Element Discovery

Since ancient times, humanity had always yearned for the sky. Countless pioneers had even paid for it with their lives. Yet it was only in modern times that this dream had truly been realized, changing the perceived size of the Earth in people's minds.

Big and small were subjective descriptions rather than objective standards. The Earth's measurements had not changed much, yet it truly had become much smaller.

Since the Earth had become smaller, countries had naturally become smaller too. Many people were still unaccustomed to living on a small Earth in small countries, and that feeling sometimes affected many of their everyday choices.

In the past, traveling somewhere by horse could take a month, making it feel far away. Now, high-speed rail or planes could get you there in no time, so it felt close. That was how the world had been shrunk.

Liu Chang'an stood on Zhu Juntang's back, feeling slightly sentimental as he pondered humanity, nature, and the Earth.

After flying for a while, Zhu Juntang was reluctantly forced to land. But rather than circling over the summit of Mount Lu and gradually descending as she had imagined, Liu Chang'an grabbed her and jumped straight down from the air. It felt a little like an elevator suddenly accelerating into a plunge, making her heart pound in panic.

"Grandpa, can we keep flying like this and fly all the way to the moon?" Zhu Juntang asked excitedly.

"Are you three?" If flying like that could get them to the moon, Liu Chang'an would have traveled back and forth between Earth and the moon countless times already, bringing back moon rocks every trip. By now, he might have filled the Pacific Ocean with them.

Nor did he think Zhu Juntang lacked such basic common sense. She was simply too