Er Hua ran out as soon as she came back. Compared to the empress, she had a stronger sense of identity with Earth. This was her second home.
In particular, the delicacies, technology, and various luxuries on Earth were her favorites.
The empress stood in front of the window and looked at the unfamiliar city through the glass. She saw a colorful river of cars in the sky.
The current Wuji City was completely different from before.
Buildings that were hundreds of meters tall could be seen everywhere in the distance.
Starting from the city center, the buildings became taller as they moved outward.
Projection advertisements appeared in the gaps between the tall buildings and above the river of cars.
"How do you feel? Have you ever woken up and realized that you have become a primitive person? " Ren Baqian smiled as he sat on the sofa and pressed a button on the coffee table. Messages popped up in the air.
The empress looked away from the distance and turned around. "It's a mess."
She didn't like the world outside the window.
"The world is developing, and it won't stay the same." Ren Baqian shook his head. Now, the country had implemented new traffic laws and opened up some air traffic control.
For example, the river of cars in the sky was a road in the sky that was 100 meters above the ground.
It was said that they were discussing the opening of the second level of the sky passage.
There were many changes on Earth, and the empress could only see the changes on the surface.
With the development of society, the ideology of the entire society, as well as other things that could not be seen or touched, were the real changes.
Even Ren Baqian often felt that he had fallen behind, let alone the empress who hadn't been back for decades.
"These people are really bold." Ren Baqian leaned back on the sofa after reading an email and thought about it.
"What do you mean by bold?" The empress sensed that there was something wrong with Ren Baqian's words and walked over to sit beside him.
Ren Baqian raised his chin.
"They are in contact with the Eight-Armed Race."
There were a total of two planets with life in the Horned Dragon Galaxy. One was the Four-Leaf Grass Planet where the Thunder Barbarians lived, and the other was the planet where the Eight-Armed Race lived.
Currently, the Thunder Barbarian King was still searching for the Earthlings. The Earth had failed to kill him several times, and both sides were like fire and water with no possibility of reconciliation.
Furthermore, the Thunder Barbarians had dug a large number of tunnels under all the cities to prevent nuclear bombs from falling from the sky.
Under such circumstances, it was not strange for Earth to come into contact with the Octopus Race on another planet.
The other planet was different from the Four-Leaf Grass Planet. The Four-Leaf Grass Planet had a continent with only wild beasts and no lightning barbarians. That was why humans had built an outpost base there.
However, the other planet was different. There were traces of the Ba Bi Race's activities on all the continents.
This time, the Earth had learned a lesson from their dealings with the Thunder Barbarians. The first time they came into contact with the king of the Octopus Race, they had witnessed the strength of the humans, which laid the foundation for the peaceful and friendly bilateral talks between the two sides.
Another important point was that the Ba Bi Race had a higher level of civilization, unlike the Thunder Barbarians.
Ren Baqian said that they were "bold" not because of their contact with the Eight-Armed Race, but because a team of envoys from the Eight-Armed Race was on the way to Earth with the spacecraft.
"A group of rabbits invited wolves to their house as guests." The empress's description was very accurate.
The difference between them was even greater than that between a rabbit and a wolf.
"I'm counting on you to support Earth," Ren Baqian replied.
One could imagine what the Ba Bi Race would think when they came to Earth and found that it was full of weak Earthlings that could be killed with one slap.
There was simply nothing better than having powerful weapons and the ability to fly in space. They were so weak that they weren't even worth mentioning.
It was like a three-year-old child holding a rare treasure in one hand and a water gun in the other.
However, if there were experts on Earth who were similar in strength to the Ba Bi Race, even if they were slightly weaker, with powerful weapons, it would be a different situation.
The two sides were likely to reach a bilateral cooperation, trade, exchange, and mutual assistance agreement.
It was very likely that they were planning to use the power of the Ba Bi Race to deal with the Thunder Barbarians.
Previously, they wanted to use the power of the empress to deal with the Thunder Barbarians, but were rejected by Ren Baqian and even flipped the table. This time, the empress would definitely support Earth by inviting the Ba Bi Race to her house.
Fortunately, the empress wasn't outside the barrier between the two worlds. Otherwise, it would take her more than half a year on Earth to rush over to support Earth.
"There's a tiger at home and a pack of wolves outside. Perhaps they are planning to use external forces to deter me." The empress smiled until her eyes were squinted, and there was a cold glint in her eyes.
Then, she waved her hand and said, "It doesn't matter."
Ren Baqian nodded slightly. What the empress said was inevitable. With such a person at home, it was inevitable that some people would have other thoughts.
However, this was a small matter, and Ren Baqian didn't care about their thoughts.
In any case, the two of them were firmly tied to the Earth.
The news was sent through Ren Wannian. He reckoned that it was to let him be mentally prepared and that the official documents would be sent over after some time.
…
Nowadays, planes were faster, and it was easier to apply for air routes.
That night, Ren Baqian brought the empress and Er Hua to his hometown in the northeast.
Decades had passed, and this place had changed a lot. However, compared to Wuji City, it was still vaguely the same as it was in the past.
"Will Grandpa and Grandma be scared when they see Mother Empress? It's been more than 40 years, and you two have been married for even longer. You look just like my sister. It's scary, "Honeysuckle mumbled in the car. His eyes kept darting around, making him look like a mischievous spirit.
"Last time, they even asked me in a roundabout way how long it had been since I last saw Mother Empress. I reckon that they wanted to ask if I had divorced!"
"Then, you told them that you haven't seen her in decades?" Ren Baqian slapped her on the head.
"Stop slapping, it's going to hurt." Er Hua covered her head and smiled until her eyes were squinted. He could vaguely see the empress's eyebrows, but this mischievous look was unlike anyone else.
"Then, they were almost in tears. Even after the divorce, they still had to come back to see their child!"
The empress's face darkened, and she slapped Er Hua on the head as well.
"You two are a mixed duo!" Honeysuckle retreated backward.
A slap from a Mother Empress would hurt a lot.
Her brain was almost slapped out.
In a villa area in the small city, the flying car stopped in front of a small courtyard.
After entering the password, the door opened automatically.
"Grandpa, Grandma!" Er Hua slipped into the house.
"You are back!" A joyful voice came from inside.
There was also a muffled "Aunt."
As Ren Baqian and the empress entered, the expressions of the people in the house froze. They were indescribably shocked.
"Dad, Mom." The empress's voice was squeezed out from the gaps between her teeth, and it carried a gust of cold air.
"I have already said that she has some matters to attend to." Ren Baqian chuckled and hung his clothes at the side.
The family quickly became lively again. Ren Baqian's parents were in good spirits as they inquired about their well-being.
However, the atmosphere was a little strange.
It wasn't because of the empress. Ren Baqian and Er Hua were often like this when they came back.
Ren Wannian was already over 70 years old. Even if he took good care of himself, coupled with martial arts and medicine, he still looked to be around 50 years old.
Ren Wannian was also over 40 years old.
Even his son, Ren Kai, who called the empress "Aunt" just now, was almost 20.
Ren Baqian looked to be around 30 years old, Er Hua looked to be 17 or 18, and the empress, who hadn't been seen for a long time, was still 20. They looked like twin sisters when they sat together.
The 70-year-old addressed the 30-year-old as brother, and the 20-year-old as sister-in-law.
The 20-year-old addressed the 17-year-old as "Aunt," the 30-year-old as "Grandpa," and the 20-year-old as "Grandma."
The empress's body stiffened when she heard Ren Baqian address her as "Grandma."
This table of people sitting together was too messy.
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