Chapter 203.2: Why Do You Have So Much When We're All Starving?

The east gate of the outpost.

About 100 meters away from the trench in front of the wall, the members of several tribes were walking towards Linghu Lake in the west with buckets on the snow under the rising sun.

A new day started with fetching water.

It was already December, the surface of Linghu Lake had frozen, and people could even run on the lake near the shore. Those tribesmen needed to make a hole on the icy lake surface to get the fresh water they needed.

If they were lucky, they might even catch some fish that surfaced to breathe.

Some time ago, a new tribe of refugees came to settle here, and their tribesmen who had been separated during the journey also found this place one after another. With more people settling near the output, the originally sparsely populated camp also looked a lot more lively.

However, although the positions of the two tribes were next to each other and there was only a small road in the middle, they were not completely integrated to form one village.

Even though they were still friendly to each other, and recently, four people from the two tribes even formed two couples, the two sides have tacitly maintained a certain distance, neither too distant nor too close to each other.

The new patriarch of one of the tribes had inserted a spear at the door of his camp as a symbol of their tribe.

Seeing this, Iron Axe Wu followed suit. He found a wooden stake and placed it at the gate of the camp, and then stuck an axe on it.

Thus, the Frost Spear and Iron Axe tribes were born.

Carrying rifles on patrol outside the outpost, two guards stopped for a while at the east gate, glanced at the camps of the tribes and chatted casually. "Recently, it has become more and more lively around the base."

"Yes."

"I heard that among the new recruits from the guards recently, several came from these tribes?"

"Yes. I remember they are two skinny two young men. I don't know if they are mature enough. I'm really worried that they will be scared into peeing their pants when they see bullets flying over the trenches."

Wetting their pants in this damn weather was no joke, it might be life-threatening.

"Speaking of which, is there going to be a war soon?"

"Mhm, very likely, I heard from the brothers who came back last night that they had a fight with the Bonechewer Clan more than ten kilometers away. There were rockets flying in the sky and many people were killed!"

Speaking of war, although people were worried, none of the boys in the guard was afraid.

After all, even a powerful enemy like the Army was defeated by them, let alone a group of bloodthirsty barbarians...

They had no doubt that the wise and powerful administrator would lead them to victory, and those hyenas and jackals who dared to show their fangs would be definitely crushed under the hammer of justice!

Just then, a young guard trotted over from not far away. "The north side needs manpower! Are you free? If you are not busy, come help us."

The two patrolling guards' expressions immediately became serious. They clenched the straps of their rifles. "We're on patrol, what's going on up north?"

Seeing the nervous expressions of the two, the young guard immediately smiled and said. "Don't be nervous, it's not marauders, it's to move the spoils! Last night, some of them were transported to Longevity Town, and now a batch has been delivered to the north gate of the wetland park. The truck can't enter the park, so we need to find some strong guys to help with moving and unloading."

Hearing that, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed their grip on the straps of their rifles. "I'll notify the warehouse manager, wait here for a moment."

The mission of transporting goods could only be issued by the warehouse manager. They did not have authority to issue such missions.

The young guard nodded vigorously. "Mhm, we don't need a lot of people. 10 is more than enough!"

In the battle last night, more than 30 tons of grain were seized from the marauders, as well as a large number of weapons, bullets, and even artillery shells!

Some of the supplies stayed in Longevity Town, while others were towed to the outpost.

At this moment, in the center of the nursing home, Brown, who had just woken up, kneaded the nose bridge between his eyes and couldn't help yawning.

The whole of last night, the aerial images from the VM kept appearing in his dreams over and over again, causing him to lose sleep.

"Hey, our old landlord also got up so early."

Hearing the voice coming from behind, Brown turned his head subconsciously, and saw the person talking to him, his brow furrowed immediately. "You still have such a foul mouth. It's really hard to imagine how you are able to live to this day."

Ye Xiao, who was holding his arms, didn't take those words to heart, and showed a slightly mocking smile on his scared face. "Don't get me wrong, I wasn't mocking you. Anyway, let's talk about serious business. So, have you made up your mind?"

Brown lifted his chin slightly. "I refuse to comment until I hear a specific relocation plan."

Relocation plan?

What kind of plan does he need?

"You're still that difficult to talk to... I'll be honest with you, I'm going to move here."

To his childish remark, Brown sneered and replied indifferently. "Is that your decision? Or is that a decision of those under you?”

Ye Xiao shrugged. "It doesn't matter, I will convince them."

"And now are you going to do it?"

"We are not the opponents of those marauders, and Boulder Town doesn't care about us. If we don't unite, we will be defeated one by one."

Hearing the naive speech, Brown couldn't help but sneer. "Are you sure that those blue coats will guarantee your safety? Even if they have that ability, can you guarantee that they will not use you as cannon fodder and throw you on the front lines to consume the bullets of those marauders."

Honestly, Brown had also hoped that the sudden rise of blue coats would solve the troubles that were getting closer and closer to the north; otherwise, he wouldn't have been here.

But the plan he envisaged was that the blue coats would organize a coalition army, appear at their doorsteps when necessary, and deal with the marauder's attack with them.

For that, he was willing to pay a small price, whether it was food or something else.

However, Brown never imagined that the plan proposed by those blue coats was to let all of them move in with them.

That was simply absurd!

If he really accepted the arrangement, he would lose everything he had!

Even if he had to run, why not run to Boulder Town where it was much safer?

It was noticeably more civilized there, and their army was stronger!

Just when the two of them were about to bicker, there was a commotion at the north gate.

Then they saw a group of shelter residents dragging wooden and iron trailers, bringing in bales of grain from outside.

From their rough estimation, there were about 10 tons of grain.

It just so happened that Doru walked out of the nursing home at this time, rubbing his eyes shortly after waking up.

Staring at the grain that was transported to the warehouse one by one from the north gate, his mung bean-sized eyes instantly became the size of coins, and he couldn't help muttering, "Where did they get so much food from?!"

Everyone was starving in the winter, but why did they have so much food?!

"Most likely from the marauders." Stepping out of the door of the nursing home, Du Conglin wearing a hunter hat had a mixed expression on his face.

The good news was that the group of blue coats was very strong. Judging from these trophies, at least the video they saw wasn't fake. They did have a fight with those marauders, and they also won!

However, from the amount of these grains, the marauder force who had their eyes on the northern suburbs of Clearspring City was probably not small!

Thousands of kilograms of grain were transported to the granary with carts, and those that could not fit could only be piled up in temporary sheds.

There was so much rations that it had to be transported by truck several times, and it didn't seem to be prepared for one or two hundred people at all!

It was common knowledge that those marauders didn't farm, at least not by themselves.

Being able to gather so much food, there had to be many ruins along the way...

Coming out of the guest rooms one after another, the representatives from other survivor settlements in the northern suburbs looked at the shelter residents who were busy carrying the loot with different expressions on their faces.

Some were envious, some were worried, and others didn’t know what to do.

𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

At this moment, a man wearing an exoframe walked out from the main entrance of the nursing home.

After removing the visor, Chu Guang looked at the nearest unfamiliar survivor and said in a friendly tone. "How's your rest last night?"

Hearing the ruler talking to him, Du Conglin from the Morrowind Community said with a cautious expression, "Thank you for your hospitality, I slept soundly last night."

"That's good."

With a faint smile, Chu Guang paused for a moment, then looked at the representatives of other surrounding survivors' settlements, and continued. "It just so happens that everyone is here. Please come with me."