Following this shout, Xu Zhengyang kicked away Li Binghe's leg that was kicking horizontally. At the same time, he twisted Li Binghe's wrist upward with his left hand and grabbed Li Binghe's neck with his right hand, lifting him up and pushing him!
The intense, piercing pain rendered Li Binghe unable to struggle or resist any longer. He was also kicked and attacked, and he couldn't even speak, only stammering.
Li Binghe was half a head taller than Xu Zhengyang, but he was extremely passive and helplessly pushed by Xu Zhengyang against the highway guardrail, making him lie backward.
"How dare you plot against me!" Xu Zhengyang's eyes flashed with a rare ruthlessness as he tried his best to suppress his anger. "Don't force me! You're not qualified. Even your grandfather wouldn't dare to kill me! Remember, my name is Xu Zhengyang!"
Just then, a clear cell phone ringtone came from Li Binghe's body.
Xu Zhengyang's heart skipped a beat, and he released his grip, but seemingly out of control, he kicked Li Binghe to the ground and stared at him coldly.
Li Binghe gritted his teeth and struggled to get up, rubbing his neck with one hand and taking out his phone with the other to answer the call, while glaring fiercely at Xu Zhengyang.
"Hello, it's me."
"I'll be back in a bit."
No, no.
"What? Okay, okay, I'll go back right away..."
Li Binghe looked at Xu Zhengyang with surprise, his eyes filled with intense anger and a hint of fear, but also with some doubt.
Xu Zhengyang ignored him and turned to get into the car.
The white Audi A4 started and headed south, its red taillights quickly disappearing into the dark night.
Xu Zhengyang was puzzled. What had happened to him just now? Why did he suddenly lose control of his emotions and have the urge to kill Li Binghe?
On the highway behind, Li Binghe angrily kicked the jeep, making a loud bang, then turned around and glared at the two astonished guards, roaring, "Why didn't you do anything? Why didn't you shoot?"
The two guards seemed to be in a daze. After a while, one of them lowered his head and said, puzzled, "Can't move."
"What?" Li Binghe became even angrier. What kind of reason was this?
"Just now... I tried to make a move, but I couldn't."
Li Binghe truly harbored murderous intent. He didn't understand why the two guards would come up with such an absurd reason, but his father called urging him to go back immediately. He couldn't care less about getting angry anymore, turned around, got into the car, and coldly tossed out the words: "We'll talk about it when we get back!"
The dark green camouflage jeep headed south toward the next highway exit.
Under the cover of night, nothing seemed to have happened on the highway; the bright beams of car headlights flashed in the darkness...
Volume Four, City God Chapter 209: Trial
I don't know when it started, but the forum on Fuhe Information Port has seen a significant increase in traffic, more and more registered users, and the average daily number of posts has more than quadrupled.
The reason for this was that the moderator "March Awakening" had made a great contribution.
Xue Ziyi was a meticulous person. In just over two months, he was surprised to discover a phenomenon: most of the posts about injustices and unfair situations on the forum were resolved in a short period of time. In particular, the post about migrant workers not getting their wages and not being able to go home for the New Year at the end of the lunar year was resolved exceptionally quickly. The day after the post was published, the construction company boss actually came to the migrant workers' homes to deliver the money to each of them.
The reason Xue Ziyi knew about this was simply because a poor relative from the countryside hadn't received his wages and was having a hard time during the holidays, so he came to Xue Ziyi's house to borrow money. That's how Xue Ziyi found out about it.
At the beginning of the Lunar New Year, Xue Ziyi posted a thread titled "I seriously suspect that government leaders have been on this forum!"
In the post, Xue Zi also listed three or four injustices he knew of, all of which were resolved in the shortest possible time after he posted about them on the forum.
Like a stone thrown into still water, the post by the forum moderator "March Awakening of Insects" stirred up a huge wave of discussion among forum members. Some netizens who had previously posted similar things and knew the eventual outcome of certain events dug up their old posts, confirming that it was indeed true…
Of course, some netizens angrily asked why the issues they raised had not been resolved.
Xu Zhengyang sat in front of his computer and sighed helplessly. It wasn't that he didn't want to solve everything, but he didn't have that much time to spend digging up old posts online every day. Besides, some of the events described by netizens, after Xu Zhengyang's investigation, turned out to be completely fabricated, or even the pot calling the kettle black.
Xu Zhengyang also discovered something from this. As the saying goes, hearing is believing, seeing is believing. People are born with a chivalrous heart. Even if they are not necessarily good people in their daily lives, they will still be indignant and speak up for others when they see injustices on the Internet.
This often leads to the obscuring of the truth about many things, and many people are misled by the words, echoing what others say, turning white into black and black into white.
Some of the things posted on the forum are completely fabricated, just rumors and nonsense spread by netizens, or posts made by people who don't know the truth. The most hateful are those who are extremely selfish and cry foul, making up stories about how wronged they are.
Hmm. The things that prompt some netizens to post on forums are generally not trivial matters.
Xu Zhengyang was also willing to pay attention to these issues. As a result, those who cried wolf were punished after Xu Zhengyang investigated the facts through city records.
Major offenses are punished by the ghost messengers, while minor offenses are simply judged based on one's fortune, causing them to encounter bad luck recently...
As for the determination of whether the crime was serious or minor, that was naturally up to Xu Zhengyang's personal judgment, and sometimes it also depended on his mood.
Xu Zhengyang never reflected on his actions. He just thought, "Damn it, you should be punished for doing bad things, right?"
To put it bluntly: in this area of the Fuhe River, who decides right and wrong, merit and demerit, good and evil?
——Official.
Watching the enthusiastic discussions on the forum, praising the integrity and incorruptibility of the Fuhe Municipal Government and its practical services to the people, Xu Zhengyang felt extremely satisfied. He wasn't annoyed that his credit was being attributed to the government; after all, doing good deeds would bring merit. As for the faith upon which divine power relied, there was no rush, because each problem, once resolved, would generally bring forth some people who feared and believed in God.
Indeed, what Xu Zhengyang hoped for was not just humanity's fear of God.
Now, more and more posts reflecting current events are appearing on the forum of Fuhe City Information Port. However, what frustrates Xu Zhengyang is that he is powerless to help in many matters. Because at present, the area he can control is only one city. As for places further away, he can't help even if he wants to.
At most, he could only do some things within Hedong Province. But unless it was something major, Xu Zhengyang really didn't have the time to drive to another city and instruct the two ghost messengers to do some investigation.
That's troublesome, because in Fuhe City, finding out the truth only requires browsing the city's records; but other places are different. For two ghost messengers to search for the parties involved and piece together the facts would take forever for the truth to come out. Therefore, Xu Zhengyang could only choose to wait…
I look forward to the day when I get promoted again, when I have more control and more things to do.
Based on his promotions after acquiring his divine office, Xu Zhengyang figured his next step should be managing a province, right? Provincial God? Prefecture God? Xu Zhengyang wasn't sure about the specific position. Because the city records didn't mention it, and the accounts in historical records weren't entirely reliable.
I don't know when I'll be able to manage the whole country, or even the whole world.
Hmm, are those Western gods still around?
Xu Zhengyang was thinking even further ahead...
According to historical records, almost every country in the world has its own mythological legends and deities. Especially in the records of various religions, there are many different categories, with numerous powerful gods, and stories and legends such as Ragnarok, the Great War of the Gods, and so on.
As the only god in the Three Realms at present, Xu Zhengyang often feels a sense of loneliness and desolation. If he didn't have family and friends in real life, and a colorful life, he would feel even more lonely... Many times, Xu Zhengyang would think that he had only been a god for less than two years, and he already felt so lonely. What about a hundred years later? A thousand years later? Ten thousand years later?
Therefore, Xu Zhengyang is somewhat hesitant, wondering whether pursuing immortality is the right or wrong path.
Of course, this is just a slight doubt; human nature is inherently greedy and insatiable.
Therefore, Xu Zhengyang must continue to persevere and move forward with determination.
Moreover, he always felt that the existence of a god was necessary for the human world today.
Xu Zhengyang's thoughts and the old man's views were not actually in absolute conflict. He didn't try to pursue absolute fairness, but rather wanted to salvage the lost morality and conscience that human society had suffered during its rapid development.
You can't rob or steal just because you haven't earned money;
You can't engage in rape just because you have a strong sex drive;
You can't resort to bullying tactics just because you want a monopoly;
You can't neglect your parents just because you don't earn money easily and taking care of them is tiring.
You cannot act recklessly and escape the law just because your family is rich and powerful;
You cannot be immoral just because you stand on a moral high ground;
You can't take your anger out on others just because you're upset;
You cannot corrupt your child with ideas and concepts that are inherently flawed.
You can't. Blindly pursuing a worthless lifestyle in a muddled way, losing yourself, losing all sense of shame, and then corrupting others...
In short, you can't betray your conscience.
Xu Zhengyang became increasingly moved as he thought about it. He realized that he was indeed very holy and great. So, in early February, he posted a thread on the forum of Fuhe City Information Port entitled "People Cannot Be Like This." In addition to his reflections, he also included his own summary, which was to warn people that those who do many unrighteous things will perish, and that Heaven is watching what people do, and that there are gods three feet above one's head.
As a result, once this post was published...
It immediately attracted countless sarcastic remarks and a chorus of curses:
"The original poster is an idiot, confirmed!"
"OP, your mom wants you to come home for dinner. Thank you."
"OP, this is Earth, please go back to Mars. Hmm, are you from heaven?"
"Excuse me, are you God?"
"Hey, you on the third floor, what nonsense are you spouting? The poster should be from the Saturnian Community."
"Reply to the fifth floor, go to hell."
"Hey OP, aren't you tempted by beautiful women? Aren't you lustful? Are you a eunuch?"
"OP, you're too much of a 'literary youth,' and being a 'literary youth' is scary..."
"I agree with the comment above. Being a 'literary youth' is a medical condition that needs treatment!"
"OP, you're so cute, I love you so much! QQ number, phone number, I want a one-night stand with you..."
...
Xu Zhengyang was devastated. He was so angry he almost ordered all the ghost messengers to be mobilized and drag out all the guys sitting behind their computer screens, throwing them one by one into the Fu River to feed the turtles… Damn it! This shows that the reason all the gods perished was none other than being driven to their deaths by humans!
Just as Xu Zhengyang was feeling frustrated and furious, "March Awakening" replied to a post: "To the original poster, buddy, calm down. This is reality. Are you sure you can be perfect?"
Xu Zhengyang was stunned.
Yes, no one is perfect, so why be too demanding?
Immortals should live in the heavens above, carefree and unconcerned with the affairs of the human world, allowing them to live and develop as they please. Even the city gods, judges, officials, and local deities of the human world rarely interfere in matters of human survival. They only intervene occasionally when there is great injustice or grievance, and even then, it is done indirectly, rarely revealing any divine miracles.
Therefore, good and evil have always existed in the human world since ancient times.
With good and evil, there is faith, hope...
A thought suddenly flashed through Xu Zhengyang's mind: it seemed that all of this was deliberately arranged by God.
Xu Zhengyang felt that if the gods of the past were as great and holy as people imagined, they would have had the power to change people's minds and beliefs, making everyone a pure and good person. The reason the gods did not do so was to obtain... a reasonable and continuous source of faith!
Mental nourishment!
He recalled his earlier speculation, when he had said to the jade stone, "The Heavenly Court is probably suffering from a famine..."
Hmm, when will you get promoted?
Xu Zhengyang sighed, thinking that if he got promoted again, he should be able to go to the Heavenly Court and see what was really going on.
As for the big and small matters of worldly life... well, punishing evil and promoting good is still necessary, not only because it's in my nature, but more importantly for the sake of promotion and the pursuit of immortality. As for the rest... there's no need to be too harsh or calculating, otherwise you're imposing your will on others, which is, in a sense, quite immoral.
Moreover, by imposing so many rules and regulations on oneself, one is not living a comfortable life.
Morality and conscience arise from one's nature and heart, and should not be used as a rigid shackle, as that would be counterproductive.
Humans shouldn't be too pure, too holy, or too great; otherwise, they're neither human nor god, but saints.