If the ruling center directly killed Xue Yingsong, it would definitely cause an uproar in Canglong City and even trigger a huge wave of opposition to the ruling center.
The ruling center cannot be unaware of these consequences. Canglong City is not inherited by bloodline. People who can sit in such a high position may become bad, but they are definitely not stupid.
Then it would be a great idea to blame the Abyss Demon for Xue Yingsong's death, and then publicly announce Xue Yingsong's deeds, praising him as an unprecedented hero, transferring the people's anger to the Abyss Demon, and then the ruling center would drive away the Abyss Demon in the name of revenge for the president of Lanxin University, and even leave some of the demon's corpses behind.
In this way, the ruling center will not only not have to take responsibility for Xue Yingsong's death or suffer any losses, but will win more hearts and minds of the people of Canglong City.
Xue Xiling said worriedly: "Dad, aren't you in great danger?"
Xue Yingsong shook his head and said, "My personal safety is not a big deal, but if the old guys in the ruling center collude with the abyss demons and sell out the interests of Canglong City, then Canglong City will be in danger." Xue Yingsong sighed and said, "Canglong City is one of the earliest main cities built by the Human Alliance. It has always been a benchmark for the Human Alliance and an example for other main cities to follow.
"In the past two thousand years, there have only been two times in history that it lagged behind other major cities. One time was when it discovered superpowers, which were surpassed by New Covenant City, Silla City, and others. But after that, Canglong City quickly created a new path to become stronger, which was the martial arts. It opened up a second path for humans without superpowers. Of course, Suzaku City also played a small role in it."
Gu Ran knew that in fact Suzaku City did not play "a little role" in this, but rather shared the credit for spreading and developing martial arts equally with Canglong City. The two main cities were often referred to together by people from other main cities as the birthplace and holy land of martial arts.
However, it is common for the two main cities to insult each other, especially when competing for who has played a greater role in developing and spreading martial arts. They spare no effort to belittle the role played by the other side, and they are just short of kicking the other side out of the status of one of the birthplaces of martial arts.
Although both main cities were competing for who played a greater role in developing and spreading martial arts, they did not fight over which city's people had the credit for creating martial arts.
Because this incident is also one of the unsolved cases in history, there is no record in history of who created martial arts, or it is possible that it was recorded but not passed down.
The records from both Canglong City and Suzaku City say that there were people in the two main cities at that time who followed the peerless genius who founded martial arts to learn martial arts. Many years later, after completing their studies, they returned to the city and founded the earliest martial arts sects in the two main cities respectively.
For example, Cheng Caimeng has always boasted about the long history of her own martial arts hall. One of the things she said was that the predecessor of their Niyuan Martial Arts Hall was one of the earliest martial arts sects in Canglong City.
However, this historical period took place shortly after the founding of Canglong City, which is more than two thousand years older than the history of the Xingshi Calendar. The records at that time were too scarce, so no material was passed down about the peerless genius who created martial arts.
Therefore, no matter how the two main cities claimed that the peerless genius was from their main city, they lacked convincing evidence to each other. Over time, the two main cities put this dispute aside.
In the end, the two main cities shared the honor of the origin of martial arts. Anyway, the peerless genius who created martial arts did teach martial arts in the area of Canglong City and Suzaku City.
What made the two main cities extremely angry was that it was fine for them to have disputes with each other, but other main cities actually came to make trouble, saying that the peerless genius who created martial arts was from their main city.
But in fact, the main city that came to commit fraud was built only a little over a thousand years ago. How could they have the nerve to commit fraud
However, the so-called historians in this main city confidently produced some so-called evidence, saying that although Jidong City was built later, it had been inhabited by humans for a long time. The peerless genius who created martial arts originally lived here, and later went to Canglong City and Suzaku City to teach martial arts.
Canglong City and Zhuque City should admit this openly and show the demeanor of a great city.
That’s right, that main city is Jidong City. When Gu Ran rescued Little Snail’s mother, the warrior from the Giant Shark Team he met was a warrior from Jidong City.
At that time, the rulers of Canglong City and Zhuque City were probably so angry when they heard such shameless words, and the two main cities immediately cooperated sincerely to respond to this.
Thus, the famous "Martial Arts Prohibitions" of the Human Alliance were born.
The main martial arts prohibitions are as follows:
1. The martial arts techniques of Canglong City and Zhuque City are forbidden to be opened to anyone from Jidong City, and all martial arts sects are not allowed to accept people from Jidong City as disciples;
2. Warriors from the Far East City are listed as unwelcome people in the two main cities and are permanently banned from entering the Canglong City and Suzaku City.
3. If Canglong City and Zhuque City encounter warriors from Jidong City who use the skills of their two main cities, they can kill them immediately.
Because of the existence of martial arts prohibitions, Jidong City gradually developed a martial arts with its own characteristics. Of course, this was developed on the basis of the predecessors constantly violating martial arts prohibitions, using various methods to steal the martial arts skills of Canglong City and Zhuque City, and then "improving" them.
Like the warrior from Jidong City that Gu Ran met at the beginning, because he embarked on the "reformed" evil path, his own strength was weaker than those of the same level, and he could only rely on other means to make up for his combat effectiveness.
Regarding the current situation in Canglong City, Gu Ran once suspected whether the warriors from Jidong City were involved. After all, Jidong City has been coveting the martial arts techniques of Canglong City and Suzaku City for a long time.
However, he has not found any conclusive evidence so far, so he cannot jump to any conclusion.
"The second example is universities. Compared with some other universities in the main city, the establishment time of Lyceum University is considered to be quite late."
Xue Yingsong seemed to be reminiscing.
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Xue Yingsong continued, "Because Canglong City and Zhuque City are the birthplaces of martial arts and have very complete and rich martial arts systems, they have lost the initiative in the face of the impact of the new wave. It is only because Canglong City has such a huge advantage in martial arts that it has been able to maintain its advantage for so many years while other main cities are catching up and approaching.
"Finally, more than 300 years ago, the development of Star Stone technology led to earth-shaking changes in the development of martial arts and supernatural powers. The first president of Lanxin University timely established Lanxin University according to the changing trend of the times, focusing on the combination of Star Stone technology and martial arts, and soon caught up with other universities in the main city, and then led to the present.
"Because of the lack of such a leader, Suzaku City has become more conservative and has been sticking to its old ways. Its overall strength has been declining in the past few hundred years. If it weren't for the fact that every generation of space ability users chose to stay in Suzaku City, I don't know how much Suzaku City's voice in the Human Alliance would have dropped."
At the end, Xue Yingsong looked at Gu Ran and said, "So falling behind temporarily is not terrible. Exposing your weaknesses and having a sense of urgency is actually an opportunity for change."
Gu Ran felt that there was something else behind the old fox's words, but he couldn't tell whether the old fox had an occupational disease and was a bit of a know-it-all and was educating him while talking, or whether the other party... ...had hidden meanings from the beginning
Gu Ran stared at Xue Yingsong's eyes for a while and found that she was also looking at him.
Xue Yingsong looked at Gu Ran and said, "The Abyss Demons are colluding with the ruling center. Canglong City is now in the most critical moment. Although I know that you are not from Canglong City, so you don't have a strong sense of belonging to Canglong City, but as the president of Lanxin University, I implore you to help Lanxin University overcome this difficulty and help Canglong City overcome this difficulty!"
As he spoke, Xue Yingsong bowed deeply to Gu Ran, as if he would not stand up unless Gu Ran agreed.
Gu Ran was startled and quickly dodged Xue Yingsong's bow.
"Principal, what are you doing? I can't bear such a big gift from you." Gu Ran said with a guilty look on his face, but he did not immediately agree to Xue Yingsong's gift. Instead, he weighed the pros and cons in his heart.
Xue Xiling looked at her father's actions in surprise. She knew that her father valued "Lengran" a lot, but she didn't expect him to value her to this extent.
Xiao Chaofeng was also surprised at his old friend's behavior, but he did not stop Xue Yingsong. Instead, he looked at Gu Ran again, as if he wanted to see how extraordinary Gu Ran was to make his old friend behave like this.
The psychic who Ye Ding had always regarded as an opponent was still here. He had always had a low presence and couldn't help but glance at Gu Ran.
As for Ye Ding, he was gone when Gu Ran came back, and he didn't ask about his whereabouts because he was not important.
"If you can save Canglong City and save these hundreds of millions of innocent people, then you can definitely afford it even if I kneel down for you." Xue Yingsong said firmly, "And don't you want to know the secret?"
At the end, Xue Yingsong suddenly changed his tone: "The secret you want to know is not easy to express in words. I think you already know this. You can only find out the real truth by experiencing it yourself and digging for it yourself. This truth is only known to you."
Gu Ran frowned: "Principal, why don't you explain it more clearly? How much do you know?"
Xue Yingsong shook his head: "It's not that I don't want to explain it clearly, but... ... it can't be explained clearly, or even explained clearly. You have already been to the ruins... ... then you should understand.
"There is a rule that prevents the truth from being known, and this truth concerns everyone... But that is still a long way off, so there is time to prepare and respond. The most urgent task now is to solve the problem of Canglong City. Only by solving the problem of Canglong City can we take better steps."
Gu Ran's heart moved, and he looked at Xue Yingsong.
There was frankness and sincerity in Xue Yingsong's eyes, without any calculation or cunning.
If it were an act, Xue Yingsong's acting skills would be dozens of blocks ahead of the Oscar-winning actor.
"Okay, then please tell me your plan, President. I think a president who is trusted and respected by so many people at Lyceum University would not be without any thought and preparation."
Gu Ran has already felt that no matter where he goes or who he meets, there seems to be a thread of fate connecting him with some people and things.
Even if he wants to stay out of it, there will always be events that involve him.
In that case, he really got involved and took up the challenge.
Simply avoiding the problem will not solve the problem. Only by exercising subjective initiative, discovering the problem, finding the crux of the problem, and taking action can the problem be truly solved.
This is the idea that Gu Ran has always held.
Xue Yingsong's words just now have revealed that he obviously knows something, so the breakthrough lies with him. Why not listen to his arrangements, maybe we can find out something.
When Xue Yingsong saw that Gu Ran agreed, a hint of joy appeared on her face.
He finally straightened his bent back and returned to his former state as the wise president of Lyceum University.
"Okay, since you agreed, let's start the counterattack." Xue Yingsong said with a smile, "Although the ruling center has the legal authority to mobilize all the resources of Canglong City, their orders cannot necessarily be implemented.
"Because the bureaucracy of Canglong City is too large, it creates obstacles to the transmission of orders. So we should have enough time now. We must seize the leadership of Canglong City, and then we can organize manpower to stop the attack of the abyss demons.
"Bounty hunters are a group of profit-seeking people. We can't expect them to shed blood for Canglong City, so Canglong City must be protected by ourselves."
Gu Ran couldn't help but complain in his heart: "Why do I feel like you are scolding me?"
Bounty hunters are a group of profit-seeking people? But his public identity in Canglong City is a bounty hunter.
Canglong City must be protected by ourselves? But he is not from Canglong City, he is from outside the city.
Xue Yingsong glanced at Gu Ran and said, "You have passed the assessment of Lanxin University. No matter where you were born before, you are undoubtedly a Canglong City citizen. No one will question this unless you... don't want to. But whether you like it or not, Lanxin University will always welcome you and will always be your home."
Gu Ran could feel the sincerity in Xue Yingsong's words and couldn't help but feel moved.
Xue Yingsong continued, "The most important thing for us now is to broadcast the current situation to the people of the city, let them know that the ruling center can no longer be trusted, and then find the location of the old guys in the ruling center and carry out the decapitation operation. I know their personalities, they are also a group of old guys who refuse to admit defeat, so it is impossible to persuade them to turn back. We can only let them..."
A hint of sadness flashed across his face, and Xue Yingsong sighed and said, "We have known each other for many years. Although we cannot be considered friends, we have been together for so many years. I once admired their contributions to Canglong City very much. It's just that time... can change so much."
Gu Ran didn't quite understand Xue Yingsong and those old men who held the highest power in Canglong City, but he more or less guessed that there was probably some story between them.
But what he was most concerned about was the plan itself.
"Then how can we convey our voice to all the people in Canglong City?" Gu Ran asked with a frown, "Since you put this first, you should have a solution, right?"
"This is a very simple matter," Xue Yingsong said. "Years of development of Star Stone technology have enabled every household in the inner city of Canglong City to have a broadcasting device. Even in the slums, free broadcasting devices have been installed on the streets to ensure that every household on the street can hear it.
"Although Canglong City's broadcasting system is under the jurisdiction of the ruling center, firstly, the ruling center does not attach great importance to this system. It is only busy expanding its own violent team. Secondly, most of the people in charge of the broadcasting system are graduates of Lanxin University. As long as I come forward to persuade them, I can make the broadcasting system turn to us."
Although he could guess Xue Yingsong's influence, Gu Ran was still speechless when he heard Xue Yingsong's confident guarantee.
Not to mention the center of government, even if he reached that position, he would still be worried about Xue Yingsong.
This influence is too strong. Just by talking, a department of the ruling center can switch sides. What if Xue Yingsong exerts his influence on the military? Or other violent organizations
Don’t think too much. If you think too much, you will easily not be able to sleep at night.
Gu Ran has already understood that Xue Yingsong's mistake lies in his existence itself. Even if he does nothing and just concentrates on research in Lanxin University, it will be intolerable to the elders in the ruling center.
The only result they would like is to completely eliminate influential people like Xue Yingsong.
"Then I will explain the current situation to all the people of Canglong City and gain a reputation for justice for our actions. We are not rebelling against the superiors, but rectifying the chaos and eliminating those traitors who are detrimental to Canglong City. In this way, we will be able to quickly stabilize the order of Canglong City after carrying out the decapitation operation."
Xue Yingsong told about her plan.
After listening to this, Gu Ran thought for a moment and asked, "Then how do we determine the positions of those elders? And are they really all bad guys? Is there no one we can win over?"