After returning from the alien realm to the homeland, Lu PingAn found himself with more than one hot potato on his hands, even as his haul was plentiful.
Sometimes, it really was not about whether you were loyal. Once you had the ability to be disloyal, people would suspect you of it, assume it of you, or even force you into becoming disloyal.
After certain things happened, what you had originally thought no longer mattered in the slightest. Whether your subordinates draped you in a yellow robe or you had always harbored ambitions deep within, public judgment had little to do with the facts themselves.
"BOSS, if you still want your old life, that half-civilian, half-official status, then you have to be extremely careful from the very beginning. These materials must be handed over right away, and you cannot give them any opportunity to provoke conflict."
Lu PingAn's advisors concluded that once he went down to the surface, an assassination attempt was virtually guaranteed. It probably would not do much harm to Lu Mouren, since he was genuinely hard to kill now, but it would certainly cause widespread civilian casualties and economic losses, escalating the matter into a focal point of public opinion.
The reason was as many had openly laid out: the influx of large numbers of alien immigrants had led to intense competition and unemployment in many low- and middle-end sectors. Racial tensions and waves of exclusion had always existed, and were visibly growing ever larger.
In such a climate, even without the conservative factions and the Extremist Faction within the Eastern Kingdom fanning the flames, Lu PingAn, an "alien," might still be assassinated. His past experiences as an Explorer, especially his history of helping the Phosphorus People and the Long-Hand Tribe, would make him a "human traitor/alien