News of the fall of the Western Confederate reaches the city of Meta.

The excited crowd rushed to the streets, cheering wave after wave, and everyone was ecstatic.

In the metaverse world, it is also boiling.

In particular, some people in Xiacheng never dreamed that Xiacheng, which was once despised and disliked by the entire continent, would one day be able to stand up and dominate the whole world.

Outside the square, the triumphant soldiers were greeted with incomparably enthusiastic cheers. And all the officials of the Western Union city-states who tried to provoke war and profit from it were duly put on trial.

Faced with a vast continent, it is not realistic to rely on loose alliances to maintain peace between city-states.

In anticipation, Gu Shun announced to all the city-state residents of the entire continent that the Meta Empire was officially established and that he would also ascend the throne as emperor.

This year, Gu Shun was 20 years old.

The gypsy woman's words finally came true, and the only regret was that grandma couldn't see it anymore.

Gu Shun's enthronement ceremony attracted the attention of everyone in the mainland, and many people came all the way to see Gu Shun's heroic appearance.

After eight years of construction, both the lower and upper cities have undergone earth-shaking changes.

Skyscrapers, flying cars, and roads hanging in the air render the new capital of the empire, Meta City, like a city in science fiction.

The place where Gu Shun used to grow potatoes was filled with one building after another, and Meta City has become the most prosperous and wealthy city in the eyes of everyone in the entire continent.

After the food problem was completely solved, the cultivated land in Meta City was once again planted with wheat.

The wheat was not only used as food, but also as a symbol of the city-state's historical and cultural image.

However, apart from wheat, the most popular staple food in Meta City is still potatoes. Potatoes not only changed Gu Shun's life, but also changed the entire continent.

At the enthronement ceremony, Gu Shun, who held a golden scepter in his hand and wore a red velvet coronation dress, bowed deeply to the photo of his grandmother and the countless heroes who gave their lives for the Maita Empire.

A second bow to the flag and constitution of the Empire.

He bowed a third time to the crowds of people in the audience.

Immediately, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Gu Shun wore a crown symbolizing the supreme power of the empire and was officially crowned emperor.

Qiao Hongyu, Xiaopeng and other Gu Shun's subordinates put their hands on their chests, bowed their heads slightly, and shouted loudly: "Long live Your Majesty, long live the Meta Empire!" ”

"Long live Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty! ”

The people below also shouted in unison with great reverence and excitement.

No one in the audience knelt down, because Gu Shun said that when he came, no one needed to kneel anymore.

When some old people saw this scene, they were even more in tears.

Gu Shun seemed to be a god who saved the world, and at this moment, he was standing in the light with the golden scepter in his hand, and behind him was a bright and stable future.

Two years after the enthronement celebration, Gu Shun and Qiao Hongyu got married. The two went from rivals to master servants to lovers, walking hand in hand, and after all this, they finally saw the light of day and finally became married.

On the night when the two fell in love, the two sides lingered and sympathetic, spears were like dragons, dragons fought in the wild, swept the world, and tossed until late.

After marriage, Qiao Hongyu gave birth to three children for Gu Shun one after another. Although she is a mother, she is still heroic, in addition to taking care of her children, she is still busy with various official duties every day, and she does not have any queen shelf.

Gu Shun's three children, two boys and one girl, were named Gu Yuanhang, Gu Xuntian and Gu Yuyu.

The three children have fully inherited the appearance and temperament of Gu Shun and Qiao Hongyu, and they have been smart and clever since they were young, attracting a large number of fans in the empire.

In the year when Gu Shun's youngest daughter Gu Yuyu was born, the first spaceship to carry human beings that the Meta Empire had been researching for many years flew into the universe under the expectations of all the people.

Although there were flying cars in Uptown for a long time, they have changed from flying cars to spacecraft that break through the atmosphere and rush into space.

Whether it is Gu Shun or the people who the empire is looking forward to, this step has been waiting for too long.

Grain stripping

With the full support of Gu Shun's gathering of resources and scientific research forces from all over the continent, after countless failed attempts, he finally ushered in today's much-anticipated launch.

As the spacecraft erupted into the universe with a roaring tail flame, all the people looked up with their heads held high, nervous and excited.

Soon, the news of the successful orbit of the spacecraft reached the ground, and the entire continent from south to north was full of joy.

This is a small step for mankind to conquer the universe, but it is enough to shine in the annals of human civilization.

At the celebration party to celebrate the successful launch of the spacecraft, Gu Shun said to all the researchers and the public:

"Countless years ago, our ancestors looked up at the sky more than once, depicting the palaces and stars in the sky.

We once longed for the vastness of the universe, but in the end, we were robbed of our will and courage to explore the universe by the temptation of real wars and virtual worlds.

To the universe, we are so small, but even if we are small, we must march towards the unreachable sea of stars, which is the stage of the brave and the future of mankind.

We have conquered the continent, conquered the sea, and broken free from the cowardice of reality and the virtual cage to usher in today.

Although today's launch is only a trivial attempt. But I believe that the future belongs to all the warriors who dare to conquer the sea of stars, to every laborer who constantly struggles for the empire, and to countless scientists and researchers. Today, I salute you on behalf of the Meta Empire.

It's time to point to the universe, to the sky, to the vastness of space, to announce that we have come, and to start the era of interstellar navigation to conquer the sea of stars. ”

By the end of Gu Shun's speech, the entire launch site had been overwhelmed by thunderous applause.

Countless researchers who worked day and night for the launch were in tears, and they felt that their work was worth it.

Although they came from different city-states, they now have the best treatment, the highest status, countless opportunities to realize their ideals, and a stage to show their abilities and scholarship in the Empire.

This is the age of science, this is the best of times.

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Fifty years of fighting and stars have passed quietly. These once passionate scientists have become old men.

However, thanks to their unremitting scientific research and work, the Meta Empire has established numerous scientific and civilian space bases in space orbit and on surrounding planets.

These space stations and space facilities named after Meta have witnessed the history of space exploration of mankind step by step, and have also cast Gu Shun's countless energy and painstaking efforts.

Meta City's ability to achieve today's results in space development is not unrelated to Gu Shun's decades of investment and support.

Stimulated by the space industry, the entire continent has been completely transformed, and the once city-state pattern no longer exists.

All the people are proud to conquer the universe, and the children aspire to become interstellar immigrants and astronauts from an early age, and adventurers to conquer the sea of stars.

In this way, he may be able to make achievements, be received by Gu Shun, and shine on the lintel.

In Gu Shun's villa, he and Qiao Hongyu were already gray-haired old men.

The high-intensity work all day completely destroyed Gu Shun's body, and under the persuasion of many doctors and subordinates, Gu Shun reluctantly agreed to retire.

Although he had left a lot of work to his son and some of the most capable ministers in the empire, Gu Shun still had to review some documents as usual every day and listen to Qiao Hongyu read some recent news in the empire.

This has become a habit of his, and Gu Shun has completely dedicated himself to the city of Meta, which he has fought for all his life, and the vast empire.

Gu Shun had just finished reading the official letter submitted by the Imperial Prime Minister today, and two large space ships, the Infinite Exploration and the Natural Selection, had started a voyage that would never look back.

Equipped with the Empire's most advanced propulsion engines, life support systems, and metaverse worlds, the two ships flew into the boundless sea of stars, where they could only move forward, find a new home, or die alone in the universe.

Stephen's original intention to create the metaverse back then can be regarded as a reality.

Gu Shun put down the official document with emotion and looked up at the night sky with infinite starlight.

Above the starry sky, there are countless flickering points of light, all of them are spaceships and ships sailing in space.

It was the Age of Interstellar Discovery, which he personally started.