Gu Dongcheng's heroic declaration set off thunderous applause, shaking the glass windows of the skyscrapers before them—buildings that hid countless scions of powerful families and seemed to tower into the clouds, impregnable and unshakable—until they clattered loudly, as though even the reinforced concrete were trembling.
"Support Councilor Gu!"
"Support the National Cultivation Act!"
"Dragon City belongs to all Dragon City citizens. It cannot rely solely on Transcendents for protection, much less solely on God Realm Experts. It should be protected by all Dragon City citizens, together!"
The people shouted in unison.
Even Meng Chao could feel within the tidal wave of voices a power capable of changing everything, destroying everything, and remaking everything.
"So Gu Dongcheng had already become a councilor of the Survival Committee?"
When the Survival Committee had first been established, its so-called "councilors" possessed neither substantive power, nor were they usually anyone other than Peerless Experts and their relatives, descendants, and followers.
Whenever something major happened, three or five Peerless Experts would discuss it, cut through the tangled mess with a sharp blade, and get it done.
But as Dragon City gradually shook off the chaos, disorder, and brutality of the early days after the transmigration—
The legal spirit, moral bottom line, and deliberative procedures of the Earth Era had begun to shine with new radiance once more.
The Survival Committee gradually grew stronger.
Mid-Low Level Superhumans from humble backgrounds, representatives from the Crimson Dragon Army, and an increasing number of ordinary citizens had also walked shoulder to shoulder, supporting one another as they entered the Solemn Assembly and became councilors capable of determining—or at least influencing—the direction of Dragon City's advance.
Back when Meng Chao was still in Dragon City—
There had been an organization called Blue Homeland, which, under the banner of "restoring the culture,