Gaining Something of One's Own: A Home

City No. 3.

More and more ordinary people watched that animated short film.

Most of the adults go to work during the day, leaving only the children with more time to spend in the square.

They never came to this place before.

But recently, even when they come here, no adults will say anything to them, so more and more children are coming to the square to play.

"The little bear has grown up, and he says that one day he will leave his mother and go out into the world."

"My mother said there are tigers and hunters outside. If I'm not strong enough, I'll get hurt, or even be captured by the hunters."

"The little bear said, 'Even so, one day I Chairman, and I will become as big as my mother, and my hands will become as strong as hers.'"

"I will fight tigers and jackals, outmaneuver cunning hunters, and claim my own territory."

"What does Mom say belongs to you?"

The little bear replied, "What I obtain through my own efforts is mine."

The children's innocent voices followed the animation, reading each word carefully.

Below the animated film, there are large characters with phonetic symbols to make it easier for these people to read.

While watching cartoons, they also unconsciously learn how to recognize and read characters.

I was initially drawn in by the animation's visuals, but gradually came to understand the story it was telling.

This is enlightenment.

And the fuse that ignites thought.

Some children don't understand, so they go back and ask their parents, "Mom, when Little Bear grows up, he will earn his own territory through his own efforts, but what about me?"

Will I be able to obtain a home of my own through my own efforts when I grow up?

"That way, Mom and Dad won't have to worry about being kicked out."

Although the child is young, he understands the family's troubles.

Parents work hard and strive to earn enough money to continue living in the city; they don't own much of their own.

If they don't work hard to make money, they might be driven out of the city by the city's management tomorrow or the day after.

The high temperatures outside the city were uninhabitable for humans, and those who were driven out faced only death.

They work so hard to make money because they fear this risk.

This is how we've lived for so many years.

They were a group of people who knew nothing, had no education, and were illiterate.

Of course, they are not as important as those elites.

However, after watching that animated short film, and with certain ideas and concepts being constantly being instilled in the crowd,

This made them vaguely realize that they were not without contributions to the city.

They are city dwellers, so why can't they own a home despite their hard work?

They realized something.

Especially when their own children ask them such questions, they are unable to answer them.

As the bear grows up, it can earn its own territory through hard work.

That's because it has grown up and become stronger; bears are inherently relatively powerful animals in the forest.

Those elites are just bears.

What about them?

They are the most inconspicuous little animals in the forest, but even the smallest animals have their own homes in the forest.

The child looked at his mother, who covered her face, somewhat bewildered, and then squatted on the ground, breaking down in tears.

"I don't know, child, I don't know..."

Having your own home is such a luxury.

They have to work incredibly hard to earn enough to live here, let alone buy these houses.

Those elites, the city's higher-ups will absolutely not allow them to own their own homes.

After the breakdown, countless parents looked at their children.

They've already lived half their lives like this; do they really want their children to live the same aimless, aimless life?

They now know that the money they earn is disproportionate to the labor they put in, but they have no other choice.

Powerful weapons are in the hands of elites.

They had nothing.

Changes in the city.

In a city where surveillance cameras are everywhere, it's no wonder they were aware of it.

However, the middle-level leaders who attempted to interfere all changed their minds the day before the order was to be issued, their faces turning pale.

Meanwhile, the City No. 3 Lord in other cities was also aware of the changes in his city.

However, giving orders remotely is very different from him being in the city.

But he dared not go back now, because everything that had changed in the city indicated that the monster was still in his city and had not left.

What exactly is it trying to do?

The City No. 3 Lord had a grim face.

He has already issued several orders, one of which is to block the animation playing in the square and send all the ordinary people back to their own areas to work obediently and not think about anything else.

Of course, he didn't really care about what ordinary people thought, since ordinary people didn't have the weapons to fight back, while he controlled most of the city's armed forces.

How could ordinary people possibly dare to rebel against him?

What he was worried about was the monster that had never shown itself.

"So, still haven't found the monster's location?"

"What are you guys even doing? It's been so long and you still haven't found it?"

"Go see why those idiots aren't following my orders. Does he want to quit?"

"And that square, I already told those people not to go near it."

The City No. 3 Lord is still remotely commanding his subordinates from here.

City No. 8 Lord stood beside him, watching.

"Is that monster really still in City No. 3?" he asked with a look of relief.

It's important to know that City 8 is the closest city to City No. 3.

If that monster still wants to find the Divine Scion, then this place is most likely to be its next target.

During this time, he had done his best to relocate the places where the Divine Scion were being held.

As long as the Divine Scion remain within the city's boundaries, it won't affect Divine Scion production of high-purity energy.

They conducted experiments showing that the fewer people around the Divine Scion Divine Scion, the less energy they produced when the place where they were kept was far from human habitation.

On the contrary, the more people there are, the more energy is produced.

This is why they built one giant city instead of spreading them out.

"What are you so glad about? That monster might have stayed with me just out of curiosity about humans, but its ultimate goal has always been to take away its own kind."

"Once its curiosity subsides, it will target the other Divine Scion sooner or later. A city is only so big; no matter where you hide the Divine Scion, it will always find them."

After City No. 3 Lord finished speaking, City No. 8 Lord's face fell.