Chapter 536: A Street Interview About the Divine Decisive Battle
The Imperial Ta Kung Pao is the most objective and impartial news outlet in the Crimson Empire.
All news published by this media only contains facts and does not make any subjective evaluations. Because of this feature, it was welcomed by many elites of the empire.
Because the news it reports does not delve into the roots, and it never involves sensitive topics, and the boss behind the scenes is the Chu family clan, Ta Kung Pao has lasted for 1,400 years since its inception.
This sacred decisive battle between the Black Forest, the Doji and the province of Heyue naturally did not lack the presence of Ta Kung Pao reporters. Reporter Lin Yilian was the special correspondent of this sacred decisive battle.
At this time, there were less than 10 days left before the day of the decisive battle, and Lin Yilian had already finished her interview with the two major provinces of the Black Forest and the Doji, and she took a high-speed spaceship painted all over the body to pure white, leaving the Black Forest Province all the way and rushing towards Heyue.
In the spaceship, Lin Yilian and her assistant Xiao Zhang are discussing their interview plans in Hayue.
Xiao Zhang first pulled out the star map and planned the route forward: "Sister Lin, the province of Heyue is not stable, it is said that there is turmoil in various places, if the interview is carried out as originally planned, there may be danger on the road." So the safest way is to go directly to the Giant Bear Fort in the center of Hagoe. β
Lin Yilian frowned: "This is not appropriate." The center of the river is under the control of the governor, and the inhabitants there will never dare to tell the truth, so this interview will be meaningless. β
Xiao Zhang spread his hands: "Sister Lin, this time is not as good as before." Our ship is a civilian model, and it doesn't even have weapons on it, so if something really happens, it will be very troublesome. β
"No way!" Lin Yilian shook her head resolutely: "According to the original plan, I will go to Storm City on the edge of the river first, and I must get the most true thoughts of those low-level residents." β
"Sister Lin......"
"It's decided!"
"Well, if something is wrong, I'll turn immediately."
Wind City is not far away, at the speed of the high-speed ship, after about 5 hours, a small silver-white dot appeared in the field of vision, and as the distance approached, the small dot continued to grow larger, and soon, it occupied almost the entire field of view of the ship.
"Look, there's a warhawk!" Xiao Zhang pointed to a small dark red dot on the screen, and his voice was full of joy.
The Warhawk is the main battleship of the Empire, and since there is a Warhawk here, it means that Storm City is still under the control of the Governor of Heyue.
Lin Yilian quietly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Contact War Eagle, identify yourself, and submit an application to enter the city." β
"Understood."
About 2 minutes later, the assistant turned to Lin Yilian and said, "Sister Lin, the other party has agreed to the application, and we can enter the city." β
"Good."
The high-speed spacecraft flew towards the spaceport, lined up to enter the spaceport, and was dragged into the berth by the towing spaceship, and after a while, a hovercar flew over and took Lin Yilian and her assistant off the spaceship.
"Go to the Windy neighborhood." Lin Yilian reported the destination to the owner of the hovering car.
The hovercar began to accelerate, crossing a smooth arc in space, and soon merged into orbit and accelerated, and about 5 minutes later, Lin Yilian and her assistant were standing on a pedestrian street in the inner city of Windwind.
The streets were full of people, the sky was full of hovercars, and the faces of pedestrians were hurried, and their footsteps were non-stop, but there didn't seem to be much panic.
Lin Yilian took a deep breath, then spit it out again, and said to the assistant beside her: "The air quality is very good, and there is no extra smell." Xiao Zhang, have you detected the air level? What level is it? β
The assistant was holding a probe pen to measure, and after a while, he said: "It is second-class air, and the content of dust and harmful gases in the air is controlled below 1/10,000, and the oxygen content is stable and almost never fluctuating...... Tsk, the lord of Windwind is really generous. β
In Space City, air is provided for free, but Space City is man-made, and there is no stable ecosystem in it, so air has to be made at a cost. In order to save money, many lords will use low-performance atmospheric circulation machines, although the air produced by this circulation machine can also breathe, but the quality is generally not good, there will be peculiar smells, and over time, it is easy for people to suffer from respiratory diseases in their eyes.
"It was unexpected."
Lin Yilian wrote this down, then looked up left and right on the street, and soon found a vending machine, she strode over, looked at the list of goods, and then stuffed 1 star shield into the vending machine.
'Gulong~' A bottle of purified water in a simple package rolled out.
Lin Yilian took the pure water, unscrewed it and took a sip, her eyes suddenly lit up slightly: "The water quality is very good, Xiao Zhang, you test it." β
Assistant Xiao Zhang took the water probe stick and inserted it into the water bottle, and after a while, a thick green light appeared on the water stick, and he was stunned for a moment: "Sister Lin, this is grade 1 drinking water, the pH, softness and hardness are moderate, there are no bacteria, only trace minerals." This kind of water sells for at least 5 star shields in the imperial capital, and here it sells for 1 star shield. Sister Lin, I want to sell this water to the imperial capital, this is a 400% profit! β
"Don't be poor, work!" Lin Yilian scolded lightly, looked around the pedestrians on the street a few times, and then walked towards a young man in a hurry: "Young man, can I ask you a few questions?" β
As she spoke, she handed over 10 star shields at the same time.
The young man looked at Lin Yilian and his assistant Xiao Zhang suspiciously.
Lin Yilian hurriedly explained her identity: "Don't get me wrong, I'm a reporter from the Imperial Ta Kung Pao, is it convenient for you now?" β
The young man looked at the star shield in Lin Yilian's hand, then looked at her clothes, hesitated, and finally nodded: "You ask, but I may not be able to answer." β
"Okay." Lin Yilian smiled and asked, "Do you know about the Divine Decisive Battle?"
The young man nodded.
"What do you think about this?"
The young man hesitated again, and finally shook his head: "It's none of my business. β
The expected answer, the little people don't like to talk about the big people, this is the way to protect themselves, Lin Yilian is not surprised at all: "Oh, okay, thank you very much." β
The young man turned around and left, and after walking about 3 steps, he stopped, and just when Lin Yilian was feeling strange, he suddenly turned back and said to Lin Yilian: "I hope the governor can win the decisive battle." β
Lin Yilian became more and more strange: "Oh, why? β
The young man pursed his lips, his eyes looked left and right, and he was silent for a long time before he whispered: "My mother originally had a serious lung disease, and there was no money to treat it before, and my mother was once on the verge of despair...... I'm grateful! β
With that, the young man turned and ran.
Lin Yilian and her assistant Xiao Zhang looked at each other, and were silent for more than ten seconds before Xiao Zhang said in a low voice: "Even free treatment, the city lord of Blastwind City is really crazy." β
Lin Yilian didn't make a judgment easily, she walked over to a middle-aged man again, handed over the star shield, and asked the same question.
The middle-aged man was much more steady than the young man before, and he pondered for a few seconds before replying, "Speaking from the heart, although the Governor is not legitimately in power, he is a rare benevolent lord. In this decisive battle, I hope he wins, but I don't want him to win. β
Lin Yilian raised her eyebrows and asked, "Why?" β
The middle-aged man sighed, "The current governor is too kind to his people, and since he took the throne, Windwind City has changed day by day, and I also enjoy this change, so I hope he can win." However, I know that this will not last, this is a holy decisive battle, and there will be other setbacks next time, and no one will tolerate a civilian being governor for a long time. I'm afraid that if I have enjoyed it for a long time, it will be even more painful to suddenly lose all this now. Besides, now that the Governor has been defeated and abdicated, he may be able to save his life, but if it is in the future, it is really difficult to say. So, it's better to lose early. β
After speaking, the middle-aged man shook his head and sighed: "The starry sky is dim, power eats people, and the superior is as evil as a tiger, just thinking about eating people." How arrogant, how naΓ―ve, how tragic it is for the governor to try to change all this with the power of one man! Hey~"
He didn't pay attention to Lin Yilian, turned around and left, his steps staggered slightly, and his back looked very desolate.
Assistant Xiao Zhang looked at the middle-aged man's back and sneered: "I'm afraid that this person is crazy, it's just a problem, and he can have such a big reaction." β
Lin Yilian didn't speak, she continued to interview, interviewing people of different identities in the city.
More than 20 people have been interviewed, and with the exception of two who said they didn't care, almost all of them hoped that the governor would win, some explicitly and some very vaguely.
After interviewing the 23rd person, Lin Yilian fell into deep thought.
"Sister Lin, do you want to continue?" Xiao Zhang asked.
"No, there's enough of it. Let's take a look around and see what happens to the public facilities in Windwind. β
"Okay."
The two of them found a hovercar and circled around the city.
After watching it for more than ten minutes, Xiao Zhang sighed: "This city is full of engineering robots, and it is being rebuilt everywhere. Hey! Sister Lin, look, is that a school? It's beautiful, but how much does it cost? β
Lin Yilian made a rough estimate: "It seems that along the way, the lord of Storm City will spend at least 200 million star shields on the city's public welfare. β
"Ahh How many of them? Xiao Zhang exclaimed.
Lin Yilian continued to think in her heart, "Since the Ye family's rebellion, the noble lords of Heyue have almost died, and all the space cities have been taken over by the governor. This money should be allocated entirely by the provincial treasury. A marginal space city will allocate 200 million star shields, and the entire Heyue space city is more than 1,000, and the scale is larger than that of Storm City, so it is estimated that at least 200 billion star shields will be spent. The 200 billion Star Shield is just focused on improving the well-being of ordinary people, but his previous actions on the top are so evil. What kind of person is this young new governor? β
Thinking so, she said to her assistant: "Xiao Zhang, in the next chapter, we will go directly to the Giant Bear Fortress." β