Stop pretending, I'm a security guard, a five-star general!

At the entrance to the Twisted Treeline, numerous adventure teams left the realm and returned to the real world.

However, everyone's face was extremely grave, and the atmosphere was incredibly oppressive.

The Ninth Prince's brutal acts within the secret realm undoubtedly deeply moved everyone present.

Anger, grief, helplessness and other complex emotions lingered in everyone's heart.

It was as if a corner of the dark side of this world had been forcibly torn open, revealing a bloody and cruel scene to them.

"call."

Qin Yu let out a soft breath and muttered under his breath:

"Damn it, that bastard Ninth Prince is a real piece of work, I really want to beat him up!"

Ma Long patted Qin Yu on the shoulder, and sighed softly with a similarly heavy expression:

"Xiao Qin, there are some things we can't change, we can only force ourselves to accept them."

"I really can't accept this, it's just too beastly."

Qin Yu said loudly, his expression somewhat angry:

"Uncle Ma, as the saying goes, 'Are kings and nobles born with a special destiny?' Since the royal family treats ordinary people like dirt, why don't we just start a rebellion!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Long and his group couldn't help but twitch at the corners of their mouths and quickly covered Qin Yu's mouth, breaking out in a cold sweat from fright.

Why are you yelling so loudly? Are you trying to make sure everyone knows you're up to no good?

"Keep your voice down, you brat!"

Ma Long, his face pale, reprimanded in a low voice.

"Mmmm."

Qin Yu stared wide-eyed, nodded, and only then was his mouth released. He then asked in a low voice:

"Uncle Ma, I just don't understand. No matter how powerful the royal family is, there are only a dozen or so people. But our Great Xia has billions of citizens. They could drown them with a single spit from each of them. Why can the royal family be allowed to be so arrogant?"

Upon hearing this, Malone shook his head and sighed, saying:

"Xiao Qin, this matter is not as simple as you think."

"Uncle Ma, please tell me more about it."

With his hands behind his back, Malone began to explain:

"On the surface, it appears that the Zhou royal family controls the entire Great Xia, but in reality, there are other powerful and influential families behind the scenes."

“They were all local warlords, with extremely strong power and influence in their respective regions.”

"Among them, the ten most powerful families are the most powerful. Their ancestors were great contributors who helped the founding emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty expand the territory and resist the invasion of the demon race."

"For example, the group of people we encountered before, including Ma Chao, came from the Tianan Ma family, one of the ten great families."

“These powerful families have existed since the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty. Over the past thousand years, they have become intertwined and have formed a huge network of relationships, forming a so-called alliance to jointly maintain this so-called imperial system.”

"They control more than half of the resources and the vast majority of the armed forces of the Great Xia. Ordinary people who want to get ahead can only rely on them and become one of them. Those who are unwilling to rely on them will be suppressed by them in every way."

"As a result, their power has grown larger and larger, reaching almost every corner of the Great Xia territory. They have become huge tumors in the Great Xia, and it is not easy for ordinary people to puncture these tumors."

"Moreover, even if we do succeed in our rebellion, who can guarantee that the new emperor will always be fair and honest, and will do a better job than the current emperor?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Yu frowned slightly and asked in return:

"But why must there be an emperor? Why can't we implement a federation or some other more democratic system?"

Malone slowly raised his head, his deep gaze fixed on the distance, and began to explain:

"A thousand years ago, before the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty, this land practiced a federal system."

"At that time, the country was divided among warlords, and the various local lords ruled independently. Together they formed a federal state called the Great Shang."

"During the Shang Dynasty, the control of the people by the various federal states was even more relaxed and free than it is now, and trade and cultural exchanges between the federal states were extremely prosperous."

"But everything has its advantages and disadvantages."

"While the establishment of the federal system prevented the emergence of monarchical dictatorship, when the demon army attacked and invaded, the relatively loose federal system meant that each federal state basically fought its own battles, becoming a disorganized mess, completely unable to integrate resources and military strength, leverage the advantage of scale, and jointly resist the invasion of the demon army."

"This also led to the human faction suffering repeated defeats and being on the verge of collapse in the early stages of the war."

"If it weren't for the emergence of the founding emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty, who swept across the land, unified the country, and led the people to resist the invasion of the demon army, the human race would probably have become bait for the demons long ago."

Malone's words ended abruptly there; he didn't continue.

But Qin Yu already understood what the other party meant.

A democratic system is certainly more conducive to social development in peacetime.

In times of war, a strong dictatorship is far more suitable than so-called democracy.

Qin Yu's eyes flickered slightly as he fell into deep thought.

All that happened today has given him a more thorough understanding of the world.

But talk is cheap; when the time is right, they will still rebel.

After all, whoever is emperor, I'll still be the father.

Why can't it be your own grandfather?

Qin Yu thought to himself, and his mind was now completely made up to rebel.

"Although we can't rebel now, we can still use the power of the people to severely criticize this kid."

Qin Yu smiled coldly, took out his phone, opened the photo album, and found a video recording. The video clearly showed the Ninth Prince's brutal acts in the secret realm.

Qin Yu first blurred out some inappropriate scenes, then uploaded them to Douyin, and spent 100,000 yuan to invest in Dou+, which directly gave the video a lot of traffic and popularity, allowing it to go viral in the first instance!

Qin Yu cast a cold, brooding glance at the Ninth Prince Zhou Tianrun not far away, a sneer playing on his lips.

"Damn it, you son of a bitch, just wait until the whole nation spits you to death!"

Seeing Qin Yu's fluid and effortless movements, Ma Long and his group couldn't help but twitch their lips and exclaim in admiration.

Well, kid, you've really figured out how to play the internet traffic game.

Then, Qin Yu and his group prepared to turn around and leave.

But at that moment, they saw a familiar figure: Chen Long, who had chatted happily with them at the grilled insect skewers shop that day.

However, Chen Long looked much older and more tired than he had a few days ago, and his eyes were even bloodshot.

When Qin Yu saw Chen Long, the image of his daughter, Chen Xiaoyu, couldn't help but come to mind.

The girl sent him a few revealing photos afterward, but they're still saved in his phone's photo album, and he remembers them vividly...

"Uncle Chen!"

Qin Yu grinned and greeted Chen Long.

However, Chen Long seemed not to hear, his gaze fixed on the front, his eyes filled with an extremely cold killing intent.

Qin Yu was taken aback upon seeing this, and followed the other person's gaze.

The person Chen Long was looking at was none other than...

Ninth Prince Zhou Tianrun!