Life Dungeon Game

After all, they have access to senior executives at Qunxing Pharmaceuticals.

"Well, I guess so, but we didn't reach a cooperation agreement," He Ao nodded and smiled. "The project ultimately fell through, which had a slight impact on Qunxing Pharmaceutical's stock price."

"These medical conglomerates are all bad news,"

DeSanker sighed. "You're right."

Do you need to rest for a while?

He Ao closed all the windows on the desktop, reached out and shut down the smart conference table, looked at DeSanke's tired face, and asked slowly.

Even though DeSanker is an ordinary person with a stronger mental fortitude than most, he is visibly exhausted after last night's life-or-death chase and this meeting.

"I have no problem."

DeSanchez quickly replied.

"Let's take a break first,"

He Ao glanced at Hai Xi, who was wrapped in bandages and looked tired but was still trying to hold on, and said, "The next battle is going to be tough. Only when we are well-rested will we have the energy to win this battle."

Hai Xi looked up at He Ao, hesitated for a moment, and nodded gently, "Take a rest. I have some medicine that I prepared earlier to help you recover faster."

She knew very well that forcing herself to stay strong at this point would only make things worse and cause her to falter at crucial moments.

"it is good."

Seeing that Heath agreed with Heo's suggestion, DeSanke did not insist, as he was indeed very tired.

After last night's events and the discussions in the meeting just now, He Ao has gradually become the leader among the three.

"Then DeSanc and I will go to our rooms first. Hey, you go back to the medical room to rest?"

He looked at Hai Xi.

"Ok."

Hai Xi nodded.

Last night, Shanghai Xi arranged rooms for He Ao and De Sank, but they haven't been used yet.

He Ao doesn't need to rest, but he still has bloodstains from last night on his body and his clothes are somewhat torn. Going out in this state would be too conspicuous, so he needs to tidy himself up a bit.

"Then let's go there first."

DeSanker also said goodbye to Hayes and then left the conference room with Heo.

Hai Xi watched the two leave, and then watched the conference room door slowly close.

She braced her hands on the table, trying to stand up, but as soon as she exerted force, her body swayed and she lost her balance, falling back down.

She sighed and raised her bracelet.

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Heo and DeSanke walked in the outer corridor.

The weather was lovely today; sunlight streamed through the cold air and fell upon the two of them.

Do you know Christos?

He asked softly.

“Yes, I know him,” DeSanke laughed. “I know him, he just doesn’t know me.”

Then he glanced at the direction of the sun; Dawn City was to the east of Witland. "Actually, a large part of the reason I've been able to persevere until now is due to his influence."

He walked slowly, step by step, in the sunlight after dawn. "When I was young, I worked in an industrial park after arguing with my parents. I know very well what kind of life the industrial workers in the industrial park lead."

"They receive the lowest wages, have no accident insurance, and the factory pays them the minimum or no medical insurance. They live in a work environment where accidents could happen at any time."

"When I worked in the factory, I felt like my life was a disposable rag, used recklessly, squeezed dry, and then discarded, without any guarantee."

“I remember when I was working in a factory in the old industrial area of ​​Plant, I visited a colleague’s home. His family of seven, spanning three generations, was crammed into a small room of less than ten square meters. In the corner of the room lay his grandmother, an old woman in her sixties whose body was as withered as a withered tree.”

“My father is a doctor, and I once aspired to study medicine. He hoped that I would treat his grandmother, as they could not afford medical expenses or even hire a local doctor.”

"I don't know what kind of illness his grandmother had, but from her physical condition, I knew she was dying."

"For a poor family, such a sick, elderly woman with no ability to work is a burden. She lay on the wooden board, her voice already hoarse and unclear. She grasped my hand with her withered hand and hoped in her slurred speech that I would take care of her grandson."

"A few days later, I heard that she had died."

"Later, I consulted the relevant materials and asked my father. We eventually determined that she most likely started with a minor illness, but due to lack of money for treatment and poor living conditions, it eventually became a serious illness that took her life."

"Shortly after that, I left the factory, went to university, and instead of studying medicine, I became a lawyer. During that time, I continued to refine my ideas and successfully became a candidate for parliament."

In the federal government, lawyers hold a high social status and are excellent at developing public speaking skills; many members of Congress, mayors, and even the president of the federal government come from this profession.

At this point, DeSanchez paused for a moment and then laughed, “When I first entered politics, I had nothing. I longed to change something, but I didn’t change anything.”

"It was around that time that I saw Christos's news. At that time, he was not the mayor of Dawn City, but just a city councilor of Dawn City."

“I’ve been following him closely. I saw him go through a lot of setbacks, but he eventually passed the Accident Insurance Act, which improved employee protection in Sunrise. At that time, I felt that I wanted to become a legislator like him.”

He looked at He Ao and chuckled, "The funny thing is, nobody wants to listen to what I have to say. I don't have money for campaign ads, and my ideas aren't popular with corporations, so I can't get any funding. I can only rely on some basic connections to keep my campaign going."

Choose an activity.

"In the end, I was unable to run for city councilor during the city council election, and I also failed in my attempt to run for assemblyman."

At this point, he sighed, "Shortly after that, I noticed that there was less and less news about Christos, and I gradually realized that Christos was also in some kind of predicament, though I couldn't understand what kind of predicament it was at the time."

"It wasn't until recently, after Starsun Pharmaceuticals withdrew its investment in me, that I realized the kind of choice Christos was facing at the time."

"Should we continue down the same path, facing the thorny and dangerous mountains and forests, or surrender to the conglomerate, stop here, save our lives, cooperate with the conglomerate, and then live a life free from worries about food and clothing?"

"Although I didn't think it through clearly at the time, I vaguely sensed that something was wrong. Fortunately, Christos eventually made that decision."

DeSanchez turned to look at Heo and asked softly, "Do you know 'K'?"

"Ok?"

He Ao glanced at him and nodded. "I know. What's wrong?"

“I have watched K’s speech videos many times. I think he is a person just like us, but he has gone further and is more determined.”

"Furthermore, I believe that Christos must have met 'K' in Dawn City, and may even have collaborated with 'K', because during the period when 'K' was active, Christos announced his candidacy for mayor of Dawn City, thus breaking free from the dilemma that had trapped him."

"how about you."

He Ao asked slowly.

DeSanker said he had encountered the same predicament as Christos.

"I also made my own choice."

DeSanchez smiled, looking at the rising sun in the sky. "You were right last night. In the future, you have to try it yourself."

"You almost died last night."

He Ao said calmly.

“But there will always be people who step over my dead body and continue along my path. When Christos was running for mayor of Dawn City, he probably never thought he would actually live to become mayor of Dawn City.”

DeSanker smiled. "Maybe I can influence other people I've never met, just like Christos and 'K' did, just as they influenced me."

He Ao stared at his smile and suddenly said, "Starry Sky Pharmaceuticals will only attack Ned by exploiting his weaknesses and supporting their own chosen candidate. You need some 'big exposure' to let more people know you in order to have a chance to win the election."

"Getting that bastard Ned out of here is a victory in itself,"

DeSanker pondered, "We still have too few resources at our disposal. To create that kind of explosive advertising, the amount of money required is too large. Even if Star Pharmaceuticals were willing to support us, it's unlikely they would come up with that much money for me."

"Large-scale publicity does not necessarily require spending money."

He Ao shook his head, then said slowly under DeSanker's questioning gaze, "Let's not consider that for now. The timing isn't right yet. There are some variables I haven't grasped. Do you know which company used the voting system in the Waitland midterm elections?"

"It's the Trison Communications Foundation's 'no'"

"Dead Bird System."

DeSanchez withdrew his gaze and answered slowly.

He did not press He on how he obtained the 'big exposure'.

Although the information He Ao presented at the meeting and the clever use of Qunxing Pharmaceuticals to exploit others greatly surprised him, the idea of ​​creating a large-scale publicity campaign in a short time and at low cost was still too far-fetched, and he himself was more inclined to believe that it was impossible.

He paused, clearing his mind of the jumbled thoughts, and explained further.

"The Phoenix System is a professional voting system developed by the Trison Group under the supervision of the Federal Congress and the FBI. They claim that the system will never crash, is 100% accurate, and that all votes and data can be internally verified and are used only for election voting."

"This voting system is used for mayoral elections, city council elections, and federal presidential elections in Westland. Only a few cities in the entire Federation use paper ballots or other voting systems for mayoral and city council elections."

"I see."

He Ao nodded to indicate that he understood.

The election in Dawn City used a voting system developed by the Dawn City government itself.

He Ao knew this.

As the two largest cities in the east and west of the Federation, Dawn City and Wetland have some competitive relationships at times.

At this moment, the two had already reached their room door.

Heo and DeSanke said goodbye and went into their respective rooms.

The room Hai Xi arranged for He Ao was the same room he had stayed in when he was injured. There was a medicinal soup on the table in the room to help him recover. He Ao picked up the soup and drank it all in one gulp, then opened the wardrobe.

There was a neat new set of clothes hanging inside, exactly the same as the clothes He Ao was wearing now.

He Ao's current outfit was bought by Hai Xi based on his previous clothes. Buying another set would be a piece of cake for him, but this time He Ao paid for it and asked Hai Xi to buy him another set.

Jess isn't a person who likes to dress up; he buys many identical pieces of clothing.

He Ao took a shower, changed his clothes, and then turned on his bracelet to read the contents of the chip that Hai Xi had given him.

Actually, He Ao had already looked at the documents inside last night when Hai Xi was undergoing surgery.

The contents of these documents are quite simple: a gang that used to be within Thorne's sphere of influence is collecting materials on a large scale from the list given by Heo.

The smuggling ring that Hai Xi's 'friend' worked for handled most of the 'business'.

They knew this gang had powerful backers, but due to the unspoken rules of the underworld, they didn't ask any questions and simply went about their 'business' peacefully.

These documents mention that in recent days, every morning at 10:30, the smuggling group would drive the materials to a location in the eastern part of the West District and hand them over to that gang, who would then haul the materials away.

Although the time is the same, the location of each transaction is different. However, the location of their latest transaction, which is today's transaction, is also included in the information provided by Hai Xi.