Chapter 379 Big family, huh?
After replacing the scars left by cruel self-abuse with the Bone Demon's vitality, Su Ming's body only showed some fatigue symptoms caused by blood loss. Apart from that, his basic biological activity ability was not affected at all.
To put it bluntly, this is equivalent to him using the advantages of his characteristics to get a lot of food and water for free.
Now, he has become the owner of resources, which is a good start, but it does not mean that everything will be smooth sailing in the future.
According to the data, a conclusion can be drawn from the extremely low survival rates and the huge death toll.
From today on, everything they encounter in this devil's land will be more horrible than the last.
Good order and rules are the only standards for maintaining human nature. If we want to establish such standards, we can only rely on interests.
For example, the woman who was talking to him just now was obviously a fool with a dull mind. It was impossible for her to listen to you if you talked about coexistence in the future. Only by restraining her with substantial benefits could she be made obedient.
“Boom boom boom.”
Three rhythmic knocks on the door were heard, neither loud nor soft. Just by listening to the knocks, Su Ming guessed that the person coming was Zhou Xiaoxiao.
"Come in."
The door opened, Zhou Xiaoxiao walked into the study and closed the door casually.
When he saw Su Ming's hands had recovered, he was stunned for a moment, then nodded as expected.
"You know?" Su Ming asked without turning his head.
Although he knew the answer, he still asked.
"I don't know, at least not now," said Zhou Xiaoxiao.
Su Ming pointed to the chair next to him and said, "Sit down. I'll help you heal the wound on your face."
"Huh? You can even cure this?"
"It's no big deal." Su Ming held Zhou Xiaoxiao's hand and activated his supernatural power. The four big words on Zhou Xiaoxiao's face gradually appeared on Su Ming's face. Because the injury was very minor, the transfer was completed in just a few minutes. Then Su Ming used a blood-made blade to take out some blood from his body and drank it, and the wound on his face healed completely.
"Transferring other people's injuries, and then recovering by drinking your own blood?"
"Yeah." Su Ming admitted frankly.
He knew that with Zhou Xiaoxiao's observation skills, he couldn't hide it, not to mention that this kind of simple reasoning could be done by anyone with a little bit of common sense.
Moreover, Su Ming will reveal this ability later, so it will not become a secret.
"What are you going to do next? Do you really want to share all the food and water with them?" Zhou Xiaoxiao asked.
"I will divide it, but not all at once. It's the same everywhere. Only by following the rules can you gain benefits. Those who break the rules should be attacked by everyone."
"But you can't always have so much food and water."
"That's why we need order. The order that is initially established will also have credibility in the future. The more chaotic the environment is, the more precious a stable and secure order becomes. I want to establish such an order. " Su Ming said calmly.
Zhou Xiaoxiao glanced at the other party and said, "What do you want to do? What kind of order do you want to establish?"
"Live in peace, don't hurt each other, and share resources." Su Ming said.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Xiaoxiao frowned and stared at Su Ming with disbelief. He stared at Su Ming for a long while before he was sure that the other party was not joking.
"Are you serious?"
"Do you think I'm kidding?"
"Do you know that among those who enter the ghost realm, only a very small number of them come out alive?" Zhou Xiaoxiao said, "If you come here, you have to eliminate the others if you want to leave."
"Do you want to do this?" Su Ming turned his head and stared into Zhou Xiaoxiao's eyes.
Zhou Xiaoxiao also stared at Su Ming. After several breaths, he blinked and said, "I don't want to, but everyone wants to live."
"What if it's not you who survives? Do you want to live longer?"
"...I understand what you mean." Zhou Xiaoxiao looked away, "Do you have a plan?"
"We must first let everyone know the necessary rules . I should know this place much better than you." Su Ming said.
"What do you know?"
"I can't tell you for now. I can't guarantee that you will always help me." Su Ming said calmly.
"But if you say nothing, no one will trust you, and no one will help someone they don't trust," Zhou Xiaoxiao retorted.
Su Ming smiled and said, "Old Zhou, let me tell you an interesting truth. Maybe it's not a truth, but a way of doing things. This is the way of doing things that my former boss always wanted me to accept, although I have always been a little resistant."
"What method?" Zhou Xiaoxiao asked with a frown. He had a feeling that he would not like what Su Ming said next.
"To put it simply, it means doing things for the right result, rather than just doing the right thing at the moment. The process does not necessarily need to be correct, but the result must be correct," said Su Ming.
"What's the meaning?"
Su Ming did not answer the other party directly, but gave an example: "If you are controlling a scale, and those people are weights, the heavier side of the scale must be sacrificed, and the lighter side can survive, how would you allocate everyone?"
Zhou Xiaoxiao was silent. He knew that Su Ming was using this metaphor to reflect the current situation, but this metaphor was completely meaningless. He didn't understand why Su Ming said these words.
Su Ming stood up and patted Zhou Xiaoxiao on the shoulder: "Come with me, I'm going to distribute the food. Don't think about what I just said. Just think of it as something I said nonsense."
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In the garden of the manor, boxes of food and water were placed together. Everyone gathered in the garden, including Su Ming's servants, the rich people and their servants from other nearby villas, and all the people in the civilian area. At a glance, there were nearly a thousand people, and they were all waiting for Su Ming to appear.
When Su Ming appeared, the crowd was in an uproar.
"Elton, have you counted the number of people?" Su Ming asked.
"Including you, there are exactly nine hundred and eighty people, if I counted correctly... This is the list I recorded." Elton handed a few sheets of paper to Su Ming.
Su Ming nodded and asked, "Where's the food and water?"
"I counted, there are a total of 100 boxes, canned food and compressed biscuits, more canned food and less compressed biscuits. The food is sufficient, but the drinking water can only last 20 days...if each person drinks three bottles a day." Elton said, "Generally speaking, it is healthier for people to drink two to three bottles of water a day."
"Okay, I understand."
Su Ming walked back into the house and went up to the terrace on the second floor. Standing on the terrace, he looked down. Everyone looked up at him.
"The monster said before that robbing and stealing food and water will be punished. We don't know what the punishment is yet, but I hope everyone won't do irrational things. Now I'm going to announce a few rules. Only those who abide by the rules can get food from me. Does anyone have any objections?" Su Ming asked loudly.
The people below were talking and discussing loudly, but no one raised any opinions.
Su Ming nodded and said, “It’s actually a very simple rule, and it’s easy to follow if you’re willing.
First: Do not hurt each other.
Second: Follow the best practices in every future game. If you don’t follow this rule, you will be kicked out of this big family.
Third: If something is beneficial to the big family and requires active cooperation from individuals, I hope you can cooperate actively.
Yes, you heard it right, I now call our group a family. To survive in this world, it is necessary to support each other, so we are a family from now on.
For now, do you have any objections to these three regulations? "
The crowd below was whispering, and Su Ming could feel the atmosphere of their discussion. Although it was a bit tense, it was obvious that they did not reject these two regulations.
Zhou Xiaoxiao stood in the crowd, brows furrowed and in a heavy mood.
He thought that Su Ming had a careful plan and steps to establish order, but he did not expect Su Ming to be so frivolous.
Su Ming's idealized rules will definitely not be followed in the future. Then, how will he end up?
"Big family? Humph! Are you just playing house? Can everything be peaceful just by talking? You're just daydreaming!"
There was a discordant voice coming from the side. Zhou Xiaoxiao looked in the direction of the voice and found that the person who spoke was the woman who had questioned Su Ming before. Zhou Xiaoxiao took a few steps towards her and said, "Since you are here now, you must support this policy from the bottom of your heart. If you don't want to comply, no one will force you. You can turn around and leave immediately."
"That's right! You want to eat someone else's food but then criticize them. What's going on?" an old lady muttered.
The woman stared at the old lady with her eyes wide open, raised her fist and said, "Do you want to die, old woman?"
"Hey, why are you like this! I'm talking to you nicely, why are you swearing at me?" The aunt's voice suddenly became sharp, and she acted like a shrew, confronting the savage woman in front of her.
The woman glanced at the aunt, snorted coldly, raised her foot and stomped on the ground. With a loud bang, the hard stone slab burst into spider-web-like cracks, scaring everyone around her so much that they trembled.
This kick directly shocked the old lady. The other people around her also stepped back, making a circle for the strong woman as if they were avoiding evil spirits. Only Zhou Xiaoxiao stood where she was, motionless and refusing to give in.
The strong woman frowned fiercely, stared at Zhou Xiaoxiao like a gangster, and snorted, "You are the gay guy. What did you have against me just now?" She spoke in a provocative manner.
"Please don't be like this. The more anxious you are, the more you need to stay calm. Can you do that?" Zhou Xiaoxiao calmly pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose, like a teacher who was about to reason with a naughty student.
"Alright, alright, the strong lady down there, please behave yourself and come to my study later...if you still want to join our big family."
A voice broke the deadlock of the confrontation. It was Su Ming standing on the terrace on the second floor and shouting to the crowd.
Then, Su Ming said, "Those of you who want to join our big family, please come to my study... We will start distributing the first batch of food tonight, that's it."
Su Ming turned around and walked back into the house. The crowd outside started talking as if in an uproar.
Most of them were feeling anxious and worried. In their minds, the current situation was already extremely desperate.
But these ordinary people have no idea that the reality is much more desperate than they imagined.
