It was already February 27th, and it was getting closer and closer to the Month of Disaster.
The Mud Crabs on the beach had already begun to move, and some had even ended their hibernation early and began to move ashore. After discovering the situation, Li Wang immediately organized people to snipe the Mud Crabs that landed and killed them on the beach.
However, unlike the expeditionary forces who had seen the storm, the survivors working by the wall suddenly erupted.
In the evening of the same day, under the instigation of the informants among the workers in Town No. 79, all the survivors put down their tools and gathered in the open space in front of Desperate Beach. As far as the eye could see, there was a dense mass of people. Roughly estimating, there were at least two thousand of them.
"Give us back our wages! If you don't give us the crystals, we refuse to start work! "
"Yes! We refuse to start work! "
"We are not free labor!"
"Give me back my hard-earned money!"
"…"
NAC soldiers had temporarily surrounded the protesters, but without orders, no one knew what to do at this moment. After the adjutant ordered his men to control the situation, he immediately ran back to the command post to find Li Wang. The General was not there, and only the captain had the decision-making power at this moment.
"How many people are on strike?" After listening to the situation, Li Wang just asked emotionlessly.
"Almost all," the adjutant said while sweating profusely.
Li Wang didn't say anything, nodded, and walked straight out the door.
…
It had been ten days since the construction of the wall started. NAC was very generous in providing food and accommodation for all the workers involved in the project. Therefore, for these survivors, all the crystals in their hands could be saved.
The wage for a day was five crystals, so it was fifty for ten days! And the ticket to enter the fallout shelter was exactly fifty crystals!
With these fifty crystals, everyone had the opportunity to pay for the ticket to enter the fallout shelter. There was no need to bet their fate on this broken wall with the NAC people.
It was precisely because of this that the voices of these survivors were so strong.
Standing in front of these survivors and facing their gazes, Li Wang fell into deep thought.
If he paid them now, they would definitely scatter and run to the fallout shelter now that they had a way out. Everyone knew that it was impossible for the fallout shelter to accommodate everyone. The remaining space could only accommodate one thousand people at most.
Whoever ran faster could survive.
As for the rest, they could only die.
What was interesting was that Li Wang could read the strong desire to live in their eyes. When a person developed a strong desire to live, it would undoubtedly help him survive. However, when everyone in a group developed a strong desire to survive, it would only accelerate the destruction of the group.
"The project is only 75% complete. According to the marshal's orders …" The adjutant reminded him softly.
If 80% of the project was not completed by March 1st, they would temporarily evacuate from Yizhou Island. However, the adjutant didn't finish his sentence because he wasn't sure what the captain meant.
"The General hasn't returned yet," Li Wang continued after a pause, "and there are still eight hours until March 1st."
The adjutant smiled bitterly and didn't say anything. He just looked at the protesting crowd.
Not to mention eight hours, even if they were given another two days, they still wouldn't be able to finish the rest of the wall.
"Your salaries are right here!"
Li Wang's roar interrupted the survivors' protests.
Or rather, the keywords in his words attracted the attention of all the survivors.
The voices of protest gradually stopped. Li Wang gestured to the adjutant next to him and whispered a few words.
After listening to Li Wang's words, the adjutant's expression was a little strange, but he still nodded and left.
Soon, a box half the height of a person was carried up by two soldiers.
The box fell heavily on the ground and smashed a hole in the sand. Li Wang just glanced at it and then said faintly.
"Open it."
"Yes!"
The soldier who carried the box saluted and opened the box in front of everyone.
In an instant, the dark green light caused every survivor to hold their breath, and their black pupils were all reflected in a green color!
A whole box of crystals!
They had never seen so many crystals before!
Looking at the greedy eyes, Li Wang sneered and said faintly, "I heard … someone suspects that we can't afford it?"
The protesting survivors looked at each other and didn't know what to say at this time.
Seeing that the situation was about to be controlled, those with ulterior motives naturally couldn't stand it anymore. At this time, someone hid in the crowd and screamed.
"Since you have money, why don't you give us our salaries!"
Soon, a voice of agreement sounded from the crowd.
"That's right! Since it's not like you can't afford crystals, why don't you give us our salaries! "
The momentum of the protest heated up again.
Li Wang stood there and looked expressionlessly at the faces filled with righteous indignation. From the crowd, he suddenly saw a gloating face. In an instant, he seemed to understand something, and a sneer gradually appeared on his face.
Quietly waiting for the cries for pay to finish, he raised the pistol and pulled the trigger at the sky.
"Bang!"
The gunshot sounded, and the scene suddenly became quiet.
Li Wang glanced at the survivors and slowly said.
"The first person who started the uproar, the second person who echoed, and the third person who responded, please stand up."
No one moved, and obviously no one would move.
Li Wang sneered and then said.
"Informants, ten crystals per person."
After that, Li Wang didn't waste any more time. He grabbed a handful of crystals and scattered them on the ground.
"No need to wait for a few days."
In an instant, everyone held their breath. Their eyes first focused on the crystals on the ground, and then involuntarily gathered on the person who started the uproar. These gazes were like swords, pointing at the troublemaker.
Being stared at by the people around him, the short man panicked and shook his head from side to side.
"You, what are you looking at me for, no, I didn't yell first …"
"Ten crystals." Li Wang repeated emotionlessly and then added, "There are only ten spots. Push him up and you can get it."
When this was said, no one hesitated anymore.
One hand, two hands, when pairs of hands pressed on the short man, it was not the will of a single person that pushed him out of the crowd, but the greed of a group of people.
"No, not me. Fu * k, don't push me! "
No one cared about his screams. Including him, the person who first began to echo, and a total of three people who started the uproar were all pushed to the front of the crowd. People scrambled for the crystals on the ground and even scuffled together. Li Wang ignored those people and looked at the short man.
Li Wang's stare made his scalp numb, but the short man forced himself to look at him and said in a strange tone.
"What? Delay, delay the salary, and you don't want people to say anything? "
He was betting that if the NAC people wanted the project to continue, they wouldn't do anything to him. As long as he escaped this disaster, he could return to Fallout Shelter 79 to receive the reward. Although he firmly believed that the NAC people wouldn't do anything to him, Li Wang's eyes did make his hair stand on end.
It was as if he was looking at a dead person.
"I don't know who the master behind you is, and I'm not interested in knowing," Li Wang said in a voice everyone could hear.
He wasn't speaking to a specific person, but to the rats hidden in the crowd that hadn't been caught yet.
"What, what do you want?" The short man said anxiously.
Li Wang grinned.
"What's your name?"
"Lin, Lin Zhengyang," the short man said in a trembling voice.
"Very well, I'll write it on your grave."
Before anyone could react, Li Wang raised his gun, aimed it at Lin Zheng Yang's forehead, and pulled the trigger.
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