Because of the influence of the previous bell, the battle outside the Senate was temporarily stopped.
From here to Hope Square, the citizens and soldiers of the city defense army stood there in a slight daze, as if they had not yet recovered from their previous state.
Except for the instinctive groans of the injured, the area was so quiet that even the movement of the wind could be heard.
Gaius didn't give them a chance to fall back into madness, took the microphone and shouted loudly:
"Citizens, soldiers, Elder Varo colluded with the Salvation Army and the Anti-Intellectual Cult to control the Archon and try to purge us elders who are on your side.
"Fortunately, with the blessing of the years and the heroic souls of the founders of the 'First City', your timely demonstration made them make mistakes in their busyness and gave us a chance.
"Now, they have been killed or controlled, and the sun has reappeared over the original city!"
As the new Archon made this announcement to the citizens and soldiers, one of his most trusted Reformist senators, led two retinues, along the stairs to the dungeon attached to the Senate.
Varro was locked up there.
He should have committed suicide out of fear of sin.
Hearing Gaius' words, the citizens of the assembly finally remembered what they were doing and what they were going to do.
They let out a cheering sound.
In stark contrast to them were the members of the Second Guard in different positions outside the Senate.
Some of them looked gray, some trembled uncontrollably, and some of their bodies tensed.
Gaius did not give the citizens a chance to play freely, worried that they would take advantage of the situation to make more excessive and drastic demands, he said directly:
"I have been elected consul by the surviving senators.
"I will lead those who are willing to contribute to the citizens, check the traitors' property, and return to you the fields you lost!"
There was no need for any other language, and most of the citizens shouted excitedly:
"Gaius!"
"Gaius!"
"Gaius!"
Inspector Alexander frowned when he heard this.
It reminded him of what happened when he was young:
The former consul Ore was also so enthusiastically embraced by citizens and soldiers.
Alexander stood behind a window at some distance from Gaius and looked outside.
Those excited faces and those pairs of enthusiastic eyes made him feel as if he had gone back in time.
As his eyes moved, Alexander saw his dazed daughter and Zenaga lying in a pool of blood, whose life and death were unknown.
He hurriedly turned his head to his entourage and guards:
"Go and treat Master Chanaga."
He has a close relationship with the "Crystal Consciousness Cult".
Although he had awakened his abilities in the corresponding fields before believing in "Bodhi", since he had such a good reason, he would definitely not miss the opportunity to establish a strong relationship with the "Crystal Consciousness Sect".
"Your Excellency, will going out now cause a riot?" Alexander's entourage asked worriedly.
The current situation is only temporarily calmed down, it seems to be very fragile, and once something happens, the smoke is likely to rise again.
Alexander fell silent and turned his gaze to Gaius.
Whether the situation can be stabilized and order can be restored is crucial for the performance of the new consul.
Alexander hesitated, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw his daughter walking towards the janaga.
And the people around ignored this scene, as if no one existed there.
Shout...... Alexander breathed a sigh of relief and said to his entourage and guards:
"You can wait a little longer and prepare the first aid kit."
In the Senate, these things are in reserve.
At this time, Gaius further made a promise:
"After eliminating the influence of the traitors and the harvest of the fields returned to you is harvested again, we will continue to expand outward and use the guns of the 'First City' to open up more land for the citizens of the 'First City'!"
While the citizens cheered, Gaius glanced at the members of the Secondary Guard who were standing or lying around, pressed down his palm before anyone proposed to eliminate these aliens, and announced loudly:
"All those who cling to the traitor and help the traitor will be arrested and given a just trial!
"Those of them who do less evil and are willing to repent, I will give them a chance.
"If any of them are full of sin, or will not repent, I will send them to see the deacons!
"Okay, citizens, you can go back, wait for your fields and jobs, and leave the matter of catching criminals to the brothers and sisters of the City Defense Army.
"You also saw it just now, they are on your side!"
At this time, the citizens had not yet had time to taste the sweetness of this action, without inflation and arrogance, and since they had received Gaius' promise and achieved their goal, they were all willing to make a certain contribution to the restoration of order in their hometown by the "First City".
They responded to the call one after another, retreated in the direction of Hope Square, and left in batches.
Of course, not everyone is like this, and some citizens stayed behind to look for their relatives who rushed ahead, whose life and death were unknown.
Gaius then ordered the city defense forces:
"Divide into three groups, one group rescues the wounded, clears the square, one group escorts these sub-people into the dungeon and awaits trial, and one group goes to various places in the city to inform your colleagues, and I will give you a list of traitors who must be eliminated."
This includes at least two Awakened people at the 'Mind Corridor' level, who are a great danger to subsequent stability, and Gaius will not allow them to surrender.
Hearing Gaius' words, the eyes of the living members of the Secondary Guard instantly filled with blood.
They wanted to resist and fight their way out, but thinking that there were countless awakened people at the "Spiritual Corridor" level here, they felt desperate and lost their courage.
If you fight now, you will definitely die, wait a little longer, maybe there will be a chance.
A soldier of the City Defense Army entered the Senate and with the help of the guards of the surviving elders, he tied up and tortured a member of the People's Guard.
With bulging eyes, like a monster, Mohr lowered his head and trembled as he was escorted to the dungeon on the lower level of the Senate.
He was not too afraid of death, most of the people he had seen when he was a child had not lived to his current age.
He just thought of his own children, the youngest of them had just learned to walk not long ago, babbled very much, and always had to talk to More or his wife for half an hour every night before going to bed.
A scene seemed to appear in front of Mohr's eyes:
The gate of the community was blasted open by the citizens of the original city, and those people turned into thugs and rushed in, not only smashing and robbing and burning, but also sparing no sub-people.
They would throw the children to the ground and sell some of them to slave traders.
The thought that his children might suffer such pain, crying and shouting without being paid attention to, and the thought that they were going to be sent to the mines, to the factories, to work day and night, More's heart hurt terribly.
He walked more and more slowly, and suddenly, he turned his body and knelt down towards Gaius.
"Your Excellency, spare us!
"We just follow the orders from above!
"I, I am willing to be your slave!"
Mohr, a middle-aged man, had tears and snot on his face at some point.
Seeing this, the other subordinates knelt down, hoping to exchange their status as elder slaves in exchange for the safety of their families.
Gaius pondered for a moment and said:
"You will have a fair trial.
"Perhaps there will be a chance to offset the sin with credit."
After saying that, he ignored these people and set his sights on the Golden Apple District.
Next, he wants to have a good chat with those who support him and the beings who have returned from the "New World".
He believes that in the current situation, the promise of guaranteeing vested interests can be exchanged for enough friendliness.
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Golden Apple District, 9 Emperor Street.
Asus received a call.
The voice on the other end of the phone was very urgent, and he hung up in a hurry after only a few words.
And Asus seemed to be in a nightmare.
My father suddenly suffered from "unintentional disease"...... Most of the conservative elders were eliminated...... Gaius became the new consul...... The city defense army was about to eliminate the accomplices of the "traitors"...... Asus shuddered and rushed into his secret room.
He took some hard currency and the useful items he had accumulated over the years, quickly left the villa, went straight to the garage, and got into a bulletproof black car.
The trunk of the sedan has some weapons and ammunition, as well as a military exoskeleton unit of the latest model.
During this process, Asus did not think at all to inform the butlers, servants, and bodyguards.
The servants sensed the abnormality and hid far away, so that when Asus drove out of the consul's residence, everything he saw was deserted, and he felt a little dilapidated inexplicably.
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The jeep of the "old tune team" is on its way out of the Golden Apple area.
Shang Jianyao suddenly spoke:
"Lao Ge should like this harvest very much."
(End of this chapter)