Chapter 230: Waves

At the same time, under Lin Xu’s operation, the video about the Ant-Maniac gradually lost its popularity. Although there were sporadic voices, it didn’t cause much of a stir.

Meanwhile, the video of Zhao Tiansheng’s live broadcast was also spreading, with the topic’s popularity increasing.

In the video, both awakened individuals and ordinary people were captivated by Zhao Tiansheng, who made them engage in sports competitions.

The winners could leave alive, while the losers could only face death.

In this kind of competition, most of the survivors were awakened individuals, while the ordinary people perished. This video caused a huge reaction.

“Aren’t awakened individuals supposed to protect us ordinary people? Why don’t they voluntarily admit defeat and actually compete with ordinary people?”

“This is outrageous! As awakened individuals, they actually compete with ordinary people for the chance to survive? Are such people even worthy of being awakened?”

“Why does the country support these awakened individuals? Just to let them compete with us ordinary people for survival opportunities?”

Although there were a few rational individuals who believed that in this situation, awakened individuals and ordinary people were no different, and everyone had the opportunity to fight for survival.

However, these individuals were few, and combined with the paid water army and malicious manipulation, public opinion was mostly one-sided.

Soon, people began to dox the information of the few awakened individuals who survived and demanded strict punishment for them, even labeling them as murderers and calling for their immediate arrest and execution.

Ye Xuan and Su Mengli were also included, facing online violence and a wave of criticism.

It was evident that people not only wanted to criticize but also take action because the incident occurred in the Magic City, where the strongest reaction came from a group of people in the city.

In the meeting room of the Magic City Marriott Real Estate Company, the big boss Zhu Wanhao sat in the center, smoking a cigar, surrounded by some middle-class employees of the real estate company.

After taking a puff of his cigar, Zhuhan Hao said, “Listen to me, mobilize all company employees to initiate a demonstration. If necessary, we can even hire more people to escalate the situation. I will make those awakened individuals who abandoned ordinary people pay the price!”

One of his subordinates responded, “Chairman, this matter has little to do with us. If we proceed like this, it will only bring trouble upon us. Why bother?”

Zhu Wanhao took another puff of his cigar and said, “Has little to do with us? You understand nothing! This matter is significant to me, to all the wealthy people in China! Not just me, but all the billionaires in the Magic City with assets exceeding ten billion will contribute to support this demonstration. I believe it’s similar in other places.”

The subordinate seemed puzzled, “What is this for? Why bother?”

Zhu Wanhao continued smoking his cigar and said, “Have you ever heard a saying?”

“What saying?”

“Ten years of hard study, why should one compete with the efforts of several generations? Young people study hard, even if they excel, they can only work for me. Do you understand?”

“I understand that.”

Zhu Wanhao chuckled, “Those who excel after ten years of hard study are qualified to work for me, to be my lackeys. Ordinary college students don’t even have the opportunity to work under me! I, Zhu Wanhao, am superior to ordinary people. Is there anything wrong with that?”

Present were senior employees who worked under Zhu Wanhao, relying on him for their livelihood.

Upon hearing Zhu Wanhao’s words, they all agreed, “You’re right. In this world, money is everything. With money, one can do anything. You are indeed superior to ordinary people.”

Zhu Wanhao passionately declared, “Since the appearance of awakened individuals, the world has changed. After ten years of hard study, they can only work for me. But once they awaken, those powerful awakened individuals can disrespect me, treat me, Zhu Wanhao, as nothing. Can I not be angry? Why? Why can they look down on me once they awaken? And that Lin Xu, I offered him an annual salary of one billion to be my personal bodyguard, but he unhesitatingly refused! These awakened individuals truly think highly of themselves, believing they can transcend social classes with just awakening and trample us wealthy people underfoot? I absolutely won’t allow such a thing to happen! Therefore, I will resist. I will unite with other wealthy individuals, organize demonstrations, and make these awakened individuals understand that they are just a bunch of lousy bodyguards! When necessary, they must risk their lives to protect ours! This is not just my fight but a war between the original beneficiaries of China’s order and these new awakened individuals. We will spare no effort to crush the awakened individuals and make them realize their true identity!”

Since the rebirth of spiritual energy, Zhu Wanhao had been discontented, as had many other wealthy individuals like him.

They were originally at the top of society, where ordinary people worked for them their entire lives.

With a single word, they could determine others’ fates, enjoying all the privileges.

However, since the appearance of awakened individuals, their privileges had been gradually diminishing. This world seemed to no longer differentiate between individuals based on wealth but on whether they were awakened.

Awakened individuals possessed powerful and cool abilities, surpassing ordinary people and having the ability to resist attacks from mutated beasts.

It seemed like awakened individuals were replacing the previous status and position of the wealthy.

Some people could see the reality, understanding that the rise of awakened individuals was unstoppable. They chose to honestly befriend some awakened individuals, invest in them, and pave the way for the future.

But more people were unwilling to fall into the mundane world like this, with Zhu Wanhao being one of them.

He wanted to use his power to bring the awakened individuals back to the mundane world, confirming that awakened individuals were just ordinary people’s bodyguards. At critical moments, even if it meant death, they had to protect ordinary people.

In this way, the next time Zhu Wanhao was in danger, even if these awakened individuals hated him, they would have to risk their lives to protect him. The wealthy were still at the top of society!

Similar meetings were happening frequently, with these wealthy individuals currently holding significant social status and resources.

Under their influence, the Magic City began to see a large number of demonstrators, gathering like ants, holding banners and demanding the execution of those two groups of awakened individuals.

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