The expressions of the Lion Legion soldiers at the scene changed drastically, and they all prepared to leave with Wang Yanying.
"Hey, don't be so anxious. I'll arrange a vehicle to take you back. And you don't have to worry so much. The matter is not yet determined. The monster may not necessarily land in the City of Glory. It may also land halfway."
Bai Lanxin quickly called out to Wang Yanying and comforted her.
Unfortunately, Wang Yanying couldn't listen any longer and spoke directly to Bai Lanxin.
"No need, we'll go on our own."
After saying that, she took her people and rushed back to the Glorious City in a hurry.
Bai Lanxin sighed as she watched Wang Yanying leave.
At this moment, a piercing sound was heard.
Bai Lanxin turned her head and saw Shen Qiu riding a motorcycle towards her, with Zhao Lian behind him.
For a moment, her heart suddenly tightened and she had a bad feeling.
Bai Lanxin hurriedly walked towards Shen Qiu and asked.
"Shen Qiu, where is my father?"
"In the car behind."
Shen Qiu turned his head and pointed at the jeep following behind.
When the jeep stopped, City Lord Bai Shao slowly walked down from the car.
When Bai Lanxin saw Bai Shao, she was stunned for a moment. It had only been a short while since they last met, but she felt that her father had aged a lot, and her nose suddenly felt a little sour.
But she still took a deep breath, smiled, stretched out her arms and hugged City Lord Bai Shao.
City Lord Bai Shao's body stiffened for a moment, then he stroked Bai Lanxin's head and said.
"Thanks a lot."
"Just don't do this again next time."
Bai Lanxin let go of her hand, raised her head and said to City Lord Bai Shao
Shen Qiu was also quite surprised when he saw this heartwarming scene. He originally thought that Bai Lanxin and City Lord Bai Shao would quarrel when they met.
"What's the situation now?"
Lord Bai Shao asked calmly.
"It is now basically certain that the monster has not come ashore and is moving upstream, most likely heading to the City of Glory."
"Heading to the glorious city! I don't know whether I should be happy or not."
City Lord Bai Shao shook his head helplessly.
"No one expected this to happen, and there's nothing we can do about it since it's already happened. But it's a good thing for us, whether we admit it or not."
Bai Lanxin replied calmly.
"Too."
City Lord Bai Shao nodded.
At this time, the roar of a helicopter was heard in the distant sky.
Seven or eight armed helicopters rushed over.
These helicopters landed directly, and Administrative Officer Qin Ang and others got off the helicopters and surrounded City Lord Bai Shao very nervously.
"Lord Bai Shao City Lord, are you okay?"
"Nothing hurt?"
…
"I'm fine."
City Lord Bai Shao replied cheerfully.
"No, Lord City Lord, are you really okay? Why are there bruises on your face?"
Qin Ang said nervously.
When Shen Qiu heard this, his expression suddenly became a little unnatural, and he quickly retreated behind Bai Lanxin.
Zhao Lian saw Shen Qiu shrinking behind Bai Lanxin, and they seemed to be very close. Then she turned her head and looked at the many important people present, her eyes becoming increasingly dim.
She took out her cell phone, sent a message to Shen Qiu, and then left silently.
At this time Bai Lanxin also reacted, took a close look at her father's cheek, then turned to look at Shen Qiu and asked in a low voice.
"What did you do?"
"Don't ask me what I did. Did I bring the person back to you?"
Shen Qiu replied awkwardly.
Bai Lanxin's expression was also very interesting after hearing Shen Qiu's words.
Fortunately, City Lord Bai Shao did not cause trouble for Shen Qiu, he said to Qin Ang and others.
"It's okay. It was just an accident. Let's not talk about that. Follow me back to the City Lord's Mansion. Gather all the personnel and start organizing post-war rescue and rest work."
"yes!"
Qin Ang and others responded one after another.
City Lord Bai Shao then turned his head and looked at Bai Lanxin and said.
"You should go to the hospital and take good care of yourself. Don't hold on, or you'll get sick later."
In fact, when Bai Shao saw Bai Lanxin for the first time, he found that she was injured again.
"Got it. Stop talking so much. I'll go after I've arranged things here."
Bai Lanxin replied to City Lord Bai Shao.
City Lord Bai Shao then looked at Shen Qiu behind Bai Lanxin. He glanced at him, but ultimately said nothing. He turned and walked towards the helicopter in the distance.
“Huh~”
Shen Qiu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw City Lord Bai Shao leave.
"Okay, now that the person is gone, you still dare to do it."
Bai Lanxin said to Shen Qiu with both anger and amusement.
"I had no choice, okay? Let's not talk about it. Nothing should happen now, right?"
"Well, it's over now."
"Then I'll go back and rest. I'm almost exhausted."
"Go ahead, I have a lot of things to do."
Bai Lanxin left immediately.
Shen Qiu turned around and looked for Zhao Lian.
But he didn't see Zhao Lian at all, and he muttered to himself in confusion.
"Strange? Where are the people?"
Shen Qiu then walked towards the motorcycle, ready to ride his bike to look for the person, so he must not have gone far.
Zhao Lian was walking alone on the road leading to the City of Clear Sky.
Buzz~
Accompanied by a sound wave, Shen Qiu appeared beside Zhao Lian on a motorcycle.
"Zhao Lian."
Zhao Lian was startled and stopped, turned her head to look at Shen Qiu, with a hint of surprise and joy in her eyes.
"Shen Qiu."
"Why did you leave so suddenly?"
"I saw you were busy, so I left first. I left you a message."
Zhao Lian forced a smile and said.
Shen Qiu was slightly startled, then he took out his cell phone and took a look. There really was a text message, he said apologetically.
"Sorry! I wasn't paying attention."
"fine!"
"Let me take you home."
"No, no, it's not too much trouble for you."
"No trouble, get in the car!"
Shen Qiu said calmly.
"Oh well."
Zhao Lian immediately got on the motorcycle. Since she was wearing a crew uniform and a hip-hugging short skirt, she could only sit sideways.
She gently stretched out her hands and hugged Shen Qiu's waist.
"Are you seated?"
"alright."
Zhao Lian nodded shyly.
Shen Qiu then stepped on the accelerator and drove out.
"Where's your home address?"
Shen Qiu asked.
"I live in the 6th Ring Road Haixin Apartment, where I rent a small studio."
Zhao Lian said softly.
After hearing this, Shen Qiu entered the city and drove towards the ring road. The buildings on both sides kept disappearing behind him along the way.
Gusts of strong wind blew towards her, ruffling Zhao Lian's hair.
Zhao Lian looked at Shen Qiu's handsome profile and was mesmerized for a moment.
At this time, Shen Qiu, who was driving the motorcycle, suddenly asked.
"You were in the shelter at the station. Why didn't you call me? You should have my phone number."
When Zhao Lian heard Shen Qiu's question, she suddenly came to her senses and replied with a smile.
"I was so scared that I forgot."
"Next time if you have something to do, remember to call me, don't be shy."
Shen Qiu didn't care too much and just reminded Zhao Lian.
"OK."
Zhao Lian replied with a complicated expression, her eyes showing both joy and sadness.
In fact, she knew very well that she and Shen Qiu were no longer from the same world.
…
Not long after, Shen Qiu arrived at Haixin Apartment on a motorcycle.
The entire apartment was in a mess, with holes running through the ground outside, and it was obvious that tentacles had once appeared there.
However, a few residents could be seen returning.
"Thank you! You took me back."
Zhao Lian got out of the car reluctantly and thanked Shen Qiu softly.
"It's nothing. I'm leaving now. Remember to call me if you have any trouble."
Because he was too tired, Shen Qiu said goodbye to Zhao Lian directly.
"Okay, bye."
Zhao Lian did not try to keep Shen Qiu, but just waved to Shen Qiu silently.
"Um!"
Shen Qiu then rode away on his motorcycle.
Zhao Lian was left standing there blankly, looking at Shen Qiu's leaving back.
…
The next morning, 3 Ring Villa.
Shen Qiu walked out of the room yawning.
"Brother, you're awake."
When Chen Ye saw Shen Qiu coming out, he quickly greeted him.
"What time is it?"
Shen Qiu felt dizzy.
"It's ten o'clock. I saw you were sleeping so soundly that I didn't wake you up. By the way, I prepared breakfast for you."
Chen Ye said as he walked to the kitchen and picked up a glass of milk, a portion of bread and an omelette.
"Um."
Shen Qiu sat on the sofa, eating golden fried eggs while watching the real-time broadcast on TV.
In the picture, it is a sunny day upstream of the canal.
A large number of armed helicopters hovered above the Monkdo beast, while heavy tanks and armored vehicles followed the Monkdo beast along the roads on both sides of the canal.
These troops are all from the Clear Sky Army.
At this time, war correspondent Zhao Yin was explaining.
"Everyone can see now that the Sky Clear Army is keeping a close eye on Monkdo Beast in real time..."
…
At this time, a lot of barrages popped up in the live video.
"Close surveillance? I think you are escorting the monsters?"
"What truth are you talking about?"
"Why are you being so weird?"
…
After seeing this, Shen Qiu also fell silent. In fact, everyone knew the real reason why the Tianqing Army closely monitored the monsters.
They are simply afraid that someone will beat up this monster at this time, making it angry and turn back, and then the Clear Sky City will be doomed.
Although according to past experience, the opponent will not change his route no matter how you attack, but it is not completely impossible. After all, Cui Mucheng did it.
So there is nothing to say about doing this, it will be the same no matter who you are in the same situation.
At this time Chen Ye started chatting with Shen Qiu.
"Brother, Cui Mucheng is in a terrible situation now."
"What do you mean?"
"You can check it out online and you'll see that he's being criticized a lot right now."
"That shouldn't be the case. He made a mistake in attracting the monster. But he is the only one who can attract the monster now. Why scold him? Why not let him attract it again? Even if he doesn't lead it to the sea this time, he can lead it directly to the shore!"
"Oh, boss, you may not know this, but that guy has already expressed his stance, saying that he can no longer be lured."
“Is this true or false?”
"Really? Someone went to find him, and he said he couldn't lead anymore. Otherwise, why would he curse so harshly?"
"Um."
Shen Qiu quickly picked up his phone to check the news and forums, but the more he read, the more his brows furrowed.
Just as Chen Ye said, the public opinion about Cui Mucheng has completely lost control. He has now become the most controversial character and directly topped the popularity list.
Most of the people who were saved in Sunny Sky City supported Choi Mu-sung online, and some even directly praised him as the savior and hero of Sunny Sky City.
But the people in the Second Administrative District, the City of Glory, started cursing.
"Isn't this harmful?"
"If you don't have the ability, why are you calling yourself a hero?"
"The shit fell on your pants without being wiped clean, why don't you wipe it clean?"
"Isn't this going to kill us?"
"Yeah, why are you silent now? Are you mute?"
…
As for the people in other districts, although they did not curse Cui Mucheng, the vast majority of them said that the consequences caused by Cui Mucheng were even worse.
"The third city has been destroyed so badly that we are ready to abandon it. We might as well just give up."
"Yeah, if you save a half-baked person like this, and destroy the second city as well, won't it be even more miserable then?"
"Actually, Cui Mucheng didn't do it on purpose. It can only be said that he is not good enough."
"It's just causing more trouble. The Red Alliance will suffer a huge loss this time, and the Brilliant City might even be doomed."
"The pressure is now on Brilliant City. It all depends on their ability."
…
When Shen Qiu saw this, he shook his head.
Apart from anything else, from an objective point of view, Cui Mucheng did nothing wrong. The unexpected incident was not his intention.
Such random insults and attacks will only make people feel disheartened.
Boom boom!
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.
Shen Qiu turned his head and took a look, also with a suspicious look on his face. Who would knock on the door so early in the morning
Chen Ye also hurried over to open the door.
Then Bai Lanxin, dressed in military uniform, walked in.
"Huh? Why are you here?"
Shen Qiu asked in confusion.
"Don't ask so many questions, just follow me."
"Where are you going?"
"City Lord's Mansion."
…
In the VIP lounge of the City Lord's Mansion in the City of Clear Sky.
Cui Mucheng and four other people sat on soft sofa chairs, with the table in front of them filled with a variety of top-quality fruits and snacks.
But Cui Mucheng and the other four had no interest in taking any action. They were just following the public opinion that was fermenting online.
It can be seen that Cui Mucheng, who is usually calm, has a very ugly expression.
At this time, Cui Mucheng's bracelet vibrated.
Cui Mucheng took a look and saw that the caller was none other than Haipeng, one of the rookie kings, so he picked up the phone.
"Hello."
"Tsk tsk, what are you doing? When did you start doing charity?"
Haipeng joked with a smile.
"Who told you I was doing charity? I did it for the reward from the Third City!"
Cui Mucheng's brows were twisted into a mess, and he replied angrily.
"Then you've made a bad deal! Even if you get the reward from Clear Sky City, you've offended Brilliant City."
Haipeng analyzed from a businessman's perspective.
"You think I do."
Cui Mucheng suppressed his anger and replied.
"Okay, I won't say any more. I've thought about it, but I can't help you. Be careful. This matter won't end so easily. Although you didn't do it on purpose, trouble will definitely come."
"I know, hang up!"
Cui Mucheng immediately hung up the phone.
Sun Yi looked at Cui Mucheng and said.
"What do we do now?"
"It has already happened. There is no need to dwell on it. The most urgent thing is to get the reward from the third city, otherwise we will be in trouble both inside and outside."
Cui Mucheng said decisively.
"That's right, but what does City Lord Bai Shao mean? We've been waiting for a long time, but he hasn't received us yet."
Song Qin's face was full of impatience.
"Don't worry, it should be here soon. After all, Clear Sky City has just been hit hard, so it's normal for him to have a lot of things to deal with."
Cui Mucheng said calmly.
Just then, housekeeper He Yue came in and spoke to Cui Mucheng and others.
"Everyone, the city lord invites you!"
After hearing this, Cui Mucheng and others immediately stood up and followed He Yue out of the room.
…
In the hall of the City Lord's Mansion.
Shen Qiu and Bai Lanxin sat together. The whole hall was very lively. Almost all the people who came to help gathered here.
Only Wang Yanying and General Lin Yin were not there, and they both rushed towards the City of Glory.
Everyone at the scene had a smile on their face, and they were chatting and laughing.
"In fact, although we put in a lot of effort this time, the greatest credit still goes to Cui Mucheng."
"Yes, yes, without him, Clear Sky City would be gone."
…
Shen Qiu whispered to Bai Lanxin.
“Why are there so many people?”
"Are you stupid? Of course I'm here to take credit."
"Um, then does the city lord give rewards?"
"Of course we will give them all, regardless of whether their previous assistance was effective or not. Otherwise, no one will come to help next time."
“That makes sense.”
"But the main character is not them, but Cui Mucheng."
Bai Lanxin had just finished speaking.
Cui Mucheng came out with his team members, and the city lord Bai Shao greeted them enthusiastically.
"Mr. Cui Mucheng, thank you so much for your help. You are the hero of our Clear Sky City!"
"City Lord Bai Shao, you are too polite."
Cui Mucheng responded with a smile.
At this time, when the other people present saw Cui Mucheng appear, they just smiled and no one went up to say hello.
Shen Qiu talked to Bai Lanxin in a low voice.
"Why doesn't anyone go up and try to get close to him?"
"What's the point of trying to establish a relationship with him? Cui Mucheng has already offended the City of Glory. If you try to get involved with him, the people of the City of Glory will hate you in the end."
"Oh, then why don't you go up and thank them? After all, they really saved Clear Sky City."
Shen Qiu looked at Bai Lanxin in confusion.
"I am indeed grateful to him for saving Clear Sky City, but I don't like him! Let my father take care of the thankfulness."
"Um, you had conflicts with him before?"
"No, but I'm not stupid. This guy had lured away sea beasts in the fifth district before, which means that when Clear Sky City was in danger, he could have come to solve the problem. But he didn't. Don't you realize that the timing of his action was too good? It was just when Clear Sky City was about to fall."
Bai Lanxin said with a gleam in her eyes.
After listening to Bai Lanxin's analysis, Shen Qiu also found something wrong, but he didn't say anything.
After Cui Mucheng exchanged greetings with City Lord Bai Shao, he asked City Lord Bai Shao in front of everyone.
"Lord Bai Shao City Lord, I would like to ask about the rewards."
City Lord Bai Shao replied with a smile on his face.
"Don't worry, you will definitely get some rewards, and everyone here will also get a reward."
"The city lord is generous!"
…
Everyone at the scene was delighted and praised the performance.
Cui Mucheng's brows relaxed a little when he heard what City Lord Bai Shao said. I hope there is no problem with the reward here, otherwise I will really lose a lot this time.
"However, Mr. Cui Mucheng."
City Lord Bai Shao suddenly changed the subject.
"What's the problem, Lord Bai Shao?"
Cui Mucheng's heart suddenly tightened again, and he stared straight at City Lord Bai Shao.
"It's just that I can't give you this reward directly. I need to report it to the parliament for approval. But don't worry, I have reported it as soon as possible, and the result should be out soon."
City Lord Bai Shao hurriedly explained.
Cui Mucheng asked immediately after listening.
"City Lord Bai Shao, there shouldn't be any problems, right?"
"Don't worry, that won't happen. I will definitely stand on your side."
Lord Bai Shao replied with a solemn vow.
"Thank you, City Lord."
Cui Mucheng saluted to the City Lord Bai Shao.
Shen Qiu looked at this scene and said to Bai Lanxin.
"You dragged me here so early in the morning just to see these?"
"We'll need to register for the list later. Why don't you want the reward?"
"I didn't accomplish anything."
"Then do you want it?"
"want!"
…
Inside the office of the Parliament Building in the City of Sunken Stars.
Long Yan held an application form, slowly raised his head and looked at the many congressmen and officials standing in front of him and asked.
"What do you think of the mission reward application submitted by Clear Sky City?"
"I don't think we should give it to them. How can this be considered completing a mission? Clear Sky City is fine, but Brilliant City is about to be destroyed by monsters. Not only is the situation not getting better, it's getting worse."
Vice Speaker Wang Heng spoke directly.
The rest of the people present were silent, as everyone knew that Vice Speaker Wang Heng was very close to the Lord of the City of Glory.
He was most infuriated about this incident. Normally, City Lord Bai Shao had no objection to the approval of the task reward, and the parliament would just go through the process.
But in the end, the matter was brought to the Speaker of Parliament.
“Is this your personal opinion?”
Long Yan looked at Wang Heng and asked calmly.
"Not only that, this is also the opinion of Wang Song, Lord of Brilliant City. He strongly opposes judging the other party to have completed the task. If everyone is only concerned with completing the task and does not consider the consequences, it will be very terrible. Therefore, this reward cannot be approved for him unless he can pull the monster away again. If he can do it, let alone reward him, we have no objection to giving him an extra share."
Wang Heng expressed his opinion in a very tough manner.
Long Yan pondered for a long time, then spoke.
"I've watched the entire video. Cui Mucheng did nothing wrong. He did lead the monster toward the sea. As for the monster turning back, that was an uncontrollable factor. If we hold up the reward because of this, it would be unfair to the Red Alliance."
"But."
"Okay, no buts, I'll give you the reward. But you can talk to him. If he can lure the monster away, I'll give him an extra one."
"Understood."
Although Wang Heng was very unwilling, he finally compromised.
…
Two days later.
Inside the 3rd Ring Villa in the City of Clear Sky.
Shen Qiu was leaning on the sofa, browsing on his phone.
The most popular video now is the real-time surveillance video of Monkdomon, in which you can clearly see the movements of Monkdomon.
There are still many experts analyzing the situation below.
"Currently, Monkdomon is moving very slowly, even slower than when it was heading to Clear Sky City. It's probably because it's too large. But even so, at this speed, the target will reach Brilliant City in seven days."
"The City of Glory is now in a state of panic. It is said that the number of people leaving the city has reached 10 million, and the number is still increasing."
"According to the analysis of the famous scholar Chen Yi, it is difficult for the City of Glory to deal with the Monkdo Beast."
…
The latest explosive insider information is that Wang Song of Brilliant City communicated with Cui Mucheng in a voice message of 3 minutes and 21 seconds. Cui Mucheng refused to provide help for Brilliant City and said that he was powerless.
Shen Qiu clicked on the audio out of curiosity.
Squeak~
The entire audio is very noisy and the sound is fuzzy.
However, the content of the conversation could be vaguely heard, and the general content was that Cui Mucheng said that the Monkdo beast incident had nothing to do with him, it was purely an accident, and he would not take action.
Shen Qiu touched his chin, he felt that the authenticity of this audio was not very high.
But the popularity could not be ignored, and there were tens of millions of comments under the entire audio, almost all of which were cursing Cui Mucheng.
Some even began to greet Cui Mucheng's family.
Cui Mucheng did not come out to refute the rumors throughout the whole process. Of course, it was not because he did not want to refute the rumors. The main reason was that he had already spoken to City Lord Wang Song on the phone, and both parties were very unhappy.
He clearly told City Lord Wang Song that there was nothing he could do as the potion had run out.
Shen Qiu couldn't help but shook his head. It was indeed not easy to be a hero, especially for someone like him.
At this moment, another post was quickly pushed to the top of the hot searches.
Shen Qiu took a look and found that this post was a reprint of the alliance commendation announcement from the Red Alliance and Clear Sky City.
The general content is to congratulate Cui Mucheng for completing the A+ level task "Dawn of the Clear Sky", and specially reward him with 1 million points and 1 million merits.
In an instant, the entire post was flooded with all kinds of sarcastic comments.
"Oh, he is so confident in taking this reward. Isn't this just eating human blood buns?"
"This mission was accomplished amazingly, and another city was ruined."
"Cui Mucheng, my regards to your whole family."
…
Shen Qiu was also speechless. It was the first time he saw so many insults under such a commendation announcement.
Buzz~
At this time, Shen Qiu's cell phone also vibrated and a text message popped up.
"Congratulations, Mr. Shen Qiu. Thank you for participating in the A+ level mission, the Clear Sky Dawn mission. Due to your outstanding performance, you will be rewarded with 300,000 points, 300,000 merits, and 1,000,000 alliance coins."
Seeing this reward value, Shen Qiu was also stunned. Although it was not much compared to the City of Sunken Stars, it was not a small amount either. After all, he was just a foil.