Super Gene Hunting Ground

Yang Xiao stepped forward, stood in front of Titan City’s guards, swept his gaze over everyone, and said loudly:

"Brothers, in this world there are no eternal friends, nor eternal enemies, only eternal interests."

"Buzz!"

Everyone’s minds trembled, and they looked at Yang Xiao in bewilderment,

What does that even mean?

"Starting today, as long as you follow me and work hard, I guarantee that you and your families will be well fed and well clothed, live in peace, and be happy,

Whatever Black Wood could give you before, I, Yang Xiao, can give you just the same,

Whatever Black Wood couldn’t give you before, I can give you too, and even more."

Black Wood was standing right beside Yang Xiao, and after hearing this, his face was full of embarrassment.

Yang Xiao continued,

"Among you, those who have children, please raise your hands."

The four thousand guards were stunned for a moment, not knowing what Yang Xiao meant, but most of them still raised their hands.

Yang Xiao swept a glance over them; roughly more than seventy percent of the guards had children.

"I believe that when you, or your fathers, your ancestors fled from your original tribes, came to the Central Continent, came to Titan City, besides wanting to stay alive, you must also have wanted to protect your descendants, let your descendants escape death and disaster, grow up healthy, and become someone with a future, right?"

Everyone was stunned at first, then someone murmured,

"Tell me about it, my whole life I’ve only hoped my family can be healthy, and my son can grow up safe and sound and amount to something."

"Yeah, parents’ hearts are the same the world over."

"I heard my grandpa, when he fled back then, led over a hundred family members wandering to Titan City. The journey was full of hardship, but he never gave up, all so our clan could continue."

...

Yang Xiao glanced at everyone, then said,

"But, following Black Wood, what kind of future can you possibly have?"

Black Wood: "..."

Boss, I’ve already surrendered, can’t you at least leave me a little dignity? We’re still going to be brothers from now on!

Yang Xiao turned his head and gave Black Wood a look. Black Wood was embarrassed to the extreme, but didn’t dare talk back.

"Black Wood, did I say anything wrong about you?

Look at your Titan City: no electricity, no running water, not a single decent street. Everyone lives in poverty, prices are sky-high, people trample each other, everyone’s on edge. In such a city environment, what difference is there from a bandit stronghold? Where’s even a trace of civilized air?"

Yang Xiao spoke loudly; everyone could hear him.

These guards usually counted as the management class in Titan City, enjoying better treatment than ordinary citizens, but most of them had families behind them they needed to support.

Hearing Yang Xiao’s words, everyone thought it over briefly. It did kind of make sense!

The crowd cast contemptuous looks at Black Wood, as if saying, Black Wood, you really screwed us over. Following you, we haven’t gotten a damn thing.

Black Wood smiled wryly in embarrassment,

"Lord Yang, the reality is too harsh. It’s not just our Titan City; other cities are the same."

Yang Xiao smiled faintly and shouted loudly to the thousands of guards,

"Brothers, do you want your children, your descendants, to escape these harsh days, to have food to eat, clothes to wear, and schools to attend from a young age, to be able to cultivate Genetic Evolution Methods from childhood? Do you want that?"

Everyone’s minds buzzed again, and they looked at Yang Xiao in excitement.

"Lord Yang, what did you say, schools?"

"There are schools?"

"Where are there schools?"

On the Central Continent, very few cities had schools.

But all parents, without exception, hoped their children could go to school.

Yang Xiao said loudly,

"That’s right, the City of Hope is currently planning and building schools. Once the schools are finished, all children over six and under eighteen can enter and study for free,

We will set up special classrooms to teach everyone cultural and scientific knowledge, and, more importantly, Genetic Evolution Cultivation,

All children in school, besides free tuition, will also enjoy three free meals a day,

Regardless of whether your family is poor or not, we will let all children attend school and never worry about food and clothing,

Children are our future,

No matter how hard, we can’t make it hard on the children; no matter how poor, we can’t let the children be poor,

Are you willing to follow me?"

Hearing Yang Xiao announce the school plan, everyone was beyond excited. Not only Titan City’s guards, but also the five thousand guards from the City of Hope behind Yang Xiao, and the two hundred thousand citizens further back, were all boiling with blood.

Children are the hope of every family.

This policy of Yang Xiao’s truly stabbed right into everyone’s soft spot.

Everyone shouted excitedly in unison:

"We’re willing! We’re willing to follow Lord Yang, to follow Lord Yang forever!"

Among the two hundred thousand citizens of the City of Hope, there were elders and women whose eyes filled with hot tears of excitement. Some knelt on the ground, hands clasped, and said emotionally:

"Lord Yang is truly our Savior!"

"Our children can finally go to school and study!"

"Thank you, Lord Yang, we’re willing to work ourselves to the bone to follow Lord Yang!"

...

The whole scene boiled over. Everyone cheered and shouted loudly, rejoicing that they had encountered such a wise Savior as Yang Xiao.

Even Black Wood, Flying Tiger, Elder Qi and the others had no choice but to be deeply convinced.

Yang Xiao’s school plan had only been mentioned recently when he brought it up with Elder Qi and the others; the construction land had already been allocated, just waiting for final implementation.

The policy of all children going to school for free that Yang Xiao had just announced was something he came up with on the spot.

Yang Xiao suddenly thought, how can I win over the citizens, hold their hearts firmly, and make them submit to me forever?

Children are the core of every family, and also their weak point.

Grasp the children, and you grasp the entire family.

Black Wood watched his four thousand guards cheering excitedly, and he knew that from now on, he could only be Yang Xiao’s loyal follower; there would never again be anyone who followed him to conquer the world.

Even he himself felt a bit tempted, because there were many children in his family who needed to go to school.

In the past, as City Lord, Black Wood could hire private tutors to educate the children, but that kind of education was ultimately not systematic enough; if there was a better school, he would naturally be happy to send the kids there to study.

Flying Tiger, standing to the side, couldn’t help laughing, waving his hands and feet; his family also had children, after all.

The crowd cheered,

"Long live Lord Yang!"

"Long live Lord Yang!"

...

Yang Xiao smiled, stood suspended in midair, and waved to everyone,

"Everyone quiet down a bit, I still have new things to announce."

Everyone immediately fell silent and looked at Yang Xiao.

In their hearts, Yang Xiao was now no different from a Savior.

"Right now, the City of Hope has a population of more than five hundred thousand, and Titan City should have just under four hundred thousand people,

the City of Hope is currently being expanded; once the expansion is completed, all the people from Titan City will be relocated to the City of Hope."

The crowd was startled again,

"Merging the cities, huh?"

"That’s right, all the people of Titan City will be merged into the City of Hope. In the future, the City of Hope will be a big city with a population of five million; our current one million people are still far too few,

the City of Hope now has nuclear power, clean tap water, newly planned wide and tidy streets, large residential areas, and a school under construction that can accommodate one hundred thousand students,

only if everyone lives together in one city and gathers in one place can we make better use of these resources,

in addition, the Guard Teams of the two cities will be merged together, with a total number of ten thousand; in this way, our City of Hope will have four Emperor Level Transcendent Experts and a powerful security force of ten thousand Elite Guards,

ordinary factions or organizations that want to attack our City of Hope will have absolutely no chance of winning; living in the city, won’t you all feel much safer?"

After hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

"Alright, Lord Yang, we’ll all follow your arrangements."

"I really want to move to the City of Hope today."

"Yeah, the well water in Titan City is both bitter and salty, it tastes awful."

"At night it’s pitch black everywhere."

...

Listening to everyone’s complaints and grumbling, Black Wood felt like this was just ri-le-gou-le.

These guards usually followed behind him shouting ’666’, but now that they had a New City Lord and a better place to go, their faces changed in an instant; Lord Yang was right,

there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests!

Yang Xiao turned his head and said to Black Wood,

"Black Wood, what do you think?"

Black Wood hurriedly said,

"Lord Yang is wise; we will follow your arrangements."

"Good. The expansion of the City of Hope requires a large amount of manpower. From now on, people from Titan City can come to the City of Hope to register and take part in the labor here; we’ll pay wages,

once the new city’s housing is built, we’ll move everyone over in batches; we hope to use about half a year to a year to relocate everyone."

"Then what about Titan City?"

Black Wood couldn’t help asking; after all, he had lived there for decades, and he felt somewhat reluctant.

Yang Xiao smiled and said,

"If you can’t bear to leave Titan City, you can stay and live there."

Black Wood muttered,

"If everyone leaves, what’s the point of me staying there alone?"

Flying Tiger, at the side, said,

"Black Wood, once we all leave, Titan City will just be a broken city, nothing to be sentimental about; we’ll live much better in the City of Hope."

Yang Xiao smiled and said,

"Black Wood, how many years have you ruled Titan City?"

"Reporting to Lord Yang, counting from my father’s generation, our rule over Titan City has lasted more than 70 years."

Black Wood said with some pride.

"Seventy years, such a long time—you must have made quite a bit of money, right?"

Black Wood’s heart gave a jolt, and he lowered his head.

Yang Xiao said calmly,

"Right now, when we’re building a new city, is precisely when we need money the most. I’ll leave you ten million Crystal Disks; donate all the rest, it’s about time you gave something back to everyone."

Black Wood’s heart was bleeding.

Their family had accumulated several hundred million Crystal Disks over the past 70 years, and just like that, Yang Xiao had taken them out for donation—his liver hurt!

But, when it came to life versus money, what did money count as?

Black Wood hesitated for a moment, then raised his head to look at Yang Xiao and said firmly:

"No problem. My life belongs to Lord Yang; let alone this bit of money. Wealth is something outside the body; you can’t take it with you when you’re born, and you can’t bring it with you when you die. I’ll donate it."

"Good!"

Yang Xiao gave Black Wood a thumbs up and said loudly:

"Fellow citizens, brothers and sisters, compatriots, Black Wood is willing to donate the several hundred million Crystal Disks his family has accumulated and take them out to build the new city. We express our heartfelt thanks for Black Wood’s heroic act of gratitude and giving back to society. Everyone, applaud—thank you, Black Wood!"

"Clatter, clatter..."

The whole venue erupted in applause and cheers; everyone looked at Black Wood happily. They all knew perfectly well that Black Wood had been forced, but seeing how miserable he looked, they couldn’t help feeling a strange sense of joy inside.

Black Wood felt like dying, but he still forced out a wry smile and clapped along.

Since the money was already donated, he simply decided to put on the image of a noble, magnanimous man of high moral character.