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In just two months, the wasteland was transformed into a forest of tall buildings, a speed far beyond human imagination.
At the time of the Qiangbowang incident, everyone knew that the Gancheng Brilliant Theme Park was built by the TAC team in contact with aliens. Now it is not surprising that the aliens have built another commercial street.
This is called the broken window effect. Once an idea is broken once, it is much easier to break it again.
On the contrary, it is because the existence of friendly aliens is somewhat novel. After all, aliens in the past were synonymous with invaders.
Only some real estate developers in Tokyo were unwilling to accept that it was the Oshima family that was blessed.
Shouldn't this family, which should have been in decline two years ago due to the death of the head of the Oshima family, have never recovered? Why did they have this opportunity?
They also want to contact aliens, but they have no channels.
"It's exactly the same as the design. That's great."
After seeing the scene, Ling was also very satisfied and asked Jianye butler to pay the balance. But Ganggan still stood by, hesitant to speak.
"Why, anything else?"
Indeed, there is, and that is the purpose of Ganggun's visit today. The so-called delivery of the property is just a side job, an excuse to come to the door.
"Ms. Oshima, this is what happened. The Galactic Federation actually asked me to consult you about the Dark Legion."
The Magni were originally a remote and backward planet in the Galactic Federation, with no status at all. But now that he knows Gaia, he has a say.
So the Federal Parliament asked him to come to the audience as a representative of the federation.
"The Dark Army? Oh, is it about Zoda?"
The steel rod trembled. Gaia dared to say this name, but he didn't dare to respond.
Last year, the Ultra Brothers of the Kingdom of Light gathered in the solar system and confronted the Dark Army of the Ancient Empire from afar. Seeing the storm coming, the Earth might become a battlefield between the Kingdom of Light and the Dark Army. Therefore, the Galactic Federation urgently announced the evacuation of member civilizations from the solar system to avoid being affected.
However, after the Great Evacuation, Zoda did not come to the Solar System.
The solar system is at peace, while other parts of the galaxy are being ravaged by the dark army.
During this period, many civilizations in the Federation were invaded by the Dark Legion and were overwhelmed by the continuous battles with those dark pioneers.
"Are you asking about the war between the Land of Light and Zoda? You're asking the wrong person. The Ultra Brothers are all in the Kuiper Belt. You can go over there and ask."
“No, it’s not. Although the Galactic Federation is also concerned about the movements of the Kingdom of Light, I came here this time to ask for your consent to allow the Federation member states that left earlier to visit Earth again.”
He said he was visiting, but in fact he was here to escape.
Interesting.
When they came to Earth in the past, they never thought of seeking the opinions of Earth civilization.
Yes, the Earth is just a primitive civilization, a remote and backward indigenous planet. For the Galactic Federation, they can come and go as they please, so why would they need anyone's consent?
But things are different now.
Because of Gaia, the will of this planet has proven itself unfathomable time and time again. Even the Kingdom of Light treats it as an equal.
The Galactic Federation no longer dares to be arrogant.
"I once said that Earth welcomes any guest who comes with good intentions. As long as the Galactic Federation has no intention of aggression and is willing to abide by Earth's laws, I think Earthlings are also willing to have more exchanges with alien civilizations."
Countless facts have proved that closing the country to the outside world is not feasible. Since we have already come into contact with extraterrestrial civilizations, blindly rejecting them will only force the other side to knock on the door.
As long as the Earth is still in the Milky Way, it is only a matter of time before it establishes diplomacy with extraterrestrial civilizations.
"But you have to discuss the details with the human leaders. I am just a merchant's daughter. Look, even building a house requires your help."
Steel Rod knew that she was indeed the merchant's daughter. However, if she disagreed, there was no point in talking to the natives of Earth.
This sentence was equivalent to Gaia's agreement. Steel Rod breathed a sigh of relief. It was a difficult task given by the Galactic Federation, and finally Gaia was easy to talk to.
Ling really didn't care.
She was more concerned about what was in front of her. Walking in this deserted neighborhood, she knew that it would not be long before the place would be bustling with people.
This is a place that brings joy to children. Children from other countries, foreign countries, and even aliens. All children.
The suffering of this planet will eventually pass, and it won't be long. People with good intentions will be treated kindly by the world. Innocent children should be given fairy tales by the world.
The spring breeze in February is like scissors.
This seems to refer to the second month of the lunar calendar, but the temperature in Tokyo did warm up a bit in February.
During the day, when Ling was doing homework in the study, Maria was dusting the bookshelf beside her.
Even though it is cleaned every day, there are still dust spirits running around the next day. Is this also the magic of the castle?
"Maria, dust falls every day anyway, so there's no need to clean it every day, right?"
Once a week, or once every three to five days, actually there won’t be much difference.
"That's impossible. Keeping the house clean and tidy is the responsibility of a maid."
Maria said this while humming a song, waving the duster in her hand rhythmically.
The song seemed to be "The World's No. 1 Princess" by Hatsune Miku, a new singer from their company. The rhythm was very brisk and people couldn't help but sing along.
She seemed to be enjoying it completely and treating cleaning as fun. So let it go and Ling didn't say anything more.
There are many books on economics and success on the bookshelf, which were left by her father. Ling has no interest in reading them.
There are also some world classics.
"The Hunchback of Notre Dame", "Les Miserables", "One Hundred Years of Solitude" and so on. Ling had read all of these in the past. In a different world, since the titles were the same, the texts would probably not be much different.
Ling also casually pulled out a copy of "The Catcher in the Rye", but unexpectedly a photo fell from the title page.
It's a photo of three people.
Maria was quick to snatch the photo away.
"Sorry, miss, let me clean this up."
Ling also wanted to say that she really didn't care anymore. Even if she saw some memories, she could control her mood well.
But she didn't say it.
That might make Maria even more worried and think she was pretending to be strong.
Moreover, all these scenes and objects were left by her father and mother. Sometimes she does feel a little lonely.
But fortunately, she could clearly see that they were not staying where they were.
It was not a false belief to comfort herself, they really passed away, even if they had no relationship with her anymore. Whether it was blood or emotion, there was no connection at all.
But it's okay.
Apart from blessing, she will not indulge in meaningless sorrow.
Just as she was thinking about it, Ling suddenly heard some strange noises.
"Stop, Maria!"
"What's wrong?" Maria stopped as she was told, both her movements and her singing.
It's like being called out in the game of "One, Two, Three, Stupid", and it feels inexplicably funny.
But Ling wasn't teasing her.
"There seems to be some noise in the bookshelf."
"Sound?" Maria listened carefully, but heard nothing.
"Did Miss hear wrongly?"
You heard it right, there was indeed a sound, and it is still there now.
"Listen, it's cacha-cacha."
"Ah! Miss, are you sure it was the sound of Cachachachach?"
Maria's expression looked a little bad, as if she had met a natural enemy.
"Well, did Maria think of anything?"
"I was thinking, could it be termites?" Maria carefully checked every corner of the bookshelf for a while, and indeed found two termites. For the maid who cleans the house, termites are indeed natural enemies.
"Young lady is amazing. She can hear such a quiet sound."
But now is not the time to talk about how great we are.
As we all know, finding one termite on wooden furniture means there are already a lot of termites.
"I'll contact the ant extermination company right away," Maria said as she made the phone call.
Building nests in wood is the way of life for termites. However, Ling certainly would not say that termites are earth creatures and should not be harmed.
There is no good or evil in the ecological chain of the earth. It is humans who have good and evil. The so-called beneficial insects and harmful insects are all defined by humans.
And Ling is a human, and she really doesn't like things like bugs.
Since the study room needs to be rid of ants, Ling has to go somewhere else to do her homework.
For example, the manor garden, the secret realm of the Moon Palace, and Gensokyo.
With such nice weather, it feels like spring has come early. With the blue sky, you can always find a quiet and leisurely place.
But Lingye's good mood was soon interrupted.
It was Butler Jianye who answered the phone.
"Miss, we just received a call from Gancheng Brilliant, saying that a building in our newly built commercial town has collapsed."
"what?"
This news was indeed unexpected, because the town was built by the Magni people. Could alien technology also have shoddy construction?
But that's not what's important now.
"Is anyone hurt?"
Jianye shook his head.
"Those commercial buildings have not yet been put into use. Only two security guards on patrol were slightly frightened. No one was injured."
I hope no one gets hurt.
When Ling arrived at the scene by car, she found the steel rods were also there. A seven-story commercial building covering several thousand square meters had indeed collapsed into ruins.
"Ms. Oshima! I'm so sorry that this happened." Seeing Lingya, Ganggun trotted over.