r18novel Chapter 6 Starvation Elimination
Chapter 6 Starvation Elimination
Now I finally understand why the alliance behind City Lord Chen Feng agreed to sell the city to Old Jones.
Let's concentrate our efforts to resist any potential disaster!
A city with a safety level of only D is completely incapable of withstanding a large-scale horde of alien beasts.
Instead of wasting energy on this, we should concentrate our efforts on strengthening cities with higher security levels!
"Lord, as you instructed, the refugees have all gathered downstairs."
Shi Yuan snapped out of his daze, took a deep breath, and waved his hand: "Give them some food. I want to be alone."
"Jingjing? Who is Jingjing?"
Shi Yuan's lips twitched slightly: "Get lost!"
"Yes! Yes!"
After Jinghou left, Shiyuan slipped away through the back door downstairs and wandered aimlessly until he unknowingly arrived at the refugee camp.
Just as I was wandering around the refugee camp, I suddenly heard a child's voice behind me.
"Do you... still want your things?"
Shi Yuan turned his head to the side.
Two dirty children emerged from behind a tent, each carrying a heavy, tattered cloth bag on their small frame.
It was the two siblings from last night, Ah Liang and Xiao Guang.
Shi Yuan saw the anticipation for food in the clear eyes of the brother and sister: "Open it and take a look."
Ah Liang quickly placed the tattered bag on the ground and spread it out, immediately releasing a foul odor.
Shi Yuan was almost knocked unconscious by the stench. He forced himself to endure the foul smell and glanced around. All he saw were rotten flesh that had been decaying for who knows how long, as well as various broken metal objects.
Pickable discarded items detected.
The scavenging map marked that the entire bag was recyclable.
Like Xiao Guang behind him, he unfolded his tattered bag, and a huge red dot was marked on the map.
"Looks like my treasure is in the junkyard."
The reason I thought of having two children help me pick up trash last night was mainly related to management.
The garbage mountain to the north is managed by armed guards.
Refugees are not allowed to approach; if discovered, they may be killed on the spot or reported, branded, and expelled from the city.
But it's different for orphaned children.
Without their parents' care, these children have no guarantee of survival and can only scavenge for food in garbage dumps if they want to live.
As far as Shi Yuan knows, as long as these children don't go too far, the garbage station managers will selectively turn a blind eye.
When I'm in a good mood, I'll rummage through their trash; when I'm in a bad mood, I'll grab a few people on the spot and beat them to death to vent my emotions.
Shi Yuan looked at the two bags of trash and nodded in satisfaction: "Since you kept your promise, I'll perform a magic trick for you for free."
"Recycle."
In just a moment, the two children realized that the trash in front of them had disappeared, and their worldview was severely shaken.
[Rotten Beast Flesh +1] → [Recycling Point +1]
[Scrapped Pistol +1] → [Recycling Point +1]
[Recycling Point +1]........
"51 points, plus the 350 points from last night, we've successfully broken through 400."
"Last time, 100 recycling points were used to unlock the repair function. I wonder if the next function will require 1000 recycling points to unlock."
He was calculating based on the patterns he used to follow when reading online novels.
"Meat...the meat you promised us..."
Ah Liang snapped out of his magic show and asked for food.
Shi Yuan paused, then touched his nose: "I almost forgot, come with me."
His refugee tent was right next to him, and when he arrived, he found that the tent was intact and had not been taken over.
The half-open canisters of alien meat, which were not dealt with in time due to the arrival of Jones' army, are still there.
Normally, it would have been completely looted by the lovely neighbors.
It must have been the intervention last night that made these neighbors hesitant to make any rash moves.
He handed the can of exotic beast meat to A Liang.
The little boy didn't eat the meat can right away; instead, he whistled.
What are you doing?
Soon, a group of dirty children appeared around the refugee camp, cautiously walking towards him.
Shi Yuan estimated that there were 22 people in total, including A Liang and Xiao Guang.
These children all had things in their hands: tattered bags, usable garbage bags, or broken metal bundled in tattered netting.
At almost the same time, the recycling system started sending out warnings like crazy.
Pickable discarded items detected.
"Big brother, they also want to change their food."
Ah Liang was very clever. As soon as he finished explaining, he stuffed the pickled meat from the jar of exotic beast meat into his sister's mouth, and then put the remaining half into his own mouth.
He knew that if Shi Yuan didn't collect their trash, these people would try to take their food after Shi Yuan left.
Looking at these children who were so hungry that they were pale and emaciated and had no nutrition whatsoever, Shi Yuan sighed inexplicably.
"Bring everything over here."
When they heard that Shi Yuan was going to collect the trash, all the children smiled happily.
"Holy crap, these kids are picking up trash with such high standards."
Shi Yuan discovered that the system indicated all of the children's trash could be recycled.
However, he also noticed a problem.
When he picked up a completely wrecked rifle to repair it, he received no system notifications.
In other words, he has a recycling point, but if he wants to repair something, the system needs to determine that the item is repairable before he can proceed.
"Recycle!"
The children were filled with disbelief as they watched the trash vanish into thin air.
[Recycling Point +1].......
"230 recycling points, it seems like it won't be long before we break 1000 points."
Shi Yuan pondered for a few seconds, then looked up at the pairs of eyes yearning for food: "Come with me, I'll take you to get food."
Administration Bureau.
Shi Yuan returned with a group of children, and the refugees who had been waiting suddenly became nervous and afraid.
They had just been given dry bread and water, but who knows what crazy things this new city lord who killed old Jones might do.
The clever monkey scurried up to Shi Yuan and respectfully reported, "City Lord, the refugees have all arrived and are waiting for your command!"
"Have someone take these children to get some food."
The clever monkey glanced at the refugee orphans behind Shi Yuan and muttered to himself.
We just gave supplies to refugees, and now we're going to give food to these children who have no value to produce? Isn't that a bit too much of a saintly sentiment?
Unaware of Jinghou's thoughts, Shiyuan walked straight into the Administration Bureau and went to the second-floor balcony to look down at the refugees below.
Including Jones's army, the abandoned Class D city still has about 1,500 people.
The minimum population requirement for a Class D city is 5000.
"I believe you all saw what happened last night."
"This city has been abandoned by the Survivors Alliance, and I am now in charge of it."
"First of all, let me state that I don't care whether you stay or leave."
"Those who wish to stay should cooperate with the subsequent work assignments and follow the previous alliance system."
Those who do not wish to stay may go to other cities on their own.
Shi Yuan's voice was calm, but it showed no sympathy whatsoever.
"Excuse me... Lord City Lord, are there food supplies provided for our work?"
A sallow-faced, muscular woman asked in a trembling voice.
"That's a good question. I'm not Old Jones, nor am I the leader of the wandering army. I'm too lazy to play the starvation elimination game with you guys."
The so-called starvation elimination game is a predatory survival tactic commonly used by nomadic armies.
Of the looted supplies, 50% went to the leader, and the rest were divided up and plundered. Those who couldn't get any supplies were left to starve and wait to die.