Doomsday Code

Chapter 769 Mental Fear

This time, with the preparations in place, it was not like the day Chen Cheng came, when they only had simple farm meals.

Of course, simple food has its own family affection.

"Zhu Wa, you are in for a treat! When His Majesty came before, he had a simple meal at my place. Today, I have prepared this grand banquet for Your Majesty."

King Pingbei said to Zhu Wen with a smile.

For King Pingbei and his men, Zhu Wan can be said to be their savior. They were able to avoid being hunted down and recuperate, all thanks to the alchemy ground left behind by Zhu Wan.

Chen Cheng waved his hand and said:

"Don't flatter me too much. Today, the soldiers won a great victory, and this is also a celebration banquet for the soldiers."

Chen Cheng's words quickly brought everyone closer together.

Then he raised his glass and drank with everyone.

After three rounds of drinks, Chen Cheng put down the wine glass in his hand, looked at Zhu Lun who was sitting next to him, and his face turned a little red with embarrassment.

He was not shy, but it was a bit difficult to ask for the bamboo wheel to work for him in exchange for a table of food.

Zhu Lun also saw Chen Cheng's embarrassment. He filled the wine glass with wine, then raised the glass to Chen Cheng beside him and said:

"I, Chikuwa, thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. I am here to help you solve your problems. Your Majesty, please feel free to ask for your help."

Zhu Wan has a high emotional intelligence and knew that he couldn't embarrass Chen Cheng, so he spoke first.

When Chen Cheng heard this, he was quite moved.

He also filled the wine glass and drank it all without saying anything to Zhulun.

King Pingbei and his men were not stupid either. Apart from anything else, the existence of this secret place in the valley was the masterpiece of Zhuwa.

So they knew that Chen Cheng was trying to win over Zhulun, and they all raised their glasses to toast Zhulun.

"Respect the Master for the gift of the land."

"Your Majesty, Prince, and Crown Prince, I will do my utmost to serve Your Majesty's great cause from now on."

When Chikuwa saw this scene, he was really moved.

In the following month, Chen Cheng began to study and build a new magic factory with Zhu Wan and Yurijin during the day, and gave lectures to the Black Armor Guards and the captives at night.

Zhu Wen also attended a few classes. Although many of the ideas were unorthodox for an old man like him, his respect for Chen Cheng became deeper, especially for his disciple Luca.

Luca is not like Chikuwa. He has been an ordinary person with no identity or background since he was a child, and he has experienced the hardships of being a member of the lower class.

Although he knew all along that he shouldn't have to endure these hardships, he could never find a reasonable explanation.

Even after he met his master and became an alchemist.

But during this period, after listening to Chen Cheng's lectures, he finally understood where the suffering of being at the bottom of society came from.

They suffer not because they don't work hard enough, nor because their masters have the inherent power to exploit them.

It's because they live in a world full of corruption and oppression.

If Chen Cheng just found the reason for them, then it is very likely that those who listened to the lecture would become lunatics who wanted to destroy the world.

However, after letting them know where the suffering came from, Chen Cheng also told them how to solve the suffering.

Especially the prisoners, most of them were the oppressed people mentioned by Chen Cheng.

While things were going well in the secret place, North City was in an uproar because of the capture of the city lord.

Several major families in the city could no longer resist the urge to divide up the city lord's interests. If they had not received the exact news of the city lord's death, they would have taken action long ago.

Although the Lord of North City did not suffer any physical abuse as a high-ranking prisoner during this period, he could see Chen Cheng teaching the prisoners every day.

After listening to the lecture, the captives recounted their own miserable experiences and then burst into hatred towards him, the city lord, and other powerful people in the city.

This kind of mental pressure turned him from a seemingly heroic city lord into a dying old man in just one month.

It’s not that he’s old, but the mental torture is too horrible.

When Chen Cheng saw the Lord of North City, he finally understood that the history books of his previous life would say that Europe, the home of capitalism, would fear the ghost called communism.

This is not communism yet, but it is enough to scare this previously high-spirited noble city lord.

When he met Chen Cheng again, he crawled to Chen Cheng like a dog, kowtowed, slapped himself in the face, and cried:

"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. Your Majesty, I know I was wrong..."

This time he did not beg for mercy, but just kept saying that he knew he was wrong.

Chen Cheng knew that this guy's psychological defenses had completely collapsed.

He sighed, and then called out the best performing captives.

When the Lord of North City saw these lowly beings who had previously not been worthy of his attention, his body trembled involuntarily, and he shrank back and said:

"Please, Your Majesty, let me go. I don't want to be handed over to them."

This guy knew that if he was handed over to these prisoners, what awaited him was not support, but countless punches, kicks and bites.

These captives who had previously dared not breathe when they saw the Lord of North City, now showed contempt for his words and then said:

"Who do you think we are? A bunch of thugs? If we beat you to death like this, wouldn't that be too easy for you?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the Lord of North City trembled with fear again.

At this time, Chen Cheng said:

"I don't think I need to explain your guilt. You're well aware of how you ended up like this. Now that you have a chance to reform, I wonder if you're willing to take it."

Hearing that there was still a chance to reform himself, it was undoubtedly a ray of hope in the darkness for him. Without thinking, he kowtowed and begged Chen Cheng to give him this chance.

When the captives saw this, there was no anger or contempt in their eyes, only pity.

This city lord who usually looks down on others, when he faces beings of higher class than him, isn't he the same as them before?

Therefore, the greatest punishment for him is not to kill him directly, but to make him repent of his actions and then continue to live after reform.

Chen Cheng didn't waste any more time talking to him. He made way for Bourne behind him and said,

"What you have to do next is to cooperate with Bourne to complete the mission. This is also the only thing you can do to atone for your sins."

After Chen Cheng finished speaking, he said to Bourne:

"Then I'll leave him to you. You must be cautious in your subsequent action plans. Your mission is to stabilize the situation in North City."

Bourne nodded and said:

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will handle it carefully."