Economic Globalization
Time passes, and it is a new year again.
Every household is decorated with lights again, and the color red fills the entire planet.
But this New Year is a little different from usual.
The passage between Parnaki and Earth is officially open to both worlds. The procedure is the same as going abroad. You only need to apply for a visa and you can enter Parnaki through the entry point in the East China Sea and take a special ship.
Ran Guoping and Zhou Meilan completed the formalities early, and waited at the main entrance of the Parnaki entry point with all the tourists who came here because of the fame and curiosity about the other world, waiting for the moment the door would open.
At eight o'clock in the morning, customs officers wearing white shirts and black trousers opened the gate of the entry point.
The entry point is designed to look like a high-speed rail station. Tourists line up and enter the gate in order. After completing security checks, they can wait for their own ship in the waiting hall.
In order to prevent people from getting bored, the hall is also equipped with a variety of shops, which basically sell specialties from all over the world. Although for Earthlings, these specialty shops do not have much purchasing desire, but for those Parnaki people who come to Earth for tourism, this is a good place for them to buy specialties to take home before leaving.
Ran Guoping and Zhou Meilan waited in the lobby for about ten minutes, and the first ship arrived as scheduled.
As an entry point built in China, Chinese people can enter by swiping their ID cards or QR codes as usual. It is a little more troublesome for overseas tourists, who must take out their tickets from the ticket machine in advance.
After passing the ticket gate, under the guidance of the attendant, the huge ship docked at the pier appeared in everyone's sight.
In order to facilitate the transportation of passengers, the ship is not designed too complicated, and everything is mainly for passenger transportation. The ship has seven floors in total. From the bottom to the top, the 1st to 4th floors are second-class cabins, the 5th to 6th floors are first-class cabins, and the 7th floor is the first-class cabin.
Each cabin is made up of several private rooms. The design is more like an old steam train than an ordinary ferry or high-speed train. Each private room can seat six people, but the chairs are not benches, but individual small sofas. There is a spacious table in the middle of the room, and the top is also equipped with corresponding shelves. The storage space is huge, and you will not feel crowded when sitting in it.
The side against the wall has closed windows like the high-speed rail. Just sitting here and enjoying the beautiful ocean view is worth the ticket price.
And these are just the second-class cabins, which are the most numerous and cheapest on the ship.
The layout of the cabins is like several trains spliced together side by side. If you don't enter the cabin, just looking at the appearance, it looks like a hotel corridor. Normally, except for the cabins on the far left and right against the wall, all the cabins in the middle cannot directly see the scenery outside the window.
But some curious people walked around and were surprised to find that no matter which "corridor" or box, there was a huge window with a sea view.
According to the crew, this is because the ship was designed using space folding technology, so that every guest on board can enjoy the beautiful sea view while being as comfortable as possible.
Although magic has appeared on Earth a long time ago, space magic is one of the most difficult of all magics. Until now, not many people on Earth have witnessed the existence of space magic with their own eyes.
The overall design of the ship alone is enough to make everyone on board excited.
Ran Guoping and Zhou Meilan's box was located at the top first-class cabin - although the price here was the most expensive, due to the limited number of seats, it was the first to sell out of all the tickets.
The boat tickets in Ran Guoping and Zhou Meilan's hands were not purchased by themselves, but were gifts from Zhou Ruo.
"After the two worlds are connected, you can take a boat to the new city, where there are surprises waiting for you."
They still remembered the smile on Zhou Ruo's face when she said this to them.
What surprises are there that can only be found in Parnaqui?
——Their daughter who traveled to another world.
From that day on, the couple looked forward to the two worlds opening up soon. Although he could see his daughter's every move in his dream, he could not talk to her or interact with her, which was a pity.
Every time they saw their daughter injured in an adventure, they felt distressed and helpless. But they and their daughter were in two different worlds, and being able to see her was already a special joy, and they really couldn't ask for more.
But I didn't expect that the different world my daughter traveled to was so close to home.
...
Although they didn't know whether their daughter still remembered them, the two of them still prepared two large bags of snacks for her according to her taste. Among them were the "junk snacks" that Ran Luo always wanted to eat in the past but was unable to taste due to illness.
Compared with the first-class passengers who were dressed exquisitely and gorgeously, Ran Guoping and Zhou Meilan, who were carrying large and small bags, seemed a little out of place.
A couple of about the same age were sitting in the next carriage. Seeing how busy and happy they were, he couldn't help but come over and talk to them out of curiosity: "Are you traveling to Parnaki? Or...?"
Ran Guoping and Zhou Meilan were already full of joy, and when they heard the other couple's question, their smiles deepened: "Let's go to Parnaki to see our daughter."
"Oh, what a coincidence." The couple sitting next to me said in surprise, "We are here to see our daughter, too. She is studying abroad in Kyrenia, a country full of mermaids and sirens, where the emperor is a celebrity."
——Now the exchange student system between Parnaqui and Earth has been perfected, and every university has quotas for students to study abroad in Parnaqui. The schools for studying abroad are not limited to the Holy Roman Empire, and almost every country has schools open to studying abroad.
Zhou Meilan nodded: "We have heard of it."
"Where does your daughter go to school?" the couple sitting next to me asked curiously.
The smiles in Ran Guoping and Zhou Meilan's eyes deepened: "It's not studying abroad, our daughter is an adventurer in Parnaki~"
"Oh, your daughter is really brave." The couple sitting next to us said in surprise, "Our daughter told us before that she wanted to join an adventurer team as a priest, but we scolded her for a long time - you are so confident?"
"How can I not worry?" Ran Guoping and Zhou Meilan looked at each other tenderly: "But she likes it...as long as she is happy, that's enough."
"So what kind of job is an adventurer?" As they had a common topic, the couple sitting next to them didn't want to leave for the moment, their minds full of questions and curiosity.
It just so happened that Ran Guoping and Zhou Meilan also wanted to share their daughter's story with them, and by chance the two families sat in the same box and shared each other's children's stories.
The ship blew a distant whistle and finally sailed towards the depths of the ocean. About an hour and a half later, a undulating mountain range suddenly appeared at the junction of the sea and the sky.
Soon, the endless coastline appeared in the sight of all travelers.
——Unknowingly, they really crossed the intersection of the two worlds and entered Parnaki.
Not far away, a ship of the same shape was coming from the direction of the other world. The two ships approached each other tacitly, as if completing some kind of ritual.
Through the window, the tourists from Panaki also looked curiously at the tourists from Earth. People raised their hands spontaneously, expressing their friendliness and welcome to each other with the simplest body movements.
...
The ship's destination was the new city in the Principality of Afra.
After stopping at a specific port, what comes into view is a huge building that looks like an airport.
This is currently the only connection point between the two worlds and is also a transportation hub for Earth travelers to other cities in Panaki.
After completing the inspection and passing through customs, if passengers want to enter the new city, they can leave directly through the fast exit. If they want to go to other countries such as the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of Kyrenia, they need to buy magic crystals to the corresponding country at the ticket office in the hall, and then they can jump directly to the country through the teleportation crystal.
——For now, we can only use the new city as a channel to jump to other countries. When the communication between the two worlds is strengthened and the infrastructure of Parnaki keeps up with the pace of the earth, perhaps airplanes, high-speed trains and other means of transportation will also appear between the two worlds.
The people Zhou Ruo had arranged had been waiting for Ran Guoping and Zhou Meilan at the passageway. When they saw them coming, they waved at them from a distance: "Are you Mr. Ran Guoping and Ms. Zhou Meilan?"
"It's us." The two were a little embarrassed, but their expectations for their daughter overwhelmed everything: "Excuse me, where is our daughter?"
"Don't worry, Her Highness the Saint asked me to take you there." The young man who was in charge of welcoming the two smiled and said, "This way, please."
Ran Guoping and Zhou Meilan's uneasy hearts finally settled down.
It turns out that all this was not just their fantasy - they are really going to see their long-lost daughter!
...
Caroline rested her chin on her right hand. The ice cream in the cup had melted almost completely, but she had no appetite to eat it.
"Caroline, what happened to you today?" Irina stretched out her hand and waved it vigorously in front of Caroline's eyes. As the elf archer of the adventure team, she has always had the best relationship with Caroline: "You are the one who said you wanted to eat at this restaurant, and you are also the one who didn't want to eat anything after you came here."
Cedric, a soldier in the team, was holding a glass of orange juice and drinking it happily. The sweet and sour taste suited his taste very well. Hearing Irina's complaints, he temporarily put down the glass and continued Irina's words: "I must add that Caroline is not like this today - she has been like this since last month. But Caroline, the store you recommended tastes really good. How do you know that the food in this store is delicious?"
At this moment, the store they were in was already bustling with people. All they could see was red and white, and a snowman-shaped sign was placed at the order counter, singing a happy song.
"You love me, I love you~"
If you move your eyes to the sign, you will see "Mixue X City" written in the common language of Parnaki.
"I just feel that this place looks very familiar. I feel like I've been here before." Caroline finally came back to her senses, stirred her cup, and murmured, "And this song sounds familiar too, but I just can't remember where I've heard it before."
"You've been saying this since we entered the new city." Irina said, "As we walked along, you said everything you saw looked familiar."
She put down the iced lemonade in her hand and said seriously, "If you feel uncomfortable, you must tell us. Or let Joshua show you - where did that guy and Bansi go again?"
Joshua is the team's priest, and Bansi is the dwarf shield guard t in the team.
"They said they didn't like crowded places, so they went out for a walk."
"...I'll go find them. You guys wait here for a while."
For some reason, waves of strong anxiety kept rising from her heart, making her feel uneasy.
Without waiting for her companions to reply, Caroline stood up and walked out of the store.
The unicorn stepped on the solid asphalt road, making a rhythmic tapping sound. The bell hanging on its neck jingled, and the crisp sound of the bell was long and distant. In an instant, it was as if a lightning bolt split Caroline's sealed memory. She seemed to feel something and suddenly looked towards the source of the sound - a group of middle-aged couples sitting in the unicorn carriage, staring in her direction, with tears in their eyes.
Before I could sort out the memories piling up in my mind, I blurted out a call: "Dad, Mom?!"
"Luoluo!"
Ran Guoping and Zhou Meilan could no longer suppress their inner excitement. They rushed down from the carriage and the whole family hugged each other, crying and laughing.
Caroline, or rather Ran Luo, hugged her family whom she hadn't seen for a long time tightly, her voice choked with sobs and a hint of laughter: "I'm wearing this different world, it's too close to home!"
"What's wrong with being close to home?" Zhou Meilan wiped away the tears on her daughter's face lovingly: "If you want to venture out, go ahead and venture out. When you're tired, we can go home and mom and dad will make delicious food for you."
"Yeah!" Ran Luo nodded vigorously, and suddenly remembered something, and said quickly: "By the way, Mom and Dad, I haven't introduced my teammates to you yet - you don't know, I fulfilled my dream in another world and became an adventurer!"
The couple, who witnessed their daughter's "adventure" throughout, smiled and nodded, pretending to know nothing about it and cooperating with their daughter's excitement.
The transparent curtain was opened again. Before the two teammates could react to Caroline's sudden departure, they saw the departing teammate suddenly return to the store with red eyes, but with an unsmiling look. Behind her were two middle-aged couples whose clothes were completely different from Parnaki's, as if they were from another world "Earth", and whose facial features were very similar to Caroline's.
"Let me introduce you, these two are my parents."
Compared to the dream, Cedric, a warrior, and Irina, an elf archer, seemed to be slightly different. But the couple didn't care about these small differences. They held their daughter's hands tightly, straightened their chests involuntarily, and said with half pride and half arrogance: "Hello, I am Luo Luo's parents."
Two teammates: “???”
You said he was an orphan? How come he found a parent right after he got out?
...
The separated family was reunited across time and space. On the neighboring street, Old Charlie happily walked into a residential area carrying two bags of vegetables.
After the new city was built, the eldest son Charlie, who had a housing quota, settled down here and lived with his two younger sisters. Old Charlie and his wife were reluctant to leave the farmland in the village. Although they still live in the village, their house has been expanded and is clean and bright. Although there are not as many infrastructures as in the new city, it is more comfortable to live here than in the apartment buildings in the city.
The reason why Old Charlie appeared here today was to celebrate the festival brought to the new city by the people from the other world - the Spring Festival.
The Chinese said that this was a festival of family reunion, so Old Charlie got up early and went to the new city with his wife to spend the holiday with his sons and daughters.
I took the box called "elevator" to the tenth floor, opened the door, and joyful music continued to sound from inside the house.
The bright and spacious house had a decoration style that was completely different from that of Parnaki. The newly purchased TV was broadcasting programs from Earth. The exquisitely dressed men and women were singing and dancing, which was dazzling to watch.
"Dad, Mom, you're finally back!" The eldest daughter quickly took the basket from her parents, her face full of smiles: "We've been waiting for these dishes. Xiao Xu said that he would make a big meal for us today!"
The young man with a buzz cut touched his head and smiled innocently: "It's just some home-cooked dishes. I don't know if they suit your taste."
The man named "Xiao Xu" came from another world and fell in love with his eldest daughter at first sight. Now they are almost at the stage of discussing marriage. After spending the New Year with them in Parnaki today, tomorrow their family of five will follow Xiao Xu to his hometown in another world.
Although there are cultural and linguistic differences between the two worlds, the young couple believes that true love can move everything.
...
As the lights came on, Charlie's family welcomed their first New Year. Sweet and sour spare ribs, braised fish, Kung Pao chicken... the table was filled with exquisite dishes that made people salivate.
One year is not enough to correct the poor agriculture and animal husbandry in Parnaqui. Food shortage is still a problem that plagues the entire Parnaqui. But this time, they have the entire earth behind them.
Food and meat from Earth are entering Parnaki in large quantities. Vegetable farmers and breeders on Earth no longer have to worry about overproduction and have to lower prices to sell at a loss. No matter how much they produce, Parnaki can always meet the demand. The stable purchase makes vegetable farmers and breeders on Earth smile. The cheap and delicious food, vegetables and meat from Earth make ordinary people in Parnaki smile.
A family of six sat around the reunion table, and the music from the Spring Festival Gala floated in from the living room, adding a bit of festive atmosphere to the home.
Old Charlie looked at the table full of sumptuous dishes, his eyes widened with smiles. In the past, how could he have dared to dream of such a life? Drinking oatmeal porridge to one's heart's content was already a luxury, not to mention the rich fish and meat.
As the cups flowed, Old Charlie vaguely saw himself a year ago. At that time, his family lived in a dilapidated house and lived from hand to mouth.
Today, the miserable life has long gone, and the family that was supposed to be displaced has welcomed new family members.
On the other side of the city, Ran Luo sat together with his parents and teammates, also celebrating the arrival of the New Year.
Accompanied by roars, brilliant fireworks exploded in the night sky.
People raised their cups and condensed thousands of blessings into a short sentence.
"Happy New Year!"
Regrets disappear into the corner of history, only happiness lasts forever.
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