Wandering the Primordial World as a World Tree
Chapter 52

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Marvel—the United States, a place that called itself the "beacon of freedom"—had once drawn countless people from other countries, who risked crossing national borders.

They came to this place in search of a poison called freedom.

But lies would be exposed sooner or later. Freedom belonged only to capital, while the poor masses could only lick at the filth of those so-called upper-class people.

To survive in a foreign land, banding together was the only way out. That way, they could raise their fists at them and say, "No."

Thus, the rudiments of gangs and mafias were born.

Yet among them, an anomaly emerged.

Originating in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, flourishing during the Republican era, transformed from the "Han Remnant Society," and passed down to the present day, it was known as Hongmen.

Its original purpose was to resist the Manchu Qing's oppressive rule and preserve Han culture.

During the War of Resistance, it actively supported the motherland's fight against the Japanese invaders in every possible way.

Of course, that was the Hongmen of the past. Whether today's Hongmen was good or bad was already difficult to judge fairly.

Moreover, during the Xinhai Revolution, large and small branches split off and continued down to the present. People's hearts could change.

United States, New York.

As an international metropolis, New York hid no small amount of darkness beneath its glamorous exterior.

As the saying went, "Free America, shootings every day."

Abroad was nothing like home, where things were so stable. Yet life still had to go on. Although the country's strength was steadily rising, and people could seek help from the consulate when they encountered difficulties—

—as the saying went, it was easy to avoid the King of Hell, but hard to deal with his petty imps.

When

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