101: Have you eaten?

The Senate.

Shen Xi looked at the tall building in front of him and couldn't help but secretly click his tongue.

It really was a case of 'behind red-lacquered gates, wine and meat go to waste, while on the road, people freeze to death'.

In the Inner City, where every inch of land is as precious as gold, even a house in a remote corner costs hundreds of millions.

Despite this, there was still a group of people scrambling to buy them.

And the vast majority of people could only afford a snail-like dwelling of a dozen square meters, with a family of three crammed together.

Yet, a single Senate building alone covered an area of ten thousand square meters.

Furthermore, this was a five-story building, which meant the total area reached fifty thousand square meters.

If this were used to house Outer City residents, it could at least solve the housing problem for thousands of people.

No!

If they squeezed, even ten thousand people would be possible.

One must understand, this wasn't just about ten thousand people having a place to live.

This also meant that ten thousand people could hide in the Inner City, avoid the Yao Beast tide, and save their lives.

That was ten thousand lives!

Indeed, his previous world was much better.

Shen Xi remarked with a sigh.

When he first arrived in this world, he was somewhat excited by its wonders.

There were Martial Artists and Yao Beasts, a splendor he had never experienced before.

But now, he only felt cruelty.

The wealth gap was too wide, and death constantly loomed over ordinary people, like a sharp sword, no one knew when it would fall.

In this world, the strong could live very comfortably, but ordinary people lived miserably.

“Phew! I won't think about this anymore; my strength isn't enough to change all of this yet.”

Shen Xi let out a long breath, shook his head, and stopped thinking about it.

He walked into the Senate's main entrance.

“Stop!”

The guard at the door stopped Shen Xi.

Hearing this, Shen Xi released the aura of his Great Accomplishment of Yuanqi.

The next second, the guard immediately stopped, bowed respectfully, and said, “Please proceed!”

Strength is the ultimate truth.

The guard, who usually looked down on people and didn't give them a proper glance, immediately changed his demeanor and dared not block Shen Xi.

He proceeded unhindered.

During this time, he also encountered some people from the Senate.

However, no one stopped Shen Xi.

Those who could enter here either had connections or strength; no one was foolish enough to provoke others without reason.

Soon, Shen Xi arrived at the Council.

This was where the Senators collectively worked.

As for the Speaker of the Senate, his status was different; he had his own independent office.

“Excuse me...”

Just as Shen Xi was about to ask where Zhao Delong was, he heard a frightened voice from a corner.

“Oh my god!”

Looking in the direction of the voice, he saw Zhao Delong looking at him in a panic.

At this moment, Zhao Delong felt like crying.

Why was this guy here?

No wonder he had felt uneasy just now.

So, this meant bad luck was coming!

Could it be that the other party was here because of what happened at Star Zenith Department Store?

But hadn't he already let him off the hook?

What if he beat him up in public?

Then he really wouldn't be able to get by in the future!

Zhao Delong thought of many things in an instant, and the more he thought, the more scared he became.

All fear comes from the unknown.

Before he could confirm Shen Xi's intentions, he felt his scalp tingle.

After thinking for a moment, he whispered to his colleague beside him, “Brother, do me a favor and go find Speaker of the Senate Liu. Tell him I have an urgent matter to discuss with him!”

Now, only Liu Piaoling might be able to protect him.

His colleague, not understanding why, still nodded and agreed; there were no conflicts of interest, so a small favor could be granted.

After giving these instructions, Zhao Delong braced himself, forced a smile, and walked towards Shen Xi.

“Hahaha, Little Brother Shen, what brings you to the Senate?”

He wanted to cry, but he had to hold it in; he had to smile.

“I want to leave the city.”

Shen Xi stated his purpose.

Hearing this, Zhao Delong showed a knowing smile for the first time.

Leaving the city was good!

Once he left the Twenty-eighth City, he wouldn't have to constantly worry about being retaliated against.

As for contacting others to seek revenge on Shen Xi...

In reality, it wasn't that important.

As long as he could survive, what method wouldn't work?

“No problem, I'll handle it for you right away!”

Zhao Delong patted his chest and guaranteed.

To prevent Shen Xi from suddenly changing his mind, he, who was usually lazy in his work, handled the exit procedures with utmost urgency for the first time.

Even many unnecessary Materials were omitted whenever possible, as long as he could send off this plague god, Shen Xi.

In less than five minutes, the matter was settled.

Shen Xi now held a pass token.

“With this token, you can freely enter and exit the Twenty-eighth City. Do you have any other matters?”

Zhao Delong asked with a fawning smile.

“No, thank you.”

Shen Xi nodded, turned, and left.

It wasn't until his figure completely disappeared that Zhao Delong let out a sigh of relief, as if a great burden had been lifted.

“Zhao Delong, I heard you had an urgent matter to discuss with me?”

Behind him, Liu Piaoling's voice rang out.

Zhao Delong's smile froze; how could he have forgotten about this?

He had initially thought Shen Xi was here to cause trouble, which scared him into quickly asking his colleague to invite Liu Piaoling.

It turned out the other party was just here to process exit procedures, which made Zhao Delong a bit awkward.

He couldn't possibly tell Liu Piaoling that he had invited him because he was afraid of being beaten up by Shen Xi.

Saying that in private would be fine, but this was the Council, and many Senators were present!

If that got out, he would become the biggest laughingstock.

“Ahem,” Zhao Delong awkwardly coughed twice, finally managing to squeeze out a sentence: “I just wanted to ask you, have you eaten yet?”

“Hmph!”

Liu Piaoling snorted in anger and turned to leave.

He had thought the other party really had an urgent matter.

So, he was being played?

Beside him, his colleague's face also turned extremely ugly.

He was the one who had invited him!

Wasn't this setting him up?

“Zhao Delong, you're really something!”

His colleague finally couldn't help but curse.

Then, he rushed to catch up with Liu Piaoling, wanting to explain that this matter had nothing to do with him.

Zhao Delong slumped powerlessly to the ground, wondering what sin he had committed!

If he had known it would turn out this way, he definitely would have strengthened his son's education and not allowed him to bully others by relying on his power.

That way, Zhao Minsheng wouldn't have gone to the Outer City to intercept Shen Xi, thus dying in the Two-Headed Sheep disaster, and none of the subsequent events would have happened.

Alas, there were no 'ifs'.

Moreover, Zhao Delong would not change.

Being high and mighty was ingrained in his bones.

If Shen Xi hadn't been able to threaten his life, why would he have been so polite? He would have long since found ways to target Shen Xi and exact revenge.

Of course, none of this concerned Shen Xi.

He didn't care what Zhao Delong thought either.

As long as the other party didn't court death, he was too lazy to waste too much time on him.