924 Heir (1/2)
Chapter 924 – Heir
After putting away the map, Ouyang Shuo looked at the talisman.
War Stopping Talisman: After use, during non-country war time, player can select an imperial city and prevent imperial city guard troops from participating in territorial war, lasting for a week.
After the war exempt card, Ouyang Shuo obtained another weird tool.
It was mentioned that imperial city guard troops could not proactively exit the city to fight with Lords in the territory. The only exception would be if a wilderness Lord sought protection and was willing to be under an imperial city.
Only then could the imperial city guard army come out in the name of protection.
The function of the war stopping talisman was that even if a territory sought protection, the imperial city would not be able to interfere for a week.
Without a doubt, if used well, this talisman could play a huge role.
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Shanhai City, Song Manor.
When Ouyang Shuo was out touring Somalia, the Great Xia Queen Song Jia went home to visit her relatives.
After the greetings, Song Family head Song Tianxiong had the following conversation with his daughter.
”Daughter, have the king and you thought about having a male offspring?”
Song Jia was stunned and said with surprise, ”Offspring? Father, this is the game world....”
”Why not? You can still have a male offspring!”
Song Tianxiong's words were actually true.
The intergalactic migration would take 10 years on the road. Gaia understood that and allowed people to apply to have children after they got married in the game.
The reason for an application was that this child would not be a virtual baby but a real life one.
In the game, after both sides applied and paid a fee, Gaia would use the game cabin to retrieve their sperms and eggs for artificial insemination.
With the current technology standards, the inseminated eggs would not need to be sent back into the womb and could be nurtured in pods.
The nutritional pods were specially made and could link the babies' neural senses to the game and ensure that the baby was growing at the same rate in the game. Hence, for the nine months that the mother was pregnant in the game, the baby would be slowly forming in the nutrition cabin.
The moment the baby in the game was born, it would be a replica of the one in real life. The couple did not need to go offline and could take care of their kids in the game.
As a result, money needed to be paid, and the price was not little either.
There were two reasons behind this.
First, the nutritional fluid for the baby was not cheap. Secondly, they wanted to restrict the number of babies through the payments.
Everyone was travelling in the spaceships, but the ships had limited storage. If one did not add restrictions, the ships would not be able to fit all the new babies.
Hence, this was only available for the rich, and normal players were not fated for it.
As for why Gaia did not push out virtual babies, the reasoning would involve the problem of family theory. No one would be able to devote themselves to doting on a bunch of numbers.
Song Jia was a smart girl, ”Father, why did you suddenly raise this up?”
”It's not really sudden. You have married the king for a year and a half so getting a kid is normal. The king ascending means that he should have an offspring.” Song Tianxiong was adamant about the matter.
Song Jia took a deep look at her dad, ”I'll talk to the king about this, it is all up to him.”
Song Tianxiong shook his head, ”Daughter, you should be the one to make this decision. Do not blame me for not reminding you, although the king does not have concubines, if you continue to not have children, the officials will demand for him to get concubines to ensure that the bloodline is passed on.”
”Although the king dotes on you, I've heard that he has connections to many girls.”
”He won't.” Song Jia was really confident.
Song Tianxiong sighed, ”Daughter, people change. His power grows daily, and the number of girls that wants him grows too. As time goes on, who knows? Don't you know what's happening with those brothers in the family?”
Song Jia did not believe that her husband was such a person. Thinking back to her brothers in the family, they were all just normal children, and many of them were fooling around outside.
Thinking about this, her confidence wavered.
When Song Tianxiong saw that, he said, ”No matter what, only with a child can your position be solidified.”
Song Jia finally nodded, ”Okay I'll talk to him about it.” Speaking of which, she really did want a kid, as only then could her family be perfect.
”That's great.” Song Tianxiong was delighted.
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8th month, 8th day, after spending just three days in Somalia Province, Ouyang Shuo returned to Shanhai City.
Different from the case with Morocco, during the Battle of Somalia, the officials of the Cabinet collected the cities behind the army. Along with the Somalia King losing his people's sentiment, it made the rebuilding of the province really smooth.
With Pei Ju in charge, Ouyang Shuo did not need to worry about much.
Before leaving Mogadishu, the Black Snake Guards handed over the report from the Somalia King. The specifics described two interactions with the Silver Hand representative.