Chapter 653 Chapter 653 · "I heard that he likes white hair."

  【42 Years of Cataclysm】

  After the return of the human hero Asa Aktor, Doomsday City prepared a grand dinner.

   Neutral gathering places, free small cities and other forces have sent people to the dinner to show their attitude.

  The banquet was set up in the Great Hall of the Outer City of Doom, lingering in the hall where whispers were whispered, and there was an aroma of pre-dinner desserts. People held wine glasses and talked, the long white tablecloth dragged halfway down like cream, and from time to time messengers with trays passed by.

   The scene can only be described as "upper class".

  The people talked in low voices, the topics were simple and restrained, and no one wanted to go wrong on such an important day—they all wanted to see Aktor, who had been almost worshipped as a **** for 10 years.

The information left by   Actor has made the technology of Doom City advance by leaps and bounds visible to the naked eye. Such an existence that leads them from the level of scientific and technological resources and ideas has almost become a brand-new artificial god.

   Anjie was the host of the banquet. She stood at the entrance of the banquet hall and waited, answering guests one after another.

Andrews, the leader of the Liberty Alliance, Baird from the Tribunal, Anita from the Yaoguang Mercenary Corps, Yalin, the lord of Hope City, Borg, the deputy lord of Antofa City, Doris and Doris of the Chapter. Rayshaw…

  The Battle of Dawn has been launched for 10 years, and various small forces have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. There are even divisions and mergers within the camp, and these guests naturally have people with ghosts.

   "Su Ming'an's posture... is so majestic, all the overlords are attending his dinner as if they are on a pilgrimage."

  In the corner, Windsor, a remote-controlled legion player in a white dress, raised her head. She was an angel race player, her skin was so clean and fair that it was almost transparent.

   "He really deserves these honors," said Higurashi.

   He leaned the scabbard against the wall and adjusted the suit that didn't fit his body.

   Their remote control army team mixed into the warband early in the morning. In this banquet, 20% of the participants were players, and they wandered around in the dessert area eating desserts.

   "Speaking of which, there has been a lot of trouble in Doomsday City in the past 10 years." Player Ruiying said: "Actor has not appeared in 10 years, and many people do not obey the leadership of Tretia and others."

"But now Akto is back." Higurashi looked at the banquet hall where the crowd gathered: "So even if the former leader made mistakes, Akto is absolutely 'right', and he is enough to instantly clear the hidden dangers of the city-state. ."

   Higuchi noticed that behind the white curtain not far away, stood an inconspicuous figure.

  —that's Sen Kelstia.

  Sen Kelstia is the deputy city lord of Doomsday City, the leader of the beacon, the original leader who started with Akto, and even Teretia's reputation is not as good as him.

   Butsen's high prestige and status was limited to 10 years ago.

   It is impossible for human beings to have no desires and self-interest. If a person sits in a high position for a long time without sufficient supervision, he will make mistakes sooner or later. Sen is one of them.

He made a fatal mistake - in the sixth year of the Battle of the Dawn, in order to save his dying son, he privately used the medical resources that should have been allocated to the reconnaissance team, resulting in a team of reconnaissance teams unable to treat in time, and the entire army was wiped out. .

   This incident shocked Doom City. Although it is common for them to die when they go out, they should not die in the hands of their own family's selfish desires.

  People have doubts about the fairness of the leading class in Doomsday City-Actor has not appeared for several years. Did the leading class represented by Tretia and others imprison him, holding up his name and talking about tiger skins?

  Sen is a hero of Kaesong. He has worked hard and has been conscientious for six years. Almost all the commanders of the legion in Doomsday City are from the beacon fire. The interests of Doomsday City are united, and the top management is unwilling to punish Sen Lai to quell the anger of the people.

   As a result, a storm of public opinion broke out, and the family members of the reconnaissance team became even more angry.

  Sen regretted and suffered. He knew that he had killed the reconnaissance team. In order not to embarrass Tretia and others, he took the initiative to remove all military positions and fame, and locked his blood-colored cloak in a cabinet.

   The lord of the dignified beacon fire turned into a despised rat crossing the street.

  Sen was standing beside the curtain at this time, his body was almost hidden in the shadows, his face was no longer the high-spirited 10 years ago, obviously only forty years old, but like a twilight old man.

"…he came."

  Suddenly, at this moment, someone whispered, and the hall was instantly silent.

   An imposing young man came to the door, and people recognized him at a glance. Over the years, his face has regularly lit up on LED screens in various cities.

The hall fell silent in an instant. Akto didn't look like what the information said. He was a powerful warrior who could stop the disaster of alien beasts with one person's strength, but he was like a scholar without the slightest strength, without any blood and energy. ill-tempered.

   is more like a… very suitable for a noble boy in a banquet hall.

  Su Ming'an didn't speak at this time. Neither his missionary aura nor passive faith had any effect. In people's eyes, he was not even as majestic as when he told the story of the lighthouse in the screen recording.

  Su Ming'an looked around and saw many unfamiliar faces. At this moment, he faintly felt what the ten years of human beings represented.

  Infants and toddlers can grow into children, children can become teenagers, and middle-aged people turn white. Some of the dying old people disappeared completely.

  Cheng Luohe, a child with a vermilion sniper rifle, grew up and became a young man in his early twenties. Yaowen also became the captain of an elite reconnaissance team, sulking in the corner.

   Xia Sheng didn't change, he still looked so cold and awe-inspiring. Stacey, Jocelyn and others have matured a lot, and even wear wedding rings on their hands.

  Su Mingan recalled the news collected by AI Yeya over the past 10 years.

…People are going to change.

  If these people have always been the little leaders in the shelter, and there are only a few hundred people at hand, they will not be obsessed with selfishness and just want to survive together. But if there are more and more people at hand, even to the point where millions of people have to depend on the city of doom...people will change completely.

   They can't help but think... Since they are already a hero in building the city, with such a great influence and such a high prestige, why can't they go further?

   They also have relatives, and some people also have children. In such a precarious world... They really want to think about the next generation, and do not want to give away the resources and status they hold tightly.

   There has been a lot of intrigue in the past 10 years among the upper levels of Doomsday City. Rongyuan even got married and established a family. He hooked up with his friends during the Cataclysm of the Century and made a lot of illegitimate children. He was busy fighting for power and profit, and wanted to make the Second Army his family's private army.

  Tretia, in order to check and balance him, formed an alliance with the surrounding City of Hope, Antofa, and Beatrice, and brought out a bunch of puppets from the Alliance to fight with his relatives officers. Even Xia Sheng, who did not ask about power, was implicated and was forced to help her alliance to improve her voice.

   The main member of the former Beacon Fire, Marcia, was even more unwilling to be lonely, and took the initiative to join the trial, using the blessing of Sen to expel dissidents on the grounds of judging the gods and heresies.

As soon as Akto disappeared, these people seemed to have lost their backbone, and no one could hold back anyone. Doomsday City successively established organizations such as the Federal Parliament, the Core Committee, the Alliance and the Tribunal, and there were thirteen great commanders, Forty-seven minor commanders, three marshals, and three legions divided the power into a mess.

   These people have never made any mistakes of principle, but all kinds of power disasters have emerged one after another, and they have even cultivated their own lineages.

   Looking at the banquet hall that seemed to be calm, but was surging in private, Su Mingan sighed.

   "Welcome back, Lord Akto."

   "City Lord, where have you been for the past 10 years? We have always missed you..."

   "The total war has begun, City Lord, are you interested in visiting the Third Army Corps? Army Commander Callement has always regarded you as a teacher in the field of mechanics. He has a gift for you."

The people around    greeted him with shy smiles, very flattering. Even An Jie, an acquaintance who took the initiative to greet her, showed awe and alienation on her face. She no longer dared to pat him on the shoulder and chat and laugh like 10 years ago.

   Such an elegant, extravagant, and full of soft-spoken banquet, in Su Ming'an's eyes, it is not even as good as the members of the beacon fire who drank sweet potato porridge around the fire to keep warm in the cold winter 10 years ago, and shivered in the cold night.

   For the first time he felt that time was such a magical thing,

  【It can make one person become like another person, and make a city full of chaos. 】

  …

  In the remote tea room, Rongyuan helped a white-haired young man tidy up the last folds of his Hanfu.

   "Peg, remember, you must do your best to please the city lord later." Rongyuan said.

   "I see," said the youth.

"Actor and Linguang were so close before, who knows if 10 years have passed, whether Akto will keep his original intention... But it doesn't matter, whether he keeps his original intention or not, he is the city owner. He opened his mouth. , how much glory we can have, only by holding his thigh can we continue to be rich." Rongyuan patted the young man on the shoulder:

   "I asked a lot of people, and they said that Akto likes young men with white hair very much. If you go to please him, maybe you can get him to do some official work."

   This white-haired young man is called Peg. He is his nephew and can be his help to win over the city lord.

  Peg walked out of the pantry, his slightly long shattered hair hung down beside his ears, and his eyes were as light as snow. The black and white Hanfu on his body is particularly conspicuous in the banquet hall.

   The deputy city lord of Antofa City, who was talking with Su Mingan about sending troops, saw Su Mingan's eyes change.

   The deputy city lord of Antofa City turned his head and looked at the white-haired youth walking by, as if he had realized an additional way to approach the city lord.

  ...By the way, why didn't he think of sending white hair to the city lord?

   "Huh?" In the corner, the blue-haired player Yuna saw the white-haired young man walking by, and said in amazement, "Is that person Lu Shu?"

Next to   , her teammate Jin Chendong squinted:

   "No, it's just an NPC who looks a lot like it. It's most likely that some commander introduced it to please Su Mingan."

  Jin Chendong shook his head: "If this goes on like this, it is estimated that some people will play Cheng Yueyue, or Cheng Nuoer, and even some people will play Cheng Qian Xi Na Luo ... This group of people can really do anything in order to fight for power and profit."

   "Why do I feel that Su Ming'an is like an emperor who just came to power, these traitors are madly stuffing concubines into his harem..." Player Mirala said sharply.

   Player Gu Kaishun said: "White and delicate, how old is he now?"

   Everyone glanced at Gu Kai, who shut up.

"I just heard Su Ming'an's reply to the deputy city lord of Antofa City. Su Ming'an said everything." Jin Chendong said with emotion: "It seems that the ninth world has given him a lot of help - the first player It's all about power play now."

   After hearing Jin Chendong's words, the eyes of several people changed slightly.

   The first player can actually play power...

   "It is said that all those who have passed the level perfectly can make a wish..." Yuna lowered her head and rolled her blue hair with her fingers.

"Our team has some strength, so it's time to consider the issue of standing in line. If we stand on the right team, maybe after the world game is over, we can be like the people in the Beacon Fire Shelter, like a big commander." Jin Chendong said: "Edward is sure We will lose, and Mizushimagawa's state is expected to last for a long time, if we can help Su Mingan..."

  In another corner, Yueyue in a red rose evening dress lowered her eyes and sighed slightly.

   "What's the matter?" Lu asked her in a low voice.

   "Look at him..." Yueyue looked at the young man in the center of the banquet hall who was comfortable with all the guests: "Compared to the fifth world when I met him, he has really changed a lot."

   She bit her lip.

   She remembered the screen recording she had seen, at the end of the fifth world, the doppelganger who made a generous speech at the Human Self-Saving Conference...

   The current Su Mingan is very similar to the Ming at that time.

   "Is he...more and more like Ming?" she said.

   Moreover, the situation he faced... seems to be more and more similar to Akto himself.

   (end of this chapter)