Wang Ping and Yulian's travels were not confined to any single Ecological Zone. Over the following years, like ordinary travelers, they moved between the various newly built Ecological Zones near Central Continent Star's orbit and in even more distant starfields.
These Ecological Zones came in vastly different styles. Some still retained the rich character of classical Daoist courts, with pavilions and towers interwoven with floating rune-carved eaves; others brimmed with a futuristic feel, their architectural lines sleek and sharp; still others had been built around enormous meteorites.
No matter how their forms changed, the deep integration of cultivators and mortals living together was the shared trend. The conveniences brought by rune technology were everywhere, from the temperature-regulating, dust-cleansing formations in every household, to public transportation networks spanning Ecological Zones, to communication networks covering most areas. All of it quietly changed the way billions of living beings lived.
Behind this scene of prosperity, news from the warfront also returned through every sort of channel.
At the ports of some large Ecological Zones, transport ships constantly took off and landed, delivering war supplies produced in the rear to the front lines in an endless stream. Flying vessels carrying wounded soldiers occasionally returned as well, while the specially established medical halls within the Ecological Zones remained endlessly busy.
The traces of war had not drifted far from this seemingly peaceful starry sky. Rather, like an invisible bond, they tightly linked the rear and the front lines. The prosperity of the rear provided solid support for the front, while the war at the front in turn spurred the continuous development of rune technology and cultivation systems in the rear.
On this day, Wang Ping and Yulian were strolling through an Ecological Zone centered on agriculture. Beneath its enormous transparent dome lay Spirit Fields, where