When Hao Ren left Peatopia, he had left a special communication channel for the Aerymian elves so that they could contact him in case of an emergency. Obviously, such an important external communication channel was guarded 24/7. Just as Hao Ren yelled through the communicator, he heard a rustling sound coming from the other side. He did not know which elf was startled. Then, a slightly nervous voice came from the other side. "The Aerymian communication tower has received your message. Confirming your identification... Ah, is that the Count?"
Hao Ren was stunned for a moment before he realized that the Count was referring to him. Considering the area of land he rented to the elves, the Count was the ultimate evolution of the landlord.
Hao Ren nodded and asked the other side to inform Hilda and Vimm of his arrival. Soon after, he saw a few small bright spots in space. Those were the spaceships sent by the Aerymian elves to welcome him. Most of the spaceships were heirlooms brought out of the old Aerymian island chain. Obviously, the elves had not finished restarting all the basic industries, at least not new spaceships. However, among these antique spaceships, there were two new models of different styles. They should be the support materials that the 883 fleet had left for the Aerymian elves as agreed. Judging from the model, they were low-tech spaceships limited to the solar system.
A triangular Aerymian spaceship approached the Petrachelys. Vimm's face appeared on the communicator in front of Hao Ren. The young elf prince looked as handsome as ever, and he had a bright smile on his face. "Mr. Landlord, why are you here?"
"Lead the way. We'll talk when we meet your mother." Hao Ren nodded. "There's something urgent that needs your help."
Vimm saw that even Hao Ren was so serious and immediately felt that it was a serious matter. He quickly turned the ship around and led the way. The Petrachelys, under the guidance of a few Aerymian cruisers, flew towards the only continent on the planet's surface.
After crossing the atmosphere, Hao Ren turned on the external monitor. He was happy to see that there were many people on the surface of the barren primitive continent. There were simple cities on the desolate beach, and magnificent white towers stood in the forest. There were many strange facilities under construction on the barren hills, which were probably basic communication or energy transmission towers. He turned up the sensitivity of the external monitor and found more settlements and infrastructure under construction. Although they were still very simple, these things were enough to show that the Aerymian elves had adapted to the planet and could survive well here.
Far away from the continent in the ocean, the "colonial ecospheres" formed by the floating islands had obviously changed. They no longer needed to return to space, so they were now built as fixed maritime cities. The protective walls of the ecospheres had been modified with many gates. Outside the gates were man-made lands, long runways, and ports. There were constantly fully loaded aircraft and apparently newly manufactured cargo ships coming and going between the continent and the maritime cities, transporting a large number of people and materials.
New residents were setting foot on the continent that was still a little strange to them. In turn, the materials from the continent were repairing and renovating the ancient shelters. The people of Aerymian had successfully taken root in their new home and began to seek peaceful coexistence with the planet in their own way.
"The construction progress is very fast." Hao Ren was a little surprised and said to the communicator. "I thought it would take a few years before you could land on the continent in large numbers. Now the floating island shelters have begun to move?"
"The environment of the new home is better than we thought," Vimm's voice came from the communicator. "And the ancient secret art of nature has allowed our people to adapt to the environment outside the dome faster. Now there are hundreds of thousands of elves from the domed cities to the new continent every day to open up a new home. But the domed cities will not be abandoned. Mother has decided to use the resources of the continent to renovate all the facilities on the islands. In the end, each domed city will accommodate one-third of the original population. This is the most reasonable living state. The city is no longer broken, resources are no longer limited, water and food can be obtained in full... There is no better time than this. "
The spacecraft gradually descended, and a shining beach appeared on the image from the external monitor. The outline of the beach was vaguely familiar, but the scene on it was very different. Neat buildings were distributed orderly on the beach and the large land behind the beach. The land in the city had been reinforced with artificial materials and laid neatly. Towering white walls surrounded the city, forming a half-moon barrier facing the sea to block the overly strong and humid sea breeze. In the part of the city that extended to the continent, the elves did not destroy the original forest vegetation, but carried out reasonable transplanting and pruning. They built another part of the city directly in the forest, and under the ingenious design of the craftsmen, half of the city and the forest were seamlessly integrated.
The City of Stars, the new capital of the Aerymian elves, the place where the first batch of immigrants landed. Hilda once said that she would build here, and now it seemed that her project was beginning to take shape. The construction speed of the city was also beyond Hao Ren's imagination. He did not expect the city to be so big in just a few months.
But then again, the construction speed of the city was not too difficult to understand. After all, the Aerymian elves also came from the interstellar era. Even if their technological strength could not catch up with the monster civilization that flew around the sun all day long, they were still stronger than the earthlings. Plus, they lived on the floating space island that could go wrong at any time, so they must have put a lot of points in the "rapid construction" skill tree. For example, repairing the floating island in three minutes, and repairing the wall in ten minutes after the wall collapsed should be considered basic industry...
The new city was still in full swing, and there were large open spaces in the city that were yet to be used. The spacecraft hovered over the city, and then slowly landed near the newly built Royal District. Hao Ren and Vimm each led their people down from their spacecraft. As soon as they saw each other, they gave each other a big hug. In fact, it was Vimm who rushed up and gave Hao Ren a hug, which made Hao Ren feel very awkward.
He was really not good at hugging a man who was at least three or four times more handsome than him. It was easy to hurt his self-esteem...
But looking at Joseph, the elf follower behind him, he calmed down. No matter how handsome Vimm was, he was still a man. If the elf behind him stood on the street, even if he just took him home and did nothing, there would probably be a rich man who would be willing to keep him as his mistress...
As soon as the two elf followers landed, they were shocked by the scene in front of them. They did not expect to see so many elves in the other world. Although they looked similar to the elves in their hometown, they could tell at a glance from the surrounding buildings and the tools used by the locals that they were a bunch of elves with a different style. Joseph and Aylu almost forgot what they were here for. They stared at the scenery and could not move. In the end, it was Lily who pulled the two of them to keep up with the team.
Lily was very satisfied. Usually, it was others who pulled her, but this time, it was her turn to pull someone else...
"Mother is having a meeting with the elders in the council hall, so she could not come out to greet you. She asked me to apologize to you first." Vimm led the way as he chatted with Hao Ren. "A lot of things are on the right track, and we are not short of manpower. The main thing is that it is our first time living on land, and there are a lot of things that we need to adapt to. We have to formulate new traffic, farming, and building regulations. We have been busy for more than a month."
Hao Ren nodded in understanding. "I understand, the management must be in a mess... Hey, I still need your help this time, and I think your mother will be even busier..."
As he spoke, Hao Ren suddenly stopped moving. He stood in front of a central square, staring at the huge group of statues at the entrance of the square, and could not react for a moment.
The statue was cast in some kind of alloy, and it was more than ten meters tall. The image of a man in a spaceship commander's uniform was leading the way with his head held high, one finger pointing forward as if to guide the way. Behind the leading statue was a group of Aerymian elves with a determined look on their faces. They were leaning forward, and the whole group of statues showed the image of a pioneering team under the leadership of a leader.
It was exquisite, grand, solemn, and particularly deep.
Hao Ren looked at it for a long time before he finally realized what it was. He looked at Vimm in a daze. "That's me?"
Vimm smiled and pointed below the statue. "At times like this, a spiritual pillar is extremely important. The people need something to boost their morale. Nothing can boost their morale better than the person who led them here."
Hao Ren did not know how to react. He looked down and saw a golden nameplate in front of the statue. On it was a line of words: To the leader, the eternal Sun King and High Lord of the Aerymian elves — Hao Ren.
Hao Ren said, "... I'll go!"
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