Chapter 33: The Scapegoat
Bright lights illuminate the long stretch of the market. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć On a street corner in the federal capital, President Pender Vin, wearing a baseball cap, slipped into a high-end clubhouse under the cover of plainclothes bodyguards.
Walking to the door of a box with a familiar car, Pan Dewen motioned for the bodyguard to stay outside the door. He unscrewed the door open and walked in alone.
The room was dimly lit, except for an old man with gray hair who waited quietly. Pan Dewen walked quickly to the old man who got up, and took the initiative to extend his hand to greet, looking very respectful.
The old man responded indifferently, as if he had long been accustomed to Pan Dewen's respect.
The two exchanged brief greetings and sat down on their sides. The old man used the remote control to slightly adjust the light, and personally poured tea and water for Pan Dewen: "Devon, I'm sorry, I asked you to come out in person during such an urgent period." ā
Pan Dewen shook his head, leaned forward, stretched out his hands to take the teacup: "Where is the senior brother, we haven't been able to see each other for half a year, right? If it's not an important matter, how can you go out of the mountain in person?"
"Yes, it's very important," the old man sighed with a complicated expression, "Du Shen has looked for me!" and Shi Zhongqing. ā
The old man's words were like thunder. Pan Dewen only felt the explosion of "boom" in his ears, and his whole body instantly stiffened, and then cold.
Pan Dewen took a deep breath and slowly passed the teacup to his lips. He moved slowly, but he finally didn't get the hot water out of the teacup. Pan Dewen lowered his head slightly and took a sip of tea.
The tea is slightly hot, but it can still be bearable. Pan Dewen regained his composure: "Du Shen has also looked for Mr. Shi? I don't know what they talked about?"
Pan Dewen's mind, all kinds of thoughts crossed in an instant.
The old man in front of him, called Jiao Yan, is the leader of the enlightened party to which Pan Dewen belongs, and the real party leader. Shi Zhongqing in the mouth of the two is the leader of the Conservative Party. The political situation of the federation has been controlled by the two parties in turn since its inception. Du Shen had already met the leaders of the two parties? Pan Dewen could not be surprised. You must know that before this, Pan Dewen had been secretly expecting Du Shen to appear and hold peace talks with him.
Jiao Yan could sense Pan Dewen's panic and uneasiness. His heart was filled with compassion. Jiao Yan sighed secretly and calmly pointed to the tablet on the desktop: "You can take a look." The whole meeting was videotaped. ā
Pan Dewen hurriedly put down the teacup and picked up the tablet on his left. The video screen in the computer has long been clicked on, but it is just paused. Pan Dewen pressed it lightly and looked at it from his head.
There are only three figures on the screen: Du Shen, Jiao Yan and Shi Zhongqing. Seeing that Jiao Yan and Shi Zhongqing were sitting side by side on the video, Pan Dewen had a bad premonition, but he didn't have time to think deeply for a while. He was anxious to understand Du Shen's remarks.
On the video, Du Shen arrogantly interrupted Shi Zhongqing's inquiry: "Two old gentlemen, I am not here to negotiate. Rather, it is to inform you of certain situations. I will not interject until I have finished my statement. If you have any doubts, I will answer them when you ask them. Otherwise, it's just a waste of each other's time. ā
Du Shen's attitude and rhetoric naturally aroused the resentment of Jiao Yan and Shi Zhongqing. But the two of them knew the importance of it, and nodded and secretly endured.
Du Shen stated briefly. He said that he was originally a rebel of the Gangchen God System, and after coming to the Deep Blue Star, he met Hilda of the Werner God Line......
Because the two gods of Werner and Gangchen are feuding. And there is no way to transfer the Floating City, so the army of the Gangchen God Department will come one day. At that time, all the humans on the Deep Blue Star will be grasshoppers on the same rope as Hilda.
Therefore, what Du Shen is doing at present is only to prepare for future wars.
After a brief description of his motivations, Du Shen sketched out his plans for the future: an army of skeletons would descend every day to wake humanity up. The human army needs daily disaster relief as a drill. In a fallen area like Fuju Mountain, there may be a little more depending on the situation in the future. They can be recovered by civil forces.
Du Shen emphatically warns that Hilda will select warriors among the humans who will fight against the skeletons and give them extraordinary seeds for the future. These extraordinary warriors will not only gain all kinds of magical powers, but also greatly extend their lifespan. Their number may eventually reach hundreds of thousands, or even millions.
Du Shen sternly declared: The human regime can buy and recruit these extraordinary warriors, and can integrate them into the army, but it cannot try to absolutely control them, let alone suppress them.
Du Shen finally reminded: "I hope you recognize the situation. The humans of the Deep Blue Star, if they don't want to be completely extinct in a hundred years, they should do everything they can to improve their overall strength. The Transcendent is not a beast of the Flood. In fact, we hope that all human beings on the entire planet will eventually become transcendent. Although such a vision is difficult and will take a long time to build. ā
After saying that, Du Shen's body slowly became transparent and disappeared in the blink of an eye. He didn't give Jiao Yan a chance to ask questions at all.
Du Shen disappeared, and the video recording stopped. Pan Dewen held a tablet and stared at the computer screen that had turned black. After losing his mind for a short time, Pan Dewen put down the computer, with a faint ridicule and absurdity: "Senior brother, do you believe his words? Do you think what he told is somewhat true? According to him, the evil god of the Gangchen Divine System will take decades to come, and it will take more than a hundred years to descend if it is slow. For such a long time, humans don't even know how many stubbles have been replaced. ā
"Yes," Jiao Yan shook his head slowly, also feeling ridiculous, "for the sake of the disaster in a hundred years, toss those of us who are destined to be ancients." ā
Jiao Yan was very frustrated: "If there is no accident, I am only afraid that I will have a good life for more than ten years at most." It is said that children and grandchildren have their own blessings, and the calamity of future generations has to be made difficult for us bad old men. ā
Jiao Yan's sigh made Pan Dewen empathize. Pan Dewen is over fifty-eight years old, and most of them will not survive the day when the evil god army descends. And these days of government affairs made him almost gray hair.
"Dewen," Jiao Yan felt a little guilty, waking up Pan Dewen, who was wandering in thought, "It doesn't matter if it's true or not." The situation is stronger than man, and we can't help the enemy, and we don't even know where the enemy is! ā
"It's not about giving up," Jiao Yan was serious and firm, "it's just a temporary accumulation of strength." It doesn't matter if he's really compassionate and wants to save the world, or if he's just talking about boring games. Didn't he say that it would give many people more power than ordinary people. When we master this power, when we know more about him, we will always have the day when we will resist and win. ā
"Senior brother," Pan Dewen said with difficulty, "what do you want me to do?"
"Devon," Jiao Yan subconsciously wanted to look away, "You get sick and retreat! This is the best ending I can think of." I have already exchanged views with Shi Zhongqing, and he has agreed that Ah Tong will take over your position. ā
Despite his expectations, Pan Dewen still lost all his strength in an instant. As a political elite, Pan De is a white trick: he can be shameless, from the original tough confrontation, to kneel and lick Du Shen. But will the people agree? No, the people may not care about Pen's character, but they certainly don't want to live in fear.
Every day, I worry that the army of skeletons suddenly descends on the town where I live. There are no citizens who can endure it for a long time. They hope that the country can bring everyone back to the past and live a peaceful life like before.
But the Federation can't do that. The people will inevitably be resentful. This kind of resentment must be vented so that it does not lead to a catastrophe. There is no better way than for leaders to be punished and resigned.
Therefore, no matter what the future policy is, Pan Dewen's resignation is already doomed.
Seeing Pan Dewen in a daze, Jiao Yan sympathetically comforted: "Dewen, don't misunderstand. Your resignation is not something we have used in exchange for any benefits. In fact, the current situation in the Federation is a powder keg. Conservatives just want to shrink down, not take over at all. Even if Ah Tong takes over your position, we don't know how long he will be able to sit. ā
Since he is destined to step down, Pan Dewen can accept it and exert his residual enthusiasm for his party.
"I know," Pan Dewen forced his spirits and smiled reluctantly, but it was more like crying, "Senior brother, when do you need me to retire?"
"Just these few days," Jiao Yan couldn't help but avoid Pan Dewen's gaze after all, "Now, the people's voices are very high, and they all want the army to quickly recover the Fuju Mountains." Du Shen disagrees, and we can't do it. When you get sick, it's time to cool down, and it's easy to change your strategy later. ā
Pan Dewen nodded, nodding non-stop.
Jiao Yan leaned forward and reached out to grab Pan Dewen's palm. He gently patted the back of Pan Dewen's hand: "Dewen, you are a competent president, very good." It's not that you're incompetent, it's not that you've been betrayed or betrayed. Your misfortune is simply because you have suffered force majeure. ā
"I know," Pan Dewen was in a trance, "to be able to retire from illness is already a decent ending." Senior brother has taken care of me. ā
Jiao Yan seriously assured: "Don't worry, when you get better, Senior Brother will help you come back." ā
Pan Dewen nodded, but didn't take it seriously. With his age and the way he exited, even if he made a comeback, he would not be able to return to the political core.
Two days later, a piece of news touched the hearts of countless people:
In the morning, in the barracks on the outskirts of Fuju Mountain, President Phan Dewen was making a mobilization speech on "recovering the country" when he suddenly fainted. Later, the doctor rescued and confirmed that the president was suffering from cancer due to overwork and had to be operated on immediately.
In accordance with federal law, the president is seriously ill and unable to perform his duties, and the vice president automatically replaces him.
Because of the transfer of power, the military operation to regain the country, which was originally announced and began two days later, was temporarily postponed. It is said that it will not be started again until the new president has sorted out his work.
Countless citizens who miss their homeland are waiting silently. However, because of various seemingly more urgent situations, the army needs to be relieved. The people's wish that the army would recover the Fuju Mountains as soon as possible was feared that it would never be realized.