I handed over to another world

Twenty-fifth year after the portal was opened, the Red Dragon Association decided to hold a grand celebration ceremony this year after much preparation - Chen Lin was already forty-nine years old at this time.

A person's age is not always static. He has served as the president of the Red Dragon Association for a full ten years, which is the normal period for a president of an association. In the collective vote of the association's senior management last year, Chen Lin received a unanimous vote in favor of the extension resolution for the first time.

This means that he will continue to work as the president of the Red Dragon Association for another ten years.

Chen Lin stood in front of a floor-to-ceiling window on a certain floor of the Shanhai City Building, overlooking the busy staff in the square below.

At this moment, they were setting up the stage for tomorrow's celebration ceremony. The colorful flags were swaying gently in the breeze, and the glass reflected his slightly tired face - at the age of 49, he already had fine lines at the corners of his eyes and a few strands of silver at his temples.

Of course, Chen Lin can use equipment or other devices to hide all these things. Even with the association's current technology, he can completely transform himself back to the state he was in when he was twenty-five or twenty-six when he first opened the portal.

But Chen Lin didn't do that.

"President, this is the schedule for tomorrow, please take a look."

The Secretary General is no longer Xiao Zhao at this time. Chen Lin sent him to Shanhai City for training a few years ago, and then transferred him to Origin Star to be responsible for the overall planning work. This means that he wants to keep him for important positions in the future.

Lin Yu, who walked in after knocking on the door, was a government affairs staff member arranged by the association. Chen Lin had nothing to say about this.

Lin Yu placed a holographic document on his desk, while Chen Lin turned around and slid his finger across the document, and the holographic image immediately unfolded. "Have you arranged all the security measures?"

"We have deployed a three-layer defense network. The technological defense system is the latest and most powerful, ensuring that it will be absolutely foolproof."

Lin Yu pushed his glasses and said, "We have especially strengthened monitoring. When the time comes, participants from other associations will be individually reviewed."

Chen Lin nodded and his eyes fell on the voting results at the end of the document - passed unanimously.

In fact, this has never happened in the history of the Red Dragon Association. He recalled the high-level meeting a week ago and the expressions of those faces when they voted in favor.

How much of the support is sincere and how much is forced?
"Lin Yu, why do you think they all voted in favor?"

Chen Lin suddenly asked the new secretary general, "I have been in this position for ten years. Even according to the rules set by the association, I should not continue to sit in this position, but they still voted in favor. It seems that they want me to continue working in this position."

Lin Yu was obviously stunned for a moment, then answered cautiously: "Because you are the most suitable president... In the past 25 years, no one knows the two worlds better than you. Since you took over the position of President Zhang Shouren, the association has been developing steadily until today. Generally speaking, there have been no incidents. This is already very good."

"The Lord of the City, right?"

Chen Lin chuckled and did not continue the topic. If the previous secretary general Xiao Zhao was here, he might be able to chat with him more about this topic. However, seeing that the new secretary general Lin Yu spoke in such a polite manner, Chen Lin really lost the interest to continue chatting with her.

He walked over to the clothes rack and took down the president's uniform embroidered with a red dragon emblem.

The uniform still fit him well, but when he put it on, he felt an indescribable weight for the first time.

"By the way, Professor Zhou sent a message saying that the energy fluctuations of the portal have been a bit abnormal recently." Lin Yu added, "He suggested that you go to the portal in person to see what's going on."

Chen Lin paused for a moment while buttoning his shirt, then turned his head to look at Lin Yu: "What exactly is the abnormality?"

"It's not clear yet. Professor Zhou said more data is needed."

"Let's arrange it for tomorrow night."

Chen Lin straightened his collar and said, "I want to be alone tonight."

After Lin Yu left, Chen Lin walked to the bookshelf and took down a photo album.

Turning to the first page, there was a photo of himself when the portal was just opened twenty-five years ago - the young self was standing in front of the huge portal flashing with blue light, his eyes full of longing and expectation. How could he have imagined at that time that this decision would change his life?
The vibration of his cell phone interrupted his recollection. Chen Lin clicked on it and took a look. It was a message from his daughter Chen Xiao: "Dad, I'll be there tomorrow morning, just in time for your speech!"

Chen Lin's mouth corners lifted unconsciously - his daughter was 24 years old this year, and was promoting the Red Dragon Association's cultural exchange around the world. She had chosen a path that was completely different from his, which made him both pleased and a little disappointed.

He has a son and a daughter. His elder son, Chen Xiao, went into politics, while his younger daughter travels around the world. Of course, she is still a staff member of the association.

Although he was always worried that his daughter might encounter an accident, Chen Lin decided to respect her own choice.

The eldest son Chen Xiao did not awaken any superpowers such as teleportation when he reached a certain age as originally imagined. Even after the boy turned 24, everything remained exactly the same.

Some of the attention that was initially focused on Chen Lin's eldest son soon disappeared, which made Chen Xiao relax a lot. He began to walk slowly up along the route arranged for him by Chen Lin.

If nothing unexpected happens, by the time Chen Lin really retires, his eldest son Chen Xiao should be able to become the provincial-level leader of the Red Dragon Association.

Of course, this depends on his own ability - Chen Lin did not provide much help to his eldest son Chen Xiao in his work, and even some obvious help was strictly prohibited by Chen Lin.

Li Tianyun and Zhang Shouren, who were in office before, both had descendants, and they had not made any special plans for their offspring. Chen Lin also did not want to give people a chance to criticize him on this matter.

Outside the window, the last ray of sunset disappeared below the horizon. Chen Lin took a deep breath and put the photo album back to its place.

The grand celebration of the 25th anniversary will begin tomorrow, and Chen Lin can't help but feel a little excited.

……

The 25th anniversary celebration of the portal's opening was held grandly in the Red Dragon Association's headquarters square. The 50-hectare square was decorated magnificently, surrounded by twelve white marble pillars engraved with ancient runes. Crystal balls emitting soft light were suspended on top of the pillars, illuminating the entire venue like daylight.

Delegations from 187 associations around the world were entering the venue in an orderly manner. Representatives from the European Parliament wore exquisite family emblems on their chests, and members of the American Federation wore dark blue uniforms with the latest communication devices hanging around their waists.

The most eye-catching was actually the diplomatic envoys from the Elf King's Court. They rode pure white unicorns and slowly entered the venue. Their elegant posture attracted countless admiring glances. This group of people came from the primitive elves on the origin star Eve continent. After Chen Lin established a cooperative relationship with them, he had been in constant contact. Over the past decade, he had almost integrated the elves into human society, and all kinds of living habits had completely influenced this group of primitive elves.

A circular main stage with a diameter of 30 meters was built in the center of the square. The surface of the stage was paved with technological crystals that would create ripples with footsteps.

Behind the stage stood a twenty-meter-high holographic projection screen, displaying the operating status of the world's major transmission stations in real time. Three hundred media drones formed a changing array in the air, sometimes arranged into a red dragon emblem, and sometimes transformed into the shape of a transmission portal, acting as a real-time display screen in the air.

Chen Lin stood in the backstage lounge, watching all this through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

His president's uniform was made of a third-generation special fiber material, with dragon scale patterns faintly visible under the light - this thing itself had a special force field when worn, and ordinary weapons could not hurt him at all.

The 25th anniversary commemorative badge on Chen Lin's chest was made of a special alloy, with a faint blue light flowing on its surface. This thing itself was also an intelligent device, and the Zhulong AI had retained a communication device inside.

"President, the global live broadcast signal is ready, and the number of viewers is expected to exceed 2.5 billion."

The technical director's voice came from the headset, "You can come on stage in five minutes, and your presentation will begin then."

Chen Lin straightened his collar and glanced across the square.

He saw representatives from various countries taking their seats under the guidance of etiquette personnel. The venue facilities that seemed like those from a science fiction world made every guest show an expression of admiration. Shanhai City was completely a science fiction paradise on earth. Here they really felt like they had walked into a science fiction movie.

A solemn trumpet sounded, and Chen Lin walked steadily onto the main stage.

The eyes of the whole audience and hundreds of cameras were instantly focused on him. Soon his steady voice spread throughout the square through the loudspeaker communication system: "Twenty-five years ago, when the first portal was opened at the Hongshan Base in Shanhai City, no one in the world could have predicted this day..."

In the middle of the speech, Chen Lin made a gesture, and then twelve blue light beams suddenly rose up from all around the square, interweaving in the air to form a huge three-dimensional projection.

The projection showed the Red Dragon Association's latest "Peace Guardian" system, and the most eye-catching was the "Bridge of Civilization" plan, a grand project aimed at establishing a cross-world education network.

"These achievements are our best wishes for peace..."

Chen Lin's speech was interrupted by warm applause. Representatives from various countries in the audience stood up to salute, with sincere admiration on their faces.

He smiled and nodded to the people in the audience. Those who could come to the Red Dragon Association now were absolute partners. The work of the Planetary Development Agency had been going very smoothly over the past few decades. The development between planets was not only a good thing for the Red Dragon Association, but also for the places occupied by the bases of the Planetary Development Agency.

It can be said that the Planetary Development Agency alone has enabled more than 70% of the world's population to have extremely affluent lives, and if one dares to challenge oneself and chooses to enter space, then life will only get better and better...

The subsequent celebration activities went smoothly in a peaceful atmosphere.

Art groups from all over the world took turns to perform on stage, performing wonderful programs from all over the world - among them, the answer submitted by the White Eagle Association turned out to be derived from some kind of sacrificial singing. Although Chen Lin felt it was strange, he still patiently listened to the whole thing.

The final performance was by the original elf envoys from the continent of Eve. When the stage lights dimmed and twelve elf dancers dressed in moon-white gauze slowly walked onto the stage, the entire square fell silent in an instant.

They walked barefoot on the crystal stage that was rippling, and every step seemed to be on the water, creating circles of silver halos.

The leading elven priest raised her slender arm, and a brilliant ball of light condensed at her fingertips. As she moved, the ball of light split into countless tiny points of light, forming a brilliant starry sky above the stage.

"This is the oldest blessing dance in Eve Continent."

Chen Lin's headset heard the explanation from the translation system, "It is said that this is a ritual created by the ancestors of the elves when they prayed to the stars."

The music started, not the melody played by any instrument, but the ancient ballads sung by the elves with their ethereal voices.

The twelve dancers' movements are in unison yet each has its own characteristics. Their slender figures stretch out under the starlight, like a birch forest under the moonlight.

The most amazing thing is that as they danced, real flowers actually grew on the stage - this is the unique life magic of the elves.

In the audience, representatives from various countries held their breath.

When the dance reached its climax, the elf priest suddenly flew into the air, and the veil behind him turned into a pair of transparent wings of light.

She circled in the air, shedding countless sparkling points of light, which fell on the audience, bringing a wave of warm energy.

Chen Lin felt a familiar energy - this was the life energy unique to the Eve Continent, which could relieve fatigue and heal pain.

"So beautiful……"

Lin Yu, who was standing next to Chen Lin, sighed softly, tears glistening in the corners of her eyes.

When the dance ended, the entire square fell into a brief silence, followed by thunderous applause.

The elves saluted the audience gracefully. The leading priest turned towards Chen Lin and made a special blessing gesture - this is the etiquette of the elves to their most distinguished guests.

"How do you manage to use magic power in Shanhai City?"

Chen Lin was curious about how these elves drove the magical power. You know, the earth is actually isolated from the magical resonance effect. Ordinary magicians cannot use magical power after entering the earth.

Lin Yu at the side quickly explained: "It depends on those magic crystals - those are from the Eve Continent of the Origin Star. They can temporarily activate the effect of magic resonance. For example, the life magic displayed before does not consume much energy, so it can be perfectly displayed with the help of magic crystals."

Chen Lin suddenly realized that he had rarely paid attention to these things over the years, but after all, there were always people studying these things. How to use magical power on Earth was also part of those people's research, and of course they knew more about these things than he did.

"President Chen, the high priest of the primitive elves wants to meet with you alone..." (End of this chapter)