noffsinger Chapter 491 Settling Criminals
Chapter 491 Settling Criminals
"Even if you're just pretending, you should at least pretend to be friendly towards Hu Jingjing, otherwise the people who like Hu Jingjing will be even more dissatisfied with you."
"Yes, yes, you absolutely must attend the full moon celebration tomorrow, otherwise people will start gossip!"
"..."
After the group finished talking, they said goodbye and got up to leave.
They didn't stop for a moment, afraid that Lu Youyou would realize what was happening and stop them from leaving.
The once slightly crowded waiting room is now empty, with only Lu Youyou and Robot No. 1 looking at each other.
She asked, "Number One, tell me more about Hu Jingjing."
[Okay, Hu Jingjing is the most promising granddaughter of the Butterfly Clan Chief. She is beautiful, talented, and has a high fertility rate, having given birth to 45 children, all of whom have survived.]
Lu Youyou's lips twitched uncontrollably a few times.
45 children.
Even if you kill her, she won't be able to give birth.
If it comes down to this, she'd gladly concede defeat.
"Number One, did I really steal Hu Jingjing's adult position?"
This is the question Lu Youyou most wants to know.
[No, the Master never said that Hu Jingjing would be the next Master. It's just that Hu Jingjing is quite capable and has repeatedly led teams to fight against space thieves, earning praise from the Master, which led to rumors that she was the next Master.]
[However, before confirming the trial planet, the adults did express the idea of finding an heir among the various families, but they didn't say that person was Hu Jingjing.]
[They only mentioned there would be a test, but then they didn't actually put the various families through one. Instead, they opened a trial planet to select humans, and you know what happened next.]
Lu Youyou felt a little more at ease, as her heart was suspended high above the road.
It wasn't that she was afraid of Hu Jingjing and didn't dare to compete with her.
After all, her position was personally chosen by the former lord, and the identity seal was also personally handed to her by the former lord.
Wherever she goes, she can always reason things out.
She was just worried that if Hu Jingjing gained popular support, her friends would be implicated.
God knows what she was thinking when she heard the clan leaders say that they had taken Hu Jingjing's position.
She was thinking about how to send her friends back to the survival world, which was the trial planet that Number One had mentioned.
The forces that are not human are gradually fading away, and society is gradually becoming more harmonious.
It would certainly be better for my friends to go back than to be in this turbulent universe.
However, she also understood the unspoken meaning of the clan leaders.
It's not that they dislike themselves, but rather that they prefer an adult who can get things done to a certain identity.
For example, Hu Jingjing can lead a team to capture space thieves.
It is clear that the cosmic thieves have committed numerous atrocities, provoking strong discontent among various races.
That's why Hu Jingjing, who fights against space thieves, is so popular.
Why doesn't she just find a way to deal with the space thieves?
It can both solidify its position and stabilize the cosmic environment.
"Number One, where do space thieves usually operate...?"
Before the words were even finished, the robot opened the door by swiping its chip from the outside.
"Youyou! How did you know I was coming at this time? You were already waiting for me in the waiting room!"
Yu Qian was very excited and ran over to hug Lu Youyou, only letting go after a while.
Her voice suddenly became tearful: "I just found out about the baby. It turns out you almost died in the dungeon."
Upon seeing Robot Number One, the robot at the entrance quietly turned its tracks to silent mode and left.
Robot No. 1 is an all-around robot; it not only understands programming but also some human relationships.
Seeing that Yu Qian was chatting with Lu Youyou, it didn't dare to disturb them, so it entertained the other people instead.
【Ms. Jin Yan, would you like something to eat? This is jasmine tea, picked from my ex-husband's garden.】
[Mr. Gu Jingchen, I heard you like plum juice. Here's some plum powder mixed by my predecessor; I'll make you a cup right away.]
【…】
After Lu Youyou calmed Yu Qian down, the rest of the group started eating and drinking.
She gave Robot Number One a thumbs up; he was truly her capable assistant.
Gu Jingchen glanced at Yu Qian, feeling utterly humiliated.
Even the seemingly invincible strong woman can shed tears?
He felt absolutely no pity for her; he wanted nothing more than to punch her to death.
Yu Qian felt Gu Jingchen's gaze and sneered.
She and Youyou have always been best friends, and even if there are misunderstandings, they will try their best to pass on information from each other's side.
Where is Gu Jingchen?
From being Youyou's rival to her subordinate, the hatred between the two was genuine.
How can I compare to her?
Jin Yan sighed and smiled bitterly, rubbing her forehead.
Here we go again, here we go again!
The two of them were constantly finding fault with each other and couldn't get along at all.
After Wei Tianning died, she went to the Black Pool to rescue everyone and discovered that the two of them were taking turns transferring energy to each other.
His fear of the other person dying moved her to tears.
At that time, she thought the two were a couple.
Now it seems more like enemies.
The other high-ranking NPCs were used to Lu Youyou's smile.
Lu Youyou smiled back and sat down on the sofa next to Yu Qian.
"It's rare to see you all gathered together like this. Is there something you want to tell me?"
The gold coin merchant nodded and spoke first.
"That's right. The previous leader asked us to work on the Trial Planet, but you canceled the Trial Planet's functionality and wanted to turn it into a planet where humans can live normally."
"You're not satisfied with my decision?"
The gold coin merchant waved his hands repeatedly, afraid that Lu Youyou would misunderstand.
"Of course we support all the decisions the adults make, but human capabilities are gradually fading, and it seems there is no need for us to stay on the trial planet."
Lu Youyou slapped her forehead.
Oh no, I forgot about that.
She had long planned to cancel the NPCs' passes, but after being busy with several things, she had no clue what to do.
"Yes, you can stay in your own families from now on and don't need to go to the trial planet to work. Since everyone is here, take out your passes and let Number One cancel them on-site."
The gold coin merchant shook his head.
“We can cancel our registration, but you are new to this position and may not know that while there are good people like us working on the Trial Planet, there are also criminals that you have apprehended.”
“Those criminals who are sentenced to life imprisonment or even death are made to atone for their sins by becoming lowly monsters on the trial planet. If we bring them to the universe, not only will there not be enough prisons, but people on other planets will also not agree to it.”
The idea that lower-level monsters are atonements is not new to Lu Youyou.
The honey badger warrior had told her this before.
It was only mentioned briefly without any specific explanation.
It now seems that people from other planets do not allow these criminals to appear in the universe, and there is no area in the universe specifically for building prisons.
Therefore, adults make use of waste, sending criminals into the survival world to help humanity transform.
Now that the other innocent high and medium-level monsters have left, the question remains: what to do with the remaining cosmic criminals?
Yu Qian grasped Lu Youyou's hand: "I'll take care of them!"
Lu Youyou turned her head: "Hmm?"
"Kill them all, kill them all, leave no one alive."
Before Lu Youyou could speak, Number One interrupted her.
[Logically, those sentenced to death should be executed, but the previous leader promised that if those criminals entered the trial planet to serve as stepping stones for humanity, their death sentences could be commuted to life imprisonment.]
[And for the monsters who were originally sentenced to life imprisonment, the adults promised to reward them according to their merits, and decided to reasonably reduce their prison terms based on their contributions to humanity.]
These regulations were unanimously agreed upon by the chieftains of each planet. You cannot arbitrarily execute low-level monsters; doing so would be tantamount to declaring war on the chieftains.
Lu Youyou: ……
Being an adult isn't easy.
No wonder the adults wanted to choose an heir from among humans.
Everyone here has connections, and the power dynamics between different ethnic groups are complex. Choosing someone means handing over the power to govern the country to that family.
If adults are unwilling to relinquish power to a particular group, they will seek out their own completely clean selves.
This is just great.
A host of problems await her.
First, there's the level of public loyalty, then the issue of resettling criminals, and even space thieves!
The issue of criminal resettlement has always existed, even if she has not transformed the world of survival into a normal one.
This was something the adults had already agreed upon with the criminals.
Otherwise, criminals wouldn't go to the survival world to become lowly monsters, slaughtered by humans, and used as stepping stones.
Ugh, my head hurts.