From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

That's the work of the Light and Shadow Society.

Furthermore, you must know that your predecessors, who are now official members of the city defense force, and their instructor, Captain Seng, did not get along very well with the Light and Shadow Society.

Everyone seemed to be deep in thought.

"There's one more thing."

Red Girl added, "Charles was originally the head of the Light and Shadow Society, but after becoming the city lord, his first order was to promote Dustman 4068 to the rank of Upper Citizen and give him the name 'Follower of the Shadow,' personally violating the rules of the 'Three Great Laws' since their establishment..."

What do you think it's for?

Before anyone could respond, the girl in red declared loudly, "It must be that his thoughts are the same as mine! And the reason he personally broke the rules is simply because he is no longer the leader of the Light and Shadow Society, but the city lord."

There's an old saying in the old world:

Those in positions of authority should fulfill their responsibilities.

When he was the leader, all he wanted was the position of city lord.

But when he became the city lord, the first thing he had to do was not to let the Light and Shadow Society dominate the city!

The city defense forces, the hunters, and other departments are an indispensable part of the Lighthouse, but they are also the means he uses to balance the Light and Shadow Society.

"The lighthouse can only continue to function if all its departments maintain a balance; if any one department rises to prominence or becomes dominant, the resulting upheaval could be devastating to the lighthouse."

This moment.

Everyone was speechless.

The sheer volume of information made it difficult for them to process it all immediately.

Kunjie and Feixue, who had already come to their senses, felt a chill run down their spines, with only one thought in their minds: This Red Girl just blurted these words out—

Is everything alright?

As if she had heard what the two were thinking, after most of the people had digested and absorbed what she said, Hong Guniang said with a smile, "I know you are afraid and worried, but Charles, Lu Jin, Zhang Zhiwei and I have an unspoken understanding."

Given his physical condition, without the three of us, according to one of the criteria of the third life formula of the three laws:

Those who are no longer of medical value and can no longer contribute to the lighthouse must be abandoned; the elderly must go far away!

Charles should be abandoned!

His father, Morgan, the previous city lord, should have gone on a long journey after stepping down. In your minds, he should have gone on a long journey too. But I discovered that he is still in the lighthouse, being supported by Charles with the resources of the lighthouse, and that he has developed Alzheimer's disease.

According to the lighthouse's life formula, he is utterly worthless!

The entire audience erupted in uproar!

Red Girl also achieved her goal: "It is obvious that the city lord is young and promising, and he must also feel that there is a problem with the three laws. So he 'leads by example' and wants to make changes while maintaining the balance of the internal system of the lighthouse. Captain Shadow is his first pawn."

In that case, how could I not give him a push?

Faced with the Red Girl who had already learned Jiang Liu's "nonsense" skills, these naive city defense reserve soldiers, civilians, as well as Mo Chen and Erica, actually believed her.

Only Kunjie, Feixue, and Wu Chenxi, who knew Hong Guniang, were able to sense the oddity in Hong Guniang's words.

But that's all; it's unclear exactly what's wrong.

"Oscar!"

By this time, Oscar had run three laps and was breathing somewhat erratically when Red Girl called him to stop.

"exist."

Oscar stopped abruptly, took a deep breath, and shouted.

"Back to the team! We'll continue the remaining seventeen laps after we've divided into groups!"

"Yes!"

Oscar is back.

In the next half hour, all the Dust People had chosen their future partners, leaving only Guang Chenxi and 4079.

“4277, 4079, you two are a step slower than the others. I’ll give you two choices: one of you can follow Mo Chen, Fei Xue, Kun Jie, and Erica, and the other of you can follow me. You have one minute to consider,” Red Girl said to the two of them.

"I'll go with you!"

Wu Chenxi knew this was the "procedure," so she made her choice in front of everyone.

“Then I will go with these four hunters.”

4277 chose the latter.

“No need to call them ‘sir,’ just call them ‘boss,’” said the girl in red. “I’ve secured this opportunity for you, but whether you can gain their approval depends on your individual abilities…”

# Chapter 1154 The General Trend is Gradually Taking Shape

The common people choose good people.

The team members were divided into groups.

Hong Guniang held up three fingers and said, "Three days! I'm only giving you three days to get familiar with your logistics and be able to cooperate in a basic way."

Three days later, the first group followed me to the ground for live-fire training.

"Three days?!"

Feixue exclaimed, "Isn't it a bit too short?"

Time waits for no one.

Red Girl has her reasons.

If it were merely a rampage of Devouring Beasts, they would ultimately be nothing more than wild beasts, no match for human weaponry. Yet, humanity has been forced to take refuge in the high altitudes.

Why?

Considering the interference they experienced during their journey to this timeline, which led to Jiang Liu losing contact with them...

Aside from the fact that the various human regimes in this time and space have not truly united, the main reason is that the Mana ecosystem destroyed and replaced the original ecosystem of Earth in a short period of time, and it involves a kind of higher-dimensional deity. Therefore, the Devouring Beast is very likely an incarnation prepared by a higher-dimensional being for its descent!

Perhaps her original world, this spacetime, is what is called "low-dimensional" to higher-dimensional beings. However, it is definitely not easy for higher-dimensional beings to directly descend to the lower dimension where they live. They must follow the laws of lower-dimensional spacetime, that is, they must have a physical body that can move in lower-dimensional spacetime, whether it is matter or energy!

of course.

The current Devouring Beasts are too low-level, and the higher-dimensional gods will most likely look down on them. They will have to wait until they "evolve" to be closer to human form, perhaps even closer to the appearance of the Ghost Mother, before they might "condescend to descend".

Given that the Devouring Beasts have an entire ecosystem as their "logistics support," their evolution speed will inevitably increase, and the humans of the Lighthouse must engage in actual combat as much as possible!

However, these reasons could not be explained to the people of the Lighthouse for the time being, so they could only make up a reason at random: "Lu Jin, Zhang Zhiwei, and I have lived on the surface for many years and know how fast the Mana ecosystem is evolving. If we don't conduct practical exercises soon, it may not be long before the Mana ecosystem evolves into flying Devouring Beasts!"

As a veteran, Kun Jie had already been engaged in resource collection missions with the previous commander, Hong Kou, before Mark took over as commander. He clearly understood how fast the Devouring Beasts evolved, knew that what Hong Kou said was not an exaggeration, and also understood that the higher-ups of the Lighthouse knew this as well.

However, compared to the threat posed by the Devouring Beasts—

Human nature is even more unpredictable.

He was unsure whether to continue trusting the enigmatic young woman before him, but for now, he had no choice but to obey her orders…

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"Kunjie, do you think Red Girl and Charles are in cahoots?"

After a day of training, Mo Chen dispersed his energy, exhaled a breath of stale air, and looked at Kun Jie, who had also completed the Small Heavenly Circuit technique.

"what?"

Kun Jie didn't react for a moment.

Over the past two months, they have also confirmed the identities of Hong Guniang, Zhang Zhiwei, and Lu Jin from other commoners and upper-class citizens.

They were definitely ground survivors!

Even though much information remains unclear, it is enough for them to be certain that the three men are definitely not the same kind of people as Charles!

"What she said today seemed to... lean towards consolidating Charles's position?" Erica voiced her doubts.

"You two are overthinking it!"

Kun Jie rolled his eyes and asked Fei Xue, "You don't think so too, do you?"

"will not."

Feixue raised her finger to look at the mask on her face and said to Mochen and Erica, "Sister Hong is saying this to the city defense reserve."

There is falsehood among truth, and there is truth among falsehood.

The three of them seized power from Charles by virtue of their ability to cure scarlet fever—

One became the Dust People Commander, one seized half of the management from Eun, and one joined the city defense force... Don't you think their initial goal was to seize power?

"Would it threaten the lighthouse's safety?"

Mo Chen now has no good feelings towards Charles and is quite dissatisfied with the three laws of the Lighthouse, but his other friends in the Lighthouse are innocent!

Moreover, lighthouses are humanity's only home!

"Judging from the actions of those three so far, it seems they will only threaten Charles and make life better for the Beacon Dust People? In the past two months, the Dust People's enthusiasm for work has soared, and their efficiency has also improved considerably..."

Feixue was somewhat uncertain and looked at Kunjie, hoping that this composed veteran could explain the situation she had not considered.

"That's true."

Quincy nodded. “They’re ‘forcing’ Charles.”

Why go through all this trouble?

Erica was puzzled. "Since they have such great power, they could have just gone after Charles directly!"

"Yes! With Zhang Zhiwei's abilities, he can unleash golden light when he uses his powers, and he could even be called the spokesperson for the 'Lord of Light and Shadow'."

Mo Chen echoed.

The implication is that with their power, they could easily force Charles to abdicate by violently subduing a portion of the population and then enticing them with the promise of spiritual cultivation.

“I used to find it strange, and even wondered if they had some kind of special fetish… But after following Red Girl for two months, and after what she said to those city defense reserve soldiers today, I understand why—”

A sharp glint flashed in Kun Jie's eyes, "Red Girl, or rather, the three of them, have a very clear understanding of the balance of power among the various factions in the Lighthouse!"

On the surface, they appear to be getting along well, but behind the scenes they are actually competing with each other.

If they suppress with violence, the balance will inevitably be broken, conflict will break out, and casualties will result... Haven't you noticed? They treat the Upper People and the Dust People almost equally, and even today they are facilitating cooperation between the Upper People and the Dust People—Two Bodies, One Mind.