Alien Dust

Chapter 367 Swamp Evil Town

"Sorry, I...I can't help you." Levi sighed.

Town residents and prison inmates.

As both the mayor and the prison warden, he has made great contributions, but he can only choose one side.

Either rebuild the town and give residents a stable life; or rebuild the prison and let the prisoners return.

The Upper Palace District only gave Levi one choice, and Levi naturally chose to rebuild the town and let the good residents return to a stable life.

The murderer's eyes were empty. He suddenly stared at Wu Hen and let out a strange laugh.

Wu Hen, on the other hand, was puzzled as he looked at the murderer who was being tortured.

"If you have any last wishes, tell me and I will help you fulfill them." Wu Hen also sighed.

"You're luckier than me, you're luckier than me!" The murderer kept repeating this sentence, which made Wu Hen a little confused.

"Alas, you shouldn't rely on your extraordinary abilities to kill law enforcement officers indiscriminately. Although I know that you did it out of resistance and out of ignorance of Daxuan's laws, you killed a lot of people, including some innocent civilians. You can't say that you did anything wrong to end up like this..." Levi said.

I've heard Levi mention it before.

The experience of this principled murderer is actually similar to Wu Hen's. He traveled here from another dimension.

He had a conflict with an ammunition town and was subdued by it. During the fight, he killed some law enforcement officers of the ammunition town. According to the laws of Daxuan, he would not be let off easily, so he was transferred to a prison town and sent to a higher-level city for trial.

When Wu Hen first set foot on this land, he naturally came into conflict with the Prison Town.

But the rulers of Prison Town gave him a relatively fair trial, unlike Ammunition Town, which adopted tough measures and forced the murderer to resist.

Therefore, the murderer felt that Wu Hen was very lucky to have met a relatively fair warden, otherwise his fate would be the same as his own.

“Maybe our town is lucky.”

“You know, many Daxuan towns also disappeared overnight because of the brutal law enforcement in this land.”

"You're not strong enough, and you're not steady enough."

Levi, however, disagreed with the murderer's statement and said meaningfully.

Wu Hen was also a little surprised. He didn't expect that the prison warden Le Wei had such a high level of awareness.

It's true. If the warden enforces the law with force, the entire prison town will surely disappear.

"Save me and I can bring you unexpected benefits." At this time, the murderer suddenly said something.

"What benefits?" Wu Hen's eyes lit up and he immediately became interested.

"We are thinking of a solution. Don't say these things. It will only accelerate your death." Levi shook his head.

"I don't trust others, but I trust you. I can only hold on for a week at most. After a week, I can't guarantee that what I remember in my mind is still accurate. By that time, I will have been tortured like a demon. After that, even if you take me out of this jar, I will no longer be myself." said the murderer.

"I have already secured a position at the Energy Institute, and the two of us will resolve the energy issue as soon as possible. That way, I will be able to propose to the mayor to stop biomass power generation. If possible, insist... I will try my best to get a fair trial for you." Levi said.

"A fair trial? Your Daxuan's tyranny is a consensus throughout Cangchu. It's my fault that I didn't listen to the advice of my fellow disciples." said the murderer.

Levi didn't know what to say.

The strong are bound to suffer from bullying, and Le Wei cannot expect the entire Daxuan’s rule to remain fair. Moreover, under special circumstances, even fair people will take extreme measures.

"In short, just hold on a little longer. You don't want to become a lost monster," Levi said.

After saying that, Levi did not stop and walked towards other areas.

All the prisoners in his prison have been thrown into these biological tanks. All the spiritual factors they had absorbed in this alien wasteland in the past have been squeezed out by the terrifying dark spiritual machine and converted into dark energy that can operate the entire city. This process will not only cause the evolved life to degenerate, but will also destroy their lifespan and soul. The degree of pain exceeds all torture.

Every prisoner who saw the warden had a request, asking the warden to execute them.

Even a minute of this kind of pain would feel like a year. When they were in prison, these prisoners' brutality had not diminished at all, but here, they were no different from a group of children who were tortured to death.

Wu Hen glanced at these prisoners and vaguely sensed wisps of evil soul light, like poisonous insects crawling out of these biological jars.

"They can easily turn into evil spirits." Wu Hen immediately realized what the soul light he saw was. His pupils clearly sensed the birth and gathering of evil factors.

"But we can't openly challenge the laws of the entire Iron Eagle City now. Let's solve the energy problem as soon as possible. Whether they can still live like humans depends on you. Moreover, if this place becomes a breeding factory for evil spirits, this Iron Eagle City will be completely destroyed." Levi said. "There is a dark energy wetland to the west of this swamp, and it should be very large." Wu Hen said.

"Okay, then let's get ready and set off immediately." Levi still hoped to rescue these prisoners.

It’s not about redeeming them, but since they are their own prisoners, even if they are eventually executed, they should have the final say.

……

As the head of the Energy Institute, Levi needs to find the dark energy source for the entire Steel City as soon as possible.

The injured Eagle City was unable to hunt for a short time.

In fact, Eagle City is very weak in energy collection. They mainly rely on predation and the resources of other towns and villages to supplement their energy needs.

With the maintenance of Eagle City, daily consumption, and attacks by swamp creatures, energy issues are increasingly affecting the survival of Steel Eagle City.

Having lost their ability to fight and hunt, the vast majority of combat citizens had nothing to do. Coupled with problems with food, heating, water, and wages, a large number of citizens began to gather on the streets and began to attack their reckless, stupid, and ostentatious mayor, Chi Luo.

Some have held up banners demanding that the defeated mayor step down.

The citizens were not stupid. They realized that if the city could no longer dominate the sky and continued to stay in this swamp, soon a city that was good at living in swamps would come here and devour the injured eagle.

If they are annexed by other cities, the fate of all citizens will be miserable. If they are lucky, they will all become low-level workers, working day and night. If they are unlucky, they will become slaves without dignity, and even their lives will not be guaranteed.

The people of Iron Eagle City are very realistic and believe that failure means they are doomed to lose support.

Mayor Chi Luo obviously rarely faced such adverse situations. He was unable to coordinate the situation after the defeat, nor could he calm the people's emotions. Apart from insulting the heads of each department for their incompetence in meetings every day, he could only ask for help from the forces behind him, hoping to get their protection.

"The mayor is a fledgling eagle that has not yet been weaned."

"Yes, although his distinguished background has brought a lot of convenience to our city, it is of no use in the face of a brutal city-level war. After this war, the Grand Canyon City will swallow up all the dark energy springs, all the villages and towns on that land, and turn it into a huge hell city. We will be like stray dogs, picking up garbage to eat on the edge of the cracks."

"The city is so big that it requires too much energy to operate. Why not split off each district and let them find their own food?"

“This is a solution.”

Many commanders gathered together in the temple area to discuss how to survive next.

"Whoever dares to split, I will definitely kill him first!" Chi Luo was furious when he heard these voices.

Divide the town and find food on your own?

Then almost every mayor and regional chief would choose independence and would never be able to submit to the Iron Eagle City again.

A living city was annexing and growing at a fast speed, but it was also quickly divided into different parts and each taking its own power. Once the Iron Eagle City disintegrated, the mayor Chi Luo would not be able to explain to the clansmen behind him. After all, all the towns would take away more than a dozen giant engines!

"Even if we start the bio-battery factory, we still don't have enough energy. We don't have much time. There are a large number of predatory cities entrenched around us, and they are waiting for us to die!" said the commander-in-chief of life.

"The order has been issued. Whoever can solve the energy problem will be the deputy mayor and be in charge of the two-wing city district!" Chi Luo was also forced into a corner and gave up such an important position.

This sentence is effective. After all, the deputy mayor of Iron Eagle City has extremely high authority and has even climbed to the ranks of the aristocratic clan of Daxuan. This is a rare opportunity for the commander-in-chief of every regional town and every urban district to achieve a springboard for advancement.

Mayor Chi Luo's method did temporarily suppress the division, causing all towns to start looking for ways to obtain energy. Some technologies from the previous era were also unearthed and collected in this swamp.

While other commanders-in-chief were competing for the position, Le Wei and Wu Hen had already led their former colleagues from the prison system to explore the Fallen Flower Swamp.

In the past, the civil servants of the prison town were responsible for prison management, energy supply, and town management. In fact, they were relatively well-rounded talents, but they were not very good at industrial and agricultural work. At this time, they followed Levi to the Energy Institute, and became more relaxed and cheerful, and soon became a professional surveying team.

Since they were all family, Le Wei and Wu Hen felt more at ease. They were speeding through the swamp in a hovercraft and had already reached the depths of the swamp.

"Most of the swamp predators were ancient crocodiles."

"Maybe there are still a lot of swamp ghosts."

"I'm afraid there are quite a few evil spirits..."

On the hovercraft, everyone was whispering.

Le Wei and Wu Hen did not join in the chat. Instead, they frowned. It was obvious that with their powerful perception, they had already noticed what was in the bloody swamp ahead!
"Probably a swamp town," Levi said.

Wu Hen shook his head and said seriously: "It's an evil spirit town!"

(End of this chapter)