A World Worth Protecting

n prepared to be kicked, shuddered at the sight.
Its eyes shone with shock and terror.
It seemed to sense that Wang Baole was behaving abnormally at that moment, which made it nervous.
It thought that some disaster was about to happen.
It shuddered and didn’t recover from his shock and alarm even after Wang Baole left.
It thought for a while and finally crept away, deciding that it would avoid appearing in front of Wang Baole during this period of time.

Wang Baole ended his inspection and began his seclusion.
The night passed.
On the second day, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, Wang Baole was about to continue his inspection when suddenly, he received a voice transmission from the Martian Colony Governor.

The Governor started by asking about Wang Baole’s work, which took Wang Baole by surprise.
She had just left yesterday and completed her own inspection.
Why was she sending him a voice transmission and inquiring about the new city zone?

Regardless, Wang Baole patiently and respectfully reported everything again.
Before he was done, the Governor caught an oversight Wang Baole had missed.
She flew into a rage immediately and gave him a scolding over the voice transmission.
He was reprimanded for half an hour before she hung up.

Wang Baole was dazed by the verbal lashing he had just gotten… only recovering after a long while.
He stared in shock at his voice transmission ring.
He found it incomprehensible.
The Governor, who was busy all the time and could only afford half an hour to meet him then, had called and reprimanded him for half an hour.
Why had she done that…

She specifically called so that she could scold me… could it be that someone has been talking bad about me behind my back? Has someone been passing along reports to the Governor secretly? Wang Baole gasped as violence flashed across his eyes.

It must be Li Yi!

Wang Baole thought Li Yi simply too despicable.
She actually tried to stab him in the back.
He was extremely displeased.
It was then that Lin Tianhao came looking for him to report on the progress of their work.
He had a stern expression on his face.
As soon as Lin Tianhao saw Wang Baole, he spoke immediately, and his words made Wang Baole’s eyes turn cold.

“Mayor, Li Yi has been unilaterally modifying the design of the city infrastructure.
On the surface, it seems that she’s building the Eternal Fortress, but she’s actually secretly building the city model that she built during the trial!”

“Hmm?” Wang Baole raised his eyebrows.
His eyes flashed.
Lin Tianhao quickly shared the findings of his report with Wang Baole.

Li Yi had been very careful with what she was doing.
However, she couldn’t keep everything under wraps indefinitely.
Her occasional carelessness was caught by Lin Tianhao, who had been watching her closely.
He had then started to investigate further.
The results of his findings had shocked even him.

Li Yi had used her authority and modified the design of quite of few areas in the new city zone.
The external appearance of the city seemed to be based on the Eternal Fortress’s design; however, the core of the design and its inner infrastructure had been tweaked to replicate the Global Dharma City.

She had been very careful, though.
Many of her modifications had been difficult to spot.
Lin Tianhao had watched her for a very long time before he had been able to retrace what she had been doing and got his hands on evidence of her tampering.

Wang Baole grew serious as he listened to the report.
He had given Li Yi greater authority so that he could catch her making a mistake.
He hadn’t expected her to be so bold.
She hadn’t just made a simple mistake.
What she had done would affect the smooth running of the array formation.
The disaster that would befall them was unimaginable should any instability occur.

This was especially so with the imminent mass migration.
If something went wrong with the array formation after the residents had settled in, the consequences would be disastrous!

The thought made Wang Baole furious.
He immediately summoned Jin Duoming, Kong Dao, as well as Li Yi.
She was to see him immediately.

Kong Dao and Jin Duoming arrived first.
They sat in his office, staring at Wang Baole’s somber face with slight surprise.
They noticed Lin Tianhao and the lack of expression on his face as well.
Kong Dao and Jin Duoming looked at each other but didn’t ask any questions.
Soon, an annoyed Li Yi walked in.
Before she could sit down, Wang Baole slammed his desk loudly.

“Li Yi, did you get your head kicked by a donkey? Or maybe some dog pissed on your guts, making it swell to such an extent! That’s some guts you have!” His palm slammed loud against his desk.
Wang Baole’s furious roar descended like a storm, erupting in the room suddenly.

“Wang Baole, what do you mean by this!” Li Yi lifted her head, her eyes shining with icy hostility.
She had a temper as well.
She was emboldened by the support the four Dao Colleges were giving her and hence faced Wang Baole’s anger head-on.

“What do I mean by this?” Wang Baole pulled out Lin Tianhao’s jade slip containing the findings of his report and threw it at Li Yi.

“I made you responsible for building the new city zone.
Instead of doing that, you went behind my back and secretly built the city model you had designed for the trial.
Li Yi, are you trying to start a revolt? Or are you trying to sabotage the Martian project and go against the Federation’s mandate?”