Xingtie, started with a guitar, and made a living by singing

First of all, her social credibility must be reduced to the lowest point, and people must complain about her and wish to hang her on a street lamp.

Afterwards, through pressure from public opinion, the front lines, logistics, management and other aspects, other legitimate claimants and city builders were forced to activate the emergency proxy decree, regain control of Beloberg and conduct a major reshuffle of power.

Only in this way can Beloberg stop taking the last step towards the cliff and instead devote himself to the correct response to the star core.

So, does such a person, who has a legitimate claim, is malleable, has empathy for the people at the bottom, and is willing to fight for a chance for Beloberg, and who is thinking hard, really exist?

Wendy "happened" to know such a person.

Chapter 10: A Foreign Land

——Two hours and thirty-four minutes had passed since Wendy left the mechanical settlement and arrived at the upper area.

It is now evening, and the afterglow of dusk is gradually peeling away from this protected city, making it no longer brilliant.

Only dark shadows continued to rise from the corners of the wall until they covered the entire edge of the city. From a distance, it looked like an uninhabited area.

This is understandable. The outskirts of Beloberg City have long been eroded by the Rift, and the people there have been forced to move to the safer interior.

It was this group of people who were initially forced to move into lower-level areas, and then because of the lockdown order, they were separated from their families forever.

There are also some examples like Natasha who chose to stay in the lower area to help others out of kindness, but was forced to stay there and not be able to return.

Although Natasha does not regret her choice, who can ruthlessly abandon their family without any concerns?

Natasha's adoptive parents are already very old, so old that it is not surprising to hear any bad news at any time.

As their adopted daughter, not only was she unable to accompany the two elders, she couldn't even wish them well. This made Natasha feel ashamed.

It was not until Wendy came to the lower district and became familiar with him that she would occasionally ask him to help mail a letter.

Not only Natasha, but people from other lower districts would also entrust Wendy with some tasks, most of which could be easily completed by going to the upper district.

After the work was done, they would express their gratitude to him for his efforts, and some even shed tears when they received a reply from their family members...

This was something that could easily make Wendy feel down, but it was also one of the driving forces behind his plan.

Having said that, the outcome of the conversation with Swarovski will remain a secret for now. After all, the upcoming upper-level area operations are the highlight rather than the boring long speeches.

At present, the "Brave" team prepared by Wendy has two members joining, one of them is Seele, and the other one is naturally Clara.

And the latter can be sure to bring in the powerful foreign aid of Mr. Swarovski. In addition, due to the special nature of Seele as a member of the Earth Fire Organization.

This means that to a certain extent, he can also influence the decision-making of Natasha (the mastermind behind the Underworld Fire) and Oleg (the current leader of the Underworld Fire organization).

In this way, even if the two largest forces in the lower area are integrated together, at least there is no need to worry about them not working in the same direction and instead tripping each other up.

So, the next thing to do is naturally to follow the trend, and then he can borrow some "external forces" to help him gain a foothold in the upper area.

Unfortunately, Wendy was a lowly figure, and besides playing and singing, he could get some people to come and support him. If he were to give a speech in the tavern, he would tell some otherworldly joke about a loaf of bread from the lower classes costing 500,000 Winterfell shields.

Everyone just thought he had drunk too much and advised him to go home and rest early.

After all, there's actually a running joke in the Upper District: "The people in the Lower District are so hungry that they can only eat rock crab for dinner."

This is one of the earliest species to be distributed on the coast. It has the habit of digging rocks to lay eggs and then returning to the sea to grow.

However, with the coming of the ice age, a large number of rock crabs moved to the warm underground of Beloberg and reproduced in large numbers. During their migration, they caused many tunnel collapse accidents. During this period, they were also called tunnel rock crabs.

Even after the entire main population arrived underground at Beloberg, the city builders at that time were still troubled by their huge numbers and destructiveness.

But what was unexpected was that one day they were served on the dinner table by people who were good at discovering delicious food. The wonderful texture of the meat made them appear in front of people as delicious food in the future.

Even in the records of the Earth's core development team returning to the underground world several times in the past, these rock crabs have actually dropped significantly in number due to unknown reasons compared to the previous rampant phenomenon, and are now almost extinct.

Therefore, although anyone with a more or less normal brain would doubt whether the so-called "every household eats crab meat" situation that is passed down by word of mouth in the underground world is true.

But this also reflects from another aspect that in the upper class where information is completely blocked, people's understanding of the lower class is actually still stuck in the era of ten years ago, when they were intertwined with the upper class and their lives were not smooth sailing, but at least they had no worries about food and clothing.

If people continue to spread the situation in the lower class areas, it will surely cause a huge social reaction.

Of course, this is not something that can be accomplished by simply playing the victim or shouting a few times on behalf of others.

Not to mention that this will make those who have already noticed him prepare to close the net early, delaying their work.

More importantly, even if others believe in it and set up a charity fund organization, it will still be a drop in the bucket to help the entire lower-class area.

People in the lower class do not need to betray their miserable situation in exchange for the sympathy of the upper class.

They themselves have very strong and tenacious perseverance, and what they need is the "channel" to make their voices heard and the "power" to defend their legitimate rights and interests.

Otherwise, in the upper area where information has been cut off for such a long time, too many people have almost forgotten that in the dark world underground, there are still such a group of people who are fighting tenaciously to break the boundary and risk everything just for a meal.

Only when there is a broad consensus in society can we mobilize the general trend and force Cocolia to compromise. Only in this way can we truly change the situation of the lower-class areas.

Even if it is just opening up trade channels, at least this will provide most people in the lower-class areas with another way to make a living.

Only in this way can they not have to fear the severe miners' disease in their later years, do not have to shiver in a tent with no warmth when an ice storm sweeps through, and even when they are tired, they will be greeted by a bed instead of the sharp ground full of mineral radiation.

This journey still has a long way to go.

……

Walking through the streets and alleys of Beloberg, Wendy saw cars powered by the earth's marrow humming forward. People on the streets were not in a hurry, but walked leisurely, looking for where to go for dinner.

People come and go, lights shine brightly, but for some reason, a sense of loneliness arises.

The thoughtful bard was actually suffering from homesickness at this moment.

But the good thing is——

"You're finally here, busy man."

A literary girl was standing before him with a slightly resentful look on her face, carefully holding a novel of appropriate thickness in her arms.

She is not tall, even slightly shorter than Wendy, who also has the standard figure of a beautiful boy, making her look petite and cute.

She wears a flat-top beret, has purple hair, and has a pair of watery, round jade eyes hidden under her thick bangs. Combined with her soft and round face and owl-framed glasses, her overall temperament appears particularly quiet and elegant.

"Hey? Good evening, Perla!"

Wendy quickly adjusted herself and winked playfully, trying to get away with it.

Chapter 11 Sister Pella~Sister~

"Hey, what's up? Do you know how late you are—!"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I just lost my way in life."

Hearing this, the girl, who knew his personality well, couldn't help but want to punch him.

He is such an excellent storyteller, but he always seems so out of tune. It must be so disillusioning for his fans to see this.

Moreover, he actually made the lady wait for him for thirty minutes in the evening at Beloberg! This is too much! Her knees are almost frozen!

However, when she thought of his lonely expression, as if he didn't know where his home was, the resentment in her heart quickly dissipated.

This was the first time she saw Wendy, who was always free and carefree like the wind, showing a confused and sad expression.

It made people want to care for him... No, why would she think that?!

Pella's face flushed slightly, then she quickly cleared her throat and said with a stern face.

"Forget it, I won't bother with you this time. Remember the agreed time next time. Don't do this again—"

"Oh! You just said it, the same thing good friends always say to each other. Well, it seems I have to share your worries!"

Wendy moved closer to her, at a distance that seemed intimate but not ambiguous, and extended her hand gracefully, as elegant as a gentleman inviting her to a dinner party.

"Tell me, who made my best friend unhappy?"

"...Well, some adults made me unhappy not long ago."

Pera, who was a little out of rhythm by this sudden attack, quickly looked away and replied in a deliberately annoyed tone.

However, the natural action of handing the book in his arms to him was not ambiguous at all.

"Oh, it's my fault. I shouldn't have made Sister Pella angry—!"

Wendy immediately pretended to be aggrieved, but when she noticed the embarrassment that flashed across Perla's eyes, she burst into laughter, causing the girl to puff up her face in anger, looking as cute as a little guinea pig.

"If you keep doing this, I won't let you watch the sequel to 'Snow Country...' ahem, 'City of Snow and Rain'!"

The girl took the opportunity to pretend to snatch the book back from his hand.

"Please don't interrupt people's reading at the most interesting part. Even the devil wouldn't do that!"

Wendy shook her head repeatedly and held the novel wrapped in a thick cover even tighter in her arms. Its real name was "Snow Country Adventure Tales".

This is a banned book by Beloberg that has stopped printing and selling on the market, but it still has a huge fan base, and every new edition is no different from a bestseller.

The "City of Snow and Rain" mentioned earlier is another nickname for their private fan club. The idea came from the "City of Ice" in the second chapter, but calling it that directly was too obvious, so it was changed to this name.

The book still carries a hint of the girl's body temperature, and a light, just right scent of books, which is pleasing to the heart and refreshing.

Wendy also reads other people's stories. It would be more accurate to say that he instinctively collects these good stories and then shares them with more people.

Although due to the series of well-received stories from foreign countries, the best-selling books of various publishing houses have been affected.

Even the status of "Snow Country Adventure" is somewhat precarious, but as a loyal fan of this series.

Miss Pera has never given it up. She can be said to be a pure love god of "books". At the same time, she has some connections and can often find these banned books.

I would buy ten or eight books at a time, both for collection and for preaching...

In short, for this reason, Wendy would always ask her for some storybooks that were out of print but highly acclaimed.

And Pera never refused and often took him to private fan gatherings.

There is no time limit, the location is unknown, and the participants include men, women, young and old in the city of Beloberg. Perhaps the dining companion sitting at the table next to you is one of them.

Of course, just as Wendy likes to read other people's stories, Perla, the little bookworm and half creator, is also very interested in him and his stories.

Compared to "Snow Country Adventure Tales", which is based on the fantastic idea of ​​reconstructing the world view, it is also a novel with two themes of passionate love and exploration and adventure that you will never get tired of reading.

Most of Wendy's stories are even more difficult to distinguish between true and false. The beautiful scenery of the other world he described is so real that it does not seem like something that someone who has never seen it could imagine.

Pera's precise information radar began beeping when she first saw Wendy, listening to those poems and stories.

It was as if there was a cat living in her heart, constantly scratching, causing her to stop listening halfway due to work, and her heart was full of regret.

Fortunately, after meeting Wendy, she could hear the second half of the story by just asking him, otherwise she would have suffered from insomnia.

In this way, the wonderful fate between "book friends" made the relationship between the two progress rapidly.

If some uninformed people saw it, they would think it was a sweet and sour love story between a young boy and a girl.

Although as one of the parties involved, Miss Pelageya Sergeyevna had also had such thoughts.

But the Fengse poet, who was completely unaware of this, was running happily in front of her, waving at her and greeting her cheerfully.

"Miss Pella, the night breeze is cool, and there is no time to lose. Let us set off quickly! To the wine and poetry, and to the beautiful tomorrow that is coming——"

……

Rock-burned olm hut.

This is a restaurant located in an upper-class area that sells a few drinks.

The main signature dish is one of the delicacies of the lower area, the marrow-eating cave salamander.

As its name suggests, this is a troglodytic amphibian that mainly lives near underground water veins.

Its feather-like scales are white and tender. Its eyesight has deteriorated due to its living habits, but its hearing and sense of smell are very developed, which is probably related to the dark and humid environment in which it lives.

Of course, there is more information of interest to biologists than this. For most Belobergs, or people in the lower regions, it is not only one of the monotonous protein sources in the lower regions, but also tastes like chicken.

Although most of the Beloberg people today have never seen what a chicken looks like, let alone eaten it, it must be said that -

This is very helpful for restaurant owners to do "artistic processing" and then shout out loudly.

If you want to try the premium ingredients only available in the lower area, which was once the most sought-after delicacy before the cold wave hit (note: similar taste), then come to the Rock-Grilled Olm Hut!

Join our store now and enjoy special offers every Thursday: 20000 credit points for grilled olm wings!

This is basically the publicity strategy, but surprisingly, quite a few people fell for it.

And now, Wendy and Perla sat together in a secluded corner of the Rockburn Olm Hut.