Ancestors, please don't crawl out again.

Chapter 149 Sin City
Why does Your Majesty plot a rebellion...?

This time it's really true, Your Majesty, why are you plotting a rebellion?

Because right after the president's speech, the opposition female governor of the state where the affected city is located announced a ban on Lone Star states...

In effect, it prohibits all National Guard troops from entering their state borders without the permission of their state legislature, and even federal troops. No excuses, no orders, not even the president's orders, are acceptable. If they do not have the permission of their state legislature, it is an invasion of their territory, and they will not hesitate to take up arms to defend their state rights.

"This is the final warning before firing."

The female governor on the laptop screen spoke very directly.

"What are they doing?"

The attendant, holding his notebook, said somewhat blankly.

It's clear that her brain isn't up to par anymore, after all, she was just a minor internet celebrity before.

"Explain it to her."

Yang Feng said.

The capitalist gave a wry smile.

"They're just fighting over who gets to plunder our wealth. The president is giving us away as a reward to those who are willing to follow him, while the governor just doesn't want the city's wealth to be taken by people from other states."

Please note that it's about not wanting to be robbed by people from other states, not about not being robbed at all.

This state has more than one city.

Moreover, what has been looted so far is only one district of this city.

So our National Guard is still arriving in droves, and although the National Guard soldiers who arrive also participate in the looting, the wealth is ultimately not taken by outsiders.

He said.

The other refugees on the roof all wore bitter expressions.

This is what it feels like to be at the mercy of others!
Of course, things aren't that simple. The internet celebrity president did indeed use the wealth here as rewards for his followers. Was that suppressing a rebellion? No, it was about profiting from it. Anyone can make wealth disappear into thin air. After the rebellion is quelled, do you think you can recover the wealth of the city's capitalists? No one's that stupid. After the rebellion is quelled, all the wealth must have disappeared, looted by the rebels. As for the issues not found on the bodies of the killed and captured rebels…

They must have hidden it.

Moreover, there were bound to be some who tried to escape, so they were all taken away by those who escaped.

As for what the National Guard was transporting back plane after plane, it was simply the old clothes that the soldiers had changed out of and needed to be washed.

I understand.

After all, that's how their ancestors made their fortune.

Of course, it's not that simple. More importantly, the celebrity president doesn't have to spend a penny, yet he can gain the unwavering loyalty of these states. After all, where can you find such a good president? Similarly, if Your Excellency needs anything next time, the National Guard soldiers of these states will let Your Excellency know that six strikes per second is just the limit of the stick, and definitely not the limit of our loyalty to the president.

senate?

Six blows shatter the elder's soul, sir, I am a Maga.

"As expected of the descendants of criminals."

Yang Feng sneered.

The capitalists on the rooftop stood there awkwardly.

Meanwhile, in the city beneath their feet, the sounds of gunfire and explosions continued unabated.

The burning, killing, and looting continued.

but……

Nobody cares about them anymore.

At a time like this, who cares about the fate of this city?
Civil war is imminent in this country.

Lone Star State ignored the female governor's warnings. That old woman was insane. She watched as her state's largest city descended into rebellion, millions struggling under the guns of bandits, yet she blocked rescuers simply because of a procedural issue. How vicious! Absolutely outrageous! Didn't you hear the children's cries? You can't save people yourself, and you forbid others from doing so? Do you have any conscience? We're going to rescue people; we don't have time for your nonsense. With the Lone Star State governor personally seeing them off, transport planes full of National Guard soldiers took off one after another, while a fleet of transport ships organized by private philanthropists, fully loaded with heavily armed troops, also set sail north.

Dare to open fire?
Don't we have guns and cannons?
They're going to shoot down our transport planes too?

Don't we have fighter jets?
Lone Star Air National Guard F-16 fighter jets, armed with live ammunition, took off to escort the transport plane. As for the issue of being too far away to reach it...

It's not like there's only Lone Star State; we can just find a state with a group of people along the way to land and resupply.

In reality, governors from various states were expressing their loyalty to the president, especially in the southern states, which within the next hour announced military intervention to quell the rebellion. Among them were even two opposition governors. Ultimately, when faced with tangible interests, what's the point of talking about principles? Self-interest? Of course, one's self-interest should be based on what's valuable. Everyone understands what that city represents.

What's wrong with being an opposition party member?
Even opposition party membership doesn't come without a fee!
So what if they're capitalists? Which capitalist didn't rise to power by stepping on the corpses of other capitalists? Which family didn't get where they are today through plunder and extortion? Robbing those financial capitalists is simply outrageous and exciting to capitalists in other places.

When you're robbing someone, you should try to kill them as much as possible; you have to nip it in the bud.

Besides, even if the governor is sensible and considers the big picture, he can't stop his subordinates from making money!
If he dares to do that, he might just end up getting shot eight times in the back and committing suicide one day!
Meanwhile, Congress continues to tear each other apart.

The president wasn't given authorization, and the opposition's impeachment of him for violating the constitution yielded no results. Supporters and opponents were essentially united. The traditional establishment knew this situation could easily collapse, but they dared not step forward—after all, that would be a real confrontation. The opposition, controlling the media, even began finding justifications for the looting and arson, even though most of the loot was actually taken from their supporters. The problem was that the president had labeled it a rebellion; if it wasn't a rebellion, then there was no reason to quell it.

Therefore, some of the burning, killing, and looting had to be concealed, and the situation could not appear too chaotic.

What do you mean by millions of people burning, killing, and looting?

What kind of army turned into bandits?
What ethnic group is involved in tribal militia?
……

It's all exaggerated by the internet celebrity president. When has he ever told the truth?

The incident within the city was just a zero-dollar purchase, but it caused a slightly larger disturbance. The army did not engage in large-scale looting; it was merely the individual actions of a few soldiers. The rest of the army was doing its best to restore order. As for some of the information circulating online, it is actually false.

These photos were just taken in the studio.

It was all to create an excuse for the internet celebrity president to quell the rebellion.

“I just came back from there and didn’t see any large-scale looting.”

At an airport on the West Coast, a celebrity who had just escaped swore to the camera that he hadn't witnessed any large-scale arson, murder, or looting.

So since there was no large-scale burning, killing, and looting, there was no need for foreign troops. It has to be said that they were suppressing their disgust when they said these things, just like those liberals who were loved by refugees but said they didn't blame the refugees. But in the end, it was all in vain. Before the Lone Star State National Guard, which was the first to set off, arrived, the counterinsurgency army composed of the National Guard of their neighboring state had already stormed into the city.

We are neighbors.

If it's time to quell the rebellion, the southern states shouldn't be the first to go!

Besides, they were also afraid that this chaos would spread to their area.

So the National Guard from the neighboring state suddenly crossed the bridges connecting the two states without permission. Some of them were armed civilians. Of course, they were just there for rescue and belonged to a charitable organization. They really didn't have any other purpose!
They were just trying to save lives, what did they do wrong?

"Those bastards!"

The capitalist looked with grief and indignation at a bridgehead that wasn't actually that far away.

A militia from a neighboring state drove a fleet of armed pickup trucks across the bridge. The men in the lead truck, rifles at their ready, opened fire on a group of thugs who had just stormed out of a jewelry store. Caught off guard, the thugs scattered in terror, leaving several wounded on the ground. The armed pickup trucks stopped beside them, and the men eagerly jumped out, pinning down the wounded and looting the stolen jewelry from them before happily stuffing it into their own pockets.

An injured man was groaning and grabbing at the person who had just taken a bag of gold jewelry from him, presumably begging the latter to bandage him up.

The latter hesitated for a moment.

Then he shot him in the forehead.

The militia that followed and rushed into the street paid no attention to this; they were all focused on the unruly civilians who had successfully robbed the victims, opening fire without hesitation and then looting the stolen goods from the corpses or wounded.

The enraged civilians immediately retaliated, as such behavior was extremely hateful. Both sides were skillfully exchanging fire in the street with semi-automatic rifles and pistols when a tank suddenly turned around from the street. Seeing this, its turret immediately rotated and aimed at the armed pickup truck. The newly arrived militia members in the pickup truck looked at the muzzle in horror. The next moment, flames erupted from the cannon, and the shell struck the armed pickup truck squarely, instantly obliterating it and its occupants.

Moreover, because the pickup trucks were too weak, the armor-piercing round instantly pierced through the three pickup trucks behind it.

The wreckage of the pickup truck was burning fiercely.

The remaining militia members fled in terror.

But when a National Guard armed helicopter flew overhead, the pilot, seeing this, fired a missile without hesitation.

Then the missile hit the tank squarely.

Amidst the thick smoke of the explosion, flames shot skyward from the tank hatch, and two crew members, engulfed in flames, screamed as they crawled out. The militia on the armed pickup truck cheered, then, as if venting their anger, they stepped forward and ran over the two screaming tank crew members on the ground.

Meanwhile, on the other bridges spanning the river, National Guard vehicles flying the neighboring state's flag, armed pickup trucks also bearing the state flag, and large American SUVs were constantly passing by. At the same time, the governor of the neighboring state officially announced that they had responded to the president's call and had deployed the National Guard to quell the rebellion, and that the first batch of soldiers had already crossed the river and were rapidly and effectively restoring order.

Some insurgents who attempted to attack the National Guard have been killed.

Some of the trapped civilians have been rescued and taken to their respective states for proper resettlement.

Furthermore, the governor believes that given the fighting capabilities demonstrated by the insurgents, it is not necessary to deploy many troops to quell the rebellion; the state's National Guard alone would suffice.

Of course, his statement was met with fierce criticism from other states that had deployed troops, and he was even accused of lying. His National Guard was reportedly completely unable to control the situation, and some criminals were even using the guise of rescue to loot, displaying a desperate and panicked attitude. However, the popular president didn't seem to mind this minor controversy. He delivered another speech praising the first National Guard unit to arrive, including the militia units included in the National Guard, and announced that they would be awarded medals.

Awarded the Purple Heart Medal!
So this state, which was originally a blue state, was suddenly filled with cheers for the great president.

Of course, nobody cared about the vans driving back in the opposite direction alongside the convoys pouring into the insurgency zone.

Yang Feng remained seated in the rooftop garden, quietly watching the chaos below.

He's a has-been now.

People had even forgotten him, the culprit who had caused all this. Even those fans still watching the God Servant's livestream were now focused on the chaos below. Because their internet was satellite-based, they weren't greatly affected, and the internet celebrity president had forbidden his former close allies from shutting down their networks—after all, his goal was to exaggerate the emergency situation to justify his urgent need to quell the rebellion. While opposition websites were constantly blocking broadcasts of the actual situation, his close allies' satellites continued to provide services to users in other regions. So while many in this country were unaware of the truth on the ground, the rest of the world was watching this chaos that had completely torn away their fig leaves.

They've really lost even their fig leaf.

Is this what they call a beacon of civilization?

Even in the Middle East and West Asia, it wouldn't come to this. Although they are tribalized, they can at least maintain some dignity, since the elders have enough control over their tribes.

But this theoretical superpower is completely disorganized!

The government lacks control, the military lacks morality, civilians lack principles, the president is willing to gamble the country's interests, states are like different countries, the financial capitalists who supposedly control the world are like lambs to the slaughter in the face of real internal strife, and politicians only know how to fight amongst themselves when faced with a major national crisis...

They seem to have acted the same way when they faced plagues before.

That's a really traditional way of calculating!

Those with a clear head at this point had already guessed that the current situation was likely orchestrated by someone behind the scenes. Whether it was the "celebrity president" was hard to say, but he was certainly using this incident to attack his opponents and militarize his supporters, realizing his long-desired goal of having an armed special forces unit. These National Guard members and armed militias who participated in suppressing the rebellion, or rather, profited immensely, would become his staunch supporters in the future. Supporting him, including his designated successor, meant that the case would not be overturned. Whatever they did during this period, they would not be held accountable later, and they could happily live a life of wealth.

If the opposition comes to power, there is a risk of being purged.

Having had blood on their hands after this incident, they felt less guilty about getting a little blood on their hands in future emergencies.

They really crave the idea of ​​a celebrity president donning the yellow robe.

(End of this chapter)