vrcanaries Is Chapter 357 still necessary?
Is Chapter 357 still necessary?
Fifteen minutes before the speech was scheduled to begin, Simothers appeared backstage with a group of people and joined Lin Xuan.
"Team Leader Bai, there's been no movement from the city defense forces. It seems the speech will go smoothly; they've probably made it a regular occurrence."
Himothers said this with a hint of disappointment.
As an idealist within the Spark Organization, his greatest wish was to use the organization's influence to awaken this corrupt government to its true nature.
But now it seems that no one cares what this group of people are actually doing.
Lin Xuan seemed unsurprised by the result, and simply sighed.
"You guys are really having a tough time."
This speech can be considered Simothers' last trump card.
The Spark Organization, which started with great enthusiasm, has long since undergone a change in nature, and its motives have become impure.
Himothers wanted to use Lin Xuan, an external force, to forcefully reunite the four fragmented factions through this speech.
But now, looking at the audience, it seems that apart from that idiot Felix, the other two leaders of the Spark Organization and their people have no intention of participating in this event at all.
What made Simothers even more desperate was the attitude of the Mechanical Earth government.
Ignore!
This is the greatest insult to a political party!
I completely ignore your existence and don't care what you do.
The speech was prompted by the destruction of the HMS Lord Aventis aircraft carrier, which is how Simmons presented it to the public.
Logically speaking, regardless of whether this is true or false, the government of Mechanical Earth should come and see for themselves.
But now it seems they have no intention of intervening at all.
This is an extreme insult.
If Simothers knew the people of the Earth Alliance, he would know that the last time Lin Xuan was insulted like this was by the Trisolarans.
The Lord doesn't care!
Not only did they disregard the Starfire Organization, but they also ignored all the civilians on Planet Revelation III.
When mechanical technology develops to the point where individual power surpasses collective power, the class nature of social strata will be continuously amplified.
For example, the chivalrous heroes of ancient times who roamed the martial arts world also disregarded legal rules to carry out their own sense of justice.
This applies not only to the mechanical Earth, but also to the Earth Federation.
Because of Lin Xuan's absolute peak of personal power, no one in the entire Lin Gang dared to touch him, even if he fell from power.
If Luo Congmin wanted to, these people from the Lin Party would be the Celestial Dragons of the entire Earth.
From the perspective of the Earth Alliance, would they spend a lot of manpower and resources to clean up an extremist organization like Children of the Earth, which has little presence?
In the eyes of the government forces on Mechanical Earth, the Starfire Organization was essentially the "Children of Earth."
Every year, the Earth Alliance produces hundreds of these organizations; they are simply impossible to eradicate completely.
That's why Felix only got a seven-day sentence for leading people to cause trouble in the streets, while Lin Xuan's speech, although reactionary enough, took longer to arrest than he was sentenced to.
"Team White, is there any point in us continuing this speech?"
Lin Xuan raised an eyebrow.
"So, you want me to give up this speech?"
Upon hearing this, Himersonus shook his head repeatedly.
"No, I just think that even if we recruit everyone on the entire planet into the Starfire Organization, we might not be able to fight against the regular army of the Mechanical Earth."
Lin Xuan didn't answer, but simply reached out and patted Simothers on the shoulder.
"Who said we're going to fight against a regular army? Can't these mechanical Earth troops be our own people?"
Himethos remained noncommittal upon hearing this.
"Don't worry, I will soon win over the audience with my unique speaking style."
As if remembering something, Lin Xuan suddenly spoke.
"By the way, did you give WALL-E the gift I asked you to bring?"
"You mean that book? I've already given it to him."
A few days ago, he went to talk to Wally alone after the meeting.
Their goal is exactly the same as before: to recruit WALL-E into their ranks.
After all, as the most numerous speculator representative in the entire Starfire organization, WALL-E's unpredictable attitude put a lot of pressure on Himothers.
"I've said it before, I can only do my part by not stopping you, but it's absolutely impossible for me to risk my life and follow you lunatics in causing trouble," WALL-E said firmly.
"Simonses, I've already done my best to provide you with the venue. Don't push me!"
"In addition, regardless of whether this speech is successful or not, any new members you recruit into the organization will have to pay an extra 15% membership fee."
"After all, I was the one who promoted this speaking event. If I hadn't sent those guys things, do you think they would have been interested in your plan to oppose the government and establish a new order?"
"Don't be fucking stupid. The Spark Organization is just a bunch of swindlers posing as opponents of giant corporations. All you need to do is recruit more people for us and get them to pay more membership fees. You don't really think that just a bunch of us can fight against a government as massive as Mechanical Earth, do you?"
Himothers stared at WALL-E for a long time.
"Yes, I don't understand why you people can't live for yourselves just once. If we could just win a political seat in the government, we could..."
"What can I do?"
WALL-E sneered.
"So you can achieve your grand ideals? Simothers, have you ever thought that most of us don't really care who's in power or what new policies they've introduced?"
“We just hope to have enough to eat and wear, so we don’t have to worry about our next meal. You may be full, but 80% of the members of the Spark Organization don’t even have enough to eat. So many people need to eat and stay warm. I am the person primarily responsible, not you!”
WALL-E and SMARTES had countless arguments like this, but they always ended up having no resolution.
The two people's ideas were completely different, so there was no possibility of them accepting each other's ideas.
But this time was different. When WALL-E tried to argue with Simothers again using this idea, Simothers suddenly said something out of the blue.
"WALL-E, have you ever considered the possibility that the reason we are not getting enough to eat is because our surplus value has been exploited?"
WALL-E was taken aback.
"What's the meaning."
Himothers didn't speak, but instead took a book out of his bag and handed it to WALL-E.
"This is a book that Mr. Bai Bing asked me to give to you. He said you would be very interested in it."
Upon hearing this, WALL-E took the book handed to him and saw several words written on it in a bright, clear way.
"Capital".
……
Amidst the intense attention of the crowd, Lin Xuan slowly walked onto the stage.
Below, everyone was drinking beer and eating various snacks.
No one cared what was actually happening on stage. Based on their past experience, the other party's words were like those of a wedding officiant—boring and uninteresting.
Aside from yourself, no one cares about the specifics of your wedding ceremony; everyone only cares about whether the food on the table is delicious.
At this moment, Lin Xuan had already walked to the center of the stage, and he still maintained a smile on his face as he faced the chaotic audience below.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the topic of my speech today is 'On how to mobilize more forces to resist giant corporations'."
The crowd remained unmoved, seemingly accustomed to such reactionary speeches and no longer surprised by them.
Among the people in the audience were members of the Spark Foundation, ordinary citizens, and even members of the city's defense forces.
They were all there for the free, unlimited beer, so they naturally didn't care what Lin Xuan was saying.
Seeing this, Simothers, watching from afar, couldn't help but feel a pang of worry for Lin Xuan.
Although he had expected things to turn out this way, he was still somewhat disappointed when he saw that, just as WALL-E had said, no one in the audience cared about politics at all.
Just when everyone thought the speech would end abruptly with Lin Xuan being ignored...
After Lin Xuan finished reading the question on stage, she silently pulled a pistol from her pocket.
Then the safety was released and the bullet was chambered.
"boom!"
A gunshot rang out, and a bullet killed an audience member who was eating heartily in the audience.
In an instant, the entire tavern fell silent.
As if time had stood still, many people's chopsticks, which were used to pick up food, were frozen in mid-air.
They stared blankly at Lin Xuan on the stage, who was holding a gun, their faces full of question marks.
what happened?
You came here to give a speech... How come you suddenly started killing people after just stating the topic of your speech?
At this moment, Himothers felt as if his cerebellum had shrunk for a moment.
He couldn't help but recall what Lin Xuan had just said.
"Don't worry, I will soon win over the audience with my unique speaking style."
So your so-called unique speaking style is a form of physical conquest?
Now their reputation as a terrorist organization, Spark, is completely cemented.
P.S.: I was attending a conference these past few days and just got back.