422: Chapter 402: Weak Points 422: Chapter 402: Weak Points This is not a rare or difficult-to-understand story, but a very common reality that occurs in this world.
“My hotown is in the suburbs, north of the ancient city, a small town that once served as an oil refinery.
Many people misunderstand the ‘pollution incidents,’ thinking that they frequently occur in cities, but they don’t realize that in the less reported suburban towns, a single dium-scale pollution incident could cause the most terrible tragedy, simply because they receive little attention…”
It obviously opened up old scars, but Hua senior sister spoke with a calm, even plain expression…
That was the look of soone who had grown used to pain and beca numb to it.
Lu Ping’an glanced at Guan, perhaps this was the reason the two got along so well.
The story was simple and straightforward.
Two foreign cultists conducted a large-scale sacrifice in the town, managed to make the town an Exotic Realm, which has now beco a dium-sized Secret Realm.
The wild Secret Realm was broken by the arrived Secret Keeper, survivors were rescued, and due to the low level of the Secret Realm, it was even semi-permanently sealed.
It seed that everything was resolved…
However, that was already three months after the disaster happened, and many things had completely changed by then.
“…
Reality doesn’t have that many perfect solutions.
I awakened during that incident, and many of my fellow townspeople beca sacrifices or Magic Monsters.
So were even more unlucky, they were both, and they were neither…”
So survivors, having stayed too long in that Exotic Realm, were eroded by the rules and beca half-human, half-Magic Monster…
They awakened but not entirely, and now they were in an awkward situation.
Physically, they were still 95% human, but the remaining 5% was enough to make them wary anomalies in human society.
“…
Life is difficult for everyone.
We don’t even consider working in factories, and there are no local job opportunities for manual labor.
Even the surrounding fields are polluted, so we can’t grow our food.
I just want to start a company, be it security or other businesses, at least to give everyone a chance to reintegrate into society…”
The girl calmly spoke of her past, as if she had already grown accustod to everything.
But in the end, there was still so resentnt.
“…
My parents, my brother, and my younger brother were also among them.
My brother is already in his thirties and has never dated.
He has no friends in the town either…”
Lu Ping’an nodded, understanding why they didn’t say anything before.
This is not an enjoyable anecdote, but most importantly, knowing all this doesn’t change anything…
In a way, this has beco Hua Xueyi’s burden, and she is even prepared to take on the responsibility.
Perhaps this may be a good thing for the victims, but for the young people following Hua Xueyi, the situation is delicate.
Admittedly, professionals make much more money than ordinary people, but the main issue is not even that…
It’s that their club’s developnt goals are deviating from normalcy right from the start.
People join clubs for the sake of trade and to seek developnt opportunities together, to work toward success; but Hua Xueyi’s approach is more like charity, to work downward instead of upward?
“Don’t misunderstand, we were all inford of this after joining the club.
Many people have been to that town and had no objections, nor did many leave because of it.”
The implication of this statent is that so people did have objections, or even simply left already?
If a club has a limited developnt area from the beginning, and even moves away from big cities where there are more opportunities, it’s like cutting off its legs.
If the target of its developnt is not the interests of the club and its mbers, but rely to take on a responsibility, to bear a heavy burden…
While it may be noble, it is also quite unfair to the other mbers striving within it.
Lu Ping’an expected that, despite Hua senior sister holding her ground for now, on the day of graduation, many mbers would go from impulsive to realistic, from naïve students to being defeated by reality in the form of office workers, and half of them leaving would be a conservative estimate.
However, Hua Xueyi and Lululu had already seen all of this.
They could only take one step at a ti.
In the end, the two most likely would beco rcenaries, earning money to compensate for the failing businesses in their town…
They prepared to work in security companies because it was a fast way to make money, and maybe they could even arrange for so jobs for their hotown residents.
Lu Ping’an casually asked, “Have you ever considered moving them out?
If the factory and employnt opportunities are gone in the town, there should be so in the city, right?”
“There used to be a regulation that ‘outsiders’ couldn’t settle in the city center.
A few tis they ca in for shopping, there were so ‘mishaps’…
Now that the regulation is gone, we’re thinking of how to handle it, but we don’t have high expectations.” Hua Xueyi gave a bitter smile; she had been through too much, and the reality of “Golden Sand” was far from being as free as others had imagined.
There weren’t many people in the small town.
At its peak, it had over 30,000 inhabitants; after the catastrophe, there were only 8,000-9,000 survivors, and after so many years, only 3,000-4,000 people remain, more than half of them with visible physical mutations, and most lacking any dical ans of suppression…
It was already good that they were alive, so they shouldn’t indulge in too many luxuries.
They had so fields in other places, and so worked in remote areas, barely making ends et; their living conditions were far from good.
Compared to the lack of supplies and economic resources, the greater frustration was the reality of being gradually squeezed out of human society…
When they walk the streets, attracting pointing and whispering, and were even frequently questioned by special agents, they naturally avoid the bustling city centers and even larger villages.
In this catastrophe, there were also hundreds of “lucky ones” like Hua senior sister, who, even after awakening in the worst of circumstances, had managed to embark on the professional path.
So changed their nas and addresses, so left, but remained trapped in their hearts.
The two just chatted casually, not expecting any response from Lu Ping’an.
It just seed that there was now a possibility for a different outco, and it was ti to bring up the topic.
After thinking about it, Lu Ping’an smiled as well, changing the subject…
He ignored Hua Xueyi’s sowhat expectant yet disappointed look.
“Soti later, I’ll find ti to visit.” But there was an additional task on Lu Ping’an’s schedule.
Lu Ping’an was not trying to engage in charity work, but relocating a group of people, those who are “mutants” rejected by society was actaually manageable for him.
On the contrary, he was worried about finding permanent staff for his “Trading Land”.
As for employnt… With so many of his “industries” needing developnt, and a current lack of labor force, he was even considering whether to let Fang Wen start working again.
Moreover, this “Devil Town” seems to be Hua Xueyi’s current “weakness.”
“Senior sister, don’t you ever think of your family…” Ahem, it seed to take a strange turn, but the general idea was that Lu Ping’an’s small team also needed loyal and capable accomplices.
Promises don’t need to be made in advance, but if they can help and achieve a win-win situation, there’s no reason to refuse.
After the interlude, everyone chatted for a while before getting busy.
Hua senior sister and her companions had to deal with their club matters, so they left early…
There were only two days left before the exams, so it was ti for final preparations and sprints.
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