Fire Monster

Chapter 200 Choice
In the basement floor of the battalion headquarters, in a meeting room formed by connecting several rooms, Zhao Guanshan, Liu Yuwei, Xiao Chengyun, Deng Jiu, Wang Chen, Yu Che, Zhang Qian, Sun Zei, Mu Mingyuan, Zhang Dayong, Pan Cheng, Xu Hu, Xu Ming and more than a dozen others sat here discussing what to do next.

"Everyone has heard the three choices that the Dao Palace gave us just now. Basically, there is a principle that cannot be crossed, that is, we must either be under the jurisdiction of the Chief Secretary or the Demon Suppression Department. We cannot be independent of the Linjiang Prefecture system. It is impossible and unacceptable to be a free and easy mountain king!"

"So, what do you think about this?"

Zhao Guanshan was the first to ask, but everyone was silent. After a long while, Wang Chen grinned, "I don't understand those things. I just get along well with you, brother Zhao. Wherever you go, I will follow you with my whole family!"

"That's right, I think so too. I agree with whatever choice Brother Zhao makes, as long as he doesn't abandon us." Deng Jiu also said.

Then Zhang Qian, Yu Che, and Sun Zei all expressed their opinions, and even Mo Laoer joined in the fun.

"Everyone, I certainly won't abandon you. We have fought side by side for so long, all thanks to your protection. So, this is just a premise. What I want to ask is, compared to the three options, which one do you prefer?"

Zhao Guanshan said quickly.

"There's no need to consider the second one. I'm not going to make a second palm print." Liu Yuwei shook her head.

"Yes, we can eliminate the second option, but the first and second options have their own pros and cons. If we choose the first option, this city will no longer belong to us. However, the Demon Suppression Division will expand the city defense after taking over. The compensation of 100,000 merit points is not bad. From my point of view, it is more fair."

Xiao Chengyun spoke at this time. In the past, the city belonged to them, but they had to do everything at once. They were so busy with all kinds of trivial matters that they couldn't even guarantee basic training time.

"Giving up the Second Pioneer City is indeed very cost-effective, especially since the Demon Suppression Bureau will provide a Level 2 Spirit Supply Tower. However, everyone, I forgot to tell you a piece of good news. Our city's own Level 2 Spirit Supply Tower will be successfully upgraded in three months at most. We can do it without the Demon Suppression Bureau."

Zhao Guanshan suddenly dropped this bombshell piece of news, which was why Jia Xian and others did not appear in this meeting room. They were very busy.

"Let's go, everyone. It's meaningless for us to sit here and discuss. We should go and see our directly affiliated factories."

Zhao Guanshan stood up with a smile and was the first to walk out. Everyone followed closely behind him and headed straight to the center of the city. Along the way, they could see many craftsmen from the directly affiliated factories busy at work.

When they arrived at the first-level spirit-offering tower, everyone was even more shocked.

Hundreds of male and female craftsmen work together here. Although it looks dazzling, it is actually well organized.

And these liberal arts students, whom they had never taken seriously in the past, or even if they did, they would not pay much attention to them, these weak women, were now filled with confident smiles. They were not frightened by the arrival of the crowd, nor did they come forward to say hello in a flattering manner. They were doing their work seriously and attentively.

There is a kind of power that is not well understood by the public, very strange but very powerful, and it seems to be born in their hands.

"Everyone, what they are busy doing is upgrading the Level 2 Spirit Supply Tower. Have you ever thought about what would happen to them if they lost our protection and worked under the Demon Suppression Division?"

"You chose to hand over all of this, replace the people from the Demon Suppression Bureau as the city lord, and then give us a second-level spirit supply tower, but in fact it is still not under our control. Deng Jiu, Wang Chen, Yu Che, Zhang Qian, and the enhanced psychic weapons in your hands, as well as our modified third-level imperial seal chariot, will all be gone from now on, because we are only qualified to be protected by the second-level spirit supply tower, but not to use the second-level spirit supply tower and use psychic energy to impact high-level matter."

"Now, the spiritual energy supply for the houses we live in is free, because the spiritual supply tower is ours. We only need to go out and rob a demon mother's nest, and we will have countless spiritual energy supplies."

"So guess what, if the Demon Suppression Department takes control of the Spirit Supply Tower, will the spiritual energy supply still be free?"

"But we have the Spiritual Tower in our hands. We have the ability to fight on the battlefield. We have five to six hundred skilled craftsmen and our own city. We can continuously assemble third-level Imperial Seal Chariots. We can gradually replace all warriors with higher-quality spiritual weapons."

"How to choose? Everyone knows what to choose, right?"

“So, let’s choose the third option. Although this will definitely be targeted by the Demon Suppression Division, as long as we can survive the most difficult times, the future will be better!” After hearing Zhao Guanshan’s explanation, the sense of luck in everyone’s hearts disappeared.

No matter what choice you make, it’s just a matter of words from Zhao Guanshan.

However, he hopes that everyone can understand what they are doing, why it is this thing that brings everyone together, and why they are working hard and fighting for this goal!

And not because of his personal prestige, Zhao Guanshan.

Now his people are still here, and everyone will choose him because of his personal prestige, but what about the future?
"Brother, I still think this is not a good choice!"

When they returned to the camp headquarters room and there were only three of them left, Xiao Chengyun sighed slightly.

"It's not that I don't understand what you're saying, but do you know that if you do this, you and our entire city will only become the focus of everyone's attention, because we are different."

"The more we achieve, the more we will be watched. In the end, every detail of us will be captured and locked. Are you sure this is really a good thing?"

"Or have you decided not to hide your identity anymore?"

"Comparatively speaking, choosing the first path is very important in concealing your identity."

"Brother, you have to make a choice. Do you want to sacrifice this city or yourself? I guess you originally wanted to control this city in order to hide in the city."

Xiao Chengyun looked at Zhao Guanshan. She was not completely ignorant.

Zhao Guanshan shook his head and smiled:

"Junior sister, don't change the concept. If we become stronger, what does a little attention mean?"

"Without the city as our backup and our own logistics, how long do you think our Liuzi Battalion can hold out on the front line?"

"As for my identity as a Qi Refiner, I just don't like being noticed. If it is really exposed, it doesn't matter."

"Okay, Senior Brother, you have the final say. We still have ten days to make our choice. My suggestion is that you wait until the last day to reply. Now, practice first and prepare for battle. If possible, I hope to assemble two more level three imperial chariots."

"Because once we choose the third option, the Demon Suppression Bureau will most likely be furious. Guess what kind of task the Demon Suppression Bureau will assign us?"

Xiao Chengyun didn't bother herself. She just pointed out the drawbacks. No matter what choice she made, she would not leave Zhao Guanshan. Now she already regarded herself as a member of the Zhao family.

"Most likely they are going to let us fight a ninth-level evil demon alone. What are you going to do, Junior Sister?"

"Simple, I need to go to the Dao Palace to exchange for a Grade A Imperial Seal Magical Instrument! But this may require us to use up all our reserves, Brother, are you willing to do so?"

"Why not! Junior sister, just make the decision on this matter yourself."

Zhao Guanshan didn't care. From the very beginning, he was not interested in the imperially-sealed weapons of the Taoist Palace. No matter how powerful they were, could they compare to his imperially-sealed oil lamps?
(End of this chapter)