Xu Qi was a hard-core science educator and debunker, until unscrupulous medical corporations had him banned across the internet.
By a stroke of luck, he bound himself to the “Firmament Exposure System.”
If modern corporations are going to gag him, he’ll educate people from every ancient dynasty instead!
And so, above the heads of people throughout the ages appeared a “sky screen” that ruthlessly exposed historical cover-ups and used modern science to crush feudal superstition.
At first, the content was equal parts bizarre and horrifying:
[Watch: The Qin dynasty’s alchemists, heavy-metal assassins, and Xu Fu’s seaside vacation vlog]
Ying Zheng was about to take his medicine when he saw a liver that had turned black and rotted from mercury poisoning, confirmed by testing. Then he watched surveillance footage of Xu Fu soaking in hot springs overseas, eating sashimi, and laughing as he called himself “the biggest fool in the world.”
Ying Zheng flew into a rage on the spot. “Hang Xu Fu’s entire clan and every alchemist in the realm on Mount Li and burn them alive! Great Qin is done chasing immortality. Light up the technology tree for me!”
[Watch: Breaking the myth of beautiful women destined to die young: No illness is incurable, we just haven’t spent enough money!]
Learning that Empress Zhangsun and Xu Pingjun died young simply because they lacked antibiotics and sterile C-sections,
Li Shimin and Liu Che were overcome with grief and rage.
[Watch: Special report from the Zhenguan Food and Drug Administration: Exposing the tainted rice and counterfeit official silver behind Chang’an’s food shortage]
Li Shimin slammed the moldy rice in his hand into an official’s face and pointed at the account book on the sky screen, roaring,
“This is the prosperous age you showed me?! Execute everyone involved in the case of Chang’an’s seven granaries!”
