The dead sea of civilization

Chapters

prolegomena
[I] Encountering Huaxia Civilization, Embracing the Brocade of Blossoms
[II] Tour the Royal Capital, Search for the Hometown's Enigmatic Sounds
[III]The Child of the Wind Demon, Departing from the Land of the Qilin
[IV]Encountering the troubles of a ship, encountering the Twilight's shackles.
[V]Seeking the Book of Records, Clarifying My Own Place
[VI] Central Plains Lost Barrier, Encountering Twilight's Friend
[Vll] Searching for the Other Side of the Ocean, Enduring the Train Car Incident
[Vlll]Desire to Break Promise, Arriving at the Small Town Pier
[IX]Knowing the Family's Later History, Meeting Foreign Imperial Censors
[X]Boasting Leads to Misfortune, Reporting Strange Events of the Terracotta Army
[XI]Encountering the Difficulties of Evacuation, Burning Books, and Learning from Them
[Xll]To the Source of the Rainbow, the Broken Horn is Restored
[XIII]Facing the hardship of evacuation, the burning of books serves as a lesson.
[l]A bosom friend is hard to come by.
[ii]A bosom friend is hard to come by
[III]A bosom friend is hard to come by

prolegomena

A sea ship is sailing on the vast sea, and the crew do not know where they are going. They know everything in the sea, but is it true?

The ship, the Ikarallin Sun, was the first fleet sent by Princess Cerastia to visit the east. However, ten years have passed, and they had lost their way within two days and were now adrift in the sea. In the center of the sea, there was a small, overgrown island, the only place to dock. The sailors on the ship boarded the island daily to find the direction, and returned to the island to rest. Day after day, the captain felt very paralyzed and ordered all the crew to get ready for the fight with the sea with him.

At night, Clooffi got out of bed and took his turn to be on duty, walking toward the crumbling mast. He suddenly found that not far in front of the bow, flashing golden light, like the distant family was calling him home, urging him on the way home. But then, the light gradually spread, and the original flag of the sun and the moon gradually hung down, it seemed that all this was slim. He went to the bow of the ship, quietly looking at every place on the island, he felt very strange, every place on the island is like the small valley of his hometown very much, he began to gradually recall the day when he joined the sailors.

How excited it was that day, the Princess Cerastia personally met the sailors at the dock. The sailors were all strong and young on their shoulders, and the princess herself hung an honorary medal on their chests, wishing them an early return.

Clofi looked at her chest, the golden medal was no longer shining, the golden edge showed dark yellow spots, for ten years, they had believed that little Maria was with them, the princess with them.

The next day, the captain called all the crew on board, and by using the sharp knife, he gave all the last prayer of his life, and set out from the island. The island slowly converged into a point, as when Mary had just left, the crew felt fear and confusion again, but the captain was not, standing quietly and firmly in the bow.

"Captain Philens, what should we do next?" Asked Clooffie, after his long inadequate diet, leaving him badly nourished, cantered gums, no fresh fruit, and of course, so did the other sailors.

"We need the direction." The captain said steadily, in front of a book, above the densely full of words. "What is this, captain?" Against his uncomfortable body, Clofi took a few steps forward, and in the lower right corner of each page of the book, a few piercing words: Ikarallin goddess death list. On the side of the book, a pen is quietly upside down, the lid is open...

"Captain, I am honored to join you on this road." The captain turned back with a happy smile on his old face. "So am I."

The ship drifted on the sea, boundless, they looked out into the distance, they knew that they could never reach their destination. They were silent from each other, and their words had become superfluous nonsense.

At noon, the clouds in the skyline began to increase, and the red and yellow that the sun struck on them were eroded by their own ash, and the crew soon became calm. It was an inevitable storm. The rain cried in the rolling waves, thunder from the air, like an invisible hand trying to divide the sea in two. They pulled up the canvas and rushed into it without fear.

It was dark, with endless shaking, and who, to forget the fear of the storm, he sang:
"Friends and friends who return home
Will you forget me yet
Lock my picture deep into the table cabinet
We just haven't seen it yet
Get through this difficult time
I will return home in victory."

Another voice came from under the mast horn, showing a hint of weakness:
"Friends and friends who return home.
Will you abandon me??
Burburied my belongings deep in the soil.
I won't blame you.
That was the greatest respect for me.
I will fly back to my hometown with my hope."

Then three more voices shouted out from beside the ship:
"Relatives and friends returning home.
Whether you are still in our hometown.
In where I was first raised. You wait for me.
Waiting for my faithful promise.
I vowed to go far away with my dream."

A wave rushed by, nothing could be seen, nothing could be heard.

About two hours later, Clofi opened his eyes drowsy from the deck, the sun quietly in the sky, as the princess valued him, he stood up and looked at the origin of the voices two hours ago. Nothing. On the other side of the boat, the railing still has the smell of the earth of the soles of the shoe and the shiny cumitar, he is quietly hanging on the railing, his majesty still exists.

The clouds in the sky are getting closer and closer, it seems to swallow everything, wanton spread. Clooffi slowly closed his eyes, waited for the end. He began to remember his humble little room, just on the side of the town hall. The last time he lived there, he thought of his wife and children, and everyone around him, smiling and waving to them.

Gradually, a regular sound wave began to stir up in his ear, and soon after, the sound wave then woke up. He pondered the sound, and it was the horn, the market. He tried to open his eyes, but he could not see anything, how much he wanted to see the vast sea, the dark brown old splint. A sound of footsteps came from the stairs, and he turned his face in his voice. He could know by his feet that someone was at the helm, he was steer with a purpose. Clofee walked slowly past it, and his ears heard a different sound from the complex waves, so small only by the glass covering it.

"What is this?" Asked Clooffi.

The men at the helm seemed to be startled, for six hundred miles from the shore port, they found the bodies of their captain hanging upside down, and they immediately thought that the captain had committed suicide, and that no one on board was alive. Despite the idea of the death of all the people on board, he said:
"This is the compass, which is made by the most exquisite technology in Bianjing."

Everything was silent, and Clooffi felt the magical power hovering around him, always pointing in a direction that would not change his will anyway.

In this, deep in his heart, the Ikaranlin Sun, is being reborn...

[I] Encountering Huaxia Civilization, Embracing the Brocade of Blossoms

"Where is our captain?" Clooffi's voice was extremely hoarse, his clothes covered in the dried sea salt from the sun's baking.

The voice was silent for a moment, contemplating, but Clooffi seemed to have guessed it. He reached to the side and finally found a remnant of the railing, holding it in his hand, leaning on the ground.

"I still have to report to Princess Celestia..." he murmured, looking around, the sea breeze was still howling in his ears.

"What princess?" The voice was very puzzled, he was holding the rudder, heading towards the port area.

"Our monarch, she is the one who controls the sunrise and sunset every day, don't you know?" Clooffi was a bit surprised. In Little Pony, no horse would ask this question.

"Oh, I really don't know, the court didn't mention it."

Snap! The ship docked at the port, the ship was undulating up and down, the remaining waves were still trying to make the last ripple. The footsteps came around the deck from the rudder, communicating with another voice in a language he couldn't understand.

Clooffi stood in place, his heart was confused, or looking for a way to contact Princess Celestia, standing there foolishly, his breathing gradually became rapid and then slow. The voice suddenly shouted: "Hey, buddy, do you know the way back?" Clooffi shook his head, still standing in place.

"Then would you like to come with me? First, I'll cure your sea blindness, and then I'll take you to see the Son of Heaven." Then the footsteps approached Clooffi, he instinctively took two steps back, "Oh, come on, there's nothing to be afraid of, that's our ruler who specifically wants to see you, it's time to do it."

Clooffi was skeptical, his heart was wavering, he didn't know what kind of character the monarch in front of him was, maybe as compassionate as Princess Celaestia, maybe. But he knew that if he didn't go, he would be a dead end.

He nodded timidly, and then a force came from his front hoof, helping him step down from the deck. A burst of market noise began to linger in his ears. "Come on, I'll take you to the best doctor in our county first, he's the best at making medicine." He felt his left hoof being helped up and was led forward.

Along the way, he heard all kinds of calls and conversations that he had never heard before. Even, he heard the footsteps of local soldiers. Gradually, he found a strange bitter taste, which was surging into his nostrils, and he was rushing towards that bitter taste. He covered his nose, and the person in front of him found his appearance and couldn't help but find it funny.

When he arrived at the counter, there was a strange sound, and then the voice described his condition and experience to the doctor.

Clooffi sat on a wooden chair, thinking in his heart, what to do now, he was just a land horse, and the Dragon Domain was far away from him, sending a dragon to send a letter was impossible, he could only take a chance to see if there were any unicorns here.

He didn't know whether the residents here used magic or not, he didn't feel the magical fluctuations as usual, and after leaving that ship, this feeling suddenly disappeared, it was really strange... "Here, take it, after taking this medicine, your eyes will feel much better." Clooffi took the medicine, and then the other party handed him a cup of warm water, "Dissolve the medicine in it, because it's urgent, there is no medicine pot." Clooffi understood in his heart, this is just drinking a powder, a thing to gulp down at once.

Then, he poured all the medicine into the water at once and began to take the medicine. The moment the medicine touched his tongue, he instinctively felt something was wrong, suddenly, a hoof rushed to his mouth and forcefully blocked his mouth, "Who told you to drink so much at once, don't spit it out."

Then, an extremely bitter taste rushed to his head, his face turned red, "Swallow it! Don't you want your eyes to get better?" The voice tried his best to persuade.

Helpless, for the sake of his own eyes, come on! Clooffi took a deep breath and swallowed a big mouthful of Chinese medicine, and the hoof that blocked him finally let go, he began to open his mouth wide and breathe fresh air in large amounts, as if he had run a marathon.

The effect of the medicine was really good, his line of sight gradually had a light spot and gradually expanded, becoming clear. He closed his eyes tightly and rubbed them. Fortunately, he didn't forget the feeling before he went blind, then he opened his eyes.

He was stunned, what a prosperous capital this was, with torches everywhere, the streets were full of... "Who are you?" He looked at the horse that had been leading him from the ship and helped him to steer.

He saw a creature with a cherry blossom color all over his body, with pink and red hair and scales watching him.

"Oh, right, we are Qilins, and we know about you, there have been many horses like you coming to our Huaxia land before." Clooffi couldn't believe he was looking at her, and she smiled sweetly: "Why are you looking at me with that kind of look, it's not something strange, oh, right, my name is Mei Yujin Cui, what's your name?"

Clooffi looked at this lively little girl in front of him, and he seemed to be moved by her innocence, he thought for a while,

"Clooffi... Clooffi, Alreath." Mei Yujin Cui frowned after hearing this,

"Is this the name you use in your country?"

"What else, this is my name."

She shook her head: "No, your name is too difficult to pronounce, and it doesn't sound good at all."

Clooffi snickered in his heart: Do I need you to care if my name is pleasant to hear? Besides, do you think your name is nice to hear, dare to say that about others. From the outside, his face was already half dark.

"Well... How about I call you..." She looked at the dock and looked at the twilight line and the sea level.

"Dusk Dawn." Now Clooffi's face was completely dark, and a camel ran through his heart: Are people here so casual in naming, really grateful that you didn't look at the toilet on your left.

"Oh, right, you also need to change your clothes, or take it off, otherwise it's not good for the emperor to see."

Before Clooffi could react, he was pulled into a clothing store, and after a series of operations by Mei Yujin Cui, he successfully changed into a set of short-tailed, dark brown robes, really, quite awkward.

"Well, let's go, the emperor is in the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, which saves most of the time, we are definitely in time, let's go!" After that, she wanted to pull Clooffi again, "Hey, hey, no, I can walk by myself now that my eyes are better." He hurriedly shouted.

Mei Yujin Cui's face turned red, "Oh, I'm sorry."

They walked side by side, looking at the bustling city of flowers and the loud horse sounds, slowly walking towards the imperial city

[II] Tour the Royal Capital, Search for the Hometown's Enigmatic Sounds

Clooffi's heart is still wavering, even though he has come so far with Meiyu Jincu, he is still thinking about how to contact Celastia, which is not only for him but also the first cross-sea visit to Equestria.

Along the way, they observed the buildings, and no matter whether it was merchants or patrolling teams on the street, everyone was beaming with joy. They did not stare at themselves with different eyes, which made Clooffi relax a lot.

Meiyu Jincu was bouncing and skipping in front, dragging the snow fluff robe behind her, with begonias embroidered on her face, just like her smile, blooming so colorful and gorgeous. In the distance, a red-brown ancient building complex was slowly floating over...

"That is the imperial city, where my father goes to court." Clooffi was not very interested in the imperial city, because he had been to Canterlot several times, but now this one shocked him. - This must be at least five Canterlots!

He began to ponder the hidden strength of this nation in his heart, did they really do it without magic?

Stepping into the mahogany gate, there was a vast expanse of bluestone slabs, with a majestic palace standing in the middle.

"This is the Hall of the Star Kirin, where our monarch and ministers discuss national affairs, and the Qi Nian Hall is next to it. To be honest, that palace was originally called the Phoenix Palace, but later the phoenix had a disagreement with us, but there was no war, I didn't mean that..." Meiyu Jincu explained to Clooffi while walking, but Clooffi didn't listen to her at all, he was just thinking about the emperor he was going to see, was it a Kirin with wings? Or does he have infinite magic power?? He has already imagined a bunch of possible appearances in his heart.

At noon, they went to the Qi Nian Hall, which is a park with lush green grass everywhere, "Oh, by the way, the pillars and seats inside the Qi Nian Hall are all made of golden nanmu wood." Meiyu Jincu has always been very excited, after all, this is her first time meeting foreign guests.

"What should I pay attention to when meeting the emperor?" Clooffi suddenly spoke, which startled Meiyu Jincu, "Oh... First, he is our monarch, and his power is the greatest in the entire Star Kirin Kingdom..."

"Do I need to kneel, on one knee or both knees?" Clooffi asked again.

"Oh, don't worry, actually, as a few guests from the East Sea, you don't have to follow these etiquettes." Meiyu Jincu was a bit anxious, and the smile on her face began to become nervous.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm a bit impatient." Clooffi explained impatiently, his head glanced at the mountain on one side, Meiyu saw him like this, seemed a bit disappointed, sighed, and then the two horses continued to walk towards the Qi Nian Hall.

In the distance, two rows of formations were lined up side by side leading to the palace gate, the soldiers were wearing golden and blue crystal armor, emitting a faint light, with a purple crystal guard on their heads.

Now, Clooffi felt in his heart that there was no doubt, they must have used magic.

"Foreigner—arrives—" Suddenly, a Kirin wearing a green straw hat and standing on the side of the door shouted loudly. Then two rows of soldiers stepped to the left at the same time, and the ground made a neat rumble, which made Clooffi a bit awe-inspiring.

A golden hoof came out from the dark background of the palace gate.

Seeing this, Meiyu immediately knelt down, a purple-red battle robe suddenly appeared on her body, and white crystal battle boots were transformed on the kick shoes, the original snow fluff robe was replaced by a pink-white cloak, "I see the emperor." Her transformation surprised Clooffi greatly, he didn't expect that the lively and lovely little girl who had accompanied him all the way was actually a general, he was surprised in his heart, but his eyes became very firm, staring at that direction.

A Kirin slowly walked out, his eyes were white, the horns on his head were shining with colorful patterns, surrounded by golden mist, and he only had a cloak on his body, but it was embroidered with something Clooffi didn't know what it was, and the hoof was shining with colorful light.

Clooffi was deeply shocked, the emperor's aura was much stronger than Celastia's.

He felt that his legs were getting soft.

"Hello, respected guest, welcome to this kingdom, come in." His voice was now no less than Celastia in a state of rage, but it was obviously several times louder than Celastia's royal voice.

Clooffi was stunned on the spot, and his eardrum seemed to have been shattered.

The emperor suddenly realized something, and then the horn on his head began to emit a golden light, and a flash of white light, a red common Kirin appeared in front of them. "Oh, I'm sorry, I might have scared you just now." The Kirin said embarrassedly.

Mei Yu also immediately changed back to that lively and lovely appearance.

Clooffi understood in his heart that in this magical country, the transformation between different forms of creatures is very normal, but it seems to have exceeded his cognitive range.

"Well, since it's out, let's go for a walk, I'll show you around this imperial city." The red Kirin said happily.

Mei Yu saw that Clooffi hadn't reacted yet, and poked his back with the horn on his head, and he slowly woke up.

"Let's go, there are many interesting things here." After finishing, the red Kirin took them to the path outside the palace.

Clooffi followed silently, feeling that this ruler was unfathomable, whether he was clear or not, but it seemed that the life of the people outside was stable and happy, and he quickly dismissed this idea.

"How did you find the Eye of the Soul?" The red Kirin asked.

"What is the Eye of the Soul?" Clooffi was confused, his first reaction was a crystal, a crystal with great magical power.

"It is a tornado that is stationed in the East Sea of our kingdom, and it is the passage connecting us with the outside world." Speaking of this, Clooffi couldn't help but shudder, he was wondering if he could go back, the biggest storm he had experienced at sea lasted for four days, which means that if it exceeded these four days, this tornado might be gone.

"Oh..." Clooffi pondered, "Then I'm sorry to ask His Majesty..." The red Kirin seemed to hear a sensitive word and quickly interrupted, "Hey, no need, no need, in fact, I quite like people to call me by my real name."

Clooffi felt a bit more comfortable in his heart, because this means that if he asks to go home, this king will probably not refuse.

"So, what is your real name?" A bit of a probe, but Clooffi still took this step.

"Zhao Xiyong Chang, you can call me Yong Chang directly."

"Well, okay... Yong Chang" The red Kirin nodded and led them wandering in this narrow path, the greenery filled the imperial city, and the sunlight sprinkled on the eaves, each beam was full and smooth.

Clooffi couldn't help it, he asked his most persistent question, if not now, then when?

He raised his head: "Um... Your Majesty, ah no... Yong Chang, will the storm eye disappear..."

The answer was so decisive, Yong Chang turned around, raised his head, and a majestic image was instantly shaped in Clooffi's eyes.

"It will."

Clooffi felt a chill in his heart, his eyebrows slightly wrinkled, "Then can I go back?"

Yong Chang laughed, "Of course, but I'll tell you a truth, and you may not want to go back."

The emperor's eyes began to deepen, and the corners of his mouth slightly hooked, Clooffi noticed that this was not something that could make him happy.

Yong Chang's horns began to emit a pale yellow flame, and then a map unfolded in front of the three horses,

"This is..." Clooffi looked puzzled, he had never seen such a place next to Equestria, because in his knowledge, he didn't recognize the place on this map.

"Of course, you might think that our territory and your territory are only separated by an ocean, but how could that be?" Yong Chang pointed to the small island in the East Sea, in a remote place, at the edge of the map.

Clooffi's eyes widened, the memory before the storm gradually awakened - this was the small island where they had been anchored for a long time.

"That is the Imperial Forest Island, the island closest to our territorial waters, I think your ship should have come in from there."

"Yes, that's right."

"Next, look at this, right in the center of this city." He pointed toa piece of glass fragments in the center of the palace that were shining with colorful light, crystal clear, hovering on the map.

"This is the Kirin fragment, it is the passage between us and another world, because these fragments do not belong to our territory, the temporal fluctuations are very unstable, which has led to the time flow in the area surrounded by the fragments being much slower than the area outside, which also well protects the Kirin clan." Yong Chang lifted the rotating fragments of the illusion to his hoof.

"So, how long is a year here equivalent to the outside time?"

"We sent someone out for a day, and when he came back, he didn't see himself, and the one who came back said it was his great-great-grandson." Yong Chang shook his head, he was not sure, "About 700 years..." Mei Yu said next to him.

Clooffi was silent, he was carefully calculating in his heart, he had been here for about six hours, which is 1/4 of a day, converted to the outside flow of time.

His heart skipped a beat, a full 175 years.

Although he had been at sea and his mentality had become very strong, as his last and most solid shield - home, this concept dissipated like a mist.

[III]The Child of the Wind Demon, Departing from the Land of the Qilin

His tears flowed uncontrollably, but what stood out even more were his bloodshot eyes.

The Meiyu sympathized with his plight, as a horse losing its home was a painful experience, something he himself had gone through.

"So, do you still want to go back? The guests who came from the past upon hearing this news were all doing something about it," Yongchang immediately conjured several magical illusions, featuring several ponies with different styles of attire. Clooffi's eyes widened, the tears in his eyes not yet completely dried, and to his surprise, he found that among these ponies, there was actually a unicorn!

He pointed with his hoof, "This... who is it?" Yongchang looked, thought carefully, "Oh... this horse is still around to this day, but I don't know what his whereabouts are now." His expression gradually became serious, and Clooffi saw it, there seemed to be some unpleasant memories between them, but he was still very curious, knowing two unicorns - Celestia and Miaokadans.

"What is her name?" Clooffi asked. This made Yongchang's expression even more serious, and Clooffi's heart was half lifted.

"It seems to be called..." Yongchang shook his head, then a colorful light began to shine from his horn, and a pure white crystal gradually condensed in front of them. Clooffi's eyes brightened, he had never seen such a pure crystal.

"This is the Hanwu Crystal, one of the Qilin crystals, and that little horse probably came when this crystal was born." Yongchang knocked on it with his hoof, and the crystal gradually cracked, suddenly exploding in the air, and countless crystal fragments formed a beautiful silk, scattered in the air. This scene shocked Clooffi, and the silk began to become ferocious, gradually piecing together into several regular Chinese characters. Yongchang frowned, thinking in his heart, and said to Clooffi, "In your words, he should be called Feng Luosi, the crystal says..." He looked closely, "He is the son of a demon of the wind on your side?"

Clooffi was extremely surprised, he never knew there was such a fact, from this point of view, the crystal does have extraordinary magic power, and has found out the family background of the wind demon, and gradually made a small plan in his heart.

"He should have been expelled from our country, because at that time, when my ancestors took him to visit the royal palace, he tried to steal the Qilin crystal and was forcibly expelled. With his magic, he could completely survive in this world, and at that time he defeated most of our imperial guards." Yongchang continued, as if these fragmented memories were slowly being recalled, which also led to Clooffi's small plan to stop abruptly.

"But... I still want to leave. After all, I don't belong here." Clooffi was very calm, and Yongchang saw that persuasion was ineffective and sighed, "Well, then consider it as making a friend like me here, of course, there is also Meiyu." The female general blushed and nodded with a smile, saying, "Since that's the case, guest, please follow me, leaving is not a simple matter."

Then, as Meiyu prepared to lead Clooffi to the dock, Yongchang stopped him, "Oh, right, what is your name?"

Clooffi hesitated, he looked at Meiyu, Meiyu was frantically hinting him to say it with his eyes, helplessly, Clooffi took a deep breath, "Hai Ji Hunchun."

"What a good name..." Clooffi glanced at Meiyu, she was secretly laughing behind him. "Come on, here is something, just to remember." Yongchang took out a pendant, which was the logo of the Qilin, with a snake-like creature coiled next to it, the whole thing was made of crystal, exquisite and transparent.

"This is the magic crystal from the Jingshan Stone Mine in the palace, we often call this Rui'an stone, it is very rare here, and its function needs to be discovered by you, and if used well, it will be very helpful to you." He handed the Rui'an stone to Clooffi and said, "Don't expose the position of the Qilin country, this is very important. After all, all the books outside have been cleared of records about our kingdom."

But Clooffi didn't care at all, and was obsessed with the pendant that Yongchang had just given him. Seeing how much he liked it, Yongchang didn't say much, just smiled at him, "Well, go." Meiyu urged.

"Well - Yongchang, see you later."

"See you later." After saying this, he turned and walked towards the palace, leaving a lonely figure behind.

Clooffi and Meiyu returned to the dock along the original road, and Clooffi was surprised to find that the boat had become the same as the new boat when it went to sea, "This... how did you do it?" Seeing Clooffi's dumbfounded appearance, Meiyu laughed, "Oh, don't be so surprised, this is our carpenter's restoration technique, written by our most powerful craftsman Lu Ban." Then Clooffi felt a trace of regret in Meiyu's eyes, but he didn't look, and silently put the pendant into the bag he was carrying, but Meiyu took it out again, "Do you know how to use this thing?" Meiyu asked.

Clooffi just got this pendant, how could he know that he has another function, "Isn't this just a pendant? Can it explode?"

"Oh, you'll know when you wear it, come on." Speaking, a pink magic manipulated the pendant into Clooffi's neck, and the pendant began to shine.

Clooffi suddenly felt strange on his body, countless golden magic factors gathered around his body, gradually he felt a different kind of magic from any previous one, he looked back and saw that his whole body had been covered with a layer of golden scales, his head had a horn like a Qilin, the original horse tail had a long robe covered with a layer of scales, when he looked down, he was shocked - his hooves had become a pair of sharp claws, shining a dazzling red light.

"What have I become?"

Mei Yu looked at it with surprise, "Wow, Uncle actually gave you such a precious thing."

"Uncle?"

"Yes, Uncle Yongchang usually lets me call him Your Majesty, and he usually plays with me."

Clooffi felt very speechless, and if he had known this, he would have been more relaxed.

"So what have I become?"

Mei Yu's eyes brightened, "Dragon."

"Dragon? But shouldn't it have wings and be able to spit fire?" Clooffi tried, but he couldn't spit out anything, and he choked on his own saliva.

"Oh, that's the dragon outside, what you've become is the dragon of our place, it has very powerful magic power, it is a totem of ancient times, you should use it well, okay, get on the boat, the migration magic array will be very large later, you have to teleport out immediately, otherwise it will cause a big time difference, the body can't hold it."

Clooffi nodded, climbed the ladder, and looked at Meiyu for the last time, and he actually saw a spider web in the corner of Meiyu's eyes, the sun hit it, flashing.

Several old Qilins in cloaks came around the dock and began to cast spells.

Clooffi first felt the scenery around him start to rotate, then he fainted, and everything in front of his eyes was pitch black...

[IV]Encountering the troubles of a ship, encountering the Twilight's shackles.

The sea breeze brushed by, she was piercing, but Clooffi felt nothing, having drifted on the sea for three days, he was numb. He took out the Rian stone, he remembered the words of King Yong'an and Meiyu Jincu, but he seemed to forget himself, forgetting that he was a sailor, a lone wanderer who had been through many hardships. At this moment, the opposite horizon was faintly visible, the sunset was sour, pouring out from the container, corroding everything, but fortunately, his heart was alkaline, turning into fresh water together with the setting sun.

On the boat, there was nothing to say, no one to say it to, echoes of the past rang in his ears, the sound of the waves surged from all directions...

"Leave her, Johnny, leave her..." The cheerful laughter, the singing came from the distance, penetrated into the cockpit, injected into his empty eyes, gradually, began to shine.

The skyline began to sink, a gray line slowly stretched from a point, the sunset dispersed to both sides, forming two thin barriers.

It is land.

It is home.

Tears covered the corners of his eyes, rolled down his cheeks like a roll of delicate silk. "Home..."

The mountains began to clear up, the outline of the city in the clouds was clearly outlined by the sun, slowly approaching, slowly entering the harbor...

There was not a single horse at the port. Clooffi felt something was wrong. The original port was nowhere to be found.

Following the river, flowing into the mountains, undulating, he raised the flag of the sun and the moon, his heart surging, he wanted to shout out loud! The people who returned home! The brave of the Yikalan Forest!

Houses faded into view, Ponyville, coming. A purple shadow stood on the riverbank, which made him wonder, but then returned to calm. 175 years, there are always changes, this purple castle must be the masterpiece of the ruler, and Princess Celestia would not build a new castle unless it was necessary. An unbelievable thought was brewing, and the ship was rushing forward...

The castle was getting closer, looking around, Ponyville had many more ponies, different from what he knew, at that time the pioneer team had just arrived at this place, he was not yet 3 years old, following his father here, and over time it became his hometown.

The wooden port was at the edge of the endless forest, the port was not far, the humid air of the forest surrounded him, when he docked, most of the river was blocked by this ship, the ship swayed, suddenly hit the shore, the waves stirred up fiercely, startling a group of birds pecking at food.

Just as he was ready to pack up, plan to go home, a sweet voice like a stream flowed into his ears, perhaps with a bit of responsibility, it seemed a bit turbulent.

"Why would you park such a big ship here, it would scare the animals in the forest."

Clooffi looked for the sound, and a mare with light yellow hair and light pink was in front of him.

"Sorry, what did you say?" Clooffi pressed his eyebrows at this time, turned over the ship, and walked straight to that mare.

Seeing Clooffi like this, the fear in her heart rose like the water in a low dam, Clooffi took a step, she retreated a step. Clooffi was very suspicious of this horse: if you have something to say again, I didn't hear it clearly, why are you always retreating? But she really seemed very timid, her pupils gradually narrowed, her breathing rate increased, Clooffi noticed it very clearly.

But the mare was not the same, she looked at such a strangely dressed pony, dragging a dark green short robe, and there was something hanging around her neck that she didn't know what it was, her most direct feeling was that this horse was threatening herself.

Suddenly, the mare's hind leg stepped empty, the whole body fell to the ground and slid backward, a 10-meter high pit was entrenched behind her, sand and dust rose, the demon horse desperately dug back with the front hooves, but it was useless, the whole body was still falling backward, "Help! ——"

A hoof held her, the little horse who stretched out the hoof was panting, he was still complaining: "Princess Celestia on top, when did the ponies here become so silly." The mare widened her eyes, Clooffi pulled the mare up with force, her whole body collapsed at the edge of the cliff, gasping for breath, this may be the biggest amount of exercise he has had in 175 years.

"Why are you retreating?" Clooffi asked again, the mare seemed to be scared, and she couldn't speak. Clooffi was confused, and wanted to continue asking, but it was estimated that this horse wouldn't say anything, so he got up, patted the dust on his body, and gave a reproachful look at that little horse, and then didn't say anything, ready to return to the ship to continue packing his things. But when he was about to board the ship and pull down the flag of the sun and the moon, that slender voice suddenly floated behind him again, this time the tone was full of apologies and helplessness,

"Uh... Uh, thank... Thank you, my... My name is Fluttershy, but you can't do this, scare... Scare those little animals in the forest, right."

This time Clooffi was startled, and there was no horse that would sneak onto the ship quietly, but he was still calm, turned around and looked at that mare, and unexpectedly made her blush.

After a while, things were packed up, and Fluttershy was still there.

"What do you want to do?" Clooffi was impatient, he didn't like the feeling of being watched by a horse.

Fluttershy thought for a while and asked, "I've never seen you in town, what's your name?" Clooffi doubted for a while, this sentence may be the greatest courage she had, it would be impolite not to answer, but he still weighed it, and said, "Horizon at Dusk."

"Wow, this name is really good." Clooffi sneered in his heart, he now began to doubt his own evaluation standards for this name.

"Do you have a place to live?"

This sentence was to the point, Clooffi hesitated for a while, maybe his house was still there, but judging from the appearance of the dock, it should be gone. This thought was like a sharp knife passing through the heart tip, tears fell out. Fluttershy saw Clooffi's sad look after hearing her question, and she couldn't help worrying, "Oh, I'm really sorry, it made you think of something..."

"Nothing, if you have a good place to live, then tell me." Clooffi took a long time to ease.

"Oh, okay, my house is not big, but there are many empty rooms in Twilight's castle, I can take you there."

Clooffi felt something was wrong again in his heart, he had never heard of anything shining, but since it was like this, he would live in her house, and it would be better to ask more when he got there.

"Okay, take me there first."

Then the two horses left the endless forest silently, walking towards the green lawn on the edge of Ponyville.

On the way, Clooffi seemed to witness all the architectural changes in Ponyville in the past 175 years, completely different from what he was, at that time the houses were all made of pure wood, with very few paints, the ground was covered with yellow soil, and there were ruts rolled out by horses pulling sand and mud carts everywhere.

This change is really too big, as if... this is not Ponyville.

The purple castle he saw before was already standing in front of him, this castle was actually made of crystal, he had never seen so many crystals in his life, the ruler living inside, Clooffi had already guessed the character of this ruler with four words: extravagant and extravagant.

Fluttershy went up and knocked on the door, then the dark purple door made a heavy sigh and gradually opened.

A purple and green dragon came out, seeing guests outside, others shouted, "Twilight! There are guests! It's Fluttershy! And..." He looked at Clooffi with a puzzled look,

"Horizon at Dusk." Clooffi stepped forward and said.

"It's okay, Suri, he saved me."

Suri saw Fluttershy say this, and the guard line in his heart naturally lowered.

Then a purple figure slowly came out from behind the dragon, Clooffi glanced over, and the result was exactly as he guessed, it was a unicorn.

"Hello, two, if you have something to say, come in and talk." Twilight kindly invited them to the map hall and let them sit down separately.

Clooffi was really surprised in his heart, as soon as this door opened, the space inside was far better than the outline seen from the outside, which made him a little suspicious whether it was horse-made or some kind of magic.

"Do you two want tea?" Twilight used magic to drag a pot of tea and three tea cups, opening her big eyes, full of expectation for their replies, more for the one she had never met before.

"Uh, yes..."

"Do you have any brown ale?" Clooffi suddenly asked, which surprised Twilight Sparkle a bit. After all, brown ale is very rare now, and it's only kept in a few bottles in those century-old taverns, and she might not be able to conjure it up with magic.

"Oh, I'm really sorry," Twilight said with an embarrassed smile. "The kind of drink you mentioned is very rare on the market now, and it's not produced in large quantities anymore. How about some wine?"

Clooffi thought for a moment and nodded firmly, and a small cup of reddish-brown liquid was magically brought to him.

"Alright, Fluttershy, what brings you here today?"

Fluttershy mumbled a few words first, Clooffi poked her, and then she detailed the entire event from their meeting to now, ending with a request.

After listening, Twilight's face showed no signs of tension or anxiety.

"Sure, you can stay next to Suri from now on," she agreed quickly, feeling very excited inside, finally, there was a roommate in this castle.

Clooffi feigned a smile, then pursed his lips, his eyes becoming serious, causing the surrounding air to gradually condense, and Twilight noticed that this one was about to ask a question.

"Excuse me, Twilight Sparkle..." he glanced at Fluttershy next to him, who was looking at him with a puzzled look, sighed in his heart, "…Princess, may I ask who is currently ruling Equestria?"

This question immediately made Twilight Sparkle curious about the earth pony in front of her, but she still answered truthfully, mixed with her own complex emotions, "Of course it's Princess Celestia, and Princess Luna."

"Princess Luna? Who is she?"

The following question did indeed shock Twilight and Fluttershy a bit. Who in Equestria would ask such a question? Even if they are not concerned about the current affairs, every pony knows this most basic common sense. At this point, Twilight Sparkle began to ponder, what kind of horse is he, he saved Fluttershy, does he really want to save her? These doubts prompted the clarity in Twilight's eyes to gradually dissipate, revealing the temperament of a scholar, which Clooffi also noticed.

Clooffi also understood in his heart that this purple young woman definitely has extraordinary talent, perhaps relying on this, she has won a seat on the throne, countless suspicions sprouted in Clooffi's heart.

[V]Seeking the Book of Records, Clarifying My Own Place

The morning breeze brushed past the window, as enchanting as gauze, awakening Clooffi from his slumber. The items in the room were arranged by him, and even the style had been revamped.

Crystal walls displayed pictures of him with his good friends, as well as a photo with Captain Phillock, and the old tire from the time they narrowly escaped danger, filling the atmosphere with a sense of occasion.

Stretching lazily, the only difference from the sea was the fresh and moist air here.

He got out of bed and slowly walked to the window, the small town laid out before him, and he took a deep breath, finally having a home.

The door was pushed open, and Twilight Sparkle walked in,

"How is it, does it feel good to live here?"

"Hmm, only..."

Twilight looked at him in confusion, this room would be an ideal place for any pony, especially Rarity.

"Lacking the scent of the sea breeze." Clooffi turned around, his eyes filled with depth, wearing the leather jacket he usually wore when going to sea, with a sailor's headscarf around his neck, an image of someone who had been through many hardships yet was full of vigor and vitality stood tall in Twilight's heart.

Seeing his attire, she couldn't help but be surprised.

"Oh, right, we haven't formally introduced ourselves, have we?" Clooffi asked, tidying his unpacked luggage.

"Oh, yes. My name is Twilight Sparkle, the Princess of Friendship, and I am a student of Princess Celestia." Twilight smiled, but Clooffi did not feel a gentle breeze, but a serious expression.

"My name is Clooffi. Horizon at Dusk is another name for me." Clooffi now reluctantly admitted this name in his heart, since everyone said it was nice, it was nothing to say it himself.

"So... what kind of work do you usually do?" This was what Twilight wanted to know the most. She stepped forward, looking at the pile of luggage Clooffi was tidying, which included neatly folded short robes and hoods, and looking at his attire, Twilight first thought of him as a wandering vagrant, with a tattered leather jacket and a scarf around his neck that was in terrible condition. Hmm... a majestic vagrant.

"Me? Can't you tell?"

Afraid that harsh words would chill in June, Twilight really didn't want to say what she thought, but said euphemistically: "Well, your attire, I have indeed never seen it."

Clooffi rolled his eyes, glanced at Twilight, although he felt somewhat unsettled in his heart, but he always felt that it would be better to introduce himself in that way,

"Do you have any historical books? Just records of the past two hundred years."

"Of course, I didn't expect you to be interested in this."

Twilight gradually perked up, this was the only pony besides Rainbow Dash who had recently taken the initiative to ask him for a book.

"Follow me."

Twilight turned around, casting the sunlight that lightly sprinkled on her mane to the ground.

Clooffi followed, still harboring a sense of disgust towards this monarch in his heart, although the disagreement with this castle was somewhat comforting in his heart, but he still speculated about the character of this princess.

Walking out of the bedroom door, the corridors inside the castle were crisscrossed and intricate, and Clooffi could only closely follow behind Twilight, watching his surroundings warily.

As Twilight turned several corners, he came to a crystal door made of fragrant golden nanmu wood, a stream of purple powder enveloped the entire door, and pushed it open. Inside was an oval-shaped hall, surrounded by a circle of tall bookshelves, all clearly marked with categories and summaries.

"These are the books you want, Equestria's Hundred Years of History, Volume 7 of Set 235."

Twilight held a book and walked towards Clooffi, but Clooffi stared at her with a serious and somewhat accusatory gaze, which made Twilight feel a bit chilly.

"Here, can you turn to the page about the Eastern Fleet's expedition?" Clooffi asked.

"Oh, it might take a while... I haven't read this book yet." Twilight flipped through carefully, and Clooffi rolled his eyes at her, unable to help but feel regret in his heart, would he and those sailors really be so easily forgotten by the history of his own country?

Although this is not important to them, after all, not every pony will be written into this epic, nor is it the purpose of their expedition.

After a long time, Twilight finally turned to that page, the thick book was turned through 2/3, and her face suddenly brightened, "Aha, found it! It says that Princess Celestia dispatched a ship named the Icarus Sun, but it seems there is no record later, it should have been lost..."

"Let me see." Clooffi grabbed the book, if Twilight didn't let go quickly, this old book would have been torn, his sudden move made Twilight very unhappy, you know, books are not played with like this.

"Why are you doing this? It's easy to tear like this." Twilight accused.

Clooffi heard this and stopped turning the pages, looked up. This startled Twilight, now the word serious can no longer describe his expression, or it should be more direct: indignant.

He said, "Then let me ask you, what's the use of a history book that can't record real events? Is this fleet destined to be forgotten?"

He spread the book on the ground and pointed to a picture with his hoof, "Come, let me show you what I do now." Twilight leaned forward, it was a picture of a rusty medal, with the sun and moon flag in the middle.

She read the introduction below: "The honor medal that Princess Celestia gave to the crew when the Icarus Sun set out..."

She looked at Clooffi with a puzzled look, suddenly, she found something extra on Clooffi's chest, she didn't know if she was mistaken, or if Clooffi had just put it on himself.

Honor Medal.

Twilight was too surprised to speak, he had read about this honor medal in other books, but she didn't understand the origin and historical process of this honor medal.

"Don't stop talking, there's more below."

Twilight continued to flip the pages, the next page was a group photo of the crew, several young guys leaning on the captain's shoulder, their faces filled with excited smiles, and there were also a few close-ups of individual crew members.

Now, come to my room.

The air began to solidify, Twilight knew that this was definitely not a coincidence, the breath in her heart became more and more heavy, she didn't know how many secrets this horse in front of her still didn't know, maybe, maybe this secret could change the whole Equestria.

The door was opened again, and the two horses walked to a wall, looking at the photos on the wall, Clooffi's heart was more profound, and Twilight was incredulous.

"Some truths, I promised them, not to tell you." Clooffi said, "But I have to tell you, who I am, who I used to be, where my home is." Clooffi said, tears gradually welling up in his eyes, shining in the sunlight.

Twilight was silent, thinking, her ears slightly trembling, the mane stirred by the wind floating on her back...

Meanwhile, in the territory of the Qilin Kingdom——

Mei Yu turned around, still thinking about Clooffi who had just left, for her, he was a very special pony, the first impression he gave her was strong and loyal.

If he was willing to stay, he would definitely make a great contribution to the Qilin Kingdom.

The fragrance of the begonia flowers was overflowing, the warmth of the morning light was a glass bottle, smashed on the ground, surging towards the capital city, not very heartwarming. But what she didn't know was that the several crystals hovering in the center of the kingdom were shining brightly, and the space-time barrier spreading around was gradually thinning with the light...

[VI] Central Plains Lost Barrier, Encountering Twilight's Friend

"Your Majesty, the imperial commissioner has already discussed this matter with the Ministry of War. The situation is serious. It is hoped that the envoy will be sent to the border of the six departments to stabilize the common people. Although the inside is now the same as the outside, it is necessary to establish trust and righteousness with the surrounding barbarian countries..."

"Doctor Zijin not only can't, it is detrimental to our Qilin country's prestige, to repel foreign aggression and stabilize the country, it must be in its place..."

King Yongchang frowned tightly.

In Bianjing city, overnight, the lights were bright, and the ministers got up one after another and rushed to the Xingqi Hall.

Looking at the dim and unlighted crystal, the monarchs and ministers had more anxiety in their hearts. Yongchang sat on the throne, thinking carefully. This was the first time in thousands of years that such a situation had been encountered.

"In view of this matter, the minister has a humble opinion." A minister in a tiger-striped robe stepped forward.

"Speak." Yongchang raised his head. If this matter is cut off here, the inheritance of the ancestors can all be blamed on himself.

"The director of the Crystal Palace has already found something strange. The historical records of the Tang and Han dynasties record that the halo of the crystal is like a clear water reflection, with a slight phosphorescence, between the two, losing its true dispersion, and I have already recorded it and passed it on, but it has not been approved, so the order is not to upset the people, fearing unrest, so no investigation, and then for a hundred years, Emperor Song Ming of the Song Dynasty was abandoned, warning later generations, the crystal is lost, rest and recuperate, connect with the outside world, open up the border..."

"Is this the method of the previous emperor?"

The minister frowned slightly, and his head was buried even lower,

"Yes."

Yongchang sighed, the ancestors have paved the way for him, so he doesn't have to worry about it, but the times are different, the capital has been established by the Xingling family for ten thousand years, and the outside world has been isolated for hundreds of millions of years, what is it like, it is unknown, but according to the previous visitors, since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the development of the races outside has stagnated.

After thinking for a while, he decided to play it by ear,

"Imperial Censor."

"Yes."

"You lead 8000 Muqi troops to cross the sea for talks, move quickly, without crystals, the country can't last long."

"Yes..."

"Oh, right, General Meiyu, you should ask her to go with you."

"Understood."

After speaking, the left and right protective Lin horns of the Imperial Censor lit up, and several layers of crystal-like illusions gradually wrapped them, disappearing in the main hall.

Yongchang nodded and stood up. When the ministers saw this, they immediately stood in the court formation, and immediately became respectful.

"Minister of War, approve the mobilization of troops, station 90,000 Muqi at the border of our country, build city walls, and the common people and civilians on the frontier expand the land to the west, attack the southwest of the desert, and order Ouyang Qilin and Chenxi Xinguang to be stationed as governors."

"Yes."

The ministers on the left side bowed in unison, holding their tablets low, and golden scales attached to the surrounding air, surging and disappearing.

"The remaining five steps will be taken later, focusing on cultural exchange, inclusiveness, and those who violate will be warned, and those who do it three times or more will be executed."

"Yes."

The ministers on the right side agreed, and all left the hall, then turned to inform the eunuchs, and then also operated the bright light, suddenly disappearing.

Yong'an closed his eyes and turned into an ordinary Qilin, took a deep breath, opened his eyes and looked at the sky, the two suns were shining against each other, overlapping together, he smiled, "So many years, hidden for so long."

He lit up the horns, the rainbow light gradually gathered, concentrated his will, sweat dripped from the roots of his hair, gritted his teeth, and formed a powerful beam of light shooting into the sky, whispering: "Princess Celestia, now the fate of the Qilins... is in your hands."

That strong light shot towards the sun, one sun became smaller and smaller, the surface began to turn red sharply, forming a fireball, attached to the sun of another country.

The residents of the capital can clearly see that the position hit by the light has turned into a fried egg, the yolk gradually becomes smaller and redder, the egg white becomes larger and brighter, until the yolk disappears...

Inside the Crystal Castle——

"I said, do you really not have any brown ale..."

Twilight helplessly looked at Clooffi who was searching everywhere in the castle,

"Hey, don't bother..."

Clooffi raised his head from the clutter, it has to be said, there are really many new rooms in this castle, if the captains were still alive.

He stopped searching, turned around and walked out of the room. Twilight saw his expression and knew he must have thought of something again, lowered his head, silently looking out of the window, he squinted his eyes, "When did the sun become so bright..."

Twilight was very puzzled, walked forward to the window, and saw that the soft light of the morning had already stabbed into the window like a sword.

Twilight suddenly raised his hoof to cover his eyes, pulling Clooffi. Clooffi hurriedly opened her hoof, "What are you doing?!"

"Can you stand such a strong light?"

"You don't bring sunglasses, of course you can't stand it."

Twilight then retreated to a dark place, struggling to open his eyes, his vision was blurred,

"Wow." Clooffi came over, looked at Twilight's eyes, "Usually read books with soft light a lot, can't stand this strong light."

Then, he blocked Twilight's hoof that was stuck on his eyes, "Hey hey hey, it hurts..."

"Close your eyes, it's your most beautiful part."

Twilight was stunned for a moment, a smile appeared on his face, his cheeks slightly flushed.

Clooffi saw this and quickly explained: "This is what the captain told me, to protect our eyesight." He also rolled his eyes, thinking about how he just said such a thing.

He covered Twilight's eyes and helped her back to his room, walked to the bedside: "You go to my bed and lie down for a while, if you don't mind."

"Well... okay."

Twilight hesitated for a moment and lay down. Unexpectedly, Clooffi's bed actually had a scent of jasmine, which was refreshing.

"Did you spray something on your bed?" she asked.

Clooffi shook his head, "Not every sailor is as 'barbaric' as you think, you have to know, this perfume was given by your teacher."

"What?" No wonder it was familiar, she sat up immediately, but was immediately dazzled by the strong light coming through the gap in the curtains in the room.

Clooffi saw this and quickly pulled the curtains, "Why are you so aggressive?"

"Twilight! Princess Celestia has a letter!" A burst of footsteps came, Clooffi looked, it was that pet dragon, wearing a hip-hop sunglasses, followed by five ponies.

Hearing this sound, Twilight bravely opened his eyes, got up and continued to stick his hoof to his eyes, the residual pain was still lingering in his eye socket.

When they arrived at the room, Twilight was already standing on the ground, his eyes could basically see their outlines.

"Clooffi..."

At this time, Clooffi was flipping through the history book on the lounge chair by the bed, hearing a horse call him

"What can I do for you, Princess?"

"Thank you..."

Now Clooffi was stunned, his mind desperately trying to avoid

"Uh... Maybe you should introduce those who just rushed in."

"Hey! Who are you saying 'rushed' in?" Rainbow Dash looked at Clooffi's profile, angry, for her, this is the place where she and everyone deals with friendship issues.

Clooffi heard this sound, his heart was excited, put on the coat taken out from the suitcase, adjusted the sunglasses, got off the lounge chair, stood on the ground. The horses and dragons looked at him in surprise:

A uniform for going out to battle, with gold edges embroidered on the collar, a white-edged yellow robe dragging behind, with golden wheat printed on it.

He squeezed out two words from his mouth: "You - all"

Twilight was also quite surprised, now her vision has completely recovered, looking at this officer-like earth horse, she couldn't help but admire. But after listening to what Rainbow Dash said and Clooffi's reply, she immediately stepped forward and persuaded

"Well, Rainbow Dash, he is a guest, my roommate..."

"Roommate?" Rainbow Dash was puzzled.

"Whe... Of course, let's not talk about this for now, Suri, take out the letter and read it."

Clooffi was speechless, did Twilight Sparkle think of him as a roommate from the beginning?

"Alright!"

Suri took out the scroll, spread it open, and read with conviction: "My dearest student, Twilight, you must have noticed the abnormality in the sun I have raised. Luna and I are studying this matter, and we hope you can call on your friends to join, as well as Starlight Glimmer, and the venerable Star Swirl the Bearded will also come..."

Hearing this, Clooffi noticed that Twilight's eyes had brightened, and he didn't know what she was thinking, but he had already sensed that there must be some pony she admired on that list.

"...Oh, by the way, I heard that a former hero has come to your place..."

Clooffi's heart skipped a beat, and Twilight also looked at him in surprise.

"...Please bring him along, will you? – Princess Celestia."

Rainbow Dash crossed her hooves over her chest, "A hero?"

"I can't tell you that for now, I've already told Twilight," Twilight nodded at Rainbow Dash.

"But you guys insist on knowing who I am, then you can flip through the book I was just reading, it's written with many... lies."

Clooffi gestured for Twilight to explain this to them, and she did. After listening to the whole process of Clooffi's identity and how he met Fluttershy and saved her, Rainbow Dash gradually became excited.

Now, although there is still some doubt about this earth pony in front of her, his current image is almost catching up with the Fearless.

"Wow, is it really like that?" Fluttershy exclaimed softly, "If it's true, then Clooffi can really be considered a pioneer in opening up new continents." Applejack said.

"But the problem is..." Pinkie Pie suddenly popped up, startling Clooffi, who stepped back, "How did you come back – after such a – long time."

Clooffi shook his head, and seeing this, Twilight felt helpless, "Please, Pinkie Pie, can't you put that question aside for now?"

"Oh, okay okay okay~" Then she hopped back to the Friendship Hall.

"Well, it's nothing, she's like this every day."

"No need, I understand."

"So, what should we do next?" Rarity asked, she had been grooming her mane since she arrived, which Clooffi disliked.

"The princess has issued an edict, and there's no specific time mentioned, I think the sooner the better." The ponies listened and nodded to each other.

Twilight said: "Alright, everyone go to the train station, this shouldn't take long."

"Okay, we'll go first." "See you at the train station~"...

Twilight suddenly remembered something: "You guys have to call Starlight Glimmer! She's in the kitchen!"

"Got it!"...

After everyone left, Clooffi arranged some pendants on the table, which were necklaces and small items given to him by his brothers during the journey.

He turned his head and saw that Twilight hadn't left yet.

"I'll go later, why don't you go with your friends?"

Twilight hesitated for a moment, "Well... I want to see more of your room and style, I've never seen it before." Her face began to blush again.

To be honest, Clooffi didn't really have any thoughts about Twilight, what he focused on the most was the upcoming meeting with Princess Celestia, mostly looking forward to it, because only he had gone through countless hardships to return here and hand in the answer to the adventure.

Thinking about it, he put on the Rian stone, hung the Honor Medal on his chest, and set off with Twilight and her friends.

[Vll] Searching for the Other Side of the Ocean, Enduring the Train Car Incident

"I say Uncle Zhongyan, we've been driving for three days, can't we add some magic? My uncle would agree."

Mei Yu rubbed on the floor coquettishly.

Although the Imperial Censor had refused her many times, Mei Yu was still unyielding.

"Xiao Yu, I said it's not possible. Creatures from the outside world will feel the fluctuations of magic, and they will know our whereabouts, which will cause us a lot of trouble." The Censor sighed, if it weren't for His Majesty's personal order to take her to sea, he would rather die than bring this troublemaker with him, let alone...

Zhongyan squinted at Mei Yu.

... She is also the general of the 800,000 Muqi army.

The soldiers next to her were trying hard not to laugh, trying not to make any expressions, but the urgency of their breathing still made Mei Yu notice.

Seeing Mei Yu getting up from the ground, shaking the dust off her body, and walking towards them, staring at one of the Qilins, her nose almost bumped into that soldier's face.

The soldier's face turned red.

"Just now..." Mei Yu's expression dramatically changed, raising her eyebrows, "Did you say, is it you?"

The Qilin quickly shook his head.

Mei Yu then did the same to all the soldiers in that row. The attendant officer saw this and felt affection, "You see, Zhongyan, she is still the same, hahaha..."

The Censor looked at Mei Yu, sighed, shook his head, heavy but firm: "She's in her twenties, she needs to find a man to cure her."

The officer, seeing the Censor like this, couldn't help but start laughing.

Gradually, a dim morning trace line emerged. First, it was a point, slowly lengthening.

Among the towering mountains, a river connects the ocean with the inland.

"Stop fooling around, Mei Yu, we're here!" The officer called upstairs to Mei Yu, who was paralyzed on the deck.

She immediately stood up and looked into the distance. Zhongyan came up and placed a hoof on Mei Yu's back. "How about it, the other side you've been thinking about is right there." He pointed to the mainland.

Mei Yu looked excitedly a few times and said, "How long does it take to get ashore?"

Zhongyan hesitated, "Well... it depends on where the dock of that group of horses is built, it shouldn't be too far..."

Hearing this, Mei Yu was discouraged again. She muttered in her mouth, "Ah... can't it be faster..."

On the train—

"Pinky, can you stop talking? Don't you see that Cloofy doesn't want to talk to you?" Rarity said.

Indeed, since getting on the train, Pinky has been chattering non-stop in Cloofy's ear, Cloofy is sprawled on the table, his front hooves spread out, a completely listless and bored look. He has always been calm in his heart and has no intention of saying it.

"Oh, is that so? Well, okay." Then she bounced away again, to Rainbow Dash's carriage.

"Ah, the world is quiet..." Cloofy sighed. Twilight came up and apologized, "I'm really sorry..."

"It's okay, but you are the better one among them in my impression." Cloofy looked out of the window and said casually.

"Oh, well then."

Twilight quietly returned to her seat. Starlight looked at Twilight's appearance, the afterglow of the sunset hit her face, surging with the hair on her skin, the most prominent being her blushing cheeks. She tentatively asked, "Hey, Twilight, do you like him..." Starlight pointed to the serious Cloofy, which made Twilight nervous,

"Huh? Tell me, I promise I won't tell the other ponies." Seeing Twilight didn't respond, Starlight tempted again.

Twilight took a deep breath and turned her face, "Well... actually, I don't feel that way."

Seeing Twilight answer like this, Starlight made up her mind. Twilight must like him.

"Well, okay, I'll get out of the way for now." After speaking, Starlight slipped to the back carriage, leaving Twilight and Cloofy alone in the same carriage.

Twilight originally wanted to stop her, but then thought, wouldn't that just play into Starlight's hands and admit it? So, she still endured and said nothing.

About two hours later, the capital city could already be seen from the window. Twilight watched blankly, preoccupied. She got up from her seat and quietly walked to Cloofy's position.

She reached out her hoof, but she hesitated, thought it over carefully, looked around, and finally patted Cloofy's shoulder gently.

"Hey... Cloofy... We're almost there."

Cloofy swayed, "Ah..." Cloofy stretched and mumbled indistinctly: "Are we there?" Then, he straightened up, rubbed his eyes, and sat on the cushion.

"Almost there." Twilight said, as the sunset, the afterglow of the setting sun spread in the room, enveloping the two horses as if a thin layer of silk, linking the two together.

Cloofy sighed, he could only sigh in his heart, this train is the same as a hundred years ago in terms of comfort and speed, except for the appearance.

"Where are the other ponies?" Cloofy asked, looking around, except for Twilight and himself, even the doors of the two connecting carriages were tightly closed. He looked at Twilight warily.

Suddenly, the door was opened, and Starlight walked in, "Hello you two, are you getting along well?" Cloofy squinted at this horse, and he could already feel from her eyes that Starlight had a naturally playful and rebellious psychology in her bones, but now she is developing in a good direction, but for himself, he prefers a more lively and playful girl, and for this standard, Twilight is far from it.

"Oh, by the way, I haven't officially introduced her to you when I got on the train." Twilight came over, "This is Starlight."

"Well, I think she's good. Compared to you, I prefer her." Cloofy was outspoken.

This caught Starlight off guard, "Ah... But we haven't known each other for long."

"Oh, come on, if I say something to the one next to me, she will definitely blush again, at least you won't."

This made Twilight unhappy, she rubbed Cloofy. Cloofy ignored her and walked towards the carriage behind Starlight, he really wanted to see the one who spoke to him arrogantly in the castle today, to be honest, he thought that one was the most suitable according to the standard just now, and he was most interested, but he just needed to be "tamed" a little...

Cloofy left this carriage, Starlight and Twilight looked at each other, Starlight began to feel embarrassed, and then Twilight joked with her.

"Hey, it seems he likes you more~"

Starlight looked at Twilight with a strange look.

"What, I'm not even going to compete with you."

Starlight's words were mixed with coquetry and willfulness, her eyes occasionally glanced at the lower left corner. Twilight saw through this at a glance, snickered secretly, and slipped into another carriage.

Now only Starlight is left in the large carriage, enjoying the intriguing tranquility alone, but a shout from the next carriage came through the roar of the train and hit Starlight's eardrum directly: "Ah!!! Rainbow Dash! Cloofy! What are you two doing!" This shout really made Starlight's appetite rise, and she couldn't help but be curious, quietly walked to the door of that carriage, opened a crack, and the scene inside shocked her -

I saw Cloofy holding Rainbow Dash's head with one hoof, and the other front hoof pinned her wings, holding her firmly on the ground, while Twilight stood there motionless, should have been frightened by the scene that happened too fast just now, and hadn't caught her breath.

The other friends leaned against the wall, with sweat pouring down their faces, and after experiencing this, they all had the same thought: never challenge Cloofy alone.

About five minutes later, the bell on the top of the car rang. It was time to get off.

Cloofy then let go of the struggling Rainbow Dash, who was now very uncomfortable in her heart. Just now, she was subdued like a little chick, and in front of all her good friends, she was almost ashamed. But the following sentence from Cloofy made her have to admit defeat, and she didn't think about how to prank him in the future -

"More than forty horses on the ship couldn't beat me, the military freestyle wrestling champion is on the fleet list, and you?"

...

The car door gradually opened, and it was now close to night, the sky was mixed with dark red and dark blue, the two colors were like water on the canvas, and the capital city was in front of them.

"Twilight, you're here." An old voice came up.

"I'm so happy to see you, Star Swirl." Twilight said excitedly.

Cloofy squeezed past Twilight, complaining in his heart that Twilight was blocking the door when greeting, preventing other horses from getting out.

Twilight seemed to notice, saw Cloofy coming out, and quickly introduced: "Star Swirl, this is..."

Star Swirl waved his hoof, "No need, I know, one of the purposes of this trip is him." Then, Star Swirl patted Cloofy on the back: "How was the trip? Young man?"

Cloofy forced a smile and nodded, but he was unhappy in his heart, but out of respect for him, a smiling face was essential, after all, he has heard of him.

"Is everyone out?" Twilight asked while looking back. Fluttershy helped Rainbow Dash, who was limping, out, gasping for breath and replied, "It... it should be."

"Well, everyone is here, let's go to the palace." The horses all nodded and followed Star Swirl towards the center of the capital.

Along the way, Cloofy found that after passing through the golden frame door of the imperial city, apart from some newly opened storefronts, the rest of the buildings really haven't changed at all, the capital is still the original capital, it's just that the horses have changed.

He followed behind Fluttershy, watching her struggling to carry Rainbow Dash's body and take difficult steps forward, and it wasn't a good feeling in his heart, so he asked Fluttershy to put her down, and he went up, and in one go, he lifted Rainbow Dash onto his back. This made Rainbow Dash's wound, which had just barely healed, tear open again, and she was in pain, but in order to maintain the last image of an athlete in front of her friends, especially Applejack, she still endured and didn't make a sound.

Twilight and Starlight walked side by side, looking at Cloofy from time to time, then they laughed and joked, every time they looked back, Cloofy knew, but he didn't mention it.

"We're here." White-bearded Star Swirl led everyone into the throne room.

The colorful windows were covered by the moonlight at this time, and a lavender fragrance was filled in the palace, making the horses comfortable and leisurely.

"Hello, Twilight Sparkle."

A majestic yet amiable voice came from the throne.

"Hello, Princess Celestia, I'm so happy to see you." Twilight said.

"Me too."

Cloofy heard this familiar voice, looked up, yes, it was that white horse. He put down Rainbow Dash, let her and Applejack lean together. He stepped forward and knelt in salute: "I see the respected Princess Celestia."

Everyone was surprised to see Cloofy.

Princess Celestia walked down the steps and spread her wings: "Get up, Earl Alreith." Cloofy stood up solemnly.

Not only the horses traveling with Twilight, even White-bearded Star Swirl and Princess Luna heard Princess Celestia call Cloofy like this, and they were slightly surprised.

"Earl... I feel like I've seen this title in some book..." Twilight murmured.

"Come here, the top priority today is still the sun."

"Oh, right, Princess Celestia, I've read books related to this, and there have been similar events in history."

Twilight said first.

"Is it about 1,500 years ago?" Princess Luna spoke, and she also walked down from the throne.

But Princess Celestia seemed to hear some sensitive words and immediately stopped: "Well, Twilight, don't talk about the recent ones, this may be a new situation..."

"But what if the situation is similar? The book says that day was the celebration of ten thousand horses, and the sun suddenly rose next to the falling moon, and it was unusually large and shiny, and it took several circles in the sky before it fell." Twilight talked endlessly, and Princess Celestia's face turned red, and Princess Luna was giggling.

Star Swirl saw that this was not good and immediately interrupted Twilight: "Hey, Twilight, don't say it, your teacher was competing with a few counts at the time, and she was still young, so she had a few drinks..."

After hearing this, Twilight stopped abruptly.

Princess Celestia's face was even more gone, and the moon laughed even louder.

The other horses were trying hard not to laugh.

Twilight realized that she had offended her teacher and quickly apologized. Fortunately, Princess Celestia didn't care, otherwise it would have been a big joke.

But her sister will definitely remember it for a lifetime.

[Vlll]Desire to Break Promise, Arriving at the Small Town Pier

Canterlot‘s Council Chamber—

Clooffi was pondering if something had happened to King Yongchang. Looking at the pendant around his neck, he remembered Meiyu Jincu and King Yongchang's instructions, and suddenly a name came to mind in a roundabout way—Son of the Wind Demon...

"Clooffi... Clooffi?"

Clooffi came to his senses. "What's the matter?"

"What do you think caused it?"

Twilight asked. He couldn't say.

Clooffi silently shook his head. Celestia saw through him; it used to happen when she discussed matters with their family. Their family members always acted like this, a good inheritance that made it easier for her to see through her former cabinet ministers.

The leaders looked at each other, and all eyes turned to the princesses.

Celestia felt she couldn't hesitate any longer, "Clooffi."

Clooffi stood up abruptly, "Yes, what are your orders."

Celestia walked over, spread her wings, "You know why, don't you?"

"I don't know yet..." Clooffi's face showed an unusual gravity; he couldn't reveal the Qilin Kingdom, a promise he had made himself.

Celestia folded her wings, brought her face extremely close to Clooffi's, causing him to feel the princess's body heat. The princess whispered, "Your family is still there, waiting for you." This statement made Clooffi's eyes light up, and a thunderclap echoed in his heart, with that voice coming in and out of existence...

"Please, this matter concerns the safety of our country, this is your hometown, isn't it?"

Clooffi became even more entangled, home and promise were like a twisted hemp rope around his heart.

Seeing him standing there in a daze, Twilight felt that this was not a solution, so she suggested, "Princess, maybe it's just a magical fluctuation that ended well. We can inspect the magical fluctuations throughout Ponyville, something Starlight can do." Starlight stepped forward and nodded. Clooffi frowned tightly, his hoof pressing hard on the pendant on his chest; it's better to take the initiative to reveal it than to be passively discovered.

"Stop... no need..." The horses looked puzzled at Clooffi, while Celestia showed a victorious expression. Clooffi looked up at the princess, "As long as... you tell me where my home is..." Celestia nodded.

Clooffi took a deep breath and began...

Crystal Castle Pier—

"Yay! We're here!" Meiyu Jincu happily jumped off the boat, the Imperial Censor led the officers to one side of the ship to organize the unloading of items, and the soldiers lined up in two rows on the pier.

Mei Yu looked at the huge castle in front of her and couldn't help but marvel that it was actually carved from a single piece of crystal! She wanted to go in, but was stopped by Zhong Yan, "Hey, don't just barge into someone else's house." Mei Yu was a bit disappointed. In this area, there was only this castle and a small town. To be honest, compared to Bianjing, this town was not much. What surprised her was that there were still houses with thatched roofs here. Oh... Mei Yu recalled that since the reform of Emperor Xingqi, there have been no houses with thatched roofs in the country. It has been almost a few hundred years, and at that time, the space-time barrier was still effective, and the development outside... was so slow, she couldn't figure it out.

"Mei Yu, let's go!" The officer shouted at Mei Yu, and she followed the marching army all the way to Cantlorette. "Coming! Wait for me!" Mei Yu caught up, and Zhong Yan said, "You, a general, running around, I just organized it, what, thinking that with me, your uncle here, you don't have to do anything?" Mei Yu heard this, quickly looked around, fortunately, the soldiers were marching seriously, "Oh, uncle, it's rare to go abroad, I've never been out since I was a child, we have 7000 years here, no local Qilin has ever come out, can I not be excited? Just for today..." "Oh, okay, okay..."

"Thank you, uncle!" Then Mei Yu skipped away again.

Zhong Yan sighed, and the officer patted him on the shoulder, "Sir, don't worry, at her age, she should be like this." The Imperial Censor nodded and said, "So, what should we do after we get here?"

The officer thought about it and felt that it was nothing more than finding a place to set up camp and settle the army, "Fix the house, this desolate mountain and wild land, there are not many big cities, and there is only this small broken town within ten miles."

But the serious gaze of the Imperial Censor stopped the officer: "Do not make hasty judgments, if the other party's monarch does not agree, we still need to talk further." The officer pursed his lips tightly.

Zhong Yan looked at the marching army, seemingly talking to himself, "We have thirty million people... where is the place to stay..."

After walking for a while, two steel rails appeared in the distance, and the soldiers stopped there.

"What a joke? A railway?" The leading generals in front laughed.

"Hey! What's the fuss up there!" The officer shouted a few times, and suddenly an idea came to his mind, and he exchanged glances with the Imperial Censor, who nodded, "Where is General Mei Yu?"

Mei Yu was leisurely stepping on the grass beside her with one hoof on a flower, and the military order exploded in her mind like molten iron, "Coming!" She ran over immediately.

"Go check why they have stopped ahead!" Zhong Yan said firmly.

Mei Yu heard this, and reluctantly said in her heart, "Yes..." Then she threw an unhappy face to the officer who was secretly laughing behind Zhong Yan and walked reluctantly.

Western border—

"Did you get the crystal's energy?"

"Yes."

"Go to your uncle's place, the energy there can help you summon your father and his brother's army."

"But... are you sure they are still there?"

"Open the door of time and space, they are lying in the museum with the spears..."

"Which exhibition hall, I can't remember clearly."

"Wait... let me think..."

(Silence, the flickering of the oil lamp)

"Well... the theme of the exhibition hall is... Qin"

(Footsteps...)

"Remember! Be careful! They are not easy to provoke now!"

"Yes, I will be careful."

(Sound of closing the door)

"Ah, this silly child, after thousands of years, he is still so stubborn."

He played with the double-headed eagle scepter in his hand and talked to himself,

"We didn't win back then..."

[IX]Knowing the Family's Later History, Meeting Foreign Imperial Censors

Clooffi swallowed and had told all the horses the truth.

Twilight and her friends were stunned on the spot, but he still concealed the origin of his pendant, and everything he could tell them was said.

The hall was silent, and the elders were also slightly surprised. After so many years, they didn't know that there was actually such a country, of course, except for the Qilins in the dangerous and heavy mountains.

After a long time, Celestia spoke, but she also paused: "Well, judging from Clooffi's situation, we are now in two situations." Gradually, a golden stream flowed down from her unicorn, forming a map with all the countries in Equestria marked on it.

"Now, we have to complete this map with a few strokes in the sky. It's been thousands of years since we did this last time." She was a bit excited, and Twilight asked, "What about the sun..."

This sentence made Celestia hesitate for a moment, "Clooffi." She called.

"Yes, what are your orders."

"What do you think?" She put down the golden brush and looked at Clooffi. He felt that this monarch seemed to be different from what he heard from his father. At that time, when he went to Ponyville to pioneer with his parents, the surrounding horses' evaluation of Celestia was almost pure, and they were all loyal to the citizens of Equestria, but now, he tasted a bit of hypocrisy from it.

"I... think that their core crystal has a problem, maybe you should try to contact them." Clooffi said respectfully.

"Hmm..." She seemed to be thinking seriously, but on the other hand, she opened the map and drew that piece of land in the corner of the east.

She whispered: "Qi... Lin... Empire..."

But when she wrote these words and was about to put down the pen, the handwriting faintly disappeared, and Celestia frowned.

Clooffi saw this and felt relieved, but he also knew that King Yong'an would never let him off easily.

"Princess."

"What? What is it?"

"It's your turn."

Clooffi stepped forward and asked her to fulfill her promise.

Celestia chuckled softly, "No problem."

Clooffi was still very serious.

Twilight and Starlight saw them in such a stalemate and didn't dare to make any rash moves. They held their breath.

But Celestia walked towards Twilight and put her hoof on Twilight's back.

"This one is the legitimate heir of your family's bloodline."

"What?!"

All the horses and dragons present exclaimed in surprise, and even Clooffi's face showed an unbelievable look.

"Don't doubt it, let me tell you, your family has undergone several major changes in the past hundred years, but they are all great changes."

Twilight and Clooffi listened carefully, Clooffi calmed down quickly, but Twilight's face was still like that.

"Your... oh no, your family is a great family, and even your father doesn't know much about its history." She pointed to Twilight.

Twilight looked puzzled, "You mean... my dad?"

"Mm-hmm." She affirmed, "The Alreith family has served as cabinet ministers for three consecutive terms and used to be my right-hand man, but since the reform of the monarch-subject system, I have abolished the cabinet system, just like now, there are no ministers, only a few department officials."

Clooffi pondered, his father was a pioneering commander, and it was Princess Celestia who ordered him to the frontier.

"Your family's three generations have made great achievements in the construction of our country. I personally awarded your ancestors the Medal of Honor, and almost all of Equestria knew about it at that time. To enhance your reputation, one of your generations decided to take Alreith as your last name and change the main part of the name to Sparkle [Shine], which greatly increased your fame in Equestria. But now, there are very few Alreith names left, and you know how you got here."

Celestia pointed to Clooffi, who looked up at her with a wary look.

"Remember, this happened before you were born, so you are just like her, with Alreith as your last name, Clooffi is your given name, unlike Twilight, who only has one given name, and that is her name, and you also have a first name, your father should not have told you."

"What is it?" Clooffi asked.

"This name was given by me."

"What?!" They exclaimed in surprise, which was probably the first time they were so tacit when they met. However, Twilight closed her mouth tightly.

Clooffi felt a bit nauseous in his heart. From the beginning to the end, his name might not fit in the household registration book. Now he has to fill in another full name.

"Kagamine Sparkle."

"What the heck?" Clooffi complained, thinking to himself that it's okay, just don't sign this name when registering the household registration book later.

"What generation is this for me?"

Clooffi pointed to Twilight Sparkle. "Oh, she is the third generation within two generations of collateral relatives."

He nodded, looking at Twilight Sparkle next to him.

The other friends present almost gaped, listening to Celestia's words.

Then, a rapid series of footsteps came from outside the council chamber, it was the captain of the guard.

His expression was extremely serious, but he couldn't suppress the panic on his face.

"P... Princess, there are a group of monsters outside the city gate, and they want to talk to you."

Celestia glanced at Clooffi, who was obviously also nervous.

"Okay, let them in."

"Yes."

Then the captain stumbled back.

At this time, the pendant on Clooffi's neck began to glow. He quickly pressed the pendant with his hoof, trying not to let the horses present notice that this was a limited edition souvenir given to him by Yong'an.

A group of creatures with golden flags entered the palace in a grand manner. Clooffi saw this and it was just as he expected, it was inevitable that they would find Equestria sooner or later.

"I greet your majesty."

The leading Qilin covered his left chest with a Tizi, "My name is Zhongyan."

"There is no need for that, what is the matter."

Zhongyan glanced at the officer and urged in a low voice, "Hurry up... translate!" The officer saw this, quickly stepped forward, and cleared his throat: "Our country originated from Huaxia, it is the land of the east, from the Yellow River and the Yangtze River to the loess plateau, we have come to visit this country today, because of the long-term isolation from the world, and due to the large number of horses, we want to integrate with your country, I don't know what your majesty thinks."

Celestia thought for a while and looked at Twilight.

This look made Twilight very nervous.

Clooffi rolled his eyes, but when he saw the figure emerging behind Zhongyan, his nerves immediately tensed up.

"Hey! Horizon at Dusk! Do you remember me? Long time no see!"

The attention of the scene turned to the two horses.

Clooffi gasped.

Shaanxi----

"You're here."

"For my father."

"I understand, the whole of China only has this place. In fact, you can go to the United States..."

"I have no money."

"Well, I think the students at that school are more controllable."

[He opened the box]

"Think about it, once this spell is cast, it will be more powerful than any energy in the world... It's not that it's any kind, it's just very powerful."

[Feng Luosite was skeptical]

"There is no magic in this world."

"Yes, but you forgot that they have another one, more powerful than magic."

"What..."

"Oh, come on, you should know..."

[He flipped through the notes in his hand.]

"It was April Fool's Day... In fact, they already knew about the ultimate energy more powerful than magic, but out of their conscience, those people knew they couldn't let everyone know about this thing."

"Then how do you know."

"Well, my brother deciphered it."

[X]Boasting Leads to Misfortune, Reporting Strange Events of the Terracotta Army

Now Clooffi felt the air start to become rigid, Twilight Sparkle, friends, elders all looked at the little girl in confusion.

"Do you remember me?"

She hopped over to Clooffi, who frowned tightly and pushed back, lowering his voice, "Meiyu, don't make a fuss, this is my monarch, let's finish the formalities first."

He gestured with his eyes towards Celestia.

"Meiyu! No mischief!"

The Imperial Censor scolded. Fearing a scolding, Meiyu had to retreat.

"Your Majesty, please forgive us, this girl is the eldest daughter of our king, and we have been lax in discipline."

Celestia chuckled softly, "Oh, no need, integration is good, but what kind of method are we talking about?"

The officer immediately bowed and said: "Our country has been buried for five thousand years, and we do not know how the current political affairs are."

"The moon," Celestia called.

"What is it, sister?" Luna walked down from the throne.

"Explain the current political news and cultural achievements to our distinguished guests." Clooffi clearly saw the Princess of the Universe raise her eyebrows.

As soon as this was said, Twilight became anxious, "Princess! How about I do it, let's not trouble Princess Luna."

Celestia hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Alright, now it was Twilight's turn to show—

She stepped forward, her face full of confidence and pride, "Our country is called Equestria, according to historical records, including the division and integration of tribes, it has a history of tens of thousands of years, and moreover, our country, Equestria, is the largest country on this continent."

Just as she said this, the soldiers at the back of the team began to discuss.

"In the development of this civilization that has lasted for tens of thousands of years, our magical achievements are particularly prominent, ranking at the forefront of all cultural achievements."

The discussion gradually became louder, and officers of all levels began to inspect the troops, and the discussion quickly subsided.

"Including several types of magic, ordinary magic and advanced magic, and there is a type of magic that is more powerful than these two—" Twilight looked back at her friends, they were all looking at Twilight with expectant eyes, "That is the magic of friendship."

She continued, almost wanting to mention all the fields involved.

Until Celestia interrupted: "Cough, Twilight, I think you've said enough, the guests' attendants can hardly keep up."

Indeed, the officer's brush dipped in ink was swiftly moving across the paper, the tip of the brush was even forked, completely dragging a tuft of wool around, at least that's what it looked like in Twilight's eyes.

"Imperial Censor, I present the records." He handed the neatly stacked paper to Zhongyan.

Zhongyan quickly scanned it, slightly nodding his chin, letting the officer continue.

"To be honest, we have indeed encountered a significant practical problem, and I do not know if Your Majesty can help."

Now Celestia's face was beaming, as soon as she heard there was a difficulty to be solved by herself, she immediately became interested, "What is it?"

"Your country is vast, and it must be incomparable to our country's 9.6 million square main provinces and 3.8 million square border provinces..."

Obviously, after hearing these words, the ponies were embarrassed, "Now our country has a population of 30 million, of which 10 million live in poverty, I do not know how Your Majesty intends to deal with it."

A moment of silence, Celestia raised her hoof and froze in place, just like the other ponies, with a herd of alpacas migrating in her heart.

At this time, Clooffi was not surprised, but he added a label of "show-off" to Celestia.

"Hmm... the moon..."

"What... what is it?"

"How many horses can the northern mountains accommodate..."

Celestia began to sweat, her eyes desperately flowing towards Luna.

"About 200,000."

She hesitated for a while, looking embarrassed, and smiled: "Well... I'm really sorry..."

"A few people are fine, harmony is precious, not the multitude."

The Princess of the Universe saw that the other party was so amiable, and the stone in her heart was also let down, "Alright, Twilight."

"Yes."

Clooffi saw the light in her eyes again.

"Can you handle this matter?"

Twilight looked confident, "Yes."

Clooffi raised an eyebrow and said to Celestia: "Princess, how about I go with you too?"

Celestia nodded, then whispered in his ear: "Help me keep an eye on her, this is not just because she is a princess, but also because there is a secret that I have not told you."

Clooffi probably guessed in his heart, but was indecisive.

He walked down the steps and said to the officer: "I have a rough understanding of you, we will help you."

The officer immediately bowed in gratitude, and the soldiers saw this and also bowed in half-salute, a sound of armor colliding came from the throne room, startling the unicorn soldier guarding the door.

Qinling Town—

"I shall die! The grandeur is unparalleled!"

The Terracotta Warriors gradually came to life, slamming the weapons in their hands fiercely on the ground, the entire museum echoed with a rumbling sound...

"Look! What is that thing?"

The on-duty security guard pointed at the surveillance screen.

"Hey! Don't worry about it! Call the police quickly!"

He hastily took out his phone, quickly... quickly...

"Hello? Is this the police? There's a big problem with the Terracotta Army! Hurry! It must be quick!"

Suddenly, the figure in the video turned towards the surveillance screen, slightly raised the corners of his mouth, and then the Terracotta Warriors behind him raised the weapons in their hands and shot towards the screen.

"Hello, did you see what he looked like?"

"Is it a person? The police are here! Hurry!"

Lu Qiang hurriedly rushed out, bypassing the exhibition hall to avoid encountering the monster, when he saw the flashing red and blue lights, hope began to burn in his heart.

The police are here.

"Comrade, what's the situation."

Lu Qiang explained everything he saw to the police, then, there was a series of earth-shattering footsteps coming from the museum, "They are coming out!!"

Officer Zhang frowned tightly, he was also at a loss, but judging from the current situation, it was very urgent.

"Detective Team One, go to the opposite side to make an analysis point! If the situation is urgent, report to the city headquarters! The rest of the people will enter from the west gate and the main gate under the leadership of each team leader, move!"

Six teams of special police forces quickly lined up and entered slowly.

The footsteps suddenly stopped.

This silence lasted for ten minutes.

Officer Zhang winked at Lu Qiang, and Lu Qiang nodded in affirmation, and suddenly, Officer Zhang's walkie-talkie began to struggle loudly, and people outside could clearly hear the fierce sound of ammunition bombardment coming from inside the museum.

Walkie-talkie// "Damn! They're launching a surprise attack!"

"The Qin warriors are alive!!! Can't penetrate!"

"They lifted people out of thin air! Hurry! Report! To! The! City! Department!"

...

Officer Zhang's eyes widened with anger, and he shouted loudly to the detective team: "Quick! Contact the city department! Inform the reporters! Let the country know!"

Bang!!!

The main door was kicked open.

The terracotta warriors with red and blue colors, holding weapons, walked forward coldly, Officer Zhang immediately protected Lu Qiang, "You go quickly! You are the first eyewitness, you will provide the most accurate explanation to the reporters, now find a car and leave here!"

He also motioned to the police officers beside him, "You two go together!"

"But..."

"This is an order!"

Then, he cast a resolute gaze at those monsters, "The rest of the police officers! We will cover the rear! Cover them out! Shoot at will!"

A police officer pulled Lu Qiang's clothes, "Hurry up! Go!" It was one of the two police officers just now, then a police car slowly stopped in front of them.

"Get in the car!"

[XI]Encountering the Difficulties of Evacuation, Burning Books, and Learning from Them

In the X Province, the heart of Lintong's municipal abode, the exodus of civil servants and dignitaries had reached its crescendo, leaving behind only the steadfast and the youthful, still clutching their sheaves of documents amidst the chaos. The elder, resolute in his refusal to abandon his post, clung to the secrets he bore, his determination as unyielding as the task assigned by the state.

"Father, we must flee! The beasts approach!" The young maiden's plea, laden with urgency, echoed through the halls, her arms burdened with the weight of papers, her gaze fixed upon the chaos before her.

"Nay, the coming of these creatures is but a single thread in the tapestry of our duty. Our charge is to preserve these records, lest they be consumed by the destruction that looms," the elder replied, his hands deftly securing the scrolls within his chest.

"But..." The girl's voice trembled as she glanced towards the window, her hands entwined with her father's, "Mother awaits us at the encampment!"

The father paused, his eyes meeting his daughter's, a depth of emotion mirrored in their grasp. "Then go, Mei Yu, and bring her word of our safety."

"But..."

"No 'buts'," he insisted, producing a card from his breast. "This is my work card, a vessel of vital information. Guard it with your life."

Mei Yu accepted the card, its dual-layered film reflecting a faint azure glow in the sunlight.

"Now... go..." He turned once more to his task.

The captain, with a hand on Mei Yu's shoulder, ushered her forth, his eyes glistening with unshed tears.

"Go!" The father's command left no room for dissent.

In the Wan Nian Road Internet Café, a fictional haunt in the dead of night, Chen Li's hushed call to Jian Jun echoed amidst the chaos. "Did you secure the mainframe?"

Tang Jian Jun, amidst the disarray of the counter, shook his head in despair. "Everything's destroyed, even the WiFi."

"Then let's inform the captain and reassess," Chen Li suggested, twirling an iron rod in his hand.

Jian Jun nodded, his face clouded with concern. "Our vice-captain... is he still with us?"

"We'll wait here..." Jian Jun's voice trailed off, a forced cheer in his tone, "He's a champion fighter, there's no need to worry. In fact—"

"What?" Chen Li's curiosity piqued.

Jian Jun shared a sly grin, "His parents are in the States, long divorced. He was raised by his grandparents since childhood."

This revelation piqued Chen Li's interest. "A researcher's child, enduring the hardships of police work. What happened next?"

Jian Jun, scanning the surroundings, lowered his voice. "When he was ten, there was an accident during his father's experiment. It made the newspapers, something about the Everton Experiment, his body was never found."

"What's the Everton Experiment?"

Jian Jun shrugged, "No idea. Research is shrouded in secrecy, especially in the realms of mathematics and physics."

A heavy tread suddenly echoed from the entrance, silencing the pair, who hid beneath the counter, their hearts pounding as the footsteps searched the premises, only to halt just beyond the threshold...

In the Crystal Castle of the Small Horse Valley, Twilight Sparkle awoke from her slumber, her bed now adorned with sumptuous violet silk, a comfort that whispered of luxury. But as she rose, a sharp object loomed before her eyes, prompting a frantic search for a mirror.

The reflection that greeted her was one of shock and terror. Without delay, she rushed to find Twilight Sparkle and her companions in the Hall of Friendship, demanding answers for the events that transpired in her unconscious state.

Twilight Sparkle recounted the tale, and after a moment of calm, Cloffi declared his intent to uncover the truth behind the mysterious horse.

"No!" Twilight Sparkle objected, "You've only just regained your strength. It's too dangerous."

Cloffi, seeing her concern, smiled reassuringly, "I'm not planning on starting now. I've long wondered about my lineage of unicorns, a bloodline I knew little of in my youth."

Twilight Sparkle, reassured by his measured approach, watched as Cloffi inquired about the origin of his silken sheets.

"Ah, it was Rarity who tailored them especially for you," Twilight Sparkle replied.

"The touch is exquisite," Cloffi acknowledged, offering a nod of appreciation to Rarity, who basked in his praise before he took his leave.

Observing Rarity, Twilight Sparkle remarked, "He seems much more cheerful than before."

"Indeed, ever since he experienced the comfort of my sheets," Rarity boasted.

Cloffi, upon rising, felt an incessant itch upon his head, a sensation that reminded him of his newfound heritage. Realizing the need for knowledge, he decided to seek out the library.

In the library hall, Cloffi cursed the inaccessibility of the tomes, designed as if to deter the land horses from their wisdom. After a fruitless search for a ladder, he called out for Spike.

"Spike! Bring me a ladder, I can't find where it's kept."

In a flash, Spike appeared, "Cloffi? What's the matter?"

"Fetch me a ladder, I need to reach the books on the highest shelf."

"Right away!" With that, Spike hurried to the storage room.

Cloffi's gaze swept across the spines of the books, "Basic Magic and Biological Transformation," "Basic Magic and Low Energy Assault" among them. It seemed the entire row was dedicated to the fundamentals of magic.

Yet, as he focused on his chosen volume, "Basic Magic Theory and Practical Application," a surge of inexplicable excitement welled within him, growing until it was uncontrollable. In a panic, he surveyed his surroundings, only books as far as the eye could see.

Just as he prepared to flee, a burst of cerulean light erupted from the corner. The power was beyond his control, and after several tense minutes, the light subsided.

Cloffi stood, panting heavily, as Twilight and her friends, along with Spike, burst into the room. "What just happened?!" they exclaimed, taking in the charred remains of the bookshelf and the scattered ashes of books.

Cloffi, abashed, held up a tattered cover, "I merely wished to read... this book." The title, "Basic Magic Theory and Practical Application," was barely visible amidst the devastation.

Twilight, attempting to console herself, "Fortunately, I've read all these books."

Turning to Cloffi, she inquired, "How did you do that?"

Cloffi, surprised by her question, "I just stared at it, and then—it happened."

Perplexed, Twilight suggested, "I think you should delve deeper into this subject." She retrieved an ancient tome from a hidden compartment, its pages webbed with age.

"This is 'Mastering the Arcane,' it may provide you with greater insight," she said with conviction.

Cloffi, holding the book, nodded solemnly, "I shall study it diligently." As Spike, masked and armed with a mop, announced the need to clear the area, Twilight and Cloffi exchanged glances before the group dispersed.

[Xll]To the Source of the Rainbow, the Broken Horn is Restored

Through the jungle, aside from the orderly sound of footsteps, there was only the sound of the wind tearing through the branches. Mei Yu saw that Clooffi had been ignoring her for a while and had long since closed her mouth.

The sound of a murmuring stream came from behind some fragrant camphor trees that were spreading their scent.

Twilight stepped forward to peel back the leaves, and a dazzling beam of light shone into the forest path, "This is the source of Rainbow Falls, we ponies rarely come here."

The officer led the soldiers forward, and everyone felt that the environment here was indeed refreshing and praiseworthy.

The Chancellor thanked her: "Thank you, Princess, for lending a helping hand and accompanying us all the way. If there is anything we can do for you, Your Highness, please feel free to speak."

"Ah... Ah... Nothing... Let's talk about it later." Twilight smiled and prevaricated. Clooffi rolled his eyes and said respectfully, "Your Excellency, may I borrow a moment of your time?" The Chancellor said, "Of course, let's step aside to talk."

Then the Chancellor took Clooffi to the camp where the army was stationed.

Twilight was hesitating.

"Hey, Twilight, since they're stepping aside to talk, let's go," said Rainbow Dash.

"But how can we, we came together and we should leave together. Besides, Clooffi is my..."

"Elder?" Rarity said.

Twilight was silent, "Oh, Twilight, you don't have to be so concerned about your 'elder'. He's your elder, can't he take care of himself?" Rarity put her hoof on Twilight's shoulder.

Twilight thought about it and still shook her head, "No, after all, he and I are actually about the same age, it's just that he may have gone through more storms than me, which is also the capital of his speech."

Friends looked at each other and finally decided to follow Twilight's decision.

Inside the military tent------

"Oh, you don't know how annoying Mei Yu is."

The Chancellor quickly said, "Ah, this child is born like this, but his military talent is second to none."

"Okay, okay, I didn't come to talk about this." Clooffi took off the Rui'an stone, which was still flashing a brilliant light, "Your Majesty really gave this to every foreigner?" The Chancellor took the stone and said in detail, "This is not a stone."

Clooffi was puzzled, "Isn't this a stone... a stone with great magical power, didn't you say at the time..." The Chancellor shook his head, "This was originally yours." Clooffi squinted his eyes, "When?"

The Chancellor sighed and said, "Do you want to know what it really is?" Clooffi spread his hooves, "Of course."

"Good!" The Chancellor straightened up, "Stare at it, don't distract your attention."

Clooffi did as he was told, "Don't be nervous, although it may be a bit painful, but the set of things the emperor told me I'm still very familiar with."

Then, the Chancellor's horn lit up with a faint light, and Clooffi suddenly felt a sharp pain starting from the top of his skull, above the forehead, and it was crazy surging, but he endured it, and the pain began to spread in the skull, extending to the optic nerve, tearing the cerebral cortex, who can stand such torture, he shouted out: "Ah!!!!!!"

"Did you hear that! It's Clooffi!" Twilight said in a panic.

"Heard it!"

"He... He sounds... It seems very painful..."

"Let's go quickly!"

Twilight rushed into the barracks in a hurry, looking for Clooffi, and they saw an old figure supporting a weak body swaying out of a tent on the edge.

"Clooffi!" Twilight rushed over, leaning Clooffi who was leaning on the Chancellor in her own arms, but as soon as she took him over, she suddenly, "Ah!!!!!!" This time, the scream was even louder than Clooffi's. Friends also gathered around, all exclaiming in a low voice.

Fluttershy: "Actually... I didn't know, he is... a unicorn?"

Applejack: "Well... We didn't know either."

Rarity: "This is too... magical..."

Twilight Sparkle was so surprised that she couldn't speak, this was unprecedented, she never knew that the land horse would grow horns.

Pinkie Pie: "Wow!!!!! Can I grow horns in the future? Then I can cover all of Equestria with all the frosting!"

The Chancellor took a deep breath and explained, "He was originally like this, but when he was born, a horse did something." He paused, "That horse broke his horn and turned it into a stone."

Twilight helped Clooffi stand up and asked worriedly, "So Chancellor, who exactly is it?"

"To break someone's horn and turn it into a stone when they are just born is really too hateful!" Rarity complained.

He sighed and said with a hint of meaning: "I don't know this yet, but it was our emperor who saved him."

"Ah?" All the horses were surprised together.

"Well... I just heard about this, but I still need to ask the emperor for details." The Chancellor replied.

Twilight turned her face and looked at Clooffi, asking, "So is he... okay now?"

The Chancellor hurriedly replied, "No big deal, just restoring his original appearance." Suddenly, the air above began to form a golden vortex, and a scroll appeared from it.

The Chancellor took it off and opened it, "The emperor already knows."

Then, there was a hurried sound of footsteps coming from behind them, and the horses looked, it was Mei Yu.

She ran to the Chancellor, panting: "I just... heard... "

"Scream?" The Chancellor changed his respectful attitude and became serious, Mei Yu saw her uncle like this, and looked at Twilight again, weakly said: "Yes... Yes, what happened?" The Chancellor shook his head, "You don't need to know this, it doesn't have much to do with you, by the way, the emperor said, can't fall behind your homework, the tent has been taken care of, the books are all inside, go and clean up yourself." Mei Yu looked reluctant, and said coquettishly: "Don't..." "Go!" The Chancellor suddenly got angry, and all the horses present were shocked, Mei Yu looked aggrieved and walked towards the tent.

Twilight heard that there were books inside, and she was also very excited, but seeing the Chancellor so strict, she was embarrassed to ask more------ "Hehe, just now let everyone laugh, I will strengthen the discipline of the little girl in the future."

"Chancellor." Twilight said, always feeling that a book can't satisfy her greed, so she said with a persistent attitude: "Can I borrow a few books about you?" The Chancellor laughed: "Ha, of course you can." He called a clerk and ordered: "Take three or two books and give them to the girl."

Then he brought two books, and said that several books were lost on the way in the army, except for the ones Mei Yu needed to listen to, there are only these left. The Chancellor nodded with a hint of regret, took the book, and handed it to Twilight.

Twilight looked at the text above, and the two books were marked with a few big characters: "The Analects" and "Records of the Grand Historian"

"Thank you."

"You're welcome, Princess."

"Well, since you are settled here, my friends and I will go back to the capital first."

"Does the princess need us to escort."

"Well..." Twilight hesitated for a moment, "No need."

"Okay, then the princess has a safe trip."

"Okay, goodbye." Twilight nodded, and Applejack helped Clooffi walk back.

The Chancellor watched them go far, and he returned to the tent, he was also pondering, who was it when Clooffi was born to do such a cruel thing.

[XIII]Facing the hardship of evacuation, the burning of books serves as a lesson.

Province X, Lintong City Government
All civil servants and high-ranking officials have essentially been safely evacuated from the city hall. However, outside the ranks of the armed police, an elderly and a young individual remain, dragging and carrying documents, busily working inside the hall. The old man, despite the captain's persuasions, refuses to leave, always muttering about some confidential documents and maintaining a tough stance.

"Dad, we should go now! Those monsters are coming!" urges the young girl, carrying a stack of thick documents and looking at the flustered man in front of her.

"No, their arrival is one thing, the mission assigned by the country is another. They will only destroy this place, so we must try to take these with us!" the old man frowns, packing a set of neatly tied papers into a suitcase.

"But..." The girl glances out the window again, grabbing her father's hands that are busy packing, "Dad! Mom is still waiting for us at the camp!"

The father hesitates for a moment, turns around, and looks affectionately at his daughter, holding her hands, "Then, Clooffi, you go back first and let your mom know you are safe."

He shakes his head, "There are no 'buts'... Captain!" he shouts towards the door, and soon a pair of sturdy footsteps are heard, "Sir, have you finally decided..."

"No, take my daughter away, I am not leaving."

The captain and Clooffi exchange a glance and sigh, "Girl, go."

"Go!" The father turns around and pulls out a card from his chest, "This is my work card, it contains very important information, you must guard it with your life."

Clooffi takes the card, which is made of double-layer lamination and shines with a dark blue light under the sunlight from the window.

"Now... go..." He turns around again.

The captain holds Clooffi's shoulder with one hand and leads the tearful Clooffi out.

In the alley of Wannian Road---

"Jianjun!" Chen Li calls in a low voice, "Did you get the mainframe?"

Tang Jianjun is searching through the messy counter, "These things have smashed everything, even the WiFi is smashed." After a while of searching, he shakes his head in disappointment.

"Let's talk to the captain first and then see the situation later?" Chen Li takes out an iron rod from somewhere and plays with it in his hand.

Jianjun nods, then a rumbling sound comes from outside the door, Chen Li asks worriedly, "Do you think the deputy captain and the others... are still alive?"

"We'll stay first..."

Jianjun's face looks a bit ugly, but he immediately cheers up, "There will be no problem, the deputy captain is a fighting champion, don't worry. He actually..."

"What?" Chen Li is puzzled.

"His parents are in the United States, they divorced a long time ago, and he was raised by his grandparents when he was young."

"How do you know so much?"

Jianjun gives a mysterious smile, "Hey, we used to be kids in the same village, living in the house next to his."

This piques Chen Li's curiosity, "Do you know what his parents call him?"

"Once I saw his parents come back and call him by his nickname, something like 'Clooffi', and when we played together, I also heard that their family is engaged in scientific research."

This amuses Chen Li, "Parents engaged in scientific research becoming a policeman and suffering grievances, what happened next?"

Jianjun observes the situation outside and says, "Don't tell others what I told you."

"Okay, go ahead."

Jianjun lowers his voice, "When he was ten, I heard from the villagers that his father had an accident during an experiment, which was reported in the newspaper, something about the 'Everton Experiment', and they didn't even find the body."

"What is the Everton Experiment?"

Jianjun shrugs, "I don't know, most scientific research involves mathematics and physics, and if it's about mathematics and physics, it must be a top secret, how could I know."

Suddenly, a heavy footstep comes from the door.

Chen Li's hand holding the iron rod is sweating, and the two keep their mouths shut, hiding under the counter. The footsteps search around in the internet cafe, and then turn over the smashed mainframe and computers again. Finally, when the footsteps are about to reach the door, the two notice that it stops in front of the counter...

In the Crystal Castle of Ponyville---

Clooffi wakes up from the bed in a daze, stretches, and finds that his bedspread has been changed to a brand new purple silk, which makes him feel very comfortable with its unique smoothness.

But as soon as he sits up and rubs his head, a sharp object suddenly appears on his forehead. He immediately sits up and takes a mirror from the suitcase to look at himself.

This is a big deal, his eyes widen, full of horror. He gets out of bed, rushes out of the room, and searches everywhere, finally finding Twilight and her friends in the Friendship Hall. He anxiously asks Twilight what happened after he lost consciousness, because he clearly remembers when he fainted, Twilight and the others were not there, after all, he was knocked unconscious by pain.

Twilight then explains the whole story to Clooffi.

Clooffi listens calmly for a while, "Then, I think, I should find out about that horse."

Twilight quickly stops him, "No! You just woke up, and your body is still very weak, it will be dangerous."

Clooffi looks at Twilight's nervousness and can't help but laugh: "Hey, I didn't say I would check it out now. I was also puzzled a while ago, why my offspring are unicorns, and my father is also a unicorn, but at that time I was still young, I didn't know, the people around didn't mention this matter, and I didn't care."

Twilight is relieved to see Clooffi's attitude.

Before leaving the hall, Clooffi turns to Twilight and says, "My silk bedspread is not bad, who changed it?"

Twilight thinks for a moment: "Oh, it was specially made for you by Rarity."

"The texture is good."

Clooffi looks at Rarity on the seat, who casts an appreciative glance at him, nods, "Thank you," and then leaves the hall.

Twilight looks at Rarity: "He seems to be much more cheerful than before."

Rarity says triumphantly: "It's not because he used my bedspread."

After getting up from the bed, Clooffi always feels itchy on his head. At the same time, he also knows that this thing can only be a party hat without using it, and he still has to read relevant books, so he first thinks of the library.

Arriving at the library hall, Clooffi curses in his heart: "Who puts the books like this, afraid of Earth Ponies getting the books?" He looks around on the ground for a long time, and finally locks on the "Basic Theory of Magic and Practical Application" on the ninth row of the bookshelf. He looks around, no ladder.

Now he knows who to find.

"Spike!!!" He shouts.

In a short while, a dexterous purple figure rushes out from the room next door: "Clooffi? What's wrong?"

"Bring a ladder, I don't know where you put it."

"Oh, okay, coming right away." Then Spike rushes to the storage room.

Clooffi stares at the book, looks through all the spines of the books, such as "Basic Magic and Creature Transformation", "Basic Magic and Low-Energy Attack"...

It seems that this row is all basic, and in the end, he decides to try it himself.

He looks at the book again, holds his breath, and suddenly feels an unconscious excitement surging towards his head, and the momentum becomes bigger and bigger until he can't control it. Clooffi is very panicked, and looks around in a panic, damn it! How can it be all books!

Just as he is about to rush out, a light blue laser beam bursts out from the corner. This is not the most terrible thing, Clooffi wants to control this power, but it is useless. This excitement becomes stronger and stronger, and finally, after a few minutes, the beam disappears.

Clooffi is panting heavily, and at this time, Twilight and friends, as well as Spike, rush in and break the door: "What just happened? Ah!!!!" She sees the burned black bookshelf and the remnants of the books that fell to the ground.

"Hmm..." Clooffi is embarrassed, "I just wanted to take that... this book." He picks up a book cover from the debris, which happens to be "Basic Theory of Magic and Practical Application."

Twilight looks at the burned books in surprise, and comforts herself in a low voice: "Huh... Fortunately, these books have all been read."

Then she turns to Clooffi and says, "Hmm... How did you do it just now?"

Clooffi didn't expect her to ask like this, "Just by staring at it, and then it just happened."

Twilight is dumbfounded, but she quickly says, "I think you should read

[l]A bosom friend is hard to come by.

What on earth is this... Clooffi muttered to himself, having spent half the day in the room, puzzled by more than just the fonts. His knowledge of magic was nonexistent, and the peculiar symbols were beyond him.

He closed the book, exhaled deeply, stretched languidly, and glanced at the clock: Goodness... two hours had passed...

Rising from his seat, Clooffi strolled down the hallway. As he meandered to the library entrance, a cloud of dust burst forth. Startled, he stepped inside, inquiring, "Do you need assistance?" He moved aside the fallen debris, "Twilight?"

After a moment of silence, a retching sound came from beneath his feet. Clooffi quickly stepped back, lifted the bookshelf he was standing on, and found Twilight, covered in dust, lying motionless on the ground. Swiftly, he lifted her, his instinct to check for a heartbeat. Pressing his ear to her chest, he felt the warmth of her body and heard the reassuring thud. He hoisted Twilight onto his back, feeling as if he'd forgotten something, and called out, "Spike?!"

A creaking sound from the base of the bookshelf responded, "What... what's happening?" Clooffi rolled his eyes, "Your sister's in trouble." The voice, groggy with alarm, said, "What? Oh... Twilight?!!!" A lavender figure rose hastily from the clutter, and Clooffi approached, "See, she's fainted." Spike dusted himself off, his eyes wide with fear, as he began to cry, "Ah... Twilight, what's happened to you..."

Clooffi cut him off firmly, "Enough, no tears. Weren't you cleaning up?" Spike wiped his eyes, pointed to the library wall, and stammered, "We... we were almost done..."

"Be quick about it!"

"We were almost done, when that glowing object appeared in the castle's center and knocked Twilight down!"

Clooffi eyed the wall skeptically, and indeed, a multicolored light hovered above the breached wall. After pondering, he said, "Spike, stay here..." He thought again, "Are there any other ponies in this castle?"

Spike replied, "Starlight Glimmer is here too." Clooffi nodded, "Get her to watch this thing, you come with me to the hospital."

"Okay, alright."

Suddenly, footsteps approached, and upon looking, it was Starlight.

She hurriedly asked, "I heard a tremendous noise, do you know what happened?" Clooffi, seeing her, gave Spike a nudge. Spike said, "Twilight was knocked down by that object. We need you to watch it until it reacts, while we take Twilight to the hospital."

Starlight was puzzled, "What object?" Clooffi pointed to the light. Starlight looked, "Oh... alright, then hurry back."

"Sure." Spike agreed, and he and Clooffi rushed to the hospital together.

Starlight observed the colorful object before her. Soon, it began to move, and she cautiously followed. It led her to the Friendship Hall, where it started to flicker and extend several tentacles towards the six seats around the round table. Sensing danger, Starlight attacked the light, but her efforts were met with a reflective barrier that nearly struck her. To avoid being trapped, she retreated, anxious and ready to inform her friends, as the light's energy intensified.

Then, a dark, blood-spattered object tumbled out.

In Shaanxi Province, the figure approached, and Chen Li and Jianjun felt the air around them becoming suffocating. Jianjun whispered in a trembling voice, counting down: "5... 4... 3... 2... 1!" Both of them kicked their legs at the same time and retreated quickly backward. Chen Li swung his iron stick and threw it fiercely at that thing, "Clang!!!" It fell to the ground; Jianjun drew his sidearm and fired wildly in that direction, the bullet clip lightening in weight at an astonishing speed, yet there was no sound of bullet collision.

When the two calmed down and looked at that thing with fearful and vigilant eyes, they were stunned.

It was a cloud of black fog, adorned with a bronze sword handle, metal chest armor, and medieval knight-like armor shoes, as if this attire firmly shaped the black fog.

Chen Li and Jianjun exchanged glances and fled. The figure, dragging the heavy armor, moved at an unaffected speed. The sword at his waist was fiercely unsheathed, and the sound of breaking wind came fiercely towards Jianjun and Chen Li.

Chen Li suddenly felt a chill on his back, turned around and saw a golden blade splitting his view in half. He hastily retreated, the black fog raised its head fiercely, kicked with its left foot, and a gust of air burst out from behind. It grabbed Jianjun's coat and flung him like a duck to the counter, slamming him against the concrete wall.

"Jianjun!!!" Chen Li shouted, quickly drawing his sidearm and firing at the thick iron armor. He pressed close to the monster, his left hand tightly gripping its fierce hand holding the sword. But it was a foolish decision, as the black fog forcefully extended its hand back, a crisp sound of fracture echoed in the air, mixed with Chen Li's heart-wrenching roar. It then locked Chen Li in front of the chest armor and thrust the sword into his right ribs. A burst of blood spurted from Chen Li's mouth, accompanied by the heart-wrenching pain in his ribs and a dizziness that clouded his consciousness.

The black fog wasn't finished; it pulled out the sword, and as Chen Li, gasping for breath, staggered and fell, a sudden immense pressure on his right hand was accompanied by the sound of sand and stone being crushed. This time, he didn't hear the sound of his own bone fracturing.

In a daze, a familiar figure charged in, grabbing the blade that was about to end Chen Li's life with one hand, and with the other, swinging the discarded iron stick, striking the black fog's head with a mad ferocity.

The black fog was enraged. It plunged the knife into the ground, freeing both hands to seize the figure, whose flesh and bones crunched under its grip, mixing with the person's moans to create a tragic, yet grand lament. The scene ended with the explosion of the figure's body.

The black fog discarded the pile of flesh and stretched its repulsive limbs towards Chen Li.

At that moment, a flash of color passed, and a surging glow spread from Chen Li's field of vision, halting the black fog.

Through his bloodshot eyes, Chen Li faintly saw a pinpoint of light, his retina barely registering its presence. In the haze, the black fog pulled the knife from the concrete and left, seemingly drawn to that light, which rapidly expanded in his vision.

'How strange,' Chen Li thought, 'Does light have edges...' Then, everything around was consumed by the brilliance.

[ii]A bosom friend is hard to come by

Immediately after, a body covered in blackish blood and mucus landed on Twilight Sparkle's seat.

Starlight Glimmer mustered her courage and approached to take a look.

"Ew..." She saw that on this bloody, slender limb, blood was still dripping onto the floor, causing her to step back involuntarily.

But after a moment of thought, she realized that if she left this disgusting thing lying here, she would be held accountable when Twilight Sparkle returned. Then, the barrier suddenly retracted and disappeared.

Starlight Glimmer, stunned, decided it would be best to take it to the hospital; it seemed severely injured.

Ponyville Central Hospital————

Twilight Sparkle lay in the hospital bed, struggling to breathe, with Spike by her side, tear-stained and worried, and Clooffi leaning against the wall, frowning.

The rest of the friends also rushed over, gathering around Twilight Sparkle's bed, watching the nurse's expression.

She hung a full IV bag on the rack and said:

"Princess Twilight has a minor fracture in her sternum; magic can accelerate her recovery process."

"Thank you," Clooffi said, and the nurse nodded, turning to leave.

The room was silent. Clooffi looked at the group of friends puzzled and asked, "What are you waiting for? Use magic."

Rainbow Dash rushed forward and said, "But you've grown a horn, right? You're Twilight Sparkle's elder."

Clooffi rolled her eyes and said, "I don't know how to use magic. No matter our relative ages, I'm only-----"

"23 years old?" Rarity interjected.

Clooffi felt a wave of arrogance wash over her, which she didn't like at all, and even despised such an attitude. The most effective way to deal with a pony with such an aura was to simply command,

"Quickly." This time, she lowered her voice, but the sense of authority in that single word was unmistakable.

Seeing that teasing was ineffective, all eyes turned to Rarity, who became flustered and quickly explained:

"I... I'm just a fashion designer! For medical matters, you should consult a doctor."

"Oh, since no one knows what to do, let's let Twilight Sparkle rest here without disturbing her," Applejack suggested, and the others agreed.

Clooffi nodded and said, "Alright, you all leave first, Spike and I will stay here and watch over her."

After the girls left, Clooffi quietly watched Twilight Sparkle, and Spike leaned against her for a while without moving. Feeling sleepiness overtake him, he rested his head on his front hooves by the bedside, pulled a corner of the blanket, and, warmed by Twilight Sparkle's body heat, fell asleep.

After a long while, a flurry of panicked hoofsteps rushed into the ward, followed by a rustling discussion.

Clooffi rubbed her eyes, emerged from the corner of the blanket, and looked up to see a dark, unrecognizable mass collapsed on the bed in the next room,

"Starlight Glimmer? What are you doing here?"

Seeing Clooffi awake, Starlight Glimmer explained what had happened after they left.

"What?" She stood up and walked towards the thing.

"The doctors and nurses don't know what to do with this thing, nor do they know what it is... I don't either," Starlight Glimmer added.

Clooffi took a closer look; the creature was still wearing tattered clothes covered in dust, "Why don't you clean it up first?"

One of the doctors said, "We can't take rash actions now. Besides stopping the bleeding, there's a risk of infection during the process. Biologically, this thing is different from us, but it seems to be in a deep sleep."

"Oh... alright then," Clooffi stretched and said, "Let's wait until it wakes up. I don't understand this stuff, and since the bleeding has stopped, let's wait for it to wake up."

The nurse nodded, covered it with a blanket, and left with the doctor.

Seeing them leave, Starlight Glimmer asked Clooffi, "How is Twilight Sparkle...?"

Clooffi waved her hoof and said, "She has a minor fracture in her chest. The five friends who came earlier don't know anything about magic to speed up the treatment... neither do I."

The last three words were spoken in a lowered voice.

Starlight Glimmer walked over, lifted a corner of the blanket, and said seriously, "Let me try."

Clooffi stepped back, but was called by Starlight Glimmer,

"Why are you stepping back? You two live together; having a horn and not using magic are two different things. Come and learn. What if I'm not here next time?"

"Go to the hospital."

Starlight Glimmer was speechless, but seeing Clooffi move closer to the bedside, she began to cast a spell, saying:

"When performing medical spells, one usually senses the patient's body temperature first. The intensity of the spell should be adjusted accordingly."

Clooffi saw Starlight Glimmer close her eyes, and her horn began to emit a faint green glow. After about 5 minutes, the glow disappeared.

"Is that it? It's done?" Clooffi asked.

"Yes, this is a general healing spell, with very subtle effects," Starlight Glimmer replied, covering the blanket, "Alright, Twilight Sparkle should be fine in a while after the accelerated treatment."

"Okay," Clooffi absentmindedly responded.

Then, Starlight Glimmer felt a chill down her back, and she immediately turned sharply, her horn glowing as she looked back, startled.

One of the creature's limbs had already draped over Starlight Glimmer's back, with some blood stains now embedded in the fur on her back. Starlight Glimmer shakily asked, "Did... did you... see him... move just now?"

Clooffi replied doubtfully, "No? Did that thing move?"

She stood up and turned to look, and indeed, it had moved.

Clooffi took a deep breath calmly and said, "Well, at least it proves that this thing is still alive."

She carefully moved the limb that was on Starlight Glimmer's back back to the original hospital bed, gasping. Suddenly, the creature tightly grabbed Clooffi's front hoof, and Clooffi desperately tried to break free, but the creature's grip was like an eagle's talons. Starlight Glimmer panicked and tried to use magic to control the 'talon,' but it was to no avail.

When they calmed down, the 'talon' was still tightly holding Clooffi's hoof, but she could also hear the creature whispering something.

Clooffi leaned in to listen, and after a while, to be honest, she didn't know what this thing was saying, but... she was trying to recall... she seemed to be familiar with this language...

"Starlight Glimmer!" she suddenly called out, "Go to the Censor's office and call a horse over here!"

"Why?" Starlight Glimmer was very puzzled.

"Just go, and say we need an interpreter! Hurry!"

Two Sisters Old Castle------

Black vines were spreading throughout the old castle, gradually wrapping around the two thrones of the sun and moon. A figure resembling a unicorn with a silvery moonlight glow emerged from the night; beneath the thrones, there was the sound of countless spears and bronze wind howling.

After a while, the magic around the silver unicorn's horn began to condense, and then three words appeared in the air:

All people Three days

Mahatton

Instantly, all the terracotta warriors turned their heavy bodies, raised their spears, and rode their bronze horses towards the forest.......

[III]A bosom friend is hard to come by

Twilight Sparkle's Awakening
Twilight Sparkle awoke with a dull ache in her head. She sat up slowly.
“Ah, you're awake?” Clooffi was sitting by the bed, holding a cup of hot water. “Here you go.”
Twilight took the water, thanking him softly before carefully shifting her position. Clooffi quickly supported her, releasing her only when Twilight's hooves were firmly on the ground. He then nudged Spike, who was fast asleep. “Your sister's awake.”
“Wha—Twilight!” Spike bolted upright, wrapping his entire body around her. “Ugh... Are you okay...?” Clooffi chuckled and said, “You guys go ahead.”
“What happened after I fainted?” Twilight asked.
“I'll tell you when I get back.”
Clooffi was about to leave when Twilight called out, “Wait, there's something else.”
“Thanks.”
Clooffi looked at Twilight, his cheeks flushing slightly. “No problem. It's what I'm here for.”
Once outside the hospital, Clooffi quickly forgot about the incident. The creature was safe in the hospital, and as long as it lay still, it wouldn't be a problem. He had covered it with a cloth, and Twilight wouldn't mind. Now, he needed to focus on understanding its language.
At the Qilin Camp
Meiyu sat gloomily at the table, surrounded by a mountain of books. Her mind just couldn't settle. During a break, she stepped out of the tent and looked around. The soldiers had already packed up and were standing guard as usual. The Imperial Censor had recently discovered a new area suitable for training, and most of the soldiers had gone there. The camp was now nearly empty, and even the Censor had gone to check on the soldiers' training progress, fearing the generals might not adapt well. He had asked Meiyu to stay in the tent and review her lessons. Now she understood—having an uncle who was the Censor meant that General Mùqí was essentially his part-time job, while she was just a scholar in training.
Meiyu sighed softly and began to walk around the camp.

Gradually, she heard the sound of galloping hooves approaching from the entrance of the camp. Curiosity piqued, she looked over. “Is that Starlight Gleam?”

Intrigued, she walked towards the entrance and greeted her.
Starlight Gleam arrived, panting heavily. “Excuse me... we... need a translator.”
Meiyu was puzzled. “But we can understand your language.”
Starlight quickly explained, “It's not about that. There's no time to explain now. We'll talk later.”
Although still confused, Meiyu thought that going out was better than staying cooped up. “Alright, I'll go with you!”
Starlight smiled. “Great, thanks. Hurry up, I don't know how much longer he can hold on.”

“Who?” Meiyu asked.

Starlight didn't answer, just urged her to follow quickly. Meiyu didn't think much of it and followed along. The scenery flashed by so quickly that Meiyu couldn't catch her breath to ask another question.
They arrived at the hospital, where Clooffi was waiting at the entrance. Seeing Meiyu, he frowned, but he needed the help, so he didn't bother with pleasantries and led them straight inside.
Twilight and Spike had already left. When they reached the ward...

“Where is that thing?!” Clooffi's heart sank. Starlight Gleam quickly found the nurse in charge of the bed.

“Where's the creature in bed number three?”

“Oh, Princess Twilight took him away. She said she knew what he was.”

“Huh?” Clooffi was astonished. “Why didn't I see her leave?”

The nurse replied, “She thought leaving through the main entrance might scare the other patients, so she and Spike went out the back door.”

“Drat... that little troublemaker...” Clooffi muttered under his breath. “Let's go back!”

“What happened?” Meiyu asked anxiously.
Clooffi frowned and led them out of the hospital. “Do you still want to be the translator?”

“Of course.”

“Then keep quiet.” He then turned to Starlight. “Did you inform the Censor when you left?”
Starlight hesitated and mumbled, “No... why?”
Clooffi impatiently replied, “Fine, if his uncle comes asking, you can explain.”
Starlight swallowed hard and followed behind Clooffi in silence. Meiyu, however, seemed unfazed. For her, getting out was the most important thing. Besides, she would be staying here eventually, so she might as well get familiar with the place.
After a while, they arrived at the Crystal Castle. As soon as they entered, Clooffi shouted, “Twilight? Where are you?!”
There was no response. He guessed she was probably in the library. Sure enough, in the round hall, there was a long stretcher with the creature lying on it.
Twilight emerged from the doorway. “What's the matter?”
Clooffi paused for a moment, realizing he hadn't told Twilight about the creature. He calmed his anger and asked, “So, what progress have you made with this thing?”

“How did you know...” Twilight was surprised.

“This creature came out of the thing that attacked you. Starlight was there, just before you fainted, when Spike and I brought you to the hospital.”
Starlight nodded in confirmation.

“Oh, well...” Twilight hesitated, and Clooffi quickly pressed on, “Show us the progress.”

“Alright, you guys don't seem to know what this is, so let me introduce it.” Her horn glowed with a soft purple light.

“This creature is called a human. They come from another parallel universe. Spike and I are already familiar with them.” Clooffi glanced at Spike with a hint of annoyance. “Why didn't you mention this when you were with me at the hospital?”
Spike replied sheepishly, “Well, you know, I was asleep at the time.”
Clooffi rolled his eyes.

“How did they end up in our universe?”

“I don't know yet. I haven't figured it out. Before this, there were two portals in Equestria—one in the Crystal Empire and one in the basement of this castle.”

“The Crystal Empire? What's that?” He looked at Starlight.

“Ah... that's a long story,” she said with a smile.

“Oh, right, Meiyu,” he called out. There was no response.

“Meiyu?!!!!”

“Huh? What?!!!!” Meiyu had been so excited to explore the castle that she had been looking around at the crystals.

“I said, can't you young ladies in your twenties just respond when called?” Clooffi complained.
Twilight and Meiyu both gave awkward smiles. Clooffi continued, “Come here.” He approached the human and nudged him, but there was no reaction.
Suddenly, he had an idea. “Meiyu, come over here and say something in your native language.”

“Oh?” Meiyu stepped forward, hesitated for a moment, and then greeted the human in Mandarin: “Hello?”

“Ugh...” a groan escaped the human's lips.

“Quick! Say more!” Meiyu, startled by Clooffi's sudden demand, quickly asked several questions that came to mind:

“Are you hungry now?”

“Where are you from?”

“Why do you have split hooves???”

“What's your name?”
...

Eventually, a weak murmur came from the human. Meiyu listened carefully.
“Jiàn... Jiānjūn... Where is he...”

“What did he say?” Clooffi asked, stepping closer. Meiyu hesitated and said, “He's mentioning a name, I think. But he needs to regain some strength. How about we leave him with us Qilin? We can understand what he says and take care of him.”
Clooffi thought for a moment and nodded. “Alright, we'll check on the human's condition later.” He then turned to Starlight. “Let's take her back. Hopefully, the Censor hasn't noticed.”
Starlight began to get nervous and awkwardly smiled. “I'll go too.” Twilight added, “More ponies to carry the stretcher won't hurt.”
“Whatever,” Clooffi replied nonchalantly. He lifted the stretcher and, along with Meiyu, headed out of the castle.