Chapter 103: Great Changes in Reality, The Uncrowned Monarch (Seeking Monthly Votes)

[Gu Chen has passed away.]

The moment Gu Chen’s breathing stopped, the game’s notifications flashed before Gu Yi’s eyes instantly.

[This is the first Uncrowned Monarch to appear in your family. His prestige and achievements in his era surpassed those of the Emperor. His name will shimmer throughout the long annals of history, and the myriad people of all tribes under heaven are chanting his mighty name.]

[Achievement reached: Achievements Surpassing the Era, Three-fold Revival of the Flaming Han, Myriad Nations Submitting, Founding the Foundation and Establishing the Enterprise.]

Achievements Surpassing the Era (Rare Achievement): The achievements of your family member have, without a doubt, surpassed the current era.

Three-fold Revival of the Flaming Han (Legendary Achievement): Your family member has achieved unprecedented feats. These achievements transcend original history, forging an indelible dynasty within the long annals of history.

Myriad Nations Submitting (Rare Achievement): All nations under heaven shall submit at the feet of your family member; the name of one man can hold sway over ten thousand nations.

Founding the Foundation and Establishing the Enterprise (Rare Achievement): The systems established by your family member will radiate brilliance in future generations.

[Congratulations, you have obtained Achievement Points: 390,000.]

Exclusive effect of the Three-fold Revival of the Flaming Han achievement: "The player may choose to activate this achievement. By consuming the corresponding Achievement Points, special protection can be granted to different family descendants, sparing them from premature death. (Cost per person: 10,000 Achievement Points)"

Exclusive effect of the Founding the Foundation and Establishing the Enterprise achievement: "After activating this achievement, as long as the systems you established remain in operation, you will receive 1,000 additional Achievement Points every year."

[Pioneer achievement objective reached.]

[Settling in progress]

[Congratulations, you have obtained Achievement Points: 300,000.]

Exclusive effect of the Pioneer achievement: "The player may choose to activate this achievement. Upon successful activation, you may select one family member to receive a bonus by consuming Achievement Points, increasing their probability of transcending the limitations of their era."

A series of notifications flashed by continuously.

Looking at the prompts before him, Gu Yi, whose mood had been somewhat low due to Gu Chen’s death, immediately felt energized!

—A full 690,000 Achievement Points!

Including three exclusive titles with special effects!

The gains brought by the grandfather-grandson duo of Gu Xi and Gu Chen could be said to have made Gu Yi thoroughly wealthy in one fell swoop!

Whether for drawing prizes or for taking action.

These sufficient Achievement Points gave Gu Yi much more room to maneuver.

Having experienced so many hardships.

Gu Yi actually understood the core of this game even better now.

The best way is to use Achievement Points to draw items, build talent for the family, and then use that talent to guarantee more Achievement Points.

As long as one can keep a single opportunity for action in reserve to serve as a safety net.

Then this method is the best development model for the current time.

Looking at the prompts one by one, Gu Yi fell into a brief contemplation.

After hesitating for a moment.

He still silently uttered the four words "Exit Game" in his heart.

He intended to first see just how great an impact the emergence of the "Flaming Han" had caused on the entire future.

The scene before his eyes shattered instantly, and the familiar room reappeared before Gu Yi.

It was already evening.

The blood-red setting sun shone through the window, bathing the bedroom in a dim red glow.

Outside the door, the sound of the old couple talking, mixed with the static of the television, kept coming through.

Gu Yi immediately got up, pushed open the door, and walked into the living room.

It was still that familiar living room.

—At first glance, there were no different changes, but upon closer inspection.

Gu Yi discovered that a safe, which hadn't been there before, had appeared in the living room.

The safe was not large.

But for an ordinary wage-earning family like Gu Yi’s, there was nothing particularly precious worth storing in a safe.

And Gu Yi could be certain.

This safe had never appeared before.

"Could it be that something has really been passed down again?" This guess instinctively flashed through Gu Yi’s mind.

At this moment, the old couple also noticed Gu Yi’s gaze.

Old Gu immediately slapped the table and scolded him for his lack of ambition: "You brat! Before I die, don't you even think about knowing the password to this safe!"

"What exactly is put inside here?"

Gu Yi walked over sheepishly, poured a cup of tea for Old Gu, and asked.

"Things left behind by our ancestors." Gu Ma warned again: "You can't touch these things, you hear?"

As she spoke, her tone paused slightly, and she looked at Gu Yi and continued: "By the way, your father and I plan to have you represent our Gu family this year to offer sacrifices to our ancestors."

"You aren't small anymore; it's time you got familiar with it."

—Representing the Gu family!

Offering sacrifices to the ancestors!

These two sentences instantly made Gu Yi have a guess in his heart, and his heart couldn't help but beat wildly.

Sure enough.

The influence of the Gu family now was already something that so-called historical revision could not completely erase!

Gu Yi nodded without hesitation.

Afterward, he immediately got up and walked back to his room, opening his computer to learn about the details of this matter in depth.

He searched for Gu Chen first.

Sure enough, entries for Gu Chen had already appeared on the internet today.

There were even exclusive entries for the Gu family.

From Gu Xiao up to Gu Wei and other seventh-generation descendants of the Gu family, all were included, and every person’s life experiences were recorded in detail.

The greatest among them were naturally the four: Gu Xiao, Gu Kang, Gu Xi, and Gu Chen.

Compared to the meritorious deeds established by the latter three.

Gu Xiao was actually the smallest.

But he was, after all, the initiator of the Gu family’s fame, so the records were naturally very detailed.

And the latter three were not much different, all having detailed records.

If one had to say there was a difference—

It was that the status of these three was different.

Gu Kang had been deified!

Compared to the last search, the Kang Temples discovered this time had spread even further, with the furthest one even reaching the peninsula.

Even the peninsula had developed a belief in Gu Kang.

This was perhaps because Gu Chen had expanded the influence of the Gu family.

As for Gu Xi and Gu Chen, their status was also extremely high.

—Gu Chen had been elevated into the Martial Temple, and his evaluation in later history was always that of a monarch!

And Gu Xi’s status was also transcendent.

What made Gu Yi feel both amused and astonished was that Gu Xi had actually replaced the status of Lord Guan.

During that chaotic period.

The object of worship for folk forces had shifted from Lord Guan to Gu Xi!

There were even some abroad!

And Gu Yi also found out clearly about the sacrificial rites the old couple mentioned.

Just like the festivals born from the actions of those ancients in original history, Gu Chen had also caused a brand-new festival to appear in modern times.

—[Dingning Festival]!

The date was the very day Gu Chen passed away.

And this festival was a relatively important one, not only having a three-day holiday.

There were different traditions in various places.

Many places would hold grand sacrificial ceremonies.

These ceremonies were led by the Gu family.

Gu Yi was more and more shocked the more he looked; although the things passed down today could not yet completely affect his current life.

But such things could not be rushed.

A thousand years of history, the power of time could destroy far too many things.

As long as he persisted in moving forward, there would eventually come a time when it could be thoroughly passed down.

Gu Yi was originally still constantly persuading himself.

But immediately after—

He noticed something wrong.

The familiar "Three Kingdoms Kill" game had actually turned into "Turbulent Times Kill," and it even contained character cards for several Gu family descendants like Gu Xi, Gu Chen, and Gu Wei, with each character having different forms.

At the very bottom of these card collections.

The game company explicitly stated—that they had reached an exclusive partnership with the direct descendants of the Gu family.

They even attached a photo of Old Gu with the production company.

Looking at this photo, Gu Yi was stunned for a full few seconds.

Afterwards—

Only then did his expression change drastically!

Old Gu was hiding money from him!

Although he did not know the specific details of the cooperation, judging by how much this game gouged for money, the income this cooperation could bring was definitely not a small amount!

No wonder he hadn't urged him to take the civil service exam just now!

Gu Yi sighed helplessly, and his entire mood immediately became excited.

—The influence of the Gu Shizi was already able to change life bit by bit.

Continuing on.

As long as he could ensure the existence of the family, this influence would only grow higher and higher.

For Gu Yi, this was absolutely huge good news.

At the very least—

This allowed him to see hope.

Gu Yi then carefully looked at the dynasties of later generations again.

But unfortunately, as he left the game, it was as if the Gu Shizi no longer had the means to resist historical correction.

Although the Jin Dynasty in the original history had been replaced by the Yan Han.

The subsequent dynasties did not change.

Even the subsequent influence of the Gu Shizi gradually weakened over time.

Regarding this, Gu Yi did not feel disheartened.

Human effort can reverse the firmament!

—Just like when he first entered the game, he had never expected that the Yan Han would appear.

As long as he was there.

The Gu Shizi would always be the greatest variable in history!

Now that the influence of the Gu Shizi had already spread outward, with the progress of the era, as long as he was still there, then the influence of the Gu Shizi would only grow greater and greater.

This was something Gu Yi could be certain of!

Closing the computer, Gu Yi lay back down on the bed.

He picked up the game console to focus.

The scene within that game console then rapidly unfolded before his eyes.

What Gu Yi paid attention to first was naturally the family information.

The seventh-generation descendants were absolutely the most outstanding batch of people in the Gu Shizi to date.

In this rising new dynasty, the Gu Shizi also ushered in the first peak of the entire family's talent foundation.

In fact, Gu Yi had long since paid attention to the seventh-generation descendants of the Gu Shizi.

After all, for him—

He had long since envisioned himself controlling one of them.

The one who received the most of his attention was naturally Gu Wei, who had the highest martial arts.

History had completely changed!

Compared to the morally bankrupt history of the past, the current Great Han, following Gu Chen's actions of killing Lu Bu and punishing the disloyal, was seeing its moral standards move toward those of the Later Han.

Politics with morality and politics without morality were two completely different things.

Although Gu Yi had never been involved in politics.

But politics was not a difficult problem that the Gu Shizi needed to face.

After all, the current Emperor of the Great Han was Liu Chan!

Based on his feelings for Gu Chen, all descendants of the Gu Shizi would naturally receive his favor and trust.

But martial arts were different!

This was not something Gu Yi could train in a short time.

And without martial arts, the things he needed to do would be completely impossible!

—Choosing Gu Wei, who had the highest martial arts and command, offered the highest return for Gu Yi.

However, Gu Yi did not directly choose to control him.

Gu Chen's actions before his death had significantly influenced Gu Yi's judgment.

His efforts to weaken the barbarians could already be considered very successful.

If the sinking of the Divine Land would not occur.

For Gu Yi.

He could completely choose to use his current achievement points for a lottery, once again using items to cultivate a talent for the Gu Shizi capable of reversing everything.

Luoyang.

The news of Gu Chen's death had already arrived.

Upon hearing this, Liu Chan, the Son of Heaven, wept until his heart was torn apart.

An unimaginable gloom instantly spread over the entire Great Han.

—The world was in grief!

People from all directions wept upon hearing the news.

Some veteran soldiers who had once followed Gu Chen even chose to commit suicide, willing to continue following Gu Chen in the afterlife.

It did not exceed Gu Chen's expectations.

Liu Chan was indeed extremely concerned about Gu Chen's funeral.

He even wanted to bury Gu Chen with imperial rites, but fortunately, Gu Chen's final testament was delivered, which suppressed this thought of Liu Chan's.

But even so—

Liu Chan still firmly insisted on elevating Gu Chen's funeral to the same status as that of Gu Xi.

Bestowing ritual vessels;

Burying him with the rites of a Prince;

Creating a statue of Gu Chen to be worshipped in the Great Han's ancestral temple, enjoying incense;

And ordering that future descendants must perform the great kowtow ritual.

Regarding this matter, there would be absolutely no one to oppose it.

The current Great Han court was not like it used to be; now, these people were almost all selected by Gu Chen and held deep feelings of admiration for him.

Even if someone wanted to object.

They would not choose to go against the great trend at such a time.

This was destined to be a major event that would shake the entire Great Han.

When Gu Chen's body was sent back to Julu, the sounds of sorrow along the way never ceased, and countless people gathered on the banks of the Luo River, just wanting to offer incense to Gu Chen.

The collapse of faith—

For a person, that is an unimaginably great sorrow.

And Gu Chen was the faith of the people of the world!

Zhuge Liang was also deeply grieved, but as the regent minister appointed by Gu Chen, Zhuge Liang had to shoulder all the burdens at such a time.

He ordered the officials to determine the posthumous title for Gu Chen.

And quickly announced the results of the official assessments, wanting to use such a joyous event to disperse the influence brought by Gu Chen's passing.

Being able to have the children of ordinary people on the list.

This matter would absolutely be something that would make the ordinary people of the world excited at any time.

—But it was completely useless at this moment.

Even the families of those few who were selected found it difficult to shake off their grief.

It was even more sorrowful.

It was Gu Chen who had bestowed this opportunity upon them.

And now this sage had departed.

Heavy sorrow permeated every part of the Great Han.

And under these circumstances, Gu Chen's posthumous title was finally decided.

—Zhaolie.

"Zhao" for having a respectful and beautiful appearance; "Zhao" for having sage-like knowledge that is all-encompassing;

Commemorating Gu Chen's achievements in expanding the territory and founding the dynasty.

"Lie" for having the merit of pacifying the people; "Lie" for being firm and capable in conquest;

Commemorating Gu Chen's lifelong merit of campaigning for the country and the world.

In fact, in terms of the achievements Gu Chen made, no posthumous title was sufficient to fully express everything he had done.

Because he had already transcended the category of a subject.

Liu Chan was willing to bestow a royal title, or even an imperial title, upon Gu Chen.

But Gu Chen's final testament forced him to suppress this thought.

Nothing is destined to be perfect;

However, in Gu Yi's view, given Gu Chen's personality, this posthumous title was enough.

Everything he did had long since become famous throughout the world.

Why would he need to use a mere posthumous title to demonstrate everything he has done?

PS: It is the end of the month, I humbly beg for monthly votes!

(End of this chapter)