Trust Crumbles Like a Boulder Rolling Down a Mountain / Mace, Why Did You Resign?

The conversations of the group over the past few days had been observed. At the end of the meeting, Silver Ash made a small joke, saying that he would ask Ursus for help.

The people at the meeting simply laughed it off, no one took it seriously, and no one even made a proposal.

But who would have thought that Miss Doctor actually watched the whole thing, with no one else present?

"This video..."

Gnosis was speechless with surprise, because the scene in the video was in Silver Ash's office, and it looked like he was discussing things with the heads of other families, so there couldn't possibly be anyone else around!

How did this woman obtain this footage?

"I can't let these words go in one ear and out the other; illness enters through the mouth, and disaster comes from the mouth."

The Miss Doctor put the projector away; it was just a small appetizer.

Silver Ash certainly didn't want to collude with Ursus, but what Utopia wanted to do now was completely destroy his territory. Anyone could take the blame.

The key is to strike the mark accurately and skillfully.

This is where journalism comes in.

With this huge black pot falling on his head, Silver Ash was bound to lose his composure, and his Gnosis brain momentarily froze.

No one expected that Miss Doctor would have such a trick up her sleeve, instantly throwing the public opinion field of Karlan Trade into disarray.

Given Utopia's good reputation among the people, they could easily use this video to bring down several powerful families.

The recording itself is a minor issue; the real problem lies in the reduced job opportunities and declining living conditions caused by the fabricated lies created through the recording.

The Siergrag people's current level of social welfare is entirely dependent on the funds and resources of Utopia.

Once the resources of Utopia are cut off, it is inevitable that the quality of life of the Siergrag people will decline, and this blame can be easily placed on the major families.

It is logical, well-founded, and convincing.

It's easy to imagine that Silver Ash will soon regret the joke he made.

Of course, the Miss Doctor didn't only have this one card in her hand; the image she just saw was merely an unexpected bonus.

Chapter 693 The collapse of trust is like a boulder rolling down a mountain.

Throughout history, in any country or civilization, betraying an ally is always the most despicable act.

Utopia brought civilization and development to Siergrag, and you, the highest-ranking members of the major families, actually dared to collude with Ursus!

Silver Ash has been working hard to improve people's well-being, but has forgotten about its own public opinion arena.

Three men can make a tiger... let alone a large group of people.

It's easy to imagine that countless troubles await them next.

With industry in decline and people's livelihoods in disarray, it is foreseeable that a cold winter will once again engulf the entire Siergrag in a month.

Gnosis stood blankly in the hall, not even having the courage to think about what would happen next.

The Miss Doctor walked up to Gnosis and unceremoniously removed the badge from his chest.

"Furthermore, in my capacity as the representative of the Supreme Board of Karlan Trade, I hereby announce: You are dismissed!"

After saying that, he had the soldiers take his belongings and push him out the door.

A few minutes later, in the eyes of the Gnosis.

The signs on the headquarters of the Karlan Trade building were removed by Utopia soldiers and replaced with Utopia's own signs.

Utopia held a 51% stake in Karlan Trade, and now it's simply a matter of returning the property to its rightful owner.

And this is only under the condition that Master Huang believes Silver Ash will bring him a surprise; otherwise, it should be at least 60% or more.

They didn't earn much from their previous half of the shares; all the dividends were used to rebuild Siergrag.

Huang Cao has truly done everything she could, but unfortunately, some people don't appreciate it.

Meanwhile, the ordinary Utopian soldiers stationed in Siergrag also began to take action.

Dismantle a portion of an already constructed modular railway. Even if the railway is hundreds of kilometers long, removing just any part of the beginning would be enough to render all trains unusable.

Siergrag used railways produced by Utopia, but they never imagined that Utopia's railways and trains were dynamic; even if they were dismantled, it wasn't a matter of simply replacing the rails and connecting them.

By manually changing the specifications on the rails from the back end, everything becomes different again.

Siergrag's industry can indeed produce locomotives, but putting aside the cost, even if they built the Master Huang, they could easily change its specifications at any time.

Let's see if your mechanical diversity is stronger, or my biodiversity is stronger.

And what are you trying to achieve by building trains?

Is it really possible to transport supplies here?

It was completely blocked from top to bottom, inside and out.

"Doctor, should we cut off the hospital's medical resource supply?"

"Why not cut it? Blame Enshiodis. I don't care. Let the Siergrag people suffer, let them bear the blame. Besides, the Karlan Trade has already stockpiled some medical supplies; it just depends on whether the major families are willing to share them."

The Doctor felt sorry for what happened to these people afterward. The struggle between nations is like an avalanche; no one can remain uninvolved, let alone Siergrag, who is not even a snowflake.

Therefore, this is a unique test for this country.

Dignity or human dignity, that is the question.

While the conquest of utopias may be domineering, they never explicitly deny freedom and dignity to ordinary people. They primarily target the most privileged members of the local population, though innocent people may often be harmed in the process.

After all, the beneficiaries and the oppressed live on the same land and are inextricably linked. Once the situation changes, it is difficult to completely separate them.

This is also what makes these vested interests so despicable.

An overly domineering approach often leads to minor problems, but that's precisely the path that Utopia aims to follow.

Because only through forceful and domineering tactics can the existing corrupt Order of the region be quickly shattered, the land of Terra relies even more on force than Master Huang's previous life.

Miss Doctor is here to do is even more domineering than Master Huang.

At least if the person standing here today were Master Huang, he wouldn't immediately cut off the supply of medical resources; he would rather spend more time to avoid causing damage as much as possible.

In plain terms, Huang Cao values her life too much.

But Miss Doctor didn't have this problem; she came with a mission and naturally didn't want to play house with these little animals.

The pressure from indirect and direct measures is different, especially since Utopia initially intended to use force, so the Miss Doctor's limits on the extent of her actions are extremely high.

The Doctor arrived at the CEO's office at Karlan Trade and had her subordinates throw downstairs the CEO's desk that the snow leopard had once sat on, replacing it with her own favorite chair.

Sitting in front of the largest glass window, she could even see the shape of the Holy Mountain in the distance.

"Silver Ash, just a few days ago you were chatting and laughing here, who would have thought that one day you would be kicked out like this."

"You're penniless right now, and you still haven't paid off all your debts."

Although Utopia does not offer loans to the lower classes, it often provides various low-interest or even interest-free loans to fund a country or region.

Clearly, Huang Cao was gambling that Silver Ash would cooperate with him, so he wasn't really generous enough to offer Siergrag an interest-free loan.

Although low-interest loans have the word "low-interest" in them, once the amount is large, no matter how low you try to borrow, it can still amount to a considerable sum.

Moreover, Siergrag is currently in a period of rapid development, with frequent economic exchanges but little savings. Therefore, once the loan principal is collected, the remaining interest is still difficult to repay.

Even if Yelagond sold his ditch to Master Huang, he still couldn't repay the loan. If Siergrag wanted to directly reject all the loans, the Doctor would have even more reason to forcefully move into Siergrag, and the ordinary people would find it difficult to agree.

Because in the eyes of these people, it is clear that the people at the top have betrayed their promises, so why should all the people of Siergrag suffer the consequences, even if Silver Ash's initial idea was indeed for their own good.

But so what?

It's human nature to forget past mistakes and not learn from them; good news travels slowly, but bad news travels fast. Besides, this was originally the duty of the major families of Siergrag. Who gave Silver Ash the right to run the gambling?

Either refuse outright, or don't try to fool Master Huang with empty promises.

Siergrag harbored malicious intentions towards Utopia from the very beginning, so how could he possibly hope for a peaceful ending? That was simply impossible.

"Report on how much money Sivash and the major families currently have left in their Utopia accounts."

A white snow leopard dressed in a Utopia uniform reported, "According to the data just compiled, all assets have been frozen. Currently, only local currency is usable in Siergrag; there is not a single penny of foreign exchange."

"Your racial characteristics..." It was only then that the Miss Doctor noticed that the snow leopard next to her was somewhat similar in species to Snowflake.

The snow leopard girl replied:

"Reporting to Doctor Excellency, my name is Philippa. I previously worked as an accountant for Duke Keister and only recently arrived in Siergrag."

Chapter 694 Why did you resign?

"Now I remember. To be honest, Silver Ash's whole family is actually a distant relative of yours."

"My family has no enemies of Utopia," the girl named Philippa said with unusual firmness.

Miss Doctor certainly understood that, thanks to Ah Cao's influence, the Duke Keister was born half-Utopian.

Utopia changed Caesar, and it changed all of Victoria.

Nowadays, characters like Christ and the Duke Wellington are all capable assistants to Master Huang, working together for the prosperity of Utopia.

The Doctor, "The foreign exchange should be directly transferred to the debt repayment ledger. We should hurry up and dismantle all the industrial facilities that can be dismantled. Remember, we must not destroy any projects that have not received our investment. We are here to reclaim the benefits of Utopia, not to drive this country to its death."

What Huang Cao wanted was a healthy and intact Siergrag, not a ravaged country. If they burned, killed, and looted here, how would they be different from true invaders, and what right would they have to call themselves a civilized army?

Utopia's current actions are merely reclaiming the promises it once made, without even getting its principal back.

Regardless of the circumstances, Silver Ash was truly unfair in this situation, and he needs to get his revenge.

Philippa nodded, and after reporting the data, he went to speed up the preparations.

At the same time, just after the snow leopard left, Miss Doctor noticed a gaze fixed on her.

Yelagond, did I let you see it?

The Miss Doctor snapped her fingers crisply, and the faint Originium in the air instantly condensed into a data barrier, directly repelling the gaze of the Snow Mountain.

At the same time, Ya'er, who had been slapped back, felt a sharp pain in her head and almost collapsed into her chair.

"Ya'er?! Are you alright?!"

"Saintess Holiness, I'm alright... I was just discovered."

Ya'er's deep blue lips were slightly pursed, as if she was very unwilling.

Standing next to her was a tall man, none other than Sivash, who was Silver Ash himself.

Sivash performed a very proper religious gesture. "Yelagond... please allow me to address you by this title, Great Creator of Siergrag."

Ya'er sighed, "Please continue to call me Ya'er, Lady Sivash. Are you able to contact Mr. Huang now?"

Sivash shook his head, took his phone out of his pocket, clicked on a chat app, and then clicked on Master Huang's profile picture.

In the chat history, the snow leopard sent a total of 500 messages today, but Master Huang never replied to any of them.

The other two discovered from their previous chat logs that Huang Cao would usually reply to any text message Sivash sent, unless it was the middle of the night.

"Alas, I have failed Mr. Huang's trust and have become a complete sinner to both countries."

"..."

Enia fell silent. She couldn't, and absolutely wouldn't, place the blame solely on Sivash.

The other two families did not shirk their responsibilities in the days following the incident; instead, they took the initiative to shoulder the blame.

Because this is a benefit that everyone gains from utopia together, no one can remain uninvolved.

This time, morality is not on their side.

"Ya'er, can you contact Mr. Huang?"

"I've already tried, but he's blocked me."

Ya'er had never regretted anything so much if Utopia stopped helping Siergrag or even started a war.

The entire nation will be ashamed to stand on this land; this stain is the price of losing the gamble, and the major families are absolutely inextricably linked to this accident.

Sivash sighed, "Aketos just sent me a message. He's willing to take all the blame, only asking that we take care of his family."

Utopia's reasoning was that Sivash and Ursus were flirting, and as the leader of a clan and also an Ursus, it wasn't unreasonable for Aketos to take the blame.

"What are your thoughts?" Enia asked.