But for Luke, who was still a trillion EXP short of graduation, it was a small matter.
A conservative estimate would be that something like this would have to happen a dozen or so times.
It was normal that Arthur hadn't become a teammate. The guy liked to laugh foolishly, but he was a little wary of others.
It wasn't realistic to think that they would become teammates on their first mission together.
As for Lord Wei? It would be a miracle if they succeeded, and it would be normal if they didn't.
In any case, the sight of the ruined city on the vast plain turning into a strange and magnificent botanical garden delighted everybody.
The cloaks on Luke and Lord Wei's backs fluttered in the breeze.
In the distance, the residents of the city who had escaped after the protective shield was destroyed looked at the beautiful "city of flowers" with complicated feelings.
Although the scenery was beautiful, it wasn't enough to make a living. The houses in the city had also been destroyed beyond recognition, and were definitely uninhabitable.
But at least they had escaped this upheaval, and were much luckier than the residents of the city who had died at the hands of the demonic beasts.
Luke noticed the expressions on their faces.
In his hometown next door, he and Tony had set up a special relief fund early on. It seemed that he could do the same here?
Someone like Lord Wei would subconsciously be suspicious of anyone who was friendly to him.
But it was easier to help others and build a good impression of him.
Luke was helping the poor, and so were other people, so naturally, he would have a much lower impression of him.
This sort of relief for the victims of the superpower war might even scratch Lord Wei's itch.
But it had been a few years since the superhuman war, and the city hadn't been damaged in Doomsday a few months ago, so Luke hadn't had a suitable opportunity to do this.
Sensing that everybody was relaxed, he immediately said in a low voice, "The scenery is beautiful, but I don't think Russia will let those people live here anymore."
Everyone was taken aback, and they turned around to look.
Luke said, "Although it was the Wolf of the Wasteland who did this, ordinary people probably don't know about it. Do you think anyone will frame us?"
Everybody could guess the answer just by thinking about the treatment of superhumans.
Lord Wei's heart skipped a beat. He didn't want to become like Superman.
Although he wasn't a law-abiding citizen in Gotham City, his targets were gangs and villains, and few ordinary people were affected.
"What do you want to do?" he asked.
Luke said, "We'll set up an aid foundation that'll be responsible for cleaning up the mess in the future. We'll help the affected civilians in terms of life, medical care, and employment."
Xiao Ba could only look for examples from himself. "Like unemployment benefits?"
Luke shook his head. "That's raising a lazy pig. We can take care of the worries that might come from the war, but we can't care about anything else. Life is ultimately one's own business. You can't rely on others for a lifetime. "
Old Master Wei approved of this point very much. "Alright, let's go back and discuss this."
Luke nodded, then turned to Diana. "Rich lady, do you want to join in too?"
The Goddess of Battles rolled her eyes at him and agreed, "Okay."
Arthur scratched his head. "I don't have money, but you can call me if you need me."
Luke nodded. "Those who have money contribute money and those who don't. You're doing a good deed by saving people in the sea. You don't have to worry about it. Victor doesn't have to pay either. His network technology is more useful to us than money. "
The Righteous Alliance had just been established and had not started on this yet.
But Luke had been guiding public opinion online for decades in his hometown next door, and was very familiar with the process.
With Victor's ability to surpass tens of thousands of paid posters without even using a keyboard, it was very easy for him to maintain the Righteous Alliance's reputation.
As the saying went, silence was always the majority.
Thus, as long as they could suppress the most extreme opponents and amplify the voices of their supporters, online public opinion would never be one-sided.
If it wasn't one-sided, then they weren't qualified to force the Righteous Alliance to give the public an explanation.
Superman had been forced into such a miserable state before largely because he didn't have the mood, or was unwilling to do something like that.
Otherwise, it wouldn't take him a single night to become a billionaire if he went into the sea or underground and used his X-ray vision to look for lost treasures.
But Luke didn't have high moral standards. It was fine as long as he didn't hurt the innocent, whether it was for others or himself.
So what if he manipulated public opinion? Even if he didn't, the capitalists would.
They could instill consumerism so that the people at the bottom could enjoy themselves and not care about the future.
Or they could create conflicts between men and women and sow discord between men and women.
In fact, who had the right to speak to a billionaire in front of a man who made a hundred thousand a year? Could the American tycoon accept campaign donations just because it was donated by a woman?
Again, most of the world's problems could ultimately be attributed to economic problems, or to interests and resources.
Most people were red in the face from arguing. The things that they worked hard for were actually just targets that the American upper class threw out to attract "firepower."
For example, if a husband didn't buy his wife luxury goods because he couldn't make money, it meant that he didn't love her and didn't deserve to love her.
Most of the people at the bottom didn't understand when luxury goods and light goods had become a manifestation of "love."
Diamond's advertisement, "Diamonds last forever," was the epitome of this kind of manipulation.
Packaging worthless things into the equivalent of "love," and then … selling them at a high price.
It was the same for other luxury goods and light goods.
The fact that the rich had enough money to waste didn't affect their lives; it was just a spice of life.
Ordinary people at the bottom thought that by buying these things, they could "look" like rich people, but they didn't realize that the premise of being rich was always money, not the use of luxury goods.
When economic pressure was turned into conflicts between men and women and marriage problems, how many people would think about the root cause of class rigidity and exploitation?
In any case, it was easier to beat and scold one's spouse than to attack the upper class.
So, Luke was more or less guiding people to do good and spreading positive energy, and he had a clear conscience.
Xiao Ba raised his hand weakly. "Then what can I do?"
A few days ago, he was still a super innocent little brother who would at most "push" the bad guys away.
Luke had a good impression of this new teammate, who was a combination of Joseph and his brother-in-law, Pietro. He patted Xiao Ba's head with a smile. "Don't worry. As long as you follow me, when you look back on the past, you won't regret wasting your time, nor will you be ashamed of your mediocrity. "
Lord Wei frowned. "That's … Nikolay Ostrovsky's words, right?"
Lu Mou, the socialist successor in his previous life, shrugged. "At least it makes sense. Also, isn't it appropriate to say it here?"
Well, this was indeed Nikolay Ostrovsky's homeland more than thirty years ago.
Xiao Ba was dumbfounded. "Is this Austin something driver very famous?"
Luke said, "Don't worry about that. The point is that he's right."
Xiao Ba nodded. "Yes."
Luke patted his head again. "Good luck. I have high hopes for you."
Seeing this, Lord Wei became suspicious again. This guy was flirting with the Goddess of War while trying to rope in Xiao Ba. Hm, Victor seemed to be very interested in the foundation.
No, he had to increase his participation and investment in the foundation! He immediately made a decision in his heart.
Lord Wei knew very well that, compared with fighting crime and chivalry, it was helping the innocent that made people feel a sense of identity and satisfaction.
Why did so many bigwigs separate themselves from their corporations and not take on any positions, but instead make high-profile appearances at charity events?
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