Chapter 381 The situation is not optimistic
"Uh, you can't charge it directly." Elton replied hesitantly.
Although he was an all-round butler responsible for managing all daily affairs of the manor, Elton has lost much confidence since entering this strange space. He doesn't think he can do anything in this situation.
But in contrast, Su Ming, the young new master, was quite calm and seemed to know how to use this manor and its servants better than he did.
Su Ming looked at Elton and smiled slightly: "Be more confident, Elton, I believe in your ability. In addition, I also know that the generator cannot charge the computer directly. It also needs a voltage stabilizing circuit, voltage transformation and so on , but I don't know much about this. There should be an electrician in the manor, right?"
"Yes, I do, but I don't know if the equipment can still be used. I'll go ask later." Elton took a deep breath to calm his nervousness, then asked, "So, Master, you mean that the generators can't be used for the time being?"
"It's such a waste to run the generator at full capacity just to boil water and turn on the lights. Let's let everyone go out and chop wood. Besides, aren't there people from other wealthy areas? Ask them to come over and tell them that I have something to say to them." Su Ming said expressionlessly.
Su Ming suddenly realized that he had too much to do. Not to mention that he had to find a way for everyone to survive, just these tedious matters would take up a lot of energy.
All available resources must be utilized. How to get everyone to give up their own resources for sharing is a big problem.
"I see. What do you want, Old Zhou?" Su Ming looked at Zhou Xiaoxiao.
"I am a superpower, come here to talk to you."
"Oh." Su Ming nodded and smiled bitterly, "It would be great if other psychics could cooperate like you."
"It's not that easy. You already knew that." Zhou Xiaoxiao asked coldly.
Su Ming nodded.
“As expected.”
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"Honey, do you really want to share those things with other people?" A thin-cheeked woman stared at her husband and asked worriedly.
"It's already like this now! Of course we should help each other, and it's also right to share things with others. Do you want everyone to starve to death?" Xiang Dalong said, scratching his head.
The woman twisted her fingers together and said uncomfortably, "But, but can we at least keep some for ourselves? Who knows when the next time will be after we finish eating all that?"
"Wife! Those things were originally obtained by Xia Ming. Do you think I can get so many things by myself?" Xiang Dalong showed impatience, "There is no need to say more about this matter! Let Xia Ming distribute those things. I believe in him... He is a good person and cares about everyone."
The woman pursed her lips and said nothing more.
She was silent for a long time, and then said, "I know Xia Ming is a good person. Most people wouldn't do such a thing, but do you know what everyone is saying behind his back?"
Xiang Dalong was stunned and asked, "What do others say?"
"They said Xia Ming is a good guy. If it were them, they would not give up all their things. They also said that if something like that happens again next time, they will definitely not go... No one wants to get hurt. Everyone just gathers here to eat." The woman said softly.
This time, it was Xiang Dalong's turn to remain silent. He could understand his situation. In fact, if he asked himself what he thought deep in his heart, he would understand why those people had such thoughts. Who would be willing to abuse themselves? Who would be willing to share the food obtained by self-harm with others who had not given anything at all?
Moral standards have always been separate from interests. Everyone acts according to their interests and then verbally evaluates them using moral standards.
"Husband, do you want to share the food with those people? They just want to eat and drink for free." said the woman.
Xiang Dalong sighed, stretched out his strong arms and hugged his wife, and comforted her softly: "I will talk to Xia Ming, I will handle this matter, anyway, you two will not starve to death! Don't worry!"
The thin woman in his arms burst into tears. Only then did Xiang Dalong realize that his wife's mental stress had already reached its limit.
"Cry, cry, it will be okay once you cry...we will all be okay."
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"Are we going to live here forever? The living conditions here are too bad. It would be better for everyone to get their things and go back home to live."
"Yes, yes. I'm almost starving. When will the food be distributed? I want to go home and sleep."
Amidst these voices, Elton walked down from the second floor, stood between the stairs on the second and first floors, and said, "Please go outside and collect some wood. It will be needed for boiling water, heating canned food, and lighting later."
"Don't we have a generator? Why not use it?"
“It’s not suitable for the current situation.”
"Excuse me, is there anything inappropriate?" a well-mannered man raised his hand and asked.
"Because the machine will wear out, and we don't have the ability to produce it, starting it now will not be able to support large-scale power supply. It's a waste of material. Things like lighting and heating can be done by burning fire, so we have to trouble everyone to go out and collect wood." Su Ming's voice came from the second floor. Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Su Ming leaning on the handrail on the second floor, looking down at them.
"When will we get food? I'm starving!"
"Yes, yes, my children are hungry."
Someone in the crowd shouted.
"It's almost time to finish the meal, Elton. Divide the food according to the list, just as we agreed before. Two cans of food and one bottle of water for two people." Su Ming said to Elton, "It's the same for children and adults."
As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd below became noisy and no one knew what they were saying. It could be felt that they were very dissatisfied with Su Ming's way of distribution. However, no one took the initiative to protest. After all, they were like refugees in front of a disaster relief porridge stall and had no say in the thickness of the porridge.
"After dinner, please go out and collect wood. Ladies can help carry the light ones, and men can chop trees with axes and split large logs into small ones that are easier to burn. I hope everyone can work together. I will let Elton record the amount of wood each person brings back and record everyone's contribution." Su Ming said.
Everyone started murmuring again, but Su Ming ignored them.
He knew that this reaction was to be expected, he could even think with his buttocks and guess what was going on in their minds right now.
What everyone is thinking is: We are given so little food, and yet we are asked to work. We should just make do with it.
This guy is exploiting us. He wants to squeeze our strength out of us after giving us a little food, so we can't work at full strength later.
Or, some brave people may escape from labor.
Su Ming knew that this was human nature.
All he can do is screen, restrict and utilize.
"Oh, by the way, so far, except for the two psychics, no other psychics have come to see me. I hope you will come to me as soon as possible. This is related to everyone's survival rate. Please take it seriously." Su Ming turned around and emphasized it again before returning to the study.
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While Su Ming was speaking on the second floor, several people gathered quietly in the corner of the lobby on the first floor. These six men and one woman looked like ordinary people on the surface, but they were actually a well-known bounty hunter team on their own platform - Owl.
Generally speaking, people who work as bounty hunters become more experienced as they get older. In addition, the strength of superpowers is usually unrelated to physical age, so most of the more famous hunter teams in the circle are middle-aged people.
But the Owls are different. All the people in the Owls are young people. The captain is the oldest, but he is only twenty years old.
For some reasons, they did not participate in the first self-abuse competition organized by the monsters. Afterwards, when they heard that someone was going to distribute food and water for free, they followed others here, only to find out that the person who was going to distribute food was none other than Su Ming, who was very famous on the recent prey rankings!
"Boss, that man must be Su Ming who is wanted on our platform. What should we do?"
"He doesn't look like a bad guy, at least not now." Bai Chifei replied.
"Then what should we do now? We have to at least find a way to get out?" The person who spoke was Bai Chifei's sister, Bai Yufei, a girl with a bad temper but who obeyed her brother's words.
"I just asked other people and found out that this place is not one that can be left just because we want to. It is very likely that we have encountered something unconventional and bizarre."
"Boss! You, you mean we are all going to die here?"
"Maoqiu, don't you think before you speak? Don't be so pessimistic. Encountering an unconventional monster doesn't mean immediate death. At least the survival rate is lower."
"This... doesn't make us optimistic. This strange space alone is enough to give us a headache. Why is the killer still distributing food? Should we expose his identity?"
"Calm down and don't act rashly. I've just said that he doesn't look like a bad guy. Before deciding how to deal with him, observe him first."
"If we can kill him and get out alive, the money will be enough for us to live a carefree life for several years!"
"Haha, if you spend more frugally, you can retire." Bai Yufei complained from the side.
After that, she turned to look at her brother and asked softly, "Brother, what should we do now?"
"Let's test it first. Isn't he looking for someone with special abilities? Let's send one of us to see what his plans are next."
Maoqiu: "Boss! This is not good, right? The intelligence says that he has a special ability that can take away other people's special abilities. He asked the special ability users to find him. Could it be that he wants to kill the special ability users and absorb their special abilities to dominate this place?"
"Your idea is quite reasonable. It doesn't seem like something you came up with yourself. Where did you hear it from?"
"Hehe, there are a lot of them in wasteland novels."
"Good! You have a sense of crisis, very good! After thinking about it, I'll leave this important task to you!" Bai Chifei patted Maoqiu's shoulder vigorously and smiled.
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In the study room on the second floor, Su Ming took the time to read the files.
File No. 14:
【Questioner: “What happened between you afterwards?”
Survivor: " Killing each other , everyone wants to survive, but not everyone can survive."
Questioner: "But when you went in before, you were an ordinary person without super powers. How did you survive? Did you rely on other people with super powers?"
Survivor: "Only if I become stronger, lions eat wolves, wolves eat rabbits. If rabbits don't want to be eaten, do they have to turn into lions?"
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File No. 17:
【Questioner: "You once wanted everyone to survive. You just said this, right?"
Survivor: “Yes.”
Questioner: "But you just said you killed them, what's going on?"
Survivor: "This is all God's will. The ungodly people with corrupt morals must be punished by God! That is God's punishment!"
Questioner: "Why do you say they are not pious?"
Survivor: "Those people...those people don't believe in the Dragon God, so they will all die."
Questioner: "But not all of those who survived are believers of the Dragon God. How do you explain this?"
Survivor: "I don't know, but everything is God's will. My strength is given by God."
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File No. 18:
【Questioner: "We asked a few other people who came out of the devil's land with you before, and they said you lied. They said you were an ogre. Is that true?"
Survivor: "Hahahaha! They are lying! They are the ogres!"
*After testing, the survivors were lying*
*Second Q&A*
Questioner: "We all know you lied last time. Tell the truth."
Survivor: "I'm not lying, you got it wrong! How could I eat humans? I won't eat humans, never!"
Questioner: "You ate your brother."
Survivor: "I didn't! No! No!!"
Questioner: “They said—”
Survivor: "Shut up! Shut up, shut up, shut up!"
*The interrogator's entire arm was torn off by the interrogator's mouth, and the Bureau of Investigation treated him in the same way*
*Third Q&A*
Questioner: "This is the punishment from the Bureau. If you dare to remove my arm or thigh this time, you will not just lose an arm or thigh, you will die directly. Do you understand?"
The survivors began to cry.
Survivor: "I didn't, I didn't eat my brother... I didn't."
Questioner: "Okay, I believe you didn't eat anyone, but suppose, suppose someone ate someone, if someone ate someone in your situation, what do you think was his motive?"
*After asking this question, the survivor stopped crying and thought seriously for thirty minutes. *
Survivor: "If, if that's really the case, then I can understand it, because in that environment, people are no longer just people, but animals. If they are animals, then isn't it normal for the strong to eat the weak? We who got out were the strongest people there, which already shows that it was a selection."
Questioner: “So you eat people?”
Survivor: "I didn't! Why do you say I ate people?"
Questioner: "Calm down, don't get excited , I was just joking, just a joke."
Survivor: "You...are you kidding me? Can you be serious?"
Questioner: "Since you didn't eat anyone, how did you get out?"
Survivor: "Because I'm strong enough! I'm strong enough even if I don't eat people."
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Su Ming closed the file, frowned, and looked extremely solemn.
"Is... this the only possible outcome?" he sighed.
