I Take the Ancients on a Tour of the Future, and My Livestream Blows Up the Internet

Liu Xing was a moderately popular travel and history blogger who had journeyed far and wide, filming the country's magnificent landscapes.

Then one day, an "unexpected guest" appeared in his camera frame.

Standing beside him was Du Fu, leaning on a cane, his hair completely white.

Old Du gazed at the towering high-rises outside the window, at the busy traffic in the streets, and at the sound of students reading aloud in school. His lips trembled for a long while before he managed to say just one thing:

"If only I could have a mansion with ten thousand rooms... Today, I truly have seen it with my own eyes."

Only then did Liu Xing realize that his livestream connected to the past.

He took Yue Fei to the Great Wall. Gazing at the cloudless skies over the northern frontier, Yue Wumu let out a long sigh. "So... our land has not been lost."

He took Lin Zexu to a modern naval harbor. Watching aircraft carriers cut through the waves, Lord Lin stroked his beard and smiled. "The foreigners have sturdy ships and powerful cannons? Today, China has even sturdier ships and even more powerful cannons!"

Other people livestreamed to sell goods. Liu Xing livestreamed ancient figures.

Other viewers sent gifts. The tears of people from the past flooded the comments.

Every encounter was a conversation spanning a thousand years;

Every conversation rewrote a regret in some parallel world.

And Liu Xing simply held up his camera and said with a smile:

"Everyone, I'm sure you all recognize today's guest. Come on, I'll show him what became of the China he gave his life to protect."

[This story is set in a parallel world and does not affect official history. It simply hopes that every great figure of the past can see the age of prosperity they dreamed of.]