Popularizing The Way Of Cultivation - Chapter 26

26 What People Wanted to See

“Currently, the Qi Mountain fire has been burning for eight hours. The number of injured firefighters has reached 100, and the number of sacrificed firefighters has reached 25. Other than that, the nearby villagers and animals. have all been burned to ashes.”

“Now, let’s hear from the environmental expert Professor Zhang.” In front of the camera, a female host with a solemn expression finished speaking and handed the microphone in her hand to the bald man beside her.

The bald man took the microphone and immediately sighed. He said bitterly, “This tragedy happened because people do not know how to protect the environment! Every one of us should reflect and think about why we failed to stop this. Every time, who pays for the mistakes that people make? Isn’t it those brave warriors? Look at those sacrificed and injured firefighters. Our small mistakes, carelessness, and wishful thinking could cost lives.”

Hearing these words, the female host was a little embarrassed and quickly led the topic, “Professor Zhang, how long do you think it will take to extinguish this fire?”

Hearing this, Professor Zhang calmed down a little. He adjusted his glasses and sighed, “It is almost impossible to extinguish it in a short time. I estimate that at least 12 hours will be needed to extinguish this fire. After all, the area covered by the vegetation on Qi Mountain is too vast. A small spark could cause an uncontrollable situation. This is why it is extremely important for everyone to take precautions…”

Professor Zhang began his long lecture again. The host could only helplessly signal the cameraman with her eyes that the camera could be turned off temporarily. There was no need to film this segment. It was a waste of battery.

At this moment, the host realized that the cameraman seemed to be a little distracted and did not catch the host’s eye contact at all.

Frustrated, she could only quietly move out of the frame and gave the cameraman a little nudge, indicating that he should be more serious in his work, “What are you in a daze

for?”

“Look over there. Is there a person walking towards Qi Mountain?”

Hearing this, Professor Zhang and the host were slightly stunned as they looked over.

They saw a young man dressed in a long black robe shuttling through the crowd as he walked steadily towards Qi Mountain.

Upon seeing this scene, Professor Zhang turned pale with fright, “Quick, stop that young man. It’s too dangerous!”

The host’s eyes lit up. This young man was obviously here to get some attention. After all, there were many people filming here. She had seen this kind of behavior many times.

However, it was rare for someone to go this far just to seek attention. If she met such a person, she would naturally make use of him.

Thinking of this, the host immediately signaled the cameraman to follow her and chased after Luo Xiu.

At this moment, at the Luo City Hall, countless people were surrounding the entrance of the building and raising signs to protest.

The contents of the signs were basically the

same.

“The Qi Mountain fire could have been avoided!”

“What has the government done for the people?”

“Where did the taxpayers’ money go!”

The crowd was passionate, even though most of them felt that the Qi Mountain fire had nothing to do with them.

A few figures walked out of the city hall. The crowd immediately surrounded them and shouted, “Make Qi Mountain green again!”

“We request the city government to give us a satisfactory answer!”

“How long will this fire last?”

“Are you all useless?”

In the face of these questions, the mayor of Luo City, Chen Guan, wiped his sweat with a handkerchief and shouted, “Everyone, please calm down. Please calm down. Listen to me.”

Seeing that the mayor, Chen Guan, was willing to make a statement, the crowd gradually quieted down.

However, everyone had angry expressions on their faces, as if they wanted to swallow the mayor alive.

Seeing that everyone had shut up, Chen Guan coughed and said, “Citizens of Luo City, please listen to me. It’s impossible for the government to not do anything. We are already taking emergency measures. Right now, the situation of the fire is grave. There is no time to delay the extinguishing of the fire.”

“The city government has decided to immediately adopt artificial rain measures to try to extinguish the fire in the shortest possible time. As for the ecological environment of Qi Mountain, we will definitely preserve as much as we can.”

“As for the damaged parts, the city government will allocate funds for the restoration after the event. We will strive to restore Qi Mountain to its former state.”

As soon as he finished speaking, an egg was thrown out of nowhere and accurately smashed into Chen Guan’s face. The egg white and egg yolk smelt on Chen Guan’s face.

“It’s all excuses! We want to see action!”

“Give Qi Mountain back to us!”

“How do you explain this fire!”

“The taxpayers’ money has been wasted!”

Obviously, no one listened to what Chen Guan said. They only wanted to use this excuse to vent their primal desires that were hidden deep in their hearts.

It seemed that disobeying law and order for a short period was enough to make them happy.

More eggs began to draw arcs in the air. Chen Guan left the scene under the escort of the people around him.

However, the artificial rain measures had indeed been arranged.

At the outskirts of Luo City, several special aircraft for artificial rain had taken off, bringing the artificial rain catalyst to the direction of Qi Mountain.

It was just that no one really cared.