The next day, the kids still hadn't gotten their phones back from their older brother.
After sending away the kids who wanted their phones, Yu An continued working with Xie Chiyuan.
Cities have resumed operations, but even after resuming operations, there are still a lot of troubles to solve.
Having followed Xie Chiyuan for so long, Yu An has gradually become more adept at some of the tasks.
The two worked together, their desks next to each other. When they got tired, they would look at each other. They were quite efficient by the end of the morning.
By noon.
Yu An and Xie Chiyuan then checked the processing progress in the North District.
Lin Luo and Wen Rong's younger brother, Wen Rui, have not yet been buried. Their bodies are still in the North District, and people in both the North and South Districts are in a state of high spirits.
The strongest reaction came from the people of the Southern District, who saw Lin Luo as their successor and their hope.
Now that the heir is dead, all hope is gone, it's no wonder the people in the South District are going crazy.
Yu An accompanied Xie Chiyuan for a long time, watching the video footage that was transmitted back.
In the video, Lin Luo's father's hair was completely white, and he looked truly heartbroken.
"How do they plan to handle this?"
Yu An knew that all his people were sad, but besides being sad, they would definitely do something.
"The captured mutants are still being held in custody. The North and South districts are planning to find the mutant alliance. They want to eliminate this alliance."
Yu An knew about the need to eradicate the Aberration Alliance.
What he wanted to ask was: "Besides the Aberration Alliance, do the North and South districts intend to target other Aberrations?"
Are aberrations that are not in the Aberration Alliance also to be killed?
Xie Chiyuan heard the worry in his voice and chuckled: "What are you thinking? This time, the ones who did this are people from the Aberration Alliance, not ordinary aberrations."
"They can tell the difference."
Xie Chiyuan then used himself as an example: "An'an, I'm not human either, but haven't I been accepted by humans over the years?"
He has lived in the human world for so long, and humans have never rejected him.
Yu An looked at Xie Chiyuan's face, her lips moved as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't.
Xie Chiyuan is different from his children; although they are not human, but—
People have varying degrees of acceptance of them.
Humanity is still hoping that Xie Chiyuan will kill the mutants for them.
As long as the mutant exists, humanity will never turn against Xie Chiyuan.
As the two were talking, more news was reported.
They were informants planted in the southern district.
They not only had spies planted in the South District, but as Xie Chiyuan knew, they also had people in the East District.
They had no choice but to do this. The rulers of the South District were incompetent and often made thoughtless decisions and did things that no normal person would do.
To prevent those thoughtless decisions in the South from influencing them, they must place more eyes and ears in the South.
Of course, their western district may not be without the "eyes" of other districts.
"The South District is indiscriminately slaughtering all mutants."
This newly reported news made Yu An's face turn grim.
He also remembered that when they went to find Xiaolu, in that remote village, in the hidden dungeon, there were deformed creatures that had been tortured and killed.
"Slaughtering mutants".
Xie Chiyuan repeated these words, his brows furrowed, already sensing the impending storm.
"Has news of their torture and killing of mutants spread yet?"
"It wasn't there 10 minutes ago."
The person responsible for reporting this news paused for a moment before continuing, "It's been spread now. I know who filmed the video of the torture and killing of the mutants and posted it online."
"Human netizens thought this was a great move and they were all praising the South District, but in the forums where aberrations gathered, many aberrations felt they were being provoked."
First, the mutants killed the heir of the South District and the younger brother of the North District boss. Now, the South District is going on a rampage, wiping out all the mutants.
These events have pushed the relationship between humans and mutants to an irreversible point.
Xie Chiyuan did not hesitate and immediately called the South District.
The call was connected.
Xie Chiyuan cut to the chase: "The West District can help you find the Aberration Alliance, but you must stop the indiscriminate slaughter of all Aberrations."
He didn't stop the South District from taking revenge. This kind of deep-seated hatred couldn't be resolved even if the Holy Mother herself came.
But every wrong has its perpetrator, and this small group of radical variants cannot represent all variants.
Xie Chiyuan spoke calmly to the South District official, but all he got in return for was a cold laugh.
"You don't know the pain until the knife pierces your own skin. You can only be so magnanimous if it's not your own family member who died."
"Xie Chiyuan, I don't need any help from the West District, but likewise, I don't need the West District to interfere with what the South District is doing."
After saying this, Nanqu decisively hung up the phone.
Xie Chiyuan: "..."
Xie Chiyuan looked at the now-blacked-out screen, and after a long while, he pressed his temples.
As expected, the South District is about to start courting disaster again.
Yu An saw him pressing his temples and reached out to massage them for him.
"Don't worry, let's think of a solution together."
The relationship between humans and mutants should not be so antagonistic.
Otherwise, humanity will return to the era when it was fighting against zombies.
Even among humans with superpowers, it is not necessarily possible to completely suppress the mutants.
There is no solution.
Xie Chiyuan had finished thinking and said to Yu An, "If you want the Southern District to stop, the only way is to get a pacifist leader for the Southern District."
"Not only the South District, but the North District is also in the same camp as the South District."
The two district administrators are now leading the charge to escalate the situation.
It's impossible for Xie Chiyuan to kill both the administrators of the North and South districts at the same time.
The situation has reached a stalemate.
Xie Chiyuan couldn't think of a solution, so he could only take care of himself first.
He wanted to ensure that everyone in the West District could live a peaceful and stable life.
Two days passed by at a leisurely pace.
Online sentiments of antagonism between humans and mutants are becoming increasingly intense.
Yu An receives a large number of private messages almost every day. He is considering whether he should close all his social media accounts.
Before it was shut down, Xie Chiyuan finally saw his Weibo post.
It was the Public Opinion Department that informed Xie Chiyuan about Yu An's Weibo activity.
"We found a lot of insults under his Weibo posts."
"The same situation also appeared in the comments of the A-series aberration accounts."
"They were all attacked."
What Yu An had kept hidden for several days was revealed to Xie Chiyuan.
Xie Chiyuan could already guess from the disgusting comments in the comment section that the situation in Yu An's private messages must be even worse.
No wonder.
No wonder Yu An's mood has been off these past few days.
Xie Chiyuan also has a public account, but it's basically overgrown with weeds and he doesn't post anything.
His most recent post was six months ago. That post has recently garnered quite a few comments.
But at least his comments didn't have his funeral photo photoshopped.
"Xie Chiyuan, sob sob sob, you are now my greatest source of strength to keep living!"
"[Crack] I just want to ask, Boss Xie, can you still kill the mutants like before?"
"I want the old Boss Xie."
"Xie Chiyuan, we won't stop you from dating, but please, please, have a normal relationship. Don't you find it terrifying to date someone who raised a mutant?"
"Daily question: Have Xie Chiyuan and Yu An broken up?"
"Xie Chiyuan, your responsibility is to kill the mutants, not to fall in love with someone who raises mutants!"
Xie Chiyuan looked at the comments demanding that he break up with his girlfriend, his eyes filled with coldness.
The next second.
This account, which hasn't been updated in a long time, posted a new update.
"Let me briefly explain the recent events. First, we will not break up. Second, I will no longer indiscriminately kill mutants. Third, I will pursue the matter to the end regarding the cyberbullying against my loved one by certain individuals."
After he posted this update, the comment section immediately exploded.
His account has been under constant surveillance these past few days, so as soon as he posted, countless people started commenting.
Xie Chiyuan ignored the comments and tossed his phone aside.
To speed up the work, Xie Chiyuan went to find Yu An, who was not in the office at the moment.
Yu An was trying to comfort the kids who didn't have phones to play with, but it wasn't working. The kids were getting really bored without their phones.
"An'an".