The Last Sentinel

At this point, Hughes spread his hands strangely, his eyes meeting Ye Feng's without any deviation!

At that moment, Ye Feng suddenly stepped back, beads of cold sweat appearing on his forehead.

Fourth perspective!

Did Hughes already guess that I would use the fire to spy on this scene?

Or was it an accident?

At this moment, Hughes looked at Ye Feng with an unusually calm expression. "Kid, remember this: you have to read my techniques backwards; you won't learn them if you read them forwards!"

After saying this, Hughes turned around, his trench coat rustling as it obscured the screen.

"Come find those seven people again after you've learned my techniques!"

"Humanity's journey is still very long."

"May you all enjoy great military success and be invincible in battle!"

Above Ye Feng's head, the fire seed was tempered, and the sky disappeared.

The little elf floated in front of me, hands on hips. "The gravitational waves have disappeared, and the quantum search can't find any trace of them. This Hughes is truly amazing; he can actually sever gravitational waves artificially. In your human terms, it's like artificially severing his own causal ties! He's incredibly powerful!"

Ye Feng said, "Alright, you can go back now."

The little man with the spark said, "By the way, boss, the [Fenglang Juxu] and [King Arthur] ships that are under construction are now in the critical assembly stage. Our current raw materials can only last for a week at most. If we can't replenish them in a week, we'll have to stop work."

Ye Feng frowned and said, "Six hundred thousand merit points! You've spent them all?"

The little man with the spark said, "It's 1.6 million! I also secretly used your quota to take out a loan of 1 million merit points!"

Ye Feng jumped up and said, "Can't you at least let me know before using my ID to take out a loan?!"

The little man with the spark said aggrievedly, "Lord Zhao Donglai said that I could ask for anything and he would approve it, so I didn't hold back. Boss, don't get excited, calm your blood pressure. One million merit points don't accrue interest. With your combat power, you can earn it back by fighting two battles in the Perfect City!"

Ye Feng gritted his teeth and said, "Do you think Perfect City is like cabbage? You can just go to the field and pick a couple and bring them back? The Neanderthals are extinct. Where am I supposed to find two more Neanderthals?!"

The little fire-ember blinked. "Aren't there five other heretical races? Dragonmen, elves, dwarves... Ah! Boss, why did you hit me?"

Ye Feng retorted irritably, "Shut up! All you think about is war. The internal purge of the council isn't even finished yet. Let's postpone the war for now! As for resources, the money comes from the people. I built these mechs for King Arthur and the Wolf King. I'm not going to pay back the loan. They're not going to pay it back!"

The little man with the spark clapped his hands and said, "That's right! Use your money to do your thing, accumulate our technological experience points, and it'll be a perfect collaboration!"

Ye Feng waved his hand, signaling for him to get lost.

The little man with the spark said, "Boss, don't forget the resources! One week. If it's over a week, the base will be shut down!"

Ye Feng nodded irritably, and the little fire-seed figure quickly ran away and disappeared.

A cold wind blew across his face as Ye Feng turned and walked toward the council chamber.

After walking up the winding, weathered steps, a massive mountain-shaped council hall, comparable to the Roman Colosseum, comes into view.

The Supreme Council's premises are at least the size of three football fields, and with its tiered seating arrangement, it could easily accommodate 200,000 people!

But today, three thousand people came, and the first two rows were all occupied.

At this moment, in the center of the meeting room, the meeting has reached its final stage.

On the huge holographic projection screen, [Great Wall Watch] stood on the site of the former Speaker's throne, with his hands behind his back, his beard and hair white.

The Speaker's seat has been completely shattered by the Great Wall Watchers' Nine Fists Return to One, and now there is no seat left, so he can only stand.

On the podium, Zhao Donglai, Hughes's apprentice, was speaking: "It must be admitted that during Hughes's tenure, a series of decision-making problems arose in the Human Alliance and human society. These problems were not limited to the Human Alliance, but were more evident in ordinary Homo sapiens societies."

"Hughes packaged unequal distribution as an economic crisis, embellished the concentration of resources at the top as Hayek's benevolent hand, and romanticized the struggles of ordinary, lower-class individuals as the price that must be paid to become stronger!"

"Take the infamous Great Depression of 1929, for example," Hughes said, "the cause of the Great Depression was overproduction."

"Ha! Overproduction? What a ridiculous and laughable piece of nonsense!"

"It seems the factory is working too hard, resulting in too many items that the workers can't use."

"This logic is utterly absurd, shameful, and despicable!"

"The truth behind the Great Depression was that the top 1% took one-third of society's wealth, leaving 99% of the population perpetually short of resources, with wages seemingly frozen and unable to grow in line with productivity!"

"When all the wealth is piled up at the top of the tower, the foundation will collapse!"

"Farmers would rather pour milk into the Mississippi River than distribute it to the common people. There was overproduction on one hand and supply shortage on the other, and people starved to death in years of bumper harvest."

"This is not a Great Depression or market forces; it is a complete imbalance in the distribution structure."

"This Great Depression is still ongoing and spreading, with the financial sector being the hardest hit. A bunch of so-called geniuses in haute couture suits with IQs of 200 are creating a financial metaphysics framework that nobody can understand. They're concentrating wealth in the hands of a few while distributing responsibility to everyone!"

"The ridiculous thing is that after these so-called geniuses ruined the economy, they would say that the profits belong to individuals and the risks belong to the whole society, so the financial tsunami occurred."

"There are many more absurd operations like this, which I will not list here."

"In short, this selfish, Darwinian, bestial logic of society must be changed, changed immediately, and abolished forever!"

"I hope that the future People's Alliance will be a strong, just, law-abiding, and free new People's Alliance!"

"Thank you, that concludes my remarks."

When Zhao Donglai left the stage, the applause from the audience was sparse.

Most of those applauding were ordinary members of the grassroots alliance, while the faces of the vast majority of middle and upper-level members were extremely grim.

Clearly, Zhao Donglai's words were practically a direct insult to them, saying, "Your good days are over, I'm going to kill you!"

The atmosphere in parliament is already quite tense.

However, the explosion is still a long way off.

Unless you can defeat the sixth official speaker behind Zhao Donglai, the strongest carbon-based life form in the current era, and the only one who has been baptized by the laws of the interstellar era.

At this moment, Gou Chen, with his refined demeanor, stepped onto the stage and produced a document, saying, "Now, we will proceed with the final appointment of the Supreme Council. After the signature of the sixth Speaker of the Supreme Council, [Great Wall Watch], the Supreme Council will reorganize the current cabinet. The Chief of Staff will be Zhao Donglai, the captain of the [Kunpeng], and four cabinet members, Smith, Yorkshire, Edburgh, and Paul, will be dismissed. Four new cabinet members will be added: [Wu Po Feng Jiang], [Feng Lang Ju Xu], [Hao Tian], and [Kua Fu]."

The room fell silent after receiving the brief letter of appointment.

The cabinet consisted of only five people, including the chief of staff.

Chief of Staff Hughes was killed in action, and four cabinet members were immediately ousted and replaced by five others.

Although everyone was somewhat prepared for this power shift, they all felt that [Great Wall Watch] would find some excuses to gradually replace these cabinet members with their own people.

Who would have thought that [Great Wall Watch] would be so decisive, giving you no time to waste and switching out directly!

This scene left everyone present feeling dizzy.

Everyone thought that [Great Wall Watch] was Emperor Wu of Han and would use the Edict of Grace.

In reality, the "Great Wall Guardian" was Li Shimin, who directly overthrew the interests of the imperial family upon ascending to the throne, and no one dared to oppose him.

There was no way around it; even if everyone in the Tang Dynasty combined, they couldn't defeat Li Shimin.

It's the same now. If you all come at me together, I, [Great Wall Watch], will take a step back and I'll admit defeat!

The silence didn't last long. A voice with a curry accent rang out, "A cabinet reshuffle is normal, but I don't understand why all five cabinet members are from Great Xia. Our powerful figure, [Brahma], isn't among them. [Brahma] is second only to the Hero level! Logically, it should be [Brahma]'s turn to lead the cabinet!"

Upon hearing this, some voices with a curry accent echoed, "That's right, we accept the cabinet members [Wu Po Feng Jiang] and [Feng Lang Ju Xu], but what makes [Hao Tian] and [Kua Fu] qualified? [Hao Tian] isn't particularly strong, and [Kua Fu] has no notable achievements. Why are they in the cabinet?"

"We oppose this appointment!"

"Objection! Objection!"

Just then, Jin Tianci, standing in the front row, stood up. "Shut up, you stinking Indians! When did your so-called 'Brahma' become the number one person below the Hero level? The number one person below the Hero level is Sentinel, okay? Does 'Brahma' have any achievements? Sentinel wiped out the Neanderthals! If 'Brahma' really has the guts, go and kill one of those five heretical races—dragonmen, elves, and dwarves! Then have a fair fight with Lord Sentinel! The Human Alliance upholds the principle of strength above all else! Do you dare?"

It has to be said that this is the way to deal with this kind of person.

Jin Tianci's combat power was at its maximum, and his extremely explosive output silenced the Indians instantly.

Fight the sentries?

Are you kidding me!

The sentries were truly formidable, earned through real combat!

Brahma's combat record is limited to his own territory; he has never fought against external enemies.

This is nowhere near as good as the sentry's.

At this moment, the Indians could only whisper about Brahma's kindness to people and the Sentinels' militarism, and dared not make any more noise.

Seeing that no one had any objections, Gou Chen continued, "Upon nomination by Chief of Staff Zhao Donglai, and in view of the bravery and outstanding achievements of the sentinel from the [Divine Capital] base in the battle of Perfect City, he is hereby specially promoted to the position of recorder for the [Kunpeng]."

As soon as those words were spoken, the last murmurs in the room disappeared.

Archivist, a seemingly insignificant clerical position, is actually a highly valuable job.

As you can see, [Great Wall Watch] is the archivist of the Qilin.

Back then, Lin Qilin, the captain of the Kirin, was the successor to [Raging Seas]. After Lin Qilin refused to become the chairman, the chairman automatically became [Great Wall Watch].

This is undoubtedly a blatant message to everyone that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the next speaker will be Zhao Donglai. If Zhao Donglai refuses, then the speaker will be the Sentinel!

In the silence, Jin Tianci raised his hands high and shouted fervently, "Long live the Human Alliance! The Speaker is mighty!"

With Jin Tianci leading the way, most of the lower and middle-level elites of the Human Alliance raised their hands and cheered.

Those middle and senior managers who didn't look too good could only grit their teeth and force a smile to express their celebration.

Everyone understands that Hughes' era is over.