Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 203: Ripples
Two flags with wings and scales embroidered on them were hung alternately, and below them was a standard-style desk. Originally, it should have been equipped with some auxiliary intelligent control modules, but the owner of the room preferred a more primitive way of working, so this long table was replaced with pure wooden original furniture.

".Ningtong, what do you think?"

After a long silence, the woman behind the desk finally raised her head.

The woman looked to be in her early 40s, with short hair. Anyone who saw her for the first time could feel her cold and sharpness. A silver etched circuit meandered across the eyes, adding a bit of neatness to her.

Shang Qiu is the nominal chief executive of the United Government of the Rockal Plains and also the mayor of Zhuguang City, who has been in office for a total of more than twelve years and three consecutive terms.

At this moment, she looked at the person in front of her.

"All reports on this joint military exercise have been submitted."

Ning Tong was still wearing the neatly ironed Security Bureau uniform, standing upright in front of the table.

"I've already seen it, but I want to hear your opinion." Shang Qiu casually pushed open the specially customized, highly confidential data tablet: "I'm not a psychic, and you are a professional in this area. I need the opinion of a professional."

".The future is limitless."

Ning Tong paused for a moment. This man of few words said something shocking as soon as he opened his mouth: "This 'Song Shi', I think he has the qualifications to enter the fifth ring. He may even become the next Chakoro."

Shang Qiu could notice that when the three words "Chakoro" were mentioned, the other party's tone couldn't help but change slightly, as if in awe.

"The worst possibility is the next Chakoro Vaughan. No, it's not bad at all."

The woman pinched her eyebrows and felt a headache again.

Thanks to expensive implants and various life-sustaining surgeries, she has excellent physical functions and can easily tear apart a team of ordinary soldiers even though her biological age is nearly sixty, while her appearance remains around forty years old - with cosmetic surgery and implants, she can easily pass for eighteen years old.

However, forty years old is the best age to be energetic, sophisticated and friendly.

But after serving as the mayor of Zhuguang City for more than twelve years, even Shang Qiu sometimes couldn't help but wonder whether he was really old.

then.

As with every other time in the past, this thought was quickly crushed and extinguished.

She stood up and walked slowly to the window.

The sunlight outside the window is like a waterfall, spreading freely and coating the world below with a layer of golden light.

In some specific areas, Fubo Energy has specially replaced the outer layer of the building with some special reflective materials, so that when the warm sunlight shines down, these areas look like a sparkling lake from a distance, and the reflected sunlight is brilliant but not dazzling - the locations of these areas correspond to several high-end resorts.

The distinguished guests lying on the artificial beach can easily appreciate the dazzling ripples and even the frosty and pale world at the farther end just by looking up.

No matter how sweet the wine is, it will never be as refreshing as overlooking the suffering of others.

This wonder, which Zhuguang City is proud of, has won praise from every distinguished guest who comes and goes.

Shang Qiu turned his head and looked in another direction.

That's the outer city area.

To be more precise, it is the third and fourth districts of the outer city. And now that the Enlightened Ones are fully stationed there, it is questionable whether it can still be considered the "Forging Light City".

“It’s as precarious as an egg.”

Shang Qiu gazed into the distance. To this day, it was still difficult for her to judge whether her decision to secretly contact the Enlightener and bring him into Zhuguang City in order to escape the control of Fubo Energy was a good or bad one.

No one expected that Chakoro, who had just been promoted to the fifth ring, would choose to move into the Light Forging City as the commander-in-chief of the Enlighteners, and lead his members in a very beautiful raid, taking over the third district overnight.

The Enlightened Ones and the company entered into a years-long standoff, with more defeats than victories, and the authority of Fubo Energy did begin to decline—and then, not long ago, they directly pulled the Groden Glory over.

Fifth Ring Psychic, Helicarrier.
Today, the situation in Zhuguang City has far exceeded past predictions.

Even the General Security Bureau smelled an opportunity and chose to strongly support her, directly dispatching several ace agents as her semi-private armed force to firmly consolidate her position in the government.

But the overall situation in Cast Light City is still gradually slipping out of her control.

The original plan was to use Enlightenment to contain companies like Fubo Energy, and for the Zhuguang City government to take the opportunity to further break away from the latter's control and seek autonomy. This strategy cannot be said to have completely failed, but the price paid was extremely high.

——The tripartite separation originally envisioned was indeed successful.

But with the entry of Chakoro and the aerospace carrier, the government can be said to be struggling to survive in the cracks of this so-called three-party situation.

After all these years of hard work, their authority in the conventional sense is not too weak, but in front of the two who are now more and more ready to go, it seems a little insignificant. "Ning Tong." She suddenly spoke.

The man's expression became serious: "Yes!"

“Pull back the people from the first, second, third, and fourth districts and transfer them to the fifth and sixth districts. No matter who wins in the end, as long as we control these two outer districts, we can catch their ship—Lightforge City is big enough, and they need someone to help control it.”

What's more, no matter how insignificant the government of Forged Light City is in front of a fifth-ring psyker and a helicarrier, they are still the only ruling body in the legal sense.

Both the company and the Enlightened One need this title.

The former needs to use a shell to make profits, while the latter needs this name to disguise itself - if they ignore it, they can just demolish the government, announce that Zhuguang City has withdrawn from the corporate alliance, and put a new governing body in place.

Then, all the major corporations will definitely start a state of total war without hesitation and dispatch a large number of military forces to the Light Forging City. In this case, the "rebels" are indeed extremely powerful, but don't the giant corporations have a fifth ring?

Chakoro might be able to withdraw, but he would definitely not be able to defend the City of Forged Light - in a state of war, the giant company would rather tear the latter into ruins than leave anything valuable for the Enlightened Ones.

“As for the inner city, the next stance can be tougher.”

Shang Qiu held the window sill, his voice becoming colder: "Those guys thought my term was about to end, so they started to make moves."

"A bunch of hopeless government parasites! The whole city could be razed to the ground! They're still thinking about fighting for power at this time!"

She sneered, "Until the next mayor is elected, I will still be the chief executive of Rockal Plain! You want power so badly? Sure! Then I'll let them experience it for themselves!"

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".Brother."

Thomas walked into the room and hesitated for a long time before speaking in a low voice: "It is a pity that Gloria died, but this operation failed, our stock price is shaken, and people's hearts are in turmoil. We need you to take charge."

He looked quite disheveled, with scars of varying sizes all over his body. In yesterday's melee, as the deputy director of Fubo Energy Security, he was the target of public criticism. Although he did not die, he was seriously injured and has not yet fully recovered.

However, compared to Nan Xin, who was hit by Chakolo and is now lying in the intensive care unit with tubes inserted all over his body and unconscious, he is already in excellent condition.

silence.

The man sitting on the sofa was silent, staring at the alloy square box in front of him.

——The person in this square box is Gloria Groden.

The psychic named Song Shi, after defeating Gloria, burned her completely to ashes with psychic flames. The body forged by the peak of the second ring [Transcendence] in the past, only a thin layer of ash remained in the box.

I don’t know how much time has passed.

Maybe it's a moment, maybe it's a long time.

“Whether the deployment of the geothermal power plant extension is successful or not is not important”

The man slowly stood up, his tall body casting a blurry shadow.

"Even if I have to give up the entire Light Forging City, I hope Gloria can survive." Emmanuel picked up the box and walked towards the French window: "If she can defeat Song Shi, defeat an opponent of this level, and break her own 'destined death' - she will have the hope of entering the realm of the fifth ring and becoming the second person in the family's history."

"Brother." Thomas followed.

"Unfortunately, Gloria still failed."

As Thomas watched in astonishment, Emanuel suddenly opened the window and threw the opened metal box out into the strong wind blowing in the air hundreds of stories high!

Those black ashes disappeared with the wind in an instant.

"As Gloria's uncle, I feel very sad, and as a Groden, I feel sorry."

Emmanuel turned around, his voice distorted by the whistling airflow: "But Groden's glory will never be dimmed by a single defeat, and it is never pinned on any single individual! Just a Gloria!"

"Thomas, have someone arrange a grand funeral for Gloria."

Emmanuel walked out the door and never looked back, leaving only his cold voice echoing in the wind.

"Since she died here, there is no need to send her back to the family cemetery."

"——She will witness Groden's final victory with her own eyes!"

(End of this chapter)