Chapter 35 Conflict of Ideas
Looking at the private chat message sent by the female anchor, Lu Yan was stunned for a moment. Since entering the wilderness, he had not paid attention to the information on the rankings. He did not expect that his refuge had already ranked first.
But then, Lu Yan politely replied to the other party: "Sorry, I don't have this plan for the time being."
It is certainly necessary to develop and expand the shelter, increasing the number of people and labor force, but Lu Yan feels that the time is not good.
The food and drinking water resources he owns cannot meet the conditions for sheltering victims.
The most important thing is...
Lu Yan doesn't believe in other people.
After receiving Lu Yan's rejection, Mu Qianqian seemed to not want to give up. She continued to reply: "Lu Shen, many victims are compatriots of Yanxia Federation. Since everyone is shedding the same blood and coming to this strange world together, they should naturally help each other and overcome difficulties together!"
"If you are willing to extend your hand at this time, everyone will definitely be grateful to you. They will repay your behavior after the disaster!"
"Disaster victims are also laborers, and they will also play a great role in the future development and expansion of shelters!"
Lu Yan frowned. His philosophy was different from Mu Qianqian. He didn't want to get entangled with the other party, but the other party seemed very stubborn and kept sending him private chat messages.
The heavy rain outside the safe house still did not stop. Lu Yan thought for a while and decided to chat with the other party in his free time.
[Lu Yan: Let's do this, I'll tell you a story! About three years ago, a cake shop opened on the street near my house. The boss is very nice and kind. He gives endless cakes to the residents around him every day. After a long time, everyone knows this...]
Mu Qianqian listened patiently, and when she heard Lu Yan pause, she couldn't help asking: "What happened later? Did those who received the cake start to actively promote this cake shop to their relatives and friends? To increase his popularity?"
[Lu Yan: Haha, these people do take the initiative to promote this store to others, but the content is different from what you think... They promote to people around, saying that the products of this cake shop are not delicious, have poor hygiene conditions, have low service awareness, and the boss's character is corrupt!]
Mu Qianqian was shocked when she heard Lu Yan's words.
She couldn't imagine why these people were doing this? Shouldn't they be grateful to the shopkeeper?
[Mu Qianqian: How is this possible? Why do they do this?]
[Lu Yan: Because as long as you do this, there will be fewer and fewer customers in the store, and there will be more and more cakes left every day, so they can eat more and more delicious foods that don’t cost money!]
[Lu Yan: Later, the owner of the cake shop discovered this and canceled the free cake gift every day. However, those people did not restrain themselves, but instead began to insult and slander them even more. In the end... the cake shop was forced to close, and the boss lost all his wealth and even sold the house to pay off his debts]
【Mu Qianqian:…】
[Lu Yan: It's ridiculous, right? I'm very unreal? I've watched all this happen with my own eyes! This is human nature, human nature is greedy and unsatisfied, ignorant! If you express kindness to others, you may not be able to get the same sincere reward. The greater probability is that the other party will naturally enjoy all this! And when you stop this kindness, the other party will resent you and hate you for this!]
After Lu Yan said that, Mu Qianqian fell into a long silence.
In fact, Lu Yan didn't want to tell her this, but after entering the live broadcast room, Lu Yan saw everything Mu Qianqian did, which moved him a little.
In Mu Qianqian's live broadcast room, the sky was gloomy and the rain was connected.
In a natural cave in the middle of a mountain wall, there are three above-ground safety houses. In front of the safety house, there is a simple circular drainage trench. Mu Qianqian is wearing a bulky straw raincoat, facing the biting wind and raindrops floating in from the gaps in the mountain wall. She holds a shovel in her hand and tries to clear the muddy drainage canal that has been washed away by the rain.
Sweat mixed with rain slid down her clean and beautiful face. At this time, her expression was full of fatigue. Her white and tender hands tightly held the shovel rod, and blood was flowing down the palm of her palm along the draft. The long-term work made her palm worn out and she was exhausted both physically and mentally.
The safe house was stocked with a few tanks of rainwater, half a bag of flour and some bacon, and a temporary bed with a lot of thatch.
Each player has only one safe house in the initial state, and Mu Qianqian has three at this time. Lu Yan speculated that she probably bought it at a high price in order to shelter more victims.
Even if Lu Yan makes a mistake in speculation, the core of these safe houses was picked up by Mu Qianqian for luck, so selling it in a trading yard can also get a lot of resources!
It is conceivable how much effort a woman has put in can establish a shelter to the second place in the doomsday!
In general... Mu Qianqian is a very kind and diligent woman. If she is in a civilized society, Lu Yan would be willing to make friends with her.
But this is the end of the world. Kindness is not a compliment, but rather a way to die!
Lu Yan didn't hate her.
Perhaps her kindness only comes from her lack of understanding of the world, because she was protected too well before, so within her ability, Lu Yan didn't mind reminding her of the sinister truth of human hearts.
[Mu Qianqian: Lu Shen, your thoughts are too extreme... There are still good people in the world.]
[Lu Yan: It seems that our two ideas are different, so there is no need to force each other to accept their thinking! I will say that, goodbye!]
Seeing that Mu Qianqian was still sticking to her ideas, Lu Yan was too lazy to continue to say more to the other party, so he directly closed the private chat interface.
Before leaving the live broadcast room, Lu Yan saw Mu Qianqian hanging a banner composed of white cloth and charcoal outside the safe room...
[All homeless victims please talk to me privately, and I will inform the shelter of the coordinates... When we work together, we will definitely overcome the danger and usher in hope!]
...
The issue of whether human nature is good or human nature is evil has been debated for countless years in history, and will continue to debate in the future.
Lu Yan does not deny that there are people in the world who are grateful for their kindness, but now he does not want to use his own life to bet on other people's character.
Disaster victims can be recruited, and labor can be expanded, but that must be based on one premise...
That is, you have absolute power to suppress it. Even if you recruit victims, you can easily suppress it!
"It's a pity for a girl..." Lu Yan looked at Mu Qianqian in the live broadcast room with some regret, and then turned his gaze to the stove in front of him.
Breakfast is almost cooked.
But at this moment, a loud noise of electric current suddenly sounded in the safe house.
Lu Yan suddenly looked at the monitor intercom placed on the wooden table.
"Brother Hei... Look ahead, that's a refuge!" A sharp voice sounded, as if the eunuch who had a basket was pinching his throat and talking.
Three seconds later, an extremely squishy voice came from the intercom.
"That's right! It's hidden quite tightly. If it weren't for this drainage channel, I wouldn't have discovered it!"
Chapter completed!