Although the relationship between the Federation and the Empire had eased considerably due to Lu Wanqing's involvement, the two nations remained distinct in reality. Tianxing, too, was a human power independent of both the Federation and the Empire.
Of course, even though Earth had been divided into regions, the relationships among the Federation, the Empire, and Tianxing remained very stable. To help Earth recover its health sooner, Tianxing was willing to provide the Federation and the Empire with the formula for artificially prepared purified water free of charge.
With all these arrangements made, the final step was how to save Earth.
The general public also expressed great enthusiasm for this matter, with everyone eagerly anticipating the gradual purification of Earth and its return to its former blue planet appearance.
Therefore, after combining public opinion with their discussions, all the high-level officials unanimously decided to broadcast the entire process of Earth's purification live.
The moment this news was announced, it sparked a celebratory wave across the entire interstellar community. Billions of people were excited, all eager to witness Earth's purification.
With the overall direction set, the focus shifted to the specific implementation of the Earth purification plan. However, these matters no longer concerned Lu Wanqing. The Empire, the Federation, and even Tianxing had their own official organizations. They quickly arranged for numerous people and robots to broadcast the purification process of Earth under the constant gaze of live cameras.
Saving Earth involved more than just purified water. On its surface, and even in some deeper strata, there was still a large amount of unaddressed human waste and other pollutants left by humans over three thousand years ago. These required detection by machines or manual searching to excavate and remove them from Earth's soil as much as possible.
In the beginning, Lu Wanqing watched the live broadcast every day. When she saw the robots clearing away human waste from three thousand years ago, she couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness. Much of it was once common daily life items for humans, but who would have thought they would ultimately become the culprits that harmed Earth? Fortunately, everything could now be saved.
Lu Wanqing observed for a period and found that everyone was doing an excellent job. Under the unified efforts of all, Earth began to show signs of recovery, which lifted her spirits.
Unconsciously, another winter passed, and the children's schools went on winter break.
It's worth mentioning that during this winter, Cui Cui's plant ability had significantly improved under Lu Yang's intentional training.
When Cui Cui was on Earth, she could only catalyze seeds into small sprouts. Now, if Lu Yang gave her a packet of seeds, Cui Cui could catalyze them into plants as tall as a person within minutes.
Of course, plants catalyzed with such accelerated speed also had issues.
Lu Wanqing had once tried to have Cui Cui catalyze fruits and vegetables, hoping to quickly achieve self-sufficiency in ingredients. However, she discovered that the stronger the catalysis speed, the worse the taste of the resulting fruits.
Fruits from plants catalyzed in mere minutes were utterly inedible, with a single bite capable of making one question life.
Even so, Shushu looked at Cui Cui with sparkling eyes. While she couldn't catalyze edible plants, she could still catalyze ornamental ones!
Over the past few months, Shushu and Cui Cui often played together, and their relationship had unknowingly become very good. They frequently communicated via comms and played on the Star Net.
Now that the children had grown up, Lu Wanqing no longer watched them constantly as she did when they were younger. She gave them more freedom to pursue their own interests.
Meanwhile, Lu Wanqing also freed up more time for herself to do things she enjoyed, such as dating her third brother.
Another such activity was being roped in by her second brother to secretly pursue a career and make money, all while hiding their identities.
Given Lu Wanqing's current status and position, she was not short of money. Even if she were, her third brother would provide her with more than enough to spend for a lifetime, ensuring a worry-free future.
However, while she had money, it didn't mean her second brother did. Her second brother was unwilling to accept the money from her third brother, nor did he want to spend too much of hers. He wanted to earn money through his own efforts.
But due to the special identities of Lu Wanqing and Lu Yang, her second brother was very concerned. He worried that if he didn't perform well, he would bring shame upon her and Lu Yang, and thus adamantly refused to pursue a career using his real identity.
Lu Wanqing and Lu Yang couldn't dissuade their second brother, so they ultimately acquiesced to his wish. They disguised him and then registered him with a fabricated identity, obtaining a legitimate identification card as an ordinary citizen of the Empire.
When Lu Ze decided to create a separate persona, Lu Wanqing found it amusing. She, too, asked her third brother to create a persona for her. Like her second brother, she discreetly altered her appearance, disguised herself as an ordinary person, registered with the Empire, and obtained an ID card.
This way, they were both very ordinary individuals in the Empire. When they went out, they wouldn't have to worry about their identities being discovered and potentially disgracing their main personas.
"Ahhh, disaster! Qingqing, hurry over, I need urgent help!" In the morning, just as Lu Wanqing had sent Harvey and Cui Cui to school, her optical brain vibrated. Upon opening it, she found a message from her second brother.
Lu Wanqing quickly replied: "What is it?"
Lu Ze: "A monumental matter, come over quickly!!!"
Lu Wanqing smiled and immediately replied: "Okay."
After replying, Lu Wanqing looked up at her third brother.
Lu Yang smiled and said, "It's second brother again?"
Lu Wanqing nodded: "Mm-hmm."
"Second brother said there's something big and wants me to go over," Lu Wanqing relayed.
"Alright," Lu Yang agreed.
As the Emperor of the Empire, her third brother had many state affairs to attend to. He used a disguised ordinary hovercar to take the disguised Lu Wanqing to Lu Ze's restaurant before commanding the hovercar to turn back and leave.
Lu Wanqing, however, plunged straight into her second brother's restaurant.
"Second brother, what's wrong?" Lu Wanqing asked anxiously as she entered and saw him.
Lu Ze grabbed Lu Wanqing's hand and rushed towards the kitchen: "Qingqing, come help me quickly! Damn it, that bastard Wang Zi'an is actually hiring internet trolls to question whether my ancient Earth cuisine is fake! I think his brain is malfunctioning!"
Wang Zi'an was a very famous ancient Earth cuisine streamer in the Empire. He started broadcasting shortly after Lu Wanqing began live-streaming various ancient Earth delicacies on the Star Net.
To be precise, he was one of the first wave of streamers on the interstellar network who followed Lu Wanqing's lead in broadcasting ancient Earth culture after she gained popularity online.
It had to be said that Wang Zi'an possessed some talent and had put in the effort to study ancient Earth cuisine. Many of the dishes he made even earned Lu Wanqing's admiration.
Over the years, Wang Zi'an had accumulated 30 billion followers on the Star Net, earning tens of millions daily and being beloved by many.