I have a dream

"Husband, why do you know about things in such distant places?"

"Because I have a dream: to build Da Qian into an empire on which the sun never sets."

It was another new term. The women completely forgot about the matters they had planned to discuss regarding confronting Gao Yuan, and their attention was entirely drawn to him.

"An empire on which the sun never sets? What does that mean?"

Gao Yuan straightened his lapels and began to show off.

"Actually, it's very simple. It means that, in the future, the sun will always be shining on our territory."

"Doesn't the sun rise everywhere at the same time?"

Gao Yuan only then remembered that in this era, everyone's perception was still that the sky was round and the earth was square; there was no concept of the Earth, let alone time zones.

Scratching his head, Gao Yuan began to organize his thoughts on how to explain these issues to the women.

Half an hour later, looking at the four pairs of curious, confused, and bewildered eyes in front of him, Gao Yuan knew he had failed. With his limited knowledge, he simply couldn't explain these problems.

It seemed he would have to seek help from Yang Xin; after all, she was a top student who had been admitted to Columbia University, unlike him, a mere ordinary undergraduate graduate.

"This... that... I'll go back and think about it properly. Anyway, just remember one thing: the land we step on is a huge sphere, and the times when the sun rises and sets are different in different places."

Zhao Xiyao shook her little head to dispel the knowledge she didn't understand at all, and held Gao Yuan's hand.

"Husband, if you want to do it, then go ahead and do it. We will fully support you."

"No, it's us doing it together."

"Husband, to achieve this goal, one generation probably won't be enough, right? Shouldn't we hurry up and have a child?"

The issue of having a child had become a worry for Zhao Xiyao. Seeing that she was already twenty-six, yet her belly still showed no signs of movement.

Moreover, Gao Yuan had no son, which inevitably led to some thoughts from those below. Even those two old guys, Song Jinglian and Zheng Ji, had secretly spoken to Song Yao and Zheng Wan about having a son.

To be honest, Gao Yuan was also very helpless. He couldn't say he hadn't tried hard enough; he was almost becoming a muddled ruler addicted to beauty. Yet, apart from the two little girls, there was no sign of anything else.

For this matter, he and the four women had all seen doctors, but everything was normal. He had also asked the System, but there was no result.

This made Gao Yuan suspect whether it was his identity as a transmigrator that caused the difficulty in having offspring.

That night, Gao Yuan and Zhao Xiyao tried several times until they were exhausted and finally stopped. The woman nestled in Gao Yuan's arms and quickly fell asleep.

Gao Yuan, however, was restless. The show-off words he spoke today had caused the little universe within his heart to start palpitating.

Previously, he only thought about unifying the world, supporting Zhao Xiyao to become the Empress, and then collecting the System's rewards to become a big salted fish waiting to die, wallowing in wine and women every day.

However, now it seemed... he wouldn't be able to stay idle in this life.

With the System's support, it seemed inexcusable not to be a chieftain!

As soon as this thought popped into his mind, a System notification arrived.

"Due to the Host's strong desire, the SS-level Life Module 'King of the World' has been activated. Specific events are pending trigger."

"No, System, I was just bragging. I don't have a strong desire, I don't!"

There was no response. The System dropped that sentence and slipped away, leaving Gao Yuan there in pain.

With an uneasy heart and enduring a faint pain, Gao Yuan held the beauty in his arms and drifted off to sleep.

In his dream, he drew a space-time gate and could travel freely between Da Qian and the modern world.

Then he brought the "Equalizer of All Living Things" back to Da Qian, wiped out The Emperor in three months, pacified the world in half a year, conquered Asia in a year, and swept across Europe in three years.

Finally, he was crowned as the strongest carbon-based organism on the surface, the person in charge of the Blue Star, and the first Great Planetary Chief.

At the coronation ceremony, he walked step by step toward the throne at the top. After much hardship, he climbed nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine of the ten thousand steps.

Seeing that only the last step remained, just as he was about to step up and receive the System's reward of "Brother Chun's Power" and gain eternal life...

Suddenly, he missed a step and rolled all the way down, and then he woke up.

What came into view was Zhao Xiyao's face, beautiful to a terrifying degree.

Seeing him wake up, Zhao Xiyao asked with a concerned look,

"Husband, what's wrong? Why did you laugh out loud while sleeping?"

Gao Yuan got over the confusion of falling down from over nine thousand steps and then realized,

"Um... uh... that... I just dreamt that in the future, the world would be settled, we would leave our career to our son, and then go out together to travel and enjoy the mountains and waters..."

"Really? I really hope that day comes soon."

The woman lay back down, nestled in her Husband's arms, and began to fantasize about that beautiful scene.

Gao Yuan suddenly felt a deep sense of guilt. Although his wife was the type of a strong woman and a female CEO...

...she was always that simple and cute little girl in front of him.

"Perhaps this is her truest side. The current Pacifying the South was forced out, for the sake of my career."

Although he repeatedly emphasized that he didn't want to be an emperor, who in this era would believe it?

This woman, being able to assist him in overthrowing her family's dynasty—this affection...

He lowered his head and kissed the woman on her forehead. Just as Gao Yuan lay down to sleep a bit more, a rooster crowed outside.

"Jini... Jini..."

"Tai mei... Tai mei..."

It was those two big roosters in overalls at home again. Gao Yuan was so angry that while washing his face, he didn't forget to give an order:

"Who among you—yes, you—go and slaughter those two roosters in the house for me. I want to drink rooster soup for breakfast!"

This was already the umpteenth batch of big roosters the household had replaced. The maids naturally knew what had happened and hurriedly explained:

"The last two big roosters were already made into soup; these two were just bought yesterday. Can you wait until the new ones are bought before killing them? Otherwise, there won't be any roosters to crow at dawn in the house..."

"Ah? They've been replaced already? Then why do they sound just as annoying?"

Now Gao Yuan was a bit confused, wondering if there was something wrong with the Feng Shui of the Grand Princesss Residence.

These big roosters, as soon as they entered the Grand Princesss Residence, would automatically put on overalls, and their crowing would turn into that annoying sound.

"Forget it, forget it, then spare them!"

Gao Yuan waved his hand, sparing the two Kun-ge, and went to the training field carrying his spear and golden mace.

Now his Spearmanship and mace skills were becoming more and more proficient, and he began to incorporate some of his own understanding.

Occasionally, he would ask Xia Luqi and the others for advice or spar with them, and each time he would have new insights.

Although the System's evaluation hadn't improved, Gao Yuan felt that his strength had already increased significantly.

It was estimated that the improvement in evaluation would still require the accumulation of combat experience to break the shackles and break through the bottleneck.

In December, it had already started to snow in the north. Water froze upon contact, and all parties had to cease fighting.

The world seemed to have returned to tranquility, but everyone knew that this was the darkness before the dawn.

Northern Liang, Northern Jin, Yan, and Lu—these four countries would always have to decide a winner.

It was just a pity that they were separated by the forces of the Great Qian Imperial Court; otherwise, Gao Yuan would definitely have found a way to take advantage of the situation.

Since he couldn't take advantage of things over there, Gao Yuan began to plan his next direction.

Just as he was getting restless, Xian Ying arrived. The first thing she said when she entered the door stunned Gao Yuan.

"Lady Xian, do you mean that Feng Pu wants to set his sights on me and attack the Leizhou Prefecture area?"

The woman looked at Gao Yuan with a resentful expression.

"Can you not call me Lady Xian? Call me Xian Ying, or Xiao Ying is fine too."

Gao Yuan had black lines all over his head. Why did it feel like this woman was completely on a different wavelength from him!