Chapter 510 External Forces
A paradise on earth.
For some reason, Su Xia suddenly thought of this.
This kind of small world, in ancient times, would be like a paradise.
Of course, ancient technology was not advanced, and it was impossible to dig out a small world in the belly of a mountain. Even if it could be dug out, it would not be able to solve problems such as air circulation, sunlight, food, and clean water.
After all, there are some things that only modern technology can do.
Walking on the street, there are pedestrians and cars coming and going around. There are no robot patrolling sentries and no rumbling large machines. This is a purely human world.
"The air is fairly clean, and the circulation system works well."
Su Xia took a few deep breaths.
He and Wang Mengqi were walking on the main road of City No. 8. The road was very wide, and the vegetation on both sides added a bit of green and vitality to this gray world of steel and concrete.
Wang Mengqi knew many families selling medals. They were people she met at those temporary trading gathering points. There were more than a dozen families in City No. 8 alone.
The two were now heading to one of the families with the surname Yi.
Not long after they started walking, several black cars owned by Longcheng Corporation suddenly appeared in front of the road.
“Ding ding!”
The leading car honked its horn and cleared the way ahead.
Judging from the direction of the convoy, it is heading towards the central building of City No. 8.
"What a coincidence."
Su Xia smiled and glanced at a car in the middle.
The person sitting in that car was the old dean of the academy, Hu Yun. He was now the acting city lord of Longcheng and was responsible for handling all matters of Longcheng during the period when the city lord was injured.
Although the car's glass is one-way, it cannot block Su Xia's system and life-sensing glasses.
Su Xia had an idea and sent out a group of nanorobots to follow the cars.
Afterwards, he continued walking forward with Wang Mengqi as if nothing had happened.
Soon, the convoy passed by them.
In the car in the middle, Dean Hu Yun was frowning, wearing a pair of old glasses, and looking carefully at the various documents that needed to be processed today.
"strangeness……"
He suddenly felt that someone was watching him. The perception of high-level psychic creatures is quite sharp, so he subconsciously raised his head and looked out the window.
When I looked up, I saw Su Xia's back.
The old dean was shocked and thought he was seeing things.
This back view is so familiar.
North wind!
Is it him? Is he here?
The old dean wanted to confirm it again, but the car he was riding in was going quite fast and had already driven more than 20 meters away.
Su Xia's figure also disappeared around the corner and could no longer be seen.
"Is it really him who has come..."
The old dean murmured softly and put down the documents in his hand.
He made an ID card for Su Xia to facilitate Su Xia's travel in Longcheng.
However, according to the system, the ID card is still in the activation status and has not been officially put into use.
In other words, Su Xia should not have arrived yet.
If he really came and used the ID card at the access control, the old dean would receive a prompt that the built-in chip in the card was activated.
"Zhang Fang didn't even bother to send me a message... If Bei Feng really came, how did he avoid the access control system?"
The old dean thought about it, but still couldn't figure it out.
He naturally hoped that Su Xia would come.
The situation in Longcheng was too difficult, and it would be hard for him to hold on for too long alone.
As the leader of the academic faction, the old dean thought that he, as the acting city lord, would be able to do a relatively smooth job. At least, the Dragon City employees who had graduated from the academy would listen to him.
But things went against his wishes and the actual situation was very different from what he had imagined.
Even among those students he had taught personally, a large number of them stood on the opposite side or ignored his words, not to mention the ordinary students.
Plus, the people from the research institute are watching closely...
His position is really uncomfortable.
He came to City No. 8 today mainly for an impromptu meeting to discuss the curfew and how to deal with city rumors.
The old dean had a feeling that this meeting would not go too smoothly.
"well……"
The old dean sighed and rubbed his tired eyes.
Afterwards, he picked up the documents again, combed his silver hair neatly back, and adjusted his well-fitting gray-black suit. The tiredness in his eyes gradually disappeared, replaced by a vigor rarely seen in an old man.
After becoming the acting city lord, every meeting is like a battlefield, and you must show full spirit and determination to overwhelm your opponent.
Otherwise, you will easily fall into a vortex of doubt.
"Lord City Lord, we're here." The driver's voice came.
The car slowly slowed down and stopped under the central building of City No. 8.
As soon as the car stopped, a young man in formal attire ran over, opened the door for the old dean with a smile on his face, and said, "Uncle, why are you here so early? Those people from the institute haven't arrived yet."
"I've told you many times, don't call me uncle outside. You can call me dean or by my current position." Although the old dean was blaming, a smile appeared on his aged face.
The young man's name was Hu Li. He was his nephew and was raised by him personally.
Hu Li's parents died early, and since then he has been following the old dean and learned a lot of knowledge and life skills.
He is naturally intelligent, very mature in his dealings with others, and has considerable strength. He is already a level 4 creature at a young age, and is considered a leader among the younger generation in Dragon City.
The future of Longcheng lies in the hands of young people like them.
The better the young people are, the happier the older generation will naturally be.
"Among the young people, I'm afraid only the monster Beifeng can suppress everyone else. Apart from him, Xiaoli is one of the best ones." The old dean was very satisfied with his nephew, after all, he was the one who taught him.
Many people believed that with Hu Li's talent, he would definitely be able to compete for the position of city lord in the future. Even if he could not become city lord, he would definitely get the position of college dean.
Today, Hu Li is already the mayor's secretary of City No. 8. After another year or two of experience, he can be transferred to City No. 9 in the center.
Accompanied by this outstanding nephew, the old dean entered the central building of City No. 8 and took the elevator all the way up.
He was shown to have met with the mayor here, talked about the situation in City No. 8 , and then entered the conference hall.
Soon, the rest of the people participating in the meeting arrived one after another, and people from the research institute alone occupied nearly two-fifths of the seats.
The full name of the institute is "Crescent Moon Institute", which has several institutes under its jurisdiction, including 051, 031, 022, 073, etc. Among them, the director of 051 Institute, Wang Luo, is known to Su Xia.
The group of nanorobots sent by Su Xia were hiding high up in the conference hall, and had a clear view of the situation below.
"Wang Luo is here. He is the third most important person in the entire Crescent Moon Research Institute. Standing next to him are the second in command, Qiu Hao, and the first in command, Qin Shou..."
Su Xia silently observed everyone taking their seats.
In the conference hall, everyone's seat is arranged accordingly.
Wang Luo sat in seat number three in the first row on the left side of the conference hall. Qiu Hao and Qin Shou in front of him were the real controllers of the entire research institute.
On the academic side, in addition to the old dean, there were also a large number of highly qualified professors, including Shi Sishi.
As for the city lord Su Yulong's faction, the city lord's assistant Li Feng was present.
Su Xia had also seen this Li Feng.
He had previously represented the city lord's faction and came to the new base of the Oasis Camp with the old dean and others. He had a brief exchange with Su Xia and told Su Xia something about the city lord Su Yulong.
The academic faction and the city lord faction basically divided the other three-fifths of the parliamentary seats equally.
In general, the number of people in the research institute is more advantageous.
But this advantage is not big because most of the time, a decision requires a two-thirds vote.
"Now that everyone is here, let's get started."
As the acting city lord, Dean Hu stood on the podium in front. His old body stood straight, his eyes sparkling, and he announced the start of the meeting in a loud voice.
The meeting began with a discussion of curfew, and unsurprisingly, it turned into an argument.
Some people think that there should be no curfew, even if the city lord is seriously injured.
Doing so will only make outsiders think that Longcheng is weak.
"Among the seven large gathering places, we are the only one that has implemented a curfew. Isn't this a joke to others? We are Dragon City!"
“What will others think?”
"Will those people in Lion City and Eagle City think that there is a big problem within us?"
Most people in the research institute hold this view.
The second in command, Qiu Hao, spoke in a long stream of reasons. This middle-aged man spoke so eloquently that his saliva almost sprayed onto the seats of the academicians.
Naturally, the academics would not allow him to criticize them like that, as they were not people to be trifled with.
These old academic professors are not afraid of anyone, whether it is their verbal skills or their physical skills.
In secret, these old professors are known as old rogues.
"What does other people's opinions have to do with us? Are you so self-deprecating? Do you have to consider other people's comments before doing anything?" Old man Shi Sishi was the first one to respond.
Although Su Xia didn't like this old man, he had to admit that the old man's verbal combat ability was quite impressive.
Shi Sishi said coldly: "According to your idea, why don't we hand over the command and let the people from Lion City and Eagle City come to guide us?"
"You are misinterpreting what I meant!" Qiu Hao glared, not showing any weakness.
"Did I misinterpret it?" Shi Sishi snorted coldly, "Are you, Qiu Hao, from Longcheng or Lion City? Why do you have to consider their opinions when doing things?"
"Old man, I'm just worried that the other cities will think we are weak internally and covet us!" Qiu Hao argued loudly.
"Oh? So what if they are covetous?"
Shi Sishi said loudly: "My Dragon City is right here, do they dare to come?"
"You old man are so ungrateful. I'm just worried!" Qiu Hao's face turned cold and his tone was unfriendly.
"Then shut up! I won't be as worried as you!"
" Shameless old thief!"
"You little brat!"
"you……"
Qiu Hao was so angry that his chest heaved and his fists clenched.
When it comes to speaking, old professor Shi Sishi, who has been teaching for decades, is really amazing. He can make people angry to death just by opening his mouth.
The last time he faced Su Xia, he was indeed in the wrong. He had his own selfish motives, and his decision-making was also wrong. He really couldn't say anything.
But Su Xia is not here after all.
At least, no one noticed Su Xia's nanorobots.
Shi Sishi didn't have any psychological pressure. He said whatever he wanted to say and he spoke so freely!
Afterwards, the rest of the people from both sides took turns to argue, and the argument lasted for more than an hour.
And people from the city lord's faction would occasionally say a few words.
After arguing for such a long time, there was still no result. The whole conference hall was like a vegetable market. In the end, all three parties rolled up their sleeves.
Su Xia watched this scene silently, feeling speechless and not knowing what to say.
"If you don't make a decision when you should, you will waste time. This is Dragon City..."
From early morning till now, he has seen the quiet Dragon City, the anxious Dragon City... and now, he has seen the noisy Dragon City again.
At the beginning, Zhang Fang told Su Xia that every meeting in Longcheng would last for most of the day.
Su Xia didn't quite believe it at first. After all, the management of such a big city shouldn't be like this.
But now, he believed it.
A long quarrel took place right before his eyes, which made his head hurt.
The argument lasted until noon before a conclusion was reached on the curfew issue. In the end, everyone reluctantly reached a consensus and agreed to limit the curfew to about one month.
After a month, if you still have any ideas, you can have another fight.
Everyone had lunch in the conference room and then continued the meeting.
In the afternoon, the group mainly argued about the topic of urban rumors.
At the research institute, many people believed that those rumors were nothing more than normal complaints from residents, which had happened frequently in the past. There was no need to take them too seriously and they could just be allowed to develop.
"We are all human beings. Who hasn't complained a few times?" It was still Qiu Hao, the second-in-command of the acting institute, who stood up and talked incessantly.
He drank up three bottles of mineral water in front of him, which showed how intense his argument was during the past half day.
In comparison, Qin Shou and Wang Luo beside him were relatively calm.
Wang Luo, in particular, hadn't spoken much today, perhaps because he had developed some friendship with Dean Hu at the Oasis Camp.
Qiu Hao continued, "Let alone ordinary residents, even in our institute there are many people complaining. This is the reality. Life is difficult for everyone, so it's inevitable that there will be complaints. We can't arrest all the complaining residents, right?"
"Director Qiu, what you said is wrong."
As the representative of the city lord's faction, Li Feng suddenly spoke.
He said in a deep voice: "Rumors are spreading all over the city. It is obvious that someone is pushing it behind the scenes. It is not just normal complaints from residents. This matter must be taken seriously, otherwise there may be a big mess."
"Is there someone behind this?" Qiu Hao smiled. "Everyone is here, you might as well explain it clearly. Who do you think is behind this? Besides us, who else has the power to spread rumors?"
"Director Qiu, I think there may be external forces interfering."
Li Feng looked normal, his emotions were stable, and his words were very clear.
Qiu Hao laughed again, picked up the bottle of mineral water in front of him, drank half of it in one breath, and then said, "What a joke, you can blame everything on external forces, right?"
