Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 766: Citizen Barbarians and Resettlement Areas
The Enlightened Ones, core meeting.

Taking into account that everyone who is qualified to be here has heavy tasks and unchangeable responsibilities, this meeting was chosen to be held online.

In the virtual network conference room, Chakoro Vaughan stood at the head and looked around at everyone. Behind him was the global map of Terra. He pointed to a place.

"——Everyone, our next strategic focus is here."

The place pointed out was the Pan-Eastern Continental Federation.

To be more precise, it is the East Continent Republic, one of the members of the "Pan-East Continent Federation".

"I think it's a high-risk activity."

The first person to speak was a sturdy man with golden hair that stood up like steel needles. It was the head of the armed department of the Enlightened One, the fourth ring [Great Source], "Pannoy's Thunder Drum", Zebulon Nicol.

"This is different from the past. We are no longer fighting on the home front. Organizing a cross-country expedition requires extremely high logistics, armed forces, and technology."

He frowned and said in a deep voice: "I admit that over the years, we have accumulated a lot of strength and are indeed capable of fighting."

The man paused and said, "But such precious power, Commander-in-Chief, are you sure you want to spend it on foreign wars? The company is always keeping a close eye on us."

"I think this is not a problem." The head of the intelligence department, fourth ring [Consensus], "Demon Conversion", Shen Jue put his hands behind his head and smiled, "Our strategic deterrence is sufficient, there is no need to worry about the company taking action for the time being."

"As for the accumulated wealth, hey, it's saved for use."

"I agree with Zebulon. There's really no need for this."

At this time, someone else joined the discussion, the fourth ring [Transcendence], "The Riftbreaker", Cornelius Beard.

He stopped fiddling with the gun, raised his head, and said in a muffled voice: "We are here to overthrow the company. Yes, I know that we will have to fight the East Land Republic head-on sooner or later, but not now. Our corporate alliance hasn't figured it out yet, are we ready to go to war?"

"In fact, it's the only option."

The head of the network department, the Abyss Lord of Depth 5, "Big Platinum Flower", San Jiali spoke up. She knocked on the stainless steel table and said, "The Science Ethics Committee has to digest the results of the battle and has no intention to continue. The Security Bureau is in a high position to mediate the situation, and the giant companies are surrounding us outside, nailing us here. If we continue to act within the corporate alliance, it will be difficult to move forward."

“Looking beyond corporate alliances is the only way out.”

"Why do we have to break through?" Another core member raised an objection: "I still stick to my point of view at the last meeting - what we need now is time, management and accumulation. At this point in time, any large-scale action will not make the future of Enlightenment better."

"Forty years ago, we needed to be patient. Thirty years ago, we needed time. Twenty years ago, we needed to manage." A very tall man covered in heavy exoskeleton power armor stood up. He said in a deep voice: "Now - now we have our own administrative district, a huge number of supporters, and three fifth-ring psykers."

"And then, you want to tell me that we still have to wait, manage, and accumulate? Why not do this? Let's wait until we have nine fifth-rings at once, and then we can really take action!"

"Don't bring personal emotions into the meeting, Chesterton." One person frowned. "I know the company dog ​​forced himself to be your stepfather, but who among the people here doesn't have a grudge against the company? I wish the whole company would die tomorrow. Is that realistic?"

The other party snorted and sat back down.

"Even if everything goes well and we successfully defeat the army of the East Continent Republic and even enter their borders, the reality is that we don't have enough manpower and armed forces to control the areas outside the corporate alliance. If we insist on maintaining it, it will become a weakness that we cannot ignore, and it will bleed the Enlightened Ones."

Cha Keluo listened patiently for a long time, and suddenly looked at Yijiao: "Song Shi, what do you think? You don't claim to be a genuine Donglu person."

"Fight, I have no objection." Song Shi shook his legs: "Hasn't the East Land Republic been in a confrontation with New Yalomen Bay? They have come to our door, so why shouldn't we fight back?"

“My opinion is to fight back as well.”

Chakoro tapped the map and looked directly at everyone.

"But it's not a direct attack on the mainland of the East Land Republic."

".Not attacking the mainland?" Someone was stunned at first, then immediately reacted and said, "Resettlement area!"

Song Shi uttered a sound.

He had to admit that it took him several seconds to realize what the "resettlement area" was.

If you ask yourself, you certainly can't blame him. When they were still in the orphanage, the most common promise made to them by everyone from the director to the regular caregivers was that they should study hard and work hard so that they could become companions to the children of wealthy families in the future. The most common tactic they used was to bluff them that if they didn't listen, they would be exiled to the barbarian land and rot in the mud with the barbarians.

The "barbarian land" they were talking about was exactly the "resettlement area" that Chakoro had just mentioned.

——Full name, Immigrant Resettlement Area!
Long before the Seven Lands War, the East Land Republic had a habit of establishing colonies. Protectorates were set up in colonies far away from the mainland of the Republic to govern the enclaves.

When the Seven Lands War broke out, the East Land Republic took advantage of the chaotic situation in Terra to plunder the population on a large scale, either sending them to the mainland of the Republic or setting up "immigrant resettlement areas" on the spot.

A place without civilization, a land of barbarians.

These forcibly abducted people were also incorporated into the citizen system of the East Land Republic - they were the "ninth-class citizens", one level lower than the "eighth-class citizens" of the East Land Republic, and at the bottom of the Republic.

Even the humblest citizen of the Republic can puff out his chest with pride when he mentions these barbarians who are ninth-class citizens.

The map refreshed and turned blue, and then several areas were dyed red and marked out. These were the major immigrant resettlement areas under the jurisdiction of the East Land Republic, and the one closest to the Enlightened One was "Anmen Luo".

A pop-up window will pop up next to it, providing brief introduction information.

The predecessor of "Anmenluo" was the place where several small countries met, with a permanent population of over ten million, complex ethnic composition, sharp contradictions among each other, and frequent conflicts throughout history. Later, it was completely defeated and forcibly conquered by the Donglu Republic and became a part of the Republic.

Since then, "Anmenluo" has become an important labor supply area and low-end industrial transfer site for the East Land Republic. As for these non-East Land barbarians, the East Land Republic naturally did not intend to spend time on educating them. In order to consolidate its rule, it even continued to intentionally or unintentionally stir up conflicts between local races and watched and fished leisurely.

As long as the labor, products and other resources supplied by Anmenluo meet the requirements every year, the East Land Republic will not care about anything else and will just let it go.

"Now, the Donglu Republic is fighting on multiple fronts and is under pressure from both the Corporate Alliance and the Vanpusta Empire." Chakoro said in a deep voice: "The situation forces it to do so and it can no longer spare much strength. On the contrary, we have the Security Bureau's mediation and the pressure has been reduced. We can mobilize enough armed forces - not to mention that Song Shi has already awakened, which is an absolute strategic deterrent."

"Organize an expeditionary force to capture Anmen Luo and use it as a springboard for the Enlightened Ones outside the corporate alliance."

Chakoro stared at everyone and said loudly.

"This is my idea, the vote will begin in five minutes." Five minutes later.

The meeting passed the proposal to launch the operation against Anmenlo with 84% in favor, 5% abstention and 11% against.

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After the meeting, someone sent a communication link.

Song Shi looked at the signature on the link, which was Xu Yudu.

The deputy commander of the Enlightened Ones had been stationed in New Yaromon Bay long before the outbreak of the crusade against Emerald Pharmaceuticals - a battle now known as the "First Clone War" - and has been stationed there ever since.

Over the past six months, the other party has been focusing on both defense and production, and has been extremely busy with the heavy workload. Song Shi has not seen the other party since he woke up.

Click on the link.

Virtual network, the scene is a yellow sand desert, probably chosen randomly.

Xu Yudu sat beside a rock, puffing out smoke as if no one was around.

“Does it really feel good to draw this online?”

"Habit." The other party said concisely.

Song Shi shrugged and looked at the other person.

Over the past six months, Xu Yu has been fighting with the current president of the East Land Republic—the fifth ring [Consensus], "Juntian Shenque", Feng Lian. The two sides have fought several times from a distance. The latter broke through the second stage of the True Spirit ten years ago, and his cultivation is amazing. Xu Yu did not get any advantage and suffered some injuries.

But now it seems that the other party has recovered well.

"We need you to lead the team to fight Anmen Luo." Xu Yudu put out his cigarette: "Cha Keluo and I have to keep an eye on the corporate alliance, so we can't spare any time."

He paused for a few seconds and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

"That's all right."

Song Shi saw a cactus, thought for a moment, and tried to lean against it. Wow, the degree of simulation is quite high.

"With me at my mercy, Anmen Luo is already in our hands." He said lightly, "Unless Feng Lian or Lin Yuexiong takes action, my only worry is that they want to guard against the Empire and the Corporate Alliance and choose to give up Anmen Luo directly."

A first-class family, the Longyuan Feng family, "Juntian Shenque", Fenglian.

The first-class family, the Dacang Lin family, the fifth ring [transcendence], the "Eight Prison Lords", Lin Yuexiong.

"We can't rule out this possibility." Xu Yudu nodded: "After all, Anmen Luo is just a group of barbarians. There is no value in sticking to them."

Song Shi was surprised: "Why do you call them barbarians?"

and also?
Xu Yu raised his eyes and asked, "What did you call the people in the resettlement area before?"

"Uh." Song Shi answered truthfully: "Barbarians."

"There's nothing we can do about it." Song Shi remained calm. "When I was a kid, everyone told me they were barbarians, but I didn't understand, so I just followed suit."

"Have you been to the resettlement area?" Xu Yudu asked.

"I haven't been there." Song Shi spread his hands. "I have met a few people from the resettlement area, but I guess the people from the resettlement area who can come to our Donglu Republic are probably different from ordinary immigrants."

Xu Yudu said, "I have been there."

"When I was in the third ring, the situation in the Enterprise Alliance was stable, and the Enlightened Ones entered a relatively long period of peaceful development. So I temporarily left the Enterprise Alliance and went back to the East Land Republic to take a look."

"Reply?" Song Shi raised his eyebrows.

"During the Seven Lands War, my great-grandfather fled from the East Land Republic and migrated here with a group of wanderers." He replied: "According to what they told me, my ancestral home should be in Sunnan County."

Song Shi quickly read through it and had some impression of it, but it was quite far from Yulai County and he had never been there.

"I went to some places, including the resettlement area." Xu Yudu frowned: "I went to the Jinkuibo resettlement area."

He paused and said, "The people living there are indeed barbarians."

"It's barbaric and chaotic. Everyone sneers at morality. No, it should be said that they don't have the concept of 'morality' in their minds at all. When you walk on the street, they will wrap themselves in cloaks and stare at you blatantly. They want to cut your throat with a knife and steal your money, organs and prostheses. Religions of all sizes are rampant. Few people go to school. Students there can openly take candy and have sex in class because the teachers want to join in."

"Even the [Monitoring Network] is unwilling to waste resources there. I have killed many people and talked to many of them. Their greatest wish is to become an eighth-class citizen one day and set foot on the mainland of the East Land Republic. In this way, they will not be kicked away when they kowtow to the children of the aristocratic families."

Song Shi held up his face: "Then?"

"But they were not born barbarians." Xu Yudu said indifferently: "Before it became the Jinkuibo Resettlement Area, the Jinkuibo Resettlement Area had a long history, but they were defeated and conquered by the Donglu Republic. The culture, traditions and country of the Jinkuibo people were torn into pieces and smashed into dust. They were castrated of their military power, banned from education, put on leashes, and their sovereignty was taken over."

"The acquired environment will affect the innate nature of a person. No matter how glorious the Jinkuibo people were in the past, they have become barbarians. They can only be barbarians."

"I understand what you mean." Song Shi nodded: "So you want to educate them."

"I know what you think, Song Shi." Xu Yudu's eyes were as bright as torches, "You think we shouldn't interfere, unless one day they really wake up and want to resist - but I never think so."

"The acquired environment will affect the innate nature of a person." Xu Yudu repeated his previous words word by word. Without waiting for the other party to say anything, he raised his hand: "I know what you are going to say, but how many people like you and me are there in the entire Terra? This is not a reason to sit back and do nothing, at least not for me."

"You will wait until the first spark is lit and help it spread across the land, but it is too long and too difficult to wait for that spark to be lit. I will choose to hand over the lighter first, because they decide whether to light it by themselves."

"Sure, I don't object to your idea." Song Shi said nonchalantly, "But let's make it clear in advance that I will still take down Anmen Luo, but as for the so-called 'passing the lighter', don't count on me. I definitely won't do it, you have to do it."

"As it should be."

(End of this chapter)