"The Pelikin family?"
Putting down the report, Tianyang narrowed his eyes slightly. Last time, this family introduced the strong man Kasa who lived in the desert to the Yunshang Club and the Fire Ant Class, giving the two leaders Nan Pei and A Huo a glimmer of hope, wanting to use that strong man to gain bargaining chips for themselves at the negotiation table.
When Tian Yang got the news, he "invited" the strong man from the desert back the next day. He had not yet settled accounts with the Pelikin family for this matter, and now, they were involved in the conflict in the Scavenger City.
"Is it because they are ill-informed that they think I am easy to bully? Or is it because they have the support of other forces behind them that they dare to go against me?"
Tianyang smiled and felt that the second possibility was more likely.
After all, after Kasa returned, no matter how slow-witted the Pelikin family was, they would know that there was a Heavenly Rank expert in charge of the Waste-Scavenging City. Even the Chaolis family would send direct members to show their goodwill. Could it be that the Pelikin family did not receive any news at all
"It seems that the Pelikin family is also being instigated by others to stop us from building the fort."
Tian Yang smiled and said, "We will go to Lightning Castle in a few days. When we go, we can take the opportunity to attack this family and find out who their master is."
Two days later.
The Grand Arena.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
It was nine o'clock in the morning. Puffs of colorful smoke exploded in the sky above the Colosseum, attracting people's attention.
Today is the fort building day. Early in the morning, the residents of the Scavenger City left their homes and headed for the Grand Arena under the scorching sun.
In the past, the only thing that kept them out of their homes in broad daylight was the car races in the Coliseum, but since the reopening of the Claver Gate, these car races have been completely stopped.
But today, when the residents of Scavenger City enter the Grand Arena, they can see cars of various colors whizzing back and forth on the track, firing colorful smoke into the sky as they speed, making the atmosphere in the arena lively.
People followed the instructions and entered this arena transformed from the Grand Canyon. Ordinary residents were arranged to sit in the open-air stands on both sides of the arena. At this time, the floating roofs on the stands were slowly unfolded by robotic arms, and those old heat-insulating sheds would block the scorching sun for the audience.
The important figures in the city entered the high-end boxes, which were located in the area with the widest view of the canyon. The boxes were equipped with a temperature control system, and the audience could see the entire arena comfortably.
The admission of residents lasted for more than an hour. When the stands were basically full, the cars racing on the track drove into the warehouse one by one. A moment later, the sound of military music rang out in the arena.
Amid the passionate music, the audience saw someone walking up to a high platform in front of Clough's gate.
He was a rather young man, around twenty years old, with soft facial features. The most striking feature of his face was his silver-gray hair that was blown by the wind and reflected the sunlight.
The silver hair fluttered in the wind like a burning silver-white flame.
Many people recognized him as the young Speaker of the Thunder Council.
Tianyang was wearing a military-style suit with a stand-up collar, which was designed and made by Nan Pei, the leader of the Yunshang Society. Tianyang looked very capable in this suit, and he exuded a sharp aura, which complemented his own temperament.
After a moment, the music stopped, and at this moment, the focus of the entire arena was on Tianyang.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Tian Yang did not rush to speak. He was extremely calm and slowly moved his gaze from left to right and from high to low, taking in the entire arena.
At this moment, everyone's eyes met with Tianyang's.
He had the illusion of being watched by Tianyang, no matter he was in the open-air stands or in the premium box.
After retracting his gaze, Tian Yang spoke calmly: "Before I came to the Waste Picking City, someone told me that this was once a prosperous fortress. There was gold everywhere, and even the land flowed with milk and honey wine."
"But a huge disaster happened here. In that disaster, the Clave Gate was closed and the fortress became a ruin. The ruins were buried by yellow sand, and the people who still stayed here made a living by scavenging for scraps."
"Scrap City..."
"This is a paradise for criminals, a land of freedom and lawlessness. I know that many of you here have become accustomed to this kind of life where you may live from today to the future."
"I know there are even quite a few of you who are proud to live this way."
“Even if you are considered lawless criminals, desperate people, hyenas in the desert, lowly people who are not worthy of being in a noble society, useless people who make a living by scavenging, garbage facing the yellow sand, and a pile of mud that cannot be supported by the wall in the eyes of the outside world!”
Tianyang paused and looked around: "Tell me, are you willing to live like this forever?"
Without pausing, Tian Yang half-turned and pointed at the Clave Gate behind him and said, "Before it is restarted, perhaps you think that this kind of life is fine. We don't care what people outside say."
"Yes, you don't have to care. You can continue to scavenge here."
"But now, the Clave Gate has been reopened, and unknown treasures are waiting for you to explore and dig. Soon, some of you will live a prosperous life. At that time, you will want to continue your offspring and get married and have children."
"Then please answer me another question. Would you like your sons and daughters to be called the children of criminals, the cubs of hyenas, the descendants of pariahs, and the offspring of waste?"
This time, Tianyang waited for an answer.
The Colosseum was silent.
In this quiet atmosphere, a fat man stood up from the open-air stands in the southeast corner and shouted with bloodshot eyes: "Whoever dares to call my son like that, I, Salman, will kill him!"
Next to him, there was a little boy of about four or five years old, looking at him with admiration.
Next to the fat man, a middle-aged man stood up and cried bitterly, "I don't want to!"
"I'm wanted in another fortress, but I didn't kill anyone. I was framed! But my child is being discriminated against because of me. I won't accept this, I won't accept this!"
The fat man named Salman immediately reached out and patted him on the shoulder to show his encouragement.
"I do not want to... "
"I do not want to."
"I do not want to!"
In a blink of an eye, the entire arena was filled with noise. Even the well-known figures in the scavenger city who were in the high-end boxes were infected by the atmosphere and shouted excitedly.
After letting everyone vent for a while, Tianyang raised his hands and signaled everyone to be quiet.
He went on to say: "Yes, we all don't want that. It doesn't matter if we are despised or misunderstood. But we cannot tolerate that our children, our descendants, and our grandchildren will be stigmatized."
"But if we want to clear our name, we have to make changes. Change is painful because it means you have to break with who you were yesterday. It means there can no longer be lawlessness here. It means we have to establish a new order."
"We have to use our own actions, we have to use our own changes,
Use all our strength to announce to the world that we are no longer criminals! "
Tianyang pointed to the left side of the arena: "Tell them that we are not hyenas!"
In the stands over there, people immediately stood up and shouted, “We are not!”
Tianyang pointed to the center of the arena again: "Tell them that we are not pariahs!"
The audience over there also became excited: "We are not!"
Tian Yang pointed at the stands in one direction after another from left to back: "Tell the world that we are not trash, not garbage, not mud!"
"no!"
"no!"
"no!"
Tianyang paused, took a deep breath, and raised his voice to the highest level: "We will tell the world that Scavenger City will become a thing of the past. From today on, this city is called..."
"Lie! Yang! Castle!"
After a moment of silence in the arena, huge waves of sound suddenly erupted. These huge sounds came from the mouths of every resident and burst out from every soul that was unwilling to be ordinary!
"Scorching Sun Castle!"
"Scorching Sun Castle!"
"Scorching Sun Castle!"
Bang bang bang!
As the people roared, puffs of colorful smoke rose from all over the arena.
In the late October of the 663rd year of the Restart Calendar, in the Western Continent, Lieyang Castle was officially built!
... ... ..
The last day of October.
The weather was clear, and a convoy drove out of Lieyang Fort, passed through the newly installed armored gate, passed through the canyon, and left the desert.
Tianyang was sitting in an armored magnetic vehicle, planning to head to the Tariqivia Desert, to Lightning Castle.
In the past few days, a grand celebration was held in Lieyang Castle. During the castle construction celebration, the newly established City Hall of Lieyang Castle announced several major events one after another.
One of them is that Tianyang, as the builder of the castle and the first lord of the city, will be forever recorded in the history of Lieyang Castle.
The rest was news about establishing diplomatic relations with Fort Ares, the two fortresses becoming allies, and the Clave Gate being opened to outsiders for exploration.
With the support of the War God Castle, Tianyang could hardly hear any dissenting voices, and now everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.
This morning, the Clave Gate welcomed the first batch of foreign explorers whose applications were approved. The bases and supply points behind the gate have officially been put into use. The new regulations have been compiled into manuals and distributed to every household, and are being promoted around the clock on the radio and the city network... .
After finishing his work, Tianyang temporarily left the fortress. He left Xitong in the fortress and asked Xingluo to cooperate with Wang Lingjun to protect her.
He himself took Chiying, Qianhong, Reding and other followers to the Tarichvia Desert. Also traveling with the caravan were several merchants in the city, led by the big businessman Schiff. They planned to take this opportunity to go to Lightning Fort and establish business relations between the two fortresses.
And this is what Tianyang hopes for.
He hopes to quickly open up various channels, boost the economy of Lieyang Fort through business, and make the fortress prosperous as soon as possible.
PS: This chapter took me a whole morning to code. I am not very good at writing this kind of content. I originally wanted to skip the castle-building ceremony, but then I thought that it would be too drastic, so I revised it again and again. I am quite satisfied with this version.
Today is the Lantern Festival. I will try my best to give you three updates today. I wish you all a happy Lantern Festival~