The Second Morning Star
No matter how shocked and confused Yao Yuan and the others were, District 001 had now fully lifted its state of alert. The Wan family members who had been prepared to be "executed" had narrowly escaped with their lives, and the "confessions" prepared by the Outer zone candidates had been locked away in a drawer. Mr. Valen personally announced the Wan family members' rescue and congratulated the Outer zone candidates on successfully entering the council. With the joint capital reopened, the Chief Executive, who had not appeared in public until now, showed up with his wife in a projection above the District Government and announced a three-day celebration in District 001, inviting all ordinary citizens to take to the streets and celebrate the successful conclusion of the council election.
The tension and oppression of a storm about to sweep across the entire district vanished within just a few hours. Those in the know and those who weren't would all celebrate District 001's escape from danger at the festivities.
"Why did this happen?" Not only were the trapped A-class players in the dark; many people in the District Government had no idea what was going on, either. After a series of new orders went out, the Chief Executive summoned key District Government officials and members of First Squad to an emergency meeting in the government building, where he revealed how the crisis had been resolved.
It turned out that just as Mr. Valen and the others were about to make one final effort, a Silver Robe appeared in the conference room and announced that he had come to negotiate on behalf of the occupying forces.
The negotiations were simple. The other side made only one demand: for the next twenty years, District 001 would have to hand