The Great Inventors of the Three Kingdoms

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Year 2014, on a certain day at a certain hour.

“Welcome to the XX News Report. Last night at dusk, the world witnessed the rare celestial phenomenon of the Nine Stars Aligning—a spectacle that occurs once in a millennium. Historical records indicate the last occurrence was in the year 170 AD, making it 1,844 years since then. The entire population of the Eastern Hemisphere bore witness to this extraordinary event...”

“Now, for our next news story. The youngest renowned archaeologist and historian in our country, Liu Yao, tragically lost his life yesterday evening while conducting research in an Eastern Han Dynasty tomb in XX Province. He was struck by a falling rock while attempting to save an ancient manuscript, and died on the spot at the age of twenty-seven. Liu Yao was born in...”

In the year 170 AD, deep in a towering mountain that seemed to pierce the clouds, a Daoist priest with an immortal aura—childlike face, hair white as a crane's, and a dark birthmark at the corner of his eye—suddenly stopped in his tracks. He gazed up at the sky, muttering to himself, “Nine stars in a line, a sign of heaven and earth—surely a portent of calamity.”

He lowered his head, his right hand calculating rapidly. “Strange, an imperial star descends from the heavens—landing in the very heart of Luoyang’s imperial family. Could it be that the declining Han Dynasty has a chance for revival?”

He sighed, shaking his head. “Ah, what does the fate of the mortal world have to do with this old Daoist?” In the next moment, a white mist swirle