In the face of these rebellious voices, Ma Wen chose to deal with them coldly.
Under such circumstances, there were too many things that required his attention. There would always be people who were blind. People were always greedy, especially under extreme circumstances like this. Some people would show their good side, while others would show their greedier side.
These refugees were not related to Ma Wen. They had fled to the shelter that Ma Wen had painstakingly built. Ma Wen had provided them with food and shelter. Now, they were trying to negotiate with Ma Wen.
Some of the more exaggerated ones even formed cliques and tried to use morality to threaten Marvin.
Marvin couldn't be bothered with them. He only ordered Anna to settle most of them down.
Then, a restless night ensued.
The next morning, when the heads of the troublemakers were hung on the crosses outside the refugee camp, everyone vaguely remembered. The owner of this land was not a kind person. He had done many things for Fernand and the White River Valley, but he had also killed Di Gaogeng, the Dark Phoenix, the Black Dragon, and other terrifying creatures.
He was definitely not one of those pedantic "heroes" in novels or biographies.
The next day, the rebellious voices died down.
In fact, they had only wanted to test Ma Wen's reaction and fight for more benefits for themselves.
However, they did not expect Ma Wen to be so ruthless.
Any dissenting voices were immediately suppressed with blood.
The residents of the White River Valley were not surprised by this. They had a good understanding of Lord Ma Wen's style.
As long as you lived obediently, Lord Ma Wen would not make things difficult for you. On the contrary, he would protect you. He had been doing this all along.
Since the Cataclysm, only a few places like the White River Valley had not been affected. This was a clear proof.
However, if anyone dared to question Ma Wen's orders or attempted to shake the governance structure of the White River Valley, Ma Wen would immediately extinguish them without mercy, even if it was just the slightest sign.
The Sand Race, who had also migrated here, were quite smart about this.
They kept a low profile and did not say a word. According to Ma Wen's request, 15 hunting groups were organized on the same day.
The hunting team was a new unit created after Ma Wen dispersed the military power of the fallout shelter.
No matter if you were an adventurer, an ordinary militia, a soldier, a member of the Sand Tribe, or a refugee, as long as you chose to fight, you must immediately form a hunting team of 60 people.
Every qualified hunting group must complete the task of clearing the monsters near the sanctuary at least once a week.
There was a target for completing the mission. As long as one completed the mission, they would receive a certain amount of contribution points.
Contribution points could be used to exchange for food and other items.
If the target was exceeded, there would be additional rewards.
Ma Wen had tried his best to quantify this series of rewards, and everyone could see it.
Ma Wen's decision was not without reason.
The current White River Valley would not face a large-scale war in a short period of time, but there were countless monsters near the fallout shelter.
This place was close to the Wilderness, so there were many strange animals.
Most of the animals' willpower was much weaker than that of humans. They were easily affected by the chaotic magic and became monsters.
Although these monsters were chased away by the Light of Order and did not dare to attack the fallout shelter in a short period of time, they were still a hidden danger.
Also, after becoming monsters, their reproduction rate would greatly increase.
Ma Wen remembered that after the Cataclysm, every fallout shelter would have similar hunting groups.
They would regularly clear the monsters near the fallout shelter.
However, the White River Valley was too big. The north was the Screaming Mountains, the south was the Wilderness, the east was the Sword Port, and the west was the Dead Silent Hills!
According to the intelligence of the scouts he had sent out in the past few days, there was already a horde of terrifying monsters hoarding in the vicinity.
Although most of the monsters were grade 1 or 2, they were still a hidden danger.
He had to get rid of them.
It was impossible for him to do it himself, he still had a lot of things to do.
At this time, the people in the fallout shelter had to stand up.
This was everyone's fallout shelter, it was not something Ma Wen could support alone. They also needed to fight for their own survival.
They did not need to wait for Ma Wen to distribute food every day and do nothing.
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All in all, under Ma Wen's urgent order, most of the people in the fallout shelter had completed their new tasks.
All of this was led by Anna. As an army commander, she was obviously very good at dealing with such matters.
Soon, she finished distributing the areas for the first month.
As for the specific tasks, execution, and distribution of contribution points, they were handled by Lola and her little follower.
Lola was much more arrogant now. As one of the few people that Ma Wen trusted, she had a lot of power in the White River Valley.
Ma Wen did not really care about the production of the mines in the north, so he directly transferred her over to manage this area.
After all, contribution points and food exchange were very important, and it was very easy to cause trouble.
He believed that with Lola's shrewdness, it would be easy for her to do this well.
As expected, after Ma Wen's previous explanation, Lola quickly adapted to this position.
Other than the little follower, she also had two accountants that she picked from the refugees as her assistants.
At the side of the White River Pier, she set up a settlement point to be responsible for the daily settlement with the hunting team.
According to Ma Wen's speculation, at the beginning, Lola probably had to do everything by herself. After all, everything was difficult at the beginning, and the operation of the fallout shelter was very important. During this period of time, she had to personally oversee it. Once the operation was smooth, she could let other people do the work. Of course, she still had to be in charge of the supervision.
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All in all, after the establishment of the new system, Ma Wen could feel that the entire White River Valley seemed to have been injected with vitality.
Before, people only talked about the battle of the gods and the battle of the legends, as if this matter had nothing to do with them.
But now, they had already started to research on how to deal with the monsters outside the fallout shelter.
And some experienced adventurers even started to sell some basic information about the monsters.
Among them were the scouts that Ma Wen had previously sent out.
But now that the fallout shelter had just been established, the currency system had yet to be established, and food was still a hard currency. Everyone had 100 contribution points, and everyone had to keep it to exchange for food to fill their stomachs. Only a few people gritted their teeth and bought their information.
Even among the refugees, there were people who were drooling over the wine and food on the high contribution points exchange list. This gave them the motivation to train with all their might.
Although they could not carry out the mission immediately, they could still do it after completing the training.
As for the instructors, Ma Wen had prepared quite a lot. They enjoyed higher treatment, and their goal was to at least train every qualified adult male — or even female — into a standard warrior.
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After settling everything, Ma Wen went to the peak alone.
After the fallout shelter was established, this peak became the symbol of the White River Valley fallout shelter. Only Ma Wen could approach it.
The Order Fire was slowly burning beside him.
He walked in front of the Pillar of Prayer, activated the power of the Pillar of Prayer, and used a part of the magic energy to create a [Eye of Justice]!
In an instant, the Eye of Justice slowly rose like a blazing fireball and began to scan every inch of the White River Valley.
The effect of the Eye of Justice was to discover the behavior that violated Ma Wen's rules in the White River Valley — for example, some illegal activities.
After the Cataclysm, Fernand was equivalent to the end of the world. Although there was a fallout shelter in the White River Valley, in the end of the world, people were always crazy.
Ma Wen had to eliminate all these crazy factors.
With the surveillance of the Eye of Justice, any illegal activities would be directly exposed.
The ones in charge of law enforcement were the 19 Dark Guardians that Ma Wen trusted the most.
The Eye of Justice could last for a month. During this month, the Dark Guardians would receive the [Arbiter] halo from the Eye of Justice. When the Eye of Justice found a crime, the Arbiter would immediately know and rush to the scene to deal with it.
With the passage of time, most of the Dark Guardians had recovered part of their original rationality.
Their loyalty remained the same, but their ability to adapt was stronger.
Among them, the strongest No.0 and No.1 seemed to have the intention of breaking through to the Legendary rank. This made Ma Wen very much look forward to it.
The Dark Guardians' killing ability was almost invincible among the same level. He didn't know what kind of strength they would show when they were promoted to the Legendary rank and restored to the peak level of the Night King's subordinates.
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With the Arbiter as the guardian of the fallout shelter's order, Ma Wen could be considered to have made up for the last loophole.
Next, it was time to solve some difficult problems.
First, food. It was still food. Although there was a lot of food in the White River Valley, with the increase in the number of people, it could be foreseen that there would be a shortage of food in the future.
There were too few farmers in the territory, and the White River Valley was not fertile enough, so the crop yield was not very high.
However, Ma Wen already had a solution to this problem.
That was to make a cross-plane trade with the Pousson Plane!
The Pousson Plane was a world with fertile land and abundant food. As long as he found the entrance to the Pousson Plane, Ma Wen could make a trade with them.
After all, Prince Aragon was still in the White River Valley.
However, after Hathaway became the heir of the Witch King, it would not be so easy for him to enter the Ash Plain.
The only good news was that there was an entrance to the Ash Plain in the Tower of Ashes. Ma Wen could return to the Pousson Plane through there.
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The food problem could be solved through cross-plane trade.
Then the second problem was the real tricky one.
The weapon problem.
There were so many combat professionals in the territory out of nowhere. How to solve these weapons?
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