Only Wang Mang can be called the most tragic time traveler in history.
Upon hearing Xiao Ning's words, Wang Mang's eyes widened even further.
"Those I've seen..."
"The worst off..."
"Time traveler..."
There's a lot of information in that sentence!
Wang Mang wasn't stupid. Although he was a bit immature in his previous life, he lived for sixty-eight years in this life, so it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him a shrewd person.
Before his time travel, Wang Mang was a terrible student, ignorant and incompetent, and a typical immature teenager. He was completely clueless about military affairs, scientific research, politics, physics, chemistry, and so on.
They're not even half-baked; they only know the general idea of many things and yet they dare to mess around, making a mess of the whole country!
After becoming emperor, he implemented a series of reforms, leaving no time for people to react. In fact, in order to show that the new dynasty was different from the old one, he even changed the names of places throughout the country, such as changing Chang'an to Chang'an, which caused chaos in the country.
There was also monetary policy. Perhaps Wang Mang thought that the simple Wuzhu coin was too troublesome, so he created twenty-five levels of coins, including gold, silver, copper, shells, and knife coins.
In Xiao Ning's opinion, this kid was a complete internet addict, having absorbed the essence of online games.
Coupled with the strong opposition from powerful families and clans across the land, the so-called Great Xin Kingdom was already in a state of disintegration, causing chaos throughout the land and various rebel groups to rise up in rebellion.
In his old age, Wang Mang also developed problems such as being ambitious, suspicious, self-righteous, and incompetent. He completely lost his former high intelligence and seemed to have lost his mind.
However, when all of this vanished like a bubble, after the ups and downs, Wang Mang's intelligence had returned!
Although he was experiencing a great deal of internal turmoil, he was still at least mentally sharp.
He gleaned three meanings from Xiao Ning's words.
First, Wang Mang was not reborn, but rather traveled through time.
This is crucial.
Wang Mang has always believed that he was reborn in the 21st century and returned to the Han Dynasty more than two thousand years ago.
Unexpectedly, he learned from this mysterious person that he had not been reborn, but had transmigrated.
Second, the worst off.
This shows that he wasn't the only time traveler.
At the very least, the mysterious person in front of him was a time traveler, and like him, a fellow countryman from the 21st century of his previous life.
Wang Mang also discerned a deeper meaning in this.
That is, the third point. Perhaps this mysterious person has traveled through more than one world, but Wang Mang is the one who fared the worst among all the time travelers.
"Fellow villager, are you my savior?"
Wang Mang, his body trembling with unease, asked excitedly.
Although he had countless questions he wanted to ask, he knew that the situation was urgent and this was not the time to talk about such things.
The most urgent task is to clean up the mess and minimize the losses from this defeat.
"Hehe, of course not!"
Xiao Ning shook his head. Nonsense, I'm nobody to you, why should I clean up your mess?
Seeing the disappointment on Wang Mang's face and the waning of his spirit in his eyes, Xiao Ning found it amusing and continued, "Wang Mang, do you know why such a shocking change has occurred? Do you know the true face of this world?"
Out of consideration for being fellow countrymen from Earth, Xiao Ning wouldn't mind helping Wang Mang, this poor transmigrator fellow countryman, without much effort.
"My friend, this is a matter of life and death, I have no time to deal with this. Can we talk about this later? Can you help me out, even if it's just cleaning up the mess?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Mang was tempted, but remained unmoved. He felt that once the mess was cleaned up, they could sit down and discuss the rest later.
"Heh, cleaning up the mess is a piece of cake for me. But once you know the true nature of the world, you might not care about these trivial matters of the secular world!"
Xiao Ning put his hands behind his back and said leisurely.
"Oh? In that case, why don't you tell us about it, fellow villager!"
Wang Mang calmed himself down and became somewhat interested.
There was nothing he could do; the other person wasn't willing to help.
We can only listen to what the other party has to say before making any plans.
Xiao Ning smiled calmly and said, "I wonder if you've ever heard of the name Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven?"
"What? Sun Wukong? Holy crap..."
Wang Mang was taken aback at first, then exclaimed in shock, "Fellow villager...you...you won't tell me that this is...the world of Journey to the West, will you?"
Wang Mang wasn't stupid; he only needed to hear Xiao Ning mention a name to quickly connect the dots and figure out the truth.
Sun Wukong is a household name; how many people in China don't know him? Basically, no one!
Although Wang Mang's previous incarnation was born in the 2000s in China, he had heard of the Monkey King and watched TV series, movies, and even cartoons about him.
It's worth noting that every summer, major TV stations rebroadcast "Journey to the West," reaping the admiration of generation after generation of children.
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