.

After drinking a large glass of cold water, my parched throat finally felt a little better.

"boom……"

As he put down his teacup, a whooshing sound came from the sky, followed by a huge explosion accompanied by orange-red flames shooting into the sky. The earth began to tremble slightly, and the faint sound of gunfire could be heard.

Su Yaoyang quickly opened the window and saw a burst of flames shooting into the sky in the distance. At the same time, he could faintly hear heart-wrenching cries from afar. Seeing this scene, a feeling of anxiety mixed with helplessness welled up in his heart.

"If we don't find a way to get out soon, we really won't be able to leave."

I closed the window, sat back down on the creaky stool, and looked around again. It was a small, wooden house, only about twenty square meters in size. The room contained a small wooden bed, a table, and two stools, including the one I was sitting on. That was all the furniture in the room.

This dilapidated house cost two silver dollars a month, which made Su Yaoyang increasingly anxious as he cursed the innkeeper for being heartless.

He turned around again and saw a calendar on the wall with a picture of a woman in a cheongsam. The top line clearly showed the words "November 8th, 26th year of the Republic of China, Dingchou year of the Ox" in bold. At the bottom, in smaller font, it said "December 13th, 1937, printed by the Palace Museum in Beiping" from right to left.

Yes, the time Su Yaoyang is currently in matches the time shown on the calendar, and the city he is in is called Nanjing.

Su Yaoyang felt that he must be the unluckiest transmigrator. He was happily drinking beer and watching a ball game in his self-built villa in his hometown in the countryside when suddenly the whole house was destroyed by a beam of light, and he himself was vaporized on the spot.

Logically speaking, death is death, at least it was painless. But after an unknown amount of time, his consciousness slowly returned. Then a creature with a big head told him that he was a being from a Level 5 civilization. He had made a small mistake while practicing spacetime transfer, which resulted in him being accidentally injured.

To express his remorse, he can project his consciousness into a parallel universe very similar to Earth, allowing his life to continue.

Su Yaoyang was initially unwilling to accept this compensation. He thought, "I was living a good life on Earth, and I died because of your mistake. This matter is not over until you send me back to Earth and compensate me with hundreds of billions."

But soon, harsh reality taught him a lesson.

The creature, which had initially been fairly polite but looked like a bobblehead, immediately changed its expression upon hearing this. It told him to take it or leave it, and if he kept nagging, it would erase his consciousness.

Only then did Su Yaoyang truly understand what it meant to be at the mercy of others.

Forget it, better to live a miserable life than to die. Looking at this guy's irritable temper, if I keep babbling, he'll probably really erase my consciousness.

As mentioned at the beginning, his consciousness was then transferred into the body of a young man with the same name who was on the verge of death.

Of course, before the transmigration, after Su Yaoyang tried his best to persuade the creature that claimed to be from a fifth-level dimensional civilization, it reluctantly gave him a necklace.

According to that creature, this thing is called a matter converter, a gadget his clansmen gave him when he was a child to practice his mental power. Now that he no longer needs it, he casually gave it to Su Yaoyang.

A matter converter, as the name suggests, is a device that can transform one substance into another by changing certain structures or processes.

In China, the ancients also described this phenomenon, such as turning stone into gold, calling a deer a horse, and turning beans into soldiers.

Of course, this is somewhat different from the actual function of the matter converter, but that's the gist of it.

To Su Yaoyang's surprise, he did indeed travel to a parallel space that was almost identical to Earth, but the timeline and location seemed to be somewhat wrong.

This is actually Nanjing in December 1937, and he is not alone; he has a burden with him... a maid who has grown up with him since childhood.

But even though I'm angry, life goes on as usual.

Based on the information obtained from the burden over the past two days, Su Yaoyang has also figured out some details about this body.

He was born into a landlord family in Rehe Province. Two months ago, a Japanese immigrant settlement group set their sights on his family's land and led Japanese soldiers into Sujia Village, killing everyone in the village, including his parents.

The predecessor of this body happened to be studying in Chengde, the provincial capital, which is why it escaped the disaster.

After receiving the devastating news from his kind classmate, the protagonist dared not stay in Chengde any longer. He could only take his personal maid and flee Rehe to Nanjing to seek refuge with a distant relative.

Unexpectedly, upon arriving in Nanjing, they discovered that their relatives had already moved away. Just as the master and servant were worrying about where to go, the Japanese had already reached the outskirts of Nanjing, leaving them dumbfounded.

There's an old Chinese saying, "When it rains, it pours." Just a few days ago, their meager travel money was stolen without their knowledge, and the original owner of the body fell ill on the spot in a fit of anger and grief.

Due to the chaos of war and being unfamiliar with the area, the young girl had no choice but to ask someone to find a doctor to prescribe some medicine for Su Yaoyang. However, the doctor turned out to be incompetent, and after taking the medicine, Su Yaoyang's condition not only did not improve but worsened.

Just as the original owner was on the verge of death, Su Yaoyang's consciousness seized the opportunity to take over the body.

Bringing his thoughts back, Su Yaoyang took off the silver-white necklace around his neck, the one of which was of indeterminate material, and examined it closely. This necklace was the one that the big-headed doll had given him, the one that had already run away.

According to the big-headed doll, this thing is called a matter converter. It can convert matter through mental power. If used properly, it can turn stones into gold and soil into grain.

To be honest, Su Yaoyang scoffed at this at first. He thought, "I'm a top student who has received nine years of compulsory education. Are you trying to tell me myths?"

Unexpectedly, his words were met with ridicule from the Big-Headed Doll: "You trash who hasn't even reached Level 1 civilization, how dare you question Level 5 civilization? Who gave you the courage?"

Upon hearing this, Su Yaoyang immediately gave up.

Upon closer examination, it doesn't make no mistake. For a civilization that hasn't even managed to leave Earth to question a Type 5 civilization is like a group of ants crawling on the ground mocking a god. To call it overestimating one's own abilities is an understatement.

So these days, apart from recuperating, Su Yaoyang has only been doing one thing: following the instructions of the big-headed doll, he is desperately trying to communicate with the necklace around his neck.

Despite his efforts, he was unable to establish communication with the necklace, but it wasn't without its rewards. For instance, just last night, he finally managed to "eat" the little girl.

Don't call Su Yaoyang a beast. Every night, he has such a sweet and innocent girl sleeping next to him. Any normal man would be unable to resist. It's already quite good that Su Yaoyang has been able to endure it for more than ten days.

Although the little girl had just reached the age of marriage, which would be the age of just starting middle school in the 21st century, in this era, many girls her age were already married.

Driven by the idea of ​​seizing the day and making the most of one's youth, Su Yaoyang still acted like a beast.

Using the dim light, Su Yaoyang glanced back at the figure who was sleeping soundly under the covers, then turned around and grasped the slightly cool necklace. He habitually closed his eyes, concentrated, and reached for the necklace as the bastard who had brought him here had instructed.

"what……"

Perhaps it was because his luck improved after losing his virginity, Su Yaoyang suddenly discovered that his spirit had miraculously aligned with the necklace, which is commonly known as resonance.

This perfect match was no small matter; he instantly felt an itch on his forehead where his pineal gland was located, followed by an image of a large-headed doll appearing in his mind.

This big-headed doll is none other than the culprit who caused him to come to this time and space.

At the same time, the voice of the big-headed doll with a mocking expression rang in his mind, "Congratulations, newbie, you have finally met the minimum requirements to connect to the matter converter."

Now you are eligible to see the gift I left for you. Although it's just some very basic, low-quality stuff, it's enough for a newbie like you.
To accommodate a newbie like you, I've specially stored all sorts of weapons and civilian information from your original timeline inside. If you need anything in the future, you can just convert it using the information in there.

How was it? I treated you pretty well, newbie. Have fun in this spacetime. Goodbye... no... for carbon-based life forms like you with limited lifespans, it should be said goodbye forever... Oh, right, there are a few things I need to tell you..."

(End of this chapter)