The news of the fall of Tiandu not only caused a storm in the Borneo Province, but also in the Nian Community building in Dawn City, shocking everyone.

The most interesting thing is that this scandal was brought to the surface not by the alliance, but by the Bugla Free State, which the empire thought had "fairly good relations" with it.

Although the relationship here is a bit convoluted, what needs to be said can still be explained clearly.

Since the relationship between the Free State and the Legion has always been good, and the Empire is the "ally" of the Legion, Duke Galava has always regarded the representatives of the Free State as his buddies.

And profiteers in the Free State happen to be famous for making a fortune in silence.

They never choose customers when doing business, they only look at whether it is profitable, so naturally they cannot take the initiative to take advantage of the empire. Instead, they have been hiding behind the legions and alliances and quietly developing the market in Borneo Province.

If several senior salesmen of the Firestone Group hadn't been arrested by Tiandu thugs and the authorities were under too much pressure from public opinion, this Free State representative really wouldn't want to get involved.

As for Duke Jarawa, he was kept in the dark from the beginning to the end. It was not until recently that he even learned that Wu Tuo was no longer in Tiandu, but had hid in Jingallang Port.

And when he learned that the capital of the empire had fallen into the hands of a group of thugs, his eyes widened as he sat at the meeting table.

It looked like a stranded goldfish.

"That's nonsense! Tiandu... is in the hands of the rebels? Why didn't I hear about it! What's your motive in saying this now!" He stood up angrily, but he could only hold back an arrogant retort.

There were whispers in the hall, and expressions of surprise were written on every face.

These people are representatives of other small survivor forces, such as garbage cities, dam cities, etc. They neither understand nor care about what is happening in the empire, they are just surprised.

But the expression on Duke Galava's face is worth pondering.

That's a matter in his own family, why does it feel like he just heard about it?

Looking at Duke Jarawa, who looked full of hatred, as if he had been betrayed, the representative of the Free State just shrugged his shoulders.

"Okay, just think I'm talking nonsense... Although I really don't expect you to be able to help, but judging from your belated behavior, I guess you don't even know what's going on in your own home."

The respected "you" turned into "you" unconsciously.

After a pause, he said again.

"We'd better use our own mercenaries to rescue people."

After the words fell, the crowd was filled with whispers.

Duke Galawa, who was slapped in the face, was so angry that his nose was crooked, his shoulders couldn't stop shaking, and he pointed his finger at the arrogant and unreasonable guy.

"You, do you know what you are talking about! Sending troops to the territory of the empire is a violation of the empire's sovereignty! This is aggression! If you dare to let those mercenaries dare to set foot on the territory of the empire, don't expect them to come back alive!

"

"Tsk...it's you who don't know what you're talking about, Mr. Galawa."

Looking at the angry Galawa, the representative of the Free State had a hint of sarcasm in his tone.

Even ridicule.

"Even if this is an infringement of sovereignty, what we are infringing on is the sovereignty of the illegal regime of the 'Janus Empire'. What does it have to do with Xilan? For us, employees are important assets of the company. Since we give them

Once you buy insurance, you have to make it work."

After a pause, he looked at other people in the meeting room, especially Cheng Yan, who was sitting in the alliance seat, and Captain Benoit, who was sitting in the legion seat.

These are the people who can really speak.

"Can't anyone ask this 'irrelevant person' to get out? The Xilan Empire is already a historical term. What else can he do while sitting here except yelling?"

Benoit, who was sitting on the legion seat, had an expressionless face, and his sunken eye sockets seemed to have been up for several nights, and he showed no concern for the proposals of the representatives of the Free State.

He is so troubled now that he has no time to care about his dog.

Cheng Yan glanced at Benoit, then at the representative of the Free State and the livid Duke of Galawa. After a moment of silence, he coughed lightly.

"The seats in the Nian Community are awarded to the residents of the Borneo Province, not to a certain person, or an organization, even a certain royal family... However, I do not agree with the cancellation of the seats in the Xilan Empire due to political turmoil. This is against the law.

It violated the spirit of community and violated the rules we set."

A glimmer of hope appeared in Duke Galava's eyes.

Although he didn't like the Alliance and hated this "manager's follower" even more, when he heard this guy speak for himself, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth proudly and looked provocatively at the curled-up Free State representative.

.

However--

His elation had not lasted for two seconds before he fell into the abyss again because of Cheng Yan's next words...

"However, with the current situation of the empire, it is indeed not suitable to continue to attend the Council meeting. Even if they vote at the meeting, they do not have the ability to fulfill their obligations... Therefore, I propose to temporarily freeze their seats until the survivors of Borneo Province

They re-elect an organization or individual who can truly represent their ideas, and then unfreeze the seat depending on the situation."

This is entirely normal and reasonable procedure.

After all, the Slime Community is a slime mold research institution that discusses collective affairs in the wasteland, but today's empire has not even wiped the shit out of its own butt, and there is even a risk of dragging the entire wasteland into their internal disputes.

Allowing such troublemakers to cause trouble in meetings is harmful to both themselves and others at the table.

Before fulfilling their obligation to end the wasteland, the survivors of Borneo should put their own troubles in order.

Not wanting to look at Duke Galawa's pleading face, Cheng Yan looked straight at the front of the venue and said.

"Let's vote."

Almost all representatives in the audience gave the green light, only the college abstained.

It seems that apart from the alliance, only enterprises voted in favor out of complete goodwill, and the other votes in favor were somewhat tainted with bad intentions.

After all, Duke Jarawa is used to being arrogant and arrogant, and often offends people on behalf of the empire.

The situation at the polls was precarious for the Empire.

Although Galawa is full of dissatisfaction with the Sticky Community, quitting and being kicked out are completely different things.

Hurt his face, which is more uncomfortable than killing him...

The sweating Duke of Galawa looked at Captain Benoit for help. His pitiful expression was like a drowning man looking at the last straw on the water.

As long as the Legion exercises its veto power... all decline will be reversed!

However, what made him despair was that his closest relatives and friends didn't even look at him, they just sat there with cold eyes.

That red light signifying opposition...

In the end it didn't light up.

The Legion abstained…

The empire's closest ally actually abstained!

Duke Galava felt dizzy for a moment, his eyes darkened and he slumped down on the chair.

He doesn't help me.

It has ended.

It's all over...

…

The meeting is over.

As the representatives of the Free State wished, the Duke of Garava left the meeting and was carried out.

This guy has a bad heart, but he would rather spend his money on wine and women than have an operation on himself.

Many people at the meeting were talking quietly, wondering if he could survive this time.

But it doesn’t matter if you can’t survive it.

The Empire's seats have been frozen and will no longer participate in the discussion of the meeting agenda.

The most proud ones are of course the newly joined representatives of the South China Sea Alliance.

The tens of billions of Xilan coins they borrowed had already been converted into silver coins at a discount.

If this empire goes bankrupt, those debts will naturally not have to be repaid...

After the meeting.

Benoit stood by the corridor window, looking at the Dawn City outside the window for a while.

Hearing the footsteps coming from beside him, he didn't look back, he just said casually.

"Is there any smoke?"

"have."

Cheng Yan took a pack of cigarettes from his arms and handed one to this guy's hand.

Taking out his lighter and lighting the cigarette, Benoit held it in his mouth but did not smoke. He just squinted his eyes and looked out the window, his face half sad and half confused.

After a long while, he finally spoke.

"...There's something I can't figure out."

Cheng Yan, who was standing next to him, thought for a while and then said.

"I can probably guess it."
To be continued...