In the end, Su Mulian was convinced by Meng Chao.
After all, Leprosy Village had suffered the greatest damage in the disaster. One-third of the buildings had been affected by the flames, and the remaining two-thirds had been suffocated by the poisonous fog. The toxins had seeped into the walls, causing the entire structure to be incredibly brittle.
Rather than forcefully restoring it, it was more cost-effective to completely demolish and rebuild it.
During the reconstruction, the villagers would definitely appear in front of the public.
Su Mulian promised Meng Chao that she would first appear in a small circle in the Broken Star Club and Blue Home in hopes that she could gather a sum of money to rebuild Leprosy Village.
At the same time, there were plenty of villagers in Leprosy Village who were skilled workers in dangerous weapon workshops. They were experienced, hardworking, and some of them had even awakened to strange skills. They were the best labor force.
As for the members of Broken Star Club and Blue Home, quite a number of them were owners of small or medium-sized private businesses or self-employed family businesses. If they managed to win the pitched battle at the borders of Dragon City, they would definitely want to expand the scale and scope of their businesses, and they would not reject good labor.
In the past, the mega corporations and gangs stood between the small and medium-sized enterprises and the workers at the bottom of the hierarchy to benefit from the conflict.
Through Meng Chao's introduction, there would be no middlemen to earn the difference in price. He believed that everyone would definitely be able to find a common business opportunity.
Once they worked together happily, they used the Broken Star Club and Blue Home's publicity channels to spread the story of Leprosy Village to the entire city. Su Mulian even had the chance to stand in the hall of the Survival Committee and appeal to the politicians who stood at the top to pay attention to the citizens at the bottom of society.
Now, the Home Party had occupied more and more seats in the Survival Committee.
The reconstruction of Leprosy Village and the lair was a good starting point. It could help the Home Party snatch more budget and power from the Colonization Party.
Meng Chao believed that the Home Party politicians would not miss this heaven-sent chance.
Once she heard Meng Chao's introduction, she felt happy for the villagers.
She thanked Meng Chao again. "I-I really don't know how to thank you. Everything that happened in the past forty-eight hours is like a beautiful dream. I, Mr. Meng, will save you!
"That's right, no matter what the future holds, I will do anything to save you!" she muttered to herself.
It was as if he was complaining that his tone was not formal enough, and he even nodded heavily at her.
Meng Chao smiled. "I told you, I'm just a little exhausted. I ate a lot of gene medicine, so I'm suffering from indigestion. You don't have to go so far as to say that you're willing to sacrifice everything to save me, right?
"Also, I remember telling you before that we're of the same age, so you don't have to call me Mister Meng and be so stern. You can just call me Meng Chao or Meng Chao. You can also be like A 'Ji and call me Big Brother Chao. Mister Meng sounds really weird. It's as if you're intentionally distancing yourself from me."
"How, how could this be?"
Su Mulian nodded obediently. "I'll remember it, Mister Meng."
"…"
Meng Chao scratched his head and could not help but ask, "From the first time we met, I've had a question I wanted to ask you. Are you afraid of me?"
Su Mulian's muscles tensed up, and she stuttered, "H-how is that possible? I'm not afraid of Mister Meng at all. I-I have no reason to be afraid of you."
"Yeah."
Meng Chao could not understand it no matter how hard he thought about it. "Before this, we didn't know each other at all. I might not be perfect in the circle, but at the very least, I'm righteous and warm-hearted. I can be said to be the role model for millions of Dragon City teenagers. Why is there a need for you to be afraid of me?"
Meng Chao soon cast this question to the back of his mind.
His eyelids started fighting.
Over the past forty-eight hours, he had used up too many brain cells and stamina. If he were a normal superhuman, his brain would have exploded a long time ago.
Under Su Mulian's gentle and meticulous treatment, Meng Chao soon fell asleep.
He had a good sleep.
He did not have the nightmare of the apocalypse or the beautiful dream of becoming friends with the girls in the Other World.
He was like a fetus in a mother's womb. He was pregnant and growing without any distractions.
When he woke up, he felt as if a veil that had always surrounded him had been completely removed, and the world had become brand new.
Meng Chao stretched his back. He felt that the Hell's Blood that had been surging in his body like a flood and had become restless had been restrained into lines. They flowed in his blood vessels and spirit meridians in an orderly manner.
It was as if more than one hundred wild and ferocious Hell Beasts had been modified into an army that followed strict rules and obeyed all his orders. They lurked quietly in the depths of his cells and were just waiting for Meng Chao's orders.
"This feels great!"
Meng Chao sucked in a deep breath. His limbs and spine were like a python that had just woken up from hibernation. They let out tiger roars and stirred up beautiful ripples in the clear medical fluid in front of him.
The ripples turned into white smoke that rose into the air like thousands of aquatic dragons.
Meng Chao exhaled a foul breath that looked like white silk. He smiled in satisfaction.
Just when he was about to climb out of the medical cabin, he noticed that Su Mulian had left at some point in time.
Lu Siya was crouching beside the medical cabin and staring at him. Her gaze was strange, and she seemed to be deep in thought.
"Big Sis Ya, you're back?"
Meng Chao was a little stunned. "How long have I been sleeping? Have you settled the matters with the gangs?"
"A total of six hours. Ms. Mulian said that your body has been drained over the past two days and that you've been eating a lot of dangerous medicine. She went through a lot of trouble to temporarily regulate the chaotic spirit energy in your body, so she asked us not to disturb you and to sleep until you woke up naturally."
Lu Siya brought out a document covered in red fingerprints from her pocket. "I've helped you settle the matters with the gangs. Golden Tooth, Black Bone, Poison Scorpion, and Wild Wolves are among them. There are a total of forty-one rather influential gang leaders in the lair who have agreed to form the Lair Reconstruction Committee. They have full authority to handle the consequences and effects of the Vortex's attack. They also unanimously elected you as the leader to represent the lair and communicate with the outside world."
"That's great! With this document, we can officially join the reconstruction of the lair!"
Meng Chao took the document from Lu Siya's hands and read it carefully. Finally, he sighed in relief and said happily, "I didn't expect that our plan in the secret lab would come to fruition! Big Sis Ya, it's definitely not an easy task to convince those ambitious and unruly gang leaders to let me be the guild leader. You've worked hard! "
"It wasn't hard. It was actually very easy," Lu Siya said casually.
"When it comes to true strength and authority, you're definitely not qualified, but it's precisely because of that that you're the most suitable candidate.
"To the outside world, since Jin Wanhao is already dead, the government doesn't want a lair master who is as strong as the Underground Emperor to appear. They would rather choose someone who is weaker, has a closer relationship with the outside world, and works well with them to manage the lair.
"When it comes to the gangs, the less qualified you are, the more you have to rely on the leaders of the gangs to maintain and even increase their interests.
"You're the greatest common divisor between the outside world and the gangs. You were also involved in the scheme by chance, killed the Vortex, and prevented the lair from being destroyed. You even obtained Jin Wanhao's legacy, so the position of the leader of the Lair Reconstruction Committee will naturally belong to you.
"But I have to remind you that this document covered in bloody fingerprints doesn't have any legal effect. You can say that each word is worth a thousand taels of gold, but you can also say that it's just a piece of useless paper. It all depends on your strength and performance in the future.
"I think that many of the gang members, including the old members of Golden Tooth, are just treating you as their spokesperson or mascot. They're just pushing you to clean up the mess. Whether we can really obtain the control of the lair like Jin Wanhao through the Lair Reconstruction Committee will depend on ourselves!"
"I understand. That's only natural."
Meng Chao grinned. He spread his fingers and slowly clenched his fists, as if he was holding invisible flames. "Those old foxes have been in the lair for decades. They must think that I'm just lucky and obtained Jin Wanhao's legacy. Even if I can learn Celestial Tyrant's Star Shattering Slash, I can only use it to fight on the battlefield. I won't know the secrets and secrets of managing the lair.
"They can hang me up like a golden sign and use me as a cover to continue doing those shady things they did in the past. In fact, they can be fearless and become even more aggressive. In any case, no matter what happens, I'm the leader of the Lair Reconstruction Committee, and I'll be at the forefront of everything.
"To them, aside from martial arts and petty tricks, I'm just a university student in my early twenties. As long as they flatter me well and use alcohol, women, and greed to bewitch me, I'll naturally be at their mercy.
"Heh, unfortunately, those old foxes won't be able to guess that we have A 'Ji as our trump card. Besides …"
Besides, only half of Meng Chao's soul was that of a naïve university student. The other half of his soul was that of a veteran of the apocalypse!
Compared to the schemes and deceptions of the Other World races, the schemes of the gangs were nothing to him.
"Don't worry, Big Sis Ya. Before long, we'll definitely give the gang leaders a huge 'surprise'," Meng Chao said with a grin.
"No matter what, we've made a good start, and it's worth celebrating. There's no need for you to be in such a dilemma and think hard about it, right?" Lu Siya frowned a little.
Lu Siya frowned a little. "Does my expression look like I'm in a dilemma and am thinking hard about something?"
"Of course. Not only are you in a dilemma and thinking hard about it, you're also staring at me with a really strange gaze," Meng Chao said.
"Speaking of which, how long have you been in here? Could it be that while I was sleeping in the medical cabin, you were squatting by the side and staring at me? This is too strange!"
"Five minutes. I've been in here for five minutes," Lu Siya said.
"And I stared at you for five minutes because before I came in, Su Mulian had been staring at you with the same posture, the same expression, and the same gaze. She had been staring at you for a long time, and I don't know how long she had been staring at you."
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