Chapter 83: These Parasites

"We're just talking, it's impossible for anything to go wrong! Damn it, how are we supposed to hand these survivors over to the brothers who came out first?" a Catachan tough guy said.

The Catachan tough guy wearing a hat stood before the group of surprised survivors and said, "Does anyone here know the guerrillas in this area? If you do, stand up quickly! Don't be such damn dawdlers!"

From the crowd, several survivors stepped out. The middle-aged man at the front said, "I wanted to go to the guerrillas in the Giant Cedar District before, but I was captured by Orcs on the way. If possible, we can go take a look there."

"Me too, I was preparing to go to the Giant Cedar District to find the guerrillas there."

The several survivors behind him echoed in succession.

The Catachan tough guys did not hesitate and immediately had these survivors lead the way to find the Giant Cedar District guerrillas. The team of nearly 500 survivors moved through the night, and the Catachan tough guys split off a ten-man squad to "scout" ahead and clear obstacles.

After having the Krieg engineers fill in the surface of the dug-out pits, Yingzhou recalled the Krieg engineers and left the waste treatment plant.

Upon returning to the guesthouse, he clicked on the System Panel and saw that the Task reward had been settled, knowing that even if there were still Orcs infiltrated into the Inner City, they would not pose a threat to the Inner City for the time being.

He hoped that in the next few days, the Catachan tough guys could stir up more Orc camps in the Outer City, allowing them to start attacking the Inner City as soon as possible; otherwise, someone in the Inner City would surely find a way to leave the Fourth Defense Zone.

The next morning, Yingzhou was woken from his state of Gathering Spiritual Power by a knock on the door.

Opening the door to find Zhao Jian and the others, Yingzhou walked out of his room with his head lowered and asked, "What's wrong? So energetic early in the morning?"

"Captain, Councilor Kelin just sent someone to invite you to a war meeting," Zhao Jian said.

"Mm, I know. You guys just follow what I said yesterday and look for suspicious individuals among the civilians," Yingzhou nodded, gave them a few instructions, and returned to his room.

He washed his face and looked at his drastically changed self in the mirror, whispering to himself, "This is a completely different person from who I was a year ago; the change is too great."

After tidying up briefly, Yingzhou left the guesthouse and headed to the Meeting Room of the Fourth Defense Zone.

As soon as Yingzhou walked into the Meeting Room, he discovered that it wasn't just Kelin and the other two, but also quite a few people from other departments.

Seeing Yingzhou arrive at the Meeting Room, Kelin smiled and introduced him to the others, "Hahaha, I believe everyone has seen him; this is Captain Yingzhou from the Ninth Defense Zone, who solved the problem of Orcs infiltrating the Inner City."

A round of applause erupted in the Meeting Room. Yingzhou felt a trace of discomfort; was this atmosphere really that of a war meeting?

"Councilor Kelin, you didn't call me over just for this kind of thing, did you?" Yingzhou said in a low voice to Councilor Kelin beside him.

"Of course not. Now the Council of Nine only has the three of us left. According to the rules promulgated by the Human Alliance, when the Council of Nine has fewer than half its members, decisions on certain affairs will be made through voting by representatives of various departments," Kelin explained to Yingzhou in a calm tone.

After introducing Yingzhou, Kelin led him to sit at a seat specially set up for Yingzhou on the side of the Meeting Room.

Subsequently, the war meeting regarding the Orcs began.

At first, Yingzhou didn't feel there was anything wrong with this meeting, until one representative said this.

"We no longer have the ability to save the Outer City from the Inner City, and under the influence of those Orcs who have infiltrated key positions, we are currently somewhat tight on supplies, weapons, and ammunition. If we still have to worry about those people in the Outer City, let alone whether we can beat the Orcs, even if we rescued those survivors, we wouldn't have any extra food to give them."

At this moment, another representative echoed, "That's right. If we don't give them enough food, they will bring riots and destabilizing factors to the Inner City."

"Those bastards in the Outer City... *cough*, the survivors, they don't have much value to society. Rescuing them is completely redundant. It would be better to guard the Inner City and preserve the excellent bloodline of the Humans."

Hearing such remarks made Yingzhou's blood pressure rise. What kind of people were these? A group of people high above, ignorant of the suffering of the world. Wasn't attending this kind of meeting just a waste of time?

Watching those representatives holding forth, Yingzhou looked at the three remaining high-level officials and found that only Xindi had a gloomy expression, looking as if she were furious.

"I finally know why the former Chief Bansen said that the people in the Inner City were all just trash who only knew how to talk big. Today, I've finally seen it for myself!"

Xindi was so angry her face turned red. The scar on her left cheek looked particularly ferocious with her current expression. Her light blue eyes seemed to be spitting fire, and her right hand was slapping the conference table.

The discussion in the Meeting Room stopped. These representatives all looked at this representative Councilor in surprise.

"*Cough cough*, Acting Councilor Xindi, what do you mean by that? Have we not made contributions to the Human Alliance? Have we not made contributions to the Fourth Defense Zone?" a representative asked in an aggressive tone.

"That's right, how can you say that about us! Everything we are doing now, is it for ourselves?"

"Acting Councilor Xindi, your thinking is problematic, very problematic. This is a form of discrimination and slander against those of us who have contributed to the Human Alliance!"

Seeing someone take the lead, the other representatives also joined in the verbal assault.

This scene was just like the bustling markets of Yingzhou's past life.

"Quiet!" Kelin spoke up at this moment. He looked at the group of representatives with a gloomy face and said in a deep voice, "Is this how you discuss matters? Anyone who didn't know better would think you were representatives of the Outer City! Captain Ying from the Ninth Defense Zone is still here; are you afraid that the Fourth Defense Zone hasn't lost enough face?"

Yingzhou took in the reactions of the group. It seemed that Kelin still held a high status in the eyes of these people. Was it a community of interests? Or did he really have the ability to tame this bunch of corrupt representatives?

"Hmph! You representatives, all of you look decent on the surface, but do you really think no one knows about the things you do behind the scenes! When the Outer City was breached, you guys were at least half responsible! And that's an understatement! Now that the Orcs infiltrated into the Inner City have been cleared, you guys have done well for yourselves, pushing all the dirty deeds onto those dead Orcs! And now, you're still thinking of using your status as representatives in this meeting to seek a way out for yourselves? Wanting to use your official positions to leave the Fourth Defense Zone, taking your so-called valuable things to defect to the other two defense zones, and continue being parasites!"

Seeing the Meeting Room quiet down, Xindi let out the words she had been holding back for a long time. These words caused the expressions of the representatives present to change, and even the faces of Kelin and Kaxi changed.