Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 1192 - 1185: District Government Established

Chapter 1192: Chapter 1185: District Government Established

"But in the eyes of others, you had stepped forward and received serious injuries while rescuing Princess Melia. That’s what we’ve written in the report," Wang Xu said, shrugging his shoulders.

"A nonsense report," Luo’er said helplessly, shaking his head. Eventually, as if something occurred to him, he looked up at Wang Xu and asked, "So, Melia is all right?"

"Yes, she’s fine. After the incident, we temporarily placed her at the academy until things cooled down before letting her step foot in Lipei," Wang Xu said, glancing deliberately at Tangmo and Baiyue, then coughed and added, "Princess Melia said she wouldn’t leave Lipei unless she saw you safe and sound."

"Uh..." Luo’er scratched his head awkwardly.

"It’s nothing, go and reassure Princess Melia, then have her leave Lipei obediently," Tangmo said, squinting and putting on a grin that was anything but smiling.

"Regardless, Luo’er, you did play a significant role this time, and it was a substantial contribution. Because of you, because of you all, the barriers to Lipei’s reform have been essentially cleared. That allows us to thoroughly and profoundly revolutionize Lipei. That’s why the leaders are so pleased and want to meet Cheng Ziang and the others," Wang Xu said with a cough.

"I’ve earned the credits while lying down," Luo’er said with a bitter smile.

"How is that? Aren’t Cheng Ziang and the others under your command? If they have made a contribution, can you, the Captain, be without merit?" Wang Xu asked.

"If you still have objections, shall we return the medal?" Cheng Ziang asked, taking a small box out of his pocket.

"Ah, all right, all right, I understand your intentions; there’s no need to trouble yourselves. I have contributed, I have a medal, no need to bother," Luo’er said, spreading his hands helplessly.

In front of Luo’er and Wang Xu, Cheng Ziang and the others never hid their intentions. It was clear—they were here for Luo’er and not for fame or recognition. Thus, for them, the most important thing was whether they could avenge Luo’er. As for the medals, they were truly optional for them.

After staying in the hospital for almost three days, Luo’er finally met the minimum conditions for discharge and was allowed to go to Lipei for magic healing.

This rapid treatment method was only suitable for subspecies and Otherworld people, still due to the same reason, because humans from Earth couldn’t withstand the erosion of magic power and it would easily be fatal.

Upon arriving in Lipei, Luo’er was immediately greeted with great enthusiasm. Members of the Mobile Troop swarmed around him, and some Earth soldiers from the Rapid Reaction Force who had heard of Luo’er’s renown came to see the first mixed-blood of the Elf Race in person.

Such a lively scene strangely gave the illusion that it was Luo’er who had resolved the crisis in Lipei, not the team led by Cheng Ziang.

However, for Cheng Ziang, it really wasn’t a big deal as he was generally indifferent to fame and fortune. Moreover, he had said before that he acted for Luo’er, so saying the crisis was resolved because of Luo’er wasn’t actually a problem for him.

So he didn’t even join Luo’er in enjoying the thronging crowd, instead, he took the opportunity to tend to Luoya, this little troublemaker.

After finally escaping the crowd of onlookers, Luo’er bid farewell to Melia, who had been waiting for a long time.

This time, staying in Lipei, Melia had observed the application of modern tactics throughout, which was profoundly meaningful for her. In fact, her claim that she would leave only after Luo’er recovered was not entirely genuine; she wanted to seize this time to learn more.

With the crisis resolved, Saiye and others were imprisoned. The headquarters and the Supreme Court jointly established a temporary tribunal that was gathering evidence, preparing to try these rebels with domestic law.

This time, they planned to conduct a public trial, using the outcome to deter those who attempted to meddle in the affairs of Lipei. Through harsh realities, they intended to show these people that Lipei was no longer the old Lipei and that no one could take Lipei from their hands and continue to enslave its residents.

On the fifth day after the crisis was resolved, various domestic departments convened a meeting to officially establish the Lipei District Government. However, considering most of the district government staff were from Earth, the main government building was set up on Earth, with only a front office established in Lipei City.

Based on the results of the last meeting, the name Lipei was retained and not altered. Because of this crisis, the word Lipei left an indelible impression in the hearts of all participants; hence, it was retained as a transliteration.

With the establishment of the Lipei District Government and its subsidiaries, the district government began to perform governmental functions, registered the residents of Lipei, issued temporary identity proofs, and started to consolidate the land within its jurisdiction, allotting it to these residents.

As mentioned before, the opening of the Otherworld Gate was crucially facilitated by the headquarters, which undertook these initiatives with a simple reason in mind—to kickstart the Mingming Plan.

Thus, as government agencies began to operate, the Mingming Plan also entered its initial phase. The district government started building a public welfare institution in the eastern mountainous area outside the city, preparing to enroll Otherworld children and provide them with modern education to achieve the goals of the Mingming Plan.

However, due to Xia Yue’s strong leadership in the Elf Planet Project, these two plans clashed, causing some deviations in the Mingming Plan.

Originally, the Mingming Plan did not specify particular requirements for the Otherworld children to be enrolled; but with the initiation of the Elf Planet Project, headquarters could not ignore this plan, so they nominally agreed that the first batch of enrolled Otherworld children would consist of over half being of mixed-race, and within this half, more than eighty percent would be Elf Race mixed-race.

This decision led to dissatisfaction among some people. Therefore, to reach an internal consensus, on the third day after the district government was established, the headquarters and the district government held an emergency consultation meeting to discuss relevant government affairs.

The meeting had two main agenda items: the first was about the welfare institution’s enrollment issue, and the second was about the immigration registration of Lipei residents.

The meeting was still held in the conference room of Sheng Hua Academy. During the meeting, a district government worker stood up and sternly accused the headquarters of practising racism: "The Lipei District Government, in the spirit of freedom and democracy, wishes to enroll children into the welfare institution indiscriminately, giving them modern education. However, your people at the headquarters propose a so-called discriminatory enrollment system, allocating half of the spots to mixed-race children. Moreover, within this half, over eighty percent of the spots are given to the Elf Race mixed-race. You might as well tell the Otherworld people directly that we only want Elf Race mixed-race, not others."

"Please refrain from discussing emotionally charged topics during the meeting," Lin Wei, the spokesperson for headquarters, responded calmly, "We are only arranging the initial batch of enrollees in this manner; we haven’t said it will always be like this. As you see, we indeed need a significant number of Elf Race mixed-race at this stage to initiate the Elf Planet Project, which is a consensus that we have reached with Lord Xia Yue. It would be very unspiritual to breach this consensus recklessly."

"Then just admit that all the initially enrolled Otherworld children need to be Elf Race mixed-race for your so-called plan," someone sneered sarcastically.

"Mind your words. I don’t want to repeat myself," Lin Wei pointed at that person and said sternly, "Lipei and the Otherworld Gate were obtained by our headquarters with great difficulty. In this process, we paid a significant price and made many compromises. I hope you understand that we are doing this not because we want to, but because we must. You, the district government, manage the affairs of the Lipei jurisdiction, but we, the headquarters, manage the affairs of the entire Otherworld. Therefore, we don’t need you to tell us what to do; we just hope for your cooperation and that you don’t interfere in our affairs, thinking we are only looking out for ourselves."

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