Chapter 96 The New World is Ready to Begin "We hope the East..."
"We hope that the East will return our artifact, the crown of our great King Louis, which disappeared after his daughter, Queen Mary, ascended the throne. We suspect it was stolen by thieves from the East." The shameless politician from Country Y was the first to speak in the public media.
“We hope that the Eastern Kingdom can return the relics of Jesus. Our Vatican is a heavenly kingdom on earth, and these relics need to be enshrined here. Of course, we can also purchase them.” The Pope of the Vatican pointed to several legendary relics of Jesus, his eyes pleading.
"The sacred objects belong to us; we are the sovereign state of everything." Following the Pope's speech in Vatican City, a politician from Country Y hurriedly posted another urgent statement on a public platform.
"We are the most powerful nation on Earth, and these treasures of humanity should belong to us." Politicians from Country A are always the most shameless.
“Country A was once the place where we exiled our criminals; they do not deserve to possess these sacred objects.” A politician from Country Y made a rare and direct remark that slapped Country A in the face.
"The Vatican wants all nations to take note: the Vatican is a holy site for Christianity, and only we are fit to offer veneration there." The Pope then joined the battle for the sacred relics.
"It's not that we can't have the sacred relics, but we must have some of the paintings among them." The A country's parliament suddenly changed its mind a few days later, after discussing something.
“We also agree that the sacred objects should be enshrined in Vatican City, but we need some of them to be artworks by artists from our country,” Country Y retorted.
Afterwards, established European powers such as Country F, as if they had already agreed, abandoned their attempts to seize the sacred artifacts. Instead, they selected and distributed the museum's treasures and began to put pressure on the Eastern Kingdom.
"Good afternoon, fellow journalists." After several days of online buzz, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Dongguo finally held its first press conference.
"All the treasures in Western history museums came from donations by patriotic people in our country, so we will not return them. If we insist on their return, we hope that certain countries can return our cultural relics."
The press conference was short, and the spokesperson's remarks were brief, but they made the people of Dongguo understand the country's intentions.
"My god, that's awesome!" — Netizen Giant Dragon Fire.
"Mom, remember to trade one for ten. If you don't, we absolutely won't give it to you." — Netizen "It's Hard to Distinguish Between Goods and Bad Goods"
"One for ten is too little, exchange for a hundred!" — Netizen Garden Baby.
"Change boats!" — Netizen "Piggy's Pig".
"I won't trade anything that isn't a top-tier national treasure!" — Netizen "Meow Meow".
Although many netizens expressed their opinions online with a sense of amusement and agreement, they ultimately showed a level of trust in the country, believing that the government always does things that benefit everyone.
But there are always a few people whose remarks are disgusting.
"Doesn't Dongguo teach people to return lost property from a young age? These things didn't come for free; they should be returned to their rightful owners." — Netizen MMJFI
"Exactly, there are sacred relics from the Vatican inside, so they should be returned for free. That would show the magnanimity of a great nation." — Netizen A国A小.
This seemingly clear-headed statement did not garner much support from netizens.
That century of humiliation is etched into the bones of every Dongguo person, and those cultural relics sleeping in foreign lands are a source of pain in the hearts of every Dongguo person.
Countless students shed tears in the museum of Country Y.
Countless online novelists have brought cultural relics home in their fantasy worlds.
Now that such an opportunity has finally appeared in reality, how could they not support it? How could it be impossible for them to support it?
Therefore, those seemingly sober speakers were so striking and glaring that everyone who saw them couldn't help but clench their fists, wanting to punch them.
"It looks like it's worth 500,000 no matter how you look at it." — Netizen Giant Dragon Fire.
"Hey buddy, check out this website for reporting." — Netizen Piggy's Pig.
An online campaign to capture 500,000 people quietly began online and grew increasingly lively, like a spark that could start a prairie fire. That small idea would eventually ignite a grand online event.
Ultimately, this campaign of suppression, which originated from the beliefs of the people of Dongguo, spread from within the country to abroad, and from Dongguo people to foreigners.
"So, our ancestors did such things..." — A netizen from Country Y.
“Those artifacts are so beautiful… They’re definitely things that only the East could have.” — A netizen from Country A.
"Give it back to them, and then bring our treasures back." — A netizen from Country F.
"Country Y's museum has as many historical artifacts as its own national recipes." — A netizen from Country A.
"Return everything, return everything. What's the point of leaving it here? Are you going to set it on fire again?" — A netizen from Country Y.
Originally, politicians from various countries thought that by uniting their governments and using public opinion to force East Korea to hand over its artifacts, they never expected that East Korean netizens would turn their backyard upside down, forcing people from various countries to start large-scale demonstrations in support of exchanging cultural relics for cultural relics.
"These idiots!" A government official from Country Y was so angry, watching the various protest scenes, that his wig almost fell off.
"Thanks to your country's parade culture, your people have found another reason to rest," an official from country A mocked.
"Daddy's Country, we also have parades," an official from Country X whispered cautiously beside an official from Country A.
The official from country A glared at him and then ignored him.
Officials from Country X and Country P exchanged glances and lowered their heads slightly, not daring to say anything.
The small southeastern countries that usually followed Country A also quietly moved a few steps away, not daring to say a word.
After all, the Eastern Kingdom had been their suzerain state for thousands of years. Their history and culture came from the Eastern Kingdom, and most of the historical artifacts they treasured were bestowed by their former suzerain state. They really had nothing to say about this dispute over artifacts, since the suzerain state had indeed existed since ancient times.
The event lasted for a month or so, and the countries finally agreed to exchange their treasures for one hundred.
However, they do not support the East Kingdom's choice of its own, insisting on random selection, which has led to continuous protests from the East Kingdom.
However, given the choice between one for a hundred random options and one for ten free options, Dongguo decided to choose random options after consideration.
There are simply too many cultural relics from the East Kingdom that are abroad. They can only try their best to bring them back, since opportunities like this may not come around often.
“I understand, but there’s no need to worry. I think I can go to several more worlds. There will always be technologies that we don’t need. We can then use them to exchange for resources and cultural relics,” Sang Zhitao said with a smile after listening to her sister’s explanation.
Sang Lezhi thought about it and felt that what he said made sense, so she couldn't help but laugh and say, "I wonder what your next world will be like."
"I don't know, but I've basically gone through all the melodramatic ones. The later ones are more serious." As Sang Zhitao spoke, she lost some confidence.
"It's alright, we'll deal with whatever comes our way." Sang Lezhi touched her hair and suddenly said with a smile, "Those countries we just mentioned agreed to exchange cultural relics, but because they each have different numbers of Eastern cultural relics, the previously agreed distribution plan no longer applies, and they've been arguing about it for the past few days."
“Let those big shots figure it out. Anyway, I don’t know anything about cultural relics.” As she spoke, Sang Zhitao’s eyes darted around. “Speaking of which, I’ve written a few historical novels. I wonder if I’ll be able to travel through time. If I do, I’ll bring some cultural relics back with me.”
"You can wear whatever you want in the world, just be careful and stay safe." Sang Lezhi smiled and patted her.
"That would be ideal, especially if it were a high-tech event. Our space team has been so bored lately," Lin Jing couldn't help but interject.
"It's not impossible, but I don't write much science fiction, so I don't know if I'll have a chance," Sang Zhitao replied, raising an eyebrow.
The three chatted in the courtyard, while people coming and going from the rooms next door couldn't help but smile with satisfaction as they watched Sang Zhitao sitting cross-legged in the courtyard, chatting with her sisters.
Sang Zhitao stayed at the base for about a month before Sheng An from the original book research group came to her with new documents.
"This is our current understanding of the world. Take a look." He handed Sang Zhitao two booklets.
Sang Zhitao was somewhat surprised: "Only two books?"
Sheng An nodded: "Initially, we thought you traveled through time according to the time of your creation, then we thought it was according to the order of your completion, but after this period of research, we think it is more likely due to the worldview."
"Worldview?" Sang Zhitao looked surprised.
“Yes, whether it’s your initial Elf World or your recent Gem World, both have unique and interesting background settings compared to your other works from the same period. We carefully selected them and found that you have ten works with such world settings, and all four worlds you have traveled through so far are among them,” Sheng An continued.
"I see..."
"However, the order of these ten chapters seems to be based on the time of their composition, but we haven't finalized it yet. So, we'll give you two worlds for now. Once you've traveled through them and we know which world you're in, we'll have a better idea of what to expect," Sheng An continued.
“Okay, no problem, thank you for your help, Team Leader Sheng,” Sang Zhitao replied with a smile.
Sheng An gave a few more brief instructions before leaving.
After she left, Sang Zhitao opened the documents and looked at the two books.
A book titled "Angels in Bubbles" tells the story of a bubble world where everyone is born with a bubble and lives inside it from infancy to death.
This story is about a girl named An, whose bubble is a very rare pink bubble. As a result, she has always been ostracized by others. However, she is kind-hearted and continues to help others. Eventually, she overcomes the discrimination against colored bubbles and becomes a very skilled bubble doctor, known as the angel of bubbles.
The second book is called "Flower in the Microscopic World". Like "Gemstone World", it is a story geared towards children. It tells the story of a flower living in a rose in a microscopic world who longs to move into the legendary lotus castle on the water. The story follows the flower as it works hard to collect materials and earn money with its friends.
"Hiss... Both of these stories are heartwarming." Sang Zhitao raised her eyebrows and couldn't help but sigh, finally she didn't have to take any more risks.
From escaping the fairy world to being hunted in the robot world, to adventuring in the pirate world, and then defeating the villain in the gem world, she has hardly had a peaceful journey through any of these worlds.
And now she can finally enjoy a peaceful and heartwarming slice-of-life story.
Thinking of this, Sang Zhitao couldn't help but chuckle to herself 罒ω罒, finally she could win without lifting a finger.
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