4: If you want to complete the system task, plan first!

First, create trouble in one place, find an excuse to use military means (essentially a rebellion), and then occupy that area, developing it into a base.

This was Fang Le's designed starting mode for completing his system tasks.

Otherwise, Australia is a peaceful country as a whole; if it doesn't descend into chaos, you won't have a reason to occupy it.

The opportunity Fang Le found to stir up trouble was as follows:

Northern Territory, a state in north-central Australia, specifically its capital, Darwin City, recently experienced a wave of protests.

The reason for the protests was that a U.S. Military soldier from the local base had sexually assaulted an Indigenous girl while drunk.

Therefore, the local population, primarily Indigenous people but also including some other ethnic groups, organized several days of street protests.

They clashed with the police maintaining order, and some protesters even specifically sought out isolated U.S. Military soldiers to beat, creating a rather chaotic situation.

Currently, Indigenous people account for only over 600,000 of Australia's total population, with a significant portion living in the Northern Territory, especially the Darwin area.

Due to historical racial persecution, Indigenous people possess a certain degree of political correctness.

This led to the local white population not daring to openly oppose the protests, but instead seizing the opportunity to join in and promote their own political agendas.

Fang Le's mind stirred as he looked at the collected news materials.

Originally, when he considered locations for causing trouble (rebellion), he had excluded places with U.S. Military bases, and Darwin City was one of them.

But now, if he didn't seize this optimal moment to act, it would be difficult to find another later.

So, it was decided.

The 50,000 future Mechanical Warriors, not yet materialized, gave Fang Le infinite confidence.

Thus, he checked out of the small hotel, bought a plane ticket, and headed north from Melbourne to Darwin City.

Several hours later, the plane landed at Darwin City Airport, the northernmost point of the Northern Territory.

However, upon landing, he discovered that what he had judged to be the optimal time for rebellion had already passed.

Although occasional traces of the riots could still be seen on the city's streets, they were already in the cleanup phase.

Clearly, during his journey north after buying the ticket, the chaos here had been quelled.

Fang Le quickly bought a current affairs newspaper and learned the reason.

It turned out that the previous protests had been large, but the turning point came quickly.

Australia is, after all, a core ally of the U.S. Military, and the matter involved Indigenous people, so the U.S. Military quickly yielded; on the second day of the protest, it announced that the soldier involved would be handed over to the Australian authorities, specifically to the Darwin City local court for trial.

Had he come for nothing?

Fang Le was unwilling to accept it.

Oh well, since he was here, he might as well get familiar with the city.

As Fang Le aimlessly toured and wandered through the city, he had many thoughts.

Unlike the large cities in southeastern Australia, Darwin City surprisingly did not have a majority white population.

Many of the people he saw on the streets had brownish skin.

And quite a few looked like East Asians.

Fang Le then searched online and found that the main ethnic groups here were Indigenous people, Chinese, and Southern Europeans.

Moreover, several mayors of Darwin City throughout history had been Chinese.

As he was pondering, a Promotional Vehicle (propaganda vehicle) drove by on the street.

A loudspeaker broadcasted the message: "The mayoral election will be held soon. All citizens are urged to support their preferred candidates and to avoid illegal gatherings and protests."

Fang Le was startled.

Election?

He quickly checked the newspaper again.

He learned that Darwin City would have a mayoral election in about a week.

The incumbent Mayor Cohen's term had ended, and he had stated he would not seek re-election.

There were several popular candidates, including city council members, the police chief, high-ranking municipal officials, and local businessmen.

All candidates would hold their respective campaign activities before the formal election.

Fang Le couldn't help but sigh.

A place with only 140,000 people, yet holding such a highly contested election.

Ultimately, there are always power struggles everywhere.

And when Fang Le reviewed the various information about these popular candidates, his eyes narrowed.

An evil scheme emerged in his mind.