Chapter 72
In a certain country, the president faced the previous CIA director and realized that the intelligence they had spent so much manpower to obtain had now become a joke.
Who could have imagined that a 23-year-old girl, an internet celebrity, could actually be the secret of the Chinese base? But even if they knew, what would it matter? They didn't even dare to confirm the authenticity of the news.
"Maybe these are all fake. They..."
"Then what is real? Tell me! Ah! I tell you, these weapons are real, F**K." The president felt that he was having difficulty breathing and there was a pain in the back of his head. If he had known this would happen, he would not have participated in this election. How could the country lose its hegemonic position during his term of office?
Why did a time traveler suddenly appear in that country? Why?! Shouldn't such good things belong to their country? Isn't their country the center of the planet? How could such a good thing happen to them?
But now he could only rage helplessly.
...
China's spokesperson finally held an international press conference. The theme was China's foreign policy.
He said that China has always adhered to its foreign policy of maintaining world peace and promoting common development.
Even now, this policy is maintained. Listening to the speech that seemed to say something, yet also seemed to say nothing, reporters from various countries in the audience raised their hands.
"For a time traveler from your country, Li, she should be a treasure belonging to the whole world. Your country shouldn't..."
"First, I have to interrupt. Li Hao is a citizen with the right to freedom, personal rights, and dignity. She does not belong to any organization or group," the spokesperson said, interrupting the reporter who raised her hand. "Doesn't your country always advocate freedom? Please respect our citizens as well."
"but..."
These guys came here to force China to hand over Li Hao, ideally so they could also enjoy the things of other worlds. Their shamelessness was so shameless that they were just short of saying, "I want yours, but what's mine is still mine."
"Whether to make public what Li Hao obtained is Li Hao's personal decision. We have no right to interfere with his decision."
Throughout the press conference, the spokesperson engaged in a fierce debate with the crowd. With military strength and support, he had nothing to worry about. A weak nation has no diplomacy, and a strong nation has no friends.
China is still adhering to the spirit of the nation and prioritizing peace. However, certain countries should not think of interfering with their policies.
Since yesterday, everyone's fallen in love with watching the news. Many people especially enjoy watching videos of foreigners breaking down their defenses. It feels like taking a sip of iced watermelon on a summer day—refreshing and sweet. Especially those neighboring countries—they're going crazy.
The funniest thing is that a certain country claimed that Li Hao was from their country, and even brought out some fabricated history to prove that Li Hao was from their country. Before Chinese netizens could teach them a lesson, other countries had already taken action to crack down on the fakery.
Some people who want to obtain Chinese citizenship have also released various strategies. Although it is difficult to obtain Chinese citizenship, they can first join their province and believe that they will be able to obtain an ID card soon.
For people in China, the biggest news after the news broadcast is that Li Shen’s live broadcast room will be open to the public for everyone to watch.
The government has released the latest news. They can watch some of the live broadcast content, such as the beautiful scenery of the interstellar space, and then the live broadcast will be unblocked and all Chinese people can watch it.
Because of the special nature of the live broadcast room, they were actually re-broadcasting the room originally used by Li Hao. After all, when the live broadcast really started, the barrage of comments would be too annoying for Li Hao to death. They would pick out useful information from it and give it to Li Hao.
After the previous incident, the base's scientists created a number of custom props. For example, the video glasses—the color-contact version. These were created by combining the latest technology acquired from interstellar spacecraft and modifying a single prop.
Not only did they connect the live broadcast room, but they also retained the interstellar world's scanning and information display of the human body. However, they made some modifications to the program inside, and what Li Hao saw would be Chinese content. However, the live broadcast would be for a while, so these netizens would not be able to see it.
Li Hao had just returned from her trip to the Magic World and the Star World, and she had been given a full twenty days of vacation.
Since they were planning to make the news public, Minister Luo brought her parents to the base. Fortunately, both of them were retired and had nothing else to do on weekdays.
The base has now formed districts with dedicated dormitory areas. Previously, due to confidentiality and other measures, the base's laboratories, office areas and dormitories were all together.
The dormitories now have bright, comfortable buildings. Li Hao was assigned a two-bedroom, one-living-room apartment, which felt very much like home. Perhaps this is what it means to be home wherever your parents are.
"This is my bank card. Let me tell you, there are hundreds of millions of dollars in it. Mom and Dad, you can buy whatever you want." Li Hao took out the card and handed it to his parents.
"Where did you get this money?" Mom didn't take it, but asked.
"I have shares in the research at Base T. I get dividends when many companies create projects." Li Hao explained quickly.
"Oh, how could you take the country's money? Return it back immediately." Her father said quickly.
Although she was not happy with her daughter's adventure and was worried about her, she believed that being able to help the country and contribute to it was what they, as children of the motherland, should do. Compared with Li Hao and his family, her parents' generation had a stronger national spirit.
Li Hao’s mother had been seriously ill before. If it weren’t for the country’s comprehensive medical insurance system, given their family situation at the time, she might not have been able to get through it.
"Alright, this is what our little one deserves." Mom put the card back into Li Hao's hands. "Your dad and mom don't have any requests, we just hope you'll be careful out there. Come on, accompany us to pick out the ingredients."
After the news broadcast, Minister Luo and the secretary entertained them both individually. They first thanked their daughter for her contributions to the country, and then promised to be responsible for Li Hao.
Although they are reluctant to let go, they are willing to believe that the government will take good care of Li Hao.
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If we were to say who is the most shocked person on the entire Internet, those who know Li Hao would definitely be among them.
Li Hao's classmates and relatives never imagined that Li Hao had become a hero with the ability to travel through time. If they had not prepared in advance and moved into the base, their doors would have been broken down and their phones would have been bombarded with calls.
Li Hao was a live streamer before, so naturally he had a lot of fans. But he hasn't been live streaming in the past two years, and his last live stream was abruptly shut down. These fans online are just short-lived, and two years is enough for them to forget about him.
But when the person from the news broadcast came out, coupled with Li Hao's unique name, they immediately recognized that this Li Shen was actually their good sister.
I never thought that my good sister is actually a time traveler.
Many of them watched Li Hao’s live broadcast at that time. After that live broadcast, Li Hao began to disappear. They all thought that Li Hao’s live broadcast was banned due to excessive publicity.
They didn't expect that when they saw the live broadcast, they actually saw Li Hao travel through time.
I was watching the live broadcast at the time. Everyone thought it was just Haojie's amazing acting skills, but who would have thought that we would actually witness history.
What a shame, Li Shen was so immature back then. I can't find the clip of that live stream anymore.
--I remember someone in the livestream said that if it was true, he'd eat shit while standing on his head. It's a shame the livestream was no longer available, otherwise I'd have to find this person.
--Speaking of which, when the live broadcast starts, I wonder if the sign I had in Haojie’s live broadcast room is still there.
On the third day, the official website for watching Li Hao's live broadcast room was announced. Originally, the government was supposed to create a live broadcast platform, but Li Hao felt that she missed her fans very much. Even after so much time, she didn't know if they still remembered her.
However, she knew the small platform she was using couldn't support her current livestreaming. She took out some of the money that had been gathering dust in her bank account and bought the platform directly. Of course, she handed over management to the base. She didn't want to make money, but just wanted to preserve some of the feeling of her old livestreaming experience.
After the official announcement of the livestreaming room's address, the number of followers on Li Hao's account increased by millions per second. If it weren't for her livestreaming room, the base would have been responsible. The server would have crashed long ago.
The number of followers here is not inflated, but the real number of followers for each IP and account.
In just one day, Li Hao's livestream had attracted hundreds of millions of followers. And that was just the first day.
Unfortunately, Li Hao's livestream room wasn't set up to accept gifts. However, you could upgrade your badge by playing for a certain amount of time. This was the special room they'd set up for Li Hao after she returned. Her previous livestream data had been copied over. Of course, her former fans, upon entering, had badges over 30 levels high, along with special titles.
And these fans are proud, because they are the ones who have high-end brands in Li Shen’s live broadcast room.
There was an 18th-tier celebrity who had seen Li Hao's live broadcast room before and also had a brand. He quickly took a screenshot and posted it online, which successfully made this 18th-tier celebrity famous and got him some good notices.
After the news was made public, Li Hao's life became much more convenient. She could accompany her parents while participating in the research projects at the base.
The mental strength of those currently at the base was only at the level of a full-fledged mage. Breaking through wasn't easy. Li Hao was also the one who knew the most about potions.
Li Hao also wanted to help research the methods of infusing some potions and adjust them to the way spiritual power works, and guide the spells of those at the base.
Li Hao didn't really rest for twenty days. She had rested for ten days since she came back. She planned to travel again. This time, she was going to the apocalyptic world again.
On the one hand, it was because they had just been to the Interstellar World and hadn't yet digested the things they brought back. On the other hand, they had agreed with the Doomsday World from the beginning to exchange resources. The things from the Interstellar World were also very useful to the Doomsday World.
Of course Li Hao also wanted to meet Qi Yuanqing.
It has been almost fifty days since she left the doomsday world. For Qi Yuanqing in another world, she has been gone for a year.
That day she told her parents that she was going to another world. After hesitating for a while, she finally confessed to her parents.
"...Mom and Dad, I met someone there, his name is Qi Yuanqing. This is his photo." Li Hao said nervously.
"The boy is good-looking." Dad took the photo and looked at it and said, "But, it will be very hard for you to do this. Otherwise..."
After learning that his daughter was a time traveler, her father carefully investigated the relevant matters. Through the people at the base, he also learned that his daughter had no way of bringing anyone else here. Furthermore, the live broadcast room could only be used to communicate with her in this world.
"My dear. Don't worry, no matter what decision you make, mom will support you." Mom interrupted Dad's speech and gently stroked Li Hao's hair.
As a parent, all we can do now is to offer support. She knew her daughter wouldn't tell her if she didn't really love her.
"I think there should be a way for us to get along forever, but I just don't have any idea yet." Li Hao said affirmatively.
After becoming a third-level mage, she had a vague feeling that her journeys through time were all destined, including the places she traveled to and the things she encountered.
So she won't give up.
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