Chapter 95: Heir

January 1, 2161

Beside a dilapidated house, a group of people saw a car passing by. The car stopped briefly, and a group of people swarmed over, stretching out their hands in begging.

"Give us something to eat."

There were old people, children, women, some disabled people, and some deformed people.

The people in the car immediately fired into the air, and many people scattered in fear. A man spitted and then said.

"We are almost starving."

At this time, some women still came over, hoping to exchange some food. Although several men were very interested, they gave up. If they gave food to others for such a thing, they might starve to death one day.

This is a small group of exiles. At the beginning, there were more people, more than 100 people and eight cars, but now there is only one truck and more than 20 people.

The situation on the grassland has reached an unbearable point. Many people are living a difficult life. A large number of towns have been destroyed by war, and many people have died.

No one remembers how the war started. The war has lasted for more than 10 years, and today is New Year, but many people don't even have anything to eat.

There are ruined towns everywhere. Although many towns still have some farmland, the output of farmland has begun to become lower and lower because some water supply and heating facilities were damaged in the war.

Although some people want to try to repair, many technicians have run away with their families to some relatively stable areas during the war. Now only the areas managed by large families and some medium-sized families are more stable.

And very serious wars have also broken out between several large families. Some large families have lost a lot of towns, especially those towns sandwiched between large families. Many of them have become places that no one cares about.

No one can imagine that the originally peaceful town would be engulfed by war overnight.

Negotiations are meaningless. Whoever can finally stand at the top can usher in peace in this grassland. Many people hope that the gods can come forward to solve these problems, but the gods have not left their homes for decades.

But in the past few years, the gods always see light bursting out from the mountains, and then the temperature, which was originally starting to drop, will rise again.

Even the town of Gods built not far from the base of the gods has been involved in the war, and many people have died. Now most forces dare not touch the base of the gods.

Because there was a group of young people who didn't know how powerful the gods were, and they attacked the base directly, but were easily killed by the gods who came out.

There are less than 20 small towns left in the territory of the Angus family. These towns are relatively stable. People in many surrounding towns are trying to find ways to enter the territory of the Angus family, but the Angus family has built a city wall, and it is very difficult to get in.

Not only the city wall, the Angus family also built a military base at the junction of the west and the south, and has things like missiles.

The situation of the other major families is basically the same as that of the Angus family. They have built a lot of small fortresses as control points in the family territory.

The war has only subsided recently, and many places have gradually resumed production. Food is the most urgent need for most people at present.

The old Rudy stood on the city wall, looking at the smoke in the distance. It seemed that a car hit a mine when passing a road, and a small-scale battle began again.

The Angus family only had walls on the west and east sides, and built fortifications on the north side. The south side was close to the road and was almost a cliff. It was difficult to get up, so it was temporarily stable for one or two years.

Rudy and the Su family had completely become enemies, because the Su family was desperate and attacked the Angus family from behind at a critical moment, causing the Angus family to lose 9 towns overnight. These towns not only produced food, but also a large number of industrial equipment.

However, the Su family is not much better now. The sharp contradictions that broke out within the Su family once made the Su family face collapse.

The Hillman family is the best family on the grassland. In the past ten years of war, the Hillman family basically participated in the war while plundering, constantly expanding the Hillman family's power in the east, and the Hillman family stopped expanding at the right time, only occupying some important towns.

The Hillman family basically sneered at those insignificant towns.

There was a long queue under the city wall. Basically, outsiders entered the Angus family's territory to work on the same day, and had to leave after receiving food in the afternoon.

At present, Rudy has controlled the population of 17 towns to about 1.6 million, and the army is 150,000, which can barely maintain basic operations. This is the maximum limit that Rudy can do.

The reason why the Angus family was not invaded on a large scale is that those big families are afraid of the missiles deployed by the Angus family. This is a sword hanging over the heads of many families.

Rudy also promised that if those big families did not attack them, he would not attack, which brought two years of peace, but such peace will definitely end one day.

Rudy's spirit has been getting worse and worse, and his body has started to have problems. Some of his organs have begun to fail at a very fast speed. Now he has a head full of white hair. Rudy knows that time is running out.

But the Angus family will face a new round of storms next. Rudy has been thinking about the family's heir for a long time, and his sons all hope to become the heir.

Two of the sons are mutants and they will live a long life, but Rudy is only thinking about who can lead the Angus family into the future.

At this time, a small figure ran over. His name was Avano, the son of his second son Tuke and the grandson of Rudy.

"Grandpa, what are you doing."

Avano is just 6 years old, but he is already the smartest and most resilient of the children in the Angus family.

Avano's father Tuke is also Rudy's most valued heir, but recently the family has supported his eldest son because he has a longer lifespan.

Rudy hesitated. Although Tuco was very talented and could handle family relationships and all aspects of relationships very well, what made Rudy feel most at ease was his grandson Avano. The qualities he showed, is very excellent.

Rudy still clearly remembers his father's teachings before his death. The most important quality for an heir to the Angus family is kindness. His second son Tuke and his grandson Avano both possess this quality.

"Grandpa, why don't you let them in?"

Avano asked and Rudy laughed.

"Because this place can no longer accommodate everyone."

“Then why not build more space?”

Faced with Avano's questions one after another, Rudy answered them patiently. After a while, Rudy carried his grandson down the city wall. He drove back to the conference room. It was already 3 o'clock, and the family's regular meeting was scheduled every afternoon. here we go.

There must be two hours every day to discuss some issues, which Rudy set.

Soon Rudy entered the conference room. Everyone's expressions were not good. Several sons and daughters began to report on their respective management problems, and some other members of the family also started talking.

"Okay, everyone, let's stop here for now. Today I want to designate the next heir of the Angus family."

As soon as Rudy finished speaking, the conference room became quiet. Everyone watched quietly, and the eldest son smiled.

"Father, tell me, no matter what decision you make, our Angus family as a whole will obey it, because the reason why our family can prosper is because we are a whole."

Many other people also agreed. Everyone present understood that Rudy should not choose his eldest son, because if he really had to decide, he would have already decided, and there would be no need to be so hesitant and entangled.

But everyone has the same idea as the eldest son, and is determined to be the heir of the Angus family, because only in this way can they continue to prosper. Everyone has seen the rise and fall of countless families, and they know very well the benefits of working together and having a unified direction. .

"Tuke, I'll leave the Angus family to you."

Tuke, who looked tired, was startled and stood up hurriedly and asked.

"Father, this isn't appropriate."

The eldest son stood up, hugged his younger brother and congratulated him.

"Congratulations Took."

Everyone stood up and bowed, then there was thunderous applause and Rudy laughed.

"I have to say something. Everyone, I think you must think that I will not choose Tuke, but the fact is that my father also faced the same dilemma as me, but in the end he chose me, and The continuation of our family is enough to prove that my father's choice and vision are right. I just followed my father and made the most correct judgment. I hope you can understand."

Although the eldest son felt a little uncomfortable, he nodded.

"Don't worry, father. We can all understand the current situation. If we don't unite as one, the whole family will collapse."

After the meeting, Rudy left Tuco alone and asked.

"Any questions?"

Tuke lowered his head and said.

"I'm not a mutant. I'm 31 years old now, and I still have 30 years at most. I'm afraid that if I..."

Rudy put a hand on his son's shoulder and said.

"If you fail, let Avano inherit. I am very optimistic about the future of the Angus family, although I can no longer see it."

Rudy started coughing as he spoke. His physical condition has been getting worse recently.

"You follow me from tomorrow, and I will teach you everything. I don't have much time, so use some snacks."

Tu Ke hummed and hugged his father.

5pm

Within the Hillman family, a meeting was going on. Several parties were arguing. Allen was sitting in a wheelchair. He no longer had the strength to speak.

These years of war have exhausted Allen's last energy. The Hillman family has successfully become the most powerful family on this grassland. It has ample food and clothing, a stable society, a population of more than 3 million, nearly 300,000 regular troops and 1 million Thousands of backup forces.

Allen knew very well that the next step was an extremely critical moment for the family, but at this juncture, people in the family had a fierce dispute over the successor.

There are five candidates for the successor, which is extremely disturbing in Allen's view, and they all have supporters behind them.

At this time, Allen asked his five sons to come to him. Looking at the five of them, Allen smiled, stretched out his hands, and the five of them gathered around each other, half-kneeling on the ground.

Allen used up his last bit of strength and pointed at the fourth child. For a moment, the other four people showed fierce eyes, and Allen motioned for someone to push him back.

The meeting room was in a commotion. Allen had foreseen the outcome. As soon as he died, the fourth son would die.

Allen chose the least capable and weakest of the five sons. In the future, the Hillman family would be caught in a very large internal war.

Allen's mouth curled slightly. He returned to the room. After the people who served him left, Allen stood up. His previous sickly look was gone. He was indeed in poor health, but he could still survive for a few years.

The struggle for heirs in the family would become extremely brutal in the future. This was Allen's method of choosing heirs from the beginning. Fighting each other, the winner would be the king.

Allen planned to witness this feast with his own eyes. He planned to fake his death. He had explained the plan to some of his confidants in the family. After a while, he would die of illness.

Allen chose the weakest fourth son, which was the fuse of this feast. Allen always believed that only those who crawled out of the corpses could lead the Hillman family to continue to develop and prosper.

The weakest of the five will be eliminated first, and the remaining four will start to get ready. Allen decided early that if the original heir died, the chieftain would be rotated by the people with the right of succession.

Then the heir will be finally decided based on how much benefit the position can bring to the family as the only consideration.

In Allen's view, if the person who is eliminated in this war of succession, there will be no one who can inherit the Hillman family.

"Everything has been decided. Sorry, although it is cruel, this is the survival of the fittest."

The war on the grassland will continue until the God Gate walks out of the base, and Allen also thought that the gods will definitely come to win over their big family first. As long as the big family is unified, all the families will eventually be united, and the gods will be the highest managers to lead the families to build a city.

Many years ago, Allen noticed that the gods were trying to make the sun rise on this land.

So Allen firmly believed that the future is a beautiful era, so he must use such a cruel method to select the heir so that the Hillman family can continue into the future.

"It would be nice if I could see the future. I really want to see with my own eyes how far the Hillman family will grow in the future."

At this time, the door of the room was knocked, and Allen returned to the wheelchair. The door of the room opened. It was the second son, the smartest of all the sons.

"Father, I beg you, don't use such a cruel method."

Sure enough, the second son had seen through Allen's intentions. Allen closed his eyes and fell silent. No matter how the second son begged, Allen did not respond.

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