On the surface, this world was not particularly different from the world Fang Zheng had once lived in. After all, it was a civilization capable of building warships and venturing into space; no matter how bad it was, it could not be that bad.
At least, that was how it appeared on the surface.
But for the Son of Heaven, this was a world brimming with novelty.
"Is this a traffic light? That should be a park over there, right? How wonderful..."
She was like a little bird released from its cage, circling Fang Zheng while widening her eyes curiously at everything around her.
"You haven't seen any of this before?"
Fang Zheng was rather surprised by the Son of Heaven's behavior. If this had been ancient times, an emperor living in the imperial city might indeed have known nothing about the outside world. But this was the information age. Spaceships had gone into the sky already—could someone truly still know nothing of the world beyond?
"Of course I've seen these things on television..."
Hearing Fang Zheng's question, the Son of Heaven smiled at him somewhat bashfully.
"But this is the first time I've seen them in person..."
As she spoke, the Son of Heaven reached out and gently touched the pedestrian traffic light before her.
"The eunuchs wouldn't let me go out. They said it was dangerous outside, and that as the Son of Heaven, I had to remain in the imperial city to put the people at ease..."
"It is dangerous outside, but not dangerous to that extent."
Hearing the Son of Heaven's answer, Fang Zheng gave a cold snort.
"Unless they were worried you might see something. Otherwise... forget it. Let's not talk about such boring things now. Let's go look around."
"What are we mainly going