Chapter 0266: Cocktail Party
"The second world meeting, continuing the issue of unifying the world that you raised last time, is now almost underway. Nan Shan Lie's smile was a little narrow, and he said, "If you come two minutes earlier, maybe you will be able to become the military chief of the new government." ”
"Huh?" Ban Ming was stunned.
Through Nanshan Lie's transmission, Ban Ming quickly knew the earth-shaking changes that had taken place in the human beings in the solar system in the days since he disappeared, and his eyes were a little trance-like.
Even his idea of unifying the world never imagined that it would come true so soon.
Immediately, he was a little glad that he was two minutes late, otherwise it would be a real joke if he was really in charge of the entire military department, and if he had a choice, he would rather fight with Sisoka again.
Lu Haoyang had already begun to say at this time: "Then, let's continue the meeting, about the temporary selection of the chief of the military department......
"Take the liberty of interrupting. Suddenly, someone interrupted Lu Haoyang and said, "Now that Ban Ming has returned, I think the voting results just now can be discussed again and listen to Ban Ming's own opinions." ”
The person who spoke was a member of the Western Federal Government, and he was obviously instructed to say this, and his face was very unnatural.
As soon as this voice fell, many echoing voices rang out from everywhere, some of them were driven by others, and some of them sincerely felt that Ban Ming was qualified to compete for the head of the military department.
I'm really afraid of something.
Seeing that there were more and more voices in agreement, Ban Ming hurriedly raised his voice and said, "Since everyone asked me to say it, then I will say two words." ”
His voice echoed throughout the venue, and everyone fell silent.
"Thank you for your kindness, but in addition to some talent in martial arts practice, I am actually very poor in other aspects, the chief of the military department has a lot to do with it, and it is not for me to be a kid who has not graduated from college, I believe that there must be many more suitable candidates than me here. ”
Ban Ming's rather humble words made many people nod secretly, feeling that Ban Ming did not have the previous "credit" and lost himself and was arrogant.
Although many people showed disappointment, since Ban Ming himself said so, and he had already voted before, there was nothing to say.
The meeting continued according to the established agenda.
In the end, the position of the chief of the military department, contrary to many people's expectations, was occupied by Wu Daocheng, one of the five military marshals of the Eastern Federal Government.
As for the reason, it is probably because he is the only marshal among the many marshals of the Eastern and Western Federal Governments who has not taken the right position, and he is notoriously upright among the military of the Eastern Federation.
There is no way to reach a unity among the major forces, so they simply push a person who does not belong to any force first, and as for the future, they will rely on their own means.
After the chief of the military department is determined, the next thing to be determined is the position of the president of the solar system federation!
The competition for this position is no worse than the previous competition for the position of military commander-in-chief, and every nominee has been criticized by competitors in turn, and some of the nominees have even directly come up with evidence of corruption and corruption of the nominees.
The presidential candidate has not yet been confirmed, but at least two-fifths of them will be brought before the public prosecution court after the session, and the sentence to jail is certain.
After such a fierce cannibalistic bite, there are only five people who are really qualified to run for the presidency.
In the end, it was neither Lu Haoyang nor the president of the Western Federation who became the first president of the Solar System Federation, but a name that was quite unfamiliar to Ban Ming - Liu Qingsong.
It was an old man with almost white hair, but he still had a good complexion.
Through Nan Shanlie's introduction, Ban Ming knew that this Liu Qingsong was also a man of the year in the political arena a hundred years ago, and later retired for some reasons, but his ability to govern is beyond doubt.
A big reason why he was able to come to power this time is that Liu Qingsong himself is highly respected, but he is old, and even if he sits in the position of president, he will retire in a few years.
Knowing the key, Ban Ming could only sigh at the complexity of politics and was glad that he was not involved.
Soon after, the Second World Conference officially ended.
Ban Ming felt that his clothes were in tatters now, and he wanted to leave and change his clothes as soon as the meeting ended, but before he could make a move, he was surrounded by a large group of people who wanted to shake hands with him and take a group photo.
Nanshan Lie, who is a martial artist, actually received an unprecedented cold reception.
Of course, Nan Shanlie didn't care about this kind of false name, but was happy to watch Ban Ming tired of dealing with the appearance of a big head on the sidelines, which seemed to be very interesting.
Out of Ban Ming's expectations, in the end, it was Lan Bingyun who came forward to let Ban Ming get out of the encirclement.
Seeing that Ban Ming's eyes were a little weird when he looked at him, a faint flush appeared on Lan Bingyun's cheeks, and he hummed softly: "Don't think I'm helping you, I just don't want you to be so proud!"
Ban Ming felt deeply aggrieved, is it true that normal people and lace have different values?
"Flower ghosts. At this moment, a voice of mockery and dissatisfaction sounded in Ban Ming's mind.
Compared with Lan Bingyun saying that he was proud of the spring breeze, Ban Ming heard Yang Yaren's words and wanted to find a piece of tofu to kill him.
No matter how hungry he is, it is impossible for him to get together with this woman Lan Bingyun?
Ban Ming didn't expect that the bigger troubles were still to come.
Although Lan Bingyun led a kind of flying association member to escort him, when he couldn't help but fly out of the exit of the "air thinker" with the flow of people.
The thousands of people who flocked to it were like seeing the army of reporters who loved him in his life, and the flashing lights kept flashing, which directly made Ban Ming a little dumbfounded.
And I don't know whether intentionally or not, Lan Bingyun commanded his subordinates and opened up a passage for Ban Ming in front.
So, under the exposure of countless flashing lights, Ban Ming, whose clothes were full of holes, appeared in front of people all over the world like a thunderclap on the ground.
When he participated in the meeting before, Ban Ming didn't feel it, but at this moment, he realized that he was facing all mankind in the guise of a beggar, and Ban Ming couldn't help but have a blood congestion in his brain, and he was drunk when he thought about it.
Afterwards, Ban Ming saw the smile on Lan Bingyun's face that clearly had the words "treacherous plan succeeded".
At this time, if Ban Ming still couldn't understand that the "kindness" that Lan Bingyun had just shown was actually for the malice at this moment, he would have been cultivating for so long in vain.
Sure enough, it's the most poisonous woman's heart!
Ban Ming secretly sighed, and he thought that his image at the moment might become a "classic" that could not be erased for a lifetime.
On the other hand, he can't tear the space and run, which will seem too petty, and it will seem like he has lost.
All kinds of questions came from the reporters' mouths, and the most asked questions were undoubtedly the course and outcome of the battle with Hisoka.
For the experience, Ban Ming briefly brought it, and as for the result, it was a repetition of what he said before.
Just when Ban Ming was about to line up everyone to really leave, a slightly sharp voice suddenly sounded: "Ban Ming, there is such a saying now, in fact, there are no aliens at all, all this is just like when Chen Chen directed the battle of 'Ruins of the Thin End', it was you who found someone to play a scene with you, in order to shape you into a savior, what do you think about this?"
There was an inner element in this sound, and the rumble was transmitted, suppressing all the sounds at once.
All the reporters who heard this voice were all tense at the same time, and many of them looked awe-inspiring.
It's all reporters, and they naturally immediately understood that someone was instructed to deliberately smear Ban Ming.
As for the authenticity of the smear words, it doesn't really matter, because once it spreads through the media, it will inevitably damage Ban Ming's reputation.
Many people around him who also participated in the World Conference secretly wondered who was behind this, didn't they know that Ban Ming was in full swing now?
Lan Bingyun's face changed at this moment, and his eyes looked at the reporter coldly, and he was about to make a move.
However, at this time, Ban Ming stretched out his hand to block her, then looked at the reporter calmly, and said lightly: "It's like time has tested Chen Chen's quality, let time test it again, is there any alien in this world......"
After speaking, a soft force rippled out of his body, and suddenly the people around him, no matter how high or low their cultivation was, all of them couldn't help but retreat back, and they suddenly exclaimed.
And Ban Ming has already moved and sat in an extended maglev car.
followed Ban Ming in, and Yang Yaren.
Inside the car, Shu Qing's eyes were a little strange, and Ban Ming was just that, she couldn't understand how Yang Yaren came in.
Cultivation has reached the realm of Shu Qing, and there is no possibility of being dazzled, so the only explanation is that this girl of the same age as Ban Ming is also extremely amazing, and she is not even weaker than her?
A demon like Ban Ming, it would be outrageous if one appeared, and if a second one appeared...... Shu Qing suddenly felt that he couldn't understand the world more and more.
"There's a drinking party later, let's get together, right?" Shu Qing's gaze fell on Ban Ming's face and said softly.
"Good. ”
Ban Ming nodded in agreement, but secretly he was a little big, knowing that Shu Qing and the others must have a lot of questions, and they didn't know how to explain it before they could get over?
Before going to the cocktail party, Ban Ming first changed the clothes on his body, and then borrowed Yang Yaren's mobile phone to call his parents to report his safety.
During the video call, the mother couldn't cry, and the father, who was not very good at expressing emotions, was also very excited.
It's just because this time the matter is too big, when the two elders learned from the TV that their son actually went to fight the aliens, they were stunned for a long time.
And for the next nearly a week, for the two elders, it was really like a year, and they endured suffering every day.
In the past, they were worried that Ban Ming's body was too weak, and they couldn't find a suitable job and object in the society in the future, but the child suddenly began to be a late bloomer, and he was admitted to the First Military Academy in the college entrance examination, but it's not a good thing to be too promising, and in a blink of an eye, he became the head of the Fei Association, and then in a blink of an eye, he became the three leaders of the conviction organization, and inexplicably began to make a truce agreement with the demon race on behalf of mankind, and suddenly held a world conference to propose the unification of the world, and before the meeting ended, he began to fight with aliens to defend the world, and the plot in the TV series has not developed so brainily, maybe something even more outrageous will happen in the future!
As parents, parents feel a lot of pressure.
By this time, Li Qingru, who has always had a strong personality, finally couldn't resist the collapse, and every day she was waiting for Ban Ming's news.
If they had a choice, they would rather Ban Ming still be as delicate and mediocre as before, and even if he became a pseudo-mother as he was initially feared, they didn't want to hear earth-shattering news about their son at every turn like now.
It is said that the eighteenth change of the female college is even more outrageous than the change of the son of his own family.
However, no matter how Ban Ming became a cultivator, for the two elders, the son was still the son, they didn't care why Ban Ming was so strong that he could fight with aliens, they only cared if Ban Ming was injured.
It wasn't until Ban Ming rolled up his sleeves and trouser legs, patted his muscles, and repeatedly said that he was indeed not injured, that the parents of the class were relieved.
followed by a nagging admonition, all of which were words that had been said thousands of times, Ban Ming did not have the slightest impatience, only felt warm in his heart, and felt deeply guilty.
He also knew that he must have worried the two elders, but since some roads have been taken, there is no way to turn back, to put it mildly, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility...... With his current cultivation, it would be easy for Mingzhe to protect himself, but if the humans in the solar system encountered another crisis, would he be able to turn a blind eye?
Cause and effect.
Ban Ming suddenly had such a realization in his heart, when he got the Taiji Diagram and reversed his original fate, as more and more things happened later, it was like a ball of cotton thread, and more and more causal lines were wrapped around his body.
Unconsciously, it has made it difficult for him to get out.
In the era of the gods, immortal cultivators had a level of "cutting the dust", and only by cutting off the past of the dust edge could they become gods.
It does not mean that we should forget everything in the past, but we must completely let go of some obsessions in our hearts, so that our minds can tolerate heaven and earth, and there will be great joy and great detachment.
And countless talented and demonic immortal cultivators were blocked from this level.
In the current era, although there is no such thing as "cutting the dust", everything has changed, and the truth is actually the same truth.
For a while, all kinds of thoughts flashed in Ban Ming's mind, and his eyes were a little confused.
However, such confusion only appeared for a moment, and his eyes became more determined than ever.
How can you not be stained with dust when you are in the red dust?
The so-called detachment is nothing more than covering one's ears and stealing the bell, deceiving oneself and others.
Everything is based on your own heart, and you will die without regrets!
Moreover, if there is such a thing as detachment, at the very least, it is necessary to get rid of the fact that it becomes a "fruit" and is eaten, which can be regarded as the first step out of true detachment, right?
He can't even control his own fate, but it seems a little ridiculous to say that he is detached.
Thinking of this, Ban Ming suddenly felt that he was inexplicably much more relaxed, even if he was riddled with cause and effect, he didn't feel that it was a burden at all.
"To pick up, to put down?"
Ban Ming smiled dumbly.
Although this kind of thought has not made Ban Ming's cultivation make substantial progress, the hidden benefits will be slowly reflected in his future martial arts practice.
The so-called Dao realm is to recognize the path you are taking, even if there is a cliff ahead, you must be unwavering and unswerving.
Ban Ming didn't know that he had invisibly accomplished many things that Dao Realm martial artists might not be able to do in a hundred years.
......
Of course, a cocktail party is not just about drinking.
The moment Ban Ming and Yang Yaren walked into the reception hall, many pairs of eyes looked at them.
This is almost another world conference.
Because the people who participated in this drinking party were all giants in the human race in the solar system today-
The current president of the Eastern and Western Federations, the lord of the three lords of the Eastern Federation Jiang Ningxi, the head of the three major families of the Western Federation, Shu Qing, the second master of the convictions, Zhan Wulong, the leader of the Ten Thousand Dragons Legion, Hua Tianzun, the deputy head of the legion, Mei Yifei, the leader of the Baye Society, and all the high-grade powerhouses in the Heavenly Realm in the world, including Nanshan Lie, Fang Shi, and the dwarf old man of the Western Federation.
The reason why there is this drinking party is because there are some things that cannot be asked in front of people all over the world.
There are too many questions about Hisoka, about the battle between Ban Ming and Hisoka, about aliens, about the third space jump point.
And next, what Ban Ming wants to talk about is very likely to affect the judgment of everyone present on certain things, such as whether to close the third space jump point?
This is a small drinking party, and the total number of people is less than twenty, but these ten people are enough to determine the future fate of mankind to a large extent.
"Come, let's toast the hero first. Lu Haoyang raised his glass and said with a smile.
Immediately, everyone raised their glasses towards Ban Ming.
Ban Ming was a little unaccustomed to such a scene, but he still picked up a glass of red wine from the plate of the young waiter in a small suit.
"Wait. Suddenly, an old but calm voice sounded.
Everyone was slightly stunned, then looked at the person who spoke.
I saw that the person who spoke was a small old man.
Many people immediately frowned slightly, and Shu Qing's eyes were a little cold.
Because the person who interrupted the toast was the old man who had cultivated in the Heavenly Realm cultivated by the Western Federal Government.
At the second world conference not long ago, he firmly said that Ban Ming would not come back, but within a few minutes, Ban Ming appeared in front of everyone and was slapped in the face invisibly.
And before on the maglev car, in Shu Qing's narration, Ban Ming also knew the identity of the old man.
In fact, the Eastern and Western Federal Governments have never relaxed the cultivation of super warriors, and a lot of manpower and material resources have been spent on this without the people knowing.
In Shu Qing's description, the two major governments of the Eastern and Western Federations together have cultivated at least six Heavenly Realm powerhouses.
And this old man, as well as the Heavenly Realm powerhouse who had died in the hands of Hisoka before, were the best among them.
The man who died was named Luo Wei, and the old man was named Gelson.
For what happened before he appeared in the "Air Thinker", to be honest, Ban Ming didn't take it to heart, his mind and vision were not so narrow, although Gelson was one of the top powerhouses in the world, but in the eyes of Ban Ming at this time, it was really nothing, and in the vast universe, only a "Adventure King" like Sisoka could still attract his attention.
Under everyone's gaze, Gelson's gaze moved away from Ban Ming's body and fell on Yang Yaren behind Ban Ming's side, and said: "I think everyone knows the significance of this drinking party, and not everyone is qualified to participate in this drinking party, although Ban Ming is a hero, but rashly bringing such an unrelated person to participate in this drinking party, the contemptible people feel that something is inappropriate, in case she accidentally spreads some of the content of our conversation, who should bear this responsibility?"
When he said the last sentence, his gaze returned to Ban Ming's face.
Many people's eyes turned strange.
Everyone present actually knew Yang Yaren's identity, and knew that she was not only the niece of Lu Haoyang, the president of the Eastern Federal Federation, but also the girlfriend of Ban Ming who had publicly kissed in front of people all over the world.
To say that she is completely unqualified, it is impossible to say, under normal circumstances, everyone just turns a blind eye.
But since Gelson openly pointed out this matter, no one could turn a blind eye, even Lu Haoyang couldn't be partial.
In this case, the best development is for Yang Yaren to leave by herself - if she has a little vision and a sense of the big picture, she should not make herself the fuse for Ban Ming and Gelsen to clash head-on.
It's a pity that except for Ban Ming, everyone present doesn't know that although Yang Yaren is standing here, it is not Yang Yaren himself who really dominates this body.
The existence that occupies this physical body is the most powerful and terrifying "fruit farmer" in the past few thousand years, and he has never had the habit of talking about his vision and overall situation with "fruit".
Before Gelson's words were finished, Ban Ming already chuckled in his heart, knowing that he was going to suffer.
If Gelson hadn't been so mouthful at the World Conference, Ban Ming might have covered it up for him in a humanitarian spirit, but now......
Gelson suddenly found that after he said this, instead of showing an angry look, Ban Ming showed a ...... in his eyes Admiration and pity?
Gelson has also lived for hundreds of years, but he never thought that these two eyes could be intertwined and appear at the same time.
Just when he didn't know why, he suddenly saw Yang Yaren let out a chuckle like a silver bell, and he was immediately attracted to attention.
"Old man, you mean, I'm not qualified to participate in this drinking party?" Yang Yaren said with a smile.
The old man's words sounded harsh to Gelson, and his eyes when he looked at this good-looking girl couldn't help but be a little cold, and he said lightly: "Not bad." ”
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that she had the identity of Ban Ming's girlfriend, with the height he was standing at now, how would he say one more word to her?
In Gelson's eyes, in today's world, only Shu Qingnan and the like can talk to him on an equal footing.