Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

The sudden confession of the big shot on the screen made everyone outside the screen stunned. They did not expect that such a "big shot" who was so "powerful" could be cornered in just a few words. They could not imagine that the ruling class Even people with some vision cannot understand the extent to which the class contradictions in China have grown to this day——

It is obvious that the conflicts between the units within the ruling class are not supported by enough conflicts of material interests. How come the conflicts that were originally unfounded suddenly appeared and broke out in a very short period of time?

Could it be...that they only clashed because they liked fighting?

Even most people within the ruling class don't understand why they were in a life-or-death situation overnight, even though they were having a good conversation before.

The same trial is still going on, with the haggard appearance of the big shots in the past in front of the camera and the various attitudes they showed - anger, flattery, sarcasm, compromise...

People saw these things that they could never see on ordinary days, and therefore understood that those so-called big shots were actually no different from them.

They are also of low quality, behave vulgarly, are addicted to alcohol and value cigarettes more than their lives...

They will also be groveling because they are unreasonable, and they will also appear to be so flattering that they are so disgusting that they cause physical discomfort to most people...

The only difference is the arrogance displayed by some of them.

Even now that all the secrets have been exposed, they still express an arrogance that is completely different from their current situation. If their identity and power are stripped away, they themselves are no different from the gangsters on the street.

As the public trial continues, more and more incredible things are exposed:

Some of them run the dark web and deep web of the mechanical hive. It looks like underground trading websites composed of civilian hackers are completely operated by them under the protection of their colleagues. After the apocalypse, almost everything on these websites can Trade everything imaginable;

They have reached some agreements long ago. Those agreements can complete the exchange of interests between them in the future through the normal operation of the mechanical hive. Such exchange of interests will be expressed in the form of material circulation, and the people will not know at all. Know, because such exchanges are all conducted internally and are completely private;

In the next planned large-scale construction process, they will protect their children through the program itself. It will be the Mudlegs and their humble people who will go to work on the ice and allow the mechanical hive to escape from the apocalypse. Heirs...

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People learned about their daily actions during the trial, so they were even more confused. Where did such arrogance come from?

With the live broadcast of the trial that continued for three consecutive days, people not only learned everything that happened within the ruling class these days, but also how the mechanical hive actually operates——

In peaceful times, everything is on the rise, most people have enough to eat and drink, and the part that the logistics center quietly takes away from everyone will not have much impact on people, so people don't care.

Now that the end has come, the mechanical hive has become an isolated island of human civilization, and all supplies have become rare. People are even very sensitive to the ownership of a piece of bread.

Because without bread, people will really starve to death.

People were furious at those who were put on trial, and when they saw the luxurious decorations in those homes and heating equipment that ordinary people couldn't even name during the live broadcast, their anger erupted again.

People walked out of their homes angrily, swarming on the streets, armed with all the weapons they could get, and headed towards some areas on the top floor of the mechanical hive. They didn't have very specific goals, they only heard about the houses of powerful people. Where is the residence, so they rushed over.

At this juncture, no one dared to stay in the mansions of the big shots. Angry people rushed into the mansions and saw for the first time decorations that were beyond their imagination and most things that they could not even find adjectives for.

They robbed their wealth, evacuated their rooms, killed everyone, regardless of age or sex, who looked luxuriously dressed, and set fire to the mansions whose interiors were unimaginably luxurious.

The fire was extinguished by the fire department. As one of the few departments that was not publicly tried, most of the people in the fire department had been screened by Chen Yan before the turmoil. The firefighters who were doing the firefighting work had been replaced by A child of a good family.

People are not just destroying. Along with the destruction, there are also purposeless robberies and attacks. Neighbors in several wealthy areas have been affected. Even the petty bourgeoisie and the middle class who have not committed any crimes have been affected. , ranging from being chased and beaten to at worst having their families destroyed.

The chaos intensified in the following afternoon, and showed no signs of stopping until evening.

——This kind of chaos only lasted for one afternoon. It was interrupted by the mobile unit before it worsened that night. People who were already awake and wanted more benefits were expelled back to their own places. Anyone who wanted to let this happen Those who continued to worsen the riot were punished as they deserved.

At 8 o'clock that night, a special public trial began.

The subjects of the public trial were some people who participated in the riots. Their identities were exposed under successive interrogations. They were hired by big figures who had been tried before or were about to be tried in the future. Their purpose was to muddy the waters of the mechanical hive. Use this to try to get an opportunity to escape.

This fact caused panic in the crowd. Everyone did not expect that things would turn out like this. The previous enthusiasm quickly cooled down, because most people found that when information, knowledge and vision are not equal at all, , they are completely unable to fight against the big shots——

Even if those people are now prisoners!

So, at 10 o'clock in the evening on the fourth day after the trial began, the live broadcast screen changed.

Most people didn't know who the young man on the screen was. They only saw that the young man looked thin and haggard, with a haggard face. Only the look in his eyes was very clear, which was incompatible with the deathly aura of the whole person.

"Hello everyone, I am Chen Yan, the head of Z Group, the host of public trials these days."

People had heard this name countless times during the four-day public trial, but today was the first time they saw it in person.

Their feelings towards him were very complicated. On the one hand, they felt very happy about what he had done. Who wouldn't want to take a bite of meat from the mouths of those powerful people? The new private warehouses that have appeared in public trials these days have made everyone understand that the food in the next period of time will definitely be better than before.

On the other hand, they maintained a vigilant fear of him and awe due to the violence he showed - human beings are naturally afraid of violence that is more powerful than themselves, especially when this violence was vividly displayed in front of them for four consecutive times. After the sky, fear and awe reached their peak at the same time.

There are even more other emotions. In addition to complex expectations, there is also a kind of trust maintained by reason, plus some tension and fear caused by his unknown future destiny...

People listened quietly to this "trial" against everyone.

“After this public trial, everyone in the public trial will be sentenced according to their actions, most of them will receive the death penalty, and some will be deprived of all power.

Their trial results and execution videos will be permanently stored on the server for everyone to view at any time. "

People did not cheer for this result, they were more looking forward to the next announcement.

"In addition, all resources of the mechanical hive will be returned to the public. With the data fully disclosed, the United Group will conduct fair and open meetings to redistribute resources."

People don't know what this means yet.

People have no idea what this "United Group" that appeared out of nowhere does.

The mechanical hive was silent, with only Chen Yan's voice echoing.

“We will open new regulatory channels to ensure everyone’s right to supervision and voice. These channels will be published on the United Group’s website. We will invest manpower and material resources to maintain these channels and treat them as everyone’s rights. , these powers will be written into the operating rules of the United Group in a short period of time, as the basic rules for the mechanical hive to perform all actions in the future." ˆ ˆ ˆ "We need a large number of administrative staff, and we will open long-term recruitment channels. If you have such If you have the ability, please go to Group Z in Area N of the Mechanical Hive for an interview."

"We will confiscate all monopolized private property and ensure that everyone can have a hive of their own - the United Group will ensure the legality of everyone's hive ownership."

People may not understand the previous sentences, but people can understand this sentence. This thing is so incredible that people did not cheer immediately, but immediately began to question its authenticity.

The synaesthesia that was greatly enhanced due to the loss of control told Chen Yan everything. Complex emotions such as people's fear, excitement, expectation, and joy all entered his head, forcing him to forcefully change the topic to dispel these emotions:

"In the next period of time, the United Group will ensure the supply of living resources. At the same time, I hope everyone can follow me to build new mechanical hives."

Perhaps because synesthetes express emotions more strongly than ordinary people, Chen Yan’s heavy voice in the video made people breathless:

“Everyone should know that what we are facing is a doomsday caused by the apocalypse. The tsunami is only a part of the apocalypse, not the whole of the apocalypse. We don’t know whether the apocalypse will come again, and if the apocalypse comes again, what form it will take.

All we know is that to survive in the apocalypse, the current infrastructure of the mechanical hive is not enough. "

"We - you and me in front of the screen, everyone in the mechanical hive, if we want to survive, we must build new infrastructure -

We need to transform the mechanical hive with insulation and turn it into a fortress that can truly survive.

We will establish experimental fields and composting facilities on the lower level of the mechanical hive. The first phase plan is to achieve self-sufficiency in food and vegetables within half a year.

We will send an advance team to restart the infrastructure of other islands in the first island chain and connect them to the mechanical hive through cables to achieve a continuous supply of power.

We need to create more oxygen in increasingly thinner air.

We will build new industrial production lines to ensure the supply of daily necessities.

......"

He told people his plans for the future of the mechanical hive according to the ideas he had talked to many front-line workers in many different professional disciplines - even though he knew that most people might not understand them at all.

People should have such rights, he thought.

The mechanical hive is not a giant country with a population of tens or even hundreds of millions, but a small human stronghold with a population of only half a million. If you want to survive the apocalypse, everyone must contribute all their strength.

When people listened to his words, quite a few of them seemed to be listening to a fantasy.

A considerable number of them don't even understand the current situation at all, thinking that the end of the world is just people's pessimistic imagination, and that the empire will always save them at some point in the future.

But most of them showed no apparent resistance to what he said - they simply accepted it - as they had experienced since birth.

He then told them some of his thoughts:

In response to the problem of low professional quality of the mechanical hive population, the United Group plans to establish adult vocational schools to train unskilled people so that they can join production and labor construction as soon as possible;

In response to the issue of investment in children's education, United Group will provide more professional training to teachers and establish communication channels between parents and teachers;

In response to the problem of unfair distribution, the United Group will establish a new system to promote fairness and allocate additional resources to the elderly, the young, the sick, the disabled and pregnant women;

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The live broadcast lasted until 6 a.m. the next day.

There are still more than 300,000 people online in the live broadcast room in real time. I don’t know if they really watched it all night, or if they just left their mobile phones with the screen on.

"at last."

Chen Yan looked at the screen, although his expression was tired, his eyes were clearer than last night:

"I will participate in productive labor as a member of everyone."

"Hopefully we can survive the apocalypse."

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When people calmed down the next day, even the most confused people knew at least three things:

First, the new boss of the Mechanical Hive must be fair.

Second, everyone will be an employee of United Group.

Third, the purpose of establishing the United Group is to allow mankind to survive the apocalypse.

People feel confident because of this basic information, and the restoration of three meals a day will further strengthen this confidence.

The entire public trial process that appeared on the website immediately proved Chen Yan's commitment yesterday. The opening of the United Group Infrastructure Registration Center and a large number of new United Group contracts further strengthened people's confidence.

Everything is getting better quickly.

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At this moment.

On a certain operating table.

On the operating table, Chen Yan was so thin that he looked like he had turned into a gray, bald mouse. His body was filled with various catheters, various drugs, hormones, nutritional solutions, etc... that were constantly feeding into his dying body. Transported inside, binding his life that was about to leave.

A man with blond hair in a white coat walked in. He looked at the irregular heart rate fluctuation curve on the heart rate monitor, came to Chen Yan's ear, and said loudly in a tone that would make ordinary people feel extremely uncomfortable:

"Chen Yan! Are you there! I am a magpie!"