Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 196 She ate very little.
The flying boat was very fast, and Wankuzhou was not far from Zhongzhou. Therefore, in just a few hours, the boat full of people was sent to Longshan Port.

The unknown and panic eroded people's will. Fortunately, in order to avoid population decline, the Fu Lu Shou Chamber of Commerce not only distributed steamed buns to fill their stomachs, but also set up a treatment formation to calm their minds and relieve pain.

The poor suffer from only two kinds of illnesses: either some pain or pain so severe that they are on the verge of death.

Apart from these, cough, blindness, deafness, palpitations, and shortness of breath are not considered illnesses.

Therefore, as long as the pain is relieved and they have the prize in hand, most people just sob quietly and wait for their unknown fate.

The gangway was lowered again, and the monks from the Fu Lu Shou Merchant Guild waved impatiently, urging the people to disembark.

As they approached the ground, they heard shouts in a language that was unfamiliar but understandable—though they didn't seem to be directed at them.

"It will be calculated based on the number registered previously! If there are more or less later, the community's prestige points will be deducted accordingly! Don't try any underhanded tricks to steal it!"

It was just past midnight in the capital city of Blue Star, and most players had already logged off. However, the players who had arranged to come and pick them up in advance were still full of energy and were pushing and shoving each other near an open space in Longshan Port.

This is the population inflow that everyone was informed of in advance, which was "refreshed". Regardless of gender or age, each person will receive 10 yuan, which is equivalent to about 10 spirit stones.

It may not sound like much at first glance, but in reality, it's at least several tens of taels of silver, equivalent to several years' worth of expenses for an ordinary person.

However, in addition to purchasing with money, you can also exchange it with the prestige points of the community, at a rate of 5000 prestige points per person.

The wealthy and powerful Chang'an community was the first to reserve a quota of over a thousand people. Although Longshan community had just changed its city-building order, it was still the second largest community in the entire server and registered over five hundred people. The other dozens of communities, large and small, filled all their quotas in less than ten minutes. Those smaller, more intimate communities that noticed the news later barely got a single spot and could only wait anxiously for their places to be filled.

To the major sects and forces of the Guixu Realm, these impoverished, soul-impaired, and disease-ridden mortals were burdens, mere "livestock" to be killed without consequence. But for the players, especially those communities already seizing control of various production, planting, and breeding industries, factories, and workshops, they were invaluable resources! They were wealth! They were GDP!

Therefore, there are only those who couldn't get a spot and ended up with a bye; there's no such thing as someone who didn't want a spot!

However, in order to ensure relative fairness, those smaller communities with fewer registered individuals were given priority.

The first community to recruit members was called "Gugu Chicken Community," and its leader was [Weiwo Wushi]. The community only had about ten people, but they were all hardcore gamers, so they saw the registration message immediately and excitedly emptied their coffers to scrape together... 30 spots...

Even so, this already represents the result of spending all the hundreds of spirit stones that I, [Weiwo Wushi], had painstakingly saved up.

The reason why players in the Cuckoo Chicken community are so eager to buy population is because they have opened a chicken farm and are severely short-handed.

Once you come into contact with the native NPCs of Chang'an City, almost none of them are willing to do the hard and tiring work of the chicken farm. This chicken farm, which can produce more than a thousand chickens a day, almost single-handedly supports the entire Taiyin Sect area—including players—and drives the price of each chicken down to below 30 coins.

By the way, a skewer of candied hawthorns at the night market in Chang'an City now costs 5 copper coins!
All of this is the result of the hard work and relay care of the chicken farms by the players of Gugu Chicken Community. Such days...

"I really don't want to do this anymore!" [WeChat ID: 50] said with a pained expression.

She handed the notebook in her arms to her companion, Thursday, and instructed her, "You write down the names. I haven't written by hand for years, and I've almost forgotten how to write!"

[Thursday] nodded, took the notebook and charcoal pencil, and waited with [Weiwo Fifty].

The gangway quickly descended, and the players finally saw the "refreshed" population, but for a moment, they were all stunned.

Players living in peaceful countries and prosperous times have never seen such a "person".

Most of them were dark-skinned, thin, and had blank expressions. Their hair was dirty and messy, like a bird's nest. Most of them were barefoot, and very few were dressed properly; some were even completely naked, yet they did not evoke any particular thoughts in anyone.

They were filthy and reeked of stench. Even the most pitiful people in the most war-torn countries seen in Blue Star News videos were more dignified than these people.

Shame, morality, and even gender are luxuries.

Wang Ergou was temporarily brought in to maintain order, and his eyes immediately reddened when he saw these people.

Others might think this is a game, but he understands that these are all living, breathing people.

In this world, there are living, pitiful people.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly. After asking Elder Lu Ying beside him about the number of people in the first batch, he got into the zone and started counting the 30 people. Then, he carefully dialed the number one by one to [Weiwo Wushi], who was still in a daze.

When they reached the 30th person, a panicked and choked sob rang out: "This, this sir, may I bring my daughter with me? She, she eats very little! She doesn't need any money..."

"Gan!"

Wang Ergou couldn't help but mutter a curse under his breath, it was unclear who he was cursing, but it seemed more like a way of venting.

He quickly took off his robe and wrapped it around the thin, small girl who was cowering behind her mother, without even wearing pants. Then he gently pushed the mother and daughter together next to [Weiwo Wushi], saying, "Your community is divided into 31 parts, is that alright?"

[WeChat ID: 50] only then seemed to wake up from a dream, grabbed the woman and the little girl, and nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes! I have plenty of money!"

"Then you take your people over there and do it, make some space! Oh, and remember to register the population directly in the community system, and don't forget to pay, otherwise the prestige points will be deducted first by default!"

Wang Ergou gave her instructions, then glanced at the little girl whose eyes were swollen like walnuts and whose face was streaked with tears, and added in a low voice, "Remember to return my clothes later. That equipment was really expensive. It was made of silk that I bought privately and had someone specially make it for me!"

(End of this chapter)