After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

The top trending topic on several social media platforms is "heroic councilor," and even some TV stations are filled with interviews with these heroic councilors.

Jiang Wanqing wondered if the government had hired a lot of online trolls, but when she read the posts of these heroic congressmen, she always saw a large number of people claiming to be from a certain state who had received help from these congressmen and were rescued from a state of hunger, thirst, and imminent death.

Others provided various before-and-after photos of the rescue.

Jiang Wanqing couldn't help but laugh as she watched.

With the current popularity of heroic councilors, shouldn't I also find an opportunity to make my own appearance?

Putting everything else aside, Jiang Wanqing believed that with the system's help, there was absolutely no problem with her contributions to the people.

What about selecting talent from among the people, what about suppressing the state's capitalists for the sake of the people, what...

The live stream on a social networking site that Jiang Wanqing was watching suddenly went dark. After a brief silence, new images and sounds appeared.

The footage shows an airplane flying through the air and landing.

Off-camera, there was a voice that was hard to tell whether it was fear or a sigh.

"Zhou Yan is here..."

Jiang Wanqing's pupils turned: 玖∵死'》儿【★毶衫〔』燯∷）唔一缩.

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Inside a residential house, a primary school student was watching his favorite cartoon in front of the TV. Just as he put a handful of potato chips in his mouth, the TV channel changed to a scene of an international airport plane landing.

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Inside an internet cafe.

A young man who was slurping instant noodles and watching his favorite idol's live stream suddenly found his computer monitor displaying images of planes descending at an international airport.

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The headquarters of Zhongzhou TV Station, the director's office.

The station director held his phone and roared into it.

"Hurry, hurry, we must get our hands on the first-hand interview materials!"

"What? Dongyang TV dares to stop us! Fight them! I'll take responsibility if anything happens!"

……

The Second Security Bureau of Zhongzhou City, Director's Office.

Standing in front of a floor-to-ceiling window, with his back to his subordinates, the director, an awakened individual who could be considered a pillar of Zhongzhou City, spoke with a complex mix of emotions.

"How is the situation?"

One of his men stepped forward and said.

"The city's television stations, including the major teams behind our country's social media platforms and live streaming apps, are almost all focused on the international airport. Almost everyone is very interested in that true god."

The bureau chief hummed in agreement and said in a low voice.

"After all, this is the first time the true god has appeared in public."

……

The rooftops of various high-rise buildings around Zhongzhou International Airport.

One by one, the awakened ones pushed open the door on the roof and walked to the roof railing.

Some didn't want to share a rooftop with others, so they flew into the air and stared intently at the plane that had landed on the lawn inside the airport.

Thousands of eyes focused on one spot.

Thousands of reporters, along with the creative teams from various social media and live streaming platforms, surrounded the airport.

The plane came to a stop, the cabin door opened, and a trolley drove over.

Zhou Yan, dressed in a black suit, came out.

A new god appeared before everyone.

Chapter Three: The New King

Most of the time, even in large cities with laws, police, and the military, awakened individuals live by the law of the jungle.

If you are strong enough to crush others, you will have absolute power of speech.

Therefore, as the Four Divine Beasts gradually grew stronger and became distinct from other awakened beings, wealth, power, and followers naturally gathered around them.

Today, the Four Divine Beasts are the behind-the-scenes controllers of the Eastern Xia Federation, holding a much higher position among the Awakened than the weak and incompetent Federal Government.

Therefore, in the states where the Four Divine Beasts reside, they act as absolute vortexes of power. The resources, wealth, and talent within these vortexes are beyond the reach of the federal government, and other awakened beings dare not touch them. *Whoosh*

And now, as the plane carrying the new god descends from mid-air, pauses, opens its doors, and the new god emerges from the cabin, exposed to the sunlight...

Some airport staff didn't seem to notice much, but the reporters waiting on the tarmac, the Awakened ones standing atop the surrounding skyscrapers, and those floating in mid-air knew they were seeing a vortex.

A being equal to the Four Divine Beasts, yet not yet fully matured, destined to possess immense power and wealth in the future. Ultimately, it will grow into a behemoth capable of shaking the Eastern Xia Federation with a mere stomp of its foot and altering the fates of countless individuals with a single word. 2

After disembarking from the plane, Zhou Yan glanced around, first at the reporters, then up at the tall buildings and blue sky outside the airport. 9

Zhou Yan spotted several hundred well-hidden Awakened Ones.

Upon sensing Zhou Yan's gaze, these awakened individuals either turned away or obediently hid themselves.

No one dared to linger under Zhou Yan's gaze for long.

Wei Youde and others began to descend from behind Zhou Yan. (Part Three)

Once everyone was present, Zhou Yan led the group towards the airport exit.

A large group of reporters surrounded them. Leaving aside the reporters on Wei Youde's side, the reporters on Zhou Yan's side seemed to be all stunning beauties, as if to prevent Zhou Yan from getting angry.

“Councilor Zhou, I heard you are a true god-level awakened being…”4

"Ah."

"As the saying goes, with great power comes great responsibility. Representative Zhou, have you ever considered that the other states besides Dongyang State are also in a relatively chaotic state and need your power to protect them?"

"Not interested."

If it's a demigod, a state with tens of millions of people can be covered. If it's a true god, a state, even one with hundreds of millions of people, would definitely be too small. Dongyang State has tens of millions of people, so it doesn't need a great god like Zhou Yan to suppress them. Many reporters, sociology experts, and university professors in political science have provided explanations for this during this period.

Even if Zhou Yan is unwilling to extend his influence beyond Dongyang Prefecture and imply that this place will be his territory in the future, the surrounding prefecture governments will still come to curry favor with him.

We have no choice but to support them. Zhou Yan is so close and so powerful; it's like setting up several unrestricted, cost-free retreat cannons on the edge of our own state.

From now on, if Zhou Yan says anything out of the ordinary, the surrounding state governments will be shaken. So instead of trying to figure out what Zhou Yan means after he speaks and making a fool of himself, it's better to kneel down and become Zhou Yan's little brother now.

The retreating cannon is right at our doorstep. There's no shame in admitting defeat. Anyway, we're all in the same boat now, and we can use it to scare people in other states.

"Councilor Zhou, I heard that you used to consider yourself a demigod, but now you have become a true god. Do you have anything to say about the past?"

This reporter seemed to want to dig into Zhou Yan's past actions, such as his reluctance to admit he was a true god.

Zhou Yan glanced at the reporter and said nonchalantly.

"The past is the past, I don't want to bring it up again."

Then other reporters came up.

"Councilor Zhou, I heard you want to finish your university courses..."

"If I had the chance, I would definitely like to."

In the Eastern Xia United States, anyone with a university degree is considered a highly skilled individual, because universities are not accessible to the lower classes.

What are your thoughts on the future development of the federal government?

"I don't have any particular thoughts. The federal government is doing a great job right now."

Zhou Yan walked out of the airport, facing the group of reporters.

There were even more Awakened Ones hiding furtively outside the airport. Zhou Yan saw Awakened Ones pretending to be beggars, Awakened Ones pretending to be couples, Awakened Ones pretending to be cleaners, and a large number of FBI detectives huddled in nearby apartments, peeking at him through the gaps in the curtains.

There are many more people indirectly projecting their gaze onto Zhou Yan through surveillance cameras, televisions, computers, live streaming apps, and mobile phones, trying to understand Bai Ze's thoughts, actions, and personality.

It's like going from the coal age to the steam age, and from the steam age to the electrical age.

Just like after the advent of computers, all capitalists knew that the protagonist of the next era would be computers, information technology, and virtual networks.

Zhou Yan, who is now arriving from the airport, represents the next era of steam technology, electrical technology, and virtual technology.

The universally acknowledged, undisputed new king.

Zhongzhou City will be the place where this new king is crowned.

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Inside a conference room in Zhangjia Community.

The LCD screen at the front of the conference room displayed live video of Zhou Yan being interviewed by various reporters.

Below, a dozen or so people of the Celestial caste watched with solemn expressions. Su Bijun was among them. In the entire conference room, only this woman was able to remain calm; the others were either pale-faced or trembling uncontrollably.

After a long pause, one of the archbishops of the Miro religion turned to look at the other divine castes.

"Do you think he'll let us go if we all kneel down and apologize to Bai Ze, begging our father to forgive us?"

Su Bijun bit her lip. For some reason, she remembered the scene back in Xiaoxitian when Zhou Yan, with the domineering aura of a CEO, made her call him "Dad".

……

First College, Girls' Dormitory.

Mi Qing watched, her face pale, as her ex-boyfriend, surrounded by a group of reporters, got into a luxury car provided by the federal government.

Then the reporters began speaking to the audience off-camera.

"Times are changing..."

"The attitude of this newly emerged true god will change the existing pattern of the entire country..."

"Oh my god, that's just an eighteen-year-old kid..."

"She might even be a virgin."

"Beep beep beep... Chirp chirp <∧Ai□∨San★Sanzhong: Turn ˉＱ:"

Mi Qing's phone rang.

Mi Qing took it out, then her face turned pale.

Someone kicked Mi Qing out of the class group, then the school group, and then the WeChat group.

Ever since Mi Qing was beaten by Zhou Yan, she has become the undisputed pitiful girl in the First Academy who was subjected to male violence. Many senior students, junior students and so on have feelings of pity and care for Mi Qing.

But now, these senior students who were previously kind and gentle to Mi Qing have been sending her friend requests one after another.

The notification bar, which originally showed no data, instantly jumped to 99+.

In a short while, Mi Qing deleted more than 300 friends and more than 30 groups from WeChat.

Chapter 4 Shinano

As the first confirmed true god, Zhou Yan was greeted by a convertible car, a vehicle reserved for the president, as he exited the airport.

Zhou Yan got into the convertible. The rest of his political crew, who didn't dislike being interviewed like him, didn't leave with him. They happily accepted the interviews surrounded by reporters, wanting the whole country to know their achievements and names.

The future political landscape of Dongyang Prefecture will be that Zhou Yan will serve as the governor and a member of parliament, while Wei Youde and his group will either be mayors or city councilors in various places, as well as some high-level talents selected from the public to serve as senior officials in local governments in the future.

This is what true upward mobility looks like.

With the disaster overshadowed by the absence of deeply entrenched relationships and vested interests, no one objected to Zhou Yan selecting talent from the common people.

Of course, the number of high-ranking officials from various regions who come to Zhongzhou City to receive awards from the federal government is currently limited; Zhou Yansan only brought his own startup team.

After Zhou Yan got into the convertible, the driver, dressed in military uniform, started the vehicle and drove towards the Daxing Hotel on a road that had been cleared by the army and where only the sidewalks were occupied.

Many people were forcibly pushed onto the sidewalk by the military. Some of them were journalists from various places, some were self-media personalities, and some were live-streaming internet celebrities.

Many people wanted to capitalize on Zhou Yan's popularity to make a quick buck, but under the current military control, they could only reach out onto the soldiers' shoulders and heads, point their phones and cameras at Zhou Yan, and keep taking pictures.

The military driver, whose car was flashed several times by the flashing lights on the sidewalk, couldn't help but remark to Zhou Yan.

“Councilor Zhou, you are very popular.”

Zhou Yan responded.

"When a viral product is first packaged, it's hard to find, but once the hype dies down, nobody cares anymore."

Zhou Yan had seen a lot of online celebrity marketing before, such as Heytea, Sad Tea, some inexplicable desserts, and some teacups. When these things were first hyped up, they could increase in value by a factor of ten from the original ten yuan. But once the hype died down, who would remember their past glory?