Chapter 1347: Piltover's Dilemma
Oriana didn't know what was going on, and she couldn't say anything about it—at the urging of the envoy, she had to quickly hand over the Ionian weapons joint development program and get up and return to Piltover.
By this time, the whole of Piltover had fallen into an eerie silence.
After the Supreme Council reached an agreement, Camille immediately made a decision and sent the Leather City Garrison to directly eliminate the infected indiscriminately, although some of the infected people still retained their self-consciousness during the operation, but if they could not be saved, the Leather City Garrison could only carry out the order.
In the raging flames, the civilians of three entire blocks were wiped out, and none of them were spared.
In the beginning, the angry crowd focused entirely on the Supreme Council, and demonstrations and protests followed, all of which focused on Camille, who ordered it.
In front of the massive procession, Camille was prepared to resign, leave the Supreme Council, and even leave Piltover, and released some of the images of the Void infected.
As a result, the situation of public opinion quickly reversed.
You know, in the eyes of the people of Picheng, who think highly of themselves, Berguyn's kind of place is simply barren land, and birds don't, and going to Berguen is almost equivalent to exile - the punishment of Camille's self-led exile is enough.
On the other hand, the appearance of the people infected by the Void also made the guys who had been committed to the march realize that things seemed to be worse than expected, especially after the garrison said that even the soldiers and the infected people, the atmosphere in Piltover finally became tense, this time there were no more people who came out to shout and protest everywhere, most of the people of Piethorn chose to stay at home honestly, and an invisible panic began to spread in the city.
When Orianna returned, she saw such a lifeless scene, and Camille never imagined that the means she had used to quell the anger of the people would cause such serious after-effects.
The shortcomings of the city of progress are undoubtedly revealed at this moment, although the city is civilized with progress and Hex's technology, and it is a city of literature and art, and a city of romance, but if you dissect the spiritual core of Piltover, you will find that this progress, this civilization is largely the appearance, and the city lacks a solid and reliable spiritual core.
For the Picheng people who are accustomed to the pursuit of interests and progress, morality is more like the natural nature of "knowing honor and disgrace after being satisfied with the cang", the unique advantages of this port city make most of the Picheng people belong to the guys who grew up with a golden spoon, and their starting point is higher than many people, and the special political environment of the small country and the widow allows the Picheng people to maintain this sense of superiority throughout their lives.
It is for this reason that the sarcastic and proud word "Pichengkee" is very popular in Valoran, and when it comes to Piltover, many people's first impression is "a guy with inexplicable pride".
And behind this pride, in fact, is the fragility of Piltover.
From the point of view of spirit and faith, Piltover, who lacks his own spiritual core, does not even have to suffer a lot, and Zaun, who has just recently stood up - don't look at the rudeness of the Zaun people, but in fact, these big guys have experienced countless terrible tortures and tribulations in the past years, and it is precisely because of this that Rhodes was able to respond to the call in Zaun and set off a vigorous revolution.
We already have nothing, so we are not afraid of losing.
Piltover, on the other hand, the people of Piltover, who have not experienced much difficulty, are accustomed to maintaining their polite appearance, but underneath this politeness is a hurried and panicked face of a real crisis.
Therefore, when the flame of the Zaun Revolution burned, Picheng would rather give up a large number of strategic resources than prevent the continuation of the war - although Rhodes and Cana at that time could cause some trouble to the Picheng people, but if they fought to the end, it would definitely be Zuan who suffered, but unfortunately, Piltover did not have the courage and ability to fight.
Camille saw this, and after she came to power, she was trying to make Picheng achieve a crushing effect through the lead of technology (ignition plan); On the other hand, they are actively involved in all things Valoran - why did Picheng support Rhodes's plans from the bottom of their hearts?
A large part of the reason is that Camille wants Piltover to have more people look out there, to let them see more of Valoran, so that in their spare time, they can occasionally discover what Piltover needs and lacks now.
It's a pity that not long after all this began, the outbreak of the Void Crisis made Camille completely leave his position, even though he was reluctant to give up, but Camille and his lover still stayed away from the disturbances of Leather City and returned to the place where it all began.
And now, this difficulty is placed in front of Oriana.
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Fear, confusion, apathy......
Oriana, who returned to Piltover, felt a lot of déjà vu in addition to being unreal, as if she had been on the lifeboat that had been set up to play with the dead, and when the Noxian man laughed wildly.
On the ship, Orianna throws away all her defensive equipment and forces everyone to go on with her.
But in Piltover, Oriana was well aware that the current panic was not a speech, not a little incitement that could be resolved.
"I need to find a way that really works."
Time is running out for Oriana - the panic of the population has seriously affected Piltover's market level, and as a city based on commerce and manufacturing, this panic is a very troublesome thing to do, and if left alone, it will be a big problem.
And if you want to manage...... It's really hard to manage.
Even Orianna was able to succeed so smoothly, and almost no one stumbled because of this - everyone knows very well how difficult Oriana's position is at this time, although the stumbling is good, if you are caught by a chance and dumped by Orianna or something, isn't that uncomfortable for yourself?
Anyway, this little girl can't solve the problem, so let her stumble first!
And just like that, when Orianna was in a hurry, an unexpected person found her.
"Introduce yourself." Dressed in a heavy, never-before-seen Hex's biochemical armor, the man looked like a woman younger than himself, "My name is Keisha - I'm here to help." ”