Chapter 439: Sharing Popularity

Lu Siya told Meng Chao that the way the higher-ups did things was slowly changing.

It was mainly because of the ambush on Noble Descent Hotel. Through the clue provided by Zhou Tianshui, they managed to find that a lot of important people in the nine great cultivation families were involved.

These people were not directly controlled by the abnormal beasts, but had done plenty of things like trampling on the limits of superhumans, harming the interests of their families, businesses, Dragon City, and even human civilization.

Some people used their positions to take bribes and fill up their own pockets.

Some people schemed against others, framed them, and used everything in their disposal to get rid of their competitors.

Some people saw that their competitors were in trouble in the wild, and ignored it or even kicked them while they were down.

There were even some who killed others in the wild so that they could snatch their spoils, but pretended that they were attacked by monsters so that they could run away from being judged by the law.

Of course, there were even more examples of these people using their superpowers to suppress and bully normal people or their statuses as people from cultivation families to harass middle-grade or low-grade superhumans who came from poor families. These cases were everywhere and were a shocking sight to behold.

As the abnormal beast’s puppet, Zhou Tianshui had looked for large quantities of evidence related to the people from the nine great cultivation families committing crimes and intimidated or bribed them into joining him.

There were some terrible cases among what he dug up.

Originally, superhuman criminals were under the jurisdiction of the adjudicator court, but these rotten eggs used every method at their disposal to drag some adjudicators into the mud with them and collaborated with them to hide their crimes. That was why they could remain free until this day.

When the abnormal beast research department raided Zhou Tianshui’s apartment, company, and his secret lair, a large amount of evidence rose to the surface. It struck a huge blow to the adjudicator court and the nine great cultivation families, which was similar to a 10.0 earthquake.

“The higher-ups of the nine great cultivation families have come to realize that over the past half a century we have been focused on increasing our fighting strength and overlooked refining our minds and ideals. With the war going on, everyone is in an imminent danger of death. The resources are then often seized by fists and weapons.

“The relationship between the mega corporations, the peerless fighters, and superhumans and normal people have become abnormal. This naturally gave birth to the idea that the winners take all and the strong rule.”

Lu Siya sighed. “Many of the superhumans with a lot of crimes don’t care even when there is indisputable evidence thrown in their faces. They believe that they have already bled for Dragon City and contributed to humanity. Their fists have broken mountains, so it’s not wrong for them to get some money to enjoy their lives. It’s only when we mention their relationship with Zhou Tianshui and his relationship with the abnormal beasts that they’re shocked and become regretful.

“This has taught everyone a pretty devastating lesson. After this battle, the higher-ups believe that the conflict in Dragon City is so bad that it must be solved as soon as possible; otherwise, a new Lin Chuan, Gao Ye, or Zhou Tianshui will pop up at any moment.

“Honestly, the higher-ups have long since noticed this problem, or they wouldn’t have pushed out the slogans of ‘superhumans are the weapons of human civilization’ and ‘the blood of the strong flows for the weak’.

“The ambush this time has made the higher-ups decide that they will perform a full sweep of the superhumans who broke the law and committed crimes over the past twenty years and increase the ideological education of superhumans so that they would truly become the guardian gods of human civilization.

“Speaking of which, pay a little attention to your side. In a few more days, someone might come to you to investigate the matter regarding the Red Radiance Jade mine.”

Meng Chao was a little stunned. “Huh?”

“Have you forgotten about us fighting against Universe Corporation’s mine exploration team under Raging Waves?” Lu Siya said. “Of course, it’s not as if there’s anything that can trip us in this matter. At the end of the day, under the White Spirit’s temptation, everyone attacked each other to protect themselves. It’s completely different compared to killing someone to steal their spoils.

“Superhumans often run into monsters who are skilled in creating illusions and mind control while exploring and hunting in the wild. As long as we didn’t have a motive of our own when it comes to these things, we’ll be fine.”

Meng Chao nodded.

The fight between the two mine exploration teams never had anything to do with him. He did not have a single drop of innocent blood on his hands, and he had nothing to be afraid of because he walked the right path.

In any case, he wished that the investigations would be more thorough so that they could get a clearer picture, because this meant that...

“Have the higher-ups come to the decision to cut off the corrupted superhumans and perform a sweep of the superhuman squads?”

“Yup. Plenty of them aren’t just rotten eggs, but practically tumors among superhumans. If we don’t make the decision now and cut off these tumors, the abnormal beasts are going to use them again to intensify the conflict in Dragon City so that these tumors will explode on their own.”

When Lu Siya said this, she could not help but sneer. She whispered, “I suppose you can consider this as the monsters forcing the superhumans to go through a reformation.”

“Will you and your dad be okay?” Meng Chao asked after a moment’s consideration.

“Don’t worry. You can suspect my and my father’s characters, but don’t suspect our intellect. We won’t betray our morals for a small profit!”

Lu Siya’s expression changed, and she said with a grin, “To me and my father, this matter will only have benefits and not anything that will harm us. Didn’t I tell you last time that I have an uncle who is a competitor of my father’s in the family? Since he’s related to the Zhou Tianshui and Kun-peng Dynamics case, he suffered a setback.

“In any case, right now, the higher-ups have to get rid of the rotten eggs in the superhuman squads and create a batch of model superhumans and model businesses to help the nine great cultivation families restore their reputation after it was damaged. Sky Pillar Minerals is one of the largest mining companies in Dragon City, so we can’t abandon our obligation when it comes to taking up more societal responsibilities.”

“I see. I was wondering why you suddenly changed and became willing to work for normal people!” Meng Chao suppressed his laughter and sized up Lu Siya. He nodded and said, “I have to say, once I got used to it, this appearance suits you quite well.”

“Off with you.” Lu Siya gritted her teeth. “You know that I’m only doing this for promotion and a greater goal.”

“It’s fine. It’ll be like just what you did that day near Noble Descent Hotel when you saved that father-daughter pair. It doesn’t matter what your goal is as long as you save people and contribute,” Meng Chao said heartily.

He remembered his previous life. Due to their devastating defeat at the northern offense, the nine great cultivation families and all of Dragon City suffered greatly. They then did not have enough time and resources to get rid of the poisonous members and clear out the rotten eggs.

Perhaps it was precisely because of the large number of tumors in the city that the superhumans and normal people were never able to repair their relationship. Besides, the abnormal beasts were constantly fanning the flames, which was why both sides ended up suffering greatly during the Monster War.

This time, everything should be different, right?

With Meng Chao serving as the middleman, Sky Pillar Minerals, the old residential areas around Blessed Heavenly Garden, and Zhao Feixuan’s security company signed a three-way agreement. Sky Pillar Minerals was going to provide investments and sponsorships to upgrade the facilities of the old residential areas fully.

When this news spread out, Sky Pillar Minerals naturally caught many people’s attention.

Lu Fanghui was then declared a businessman who was full of social responsibility. He became a breath of fresh air among the rich families of the current day and age, whose scandals were revealed by the investigations.

Even Lu Siya’s contribution of turning the tides, marching straight into danger, saving the transmigration experts, and killing the abnormal beast’s mastermind was “dug out”.

The reporters then continued to “dig” and found out that she was a member of the third generation of Sky Pillar Corporation and a rich young lady, but she drove a battered van and often hid her identity to perform voluntary work on the streets so that she could help normal citizens rebuild their homes.

In an instant, Lu Siya turned into the model example of a superhuman, especially a rich superhuman who came from a cultivation family. She often appeared on all sorts of news outlets and forums. Her face was even printed on posters.

She wore overalls while she cleared out debris. Her hair was a mess, her face was covered in dirt, and at the bottom of the posters were the words “superhumans are the weapons of human civilization” or “the blood of the strong flows for the weak”.

The construction of her image was done so well that Meng Chao was dumbfounded for a full half a minute when he saw it on the streets for the first time.

Of course, since she had the courage to use this image, she had to be aware that it might end up backfiring.

Many of the media outlets who loved chaos searched for pictures and videos of her dressed up in nice clothes as she went to all sorts of parties in luxurious race cars to prove that she was someone with ulterior motives and not what she appeared to be.

Lu Siya was not afraid, though.

“Yeah, I was arrogant in the past. I was childish, unaware, and even stupid. Even though I awakened to supernatural powers, I never thought about using this power to do anything.”

Even when faced with the media outlets surging at her, Lu Siya just tugged at her sweat-soaked hair gently while performing voluntary work. She smiled and said, “Now that I think about it, I was really wasting my time. I can’t even bear to think back on it. I was basically the shame of superhumans.

“Then, I met a good friend whose family background, experience, and thoughts were completely different from mine. It’s Meng Chao from Agricultural University’s martial arts course. I learned many things from him and got to know a lot of charming, respectable, and lovable normal people. I understood what brings them joy, sadness, and anger, and I learned just how blissful a simple life really is, and how much it’s worthy of being protected.

“Gradually, under Meng Chao’s influence, I changed. Beautiful clothes, luxurious cars, parties, and all the things associated with them became boring, but the smiles that came from the hearts of each normal citizen became priceless. I’m willing to protect these smiles and fight for my entire life with Meng Chao!”

When Meng Chao heard this interview, he coughed up all the rice he was eating at that time, but it stirred up a great reaction among tens of millions of Dragon Citizens.

Medals were nothing compared to the praise from the people. As the eldest senior disciple of the Ultimate Style, club leader of the Broken Star Club, committee member of Blue Home, one of the youngest Heaven Realm superhumans in Dragon City, and an outstanding superhuman of the Golden Era who represented the alliance of the five universities and had defeated Dragon City University for the first time in ten years, Meng Chao was a famous person who had millions of fans on social media platforms.

He could easily tell just who was sharing whose popularity between him and Lu Siya. In any case, their partnership caused a strange chemical reaction, and their fame rose to another degree.

What concerned Meng Chao, though, was that Broken Star Club’s members went over the two hundred thousand members mark.

There were also more normal citizens, middle-grade superhumans, and low-grade superhumans who were interested in the Ultimate Style. Practically all the twenty-four hour Ultimate Style experience centers were full now.