Support us.
Protest to the fortress.
Close the Star Vein Land!
In just a few words, Tianyang grasped a few key sentences and looked in the direction where the voice came from.
In the open space where they were dancing just now, a man took off his coat. He unfolded the coat and found some slogans written in paint inside.
"The Star Vein Land is the source of disaster!"
“Turbulent times will come because of this!”
Tianyang was a little surprised. It seemed that this man knew the term "Age of Stars", so he knew that after the Age of Stars, there would often be turbulent years.
Only then did he take a closer look at the man. He had thin hair and a high hairline.
He has a broad and full forehead, a big nose, wears glasses, his face is covered with sweat, and his hands are trembling slightly with excitement.
He was still shouting at the top of his lungs, "The emergence of a large number of Ascendants is not good for us. The surge in power will cause hostility from other fortresses. The first one to draw a knife against us may be our so-called ally."
"No one can sleep peacefully if they see that their neighbor has a heavy artillery or a three-dimensional weapon hidden in his house!"
"When we have a large number of Ascendants, we will definitely be regarded as potential enemies. Then, war, war will come!"
These words immediately aroused discussion among people.
"Hey, it's Lin Han."
At some point, Old Xu came to my side holding Xiaomai.
Tianyang looked at him: "Do you know him?"
Old Xu nodded: "He is a lecturer in our college, specializing in mainland history. By the way, he and Mr. Liu Jinglin seem to be classmates and friends."
Lecturer Liu’s classmate and friend
Because of this relationship, Tianyang couldn't help but look a few more times at the man who was lobbying desperately.
"Wake up, is the increase in Ascendants really a good thing for us?"
"Even if there is no war, a large number of Ascendants will occupy more resources. At that time, the living space of ordinary people will be further compressed."
“The conflicts between the fortresses will intensify further. At that time, do we really have a brighter future?”
Another young woman joined the protest: "Closing the Star Vein Land is the right choice. Only by maintaining the number of Ascendants can we truly have a future!"
There were many people like this, and they appeared in various places in the memorial park, and most of them were from the upper class. After all, those who could attend the park dance could not be ordinary people.
Among them, there are even some who have achieved sublimation, which is surprising.
The fortress finally responded.
Small teams of iron wall entered the park, ignored the crowd, and arrested the demonstrators. Even though the iron wall had tried to handle the situation gently and not to cause too much trouble, it still left an inevitable impact on tonight's celebration.
Afterwards, Yuan Shu came out to appease the people, but anyone who paid close attention could see that there would certainly be many undercurrents like this in the future.
Tonight is just the beginning.
Next, it was time to touch the star pillar. Just as Yuan Shu said, not only the residents of the upper city could touch the star pillar tonight, but the fortress also selected a group of young men and women from the lower city.
They lined up in two teams, two people in a group, and touched the star pillar at the same time to show that the fortress treats all residents equally.
This was the first time that Fortress had clearly expressed its desire to mediate the conflict.
And at tonight's celebration, seven Ascendants were awakened through the star pillar in the memorial park.
The number is small and the proportion is not high, so it cannot be compared with the ancient star crystal tree on the star vein land.
However, this Star Marrow Pillar had not produced any Ascendants for many years. However, it was an exception to the norm tonight and gave birth to seven Ascendants, which was quite surprising.
Yuan Lou also promised that those who have not awakened do not need to be frustrated or discouraged.
After the first phase of construction of the new base in the Star Vein Land is completed, they will be arranged to enter the adverse world and go to the Star Vein Land to undergo the second test.
This decision immediately diluted the impact of the demonstrators and increased residents' support for the fortress.
Amid cheers, the celebration continued until dawn.
The next day.
Military command center.
Recorder Cheng Xin sat upright at the round table in front. There were only three people sitting there today.
But each of these three people is enough to make the recorder work diligently.
Wayne, the old director of the Strategic Department, Cao Gang, the commander of Iron Wall, and Yuan Shu, the city lord.
Although the female general of Storm and the old commander of Night Walker are missing.
But as these three people sat in the command center, the recorder still didn't dare to breathe.
The city lord Yuan Shu looked radiant and energetic. Even though he had slept for less than four hours last night, there was no sign of fatigue on his face.
"What do you think of what happened last night?"
A small screen appeared on the round table. On the screen, Lin Han was protesting and demanding the closure of the Star Vein Land.
Cao Gang said in a deep voice: "We have already investigated. This person is Lin Han, a lecturer at Tianqing College."
"He majored in mainland history. Although his teaching performance was not outstanding, he was always very well behaved. For some reason, he suddenly... "
Old Wade looked at the lecturer on the screen and said calmly: "Either you are being used, or you are a peacekeeper."
"but."
"What he said makes sense."
Old Wade glanced at the city lord and said, "If the number of Ascendants increases sharply, we may indeed be treated hostilely. This may become the fuse of the next fortress war."
Yuan Shu smiled and did not answer directly.
Cao Gang said calmly: "Minister Wade, you seem to support this statement, which is a bit surprising to me."
"But you should understand that no super fortress has ever risen in peace. Throughout history, whether it's the Radiant Castle or the Emerald Castle."
"What has enabled these super fortresses to achieve their current success and have a seat in the Golden Court?"
"It's the indestructible strength and the will that has been through hundreds of battles!"
"Besides, do you think that if we close the Star Vein Land, there will be no war?"
Cao Gang shook his head: "No, the matter of the Star Vein Land cannot be concealed. Not to mention that our neighbors already know about it, other fortresses on the continent will soon know about it."
"Even if we close the Star Vein, other fortresses will probably seize it, or even our Klav Gate."
"When the time comes, war will also break out, and we will lose completely because we have stopped developing."
Old Wade coughed and said, "I didn't say that we should close the Star Vein Land. I just wanted to say that we have to handle this matter well. Otherwise, we will be asking for trouble."
After saying this, the old minister shut up. He didn't want to get into trouble.
Seeing this, Cao Gang looked at the city lord and asked, "City lord, what do you think should be done with Lin Han?"
Yuan Shu glanced at him and said, "You didn't make things difficult for me, did you?"
Cao Gang shook his head: "No, they are just temporarily detained."
Yuan Shu nodded: "Now, not only are there so many eyes watching us from top to bottom of the fortress, but even our allies are watching us."
"So, don't pursue this matter for now. Comfort them and let them go."
"But have someone secretly keep an eye on them. See if anyone is pushing the issue behind the scenes."
"I understand." Cao Gang nodded.
Yuan Shu added: "The church is well-informed. For the upcoming 'expedition plan', the Cardinals of East Continent not only sent several Silver Crown Knights, but also a bishop."
The strategic minister's face darkened: "Do they want to get a piece of the pie in this matter?"
Cao Gang said without much expression: "Isn't this normal? When there is a big move, the church will definitely be involved. Not only the Church of the Lord of War does this, but also several other big churches do the same."
Yuan Shu said calmly: "That's fine, but the bishop is an old acquaintance of ours."
Old Wade and Cao Gang were both startled, and then they both whispered at the same time: "Gu Yun?"
Yuan Shu leaned back and said with a smile, "Yes, it's him. He was in charge of the Black King incident 17 years ago. I didn't expect that he would be here again now."
"It seems that he is very concerned about our Skyfort."
Cao Gang's eyes became slightly sharper. "17 years ago, our fortress was weak and was excluded by the church. We had no idea what they were doing in the world of rebellion."
"But it's different now. They still want to exclude us, but I'm afraid it won't be that easy."
Yuan Shu laughed and said, "Don't worry about this. I had already warned Gu Yun when he came to visit yesterday. This time, even if it is Gu Yun, he has to listen to us when he arrives in the Reverse Realm."
"If not, please ask him to withdraw from the expedition."
Old Wade sighed, "I never expected that we would find that map in the secret realm. If this map is real, even if the church gets some of the final profit, it will be enough."
Cao Gang said thoughtfully: "I just didn't expect that it wasn't just us who were looking for the 'grave', but even those dark folks in the secret realm were looking for it."
Yuan crossed his fingers and said, "From the information discovered in the secret realm, the old black people should be a force owned by the 'grave'. They once invaded the secret realm."
"So, the residents of the secret realm searched for the 'grave', presumably for revenge, but for some reason, this plan was ultimately shelved."
A trace of horror flashed across Old Wade's face: "I hope the devil in the grave is dead, otherwise..."
Cao Gang said calmly: "We have prepared the 'skin', and we have also obtained a lot of information from the remaining consciousness in the Beidou base."
"If the demon in the tomb is still there, we can let it parasitize in the skin and then destroy it. This way it cannot leave the reverse world, and no alien god will be born."
Yuan Shu nodded and said, "The church will also assist us in this regard. They understand better than anyone how much harm the alien gods can cause."
"After all, they were once victims too."
The city lord raised his head and looked at the recorder: "There is no need to record this part."
Snapped.
Cheng Xin's pen fell to the ground.