Earth.
The Federation's expeditionary forces have returned to the earth one after another. For the inhabitants of the earth, many people do not know that they have quietly passed an era. Yes, the cosmic twilight is over, and the high-dimensional universe will not be visited for a long time in the future, which represents the arrival of a new era.
Yet for many, life has not changed noticeably.
Only a very small number of people will always see significant changes.
After returning to Earth, the Federation announced that it would abandon Babylon's rebuilding plan, but it would rebuild the city on the floating island and name it New Babylon. Before the start of construction, a new occupancy policy had already been announced. This time, the Federation will randomly select families from many administrative regions on the surface to live in New Babylon, which is undoubtedly exciting news for the civilians on the surface.
This is also the first time the Federation has made an attempt to resolve the conflict between civilians and nobles since the crisis of division.
Of course, this contradiction will not be eliminated immediately, but with the efforts of the Federation, it will gradually be healed.
For the various families after the war, the actions of the Federation are not considered a violation of their interests. Even after experiencing the war with the high-dimensional universe together, for many families, it seems to have gained a new life. Many families, including wealthy families, are willing to give up part of their interests in order to reconcile conflicts with commoners. Because they all know that there should be a long enough period of peace instead of years of war.
After all, even the most militant person is tired after this expedition.
On a sunny morning, a speeding car with the Bethcord logo was driving on the road. Now Bethkind's name is above all families, not only because this family has made great contributions to the Federation, but also because a young Supreme has appeared in this family. Obviously, before the supreme being dies, the family of Beth Kede will be glorious forever.
Surprisingly, even though he already had the highest momentum, Bethkind was more low-key than before. But all of this did not make people underestimate the family, but instead won more respect.
The speeding car finally stopped, because the road had come to an end, and further on, there was a vast desert. But below the road, there is an oasis. The remains of some buildings can be seen on the oasis, which seems to be a town in the past. The door of the speeding car opened, and an old man with white beard and hair came out from inside. A man who looked like a housekeeper held an umbrella beside him to shield him from the scorching sun.
Looking at the oasis, the old man sighed and said, "I'm here, but I'm still late after all."
"Better late than never." The butler said softly.
"You're right." The old man walked off the road.
The two came to the oasis. When they arrived here, the temperature dropped significantly, and the coolness made people feel extremely refreshing. Some animals haunted the oasis, and then hid far away in fear of life, only daring to look at the two uninvited guests from a long distance.
The pair eventually stopped in front of a tin hut filled with sunflowers. These golden plants move in the wind, dazzling the eyes.
"Let me sit by myself," said the old man.
The butler put away the umbrella and left.
The old man came to the tin house, and there was a chair lying on the ground in the house. He lifted the chair and sat down, and the chair rattled. The old man closed his eyes and said softly: "Are you living here? Lan Ni, my daughter, I don't expect your forgiveness. But I still want to say to you, I'm sorry, because I owe you this. One Owe, it’s just so many years.”
A hand fell quietly on his shoulder, and a voice said: "In my impression
Here, my mother never said a word to hate you. "
The old man opened his eyes, landed on a young man next to him, smiled and said, "You are here too."
"Well, because I have a message, I want to tell them both."
"Yes." There was a slight smile on the old man's face, "They should be proud of you, because they have an outstanding child."
The young man smiled and said, "I just want to tell them that I'm getting married and the wedding is just a few days away."
"Is that so, I just want to know if I'm on the list to be invited?"
The young man squatted down, put his hand on the old man's lap and said, "Of course you are indispensable, Grandpa."
The old man laughed heartily.
"Forgot to tell you, I already have a child, his name is Leian. If you see him, I guess you will like him."
The old man shook his body and said happily: "Is this true? My God, I have a great-grandson, which is really surprising. All I can say is, well done, boy. But I have to add more Jin, how can a child be enough?"
"This, I will work hard." The young man said with some embarrassment.
"I still have to sit here, how about you?" the old man said again.
The young man sat down on the edge of the house, "I'll accompany you, but tonight, I have an appointment to go first."
"It's okay, I have a car to go back, so you don't need to take it."
So the two sat quietly in the tin house all afternoon, without speaking, each immersed in their own world. In the evening, the young man left, and walked towards the sky full of sunset glow.
beer city.
The beer city was as lively as ever, but after the return of the Confederate expedition, it was even more so. When the sun went down, the Baiguo Bar was already full of people, and an old modified car parked in front of the bar. A man jumped out of the car and threw a gold coin to the doorman, who helped him drive the car to the parking lot. The man walked into the bar, and the female bartender in hot clothes stepped forward and said, "Excuse me, have you made a reservation? If not, then I can only invite you to the open-air booth outside, because you have also seen it, here It's too crowded."
The man lazily announced his name, and the bartender's eyes lit up, and she said, "So it's you, please follow me."
She took the guest to one of the booths and left. When passing by the bar, her companion asked him, "Who is that?"
"A rich man." The bartender whispered: "He bought a booth, that's his exclusive."
"Wow, it turns out to be a benefactor, so I have to dress up."
The bartender rolled his eyes.
After the man was seated, he leaned on the chair and muttered: "It's so slow, one or two are like this, they probably won't forget today's date."
"I definitely won't. As for Liancheng, it's hard to say."
Suddenly, a young man appeared on a chair opposite him. The bar was full of people, but no one noticed how he sat down. But the man was not displeased except for being taken aback. Instead, he laughed: "You bastard, you are finally here. But you are late, so you have to drink a glass of wine."
"If you're late, it can't compare to Liancheng."
"He will be fined three cups."
Of the two, the former is Leon, and the latter is of course Allen. Leon stood up and shouted loudly: "Bring me a box of the best wine here!"
Allen smiled bitterly: "You are planning to get us drunk."
"Brother, you are about to get married, and there will be no such opportunities in the future, so you must do it in time.
Happy. "Leon laughed.
"You know, when I came, Adele said that you would definitely do this."
"Adele." Leon sighed, "It's a pity that she didn't come with you."
"She's busy now."
"What are you busy with?" Another voice came in, and a young man with an oriental face squeezed into the booth, he shook his head and said, "Oh my god, Leon, you have to set the meeting place in this The hell? I almost couldn't get in."
Leon hugged him with a smile and said, "Stop talking nonsense, young master of the Jin family, you are the latest to come, and you will be punished with three drinks."
Allen shrugged at him and said, "Leon has become an alcoholic now, so it's not surprising that we will meet in this kind of place. Liancheng, how are you doing recently?"
"Of course it's not as good as you, Alan. But it's not bad, I've already started to take over the family's main business."
Leon sat down and said: "One of you has brought a family, and the other is getting married. I'm left alone, so don't you have any sympathy for me?"
Allen and Jin Liancheng exchanged glances, and then shouted in unison: "Get out!"
The three of them laughed so hard that they burst into tears.
At this time, the bartender delivered the wine, and Leon filled the three people's glasses, and then the three drank a glass. Putting down his glass, Leon murmured: "Do you still remember when we drank at the Venus Hotel in Babylon?"
Jin Liancheng stroked his wine glass and said: "How can I forget that at that time, the three of us plus Adele formed a four-person alliance, and we agreed to support each other and make a career together."
Leon nodded and said with a smile: "I'm very glad that after so many years, we can still sit together. Among them, of course, our Master Allen has contributed the most. If it weren't for him, our current universe might not be the same. The Creator is gone."
Allen said with a smile: "Then are you going to take out the good wine in your collection to thank me?"
"Don't even think about it!" Leon said with a smile, "It would be great if Adele was here too. In this case, the four of us can gather together again."
"It's not that there is no chance, remember to come to my wedding, can't the four of us get together?" Allen looked at the crowded figures outside the booth and said, "Now I feel that all our efforts are worthless. It's worth it, even if it's just for this moment. Brother, I respect you."
He raises his glass.
The three wine glasses collided.
Leon said, "I also toast to you, and even more to this..."
"Shao Shi's vanity!"
"cheers!"
The most indispensable thing in the bar is the sound of cheers. The drinkers are busy pushing and changing glasses, but no one knows what they missed. That night, both Leon and Jin Liancheng got drunk, but Alan still kept drinking. It's not that he doesn't want to get drunk, it's actually hard for him to get drunk now. He could only shake his head, and carried the two good brothers out of the bar.
PS: Thank you Tudouman 445, toughguyz1, Tao Tao CD, and Jiang Yuan for their monthly tickets. Thank you aidsu for your tip!
(end of this chapter)