Xanadu.

For some reason, Su Xia suddenly thought of this.

This kind of small world, in ancient times, was really a peach orchard.

Of course, ancient science and technology were not developed, and it was impossible to dig out a small world in the belly of the mountain, and even if it could be dug up, it would not be able to solve the problems of air circulation, sunlight, food, clean water, etc.

There are some things that only modern technology can do.

Walking down the street, surrounded by pedestrians and cars, with no robotic patrol sentinels and no rumbling large machinery, this is a purely human world.

"The air is clean and the circulatory system is doing a good job."

Su Xia took a few deep breaths.

He and Wang Mengqi are walking on the main road of City No. 8, the road is very wide, and the vegetation on both sides adds a bit of greenery and vitality to this gray steel and concrete world.

Wang Mengqi knew that many of the families that sold medals were met by her in those temporary trading gathering points, and there were more than a dozen families in City No. 8 alone.

The two are now going to one of the families surnamed Yi.

Not long after walking, several official black cars of Dragon City suddenly appeared in front of the road.

"Didi!"

The leading sedan honked its horn and cleared the way ahead.

Looking at the direction of the convoy, it is heading towards the central building of City 8.

"What a coincidence."

Su Xia smiled and looked at a car in the middle of her eyes.

Sitting in that sedan was none other than Hu Yun, the old dean of the academy, who was now the acting city lord of Dragon City, responsible for handling the affairs of Dragon City during the city lord's injury.

Although the car's glass is one-way, it can't stop Su Xia's system and life perception glasses.

Su Xia's heart moved, and he sent a group of nanobots to follow behind those cars.

Then, he continued to move forward with Wang Mengqi as if nothing had happened.

Soon, the motorcade drove past them.

In the car in the middle, Dean Hu Yun was frowning, wearing a pair of old glasses, and carefully looking at the various documents and materials to be processed today.

"Strange ......"

He suddenly felt that someone was watching him, and the perception of high-level psionic creatures was quite keen, so he subconsciously raised his head and looked out the window.

At this glance, I happened to see Su Xia's back.

The old dean was shocked in his heart, and thought that he was dazzled.

This back is all too familiar.

North wind!

Is that him? Is he coming?

The old dean still wanted to confirm, but the car he was riding in was not slow, and it had already driven more than 20 meters away.

And Su Xia's figure also disappeared around the corner behind him, and he could no longer be seen.

"Is he really here......"

The old dean muttered in a low voice and put down the documents in his hand.

He made an identity card for Su Xia to facilitate Su Xia's passage in Dragon City.

However, according to the system, the identity card is still pending activation and has not been officially put into use.

In other words, Su Xia shouldn't have come yet.

If he does come and uses the badge at the gate, the old dean will get a hint that the card's built-in chip is activated.

"That kid from Zhang Fang doesn't know how to send me a message...... If the north wind is really coming, how did he avoid the access control system? ”

The old dean thought about it, but he was still puzzled.

He naturally hoped that Su Xia would come.

The situation in Dragon City was too difficult, and it was difficult for him to support himself for too long.

As the leader of the academy, the old dean originally thought that he, the acting city lord, would be able to do relatively well, at least the Dragon City staff who had graduated from the academy in the past should listen to him.

But it backfired, and the real situation was too different from what he thought.

Even the students he had personally taught, a large part of them stood on the opposite side or ignored his words, not to mention those ordinary students.

In addition, the people of the research institute are eyeing the side......

It's really hard for him to sit in this position.

He came to City 8 today mainly for an impromptu meeting to discuss the handling of curfews and rumors in the city.

The old dean had a hunch that this meeting would definitely not go too well.

"Alas......"

The old dean sighed softly and rubbed his tired eyes.

Then, he picked up the documents again, combed his silver hair back neatly, and then neatly dressed in a decent gray-black suit, the tiredness in his eyes gradually disappeared, and was replaced by an old man who rarely saw the spirit.

After becoming the acting lord of the castle, every meeting is like a battlefield, and you must show full spirit and overwhelming the opponent's faith.

Otherwise, if you are not careful, you will fall into a vortex of doubts.

"Lord of the City, we have arrived." The driver's voice came.

The sedan slowed down and stopped under the central building of City Eight.

As soon as it stopped, a young man in formal clothes ran outside the car, opened the car door for the old dean with a smile on his face, and said, "Uncle, why did you come so early?" The people at the institute haven't been here yet. ”

"How many times have you said it, don't call me uncle outside, call me dean or my current position." Although the old dean was reproaching, a smile also appeared on the old man's face.

The young man's name was Hu Li, his nephew, and he had brought it up with his own hands.

Hu Li's parents died very early, and since then he has been with the old dean and has learned a lot of knowledge and life skills.

He is naturally intelligent, very mature in life, and his own strength is not bad, he is a fourth-level creature at a young age, and he is considered a leader among the younger generation in Dragon City.

The future of Dragon City lies in the hands of young people like them.

The better the young people, the happier the older generation will be.

"Among the young people, I'm afraid only the monster of the North Wind can stabilize everyone, except for him, Xiao Li is one of the best." The old dean was very satisfied with this nephew, after all, he had taught him.

Many people believe that with Hu Li's talent, he will definitely be able to compete for the position of the city lord in the future, even if he can't compete for the city lord, the position of the dean of the academy will not be able to run.

Today's Hu Li is already the secretary of the mayor of City No. 8, and after another year or two of training, he can be transferred to City No. 9 in the center.

Accompanied by this excellent nephew, the old dean entered the central building of City No. 8 and took the elevator all the way up.

He showed that he had met with the mayor of the city, chatted about the situation in City Eight, and then entered the Great Chamber.

Soon, the rest of the participants arrived one after another, and the institute alone accounted for nearly two-fifths of the seats.

The full name of the institute is "Missing Moon Research Institute", and it has many research institutes under its jurisdiction, such as 051, 031, 022, 073, etc., among which Wang Luo, the director of the 051 Research Institute, is known to Su Xia.

The group of nanobots sent by Su Xia hid high in the conference hall, taking in the situation below.

"Wang Luo is here, he is the number three person in the entire Missing Moon Research Institute, and standing next to him are the second-in-command Qiu Hao and the first-in-command Qin Shou......"

Su Xia silently observed the crowd's seats.

In the conference hall, everyone's seating is exquisite.

Wang Luo sat in the third seat in the first row on the left side of the conference hall, and Qiu Hao and Qin Shou in front of him were the real controllers of the entire research institute.

On the side of the academy, in addition to the old dean, there are also a large number of highly qualified professors, and Shi Sishi is also among them.

As for the faction of the city lord Su Yulong, it was attended by Li Feng, the assistant to the city lord.

This Li Feng, Su Xia has also seen it.

He had also represented the city lord's faction before, and came to the new station of the oasis camp with the old dean, and had a brief exchange with Su Xia, and told Su Xia something about the city lord Su Yulong.

The academics and the city lords basically divided the other three-fifths of the council seats equally.

In general, the number of institutes is more predominant.

But this advantage is not huge, because most of the time, a decision needs to be voted on by two-thirds of the people.

"Now that everyone is here, let's get started."

As the acting city lord, Dean Hu stood on the podium in front of him, his old body stood straight, his eyes were bright, and he announced the beginning of the meeting loudly.

The meeting began to discuss the curfew, and then, unsurprisingly, an argument broke out.

Some people think that there should be no curfew, even if the lord of the castle is seriously injured.

Doing so will only make people outside feel that Dragon City is weak.

"Of the seven large gathering places, we are the only ones who have imposed a curfew, and isn't this a joke for others to see? We're the Dragon City! ”

"What would others think?"

"Those people in the Lion City and Eagle City, will they think that there is something wrong with us internally?"

Most of the people in the institute hold this concept.

The second-in-command Qiu Hao even gushed a lot of reasons, this middle-aged population is like a river, and the spittle stars are about to spray onto the seats of everyone in the academy.

And the academics naturally won't let him spray like this, and they are not easy to mess with.

Whether it is lip service or hand and foot work, these old academic professors have never been afraid of anyone.

Secretly, these old professors are known as old rascals.

"What does it matter what other people think? Are you so inferior? Do you have to look at other people's comments for everything? "Shi Sishi, this old man, was the first to squirt back.

Although Su Xia didn't like this old man, he also had to admit that this old man's combat power was quite good.

Shi Sishi said coldly: "According to your thoughts, why don't we hand over the command and let the people from Lion City and Eagle City come and guide us?" ”

"You're misinterpreting me!" Qiu Hao's eyes widened, showing no weakness.

"Did I misinterpret it?" Shi Sishi snorted coldly, "Is Lingqiu Hao from Dragon City or from Lion City?" Why do you do things based on what they think? ”

"Old horseman, I'm just worried that the other cities will think we are weak internally and covet us!" Qiu Hao argued loudly.

"Oh? What if they are covetous? ”

Shi Sishi said loudly: "My Dragon City is here, do they dare to come?" ”

"You old puppet really don't know what to do, I'm just worried!" Qiu Hao's face turned cold, and his tone was not good.

"Then shut up! I'm not as worried as you are! ”

"Shameless old thief!"

"Yellow-mouthed child!"

"You ......"

Qiu Hao was so angry that his chest rose and fell, and his fists were clenched.

In terms of lip service, an old professor like Shi Sishi, who has been teaching for decades, is really not ordinary, and one mouth can make people angry to death.

The last time he faced Su Xia, he was indeed at a loss, he had his own selfishness, and there was a problem with his decision-making, so he really couldn't say anything.

But Susha wasn't here after all.

At least, none of them discovered Susha's nanobots.

Shi Sishi didn't have any psychological pressure, he could say whatever he wanted, and he was so happy!

Subsequently, the rest of the two sides took turns on the field and argued for more than an hour.

And the people of the city lord's faction would occasionally say a few words.

After arguing for so long, I was stunned that there was no result, and the entire conference hall was like a vegetable market, and in the end, the three parties rolled up their sleeves.

Su Xia watched this scene silently, only feeling speechless for a while, and didn't know what to say.

"When there are constant interruptions, waste of time, this is the ...... of Dragon City"

From the early hours of the morning to now, he has seen the quiet Dragon City, and he has also seen the anxious Dragon City...... Now, I saw the noisy Dragon City again.

At the beginning, Zhang Fang told Su Xia that every meeting in Longcheng would be noisy for most of the day.

Su Xia didn't believe it at first, after all, in such a big city, the management should not be like this.

But now, he believed.

A long quarrel happened right in front of his eyes, and the quarrel hurt his brain.

The quarrel continued until noon, when the matter of the curfew came to an end, and finally everyone reluctantly agreed to control the curfew for about a month.

After a month, if you still have ideas, you can quarrel again.

Everyone had lunch in the conference hall and resumed the meeting after the meal.

In the afternoon, the group mainly quarreled over the topic of urban gossip.

On the research institute's side, many people think that those rumors are just normal residents' complaints, and they have often happened in the past, so there is no need to pay too much attention to them, just let them develop.

"Everyone is human, who hasn't complained a few words?" It's still Qiu Hao, the second-in-command of the acting institute, who stood up and gushed endlessly.

He drank three bottles of mineral water in front of him, which shows the strength of his spraying in the past half a day.

In comparison, Qin Shou and Wang Luo beside him were quite calm.

Especially Wang Luo, perhaps because he had some friendship with Dean Hu in the oasis camp, he hasn't spoken much today.

Qiu Hao continued: "Not to mention those ordinary residents, even there are many people in our research institute who are complaining, the reality is like this, everyone's life is difficult, it is inevitable that there will be complaints, you can't arrest all the residents who complain, right?" ”

"Director Qiu, what you said is not right."

As a representative of the city lord's faction, Li Feng suddenly spoke.

He said in a deep voice: "There are rumors and rumors in the city, rumors are rampant, it is obvious that someone is behind it, and it is not a normal resident complaining, this matter must be taken seriously, otherwise there may be a big mess." ”

"Someone pushing behind it?" Qiu Hao smiled, "Everyone is here, you might as well explain the words, who do you think is behind it?" Who else has the power to drive rumors other than us? ”

"Director Qiu, I think there may be external forces interfering."

Li Feng's expression was as usual, his mood was stable, and his words were very clear.

Qiu Hao laughed again, picked up the mineral water in front of him, dried half a bottle in one go, and then said: "It's a joke, you can throw the pot on external forces for everything, right?" ”

(End of chapter)