death of hope

Chapter 947: "Psychic Storm" (23)

After his illegitimate identity was exposed, Leon Vilnius had no choice but to stop working and huddled in a corner waiting for his fate.

The happiest people at this moment were the earl's spoiled and useless sons. Seeing the bad boys who were better than themselves fall, they finally vented their anger.

The Earl's sons spent a lot of money to hire writers to publish articles in entertainment gossip newspapers and magazines, exaggerating and mocking Li Ang's origin and bloodline.
One of the articles published in "Ix Entertainment Weekly" wrote: Leon's biological father was a circus clown who used talk shows and comedy to please the count's sister, Kelly, who was a drug addict, and thus gave birth to this dirty bastard.

Articles like this one that are obviously fake are supposed to be entertaining, but the public is often blind, ignorant and emotional.

People are happy to see successful people fall and heroes fall into an irretrievable situation, so they are particularly easy to be led by the media and public opinion.

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The heroic idol that thousands of people worshipped the day before had become like a street rat the next day.
Being at the center of the storm, Li Ang hid in the sailors' dormitory and didn't dare to go out at all.

Public opinion condemned and ridiculed the scandal of the Vilnius family. The Earl's Palace kept its doors closed and did not issue any official statement. In this way, a carnival of adding insult to injury began;

The "fun people" raised their shoes one after another, wanting to step on the back of the former hero, "Prince Ix".
It would be fine if others came to step on them, but even those who had received favors from Leon joined in. The merchant ship crews seemed to have forgotten that if it weren't for the illegitimate son leading the convoy to defeat the Eldar pirates, they would still be in the cage being watched like "monkeys" (a derogatory term for humans by the Eldar).

Such ungratefulness, impulsiveness, blindness, ignorance, just like a mob...

All the ugly faces appeared on the TV screen, deeply engraved in Li Ang's mind, causing him unbearable pain.

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There were also different voices from the sailors who participated in the escort mission. The comrades who shared the joys and sorrows and fought pirates together stood up to speak up for Li Ang.

Those mentors and classmates who knew Li Ang's character also spoke up for him, calling on Ix to appoint people based on their merits and not persecute loyal people or bury talented people based on blood ties.

However, rational voices are too rare and are soon drowned out by the ignorant waves of the mob.

At this point, the direction of public opinion cannot be reversed.

An illegitimate child who is ridiculed and despised by the whole nation can never become the heir to the title.

Everything happened so fast. In just one night, Leon Vilnius fell from the throne of "Prince Ix" and fell into the dirtiest and smelliest ditch on this colonized planet.
Those people who had received favors from Leon were eager to make a private judgment and drive the illegitimate child out of the wealthy Ix without waiting for the federal court to try him.

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During that period, Li Ang lived a miserable life. He locked himself in the sailors' officers' dormitory, eating military compressed rations and canned food, and was as worried as a sewer rat.

Since the incident began, the Earl's mansion has kept its doors closed and no news has been released. The planet's governor, the Earl himself, has not made any statement yet. It is obvious that he is reluctant to let go. The Earl has given birth to so many useless sons and finally found a qualified heir. Of course, he is reluctant to let go easily. The Earl cannot sleep at night when he thinks that if he passes away one day, Ix will be ruled by one of his stupid sons.

Things seem to have room for improvement, but in fact, there is no suspense;

Even the owner of this planet, the honorable Count Dominic Vilnius, could not resist the surging public opinion. All think tank staff were advising him to cut ties as soon as possible to preserve the family honor from being tarnished.

Finally, one morning, all the newspapers published the Count's decision on the front page;

Effective immediately, Leon Vilnius will be stripped of his military power and all public office positions, and transferred to the position of Director of the Environmental Protection Department of Area F, Hive City of Planet Ix.

Upon hearing the news, the earl's spoiled and useless sons were ecstatic. This was tantamount to a death sentence for Leon's political career.

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The Environmental Protection Department of Area F of the Hive City where Leon was transferred was located at the bottom of the huge underground city on the planet Ix. The residents of the upper level of the Hive City jokingly called it the garbage dump of Ix.

The basic infrastructure of the hive city has been in disrepair for many years, the air and water sources are seriously polluted, and the rate of newborn malformations is extremely high. Most of the people living here are illegal immigrants in extreme poverty, doing the most basic repetitive labor.

A person from the upper class came to the lower level of the hive. Apart from other things, the smell alone was unbearable.

Looking around, there are illegally built plastic shacks everywhere, plagues are rampant, and gangs are rampant. In such a harsh environment, the survival of the lower-class residents is worrying, and advanced issues such as environmental protection are out of the question.

In fact, this so-called "Head of Environmental Protection" was simply a lucrative and idle position designed by the Earl for his illegitimate nephew who was not willing to be seen in public.

The Count sympathized with Leon's talent, but due to pressure from public opinion, he could not give him too much power. He could only arrange an idle position for him far away from the power center of Ix, so that this unfortunate, unappreciated young man could live a life of food and clothing without worries.

Although located at the bottom of the hive city, the official residence of the "Director of Environmental Protection" is quite spacious and has tight security. The position offers generous benefits, high pay and little work, and all that's left is for fun after writing a few pages of reports every day. It's the kind of life of reclining and relaxing that ordinary people dream of.

However, not everyone in this world is happy to live in comfort.

There are always some people who are unwilling to be ordinary and are full of ambition to leave their own marks in history.

Leon Vilnius is one of them.