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Everyone looked towards the gate and found that an iron guard was standing there stiffly.

48. Representatives from the lower districts

"Iron Guard, what's going on?"

Qiong sat behind the desk, his back to the floor-to-ceiling window, so that his whole body was in the shadow of the backlight. He folded his hands under his nose and asked the guard at the door with a serious face, as if it was not him who just spoke at MLGA.

The Iron Guard was a little confused by Qiong's sudden change. He felt as if he had some kind of hallucination, but when faced with the questions of the new Grand Guardian, he still saluted very seriously.

"Yes, Great Guardian, several people claiming to be representatives of the lower district residents want to see you."

"Let them in."

"Yes!"

The iron guard who delivered the message took the order and went out. Soon he came back in with a few people following him.

"The Great Guardians, they are the ones who claim to be representatives of the lower districts."

"Thank you for your hard work. You can go out now."

"Yes!"

The iron guards left, and everyone's eyes fell on the few people who came in.

There were four people coming in. The leader was an old man with white hair. Next to him stood the famous girl with the head transmitter. On the other side stood Natasha, the clinic doctor. Behind the three of them stood their old acquaintance Sambo.

"Doctor Natasha, we meet again. Are you the representative of the lower district?"

Qiong looked at Natasha. Although he had known Natasha's true identity for a long time, he still had to ask on the surface.

"Although we have already met in the Lower District, please allow me to introduce myself. Hello, Great Guardian. I am Natasha, a doctor at the Lower District Clinic."

Natasha introduced herself, but still chose to hide her identity. She was still observing Qiong, the newly appointed Grand Guardian.

Qiong's identity changed quite quickly. He was suddenly brought from the upper area to the lower area by Sambo, claiming to be a pioneer from outer space, but a few hours later, the other party directly became the great guardian.

This change of identity was indeed a bit fast for her, and she was a little confused. So after thinking about it last night, she planned to come up as a representative of the lower level and talk to the new great guardian to see how he planned to treat the lower level area.

Of course, on the surface she still has to be a doctor.

Qiong glanced at Natasha, then at Sambo.

"Sambo, I didn't expect you to become the representative of the lower district. It seems you are more capable than I thought."

"Ahaha, hero... Oh no, Great Guardian, I, Old Sambo, am just a nobody. I'm just lucky and have many friends, so I was elected as a representative. I can't compare to these people. For example, this Doctor Natasha, she is the one that everyone wants."

Sambo quickly shrank his neck and laughed, and at the same time pushed the topic back to Natasha. However, Natasha did not pick up the topic, but pushed the topic to someone else again.

"I'm here only because of my job. I'm fortunate enough to be the representative of the lower district, but my influence is insignificant. It will be Mr. Oleg who will be the one to talk to you."

Natasha pushed Oleg out, and everyone's attention was focused on Oleg who was in the front.

"Mr. Oleg?"

Qiong looked at Oleg, and Oleg bowed slightly in greeting.

"Yes, Great Guardian. I am Oleg from the Lower District. I am the leader of the Underground Fire, the group that maintains order in the Lower District. I am also the head of this Lower District delegation."

"So, Mr. Oleg, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Qiong still kept his back to the light, with his entire front hidden in the shadows, and asked Oleg questions from a condescending position. This made Oleg feel some pressure, but he was also an old hand, so he said what he had prepared in advance.

"I'm very grateful to the Grand Guardian for ordering the reopening of the upper and lower passages yesterday. This has brought hope to the residents of our lower district, but I'm also curious about how the Grand Guardian will treat our lower district in the future."

"That's perfect. If you don't come up to find me, I'll bring people down to look for you later."

"In other words, Your Excellency the Great Guardian has already decided how to treat the residents of our lower district?"

"Yes."

"Well, can you tell me?"

Oleg took a step forward.

"It's simple. Everyone comes up from the lower level. The lower level is completely divided into a mining area. Miners are only allowed to go down to the mine when it's in operation. At other times, no one is allowed to go down to the mine."

"What!?"

The four people from the lower level opened their eyes wide.

"Great Guardian, why!?"

Oleg asked anxiously.

"That's right, what do you mean, do you want to make us all homeless?!"

Xier even took out her folding sickle and pointed it at Qiong.

"Big head guy, it doesn't matter if you're stupid and ignorant, just go stand by Bronya and don't get in the way!"

Qiong raised her finger and pointed at Seele, indicating her to go find Bronya, and Bronya listened and felt like she was suddenly scolded.

"What are you..."

"Xi'er, put away your weapons."

Natasha quickly held her down and looked up at Qiong.

"Listen to what the Great Guardian has to say. I want to know why the Great Guardian did this."

"The Lower District's original purpose was to provide minerals for the Upper District. However, as time went on, some workers began to live directly in the Lower District to facilitate their operations. The Lower District subsequently grew to its current size. Later, the Cocolia blockade made the Lower District's situation even more difficult, but that's all in the past."

"The snowstorm that enveloped Beloberg has been blown away. Beloberg and its surroundings will gradually return to normal. This process may be slow, but it will be steady. Under these circumstances, the lower areas will no longer need to bear the responsibility of being inhabited. Even mining development may be reduced due to the reduced demand."

"With demand for mineral mining down, what are all the people of you doing living down there? Waiting for a potential collapse and then dying down there to watch me?"

"No... How do you talk like that?"

Xier couldn't help but point at Qiong again, and Qiong directly retorted.

"Am I wrong? The lower area is always underground. From a safety perspective, it will never be as safe as being on the surface. Or do you want your children to be born in a dangerous place, living in darkness and even thinking that the sky is black?"

When talking about children, Lian Xier fell silent. She grew up in a lower-class area and she knew well the hardships of life there.

"Then... how will the residents find housing? So many people have moved up from the lower areas. If they lose their homes, they'll all be homeless. Although the snow has blown away, the current temperature..."

Oleg, as the head of the delegation, asked again.

"Cocolia's previous order and the spread of the Rift resulted in many deaths in the upper regions."

"I understand."

Oleg nodded. The houses that were vacant due to the death and the spread of the rift were allocated to the residents of the lower district. As for whether they would feel unlucky, it was good enough to have a good house to live in. Why would they care about such things? Could it be worse than the ones below?

"So, give your answer to my arrangement."

"Are you following my orders and having everyone from the lower level move up here, only going down when you're working? Or are you disobeying my orders and waiting for me to bring the Iron Guard down to give you a beating before dragging you up again?"

Qiong's blunt words made Oleg's eyes twitch involuntarily. Why did this great guardian speak so harshly? Couldn't he be more polite?

Oleg did not answer immediately, but looked at Xier and Natasha beside him. Natasha nodded slightly.

"The Earth Fire I represent is willing to follow your arrangements and allow some of the people underground to come to the surface to live. We will also do our best to persuade the miners, but there are still some wanderers underground who are beyond our control, so you may need to send someone to negotiate with them personally."

Dihuo represents the lawful people in the lower area, but there is a group of unruly wanderers, and they have no way to deal with them.

"As long as you obey, it's fine. As for those who don't obey, someone will take care of them."

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49. I’m not a pornographic camera

The members of the lower district delegation left with satisfaction. Although Qiong's arrangements for the lower district were very tough, they were willing to obey Qiong's arrangements in order to prevent their future children from living in darkness underground from the moment they were born and to allow their children to see the sky with their own eyes.

Moreover, without stopping the mining work, Qiong even prepared houses for them to live in. With jobs and houses, what else could they complain about?

The underground fire controls most areas of the lower area. Except for the wanderer camp, residents in most areas will obey the arrangements of the underground fire and move from the lower area to the upper area. As for the remaining wanderers and the robot camp, it is none of their business.

After all, who would want to stay in the lower class when they can live a good life in the upper class?

"Isn't this a bit too harsh?"

After the delegation left, Bronya, who had been listening, couldn't help but express her opinion.

Qiong looked at Bronya and couldn't help but smile.

"So you want those people to continue living in the lower class? I didn't expect you to be so dark-minded, Bronya. You're worthy of being the daughter of a politician."

"what?!"

Bronya's eyes widened.

"No, I didn't. That's not what I meant! I want them to live here, but I think we should do it slowly. There's no need to force them all to move in all at once."

"Haha~"

"Great Guardian, I really think so, please believe me!"

Do you think I believe you think this way? How many versions of the Beloberg story have passed? The people in the lower district are still in the lower district, and the people in the upper district are still in the upper district. Xier has argued with you many times over the allocation of resources in the lower district, and in the end, she always lost to your honey trap.

Qiong ignored Bronya and looked at Ji Zi and Lao Yang beside her.

"Ji Zi, Uncle Yang, what do you think of my decision just now?"

"Although I don't know much about the city's lower-class areas, from a long-term perspective, this is indeed a very good decision. Especially since it allows children to live in upper-class areas, it is definitely better than living in lower-class areas. If they are separated for short-term interests, it will only maintain or even deepen the gap."

As someone who had experienced a hard life, Lao Yang strongly agreed with Qiong's approach, and Ji Zi also nodded.

"I agree with your approach, but I hope you can be more gentle if someone resists."

"Don't worry, I won't personally deal with those wanderers who don't want to come up."

It is impossible to live in two places. Countless historical records have proved that such separation will only lead to internal grouping within the ethnic group and then exclude other ethnic groups. As long as they do not integrate, the upper class will be the upper class and the lower class will be the lower class. The two sides will eventually have conflicts because of interests. In the original plot, Seele quarreled with Bronya over some supplies, which was a microcosm of the future conflict between the two sides.

Bronya and Seele, representatives of this generation's upper class, are good friends who can argue and make up afterward, but what about the next generation? So why not just force a merger from the start, so everyone becomes upper class?

Qiong pointed at the ground.

"When we went down there earlier, we learned a little about the lower area. There are three camps in the lower area: the lawful camp, which is mainly controlled by the Earth Fire; the chaotic camp, which is made up of wanderers; and the mechanical camp, which is ruled by the Mechanical Emperor."

"The four representatives who came today are all from the Earth Fire faction. The ones they claim won't cooperate with us are the Rangers. They are few in number, so there's no need to worry. As for expelling them from the mining area, it will be the Mechanical Soldiers faction ruled by the Mechanical Emperor that will be responsible."

"Ah? Mechanical Emperor? Sounds so domineering! Is there such a faction down there?"

March 7th expressed curiosity.

"Yes, but they are mainly concentrated in the Mechanical Settlements and are ruled by the Mechanical Emperor."

"Qiong, do you know the Mechanical Emperor?"

"I don't know him, but I can get to know him as the Great Guardian!"

"Ok."

"Come to think of it, when we were down there before we fully understood the situation, Jeppard brought us up. Why don't we go down and take a look together?"

Rub your hands on March 7th.

"Although I have seen mechanical races, I have never heard of any Mechanical Emperor."

March Seventh is very interested in the Mechanical Emperor in the Dome.

"March, I think you can lower your expectations a bit."

Dan Heng was standing next to him and couldn't help but remind him.

"Given the conditions on this planet, I don't think it's impossible for a Mechanical Emperor to appear."

It's not that there are no intelligent machine races in the universe, but they don't dare to say that there is a Mechanical Emperor. The last one was called the Emperor, and he has been buried for who knows how many years. For a place like Yarilo-VI, it is simply a dream that a Mechanical Emperor can appear.

"Oh yes, the situation on this planet is so difficult."

March looked towards the sky.

"Qiong, you're fooling me again!"

Qiong spread her hands, nonchalant.

"How can this be considered a scam? There's no Machine Emperor in the universe, so what does it have to do with me, Yalilo-VI? Doesn't that mean there can be other people named March Seven in the universe?"

"Are you talking about this Mechanical Emperor!?"

"Just tell me if it's the Mechanical Emperor."