dognovel Chapter 265 Meeting
Chapter 265 Meeting
Shortly thereafter, Morgan announced that Mark would become the deputy lord of the city.
All order at the lighthouse remains unchanged, which implies that if something happens to Morgan, Mark can directly take over as city lord, and Victor's city defense forces will fully support him.
Apart from the Church of Light and Shadow, others will also provide unconditional support.
"Sigh, I thought we were finally going to have some good days ahead, but then Lord Morgan woke up."
"Who can argue with that? That old Morgan guy is pretty tough."
Many people in the Dust Village were very disappointed.
As an old-timer among the Dust People, 0609 knows Morgan and speaks without any taboos, making him a seasoned veteran among the Dust People.
While speaking, he ate a worm cake with one hand and carried a toolbox with the other, lost in thought.
"Well?"
Just then, 0609 saw a figure not far away giving an apple to a child from the Dust People. His eyes widened, and he dropped the insect cake in his hand.
He quickly glanced around and breathed a sigh of relief when he found that no one else had noticed.
"Thank you! I feel much better!"
Qin Ming smiled and said, "Eat up, this fruit can actually cure diseases."
"Ok!"
9033 nodded, about to take a bite, but hesitated for a moment, then held the apple in front of her again and whispered, "I wish Mom could have some too, I... Wow!!"
As she spoke, she burst into tears, tears streaming down her face.
Qin Ming sighed inwardly. The little girl's mother was actually an upper-class citizen and a doctor. However, since childhood, she had been judged as a mortal by the life formula and was arranged to be raised here by some mortals. She didn't even have a name.
"Captain Mark!"
"Don't call me Captain Mark, you should call me Deputy City Lord."
"Deputy City Lord!"
In the distance, on the main body of the lighthouse, Mark led Ran Bing toward the elevator platform, greeting everyone along the way, showing that he was indeed well-liked by the people.
Morgan, watching this scene from above, said to Jingnan beside him, "Jingnan, analyze the robot Mark brought back as soon as possible. After he returns from the ground this time, the Lighthouse may undergo major changes. I don't know if it will be a blessing or a curse, sigh..."
“Lord, I believe in Mark. We all believe he can lead the Lighthouse to the truth.”
"Maybe……"
Morgan was still not optimistic, but looking at Mark in the distance, who was being fawned over by everyone, it was the first time he had seen everyone show such a joyful expression under the constraints of the three laws in this apocalyptic world.
Mark, I hope you're right, and perhaps you really can bring hope to humanity.
Morgan then looked at Victor beside him and said, "Regarding Mark's previous matter... The Church of Light and Shadow interfered with the order of the Hall of Dawn, openly violating the Three Laws. Mark discovered this in time, and from today onwards, the Church of Light and Shadow is abolished. The functions of the Hall of Dawn will be slightly adjusted, and breeding tasks will no longer be sent by the system for the time being."
Victor hesitated and said, "But there aren't many newborns who are deemed capable of becoming upper-class citizens or even hunters. If the Gongzi Education System doesn't have newborns with high-quality genes to replenish it, I'm afraid there will be problems with the replenishment of combat personnel later on."
Morgan said, "There shouldn't be any problems in the short term. Trust Mark. If he can bring back hope this time, perhaps we really can return to the ground. At that time, we won't need the Three Laws anymore."
Victor was somewhat shocked; he hadn't expected that even Morgan would be persuaded by Mark to change his mind.
"Where is Captain Mark going? Didn't he just come back from a data collection mission?"
"Hey, you think you have too many supplies? Why don't you share some of your contribution points with me?"
"Go, go, look! Captain Mark is here!"
Upon arriving at the elevator platform, Mark said goodbye to several teammates.
Mo Cheng and the others had always been Mark's supporters, so naturally they wanted to go together. "Captain, are you sure you don't need us to come along?"
"Do not worry."
Mark patted Mo Cheng on the shoulder and said, "I'm going to explore the surrounding area this time. There are no dense areas of mana ecosystem nearby, and I'm not going to collect supplies. If I can't beat them, I can just run away."
"makes sense."
Then, Mark looked at Ran Bing, "Ran Bing, this time..."
Ran Bing preemptively said, "Can you manage without me?"
Mark paused, then nodded slightly without saying anything more. It was just the two of them on this trip.
After watching Mark and Ran Bing descend from the elevator platform, Erica suddenly muttered, "Hey, do you think Captain Mark and Ran Bing deliberately made up an excuse to go down together?"
"Huh!? What nonsense are you talking about? How could Captain Mark..."
Before Mo Cheng could finish speaking, Fei Xue nodded and said, "That's possible."
Several veteran hunters joked from the side, saying, "Maybe next time we come back, there will be a little Mark with us, hehe."
The scene erupted in laughter, and even Mark, who had just gone down a short distance, heard it. His face flushed, and he glanced at Ran Bing.
He was actually worried about Ran Bing traveling with him, since he planned to meet the humans on the surface, namely Bai Yuekui and others.
If the Beacon cannot understand the attitudes of these "evolved humans" that Morgan speaks of, it will never be able to cooperate with them.
Soon, they arrived on the ground.
Mark and Ran Bing got into the transport truck, glanced at the map, started the engine, and drove off into the distance.
He had already obtained the address from Morgan and knew where to find the humans on the ground.
The journey was fraught with danger but ultimately safe. Occasionally, there were a few Devouring Beasts scattered in the wild, but their numbers were small and posed no threat to the two. Any Devouring Beasts that approached were driven back by Ran Bing's gun.
“Mark, there seem to be more and more Devouring Beasts around here. Something's not right.”
"Hmm, there's an abnormal magnetic field around here. You come back first. There's a canyon ahead; we'll go through it."
Ran Bing returned to the car, Mark floored the accelerator, and sped forward. A snake-dog rushed towards them and was knocked flying.
As the two moved forward, the number of Devouring Beasts around them did increase, and they immediately sensed something was wrong. Mark had brought his Gravity Body, but if they faced a horde of Devouring Beasts, he wasn't confident he could get Ran Bing out of danger unscathed.
Just as Ran Bing was considering whether to turn back and take another route, she saw something.
"Mark, look up there!"
A figure flashed by. Mark had excellent eyesight and noticed that Bai Yuekui had pointed him in the right direction. He immediately drove in that direction and soon rushed out of the canyon and arrived at a ruin.
Bai Yuekui's team had been waiting there for a while, and they weren't surprised to see Mark and his companion arrive.
Shandong pointed at Mark and asked, "Boss, weren't you saying you were here to pick up one person? Why are there two?"
"Trying it a picnic, bringing your family along, huh? Heh."
"It doesn't look particularly special."
The group sized up Mark; it was no coincidence that they were there to meet him.
Ran Bing was somewhat shocked. Although she had seen it before, she did not expect that there would actually be human activity on the ground.
Mark led Ran Bing to the group and was about to say something when Bai Yuekui said directly, "Let's go. Master Lai sent us to meet you. It's still quite a distance from here to Dragon Bone Village, about a three-day journey."
"Dragon Bone Village? Who is Master Lai?"
"Why do you have so many questions? Dragon Bone Village is naturally where we live, Master Lai."
Xu Tong thought for a moment and said, "A charlatan."
Mark and his companion, “…”
Seeing that the group had turned and left, Ran Bing wanted to ask them something more, since they didn't know anything about the situation on the ground.
Mark, on the other hand, was considering the three-day journey, which was no short distance. They usually stopped at the lighthouse in the approximate location when searching for supplies, and then searched within a radius of tens of kilometers.
On the one hand, it saves fuel; on the other hand, if it's too far, the risk will be too high.
He has almost never been on a mission that required three days just to travel.