Chapter 57: Chapter 57 - The City Lord’s Real Thoughts

City Lord Yan Hong’s face was a bit embarrassed as he looked at the few dojo masters and inquired, “Dojo Masters, what do you think?

The few dojo masters looked at each other and instantly understood what City Lord Yan Hong meant.

East End Dojo Master, Tan Jun took the lead with a helpless look and said, “I want very much to extend my help to support this urgent rescue mission too. Unfortunately, we have just experienced the Fearsome Beasts’ attack on the city. We may have the will but we lack the strength!”

“That’s right!” Beside him, the West Universe Dojo Master, Jiang Zilong also echoed, “If this happened under normal circumstances, we would not have hesitated. We would immediately send people to the rescue, but the current situation does not permit us this luxury!”

The other two dojo masters also chimed in,

“That’s right. Now our strength does not permit us.”

“It’s more important to protect the many people in our Lunan City!”

When the City Lord Yan Hong saw their reactions, he was very pleased. He presented a look of resignation and said, “Honorable Military Lord, you can see for yourself. It is not that we do not want to help, we really do not have the ability right now. The blood-sucking wasteland is extremely dangerous. Even if we go there, our efforts would be in vain. Furthermore, we do not know whether the Fearsome Beasts will attack the city again. It is more important that we preserve our strength to protect the city!”

Military Lord Xu Qingguo looked very displeased when he heard them.

He was well aware that during the battle in which the Fearsome Beasts attacked the city, they had suffered serious casualties. However, on the City Lord and the Dojos’ end, their losses were limited to those people at the lower levels. They did not really lose many high-level experts. It was practically the 4th squadron who was putting up all the resistance outside the city.

The martial arts experts of the 4 major dojos only arrived much later and did not suffer many casualties at all.

All this was just their rhetoric, an excuse for not wanting to send their experts to the blood-sucking wasteland to complete the rescue mission.

Although Xu Qingguo was annoyed beyond words, he also understood that at this time, he could not lose his temper at them.

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Now that the situation was so urgent, Xu Qingguo had no choice either. The nearest support he could depend on was the Lunan City. The support from other sources could not be transferred here in time.

With a helpless sigh, Xu Qingguo tried to persuade them. “Gentlemen, I understand that this is difficult for you, but the situation is indeed urgent. This person in need of rescue is very important to the whole Federation, to our whole humankind. Besides the rescue mission, if we can also eliminate the core group of Fearsome Beasts on our way to the blood-sucking wasteland, the wave of Fearsome Beasts will disintegrate like a landslide. In this way, the other rescue troops from the Federation will be able to arrive more quickly.”

“As far as I know, there is not enough medicine in Lunan City at the moment, right? There are many injured people dying every day because of the lack of medicine. If the outside rescue troops from the Federation arrived a day earlier, a lot less people would die in the city! ”

In spite of Xu Qingguo’s earnest persuasion, the City Lord Yan Hong and the Dojo Masters remained completely unmoved. They all appeared indifferent, determined to delay the rescue mission. They simply did not want to send any support to help with the rescue in the blood-sucking wasteland.

When Xu Qingguo saw their reactions, he felt very helpless. Then he glanced at Lu Yu and suddenly felt hopeful. He quickly asked, “Captain Lu, what do you think?”

Lu Yu had already heard about the recent shortage of medicine in the city, and many injured people dying as a result.

If he could go to the blood-sucking wasteland earlier to eliminate the core group of Fearsome Beasts, once the beast tide dispersed, the external rescue troops from the Federation would be able to reach their destination earlier. There would also be less injured dying in Lunan City. It was good for everyone.

On top of that, Lu Yu himself also wanted to go to the blood-sucking wasteland to look for those precious ingredients. After he had collected all the resources, he could then utilize the second cooking method in the ‘Sky Valley Culinary Method’ manual to cook the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth meat, thereby increasing his own strength once more.

Lu Yu replied straight away, “It’s a good thing to go earlier to rescue people and deal with the Fearsome Beasts. I am willing to go.”

When the Military Lord Xu Qingguo heard his words, he was overjoyed. He hurriedly said, “Good! Captain Lu, quickly prepare your gear and set off. It would be best if you can set off tomorrow. I will go and bring the GPS chip for you to make it easier for you to execute the rescue.”

With that, Xu Qingguo left swiftly.

The City Lord Yan Hong was clearly very displeased. Although they had not discussed this matter with Lu Yu up front, it was clear to everyone present that they did not want Lu Yu to join in the rescue mission.

The City Lord and the four dojos did not agree, but Lu Yu was the only one who agreed straightaway.

Since Lu Yu had already given his word, they could not say anything anymore. Obviously, he could not go back on his word after he had promised the Military Lord. Now the only option left was to delay the departure.

The City Lord Yan Hong came to Lu Yu and with a frustrated look, he tried to persuade him. “Lu Yu, I know you are eager to save people and also want to kill the Fearsome Beasts, but I hope you can delay the departure for a while. Leave at a later date, what do you think?”

Lu Yu was perplexed by his request and asked, “City Lord, why do you want to delay? If I set off too late, maybe the person awaiting rescue would be dead by then. Isn’t it better that I go as soon as possible?”

“What do you care about the person who needs rescuing?” The City Lord Yan Hong was losing his cool. “For each day you delay, our Lunan City will receive an extra day of massive Federation allowance. With this massive allowance, we can build a better Lunan City and raise our city’s strength further. Also, if you set off later, the Federation’s troops can eliminate more Fearsome Beasts. Then there will be less Fearsome Beasts in the blood-sucking wasteland. Isn’t it so much safer for you then, and you will lose fewer men!”

City Lord Yan Hong was becoming exasperated and spoke his mind directly.

Standing by the side, East End Dojo Master Tan Jun chimed in as well. “That’s right, Dojo Master Lu. On one hand is one person’s life, on the other hand is the safety of our Lunan City’s big group of martial arts experts as well as the future development of Lunan City. You need to distinguish which is more important!”

The rest of the dojo masters also tried persuading him.

“That’s right, Dojo Master Lu. You don’t have to do anything, just delay for a while, that’s all.”

“It doesn’t have to be long. Just 3 to 5 days is sufficient.”

“That’s right. With that 3 to 5 days, I believe the Federation’s troops from outside would have more or less slain most of the Fearsome Beasts.”

Lu Yu looked at the City Lord Yan Hong and the 4 dojo masters’ expressions as they said these words, and he couldn’t help laughing inwardly.

At this time, Lu Yu finally completely understood why these people were reluctant to send out experts to help with the rescue.

As the city had just suffered a massive Fearsome Beasts’ attack, the whole Lunan City had sustained serious damage, so the Federation was giving them a generous allowance to rebuild.

The civilians in Lunan City hoped that the threat of the beast tide could be removed quickly, but the City Lord and the dojo masters did not think likewise. In fact, they hoped the current situation could be extended for a few more days.

In this way, they could receive more allowance and benefits.

At the same time, they refuse to send experts to the blood-sucking wasteland because they wanted to preserve their strength.

Even the men under Lu Yu’s command now were all Lunan City’s martial arts experts in the first place. They naturally did not want to suffer any loss but to preserve their strength.

And these people totally ignored the urgent mission of the Federation because they wanted to preserve their own strength and generous benefits. They were also indifferent to the injured civilians in the city, leaving them to die because of the lack of medicine.