Chapter 56: Xia Kingdom Preacher
Wu Chi continued speaking, and it was obvious that he had other ideas and wanted to take advantage of the fact that all the people were present to make an announcement.
After all, who knows if there will be another opportunity in peacetime for everyone to discuss something so calmly?
Wu Chi continued to preside over the overall situation and expressed his own views:
"Obviously, 'ghosts' are a completely new type of danger facing humanity, more so than natural disasters or wars."
"It's only been here for half a month, but it's already caused such severe casualties to humanity. But who knows if this is just the beginning?"
"Before coming here, I also took a general look at the current situation in each city. Except for Tang City, other cities have not raised any vigilance against evil spirits because they have not faced the threat of evil spirits directly!"
"Why, do you think you're the chosen one and don't need to take precautions? Or do you think you still have time and can slowly plan?"
Wu Chi's tone was much louder, and he sounded very angry, poking his cane several times to vent his emotions.
It was as if he was concerned about the people's livelihood and worried about the safety of the Xia Kingdom.
Wu Chi concluded:
"Are you really going to prevent me from having a peaceful retirement?!"
“…”
Chen Xuan felt that a stable retirement would be of great significance to Wu Chi.
The city lords looked ashamed. Wu Chi was speaking frankly. They really had not taken any action yet and were also a little dissatisfied. The time was really too short. It was only more than two days since the Taoist announcement and the official appearance of the ghost in everyone's sight.
Of course, Wu Chi's spurring did not mean that he would hold anyone accountable, but was just to wake up the cities that were still in a daze.
Then Wu Chi stated his measures.
"My idea is that all cities should immediately prepare four measures!"
" First , all cities should follow Tangcheng's current measures and immediately prepare to establish ghost agencies. Their responsibilities will be to focus on social panic, the outbreak of ghost incidents, the resolution of ghost incidents, and the direction of ghost technology research."
"Secondly, all city lords must immediately return to their cities and conduct investigations to see if there are any unknown ghosts brewing. Perhaps... a ghost has already appeared, but you are unaware of it and are treating it as a normal phenomenon. Then, your fate will be the same as the next city to go up."
Everyone looked solemn, but three or four actions had already taken place one after another.
"Third, we must use social resources to recruit new talents to resolve ghost incidents. When dealing with ghost incidents, we must not work in isolation. We must not think that we are smart just because we are in a high position. There are more talented people waiting for us to discover."
"Fourth...I think this needs to be done as soon as possible."
Wu Chi said this, leaning on a cane, his cloudy eyes gleaming with shrewdness.
"All city chiefs must collectively elect a qualified representative to explain ghostly events and segment the great changes of the times. This step is a precautionary measure. If no more evil spirits appear in the future, we may not need it. However, if we really encounter an emergency, we must immediately elect a member to make an announcement to all the people."
“When disaster strikes, there will be no time to prepare.”
"Since ghost incidents are actually a completely new type of event, with no past, no accumulation, and therefore no qualifications or experience, I will not limit the talent. They can emerge from among you, or from the talented people you discover."
"There are many criteria for judging, but there is only one: the progress of research on evil spirits, the protection of the people, the fight against evil spirits, and so on... It all comes down to who is more capable of resisting evil spirits. Every city carries a hope."
"I hope this move will allow us to have a small boat before the rainstorm arrives, so that the people of Xia Country can have a place to stay."
“There are only four at the moment.”
Wu Chi paused. From his solemn expression, it was not difficult to see his concern for the times. He kept emphasizing the importance of this matter:
"I'm so anxious. The fact that we can sit here and talk about the future and our goals is probably the happiest thing."
"I feel the smell of the times. It's the calm before the storm, the rest before the great changes."
"I hope this is just my illusion, and I hope we can adapt to this new era as soon as possible."
"yes!"
Everyone stood up and saluted Wu Chi and Xia Guo.
And so the meeting ended.
Chen Xuan stood up, Wu Chi's words just now lingering in his mind for a long time.
Four plans and three precautions. This was Wu Chi's final move as the head of state. He tried his best to ensure a peaceful retirement, but in fact, this also expressed his hope that the Xia Kingdom could live in peace.
He believes in hope, but also understands reality.
Chen Xuan thought of the last point Wu Chi said.
"Elect a qualified representative to explain ghost events and classify the great changes of the times ."
Become a groundbreaking representative?
He straightened his collar, his eyes determined.
He hopes to become such a person.
In fact, this position is not that popular. It represents responsibility and obligation.
It could be Li Yuan’s instructions, it could be the mother’s hope, it could be the eyes of too many victims, it could be the occurrence of too many tragedies.
He needs to compete for this position, regardless of his ability or whether he can get this position in the end.
This competition is meaningful, not only for himself, but also for the Xia Kingdom.
As long as he competes, the person who is finally elected must be better than him. If no one can surpass him, then he will be the most suitable person to preach in this era.
Even as a denominator, he is meaningful.
What's more... he also needs appeal.
He didn't want no one to believe him when he was holding on to hope of survival, nor did he want to watch other people's wrong plans come to fruition while he was powerless to do anything.
At present, President Wu Chi still has the ability to make judgments, but what about the future?
Opportunities require capable people to seize them.
Chen Xuan made up his mind that he would use 100% of his strength to pursue this opportunity. If anyone wanted to defeat him, they had to be stronger than him.
Chen Xuan packed up his things. He hoped to take advantage of the last bit of time to fly back to Tang City to collect more information about Taoist immortals to provide data support for Zhang Qifeng's research.
Looking up, Chen Xuan happened to see Zhao Huaiyi's eyes.
"Nice to meet you, my name is Zhang Huaiyi."
"Hello, I'm Chen Xuan."
The two of them didn't exchange much greetings, just looked at each other, then passed each other and ran towards each other's goals.
Just with a glance, they both realized it.
They are competitors.
They will all compete for the position of preacher.
