If Meng Chao had been drinking water, he would have definitely spat it on his little sister's face.
"No, if Lu Siya's explanation is logical, what's up with Su Mulian?"
Meng Chao said. "I remember that she only came to our house once, and I wasn't the one who brought her here. Lu Siya was the one who brought her here. No matter how impatient Mom is, she can't possibly get involved with me just because she's a woman, right?"
Meng Chao had to admit that he had been in close contact with Su Mulian lately.
But that was only because Su Mulian was the image representative of the lair that he and Lu Siya both agreed upon.
There was nothing they could do about it. The dirty and messy image of the lair was already deeply ingrained in the minds of the citizens.
If they wanted to use the chance to rebuild the lair to completely get rid of the stereotype that the lair was filled with gangs and was filled with foul air, a spokesperson who seemed innocent, pure, pitiful, and had boundless love would naturally leave a good impression on them.
They could not possibly let Phantom Bear Xiong Wei, who had a savage face and a built build, become the spokesperson.
Then, who would be willing to invest in the reconstruction of the lair? Who would be willing to spend money in the entertainment centers in the lair?!
Hence, over the past half a month, when Meng Chao had been hunting and harvesting monsters all over the place, Lu Siya had been helping him package Su Mulian. She also brought Su Mulian to meet a lot of influential investors and media people in the circle.
As for bringing her to Meng Chao's house, that was out of Meng Chao's selfish motives.
After all, Su Mulian had amazing healing abilities. She was talented, and she could bring people back to life.
Meng Chao asked Su Mulian to help him check his parents' bodies to see whether there were any problems with his mother's biochemical joint replacement and whether she had any hidden diseases.
There was also his little sister, Bai Jiacao. Over the past two years, Meng Chao had stuffed an astronomical amount of cultivation resources into her body. He wondered whether it had formed a strange chemical reaction with the Night Demon Blood in her and whether there would be any side effects. If there were, he wanted Su Mulian to help treat it.
That was how Bai Jiacao got to know Su Mulian.
"She's not just any girl. I feel that Ms. Su has a special relationship with Big Brother," Bai Jiacao said seriously.
"How should I put it? You have a very similar presence. It's as if you have the same thing in your eyes. Also, when I mentioned your big brother, Ms. Su's reaction was also very strange.
"She seemed to be a little afraid of you, but she also really wanted to get close to you and understand you. She asked a lot of things about you from my parents and me. She seemed to be very concerned about you.
"But when I chatted with her, I felt that she was very familiar with you to a certain extent. She was even more familiar with you than I was, as if we had known each other for decades.
"Also, even though Big Sis Lu Siya was the one who brought Ms. Su here, I feel like their relationship is really strange. There seems to be some sort of animosity between them. That shouldn't be the case. Before the incident in the lair, they should have never met each other. Now that I think about it carefully, it can only be because of Big Brother."
"You're thinking too much. Although your brother is a great hero who seduces millions of girls, he's not that popular."
Meng Chao said expressionlessly.
His heart skipped a beat again.
This was the third time someone sensed that Su Mulian's attitude towards him had changed.
The first time was naturally Meng Chao himself.
From the first moment he saw Su Mulian, he felt that there was a mysterious and unexplainable relationship between them.
Then, it was Lu Siya.
He remembered that Lu Siya seemed to have mentioned that Meng Chao and Su Mulian were the same type of people.
Of course, she also mentioned that Su Mulian had once wanted to kill Meng Chao but gave up at the last moment.
Now, it was Bai Jiacao.
Meng Chao believed that his sister would not speak without thinking.
She had the Night Demons' blood in her, so she might be the same as Lu Siya, who was a Spirit Sensor. She could sense things that normal people could not.
The problem was, no matter how Meng Chao thought about it, he could not figure out how he could have interacted with Su Mulian in his current life or his previous life.
In his previous life, Su Mulian had clearly died in the fire in the lair!
How could she have known him for decades?
Meng Chao made sure to remember this question.
Once the lair was rebuilt, his forces of power expanded, and he was ready to become a five-star superhuman, he had to figure out Su Mulian's secret.
"Stop making wild guesses. Ms. Su Mulian and I are really just normal friends."
Meng Chao pushed his fingers together and slammed them down to show his stance.
Bai Jiacao keenly noticed the loophole in his words. "Got it. You and Ms. Su Mulian are 'really' normal friends, but you and Big Sis Lu Siya are 'fake' normal friends!"
"… Can the relationship between people really be so vulgar?"
Meng Chao did not know whether he should laugh or cry. "I told you, I'm not in the mood for that right now. Besides, I'm not interested in human girls … Oh well, I'll cross that out. In any case, what I mean is that we're at the start of a grand era. There's an endless exciting world waiting for us ahead of us. There are countless opportunities, countless challenges, and countless shocking and exciting things. All of them are much more exciting than the matters between men and women.
"But only by cultivating and continuously becoming stronger can we surpass the limits of life and even human limits. Only then will we have the right to control our destinies and become players at the table. Then, we can enjoy the excitement, excitement, and success. Otherwise, we'll just be played by others.
"That's why I don't want to think about this problem for the time being. I suggest that you don't gossip all the time and waste too much time on boring relationships. You should focus on cultivating, taking your national college examination, awakening, and continuously evolving.
"If you run into a boy you like, you can just play with him. Don't get emotionally invested in him, and don't affect your cultivation, understand?"
"Wow …"
Bai Jiacao was stunned. "Big Brother, I didn't expect you to be so open-minded. But why do I feel like you sound like a scumbag to me?"
"I'm doing this for your own good. You'll understand in the future."
Meng Chao thought, 'My poor girl, you still don't know that you have the Night Demon Blood coursing through your veins. Those weak boys in your school are like white chickens. Which one of them can stand your purple hair burning fiercely and your entire body surging with dark flames?
'What if you suddenly awaken to the Night Demon Blood after pledging your love to some boy and scare him away? You'll be even more stimulated, and the chances of you turning evil will definitely be off the charts!'
However, Bai Jiacao's words reminded him of something.
"Why don't you tell Mom that I'm a scumbag?"
Meng Chao said seriously to his sister. "Just tell her that I'm addicted to being surrounded by thousands of female fans and can't extricate myself from it. I'm living a decadent and decadent life, and for the time being, I don't want to give up on a lush, primitive forest for a crooked tree."
"Alright."
Bai Jiacao nodded. "This sounds much more reasonable than saying, 'How can I call home before the Xiongnu are destroyed?'"
Meng Chao managed to fool his mother for the time being.
Over the next period of time, Meng Chao used all his resources to push forward the reconstruction of the lair.
The first thing he did was to grandly introduce Su Mulian, who had been carefully packaged, to the citizens.
He had to admit that Su Mulian's simple and holy image suited her image of being in hell and looking up at heaven.
And to save the suffering villagers in Leprosy Village, she did not hesitate to shift other people's illnesses onto herself. This unbelievable and shocking treatment method accurately struck the softest spot in the hearts of millions of Dragon Citizens.
In the end, millions of citizens turned into Su Mulian's fans overnight.
Through Su Mulian's story, they came to understand the environment in Leprosy Village and the villagers' living conditions.
The citizens were shocked and angry.
"The Survival Committee has been set up for decades, and there's still such a place in Dragon City?!"
"What are the government and mega corporations doing?! Why are they tolerating the existence of illegal workshops?!"
"Could it be that our labor protection rules and related laws are just empty words? Are we tigers without teeth?!"
Countless citizens left comments on Su Mulian's videos and social media accounts.
The trending topics on various platforms were all about Leprosy Village and the truth about the descendants of the zombie virus infectees in the past.
A large amount of donations also surged into the charity fund account Su Mulian opened for the villagers.
Meng Chao's predictions were right.
The current Dragon Citizens did not have a lot of mental barriers when it came to accepting the villagers.
At the end of the day, the morals of individuals and the rules of society were closely related to resources.
In the past, Dragon City lacked resources and space, so the people naturally treated others as their neighbors and were filled with hostility.
When they ran into the mutated descendants of the zombie virus infectees who were different from normal people, they naturally wanted to kill them and chase them into Leprosy Village so that they could save more resources and space.
But now that the monster civilization had practically collapsed and the fog was gradually dispersing, the area of Dragon City grew by leaps and bounds overnight, and they could get ten times or even one hundred times more resources. Providing for all the villagers was no longer a problem.
The light of humanity, the tolerant attitude, and the desire to help each other slowly awakened in the normal citizens' hearts.
"To prevent the tragedy of Leprosy Village from happening again, Dragon City must invest a lot of resources to completely renovate, upgrade, and rebuild Leprosy Village, the lair, the slums, and the old residential areas so that tens of millions of normal citizens can enjoy the benefits brought by Dragon City's rapid development after winning against the monster civilization.
"It's only by doing so that Dragon City's civilization can advance out of Monster Mountain Range in an even more united and high-spirited manner."
As Su Mulian stirred up a heated discussion, such voices appeared nonstop, and they gradually formed a wave.
Naturally, the Broken Star Club, Blue Home, and the politicians from the Home Party added fuel to the flames.
But it was indeed in line with Dragon City's current development situation and the shift in conflict.
It has to be known that in the past, due to the fog surrounding Dragon City and the monsters lurking around it, space and resources had always been tight, and they could not provide enough housing and jobs for the people of working age.
Leprosy Village, the lair, and the slums of various sizes were all symptoms of this problem.
The unemployment rate was high, and economic development was limited everywhere. It was already pretty good that they could stuff tens of millions of people into concrete boxes that were as dense as a hornet's nest so that most of them did not starve to death.
The billionaires and peerless fighters lived extravagant lives, and the people at the bottom of the social hierarchy were displeased by it.
But even if they lived frugally and acted selflessly, it was impossible for them to solve the conflict between population, space, and resources from the root.
And ever since Meng Chao returned to the past and gained full victory in the northern offense, the main conflict in Dragon City had been changing subtly.
This time, the pitched battle at the borders of Dragon City had crushed the main force of the monster civilization in one go, and the main problem in Dragon City's development had changed completely.
Resources and space were no longer as scarce.
Human resources, especially skilled workers who were strong, could endure hardships, had a certain degree of fighting strength, and had the possibility to cultivate, were in short supply, so they entered the seller's market.
Whoever could recruit a sufficient number of skilled workers and throw them into the construction of the new areas at the borders of Dragon City would be able to occupy the land and be the first to occupy it.
In this new situation, it was necessary to change the living environment and working conditions of the people at the bottom of the social hierarchy, as well as attract and develop more high-quality labor force.
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