Meng Chao had a pretty good impression of Ms. Xiao.
He remembered that she was a smart and passionate woman.
Perhaps it was because she was a teacher, but she was especially good at teaching. She had even helped Meng Chao summarize some of the Ultimate Style's skills and cultivation methods into an easy-to-understand booklet so that the broken-star superhumans who were not very educated could learn it.
If it were not because she was too busy with her daily work as a teacher and did not have a lot of time to serve the Broken Star Club, and Meng Chao had tactfully rejected her offer, many of the members would have recommended Ms. Xiao to become the director of the Broken Star Club.
Meng Chao did not expect that her husband would be one of the ten most wanted lost people in Dragon City in his previous life.
Now that he thought about it carefully, Zhao Feixuan should not have committed any crimes yet. Meng Chao wondered whether he could stop him in time.
"Three days later, there will be a large-scale volunteer activity at Temporary Area No.15 in the east of the city. The Broken Star Club, Blue Home, and five other public welfare organizations will be participating. At that time, we'll arrange for the Broken Star Club to be together with Blue Home," Ye Xiaoxing said.
"You don't need to do anything. You just need to greet Xiao Fanghua when you see her. I believe that Zhao Feixuan has long since learned of your identity from his wife.
"You're Lin Chuan's junior brother. You once did online livestreams with him, and you're also Gao Ye's schoolmate. The cooperation between Superstar and Spirit Creation Creatures isn't a secret. If Zhao Feixuan and Blue Home are really interested in you, they will definitely take the initiative to contact you.
"If they don't take the initiative to contact you, forget it. We'll think of another way."
"What if Zhao Feixuan takes the initiative to contact me?"
Meng Chao thought about it. "Should I sneak into Blue Home and search for evidence of their crimes?"
"Stop. It's not as dangerous as you think."
Ye Xiaoxing did not know whether he should laugh or cry. "We're not filming a spy drama right now, and you're not an official investigator of the abnormal beast research department. We don't want to place you in any danger.
"Don't take the initiative to do anything. If they really invite you to join Blue Home's activities, then bring your eyes and ears and join them obediently. Even if they take you in as a core member of Blue Home, don't act rashly. You just need to understand what they're doing.
"I think that since Blue Home has a lot of professionals and leaders of the industry supporting them, even their core activities won't be illegal. At the very least, they won on the surface.
"If you insist on taking the initiative to do something, pretend that you agree with Blue Home's ideals, but don't be too passionate about it, lest you end up doing something unnecessary.
"Of course, if you really believe in Blue Home's ideals, that's fine too. In fact, it's even better."
Meng Chao quirked his eyebrows. "Even if … my faith reaches Lin Chuan and Gao Ye's level, it's fine?"
"It's okay."
Ye Xiaoxing said seriously, "Lin Chuan and Gao Ye weren't convicted because of their thoughts.
"Dragon City is in a turbulent era, and it's an unprecedented era. In front of us are countless crossroads that are as complicated as a maze. No one knows which path will lead us to a bright future.
"From the members of the Survival Committee to the commoners, everyone has the right to explore the future. I'm afraid even God doesn't know whose vision of the future is correct.
'Perhaps some of Lin Chuan and Gao Ye's thoughts are correct?
"But that's not important.
"We're the abnormal beast research department, not the ideological research department. We don't care what sort of ideals you hold. We only care about whether you've been bewitched or controlled by abnormal beasts.
"Our goal is to cast a long line to catch a big fish and capture abnormal beasts. We don't just want to capture humans who have been bewitched by abnormal beasts."
Meng Chao nodded with a contemplative expression.
"As long as you don't act recklessly, the danger of this mission shouldn't be high. But I still want to remind you …" Ye Xiaoxing continued.
"After what happened to Lin Chuan and Gao Ye, you've definitely become the abnormal beasts' target. I don't think that the abnormal beasts will kill you straight away, but there's a high possibility that they will think of ways to bewitch and control you so that you'll turn into the next Lin Chuan or Gao Ye.
"Gao Ye's persistence in sending you his experiment logs might be one of the steps the abnormal beasts are taking to bewitch you.
"So, even though we really want to know about Blue Home's situation, you have the right to refuse, because once you enter Blue Home, no one can guarantee that you won't be bewitched by abnormal beasts. If you end up like Lin Chuan and Gao Ye, no one can guarantee that they can turn you back."
"I won't refuse," Meng Chao said firmly.
"If I've really become the abnormal beasts' target and they want to bewitch me, they can do so at any time, right? Instead of waiting passively for the abnormal beasts to bewitch me, which they cannot guard against, it would be better for me to take the initiative to jump into their nest. At the very least, I know what I'm facing. "
Ye Xiaoxing smiled faintly and brought out a data storage from his pocket. He handed it over.
Meng Chao's heart raced. "What's this?"
"Payment. You're not an official member of the abnormal beast research department, so we don't usually give you your salary and insurance money. But when you carry out missions, we have to calculate your payment," Ye Xiaoxing explained.
Ye Xiaoxing explained. "The anonymous donor is very satisfied with your cultivation progress. He believes that now that you've reached three-star Spirit Gathering Realm, you can try to practice martial arts of a higher level. Here are a few spirit energy magnetic fields that he customized for you based on your actual situation. If you can master them, if you really run into danger, you'll be able to fend them off for a while until reinforcements arrive."
"A killing move specially created for me?"
Even though Meng Chao knew a long time ago that the mysterious donor who supported the development of the Broken Star Club was a peerless fighter ranked among the top five in Dragon City, he was still shocked by his "generosity".
Even so, he was still shocked by his "generosity".
The spirit energy and runic symbol cultivation system had been developed for more than half a century. While it might not be perfect, it had evolved to a rather mature level.
It was no longer the era where the powerful fighters could create brand new spirit energy magnetic fields just by looking at the vast world and gaining an epiphany.
Even veteran fighters and researchers at Gu Jianbo and Li Yingzi's level could only create one or two brand new spirit energy magnetic fields after accumulating a lot of experimental data and working tirelessly for a year and a half. They might not even be able to use them in battle.
The mysterious donor had casually created a few brand new spirit energy magnetic fields for him?
Meng Chao felt a little overwhelmed by the favor.
"Can I thank the anonymous donor in person?" he asked.
"There's no need for that for the time being. But I believe that once you reach Heaven Realm, you will definitely have the chance to receive guidance from the anonymous donor in person."
Ye Xiaoxing smiled. "Aside from your cultivation, the anonymous donor is also very satisfied with the development of the Broken Star Club.
"All this while, the broken-star superhumans have been a force of power that has been slumbering.
"Now, they've been awakened by the Ultimate Style and desire to step on a bigger stage.
"It's impossible for this force to be ignored for a long time. If the Broken Star Club hadn't gathered them together, they might have been attracted by organizations like Blue Home.
"The anonymous donor believes that with the Broken Star Club in your hands, you will definitely contribute even more to Dragon City's future."
"Of course, I will," Meng Chao said firmly.
…
Three days later.
In the eastern part of the city was Temporary Settlement No.15.
When Meng Chao looked over, he found that there were huge, grayish-silver inflatable tents at the perimeter of the settlement. Inside, there were simple sheds that were three or four stories tall. There was a narrow path between the tents and sheds, and it had long since been flooded by moving people.
Tens of thousands of citizens who had lost their homes were making temporary arrangements here. Due to the lack of water, the fact that they could not bathe, and the fact that trash was piled up like mountains, the entire settlement was filled with a foul stench.
The houses of the citizens were either destroyed by monsters or eroded by acid, so much so that they were on the verge of collapse.
Dragon City had rather advanced construction technology, so it was not difficult for them to remove the ruins and build a few more buildings.
The problem was, the ground was covered in the poison and acid left by monsters, and this sort of poison and acid could easily attract pests. They could spread all sorts of fatal plagues, including zombie viruses.
If they did not deal with it and built new buildings on the ruins, the chances of the citizens suffering from all sorts of diseases or being eaten by rats and turning into zombies would be five to ten times higher than the average.
Hence, aside from the ruins, they had to dig out all the soil and rock strata three to five meters underground to disinfect and purify it.
Based on the degree of corrosion on the ground, the purification process would last from three months to half a year.
Because of this, along with the time needed to build and renovate the buildings, the citizens would need at least a year before they could live in their new houses. And this was if the Survival Committee had a sufficient budget and Dragon City was not invaded by large-scale monsters.
Everyone knew that the Survival Committee never had a sufficient budget.
There was not a single year in which Dragon City was not invaded by monsters either.
Hence, no one knew when the citizens who lived in tents and simple sheds would be able to live in their new houses. The citizens of Golden Tooth Lair had never left the lair in their lives and had never lived in a new house, so there was nothing they could do about it.
Meng Chao called Qin Hu over and brought a few strong broken-star superhumans to unload boxes of canned food and drinking water from the truck.
Meng Chao had participated in similar volunteer activities more than ten times, so he was already used to it.
It did not matter whether he earned contribution points or not. The main problem was that the residential areas invaded by monsters were mostly similar to Blessed Heavenly Garden. They had not been repaired for a long time and had low defense. Today, it was another residential area, but tomorrow, it might be Blessed Heavenly Garden's turn. When Meng Chao saw the citizens who lost their homes, he felt like they were in the same boat. If he did not do something for them, he would feel bad.
Meng Chao and Qin Hu delivered the canned food and drinking water to the citizens.
At the same time, they checked whether there were any small wounds on the citizens. After the fog descended on Dragon City, being scratched or bitten by pests was no small matter. The pests carried a fatal virus, and they could turn humans into zombies at any moment.
During this period of time, Meng Chao also saw some volunteers with Blue Home's emblem working in an area nearby.
They were all enthusiastic, cheerful, and clear-eyed youngsters. They worked hard and did not care about the filth, smell, and mess. They were sincerely serving the citizens.
"Leader Meng?"
Suddenly, Meng Chao heard Xiao Fanghua's delighted cry.
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