Chapter 39, The Fire Bearer
In fact, Gu Hang is still not sure whether Yan Fangxu’s being trapped is part of Hodgson’s warning.
If so, then the original Angry Owl Cult is quite powerful. Not only do they master the storm magic bestowed by the evil god they believe in, but they even have the means to control those mutant monsters to some extent?
But to say otherwise would be too much of a coincidence.
He also thought, could this be a way to lure the tiger away from the mountain?
Besiege Yan Fangxu, transfer the main force in the camp to rescue, and then attack the camp?
But soon, Gu Hang ruled out this idea.
Not likely.
If his enemies were simply those mutated monsters, then I think these monsters wouldn't have the brains to do that.
If his enemy was a cult, or worse, someone from the Union Government, then destroying Gu Hang's camp would not be of much value to them. After all, whether Gu Hang was causing trouble for the cult members or the Union Government, his main reliance was still his power as the Governor.
As long as he was still alive, what did it matter if his camp was destroyed? Those people would still be in no less trouble.
Of course, it was not completely impossible. If the rescue team sent by Gu Hang was not led by him personally, the enemy would probably still attack the camp in order to seize this opportunity to kill him.
If he personally led the team to rescue, he would have to be prepared to be ambushed.
No matter what, this is not an easy task.
But Gu Hang is not a person with a complicated personality.
Now that the challenge has come, let’s face it head-on.
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In Fuxing City, Hodgson sat in a wheelchair, looking at the entire city through the huge glass window of his office.
In fact, Renaissance City is not particularly large, and there are not many tall buildings. The entire city's interior, buildings and roads are planned in an orderly manner. This is a good foundation laid by the first governor when building the alliance.
However, after so many years, although the inner city looks fine, the larger outer city outside the city walls is in chaos. Hundreds of thousands, nearly a million people, who depend on the city for their livelihood, have no chance to live in the inner city, forming a large slum area outside the city walls.
There was no planning, no order, and everything was in a mess. Sewage was flowing everywhere, supplies were in short supply, and life was difficult. These problems enveloped that place, and it was not what a planetary capital city should look like.
Many Union members and inner-city residents disliked the migrants, believing that they brought chaos and that the slums were full of filth.
But smarter people actually understand clearly that Fuxing City cannot do without those people.
The refugees living in the outer city eat the worst and least food, have no clothes to cover their bodies, and live in haphazardly built houses. The people in the inner city do not pay them any public services or welfare guarantees, but make them do the hardest work, and only give them a little insignificant compensation, which is barely enough to keep them alive.
Without them, how can the residents of the inner city live a good life? How can those councillors earn wealth far exceeding their contributions?
Therefore, these smart people would occasionally show their compassion generously. They would provide more jobs and give alms to the refugees, as if they were really saving them.
But they have no intention of seeking the well-being of those who are not considered residents.
Let those nearly one million refugees live a good life? This is simply unimaginable. The people in the inner city are still dissatisfied with their own poor lives, how can they have the energy to take care of the refugees outside? The only mercy they have is to reduce the number of deaths.
Smarter people might be able to see the crisis lurking in the low, dilapidated houses outside the city wall.
Is there no anger beneath those humble, submissive and taciturn expressions?
In fact, the fire has been burned countless times. It's just that the sparks are too weak. The slight resistance is either suppressed by the huge inertia of this deformed system, or dispersed when facing the armed police and soldiers.
In short, these sparks failed to become a big fire that burned everything.
But that day will come sooner or later. What is missing is a fuse and a person to hold the fire.
Hodgson clearly realized that he was one of the "smarter people". He could see all this, but his wisdom was limited to this. He could not find a solution, nor did he have the ability to integrate and unite everyone. He could not even control the Alliance Parliament.
He was unaware that there were people in the council who secretly supported the cult;
Some men dared to attack the supplies sent to the Governor, and he was powerless to stop them;
The layers of resistance he faced when mobilizing military and police forces to crack down on cults, as well as the endless debates and questioning in parliament, left him exhausted.
He felt more than once that he was really old.
But he didn't dare retreat.
The investigation of the cult was originally an order issued by the governor, which was to stir up the political situation in Fuxing City. However, when he really investigated, he felt something was wrong: the fuse and the fireman he feared in the past seemed to have appeared.
"grandfather."
Lambert Hodgson pushed open the door of his office.
Old Hodgson didn't look back, but just asked: "Any results?"
"We still haven't found out where the supplies went. Councillor Marion denied that the supplies passed through her hands. Two agents in charge of this line are missing. We found many angry owl statues in the outer city. According to the confession, they came from a relief center. A team of police officers tried to search the place but triggered a small-scale riot among the refugees. They returned empty-handed. After mobilizing more people, the place had already been burned down..."
Old Hodgson sighed heavily: "This time, we are in big trouble."
Lambert agreed with his grandfather's judgment, and that was why he felt a little helpless.
He asked, "I originally thought that it was just the Governor who was causing trouble for us, but I didn't expect that the investigation would really make me sweat. Those cultists are going to do something big in Fuxing City, but we don't have any clear intelligence yet... What should we do next? The Governor is likely to be attacked, do we really not need to go to support him?"
“Who should we send? I’m not even sure if the person we send is the one who might attack the Governor in the future. The Governor might think the same thing. He won’t trust us easily.”
"Then we must also make our position clear." Lambert insisted, "I will go with a team that is absolutely trustworthy."
"Do you know what this means?"
"I know that this means that we will have to endure the suspicion of the Governor, and at the same time be considered by those congressmen to be completely loyal to the Governor, so we will be caught in the middle."
Although he was talking about the dire consequences, Lambert's tone became more and more resolute as he spoke:
"But I understand what you said last time, 'Only the Governor can save the world.' We are not sure if it is this Governor, but at least now it seems that this Governor is a little different from the previous ones. He has chosen a path that the previous Governors did not dare to take, and he has a starship support that the previous Governors did not have. I want to give it a try. If he is not the Governor we expect, then I will do my best to help him become that Governor."
"We don't have that much time to wait for more governors. The entire planet is looking forward to revival, the sooner the better. I am willing to contribute to it first, rather than continue to wait silently. Being a promoter of the times is far more meaningful than waiting for the times to change and then rushing to get on board."
The young man expressed his lofty ideals in front of his elders, while his elders just looked at him quietly.
After a long while, Hodgson let out a long sigh and said, "I am already very old. I have lived enough in this wasteland and cannot make a more decisive decision. You have always been better than your father. If you want to do this, then go ahead."
(End of this chapter)
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