Sky Curtain: The Overlord Charges into Battle, Shocking Emperors of All Dynasties

"Hiccup~~"

During the Southern Song Dynasty, Emperor Liu Yu let out a satisfied burp, patted his round belly, and leaned back on his couch.

Even with lofty ambitions, they still need to be fed to sustain them.

How can I govern diligently if I don't eat?

Of all things, eating is the most important!

However, the content displayed on the screen had a significant impact on Liu Yu.

Looking at the sky, Liu Yu unknowingly ate more food than usual.

Previously, when Liu Yu ate, he simply ate.

Now, he can watch images on the celestial screen while he eats, and without realizing it, he's eating more food than before.

For example, Liu Yu's favorite dish, honey-marinated squid sausage, is a fish sauce made by marinating squid sausage in honey. He used to eat about two liters of it, but today he ate almost four liters!

There was also roasted cured pork. We used to eat two hundred slices at a time, but Liu Yu just ate nearly three hundred slices with fish sauce.

Liu Yu's stomach was so full it had turned into a huge pouch, and he almost suffocated and fainted. He had to drink a lot of fermented rice wine to recover.

"No, I can't eat this much anymore."

"Eating so much food is really giving me heartburn."

The palace maid beside Liu Yu kept rubbing his stomach to relieve his abdominal pain.

Liu Yu still felt his stomach was very bloated, and he grunted and groaned on the bed like a little pig.

The image on the sky changed again.

The Yellow River, carrying tens of thousands of tons of sand and bearing the unique muddy yellow color of the Loess Plateau, rushes in like a stampede of ten thousand horses.

The river crashed against the rocks on both banks like a heavy hammer falling, the roar deafening.

The ceaselessly flowing river crashes against the cliffs, splashing water mixed with silt and sand, creating a sharp, piercing sound as it hits the air.

With that imposing force, it swooped down from the sky, seemingly intent on engulfing everyone in front of the canopy.

All they could see was the muddy yellow river water, and they suddenly felt as if someone was choking them, making it difficult to breathe.

"The Yellow River, this is the Yellow River!"

"The river god is enraged!!"

"The Yellow River has risen to the heavens and is going to drown us all!!"

"My goodness!!"

Countless people felt their legs buckle, their bodies tremble, and they fell to their knees with a thud, begging the river god for forgiveness.

Many people closed their eyes resignedly, a calm and composed smile appearing on their faces.

I have no regrets in this life!

"Hey, we're okay!"

"Oh dear, it was just a fake image! It almost scared me to death!"

"Hmph, I knew it all along, I'd just stand still!"

"Weren't you too scared to run?"

"Is this the meaning of the Yellow River, whose waters come from the heavens and flow to the sea never to return?"

"I see, it's all Li Bai's fault. Why did he have to write 'The Yellow River's waters come down from the sky'?"

Rivers, as one of the essential elements of civilization, have played a vital role in human civilization.

The four ancient civilizations were all river civilizations, and each country had its own mother river within its borders.

Ancient Egypt had the Nile River, Mesopotamia had the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers, and ancient India had the Indus River.

The Yellow River was, of course, China's original mother river.

These four ancient civilizations built their civilizations by relying on rivers.

Of the four ancient civilizations, the other three gradually disappeared into the long river of history as time went on, leaving only China, which has survived for more than five thousand years.

The rise and fall of the four great civilizations were inseparable from the nourishment of the major rivers within their borders.

[A civilization born from the river, where people along the banks must be on high alert whenever the river is in flood season.]

The Four Ancient Civilizations?

That makes sense; the world is so big, there are bound to be other places where people develop their own civilizations.

However, all three of them perished, while only our Chinese civilization survived.

Ancient people from different times and spaces, upon seeing this, smiled slightly.

Indeed, Chinese civilization is the most resilient.

Now our Chinese civilization truly is the oldest civilization in the world.

As for why they disappeared, is there any need to guess?

It must have been the river's flood season; they were submerged by the overflowing river, and their civilization eventually perished.

The people living on both sides of the Yellow River are still shaken; the words on the sky have stirred up incredibly terrifying memories in their hearts.

Flood season, that's a truly terrifying word.

During the Yellow River flood season, one must be on high alert.

Even a desperate attempt wouldn't be enough!

Hmph, these barbarians are really lazy, don't they even bother to control the floods?

At least take precautions when the flood season comes.

In our opinion, all that extra effort will probably be wasted!

The sky, once a turbid, surging yellow, now concealed the Yellow River carrying the pressure of tens of thousands of tons of water.

Instead, a slow, long river flows quietly forward.

The reeds on the bank swayed, reflecting shimmering light on the water's surface. Birds circled overhead, then swooped down to snatch fish and bring them to their mouths.

It's truly a time of peace and tranquility.

Countless people who saw this scene were completely captivated.

If we could live on the banks of this river, why would we need to worry about food and drink?

"What a magnificent river that nourishes countless people!"

"When this river is calm, it's pretty much the same as our Yellow River."

Okay, now that we've seen the river when it's calm, what about during the flood season?

This is what the Nile River looks like during its flood season in Egypt.

As the world's longest river, stretching 6670 kilometers, the Nile is naturally prone to flooding.

The Nile River floods regularly, and each flood brings with it fertile black silt.

Egypt benefited from this river and the black silt brought by its floods, which enabled the development of its unique civilization.

Therefore, Egypt is also known as the Gift of the Nile.

"Heh~"

Countless people watching from the sky saw this calm and gentle river, never imagining that it truly resembled the Nile during its flood season.

There's no other way, there really is no other way.

They laughed with relief.

Is this the real Mother River?

What does all that they went through count as?

How can they possibly view the Yellow River, their mother river, after this?

"When Heaven is about to place a great responsibility on a person, it will first test their will, strain their muscles and bones, and starve their body."

As the saying goes, "One is born in hardship and dies in comfort!"

What kind of resilient civilization could such a river have nurtured?

During the Song and Ming dynasties, emperors and ministers twitched at the corners of their mouths, muttering this quote from Mencius, trying to comfort themselves.

With such a tranquil river, those people must have been spoiled rotten by Mother Nile.

They've become a bunch of lazybones!

No wonder civilizations eventually perish.

That's right, it must be like that!

"Hehehehehe!"

Looking at the calm Nile River, Zhu Houcong thought of the Yellow River's repeated breaches, which had cost the Ming Dynasty countless resources in its efforts to control it.

He raised his right hand high, then angrily slammed the bronze hammer in his hand onto the ground.

What does it mean to be born in hardship and die in comfort?

Why should one suffer mental anguish and physical hardship?

How much money does I spend on the Yellow River every year? That's all my money!!!

They, the Chinese, are practically raised by an illegitimate stepmother!