Doomsday Sequence Convoy: I can upgrade supplies

Chapter 310 Different ways, don’t work together!

"Was what I said before okay?"

Looking at the vast, unobstructed fields of the underworld, Wu Meng spoke to Zhou Dun and the Li Ling sisters beside her.

"If we had stayed in the City of Machines back then, we would have survived, but we would never have the life we ​​have now."

"Although there will be dangers in following the convoy, the dangers are not that great. And as long as you can survive, you will definitely live a better life than in the mechanical city."

Hearing Wu Meng's words, Zhou Dun nodded, while the Li Ling sisters beside him looked on with approval.

In fact, apart from Zhou Dun, the sisters did not take these words to heart.

However, when faced with the choice between staying in the Mechanical City and continuing on the road with the convoy, Zhou Dun was chosen.

Zhou Dun was leaving, so the sisters left as well.

If Zhou Dun hadn't left, the sisters would actually have preferred to stay in the Mechanical City.

Although the survivors in the mechanical city looked malnourished, with sallow complexions and dry hair, at least they had a stable environment to survive in.

There's no need to worry every day about whether something will happen the next day or whether you'll die.

However, after Cheng Xue came over and told them that the caravan would be living on this floating island from now on, they realized that sometimes the risks can make the rewards even greater.

Thinking of this, Li Ling, the younger sister, said to Wu Meng, "Sister Wu Meng, you are amazing!"

"I guessed what would happen back then!"

Wu Meng smiled, looking at Wu Jie who was moving things back and forth between the car and the house not far away. Then, as if sighing and letting out a sigh of relief, she said, "I didn't expect that either."

"I just know that risk and reward are directly proportional."

“The convoy is not like those other convoys. The captain and the others are very reasonable. Anxi, Xingzi and Chu Xin also help us survivors from time to time.”

"In addition, Xiaoxue would tell us some things, so I decided that it would be better to follow the convoy."

"At least it's better than the mechanical city."

She paused, looked at the Li sisters, and then at Zhou Dun.

"By the way, Xiaoxue just mentioned that if we want to stay here, we'll each have to contribute some land, and 40% of the harvest will go to Chusheng. What do you all think about that?"

"What else can we think of? Of course, we should acquire more land within our means." Zhou Dun breathed a sigh of relief.

If it were before the apocalypse, he would definitely not have wanted to farm and pay rent, but after enduring so long in the apocalypse, he felt that it wasn't so bad if things could continue like this.

Nobody wants to fight and kill, and nobody wants to live a precarious existence.

Farming has been their obsession since ancient times.

Even before the end of the world, some people, who are not short of money or food and drink, will still grow some vegetables.

People living in apartment buildings grow vegetables on their rooftops, those with balconies grow vegetables on their balconies, those with yards grow vegetables in their yards, and some even grow vegetables in the green belts.

This can be seen.

Upon hearing Zhou Dun's words, Wu Meng nodded, but then shook her head. "We definitely need to farm, but how to farm is a problem."

As she spoke, she looked at Wu Jie, who had finished moving the things, thought for a moment, and said, "We have two sacrificial offerings, but we rarely have the opportunity to use them."

"Now that we live on a floating island, we'll have even fewer opportunities to use offerings in the future."

"So I have a suggestion: take out one of the sacrificial offerings and turn it into a farming tool."

"This way we will have a sacrificial weapon, as well as sacrificial farming tools."

"Our advantage will expand indefinitely."

Upon hearing her words, Zhou Dun fell into deep thought, while the Li sisters remained silent, leaving Zhou Dun to ponder alone.

Wu Jie, who had just walked over, also heard what his sister said. He scratched his head, but he didn't seem to care.

Although one of the sacrificial offerings belonged to him, he knew he wasn't as smart as his sister Wu Meng, so he didn't bother with anything that required thinking; he just did whatever Wu Meng said.

He believed his sister wouldn't harm him.

After a moment of contemplation, Zhou Dun took a deep breath and looked at Wu Meng, seemingly trying to discern something from her expression.

Unfortunately, he saw nothing.

Instead, Wu Meng's gaze met his.

After a long silence, Zhou Dun sighed, but nodded nonetheless, “Although I don’t really want it to be this way, you’re right.”

“On the floating island, we will use offerings even less often than before. In this case, two offering weapons are a bit too many. It would be a better choice for us to replace one of them with a farming tool.”

"But there's a problem: how do we exchange farm tools with Chu Sheng?"

"We have no more extraordinary materials left. Our only bargaining chip is two sacrificial items."

"As for the other things, you should know that Chu Sheng doesn't care about them."

Hearing this, Wu Meng fell silent, then looked up at him with a hint of madness in her eyes, "If you don't have extraordinary materials, then use two sacrificial offerings to exchange for them!"

"Huh?!" Before Zhou Dun could speak, Wu Jie's voice came from the side, "Sister, are we going to exchange two sacrificial items for those hoes and stuff?!"

"Isn't this a huge loss?!"

Zhou Dun frowned and said, "It's really a huge loss."

“So we need to take a gamble.” Wu Meng looked at the group and said, “With a floating island, we’ll have a place to settle down, and we can start developing and building.”

"The floating island belongs to Chu Sheng. We are working for him and building the floating island. If we bet right, we will have a firm foothold on the floating island."

"After all, nobody wants their employees to cause trouble; they just want them to live a peaceful and stable life."

At this point, she looked at the group again, her expression darkening. "If we don't win the bet, we won't have any sacrificial weapons anymore, but instead we'll have one or two sacrificial farm tools."

"Our days on the floating island will be better than anyone else's."

"The price was losing those two weapons, but it also meant gaining a foothold."

"As for the strange creatures, to be honest, with our current abilities, as long as we don't have the awakened sequence, even if we have sacrificial weapons, we still can't defeat those strange creatures. It doesn't make much difference whether we have them or not."

Upon hearing Wu Meng's words, Zhou Dun and Li Ling exchanged glances, and none of them spoke.

After a moment, Zhou Dun took a deep breath and said, "Let's wait a bit, let me think about it."

“Hmm.” Wu Meng didn’t expect to convince him all at once. Instead, she turned to Wu Jie and continued, “Xiao Jie, take that knife and let’s go find Chu Sheng.”

"Huh?" Wu Jie was taken aback, but seeing his sister's expression, he knew she had made up her mind. He didn't say anything more and ran back into the house to take out his sacrificial long knife.

"Sis, I'm here."

"You're going to find Chu Sheng now?" Zhou Dun frowned as he looked at Wu Meng and Wu Jie. "You're in a bit too much of a hurry." "Once you've made a decision, you should do it immediately. Even if you make a mistake, the loss won't be too great."

Wu Meng's eyes shone with light at that moment, "The history of this land tells us that everything can be found in history, and the answers can be found in history."

“I see this floating island as a dynasty that is being established.”

"And in a dynasty, those who live the best and have the best chance of rising to prominence are those who followed the people from the very beginning."

"At the same time, this is also the time when a dynasty is most prosperous and its social atmosphere is at its best."

"The dynastic cycle of three hundred years means that land is not the key factor; class is."

"The first few decades were a period of large-scale construction, during which class distinctions were established. Then came about a hundred years of prosperity and flourishing, during which class distinctions were relatively fixed, but there were still upward mobility channels. After that, it was a downward spiral, and class distinctions became completely fixed!"

"Although there are now beings like the Sequence Transcendent, the underlying principles will not change."

"So I've decided to take a gamble!"

As Wu Meng spoke, she left without turning her head, leading Wu Jie towards the large courtyard in the very center.

Watching her retreating figure, Zhou Dun thought for a moment but still didn't follow.

He did not agree with Wu Meng's statement. Compared to gambling, he would rather live a good life with the two sisters, Li Ling and Li Qian.

As long as you can survive, other problems are not problems. In the apocalypse, it is unreliable to place your hopes on anyone else in order to survive.

The only thing you can trust is the weapon in your hand.

This weapon, perhaps as Wu Meng said, is meaningless in the face of the bizarre.

Even if they are the same, this sacrificial weapon is still his hope for turning the tide.

Without weapons, he could only run away from the strange creatures; if he couldn't escape, he would die.

Having a weapon means that although he can only run away from the strange creatures, if he can't escape, he can still fight back because he has a weapon.

Neither of their ideas is right or wrong.

One person places their hopes on someone capable, while the other places their hopes on themselves.

At this moment, Chu Sheng and Xingzi were sitting inside the house, watching the images projected by Youming. Chu Sheng wanted to see if Youming, who had become an island, could monitor the entire island in real time.

The result is obvious: even if the Netherworld becomes an island, it can still monitor the entire island, and nothing on the island can escape its surveillance.

However, it no longer possesses the ability to act as the Light of the Underworld.

Previously, the Nether Light could scan its own radius of 500 meters and project it outwards.

The Netherworld can no longer do that; she can only monitor the island.

The reason why it can even detect islands is because the true form of the Netherworld is this island.

Chu Sheng sat in the chair, looking at the projection in mid-air. There were many images displayed on it, but Chu Sheng didn't pay attention to them.

There was nothing interesting to see with Hui's team; they all knew about Youming's abilities and naturally wouldn't create anything carelessly. The other survivors, on the other hand, were mostly excited.

They are excited that they can finally have a house.

Only Wu Meng and the others were having a serious discussion, with few smiles on their faces.

Therefore, Chu Sheng's attention was entirely focused on Wu Meng and the others.

Not only their images, but also their conversations were transmitted by Youming.

When Chu Sheng heard Wu Meng say those words to Zhou Dun and then come toward him, a smile appeared on his face.

Xingzi, standing to the side, scratched her head and asked, "Brother Chusheng, why would she say that?"

She had heard of the cyclical pattern of dynasties lasting three hundred years, but she didn't understand it.

Upon hearing her words, Chu Sheng explained, "She was just using this as an example."

"But the class issue he mentioned is indeed true."

"Whether it's a dynasty or anything else, as time goes by, social classes will become more and more fixed."

"She's taking a gamble and trying to gain the upper hand."

“If she wins, she and her brother will gain many benefits, which are intangible but also substantial.”

"If she loses, all she will lose is the sacrificial longsword, but she will also gain a sacrificial farming tool, which she and her brother can use to far surpass others in farming."

"And who said farm tools can't hit people? Or kill strange creatures?"

"Shovels, hoes, sickles, and machetes may seem strange as weapons, but they are not much weaker than swords and guns."

"A machete with a long handle becomes a broadsword; a shovel can be used to smash, block, and lift, and it's no weaker than a longsword."

Hearing this, Kyoko nodded thoughtfully. "So this is a gamble that she can gamble on no matter what?"

Chu Sheng nodded. "That's one way to put it."

Kyoko then asked, "So, are you going to say yes to her?"

"Say yes, why wouldn't you say yes?"

Chu Sheng crossed his arms and sat down in his chair, saying, "No matter what she wants to bet on, I am the referee, and her idea is not bad for us or even for the other survivors."

“I would even get more from her if she traded it for farm tools, so why not give it to her?”

As Chu Sheng spoke, he looked at Wu Meng and Wu Jie, who had already walked outside the courtyard on the projection, with a meaningful look in his eyes.

He had been observing Wu Meng for a long time.

If she still has the self-awareness to admit it later, it's not impossible for her to be used as his tool.

As for Wu Meng's class-based theories, Chu Sheng didn't care.

Forget about class; in this apocalyptic world where great power resides within oneself, as long as you awaken to the hierarchy, you are a superior being.

If you're not a sequence ability user, then there's no point in arguing.

Any random sequence ability user could crush you.

"A person who has always protected his younger brother, a quick-thinking person who seems quite self-aware."

Chu Sheng murmured to himself, the corners of his mouth curving upwards even wider.

Since Wu Meng himself said that he was working for him, then working for him for a thousand years shouldn't be a big problem, right?
A smart person with a weakness fits the criteria he chose for his employee.

(End of this chapter)