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Volume One, Chapter 144: Life Experience

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    Chapter 144: Life experience

    The conference room suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at Lin Xiang.  After all, he is the actual controller with the highest power here.

    Lin Xiang looked into Blanche's eyes and said calmly: "Besides these, what other problems are there?"

    "There are about 10,000 refugees stationed on the edge of the wilderness. These people are relatively far away from our actual control circle. They establish new settlements and camp out there. Your Excellency, I must remind you that this is a  This is a disorderly behavior. They don¡¯t know how to properly utilize groundwater resources. These people dig wells everywhere in the wilderness to get water, and the degree of waste is extremely serious. They basically have no hygiene habits, and their feces are directly excreted into the water source area. If this continues,  The scope of pollution will further expand, even affecting urban drinking water and irrigation systems. We must change this situation as soon as possible, otherwise, the danger is imminent-" Blanche almost roared, ending the report in her characteristic cold tone.

    Lin Xiang maintained proper etiquette and smiled slightly: "Miss Blanche, what suggestions do you have for this?"

    ¡°Peaceful negotiations have no effect. It will only give the refugees more confidence and encourage their growing desires¡ª¡ª¡±

    Blanche closed the folder and sat upright seriously: "We must use force to intervene, control or imprison all refugee leaders. These people are the source of chaos. Even if they accept quarantine and enter the city, they will still become potential insurgents."  stabilizing factor.¡±

    Lin Xiang sat quietly and did not continue to ask.  From the depths of the black jade-like eyes, a deep and plain gaze was released.

    "This will be a massacre." His voice was as magnetic and melodious as ever.

    ¡°We have no choice¡ª¡ª¡±

    Blanche stretched out her hand to smooth the messy hair around her ears, and her tone became more serious: "If these conditions are allowed to continue, the whole city will fall into chaos, and there will no longer be any law and order. I admit, this is indeed true.  It's cruel, but we must be like this. Greed and desire have caused those people to lose their most basic sanity, and they will never be satisfied with the existing preferential treatment conditions. Refugees are their private property, this so-called wilderness group  , is actually a miniature slave society in ancient times. They will do nothing but use slaves to bring more benefits to themselves. I want to take back what I just said Control and imprisonment can't solve any problems.  , the safest and most effective way is to kill them all, leaving no one alive¡ª¡ª"

    "No, you can't do that."

    Colbert, who was sitting opposite, shook his head repeatedly: "Killing all the leaders of the refugee groups will indeed stabilize the situation. But what to do in the future? What will the other groups wandering in the wilderness and watch think? They will never  Joining Hidden Moon City will quickly spread everything that happens here. By that time"

    "Captain Colbert, you are not a refugee, you will never understand the true thoughts of a refugee¡ª¡ª"

    Blanche's face was a little pale due to obvious anger, but he still maintained restraint and deliberately slowed down his speech: "Everyone is afraid of death, and refugees are no exception. The wilderness is full of death traps. Radiation,  Mutated creatures, thirst, hunger In order to get a little water to survive, they will travel hundreds of kilometers from one water point to another well. When they are so hungry that they have nothing to eat, the old man in the camp  Weak and children will be eaten by everyone. They are eager to get rid of this bumpy and homeless life more than anyone else, long for stability and happiness, and want to live in a city protected by tall walls like normal residents. But the leader of the refugees  But they don't think so, especially those refugee leaders whose groups number in the thousands, thousands, or even larger. They have become extremely greedy and cruel. Using their power, they use generous benefits to win over a group of strong thugs as bodyguards.  , implemented a rough and barbaric rule throughout the camp. They killed innocent people at will and plundered property that did not belong to them. Apart from finding and establishing new suitable settlements, they would never join any city. The reason is simple - they  They cannot tolerate their own power being divided. Relying on power and high pressure, they can effectively control every refugee within the group and treat each other as their own private property. Due to the high concentration of weapons and the existence of private guards, the refugees  It is impossible to resist. Once someone is found to be escaping, the leader will immediately send people to chase and kill him. The body will be given to the whole camp to be eaten, and the head will be chopped off on the spot as a threat. I have investigated, except for some large-scale  Smaller groups expressed their willingness to accept adaptation and join the city on the premise of obeying the distribution. All other large groups that linger around Hidden Moon City and wait and see are strongly hostile to us. According to intelligence analysis obtained from different channels  , they are even brewingCarry out a large-scale robbery plan.  "

    "Looting?"

    Colbert obviously didn't take Blanche's explanation seriously. He turned sideways and mocked sarcastically: "Just those refugees? Their weapons are at best some old-fashioned muskets and a few chipped and rusty machetes.  Can we use these things to break through the guard towers we built outside the city, equipped with heavy machine guns and intensive firepower? Miss Blanche, with all due respect, your nerves are too tight."

    "You don't understand the power structure of large refugee groups. They have a huge population. The only things they need are food and water. Everyone knows that Hidden Moon City is distributing food rations, and those leaders will threaten them, stimulate them, and urge them  They fight us with their fists and bodies. There are tens of thousands of refugees surrounding the city. Although they are not evolved or enhanced people, they have numbers that we cannot compare with. At this time, quantity represents strength  , is the source of confidence and madness. Our only way is to take action in advance and kill those refugee leaders who are obsessed with profit-" Blanche's whole body was shaking, and her voice became strange because of anger.

    "Things may be a little troublesome, but they are definitely not as serious as you said."

    Colbert sneered and slowed down his tone: "If Hidden Moon City wants to develop, it needs more refugees to join the city. We have sufficient food reserves, and there is no need to adopt overly drastic measures. Perhaps, the negotiations with those leaders will  We should take a more moderate approach and give them a little more benefits and benefits. As long as they are included in the urban management order, they will quickly change their identities and become ordinary citizens. On the contrary, if they are forcibly deprived of their leadership rights by bloody and violent means, not only will they be  It will have a negative impact among the refugees, and will also make other groups who are ready to rely on us stay away. The final result can only be that the number of urban residents is getting smaller and smaller. Miss Blanche, your performance in management is indeed  Excellent. But in terms of your judgment and handling of this matter, I must say - you seem to have made a mistake."

    A trace of paleness flashed across Blanche's face, and her eyes contained suppressed anger.  She bit her lips tightly and twisted her slender fingers around each other.  Due to too much force, the green blood vessels bulged out from under the thin skin, like thick earthworms, winding on the back of the white hands and arms.

    "I grew up in a refugee camp My father sold me to the camp leader for half a kilogram of black bread. That night, the sixty-four-year-old man raped me together with his son. That  At that time I had just turned eight."

    Blanche's voice was very calm, as if she was telling someone else's story: "People often starve to death in the camp, and there is no food at all in the wilderness. It can only be used when passing through big cities and settlements with water.  In exchange, the women and children received some simple food. During the rainy season, we could maintain normal farming for a season. Due to the need to turn the land and water supply problems, farming could only last for one year at most. You may not believe it, but at that time,  I have never had enough to eat. According to the camp leader: Precious food is only a necessity to sustain life. Only those big shots who live in the city and wear unpatched clothes have the qualifications and rights to eat. We usually eat  The thing I eat the most is batter porridge. After becoming the leader¡¯s woman, I tasted dry food for the first time in my life. I never knew there was such a delicious thing in the world. Even though it was just a piece of barley mixed with plant roots and roasted  It was baked into thick pancakes, but the taste was completely different from the pure soup porridge I still remember it fresh."

    Lin Xiang listened quietly.  Everyone else's eyes were also focused on Blanche, listening silently to the story she told.

    "I was the toy of the leader of the camp. He even regarded me as a reward for his loyalty to his men. He let me spend the night with them and let the men play with them. Outsiders could not imagine the privileges that the leader had. They wore clean cotton.  Clothes, even in winter, when people starve to death every day in the camp, they still enjoy a variety of sumptuous food every day. Fried pancakes wrapped in jaggery, fragrant rice, small sweet biscuits dipped in wild honey  Only the leaders and those closest to them are eligible to enjoy these. Ordinary refugees will die when they die. The wilderness is full of lonely wanderers. As long as they can join the camp and get a bowl of batter porridge, they can do anything.  "

    At this point, Blanche's face turned miserable. She raised her hand and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes: "The leader has the absolute power to rule over the life and death of the entire camp. According to the rules, all pregnant women must share their meals every day.  A certain amount of milk was produced to make cheese. Only the leader was qualified to eat this special food. In order to get more cheese, he even ordered soup to be made with newly born babies and fed to women after giving birth to get more cheese.  tits?Hahahaha!  Eat the flesh of your own children and squeeze out more milk for other men to enjoy Can you imagine that horrible scene?  Because the milk is squeezed too hard, the milk will be stained with blood, and the cheese will turn pink.  This kind of food would make even God tremble and weep. The old bastard who has the power of life and death over the entire camp still eats it with gusto every day¡ª¡ª"

    "Why don't you run away?"

    Corbett frowned and couldn't help but ask.  As one of the natives of Hidden Moon Town, it was really hard for him to believe what Blanche said.  In order to hide the secrets of this sweet water land, except for Wang Biao and a few other selected strong townspeople, they used the food produced in the town to exchange necessary materials with the outside world. For a long time, almost everyone in Yinyue Town  Total isolation.  Corbett had heard rumors about homeless people and mobs, but he had never seen one with his own eyes.

    "Escape?"

    Blanche, who looked sad, smiled bitterly and shook her head: "The camp implements a management model similar to a pyramid structure. The leader and the guard members around him can be said to be the top with the highest power. They divide all the refugees into small teams, and the captain can  Get more food and clothes than ordinary people. It is under this kind of profit-driven motivation that everyone in the camp will be monitored by eyes hidden in the dark. The slightest movement will be immediately  The escort discovered that for the escaped men, they would usually draw lots to sell them to slave traders or directly kill them for meat. If they were women, the end would be even worse. They would be rounded up by all the men in the camp and locked in a cage.  It becomes a toy forever."

    "Why don't you resist? Are you just waiting to die in vain?" Colbert really found it difficult to understand.

    "Hahahaha! Resist? How to resist?"

    Blanche suddenly burst out into a fit of nervous laughter: "In the old books, there was a mention of a cowardly animal - the sheep. It is said that whenever a wolf breaks into the sheep and kills them wantonly, those who are alive will  The sheep will stand around and watch. The refugees are just a group of sheep. They will only imagine that someone will come to save them, but they will never have the determination to resist. Of course, there may occasionally be a few brave exceptions, but their ending  They were all miserable. Either they were skinned alive, or they were cleaned, steel bars were passed through the body, and the meat was roasted on the fire. The screams before death made everyone who listened tremble and flinch. Death threats  Their anger has been blunted, and all the weapons are in the hands of the guards and the leader's relatives. Even if someone does come forward as the leading resister, other refugees will just sit back and watch in fear The refugees are  Such people. If they win, they will rush to demand every deserved benefit. If they lose, they will push you to the front, and you alone will be responsible for life or death. Resistance is just a sentence  Nonsense empty talk.¡±

    Colbert opened his mouth, hesitated for a while, and asked in a dry voice: "My question may be a little rude, but I still want to know Miss Blanche, how did you escape?"  ?¡±

    "I bribed a mercenary¡ª¡ª"

    Blanche took a deep breath, quickly wiped away the tears on her face with her slender fingers, took out a pack of cigarettes from her pocket, took out one and lit it, took a deep breath, and while exhaling thick smoke, she also  Licking his dry lips: "In the wilderness, you can often encounter mercenaries seeking shelter at night, and you can often get some useful things from them. I slept with a mercenary and got it from him  A little potassium hydride. I put that white powder into the soup that the leader drank. When the old guy died of poison and the escort was in chaos, I lit a fire in the camp and escaped overnight. In  I walked in the wilderness for more than two months and ate all the food and water. Just when I was dying and felt that I was not far from death, I was very lucky to meet the armed patrol of Sosbia  So, Captain Colbert, are you satisfied with my story?"

    The pale-faced Colbert said nothing.  The twinkling look in his eyes showed that his brain was thinking intensely.  After a long time, he slowly stood up, bowed towards Blanche sitting opposite, and said in the most sincere tone: "Miss Blanche, I apologize to you for everything I just said. Please forgive me.  I'm sorry for my ignorance and rudeness¡ª¡ª"

    Colbert¡¯s attitude was obviously beyond Blanche¡¯s expectation.  She pursed her lips tightly, pressed the cigarette in her hand into the ashtray, and extinguished it, looking at the man standing opposite her with complicated eyes, who had once made her look ugly and suspicious.  As if she wanted to hide her thoughts, she smoothed her hair down in front of her forehead.  Then he turned his gaze to Lin Xiang, who was sitting at the top, and said in an extremely sincere tone: "Your Excellency, I still insist on my opinion just now - the best way is to kill all the leaders of the refugee camp. They are"Cancer tumors growing in the wilderness must be completely eradicated using the most severe and direct methods -"

    The goal has been agreed upon, and discussions on the specific process and implementation methods will naturally not cause much disagreement.  Half an hour later, when the meeting ended, people gradually left, and the spacious room became empty again, only Lin Xiang and Colbert were left in front of the long conference table.

    "I have to admit, you are really talented in acting." Lin Xiang smiled, his voice was not loud, but it was enough for the other party to hear clearly.

    Corbett smiled bitterly and shook his head: "According to your instructions, I did play a negative role as an opponent in this performance. But in the end even I felt that if I continued to speak harshly, I would be in trouble.  That poor girl went too far."
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