110: Section 110

Yet in Jing Yuan's mouth, he had become a short-sighted schemer; how could this not infuriate him?

Jing Yuan's reasonable deduction forced Mark to suspect that Morgan truly thought this way.

"Lord City Lord, is that so?" Mark pressed for an answer.

Morgan tried his best to calm his emotions; he knew that now, the only one who could save the Lighthouse was Mark.

If Mark believed what Jing Yuan said, everything would be over.

Morgan looked at Mark and said, "The reason those people on the ground have superpowers is because they compromised with the mana ecology and became a part of it—that's why they have superpowers!"

Morgan looked at Jing Yuan again. "So... merging with the ecology is your so-called solution? Are people like you even still human?"

These words from Morgan were indeed something Jing Yuan hadn't expected.

He knew Bai Yuekui and the people of Dragon Bone Village gained their abilities by stimulating their Source Essence Potential.

But if asked what the essence of stimulating that potential was, even Jing Yuan couldn't say for sure.

Furthermore, Jing Yuan's 'cheat' was absorbing the life source essence of Phage Beasts to strengthen his telekinesis.

Phage Beasts were a part of the ecology.

If he absorbed a part of the ecology, would he eventually truly merge with it?

Morgan's viewpoint did indeed have its own logic.

Mark looked at Jing Yuan and asked, "Is that true?"

"I'm not sure either," Jing Yuan spoke truthfully. "I believe we still need to find those people on the ground to understand the situation before making a conclusion!"

"Hmph!" Morgan gave a cold laugh. "Mark, if you insist on going your own way, I can't stop you. But please do not gamble with the lives of the tens of thousands of people on the Lighthouse."

Jing Yuan looked at Morgan with a strange gaze; this old man was putting on quite the act of loving his people like his own children now.

Jing Yuan said, "The Ground People have a skill that can hide the scent of their life source essence; this is what they rely on to survive on The Surface. If we can also learn this skill, even if we don't cooperate with the Ground People, it will be much easier for us to collect resources in the future."

"Then you would have to compromise with the ecology just like them!" Morgan still did not agree.

"I don't think so." Jing Yuan looked at Morgan. "City Lord Morgan, you are biased against the people on the ground. We came to find you originally to ask for information about The Surface. The Lighthouse has been floating in the sky for decades, and while the common people know nothing about The Surface, as the City Lord, it's impossible for you to be completely ignorant. At this point, I don't think there's any need for you to keep this information hidden."

"What else do you want to know? Hasn't everything already been pried out of me by your testing?" Morgan knew that Jing Yuan had been trying to provoke him to fish for this information.

After calming down, Morgan also realized this.

It's impossible for a person to completely control their emotions.

When a sore spot is touched, one will still jump in anger.

"Lord City Lord, I know you aren't ready to fully hand the Lighthouse over to me..."

Jing Yuan suddenly looked at Mark—what was this guy doing!

"However, since things have reached this point, I can only act on behalf of the City Lord's duties. Once we have scouted the situation on the ground, we will come back to discuss it with you."

After Mark finished speaking, he looked at Jing Nan. "Take the City Lord back to his residence and take good care of him!"

"I will."

Immediately, Jing Yuan gave Snow Peak and Kun Jie a look, and the two nodded in understanding.

From today onwards, Morgan could only live in his luxurious residence... After the coup in the early hours of the morning, the Law Enforcers who participated and survived were all imprisoned.

However, the Light and Shadow Society had many followers, many of whom were Charles's supporters.

But there were too many people to imprison, yet leaving them outside risked them causing trouble.

So Mark urgently convened a Court Council to discuss how to manage the Lighthouse next.

In the Central Command Hall, Mark's Wasteland Hunters confidants were all gathered.

In addition, there were several department heads.

Currently, City Defense Force Commander Victor was detained by Charles; Jing Yuan sent people to replace Charles's men and continued the detention.

Charles, Senge, and others were imprisoned.

Among the remaining supervisors, Logistics Supervisor Eun was also one of Charles's men.

But now that Charles's coup had failed, he very sensibly began to suck up to Mark.

Mark stood below the high platform; although he was now the City Lord, he did not want to stand in that high-and-mighty position.

He chose to stand together with the others.

Mark looked at everyone and arranged, "Snow Peak, you will take over the City Defense Force; you must stabilize the situation on the Lighthouse. Kun Jie, Gao Ge, Gavin, Haji—you will assist Snow Peak."

"No problem!" Snow Peak agreed.

"Good!"

"I didn't expect the Little Boss to become the City Lord today." Haji usually liked to joke, but when he joked now, he was glared at by Snow Peak.

Mark, however, didn't mind.

"Mo Cheng, the Wasteland Hunters will now be under your command. Jeff and Corey, you will assist Mo Cheng. The primary task for the Wasteland Hunters now is to stabilize the situation alongside the City Defense Force."

"Understood!"

Everyone's gaze turned to Jing Yuan.

If Mo Cheng was commanding the Wasteland Hunters, then what about Jing Yuan?

Chapter 113: The New Leader

Everyone knew that this time Charles had framed Mark and even attempted to assassinate him to launch a coup.

It was thanks to Jing Yuan's secret planning and preparation.

The greatest credit for Mark becoming City Lord should belong to Jing Yuan.

Jing Yuan was originally the Deputy Captain of the Wasteland Hunters. Logically, with Mark becoming City Lord, the position of Wasteland Hunter Commander should have been given to Jing Yuan, but Mark had given the command to Mo Cheng.

Faced with everyone's surprised looks, Mark still didn't mind. He looked at Logistics Supervisor Eun and asked, "Eun, what is the current situation with the Lighthouse's food reserves?"

"Food is currently sufficient and can support us for a long time."

"What about the Upper Citizens' food?"

"Also sufficient!"

"Take a portion of the Upper Citizens' food and distribute it to the Dust Citizens."

"Distribute it to the Dust Citizens?" Eun said in shock, "Captain Mark... Lord City Lord, the Dust Citizen population is too large. Even if we gave all the Upper Citizens' food to them, it wouldn't be enough!"

Mark hesitated and didn't speak, so Jing Yuan spoke up from the side: "No one told you to give it all. Set a time in the next two days, using the celebration of City Lord Mark's inauguration as a reason, to open up Upper Citizen food to the Dust Citizens. Limit it to one day, and tell them there will be more days like this in the future."

Eun asked again, "But if the food is given to the Dust Citizens, there won't be enough for the Upper Citizens."

"If there's not enough, then they can eat bug cakes. It's not like they're inedible!"

"Yes!"

Jing Yuan looked at Mark; Mark would feel awkward saying such small tricks to win people's hearts even if he thought of them.

Mark continued, "In the future, Dust Citizen children can also enter schools to study. Open up advancement channels for Dust Citizens—as long as they are capable enough, Dust Citizens can still become Wasteland Hunters or City Defense Force members!"

"This..." Mark making such massive changes as soon as he took office was difficult for people to accept all at once.

Especially the Upper Citizens, who would feel their interests were being encroached upon.

Only Dr. Carrie laughed from the side. "I thought you were an honest kid, but you do know how to use these heart-winning tactics!"

Carrie's mouth really spared no one.

"Dr. Carrie, you are in charge of ecological research. I will come to consult you on some matters later."

"Fine, I await the City Lord's arrival at any time."

Mark looked at everyone. "From now on, don't call me 'Lord' anymore. I have a name, it's Mark. You have names too. Names are meant to be called; there are no 'Lords'."

"Yes!"

...In the Light and Shadow Society Cathedral, in front of the Wall of All Living Beings, Jing Yuan carefully observed the statues.

Mark stood beside him and asked doubtfully, "Can you handle these people from the Light and Shadow Society?"

Jing Yuan sighed. "To completely solve the problem of the Light and Shadow Society, we must change the living environment. But that cannot be solved in a short time. So, to deal with charlatans, one can only become a 'God'."

Mark looked at Jing Yuan. "It seems you are the only one for this job!"

"Indeed!"

The Light and Shadow Society issued a summons, and all the Upper Citizen believers flocked into the cathedral.

Early this morning, they had learned that Charles's coup had failed.

So now, who was summoning them?

Many people knew that only the City Lord had such power now.