Chapter 144: Events on All Sides There was no chance that what happened in the academy could be kept secret. On the third day after the special admissions student escaped, the news had spread throughout the entire East University District. As an area directly under the jurisdiction of the central government, several cities in the East Region have been in chaos one after another, which has made the cabinet, including the prime minister with a violent temper, extremely vigilant about the emergence of such obviously gang-like villains. Because Zhao Mingda and Cheng Che had previously gone to the Sun to investigate information related to Lin Chunmo, all of these investigation results were kept at the central government. After other people in the cabinet took over the information, they went to Zhulan College for an in-depth investigation. Eventually, a report was submitted to the cabinet, which concluded that the recent vicious incidents in the East District were likely related to the remnants of the Green Day terrorist organization that was wiped out decades ago. The cabinet took the report seriously and issued a new alert order in the Eastern Region, asking all cities to remain on alert. Once they detected the possibility of being selected as the next cholera target, the central government would directly provide the most effective support. At the same time, regarding the special recruits who escaped from the college with the keys, the college handed over the right to deal with these people to the central government. The Cabinet even held a special meeting internally for this matter, during which a heated argument broke out. At the beginning, the cabinet ministers all believed that these special recruits who had strictly violated the bottom line of central law and committed such serious crimes should be hunted down and arrested in the most severe manner.
However, in the middle of the meeting, a minister suddenly pointed out that the thousands of special recruits had been completely scattered to various cities, and nearly 900 of them had been injected with the key and became scientists. These people are hiding in dozens of underground cities in the East District. Not only will they become a huge hidden danger, but as long as they want to hide, the local security forces have no means or ability to find them. The central government also has no way of deploying too much support forces to so many cities at once. It is simply unrealistic to capture and hunt down all these special recruits who have already made it to the top. The central government can completely issue a decree to allow the various underground cities below to recruit these special recruits in their own name. Small cities have very few scientists and underdeveloped scientific and technological levels. Some cities cannot even set up an atmospheric bureau to take over the central government's meteorological authority. Recruiting these special recruits can not only solve most of the hidden dangers, but also improve the scientific research level of each city. Then, these special recruits can be corrupted. Finally, when they can be completely controlled, consider whether to kill or keep them. This was a highly feasible and perfect plan. But as soon as it was brought up at the cabinet meeting, it encountered huge opposition! The opponents have only two points of view. First, these special recruits have committed a mistake that can be called a taboo. If they are not punished but are recruited instead, it would be tantamount to providing a negative example for everyone else and showing weakness to the cities below! Then similar things will happen one after another, and more and more people will have different ideas. Second, this is also the most important and crucial point. The college reported that a total of 892 keys were stolen, and those special recruits were all the most outstanding students in the college. In other words, nearly 900 scientists can be produced from this group of people. And there are less than a hundred dungeons in the entire East District! Among them, there are some very small cities with a population of only tens of thousands. If all these 900 scientists are received by the cities below, then on average, each city will receive at least more than 9 first-level scientists. Even in a Class I resource city like the Sun, there were only a few first-level ones in the entire city. If it weren’t for Lin Chunmo who held up the scene in the end, there wouldn’t even be a single second-level one! And now, you want to cram about 10 first-order people into such a city. Who will transfer their interests to them? If these 10 people were to join the Unity Party, not to mention cities like Zhulan where power has already been firmly established, if it were an underground city with a small government, how could they resist the seizure of power by these 10 people? Because of this issue, the cabinet argued endlessly for three whole days before conducting an internal vote under the strong pressure of the prime minister. In the end, it was decided to hold these special recruits accountable, and the majority of them were hunted down and killed, so the issue of how to treat these special recruits was completely determined. It was at the same time that the cabinet received the information passed on by the academy and issued a wanted order to all dungeons. The academy also announced the final explanation as to why the lives of special recruits were used to make the keys.
The impact this incident had on the outside world was much greater than the issue of the student recruitment and escape. After all, the academy has always claimed to be at the forefront of civilization, yet it has committed such despicable acts that most cities would not do. After they said that all this was for the future of all mankind, most people scoffed at this reason. All crows are black, and since we are all the same, who can you convince with such false and empty words? But the real key is that the college subsequently publicly stated that it would carry out a series of internal reforms. Those subsequent reward and punishment measures for special recruits were publicized to every place by various underground cities under the strict orders of the central government. But even though they knew about the reforms in the college, as long as they could get excellent grades in the college, they could get various rewards that they would never dare to think about in normal times. However, those low-income families still remained on the sidelines and were wary of this. Because the academy itself had already lost its integrity in the matter of key making, those special recruits who were originally said to be expelled and resold were actually made into keys in the end. This is a huge black spot that the academy cannot erase no matter how it explains. It was also because of this that the college began to carry out the first reform examination for special admissions students. This time, not only did the special recruits with the best scores get more rewards, but those with the worst scores were not punished. This was not only to establish credibility, but also to appease the special recruits who were increasingly anxious and fearful about attending classes and staying in the academy. These measures and their effects were immediate. The college cancelled the original plan for special classes and directly conducted a major test for the remaining special admissions students, and released the results within three days. Then, according to the established rules, the top 1000 students were rewarded, and a three-pin key was directly pulled out from the cellar, allowing the top three to be converted from special recruits to regular students on the spot. Each special recruit who took the exam was also given a one-month food allowance. Sure enough, after this exam, at least the college had regained stability from the chaos. And just when the central government and the college were making all kinds of big moves. On the train that escaped from the college, there were only dozens of special recruits who had not yet gotten off. Zhu Long, Jiang Qi, Hong Lili, etc., as well as Green were still in the car. "I'm going to get off at the next stop, Zhulan," said Hong Lili. In response, Zhu Long simply reminded her and the people who were going to get off at Zhulan with her again and again without getting tired of it. "Remember, you can look for it when you get to Zhulan." "We can avoid other people and go to the chairman named Qi Miaomiao alone. She can help us, and we can help her. And no matter how much we trust her, we should not mention how we knew to find her or anything about Qian Wei in front of her." Hong Lili repeated in an emotionless voice what Zhu Long had said no less than ten times. "I have memorized it completely, so you don't have to mention it over and over again." Zhu Long smiled and didn't care about Hong Lili's complaints. "This is what Qian Wei has repeatedly told me. Just remember it." Then he turned and looked at Jiang Qi. "Then there are only two of us left. What are your plans for the future?" Jiang Qi pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose. He had obviously thought about this question many times before Zhu Long asked it. "I plan to go back to Taiyang according to Qian Wei's suggestion. If the chairman of Zhulan is really on the same front with us, I want to get off the car with Hong Lili in Zhulan later. After meeting the chairman, I will ask her to give me a legal and compliant identity in Zhulan, and then go to Taiyang through Zhulan."
His plan was very thorough. Given their current identities and status, it was not an easy task to obtain a legal identity that could withstand scrutiny in a city. But as long as we get off in Zhulan, with the help of the chairman who rules the entire Zhulan, this matter will be a simple one. After answering Zhu Long's question, Jiang Qi also turned his attention to Zhu Long. "What about you? Where are you going?" Zhu Long said calmly. "I also want to go to the Sun. It's dangerous there, but it's the front line of the struggle. People will always become numb after living in peace for too long. Just like those of us who have been separated now, how many of us can still stick to our ideals and remember what we said at the beginning, that we would fight our way back to the academy? It's still unknown." "I'm afraid I'll become that kind of person in the future, so I want to go to the battlefield and see some blood." Hearing his words, Jiang Qi couldn't help but smile and put her arm around Zhu Long's shoulders. "Then we can travel together again from now on!" Green also said with a smile. "Since you have all made your decision, I will also get off at the next stop and prepare to transfer home." At the same time, he also warned seriously. "Remember the contact information I left for you. If you encounter a situation that you cannot resolve later, come to the West District and find me at my home!" "it is good!" (End of this chapter)