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Then he found Larilu nestled in his arms, her hand outstretched, a smug smile on her face. But...
Her body was still trembling slightly, though she couldn't hide it.
Perhaps, because Zhao Ji had struck too hard, she was left with too many psychological scars.
So her body would occasionally twitch slightly, as if she were having some kind of stress response...
'Is she doing this on purpose? To lessen my guilt and to stop me from worrying about her health?'
Although Qiu Tu didn't seem like the meticulous person Lariluo was, all the signs now indicated that his guess was likely true...
For a moment, Qiu Tu was speechless.
He only wanted to use Lariro to tame her! He wanted to use an evil god to control another evil god, but why does it suddenly seem like this evil god is actually interested?
As Qiu Tu thought this to himself, he looked at La Ri Luo, who was looking at him expectantly.
When the girl got caught up in it herself, Qiu Tu didn't mind letting her get even deeper in.
Thinking this, Qiu Tu smiled and lowered his head to kiss La Riluo on the forehead. "Okay, I'll make it up to you. I'll give you anything you want, as long as you take good care of yourself."
Qiu Tu's sudden display of such gentleness surprised La Riluo.
She lay in Qiu Tu's arms, looking up at him, her scarlet eyes blinking, as if she was about to say something.
Then, Qiu Tu spoke again.
He said, "By the way, Your Highness, please punish me."
Qiu Tu's abrupt words startled La Riluo. "Punishment? What punishment?"
Qiu Tu looked at her and slowly recounted his entire conversation with Zhao Ji.
After being possessed, Lariro seems to have really become intelligent.
At first, she looked slightly puzzled as she listened to Qiu Tu's explanation, but soon she seemed to understand the purpose of Qiu Tu's explanation—collusion!
Qiu Tu had come up with a reason to appease his sister and then found a relatively reasonable excuse for himself.
Of course... based on my understanding of Qiu Tu, he most likely has a grudge against Mu Ye.
Otherwise, the plan wouldn't have included having his sister confront Mu Ye.
But... is this important to me?
unimportant.
Anyway, her older sister is invincible, so even if she goes up against Mu Ye, she won't suffer any losses.
Even if I suffer a loss, it doesn't matter. She beat me up so badly just now, and I'll be even happier to see her suffer!
Thinking about it this way, La Riluo suddenly felt that Qiu Tu's plan was perfect.
Whether it succeeds or not, I won't lose out.
Thinking this way, she felt that the grievances she had suffered before didn't seem so bad anymore...
After settling Lariluo in and allowing her to recuperate properly, Qiu Tu returned to the real world.
It was already noon in the real world at that moment.
With the full support of the Dongye State Legislative Assembly, the reconstruction of the entire Dongye city proceeded rapidly.
Moreover, Li Tingdong was indeed quite capable. He did not simply provide disaster relief, but instead hired disaster victims to rebuild their homes on a work-for-pay basis.
In this way, not only is the quality of construction guaranteed to a certain extent, but the disaster relief funds are also put into circulation, preventing them from being monopolized by large companies.
Meanwhile, Liu Xiongyuan also arrested a group of petty criminals who took advantage of the chaos to commit evil deeds, then killed some and warned others, bringing order to the entire Dongcheng City.
As for Ye Mingfeng's side, they weren't idle either. They dispatched troops to control relevant civilian supplies and, through military escort, transferred relevant supplies from other cities.
It can be said that, thanks to the joint efforts of several bigwigs in the state, the entire sudden natural disaster was weathered with almost no major upheavals.
However... this only applies to ordinary citizens and low- to middle-level civil servants.
The state's top officials sensed something unusual about this alliance of several state bigwigs.
Something big might be on the way...
And indeed, things turned out exactly as they expected.
In the afternoon, at the newly convened meeting of the Speakers, Huang Shangzong sat regally in the main seat, looking coldly at the several vice speakers. He pounded on the table and bluntly stated, "This is a provocation! A blatant provocation!"
"Two peak fifth-tier evil gods have descended upon the state capital in succession, one of whom even caused a natural disaster and wanted to destroy the city. This is simply showing no regard for the sanctuary and Dongye State!"
"They broke the tacit agreement between the sanctuary and the evil god first! Don't blame us for fighting back!"
Upon hearing Huang Shangzong's words, the vice speakers all lowered their eyes and remained silent.
Everyone knows that what Huang Shangzong said makes a lot of sense.
But... a peak fifth-tier evil god, is it someone who can retaliate whenever possible?
If placed in a martial arts novel, a peak fifth-tier evil god would be like a top master in the martial arts world.
They could not withstand the siege of thousands of troops, nor could they live a normal life under the official blockade.
But if they are determined to be assassins, shooting and moving on, there's not much the authorities can do about it.
The reason why the sanctuary can maintain a balance with the evil god is ultimately because neither can overcome the other.
So... retaliating against the Great Evil God isn't going to be that easy...
Perhaps sensing the emotions of the vice-speakers present, Huang Shangzong scanned everyone with his fierce eyes before saying, "After the meeting, I will go directly to the shelter."
"Firstly, to celebrate Elder Rao's successful advancement to the fifth rank. Secondly, to inquire about the conditions and methods for advancing to the fifth rank."
"If the conditions are met, I will advance to the fifth rank and then try to counterattack against Twilight!"
“Even if He is a great evil god, He still needs to rely on the ‘Boundless Sea of the Heart’ region. At that time, I will restrain Him in the ‘Boundless Sea of the Heart’.”
"In the real world, multiple armies were dispatched to pacify New South Wales."
"Then, we'll use both worlds to gradually erode His power and weaken Him. I refuse to believe that with the combined strength of our entire state, we can't destroy a great evil god!"
After listening to Huang Shangzong's words, Dai Yukang adjusted his frameless glasses and then cautiously reminded him, "Speaker, there is a difference between the peak of the fifth rank and the fifth rank."
Huang Shangzong waved his hand dismissively, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. I won't risk my life."
After speaking, he glanced around the conference room, his gaze lingering on Li Tingdong, Ye Mingfeng, Liu Xiongyuan, Tang Feifei, and Qiu Tu in turn.
Then he spoke up, "As for when I'm at the shelter, you can think of other ways to deal with Twilight."
He said in a deep voice, "If there really is another way, this would be a great achievement."
“In fact… if anyone can solve the problem of Twilight, I will definitely recommend him to be the Speaker of the New State Legislative Assembly.”
If Huang Shangzong was merely shouting slogans and trying to boost morale, which had little effect on the shrewd and calculating vice chairmen, then the grand promise he made at the end truly tempted them.
Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly!
Currently, the entire Eighth Sanctuary only has seven states, and the speaker of each state's legislature is a powerful regional governor who governs his territory.
It can be said that the Speaker of the State Legislature is even rarer than the members of the Supreme Council of the shelters, who are truly powerful figures.
In fact, many legislators have been seeking to be transferred to newly developed states as state assembly speakers, such as Huang Shangzong.
Therefore, if one can become the Speaker of the State Legislature, one is destined to rise to a high position in the entire shelter.
As for whether Huang Shangzong's cake is fake....
The vice speakers did not have any doubts.
After all, the shelter's contributions have several levels:
Expanding territory is the greatest achievement.
Developing the economy, building the army, and eliminating spies are all great achievements.
Completing the tasks assigned by the shelter and maintaining its rule is the middle merit.
The other miscellaneous ones were all minor achievements.
But... this is just the most normal merit system.
In fact, besides the normal merit system, there is another merit that is second only to the first merit, which is to kill the evil god!
As a major threat to humanity, evil gods are something that humanity has never wanted to face, yet has no choice but to confront.
Weakening the power of the evil god and killing the evil god would be the greatest contribution to the human camp.
This is also why Liu Xiongyuan, Tang Feifei, and Qiu Tu were able to be promoted to vice speaker through this merit.
It should be noted that in all the years since the Eighth Sanctuary was established, it has killed very few fourth-tier evil gods, even fewer fifth-tier evil gods, and there has never been a record of killing a peak fifth-tier evil god.
If someone were to actually kill a peak fifth-tier evil god, whether through strategy or strength, it would be an immense achievement!
The shelter will surely reward you handsomely when the time comes.
As for Huang Shangzong's so-called "recommendation," it is important in some ways, but not in others.
It's not important because: with this merit, he would catch the eye of several leaders in the shelter without needing to recommend him, and would be given an important position.
The reason is that many arrangements for shelters require comprehensive consideration.
Killing an evil god makes it easy to become a vice-speaker because vice-speakers are divided into those with real power and those without. And even if a vice-speaker has real power, with the speaker in charge, a slight problem with ability won't affect the overall situation.
But the speaker is different.
A high-ranking official is responsible for guarding a prefecture. If he doesn't meet the required standards, problems will arise!
Huang Shangzong's "recommendation" was to fill this gap.
To put it bluntly, Huang Shangzong used his own status and reputation to vouch for this person, hoping that the shelter would give him a chance!
Whether it will succeed depends on the person's abilities at the time.
If his abilities fail, he may still remain a high-ranking official in the shelter, but he will no longer be able to become the state assembly speaker, and Huang Shangzong will even have to clean up his messes.
It can be said that Huang Shangzong also took a certain political risk.
The vice-speakers present were all shrewd individuals, so they only needed to think it through once to roughly understand Huang Shangzong's conditions.
For a moment, all of them couldn't help but feel a little tempted...
However... even killing a fourth-tier evil god is incredibly difficult. Killing a fifth-tier, especially a peak fifth-tier great evil god, is simply impossible...
Therefore, until the meeting adjourned, the vice-speakers all had furrowed brows, lost in their own thoughts...
Of these, Qiu Tu is probably the only one who has it relatively easy.
Although he wasn't entirely confident, having already laid down several cards on the table, he was clearly more assured.
And so, the meeting ended, and the speakers packed up and left the meeting room.
Huang Shangzong was in a hurry to go to the shelter to see Elder Rao, who had advanced to the fifth rank, so he took the lead and left the meeting room first.
Liu Xiongyuan was the second one, and it was clear that this old man was not waiting to retire as he claimed.
Dai Yukang became the third, while Qiu Tu leisurely became the fourth...
As soon as he stepped out of the conference room and turned a corner, he heard Zhao Ji's cold voice in his ear, "Let's talk."
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Hearing the cold, emotionless voice beside him, Qiu Tu couldn't help but let a faint smile creep onto his lips.
It seems... the fish have finally taken the bait. My patient waiting was worthwhile.
Thinking this, Qiu Tu nodded slightly without making a sound, and then walked towards his office.
His movements remained completely unchanged, so outsiders could hardly detect anything unusual.
Only Tang Feifei, who came out right behind him, gave him a strange look.
Tang Feifei clearly wanted to ask Qiu Tu to come and talk to her, but after raising her hand and hesitating for a moment, she finally put it down.
And so, accompanied by Tao Yaoyao and Shen Lingshuang, he returned to his office.