NOVEL NEXT Chapter 283: The Domineering People of Refugee Village!
"The demand is very simple."
Lin Yue had already thought it through.
The key, the most crucial link, between this so-called "Domineering People" and the Refugee Village was not anything else.
It was "trust"!
If trust could be maintained, then nothing else would be a problem.
He issued tasks, Fei Yue led the villagers of the Refugee Village to complete the tasks and received the rewards he promised.
For instance, if he wanted precision electric actuators, Fei Yue and his group would specifically seek them out; the more they found, the more rewards he would give—it was mutual need fulfillment.
But as such situations increased, if there was no "trust" constraint, drawbacks would soon come.
Vegetables and fruits were fulfilled; people would then want other things, and if they found little, he rewarded little, leading to conflicts and friction.
So, there was a very necessary matter to constrain this.
"Speak, Lin Yue, you being able to agree makes us very happy." Now they're not just happy? Fei Yue and all the surrounding villagers almost wanted to dance.
"It's that we agree not to betray each other."
Lin Yue finished speaking and awaited the other party's response.
Not to betray, easy to say, but how hard it is to execute.
In this Otherworld, there are no legal bounds nor moral standards; doing anything excessive, as long as one's conscience is undisturbed, then it's problem-free.
In this world, people become frantic, more aggressive, and can tear apart and destroy everything humanity originally held dear—like affection, friendship, trust, alliances—and discard them in the trash.
The appearance of beggars illustrates this perfectly.
Just think, if betrayal occurred between him and Fei Yue's Refugee Village, what would happen?
For him, it's the most troublesome and thorny issue.
Because these people, knowing him better and communicating more, would hurt him greater.
Physically, Lin Yue didn't think they could do anything, but mentally, it could genuinely affect him for life.
"We'll collectively swear, absolutely not to betray you! As evidence, I will provide you with all our survivors' names, photographs, and general circumstances, along with the number of buildings, current item inventories, explored map layouts, various intelligence, everything considered important with no slight concealment!" Fei Yue immediately revealed his cards.
Since Lin Yue wanted a basis and assurance for trust, he had no reason to hide anything.
Even though he's just a "Domineering Person," in reality, Lin Yue could directly be considered the highest leader of this Refugee Village!
As long as Lin Yue agreed, then the Refugee Village had nothing to hide, and everything he wanted to know would be disclosed.
This was also the foundation of trust and was equally part of Meng Yutang's legacy.
"Well, that's better than anything."
Lin Yue immediately understood what was going on.
The opponent's move seemed like it had been prepared for a very long time, likely part of Meng Yutang's strategy.
It's undeniable; this old man is indeed clever, calculating every step accurately.
However, it also collided with him; with anyone else, they would probably have been thoroughly bested by the old man.
Lin Yue knew in his heart that this was a wrestling process, between him and the deceased old man, at the moment he was slightly at a disadvantage.
Being at a disadvantage didn't incur many losses, but he didn't want to be constantly manipulated.
Who wants to be calculated in every move and step?
Indeed, discussing with others in the Otherworld is proving difficult for him.
Lin Yue quickly received multiple messages from Fei Yue.
"Compared to last time, after experiencing another disaster, our Refugee Village has undergone considerable change. Now we have 154 people, including 97 young adults, 8 elderly, and the rest are children—roughly a 6:4 male-to-female ratio. As for food, meat is exceedingly plentiful, and following the disaster, we retained a significant amount of water, enough to sustain us for about half a month. Currently, numerous individual survivors are sending us SOS messages; conservatively estimating, our village's population will exceed two hundred within ten days. Additionally, here are the tables of names and ages of all our people. Here's the group photo of all survivors (group photo.jpg)."
"As previously mentioned, I, Fei Yue, am the leader of this Refugee Village, responsible for managing the normal operations of the entire village, including hunting, resource gathering, Secret Realm exploration, Underground Ruins' attack and defense, various talent allocation, and maintaining relative independence. In the future, we will collect specific materials and resources as per the Domineering People's demands. Of course, we will use these things to exchange for the various materials promised by the Domineering People, to ensure the survival needs and various demands of the village's survivors."
"Furthermore, here is the inventory list of our current resources and other items, and here's our detailed map's photographs, including the photos of explored Underground Ruins for detection, please receive them all."