Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 84

Chapter 84, Is this the CPU?

Gu Hang’s attitude when he spoke was very sincere, as if he was not talking to a prisoner.

However, what he said was so cold.

More importantly, Bradford believed every word Gu Hang said.

He deeply realized that the governor simply didn’t bother to deceive him.

His head turned quickly, and the pressure of death forced him.

“You can’t make me wait too long. This night is long, but I have more things to do. I don’t have time to waste on you.”

Gu Hang’s words rang again, and it was an absolute death warrant.

Bradford had never felt his mind work so fast in his life. His ideas were not perfect, and his thoughts were not detailed, but he could only speak immediately: “I have worked as a member of the Alliance for four years. I am familiar with many businessmen in Fuxing City and even outside Fuxing City. I know a lot of information!”

“Very good, this is one way.” Gu Hang said, “But it is not enough. Your will is not strong enough. You can’t stand the torture. In the end, you will tell everything. There is still some time before the public trial and execution meeting. It is enough for us to pry out everything we want to know from your mouth, and it will not hinder your execution in the end. This way, we can make the best use of people.”

The words spoken by the governor with a smile made Bradford shudder all over. Make the best use of people… is this what it means? Really “use”?

Sometimes he really wished the governor would not be so honest. He was not used to such a frank conversation and felt very scared.

But he could only bite the bullet and give another reason: “After the Great Purge… the quality of the administrative personnel you promoted is difficult to guarantee, and it will be difficult for them to carry out their work. I have made it from scratch to where I am today, and I am very capable. I will be loyal to you and do everything you want for you without regrets!”

“It is a valuable proposal, but leaving behind an old congressman will make the deterrence of the Great Purge and the public trial of exposing crimes flawed. Your personal ability is not enough to make up for the loss.”

After a pause, Gu Hang continued: “Bradford, your performance disappoints me a little. I thought you were a smart person and would understand that neither intelligence nor service could bring back your life, but you still put forward those two reasons, which made me doubt whether it was worthwhile for me to spend time listening to your reasons. I don’t have much time left, and you don’t have much time left either.”

As he communicated with Gu Hang, Bradford felt the fear and despair accumulated in his heart getting deeper and deeper. The words and attitude of the governor were like a pair of big hands, grasping his heart, and tightening during the conversation.

He felt like he was almost out of breath, and his mind was about to be crushed by the horror of death.

But at this point, he was finally able to give up everything.

Gu Hang was always very frank, and he spoke about the Great Purge and the subsequent plans without reservation. And he himself might need to speak out everything he thought and felt.

“I am a channel merchant. My roots are not only in Fuxing City, but also spread all over the place. I have acquaintances in every city-state in the eastern province with a population of more than 200,000. The manor owners in the southern Qinggu area are on good terms with me. That guy Wohan wants to engage in grain trade, and he has to communicate with the manor owners through me. The Oasis Kingdom in the western wilderness and the Blackbird Heavy Industry Group further west have trade routes that I have painstakingly built. They are the rare heavy industrial cores of the entire Angry Owl Star…”

“My connections, the trade routes I have established, and the many people I have placed on these routes are my greatest wealth. But it is invisible and will disappear with my death. Even if I want to give it to you, I can’t hand it over if I die. You can use torture to make me reveal all my contacts, contact methods, and even the other party’s personality and experience, but their trust in me cannot be replaced by anyone you send. If I die, they will be like raindrops falling into the sea, and they will never be found again.”

“You will worry that if I don’t die, the public trial will be flawed. But I am willing to be your tainted witness and testify to the crimes of every member of parliament according to your needs. There are many things that you don’t even need to make up or list. I know a lot of them are true.”

“Being a liaison officer, diplomat, trade representative, intelligence officer… these are the irreplaceable values of my life. But you are bound to have doubts. I have so many connections in the outside world. Once I am free, it will be easy for me to escape. For this reason, I am willing to move all my family members outside to live in Fuxing City. I am willing to bring your most loyal guards with me when I am out, so that they can monitor and execute me at any time. If you have any periodic poisons or antidotes, I am willing to accept them.”

“Of course, all this may not be guaranteed. I may ruthlessly abandon my family, my loyal guards may be murdered by me outside, and the poison may be cured outside… but this is the risk.”

At this point, Bradford gritted his teeth and said something that he thought was too bold in retrospect: “You are testing whether I am smart enough and honest enough, and I gave the answer; now it depends on you, Governor, whether you have enough courage to bear the risk?”

“Do you have confidence that the great cause you will do in the future will make me sincerely worship from the bottom of my heart and refuse to defect?”

“Hahaha!”

Gu Hang laughed and patted Bradford on the shoulder, not offended by the last words that were even slightly provocative: “I now think you are indeed a smart man, and it is obvious that I have great confidence in myself. Just do as you say, I hope you will not let me down, and I hope you can see the day when the great cause comes true and become a part of it, instead of falling halfway.”

Bradford knew that he had passed the test.

But he was unexpectedly not very happy in his heart.

His mood at the moment was very strange.

The relief of surviving a disaster? Of course there are, but there are also some special emotions towards Gu Hang.

It is a mixture of a little hatred, a lot of fear, a little admiration, a little respect… and a little hope that he himself can hardly perceive.

He remembered the declaration of Gu Hang on the first day after he came to the surface.

He said that he would rebuild the entire wasteland world and let everyone who surrendered to him live a good life.

This Governor Gu seems to be different from every governor in the past.

His declaration sounds like a lot of clichés at first, but upon closer inspection, does he really have the ability to do it?

If he does, will his future prospects be worse than when he was a member of the Alliance or a channel businessman?

Thinking of this, Bradford suddenly reacted: Eh? Have I been CPUed?

(End of this chapter)