Li Nian was indeed surprised. A moment ago, he was holding his phone, brushing videos while walking, and the next moment, he was pressed to the ground by someone.
The person who held him seemed very professional, preventing him from struggling or making any noise.
Initially, he thought he had encountered a robbery. His mind was still thinking about how bold these robbers were, daring to commit crimes in broad daylight. The road from his home to the market is always busy with people and vehicles during the day. How could they commit robbery here without fear of being seen?
But soon, Li Nian realized something was off!
The road from the market to his home, he has walked countless times and is very familiar with it. It's an asphalt road and common flagstone pavement. But after he was held down, what he saw was a black and red wooden floor.
When did this road change materials? He hasn't seen any construction work on this road recently.
What is happening?
This left Li Nian feeling confused and uneasy, but what made him even more uneasy was that the robber who held him searched him thoroughly, taking away his phone, charger, keys, and tissues.
What are these people going to do? Are they not just ordinary robbers, but rather kidnappers, or perhaps even intent on removing his kidneys?
Li Nian was terrified. According to some messages he had seen online, those criminal syndicates that take kidneys don't even use anesthesia; they cut out the kidneys while the person is still alive. He couldn't have stumbled into such a situation, could he?
Just thinking about having his two kidneys removed, bloodily extracted from his body, made Li Nian's scalp crawl. However, he was caught by these bandits and had no way to resist.
Terrified and uneasy, Li Nian heard someone speaking, but the language used was completely incomprehensible.
This made Li Nian's heart sink even lower.
After who knows how long, the bandit who had been holding his head let go, and Li Nian guessed that it might be some bandits who wanted to take a look at him and deliberately released him.
'Observe the situation first. Don't act like those people in movies who don't even look at the situation clearly before shouting for help or directly resisting the robbers. They do it as if they're afraid the robbers won't kill them.'
"Try to negotiate with the robbers and live without injury first!"
With a clear idea in mind, Li Nian cautiously lifted his head.
Li Nian had many guesses about what he would see, but what he saw in front of him completely exceeded his expectations.
There was no interrogation room as he had thought, no cruel instruments of torture, no group of fierce and heavily armed robbers as he had imagined. Instead, there was a palace filled with ancient Chinese style, a group of soldiers in ancient armor, and a majestic man wearing a crown and black robes.
His phone, charger, keys, tissue packet, the newly bought spare ribs and potatoes were placed on the ground a distance away, guarded by soldiers in armor.
"I wasn't robbed but directly transported. It seems I've been transported to the territory of a big figure."
This scene before him could either be someone playing a prank on him, deliberately setting up this spectacle for him, or he had stumbled into the set of a movie or TV series, or perhaps he was still asleep, still dreaming, or... he had worn something...
But if it's a prank, why would someone randomly target him as an ordinary person?
Stumbling into a movie or TV series set, he didn't see any production crews shooting when he went shopping, but suddenly there was one when he returned?
Moreover, even if there was a production crew shooting, it wouldn't be common for them to immediately grab and hold him just because he had wandered into their set.
As for not being asleep, he could clearly remember the taste of the crullers and tea eggs he had eaten in the morning, the temperature of the sunlight on his body when he went out, the smell of fish from the seafood store he passed by at the market, and the pain of being held down and unable to move.
When excluding all the impossible possibilities, the remaining one, no matter how incredible it may be, is the only answer - he had worn something while shopping on his way home!
"F**k it all, I just went to the market to buy some vegetables, wanted to have some braised spareribs and potatoes. What the hell is going on? Are we still on Earth?"
After expressing his frustration internally, Li Nian forced himself to calm down and focus on the current situation.
"Clearly, the man wearing a crown and black robes is a big shot. I got held down, so it must be that I've been transported to his territory and am being treated as an assassin!"
Thinking about this, Li Nian's heart sank. It was fortunate that he wasn't killed on the spot as an assassin.
"But the crisis hasn't been resolved yet. I'm still seen as an assassin, a possible rogue in their eyes. I must find a way to resolve this or else I could be killed at any moment, or tortured severely."
Thinking about the various cruel tortures of ancient times, Li Nian shivered with fear. He didn't believe he could withstand ancient tortures, and he didn't want to be sliced into 3,600 pieces either.
"But how to solve it? Directly explaining? I didn't understand a word they said just now, and I'm sure they wouldn't understand what I say either. I've worn something, why not give me a system or a Golden Finger that can directly understand others' language?"
Li Nian was filled with resentment. In those novels, the protagonists, whether they were transported to ancient times or another world, almost never encountered language barriers. Why did it become a problem for him, even affecting his life?
There's no way, the language is different, it's like comparing apples to oranges, no way to explain, and no tools to use. It's likely that he will be dragged down for severe punishment.
Li Nian quickly glanced around the palace, without lingering, and dare not look around randomly.
If this place is indeed an ancient dynasty or a place similar to the ancient China, then casually glancing around or looking at the superior for a long time could be considered a crime.
At this moment, a voice came from ahead and entered Li Nian's ear: "Who are you? Why did you appear in my palace?"
Li Nian knew that it was the noble man in front of him who was speaking, and he could even guess that he was asking him about his origin, what conspiracy he might have for appearing here, but he couldn't understand the local language, and even if he wanted to respond, he couldn't make himself clear. What's more, he couldn't help but respond because his life depended on the other person.
Li Nian wanted to live on, and to do so in good health and wholeness. He opened his mouth and said, "I am a lowly man named Li Nian, male, 26 years old..."
Li Nian was speaking his own information straightforwardly, but to Ying Zheng's ears, it became a strange and nonsensical phrase.
Ying Zheng frowned, seven countries have such a language? It's not a classical Chinese, nor is it Qin Opera!
Ying Zheng turned to the Qin general and asked, "General Meng, can you understand this man's language?"
The Qin general said, "Your Majesty, I don't understand. I've never heard such a language before. This man's language seems to be something other than the language of the seven countries."
Ying Zheng was thinking the same thing. This man had appeared in his palace out of nowhere, wearing bizarre clothes and carrying various unknown strange items. What's more, the language he spoke was quite peculiar. There must be something significant about him.
"Who are you? Where do you come from? Why did you appear in my palace? Tell the truth!" Ying Zheng asked again, but the answer he got was still words he couldn't understand.
Communication is already a problem, how can they ask about the origin of this person?
Ying Zheng was pondering how to deal with this man when, suddenly, a melodious tune rang out. The guards in the palace were on high alert, and the Qin general drew his sword and stood in front of Ying Zheng to protect him in case something unexpected happened.
Soon, everyone found that the source of the music was indeed the strange object that was said to reveal the beauty of a woman.
