Overturned Tower

He stood in front of the tide of the times like this, shouting with all his might.But no one could hear his voice, and not many people stopped to listen to him.

It's like a mantis holding a car.

Chapter 14 I Still Think So, Fredericka

"—So, I don't want him to be attacked by those people."

Xia turned her chair around and looked at the fat orange cat director behind her.

In Dodgson's sigh, Xia said seriously: "I also don't hope that when people calm down again in the future, they will regret their words and deeds now."

If it was put two years ago, when Zaxia hadn't left the campus, she would definitely be angry at these people's stupid actions, and she would lose her mind with passion; if it were put one year ago, Zaxia had just met When she was an ultramarine, she would feel sad and disappointed for these people, feel confused about the path she chose, and hesitate about her future; if half a year ago, she hadn’t received neurotransformation, she would be overwhelmed by the indescribable After being tortured by the pain, she would immediately go to someone she trusted—such as Ultramarine, Bingshui, or her father, Dodgson, to ask what she should do.

But Xia Xia now is completely different from her then.

"When people calm down...it doesn't take long until they realize that what they're doing is only adding to the general chaos on Happy Island, and that any short-term benefits they get are only going to be worth it in the long run. will be taken away several times—or to put it more clearly, when they realize that the 'order' and 'rules' on Happy Island are actually protecting them from being robbed, they will calm down .”

Xia's tone became as cold and indifferent as ice water, like a handful of ice water: "It's not that they have clear evil thoughts in their hearts, nor are they firmly walking on the path of harming others and benefiting themselves. It's just their fear and anxiety that make them The bestiality is highlighted, hysterical like a wounded beast.

"They don't know what they are doing at all. The eyes of the masses are not always discerning—in other words, the masses can only see the reality in front of them and the present...In the Internet age, it is easier for those with ulterior motives to misrepresent such features are utilized.”

"...Your tone of voice is like ice water."

Dodgson said helplessly, "This doesn't seem like something you can say at all."

He kept wiping the sweat off his forehead, but the sweat also soaked out as he wiped it off.

Part of the reason is that the weather has started to get hot recently, and the fat man is not so resistant to heat; another part of the reason is that he just rushed back from the company just after receiving a text message from his daughter.

"Because that's what Bing Shui said."

Xia admitted frankly: "And the sentence at the beginning is a modified version of a sentence my brother said before."

"You are really good at learning from others..."

"Because I really can't do anything except study."

Xia sighed, with a look of disappointment on her face: "I'm basically sure that most of Bingshui and brother are safe."

"Indeed."

Dodgson nodded, and told Xia the truth without caring about the leak: "At least the board of directors didn't do anything."

"Sure enough," Xia nodded clearly, "Brother disappeared suddenly, and he really had a special plan."

"...When did you get so close to Russell? I remember you always called him Qunqing before, so I'm sorry to call him by his first name."

"Probably because I grew up. The girlish heart that would feel shy just by calling someone's name has disappeared along with all kinds of bad luck."

Xia was silent for a while, then stared blankly at Mark, who was frozen in the screen beside him, raised his hands angrily, and then answered in a low voice.

Her voice was calm: "This is also your problem, old man. Let me, a female college student who just graduated, have to grow up to deal with these damn things..."

"...I can't say anything, and you know that."

In the eyes of ordinary people, Dodgson, who is a director of the Big Seven, is undoubtedly the spokesperson of the word "big man" that everyone can say and everyone loves to say.But now he just smiled bitterly, admitting his incompetence in front of his beloved daughter: "It's the same as Bingshui accepting his non-existent mother...

"——Haven't you already accepted the fact that Dad has no power?"

"Yes, that's why I can tolerate many crimes on Happy Island."

Xia turned her head, looked into Dodgson's eyes, and said very seriously: "Otherwise I will ask you to give people fairness and justice to the facts. It is precisely because I know that there has never been any fairness in this world... I That's why I want to find that 'fairness' by myself.

"—I found it, old man."

As she spoke, she pointed to the screen next to her.

Xia reached out her hand and tapped the screen lightly.

Mark, who raised his hands angrily, used the loudest voice among the crowd who were cursing at him—his originally mellow and steady voice, but now his voice has broken and hoarse, and he raised his voice and said: "Listen, restraint, everyone! The company wants us to be chaotic, they want us to hate each other - but we don't have to!

"Listen to me, everyone, calm down and think about it! If the day of resource depletion is imminent, then it is impossible for the market price to have no fluctuations before; it is even more impossible for those big shots to watch you rob goods. Could it be that you can beat commissions? Pawns and Assassins? And if the resource depletion time is much later, then what everyone is doing now is wasting the few remaining resources.

"Moreover, we only know that resources will be exhausted—but what resources are about to be exhausted? Is it fuel or food? Is it ore or crude oil? We don't know at all! Don't listen to those unscrupulous media selling anxiety!"

Mark's voice was drowned out by the cursing of the crowd, the cries of children, the screams of being attacked or stolen, and the pounding of fists and flesh.

"—Do you mean that Miss Dailan is lying to us?"

There were anxious voices in the crowd.

Immediately afterwards, there was another shout: "She was killed by a sniper, don't you believe it? This is the information that the chief reporter risked his life... Do you mean that Ultramarine is also lying to us? The barber also Are you lying to us?"

"But Miss Dailan's original words were not 'the world is about to be destroyed'! If this news came from Tianen Daily, then there must be other people besides Dailan who knew about it, but none of them including Miss Dailan Grabbing supplies—that means it will definitely be a long time later! You see that the board of directors has no response now... This is very simple logic!"

Mark tried to reason, but unfortunately no one listened.

What he said is indeed the truth that can be easily deduced.But people's brains have been burned to dryness, and no one has even used their brains to think for a while.

And Xia watched all this outside the screen, and said calmly: "This is justice.

"When I was a child, you once told me... Right and wrong have their own judgment, and justice is in the heart. After seeing all this, do you still think so?"

After a long silence, Dodgson raised his head.

The squinting orange cat, who always seemed to have a good temper, opened his eyes after a long absence.

The emerald green clarity can still be seen in his pupils, and his voice is still steady.

"—I still think so, Fredericka."

Dodgson replied very seriously.

Chapter 15 Do what you want

Fredericka is Xayah's real name.

He hadn't called Xia by her name for a long time since she was an adult.This kind of address means to respect the other person's independent personality at the social level more than treating the other person as part of the family.

But now, as a father for a long time, he spoke slowly to Xia: "I believe that even if most people are deceived for a while, they will eventually wake up. Unless they have received insufficient education, what they have received The intelligence is wrong. And if this is the case, then the education department and the media should also be the problem - there is no wise general who can command a war when the intelligence is completely wrong, so we should not require people to be able to see through the lies .

"Even if they are perpetrators in the grand scheme of things, part of the chaos, that doesn't mean they're evil. They're stupid at best. But more often than not, it's people who are sober and intelligent because they think too much. And keep silent, only those who don't use their brains will talk and do it at the first time... So those fools you see are actually mostly the same group of people.

"I still believe in right and wrong, it's just that smarter, more rational people have a stronger sense of social self-awareness - the more rational people think they are, the less they want to fight animals to the death, so they don't want to offend crazy people .In other words, they're not talking because they think they're the underdog at the moment...if we just change the situation, when they realize they're not in a headwind anymore, they'll come out.

"They will have a heart that can't wait to share the truth, liquidate the resentment of those who make them dissatisfied, and deeply reflect the superiority of their own wisdom and understanding ability, and they will come out of their brains..."

Having said that, Dodge paused.

As if to leave it to Xayah to defend, but Xayah just looked at him calmly and intently.

Dodgson was a little surprised.

"...I thought you were going to say something like 'Then they're just cowards, not good people'."

"If it was me before, maybe I would really say that."

Xia sighed: "But I will grow up... Dad. They don't have any social obligation to stand up, and no one can ask them to ignore danger and give their lives for the sake of morality and truth. Then I How can they be accused of standing idly by? They are doing us a favor by not being involved.

"In the final analysis, I'm not smarter, more rational, or superior than them. It's just because I have a higher status, so I have access to more information and secrets. If I were from the same background as them, I'm afraid that I am now There will be more panic.

"In that case, how can I criticize others?"

After Dodgson called her Fredericka for a long time, she also called Dad for a long time.

Dodgson stared blankly at Xia, as if meeting his daughter for the first time.

"……you have grown up."

He sighed with emotion in a low voice, and the expression on his face was unprecedentedly complicated.

Director Dodgson's faint smile was covered with a layer of bitterness and sadness.But at the same time, there is a kind of pride and euphoria, as well as the sense of loss after watching a certain long play.

"So... Xayah, what do you want to do?"

"I guess the chairman must have given you a ban... For example, you can't directly intervene in it, or the board of directors can't favor one side. Otherwise, you probably would have made a move long ago. You won't wait until now that public opinion has been brewing for several days. at every turn."

Xia asked seriously: "Can you tell me? What is your bottom line?

"To be selfish—although I want to wake people up, so that they don't regret the foolish actions they have done now, or make mistakes and break the pot under the torture of guilt; I also want to save Mark from being so daring to speak. Courageous and smart people, because they will be the backbone of future human beings.

"But if the price of all this is putting my dad in danger... I can't do that.

"Like those 'cowards' you said earlier."

"...You have also become a little smoother."

Dodgson smiled bitterly: "It's about the same. But strictly speaking, what Sai Lun told us was not 'don't take sides', but 'don't make any big troubles'."

"—Isn't that a big deal now?"

"It's just a group of people arguing online."

Dodgson said calmly: "As long as you give them a sense of peace of mind, they will forget the virtual hatred of wanting to kill each other's family through the Internet in a blink of an eye, and they will even forget their current mood and the viewpoint they support. Look at that Little brother... Although he can be pushed and cursed, no one will beat him, let alone kill him, right?

"In the final analysis, this incident has been brewing for five days. The total number of people who died due to this incident is less than 20 people... There are 4000 million people in Happy Island. That is to say, the Fuji Society has been laundered and turned into a regular worker." Now, in the past, twice as many mercenaries would die in one night without any quarrels or disputes. Do you think this will be a major event that makes the board of directors collectively silent?"

"...It's true."

Xia nodded reluctantly, but could only admit it.

The factories were not destroyed, and there were no gun battles on the streets—the Tianen Group did not send out the executive department, nor did it send out the Mechanics Division, the Heavy Mechanics, and even the angels who couldn't bear the sand in their eyes hadn't entered yet.More than 20 people died in the five days. Looking at this number alone, it doesn’t seem like a lot... But in the various video links, clips, pictures, and news that have been repeatedly pasted and reproduced by netizens, there is a constant pile of mania brewing , anxiety and hatred.

"It's just methane from the fermentation of second-hand excrement—it looks like it's going to be blown up, but in fact it's gone once it's blown up."

Dodgson shook his head: "Because people don't realize what the concept of 'resource scarcity' is. Three adults think that beef grows in supermarkets, and four adults think beef is synthesized from factories in the lower city. On the island, they don't really understand what 'resources' are. They simply understand that 'they are going to starve to death'... But in fact, even if the resources are really exhausted, they will not starve to death.

"Totling has long mastered solar energy synthesis technology, and Sogo Group has their fully automatic hydroponic farm technology. Resources refer to more serious things...the future of this world. Not daily necessities such as food, clothing, housing and transportation. concept.

"To put it bluntly, even if it's just to appease the people, the Seven Islands won't let them starve. It's easy for the Seven Giants."

When he said this, he looked at Xia seriously: "The truth is this——

"The dragon is coming back. I hope you can remember that the dragon is the real master of this world.

"The status of elves, the founding of corporations, the unwritten customary law... and those stupid backward airships, and the obliterated concept of 'written records of the past', all because of the dragon's request.

"But now, this incident has alarmed the dragons. They plan to return to the Seven Islands to review the company—or, in other words, the board of directors.

"The folly of the people can be tolerated because they know nothing and can do nothing. But if the directors do something in it, they will pay the price. And most of all... huge The dragon has not come back for a long time, and none of us know what is 'wrong' in the dragon's concept; we don't even know how the dragon will punish those who 'do something wrong'. Everything is a fan.

"—It's good not to do it. This is not an order from the board of directors, but an admonition, or a notice. Sai Lun told us not to do something that should not be done at this time. Once you anger the dragon, or let the dragon If you think you're incompetent ... then it's not a 'paid retirement' issue."

"...So, as a member of your immediate family, do I also need to keep silent?"

Xia confirmed with some reluctance.

"--Do not."

However, Dodgson seriously refused.

"Just do what you want," he said softly, "If it's wrong to eliminate rumors, maintain order, and uphold justice...then let the dragon judge.

"I don't think you can do anything wrong. I also believe that you have grown up now, you have your own judgment, you have a calm head, and you won't go too far.

"so……"

Dodgson said, peeling off the magnetic nameplate on his chest.

Seriously and seriously, he stuck it on Xia's chest.Then reach out and press it, activate it with the authority of the director, and confirm the authority transfer.

Looking at the many confirmation windows that kept popping up in front of her eyes, Xia suddenly opened her eyes wide.

Dodgson authorized all the authority in all fields that he could give to Xia to the maximum extent.That means, apart from her lack of connections and the trust of her subordinates, in terms of authority and power, she is about equal to Director Dodgson at this moment.

This is undoubtedly a serious violation.

The authorization of each power by the human directors of the seven giants must be reported to the elf directors in the board of directors.Although the chairman will basically not refuse, and each director has more or less privately authorized once or twice, but on the surface, private authorization is not allowed.This is also a protection for human directors.

When it is liquidated in the future, Dodgson's directors will be done.

But if Xia can be recognized by the giant dragon or the board of directors for her achievements during this period...she may also have a chance to take over Dodgson's position.

"Don't think too much, and don't stress..."

Dodgson seemed to be relieved, and slowly sat down and collapsed on the bed.

He just closed his eyes, and said in a low voice: "Anyway, I also feel... the position of director is somewhat untenable. It really doesn't suit me..."

"Then leave it to me."

Xia said seriously: "I won't let you down... Dad."

"……what."