Chapter 129
A week later, the government finally announced the list of candidates for the primary election.
There are two types of candidates. One is that they pass the "review" and are directly promoted to the final election seat by the government, such as Chi Li, the current director of the research institute affiliated with the Institute of Superpowers, Nie Mo, the president of the Superpower Mutual Aid Association, or several experienced politicians.
Originally, Zi Yi Yue Yi would also be on this list, but because of the video that was "widely circulated" on the Internet, it was eventually scrapped.
In order to give everyone a sense of 'fairness' on this list, the government gave detailed reasons and did not shy away from including several candidates who are very prestigious among the public.
Then a few inconspicuous government representatives were thrown in, as if to say, our government has let bygones be bygones, and you psychics should not be ungrateful.
Where this vortex of interests will end up, there won't be even the slightest trace of what the outcome will be until the dust settles.
So what is the attitude of the Secret Script Academy of Supernatural Powers towards this?
The government actually asked Mu Wuren what he thought. As one of the few remaining super S-level (S+++) supernatural masters today, his fame and ability are naturally unquestionable.
The most important thing is that he has a relatively neutral attitude towards the government. Although the government will not be able to interfere with supernatural powers as before after his election, it is still better than someone like Nemo who is completely uncontrollable.
But Mu Wuren refused, and the reason for his refusal was very simple.
"Hahaha, I'm old now, so I'd better do some work to support the elderly."
Whether for politicians or people with special abilities, fifty or sixty years old is considered to be in the prime of life. Moreover, people with special abilities can live twenty to thirty years longer than ordinary people because of their better physical fitness. How can they be considered old?
I just don't want to get involved in this mess.
"Look at the expressions on your faces, you look like you've lost your parents. What's the matter? Are you so afraid that I'll lose my integrity in my later years?"
After sending the government people away, Mu Wuren looked at Xishan and Sisixina who were talking together like thieves, and asked with a helpless look.
Xishan coughed twice, "No way, we know that the principal is on the side of Miwen."
Si Sisina blinked and nodded like a cute cat, "That's right, I can doubt anyone but you, the principal~"
The secret text was not so powerful at the beginning. In terms of the principal who contributed the most to the development of the secret text, Mu Wuren is definitely better than all the principals after the first principal.
At least that's what Xishan and Sisixina both think.
Mu Wuren smiled kindly twice.
"Do you know why I refused?"
The reasons he gave to the government were obviously excuses, and we really have to guess what the real reason for his refusal was.
Si Sisina shook her head, "I can't figure it out, but I know you will refuse."
In fact, it's not that there is no clue at all. On the surface, there seems to be nothing wrong with Mu Wuren's attitude towards the Institute of Supernatural Powers, and the relationship between the secret text and the Institute of Supernatural Powers is relatively close.
But everyone has his own biases, and Mu Wuren did not disclose some of his actions to his trusted teachers.
For example, in Si Sisina, one can see Mu Wuren's "alienation" from the Institute of Supernatural Powers in some places.
Xishan was more outspoken.
"The older generation of superpowers, including you, the principal, have very complicated attitudes towards the Superpower Institute, but you never say it."
Even Xi Shan, who has been a teacher for many years, can only be regarded as a new generation of psychics, and there is a "gap" between him and the psychics of Mu Wuren, Zhong Huai's generation.
As a psychic, it is impossible not to deal with the psychic agency, so the new generation of psychics like Xishan, Leilis and Sisixina are all very "confused".
Mu Wuren put his hands behind his back, stood up from behind his desk and walked to the open window.
This moment is the time of rising sun, giving people a sense of beauty that hope is growing day by day.
But the sun that belonged to them, the superpowers, has fallen forever.
"Internal and external troubles, internal and external troubles."
Mu Wuren could only sigh, and the words "internal and external troubles" seemed to express all the pain in his heart.
He saw the sun rise and set.
How is it possible to turn a blind eye to everything that happened in the past and have no grudges?
"You asked me why I stayed in the secret text. It's very simple."
Mu Wuren turned around, with the rising sun behind him.
“Because children are the future.”
If a piece of meat has gone bad, putting it in the refrigerator, marinating it with heavy ingredients, and removing the rotten meat are only ways to delay the deterioration. The best way is to buy a new piece.
This is a very simple truth.
The Institute of Superpowers is that piece of rotten meat. No matter who sits in that position, it will never go back to the way it was before.
"The secret text is not a pure land, but at least while I am alive, it can save the students here from a 'destined' future."
Mu Wuren's tone was calm, but Xishan and Sisixina heard a heaviness in it.
"...Principal, what happened in the past?"
Xishan's expression was also complicated. From the few words of the older generation, he seemed to be able to feel the bloody storm of that time.
"You always keep your mouth shut."
Sisina also said.
"The past is no longer important." Mu Wuren chose to 'escape' again. He didn't want to, and couldn't, tell them what happened when he was young.
The 'old fellow' still had some wisdom, and he quickly changed the subject.
"Teacher Sina, take those kids back to watch the live broadcast of this election."
Si Sisina immediately revealed a resentful look, and Xishan had an expression of 'as expected'.
"Is this a good time?"
"As the pillars of the future, we cannot turn a blind eye to what is happening outside. Even if this election is a farce, it is of great significance."
Mu Wuren smiled cheerfully and accepted the complaints from the two calmly.
He was talking about the pillars of the 'future', not the pillars of the country or the supernatural world.
"Okay, I understand." Si Sisina knew that there would be no result. The younger generation was unfamiliar with the history of people with superpowers about forty or fifty years ago. When they were young, there would be discussions about it, wondering if there were any taboos, but now the younger generation doesn't even mention similar questions.
History is being forgotten and they seem powerless to do anything about it.
"Don't worry, someone will remember this history."
Mu Wuren seemed to see Si Sisina's worry.
"Who?"
Sisina seemed to be worrying about a problem that didn't exist.
Mu Wu Ren just smiled and said nothing.
He has already answered this question.
——
For the seven people in Lingyan Class, this was like pie falling from the sky.
We can temporarily leave the Dead Sea and go back!!!
Although it may only take a short day, it is like pie in the sky, something that I would never dare to dream of.
Li Ke had swept away his previous decadence and looked like he was alive again, which made everyone laugh and cry.
Another thing worth mentioning is that Lan Yi’s snow leopard form can enter water.
Yes, it means entering the water under terrifying sea pressure.
The power that originally belonged to the fists seemed to begin to cover the whole body. It was really terrifying for a snow leopard to walk a hundred meters under the sea.
He can even swim directly from the bottom of the sea to the surface and back again.
I really like what Li Ke said: I guess this is really superhuman, right?!
According to Lan Yi himself, he just felt a little dizzy and had chest tightness, but everything else was fine.
Everyone:......
《Just a little dizzy and chest tightness》
Fortunately, Lan Yi is not the only one who can do this.
Xi Siling also tried to test how much of his wound-healing ability he would need to withstand the terrifying water pressure. It would take almost two-thirds of his ability to do so, but no matter what, he became the second person to join the ranks of supermen.
The last one is Laelia. After secretly making a reverse oath and breaking it, she was able to withstand the water pressure for a short period of time and stay for a while.
The remaining four people, including Liu Huaqi, are unable to do it for the time being, but this does not mean anything, because their abilities are not meant to strengthen the body.
Different types of superpowers are not comparable, and deliberately pursuing them is foolish.
On the day before the election, which was also the night before the seven people were about to return to Yahuang Island for a short period of time, it was Xi Siling and Liuhuaqi's turn to keep watch.
Night watch is quite boring. Sometimes, it would even be nice to have two zombies come and kill them.
Usually at this time, Xi Siling would either be in a daze or chatting with his night watch partner or the system.
But in the second half of the night, there was nothing much to talk about, so I just stared blankly.
I thought it was no different from before and I just had to wait until dawn. However, Liu Huaqi, who was resting with his eyes closed, and Xi Siling, who was in a daze, looked at each other at the same time.
The two were awakened by a breath of special power that came from nowhere, and the dark ocean suddenly emitted a dazzling white light.
"77, wake everyone up! Hmm...?!" Xi Siling hadn't finished speaking before he just blinked his eyes, and the dark seabed instantly turned into a white space.
Illusion? When did it happen?
But this can't possibly be reality!
"Life...self...love..."
The intermittent sound came from a distant direction, but appeared in Xi Siling's ears the next second.
The boy turned around and saw nothing, but the voice jumped behind him again.
"Hi...Ai..."
It seemed to be a girl's voice, and she kept repeating the same sentence.
Xi Siling was not in a hurry. He was waiting for the owner of the voice to appear in front of him.
As soon as this thought came to mind, a voice came from the side closer to Xi Siling.
Xi Siling finally saw the owner of the voice.
It was a monster, but... it was also a girl.
From her hair to her eyebrows, eyes and skin, the girl's entire body was white, the kind of pure white that made one feel panic-stricken and uneasy.
"Life, freedom, hope, love, how would you rank them?"
In contrast, there was the horrific wound under the girl's body, and the strips of flesh growing and wriggling above the wound.
Blood seemed to be the only color on the girl's body that was not white, but it was sucked and swallowed by that disgusting existence, and then, it extended out into the thing that Si Ling was most familiar with.
——The tentacles that had swept him away.
Xi Siling was stunned at first, then frowned slightly.
He didn't know the girl, but he instinctively began to sympathize with the pain she was going through.
The girl seemed to feel nothing, her transparent white pupils staring straight at Xi Siling.
"Who are you?"
Xi Siling did not answer that question, because it was a question that obviously had no correct answer and the consequences of answering it might be something he could not bear.
He called the system and delayed time.
The girl just kept repeating those words as if she was programmed.
"Life, Liberty, Hope, Love."
She spoke persistently, like a curse, like obsession, like a sigh.
“How would you rank them?”
Only it doesn't seem like a question.
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