How am I still alive?

Chapter 1950 Ambition
"I'm going to be a dictator, ahem. I mean, I'm going to strengthen the management of social security."

After going out for a walk, Lu Ping'an found himself working overtime, which was rare.

The ancient city is actually in a pretty good condition today, with an economic level that is probably above average among first-tier cities.

The public security level and crime-solving rate are also above standard. This is not because the local police and military are so powerful, but just for some historical reasons.

"Is it necessary? We don't have any big cults here, and the malicious incidents in Changping Prefecture are all below average."

".not enough."

Director Xia from the Secret Service was a little puzzled. In her opinion, the current ancient city was in the best condition in the past 20 years. Was it necessary to make drastic changes? Half a month ago, someone from Lu was still saying that we should try to reduce our presence and hold back on development for a while.

The reason why the security in this area is moderate is not because the local military is so strong. In fact, the strongest local force is the "Salin Autonomous Region", which has an independent (civilian) security team with regular management.

"As long as we don't cause trouble, the local security will be good." This is the reason why the local security is considered good.

In other cities, the biggest destabilizing factor has never been the lone wolf cases that Squad Leader Zhao encountered, but organized crime.

The biggest source is the various orthodox churches, which are large illegal organizations disguised as legal organizations.

It does not need to do evil, but in the process of pursuing development and profit, the marginal effect it brings will create big troubles that many local institutions cannot solve. Not to mention the "Golden Apple" incident that Lu Ping'an encountered that year, it was an experimental drug developed by a local church.

There is also an extraordinary black market like the steam factory back then. Where there is demand, there is a market. Various mercenaries and independent organizations are all unstable factors in society.

In all kinds of messy cases, if there is a large-scale uncontrollable phenomenon, the mastermind can be traced back to a certain church. A researcher "accidentally" took out a virus/forbidden item/black technology that destroyed a city. This is the beginning of a classic extraordinary event.

This is the reality of the East Country and even the entire earth. The evolution of the extraordinary world requires the burning of "firewood". If the door is closed, only the inside of the world will burn, and the number of victims will definitely increase.

So, will it be better if we eliminate the local "source"? It may be better, but not much, because the vacuum here will naturally be filled by other extraordinary organizations.

Under the current premise of the prevalence of supernatural phenomena among the people, supernatural crimes are inevitable.

Now the security situation in this area is relatively good. After all, it is because the ancient city is a "rural area". It was not welcomed at the beginning, and the high-level officials of the organization stationed there did not even have a rule level. When Lu Ping'an and his forces rose strongly, and when he expanded his influence to various fields in this area, he also completed the extraordinary field of occupying the mountain and becoming the king.

"Only petty thieves would dare to cause trouble in our territory."

The current situation is that those "big troubles", those evil gods above the rule level that cannot be handled in other areas, dare not cause trouble in the ancient city, and even dare not step into the ancient city without reason.

That’s because Lu Ping’an and Chris would really kill God.

However, those lone wolves and small and medium-sized criminal organizations, especially the wild professionals, evil god believers, and evil god path professionals who use any means necessary to obtain "evolutionary resources", will not care which great god is protecting you.

Some of them are on the fringe of the extraordinary world, unable to obtain high-level knowledge and common sense; some are not welcomed by large organizations and do not even have stable channels to obtain "materials"; some are wanted and have blood debts. What they have in common is that they do not consider the long-term.

If such a person encounters Lu Ping'an on the battlefield, even if they form a legion, they will not waste even a minute of Lu Ping'an.

However, each of them could commit more than three digit murders in a month.
"What I mean is to greatly strengthen the official security force. I will place combat forces above the law-order level on every street. The captain of the special service team will bring rule-level taboo items, and double-digit rule-level strongmen will accept emergency summons."

"Uh, are you planning on starting a war? You just said that one-fifth would be enough to clear out the military district."

Xia Qin's face froze for a moment. She knew the true strength of Lu Ping'an's forces. There were a large number of professionals and foreigners, and they could easily mobilize this level of power. In a sense, it was not wrong to say that a righteous church was a super warlord. Now Lu was at the top level among the warlords.

But, you have drawn out so many high-level combat forces and thrown them on the surface. Aren’t you really planning to start a war?

Xia Qin asked directly because she knew that Lu Ping'an was not planning to establish a separate regime. What is the difference between dropping this level of power on the surface and directly dropping the group army in the city in the old days? Wouldn't Wanjing immediately overreact and suspect that you were planning to establish a separate regime?
"Oh, it seems that you have figured it out. Well, we are already a de facto separatist, ahem, foreign special zone. This degree of independence is completely acceptable. And if my estimation is correct, such investment and reform in public security will be welcomed by the higher-ups."

"Because they can't?"

"Well, they can't do it. They don't have that much resources and power. Spreading it out means weakening it. It's meaningless and there will be no change. If they focus on one place to carry out reforms, can you imagine how much injustice and public resentment it will bring?"

This investment will definitely bring benefits, more or less.

When the whole country is suffering from an extraordinary disaster, your family has made huge investments to change the status quo, but you are unable to enjoy the benefits, so naturally you cannot accept it.

However, if it is a foreign special zone, it may not be completely justifiable for a "business tycoon" like Lu Ping'an to use his own resources to fund it and use the special zone's independent status to force reforms. But it is feasible.

"Then we will attract a lot of criticism. For example, people will suspect you of being an ambitious person who is trying to buy people's hearts. You know, we are trying to split up the country. Although many regions are already in a state of division, everyone knows it but doesn't say it. However, some things are worthless if they are not put on the table. If they are put on the table, the accusation will still be very stressful."

"Who cares? I've already said I want to be a dictator. Besides, do you think I care about public opinion? I don't want to cause trouble, but am I afraid of it?"

Xia Qin was silent for a moment, then said something out of understanding for someone.

"Were you stimulated? What happened while you were shopping?"

"No, it's good. I just want to do it to give back to the villagers and reserve some backup resources for our company."

"Oh, I'll take it seriously. Okay, I support it. How can I refuse to make my hometown safer? But I suggest that we be careful with the first batch of investment and use our own backbone from our hometown. Don't make it look like an alien invasion."

As the local security chief, how could she refuse if there was a sucker willing to pay the bill? Even if that sucker was her lover.

"Find an agent instead of doing it yourself. This way you will have some room to maneuver."

She will not stop Lu Ping'an's "reckless behavior", but will only use her own abilities and resume to make it more feasible.