Chapter 201
Liuhua Buxi did not agree with Zhenlan's decision, but still had doubts in his heart.
Although Zhen Lan has radical ideas, he is not the kind of person who acts rashly or does not distinguish right from wrong.
For a proud person like her, the painful experiences of the past will only become a rock of tempering, and should not turn into hatred that binds her.
He vaguely felt that some subtle crisis was happening, but he didn't know where to start.
And recently, Xianlan, Ziyi and Ya have been getting closer and closer, and there are even rumors among the members of Li Yan's generation that they are about to get married.
Liuhua Buxi didn't think this was a good thing.
Liuhua Buxi was very sure that Ju Mang must have noticed something, but he also hoped that Ju Mang had a way to deal with it.
If this continues...
Liuhua Buxi didn't dare to think about it anymore.
Ju Mang had just returned from Mayor Yu Ke's visit and had dealt with the most important handover issues.
Almost all the cities that chose to surrender were still able to maintain a considerable degree of autonomy after Xi Guang moved in.
As long as they can be clear about the "issues of principle", the original "ruling class" will hardly suffer any loss of interests and rights. This is another reason why Xiguang can make rapid progress.
Isn't it just recognizing the status of people with special abilities? It's just that the available untouchables have become available civilians.
If you want to take that unimportant title, just take it. After the success, you will be grateful to them. Isn't it a win-win situation?
Liuhua Buxi walked quickly towards Ju Mang. His intuition told him that Ju Mang was not in a good mood.
When the green-haired young man saw his friend walking towards him, he immediately smiled warmly.
"Buxi! Long time no see! How have you been these days?"
They hadn't seen each other for about two weeks and could only meet online when they had meetings.
Liuhua Buxi missed Ju Mang very much, but now was probably not the time to reminisce about the past.
"Jumang, where is Yigong?"
"He came back from the last reception. Didn't you see him?"
In many occasions, if Ju Mang had not dragged Yi Gong to go, he would not have shown up at all, but in some other occasions, if Yi Gong was unwilling to stay, Ju Mang would not force him.
Liuhua Buxi shook his head, indicating that he did not see Yi Gong, but neither of them was worried about his safety.
"I have something important to say, Ju Mang."
Ju Mang blinked his eyes, let the others leave first, and returned to the office alone with Liuhua Buxi.
"What's up?"
"Zhen Lan plans to send troops to directly capture all the towns in front of Yu Ke and reach Jiu Lie."
Ju Mang was stunned for a moment, caught off guard by Xian Lan's sudden radicalism.
"What? Why? After seeing Yu Ke surrender, the probability of them resisting to the end is greatly reduced. Why attack at this time?"
No matter how careful you are, there will always be casualties if you conquer with force. If it can be resolved peacefully, why must you resort to war?
Seeing that Ju Mang was also surprised, Liuhua Buxi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"I don't know either. Zhen Lan's attitude is very firm. What reasons did she give? There is no need to delay any further. She rejected all my objections."
Ju Mang is the leader of the Light of Hope and the true spiritual leader of Xi Guang, but in the eyes of the warlike psychics, Zhan Lan is the general who has gone through life and death with them and is worthy of their love.
In the past, the relationship between Zhuanlan and Jumang was not as tense as it is today, so there didn't seem to be any sense of separation, but now...
Ju Mang fell into a long silence.
He was not unaware of the sudden split within Xiguang.
The first time he noticed it was one night about three years ago, and Ju Mang remembered it very clearly.
At that time, they captured the first provincial capital of Golu and everyone was celebrating.
Ju Mang wanted to achieve perfection as much as possible, fearing that Xi Guang's existence would intensify the conflict between the two sides, so he did many grassroots things himself.
Once again, he was busy until late at night. Ju Mang didn't want to trouble the guard to open the door for him, so he planned to climb over the wall directly. He heard two ordinary staff members of Xi Guang who were releasing water were communicating with each other.
"Do you think that god is really that awesome?"
"Oh! That's a god! He can do anything!"
"Come on, Ju Mang can go up to the sky and into the earth and do anything?"
"Then if it weren't for the gods, would Xi Guang be where he is today?"
The two men discussed, but it sounded like they had some misunderstanding about Ju Mang's so-called identity as a god.
It's just the concept of three powerful people with special powers combined into one, how can it become omnipotent?
Ju Mang was about to come forward to explain when one of them suddenly said.
"Why do we, the gods of the superpowers, seem to be...better to ordinary people?"
Ju Mang stood there in a daze.
The second most impressive experience was when two years ago, Zhen Lan adopted a young man with special abilities and blood-red eyes.
His name was Ers, and his experience was very similar to Li Yan's. However, because he was already a teenager of fifteen or sixteen years old, and had been tortured for a long time, he had a strong hatred for ordinary people before he was rescued by Zhen Lan.
After learning about Ju Mang's ideals and efforts from Xianlan, he was not moved at all and bluntly said that he was naive and ridiculous.
After being reprimanded by Xian Lan, the young man changed his tone and apologized, but Ju Mang could see reluctance, anger, and... strange envy in his eyes.
"Because you are a god." He said this without any context.
Thinking about it now, it might not have been envy, but a desire for his powerful strength.
Because you are a god, everyone will obey your orders and agree with your opinions.
You are just strong enough to make everyone surrender.
The third time was when Ju Mang finally realized the seriousness of the matter.
A year ago, the small town at the foot of Mangshan Mountain where Xiguang’s headquarters was located was suddenly hit by an explosion.
At first they all thought that it was a conspiracy against Xi Guang by the government or some psychics who were dissatisfied with Xi Guang, and they were angry at the behavior of these bastards.
Later, Ju Mang came to investigate in person and found that it was actually a few ordinary people who came to the town with homemade powerful weapons.
It was precisely because of the lack of special abilities and the negligence of the patrolling security managers that this tragedy occurred.
Before taking action, several people claimed that their families were killed by people with special powers, so they wanted the people with special powers to pay the price.
A total of twenty-six people died in this incident, most of whom were killed while having dinner in a pub, but only ten ordinary people died.
The adverse impact caused by this suicide attack is enormous. Under Xi Guang's leadership, people here have gradually begun to adapt to getting along with each other, and the concepts of so-called superpowers and ordinary people have begun to blur.
But all the developments worth looking forward to seem to have returned to the starting point.
Among them, the ones with the strongest dissatisfaction are the psychics who have been "tolerating".
'Who dares to treat them as ordinary people?'
"We are clearly the stronger party!"
"Ordinary people? You're a jerk! You'll be quiet after a beating."
'They should be our slaves! Bastard genes!'
These sounds were very obscure and were resolved by Liuhua Buxi and Zhenlan before they reached Ju Mang's ears.
But there are always some crazy bastards who put their boasts into practice.
A supernatural being who swore allegiance to Xiguang and their beautiful vision many years ago transformed a remote village into his own "paradise" and actually became the emperor there.
The isolated village was enslaved by him, and if ordinary people there did something that made him unhappy, they would lose their limbs at best, or even have their families destroyed at worst.
The key point is that he would not let go even children who obviously had special abilities, and his methods were extremely cruel and perverted.
If the team members who had been working with him had not noticed and reported him, who knows what kind of harm he would have done to the village.
Somehow the government learned of this and began to widely publicize Xi Guang's so-called "real purpose", advising ordinary people to resist to the death, otherwise they would end up like the people in that village.
Not to mention the bad influence of this incident, even if it had not attracted attention, Xi Guang would never let such a vicious and cruel person go.
Xiguang has been developing for more than ten years and has its own set of complete rules that are similar to laws. Anyone who joins it, whether they are a superpower or an ordinary person, must abide by them.
Soon, Xi Guang made a public verdict on this person, which was undoubtedly the death penalty. This temporarily suppressed the bad public opinion.
But things that have existed will always leave traces. Although this matter seems to have been resolved, it has actually once again intensified the conflict.
Conservatives think it is too conservative (ordinary people think that executing one person is not enough, the leadership, especially the leader, needs to pay a price), while extremists think it is not extreme enough (isn't it just enslaving a few ordinary people? They deserve it).
In a sense, this incident also intensified the conflict between Zhenlan and Jumang.
Zhen Lan had no objection to the execution of that person, but she opposed Ju Mang because it would further "restrict" the behavior of the psychic at this time.
"Warlock? Is that a name you came up with?"
"Yes."
"Are you crazy? If we count the number of people we kill, aren't we all sorcerers?!"
"You know that's not what I meant."
Lan opposed Ju Mang's use of the new term "evil sorcerer" to refer to those supernatural beings who committed crimes, and believed that some supernatural beings were desperate and attacked ordinary people in order to protect themselves.
"According to your standards, doesn't that mean Ers is also a warlock?! He's not even an adult yet!"
"Should people with special abilities who have never committed any crime be lumped in with criminals?"
Ju Mang's attitude was extremely firm.
"Ers was acting in self-defense. Lan, you were acting in self-defense as well. I have never considered you to be sorcerers."
So the matter was settled.
Facts have proved that all the decisions made by Ju Mang in the past were correct.
"Witcher" is the best example. Using "witch" to refer to those supernatural beings who have committed crimes has accelerated the speed at which ordinary people accept the legitimacy of supernatural beings.
But he was also very clear that these measures were only temporary solutions and did not address the root cause.
As long as the government is still causing trouble and the undercurrent hidden in the hope is still surging, all their previous efforts may come to nothing.
Ju Mang looked at Liuhua Buxi who was staring at him, with obvious worry in his eyes.
But more than that, it is trust (worship) of oneself.
He has to hold on.
"I understand, Buxi." The young man smiled brightly, "I will talk to Zhen Lan about this matter, don't worry!"
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"If only I had realized what Ziyi and Miyabi were doing at that time."
This is Yi Gong speaking in memory. Only the strongest regret can leave such a deep mark.
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