(Added update because the randomness of the Silver Alliance cannot be used. The completion progress is 38/100. It’s a little late today, but I finally got it out.)
Tower, 4th floor. Survey Corps headquarters.
These days, the person who is under the most pressure in the tower is the commander of the Survey Corps, Qin Zong.
He recognized Bai Wu at first, and from Bai Wu's crazy behavior, he understood Bai Wu's true meaning.
He could accept his subordinates ruining the wedding, and he could also accept everyone's ridicule and criticism.
As time goes by, people will eventually calm down and forget about these things, including Qin Zong himself.
But there are some things Qin Zong can't let go.
At the beginning, he started to investigate the Qin family, but compared to Qin Xuan and his sister, he seemed like an outsider of the Qin family.
Later, Qin Zong began to investigate the Corps and the Zhenyu Corps, but after searching for a long time, he found no evidence for what happened ninety years ago.
Qin Ye also quickly began to suppress people's speech.
Just like what happened seven hundred years ago, communications were monitored, networks were deleted, and the memory of the Internet was deleted, but people’s memories are still there, and many people will still mention these things. After dinner, people will still talk about whether humans already had the ability to conquer the red zone ninety years ago, but the top leaders betrayed those soldiers
This is naturally a problem, so how can we make people forget what happened ninety years ago
It's very simple.
Besieging Wei to save Zhao is a wisdom that will never go out of date.
When a traffic star is full of stains but the financial backers behind him still want to protect him, another person with even bigger stains will often appear at this time.
The same logic applies to when someone wants to make headlines by holding a concert or releasing a new album, his or her popularity will always be snatched away by someone else like a self-detonating truck.
Do people have justice
Maybe they have some in their hearts, but life in the tower can easily corrupt these righteousness. Most of them are just spectators.
People may shout out truth and justice because of the content of a certain melon, but just keep posting melons.
As a result, all the policies Qin Zong had given before were passed, and people at the bottom had a formal channel to move up to the second and third levels.
These channels no longer examine your money or your connections, but rather your abilities and your performance when mining underneath.
This is the first highlight.
Not to mention whether it can be achieved or not, whether there will be abuse of power for personal gain and bribery during the implementation process, such as the performance evaluation process, but at least the pie has been drawn.
Then they began to report widely on the scandals of some officials. These managers were corrupt, abused their power for personal gain, and abused their power in the third and fourth levels.
People will be angry and feel unfair about what happened ninety years ago, but it’s history. Can you go back in time and save those people
But these fourth-level managers are really evil and disgusting!
First, welfare is released, then corrupt officials are punished, and the crimes of corrupt officials are reported in detail. These crimes make people indignant and they say that this is a very satisfying news.
So the long-standing hot topics are no longer hot topics, because it is difficult for people to focus on several things.
When the white fog reached the tower, people were talking about the wedding and the evil ghost from outside the tower.
Bai Wu thought he could awaken something, but although he had an extraordinary vision, he was just a young man after all.
What he didn't know was that not long after he left, public opinion changed and big news began to emerge one after another.
Some people think that this is a case of sacrificing the pawn to save the driver, but can these remarks be said out loud
Seeing everyone clapping and cheering, it seems like a better era is about to come—
Qin Zong actually felt a little sad.
What a twisted era this is
He really hoped that what Bai Wu said was false, and that what happened ninety years ago was just a smokescreen created by Bai Wu.
Even though he couldn't figure out the reason, Qin Zong had never been a person who was willing to muddle through and deceive himself.
So for the fourth time, Qin Zong called Wujiu.
On the first three occasions, Qin Zong, as the head of the group, ordered Wujiu to tell the causes and consequences of the wedding incident and whether Bai Wu was involved.
But Wujiu just shook his head and said:
"This has nothing to do with Bai Wu. He is my most important subordinate. Even you cannot slander him."
"You and I both know that it is Bai Wu. You also know that if I want to harm him, I can do it even without evidence!" Qin Zong said angrily.
Will Qin Zong harm Bai Wu
According to Wujiu's understanding of Qin Zong, this shouldn't be the case. He is a boss who is worthy of his trust and worth his life.
But even so, this is a matter concerning Bai Wu's safety, even if everyone knows that it is a lie, Wujiu will keep this lie as if it is the truth.
At least he couldn't let his subordinates be troubled by the bigwigs because of his own negligence.
"Captain, I still say the same thing. My team members are upright and they are the benchmark of the Survey Corps. Bai Wu has no involvement in these things!"
Wujiu stood straight.
"you!"
Qin Zong pointed at Wujiu and was speechless. One of them was 1.6 meters tall and the other was 1.8 meters tall, but their auras were opposite.
Qin Zong never thought that Wujiu, a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, would lie in front of him without blinking.
Is he really that Wujiu
Suppressing his anger, Qin Zong said:
"I didn't ask you to betray Bai Wu, and I wasn't angry because the wedding was ruined. Why don't you understand? I want to know the truth of what happened ninety years ago."
"And then? What if you know the truth? The people outside, including my colleagues, have guessed something, but what can they do?"
Wujiu’s eyes are as sharp as swords.
Not long ago, he received a call from Yan Zizai, who asked him to have a chat, and the topic was naturally about mobilizing him to go to Baichuan City.
Wujiu agreed without hesitation. Thinking that Bai Wu did not tell him about this matter in person, he could probably guess that Bai Wu was very busy now.
The situation in Baichuan City is really critical.
After going through life-and-death crises with Bai Wu time and time again, Wujiu felt that perhaps this time was the closest he had ever been to death.
Perhaps this time, Bai Wu needs him the most, or even needs everyone the most.
Qin Zong looked for Wujiu three times, and each time Wujiu felt that Qin Zong had not asked the key point and his mood was not right.
This time, Qin Zong's emotions seemed to be right.
"I guessed that maybe you, like everyone else, would eventually be delayed by other things. And then your attention would be diverted. After all, it was just a piece of history. Do you still have the awareness to sacrifice your relatives for the sake of justice?"
Kill one's relatives for the sake of justice.
These four words seem to have revealed the answer to the question.
Qin Zong looked at Wujiu and was stunned for a moment.
After a long time, Qin Zong said:
"I am a person who is so self-disciplined that people hate me. The Qin family is a warlord family, and the strongest fighting force in the tower is in the hands of the Qin family. But since I was very young, I have been more like a soldier than them."
"I am not liked by my family. Sometimes I wonder if my temper is innate. Why am I so unpopular and stubborn? My brother also said that my personality is not smooth enough. The head of the family and my father will not trust me. It seems that a similar person appeared in the Qin family before."
In history, there was also a leader of the Investigation Corps who was upright but almost ruined everything. But this is the Qin family's secret.
Even Qin Zong didn't know.
"I drifted further and further away from them, until I felt like an outsider. But the family eventually handed the Survey Corps over to me. It wasn't because they valued me, but because my brother... had no interest in managing you."
Wujiu knew that the captain was not liked by his family, but this was the first time Qin Zong mentioned these words.
"But I have no regrets. At least since I became the leader of the Survey Corps, there have been fewer cases at the grassroots level, the mortality rate of the Survey Corps has also decreased, and more intelligence has been collected outside the tower. Although the security at the grassroots level is still chaotic... it is getting better little by little, especially with subordinates like you... I think I have not taken the wrong path."
Qin Zong took a deep breath, opened his eyes wide and looked at Wujiu. He patted Wujiu's shoulder with his hand, heavy and powerful!
"Gu Qingyu, tell me, although we have only worked together for a few years, as a subordinate, do you think I am such a person who cannot distinguish right from wrong? Do I, Qin Zong, not have such tolerance? Would I ignore the accident that happened ninety years ago because of family matters?"
Each word is more powerful than the last, and each comes from the heart.
Wujiu did not avoid his gaze, but looked at his leader calmly and said calmly:
“But not everyone has enlightenment.”
"Then what kind of people do you think are worthy of enlightenment?"
"People who have truly seen that kind of despair, who have endured that kind of despair, and still have hope. Captain, do you have any friends who have become evil?"
Qin Zong was stunned.
Wujiu's words were like a knife.
"Everyone only knows that during the military exercise, Liu Mu turned into an evil man, but they don't know that after Liu Mu turned into an evil man... he is still the same Liu Mu. He is still the shield that stands in front of me."
"That accident was caused by an evil person. That evil person has a name, Nie Chongshan. He was once the best member of the Survey Corps, but because he was hated by the higher-ups in the tower, he was exiled outside the tower and became an evil person!"
"No one died during the military exercise between the two armies, because of Nie Chongshan and Liu Mu. They always remembered who they were, even if they became evil."
"You can't imagine what they went through. Ninety years ago, the elite soldiers of the two armies fought in the Red Zone with the intention of opening up a new future for mankind, but they were unable to return because of a malfunction in the return roulette wheel..."
"One person's roulette wheel is broken, which can be understood as negligence. If everyone's roulette wheel is broken, do you know what it is?"
Wujiu seemed to say these words with gritted teeth:
"The top leaders believed that... if humans touched the red zone, it would infringe upon the interests of the forces outside the tower, so they decided to purge the two armies."
Qin Zong took a step back and looked at Wujiu in shock.
Wujiu said:
"They died, but were reborn in an evil way. They no longer have any expectations for the tower, but are eager to find a future for mankind!"
"Can you watch over for ninety years in endless despair? Have you ever seen your best friend die in front of you to protect you? Or have you also seen your subordinates and colleagues become evil and degenerate?"
Qin Zong was speechless, and the iron-blooded man's eyes were red.
He seemed to see that scene, the outstanding soldiers of the Survey Corps outside the tower were struggling to survive.
The elite troops of the two combined armies found in despair that there was no way to retreat.
Qin Zong really wanted to ask back, do you have it
But when he saw Wujiu's calm eyes, he suddenly felt that this short man... might have experienced everything.
"If we are just angry, just remember, just treat it as history... Of course it is meaningful, those dead souls may rest in peace in the underworld..."
“That’s all I ask of the public.”
Wujiu took a step forward, his eyes gleaming with brilliance:
"But for me, for you, this alone is not worthy of being called enlightenment!"
Qin Zong looked at the somewhat unfamiliar Wujiu and sighed:
"It seems that you have been through a lot. You have had many opportunities outside the tower. In the past, you would not praise Evil Fall. When talking about Evil Fall, you always had a black-and-white attitude."
Wujiu did not deny it.
"Since I met Bai Wu, my view of evil has been changing. A person's skin may not contain a real human soul. And many souls worthy of admiration are not contained in human skins."
Qin Zong pondered this sentence silently.
"The evil in the upper echelons may be just like our exploration of this world. What we have revealed is only the tip of the iceberg. In the past seven hundred years, many such things have happened.
I’m not pessimistic, but history has proven many times that mistakes are made and they are always forgiven.”
Finally, the conversation reached this point, and Wujiu said something that almost meant they were parting ways.
"I really want to guard the tower, I want to protect the people at the bottom, I want them to live a free life without being bullied, I want to bring order to this place... But as I continue to explore and keep touching the truth... I become more and more desperate... And I feel more and more-"
Wujiu took a deep breath and looked directly at Qin Zong:
"This tower is not worth my protection. Captain, you are the best captain I have ever served. I am very happy to have a boss like you. I am not hated by my boss like Nie Chongshan, nor am I betrayed by the world I am loyal to like Gu Hailin."
"But I believe... if I continue to wait in the tower, that day will not be too far away."
Qin Zong felt very sad. To hear Wujiu say such words... What on earth had he been through
"Do you think the tower has decayed to such an extent?"
"Yes."
"Is this what you call enlightenment? You want to overthrow the rule of the Tower?"
"No... I just want to follow those ghosts and get out of the tower!"
Wujiu's tone was so firm.
If Bai Wu were here, he would also be surprised by what the captain said.
After all, when they were in Zaohu Village, Bai Wu felt that the captain would probably still have to guard the high tower.
So at that time, Bai Wu began to change his strategy, wanting the captain to continue to benefit the lower classes in the tower, while he began to build a shelter with Nie Chongshan and others.
At that time, Bai Wu really thought that the captain was right and it was indeed not safe for him to rush into the shelter like this.
However, Wujiu's attitude changed greatly at this time.
Maybe Yan Zizai said a lot on the phone, or maybe he knew that the team leader at this moment needed to be forced to make a choice.
"What if you make the wrong choice?" Qin Zong said.
"Then I am willing to be a wandering evil ghost outside the tower. In the future, if I see a member of the Survey Corps who is stronger than me, I will be happy that there is a talent in the tower. If he is weaker than me, I will scold them for losing the courage to explore!"
"I will continue to search for a way out for the future of mankind until I die!"
This resolute statement finally touched Qin Zong with a touch of heroism. He was silent for a long time and thought for a long time. The changes in the lower class over the years, the threats from his father, good brother and sister before the wedding, and the recent events in the tower flashed through his mind...
Qin Zong shook his head and said:
"This is not good. I will not allow my subordinates to suffer such a miserable end. I don't know what kind of enlightenment you want, but I am willing to stand by you. I will not stop at anger for what happened ninety years ago."
"So Qingyu, what should I do?"