Chapter 378 Negotiation

Eric did not respond, but turned to look at Lu Weiyi and said, "I want arms."

After the end of the world, Eric had never had any contact with the outside world. Lu Weiyi and the other two were the only outsiders they encountered, but apart from informing them that the outside world had been destroyed, they did not provide any useful information.

For several months, he had been trying to use limited resources to make tools to contact the outside world, but the supplies that were delivered were all selected and did not include anything except food and clothing.

This resulted in him not knowing what he should ask for in exchange for something of equal value, even though he understood how invaluable oil was to maintaining a foothold abroad.

Ultimately, it is only a tool that can be used to survive for the shortest possible time.

"I don't have much, and after a year of consumption, I have even less." Lu Weiyi did not veto, but gave him a quantity limit.

The weapons before the end of the world are now only used against ordinary people. Firearms are difficult to use against high-level psychics. This is why Lu Weiyi must find a way to get the Cangnan weapons researchers - crystal core weapons will inevitably replace traditional firearms.

Eric immediately prepared to start talking about the quantity. The people who had been listening silently became restless for a long time. Finally, someone asked, "Boss, what should we do if you leave?"

"You guys?" Eric's clear eyes were filled with innocence. "What do you have to do with me?"

"We...you...you are our boss, we..."

"We just live here together. We are all independent individuals, right? I have never interfered with or managed your daily life."

Just like what Lu Weiyi said after his investigation when he first came here, people like Eric never had the target here. He wanted to get out from the beginning, so he let these people freely formulate the status of the circle.

His attitude has always been to not participate and not pay attention.

"But……"

Hundreds of people only then realized that they seemed to have been abandoned.

When this small society is about to be invaded by outsiders, the leaders who are most likely to resist abandon them. What will happen to those who have no ability to resist?

They dared not think about it.

Eric had already started discussing the exchange quantity and specific equipment with Li Zhuang and ignored their opinions.

Eric was not in an advantageous position. He knew in his heart that the other party was willing to do this probably because of his younger brother. He did not ask for an exorbitant amount. Li Zhuang also gave a preferential amount, and the two parties got the matter done in less than half an hour.

"Are they going to take it away?" Li Zhuang asked at last.

Antonio met countless pairs of hopeful eyes and pointed to a dozen people.

The dozen or so people who were selected immediately packed up their things happily and prepared to leave. All the remaining people no longer placed their hopes on Eric, but instead worked together to fight against Li Zhuang and Lu Weiyi, questioning them on what basis they had.

"When you threatened them, did you tell them why?" Lu Weiyi glanced at the woman in the corner.

“How can they be the same…” A man shouted at the top of his lungs, the blue veins on his neck making him look a little hideous.

The days of local tyrants are coming to an end, and no one is willing to accept this.

Lu Weiyi didn't say a word. He stretched out his hand towards the man and clenched his five fingers. The man's head exploded instantly, and brains mixed with broken bones splattered all over the faces of the people around him. There was silence all around.

It was as if time had frozen. As the women screamed, the men retreated a long distance in panic. Some of those who were very close to them collapsed on the ground in fear, and a pool of fishy water slowly flowed out on the uneven ground.

To put it bluntly, these people were just ordinary people before the end of the world. They dared to be arrogant among these hundreds of people because they knew that there were no laws here. Once a stronger force intervened, they would also be the new lambs.

Eric raised his eyebrows when he saw this, but said nothing.

Qin Yu, on the other hand, walked over with long legs without caring, "Little brother, what was that you just used? A special ability or a new weapon?"

"It's a superpower, don't you have it too?" Lu Weiyi's words exposed her intention to find out without making a sound.

Qin Yu choked and asked speechlessly, "The reason why you don't have a girlfriend is because all the girls who get close to you are choked to death by you."

"No," Lu Weiyi answered seriously, "I was scared away by my financial sponsor..." He paused and changed the name, "boyfriend."

Qin Yu: "..." She seemed to have heard some incredible news.

Li Zhuang watched Qin Yu fall into complete silence with a smile on his face, and took the initiative to reply, "I'll tell you later."

After Lu Weiyi's move, everyone who stayed on the island became well-behaved.

"The rest of you only have one choice, to restore the oil processing machines and oil detection equipment here. If I don't see results within a week, there's no need for you to live." There was no emotion in Lu Weiyi's voice, and it was hard to imagine that he was judging the lives of more than 200 people.

Everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to show their head.

Seeing that no one spoke, Lu Weiyi continued, "After the machines are restored, you will have a chance to choose. First, stay here to work, and we will pay you a certain salary every month like before. Second, each of you take 100 kilograms of food and leave here and go wherever you want to go."

"Will you send us out?" asked a man standing in the corner.

Lu Weiyi looked over and recognized him as the person who had taken the initiative to chat with them last time. His name was Liu Run and he used to be an engineer here. He looked much older.

"Our base may go to Kyoto"

As soon as he finished speaking, a woman rushed over, looked at Lu Weiyi crazily and tried to grab him with both hands. Lu Weiyi stepped back to avoid her and was immediately grabbed by Dong Hongyuan who was following him.

"I want to go back to Kyoto, I want to go back to Kyoto--" He Mei was still the most beautiful one among the group of women, the difference was that she had lost weight, and--her belly was bulging high.

Lu Weiyi stared at the man whose stomach was stuck like a machine and turned to look at Li Zhuang.

"Is this...pregnancy?" Li Zhuang asked bluntly.

"Yeah" Dong Hongyuan had a smile on his face.

"Congratulations, your wish to have a bloodline has come true," Li Zhuang said, and his eyes returned to He Mei's belly again, "How many months has it been? Is she going to give birth soon?"

“I don’t know” There is no doctor on the island and there is no way to be sure.

Lu Weiyi estimated Yin Jin's belly and said, "Eight or nine months."

Originally, he didn't want to care about Dong Hongyuan, but with the addition of this child, things seemed to have taken on another level.

"Are you going to leave? Or where do you want to go?" Lu Weiyi did not ask He Mei. Obviously, she did not have the power to choose. Moreover, compared with the benefits she would get from the oil island, it was not worth it for her to fall out with Dong Hongyuan.

"I want to leave, I want to go to Kyoto." He Mei struggled and looked at Dong Hongyuan. Dong Hongyuan grabbed her arms with one hand and pressed her stomach with the other hand, trapping her completely.

"I want to stay here," Dong Hongyuan said, and forced He Mei to walk towards a tidy small courtyard.

Lu Weiyi looked at Li Zhuang, and Li Zhuang shook his head slightly.

After the two men left, a woman asked, "What about us? Can we leave?"

"Can"

"Are you still talking about gender inequality nowadays?" A man said this and immediately shrank back into the crowd, not daring to show his head.

If men and women were equal, how could they be treated like this?

Before the end of the world, women were in a disadvantaged position in society, let alone now.

"In the end times, women and children are important resources for sustaining life," Lu Weiyi gave a rare explanation.

Even though the birth rate of children has dropped to one in ten thousand or even lower, it is better to have something than nothing.

Seeing that no one had any objections, Lu Weiyi notified Lin Mo to go to the island. Li Zhuang took the earth-type psychic to check the oil tank not far away. The mechanics who followed began to check the surrounding instruments and discussed with the metal-type psychic how to quickly repair it.

Those stacked and crowded strata were smoothed out one by one as if by miracle in the hands of the earth-type psychic. The surrounding area became flat again, the buried equipment saw the light of day again, and the walls and courtyards of houses appeared in sight one by one, as if time had been reversed to before the earthquake.

Eric watched in silence with the members he had selected, and suddenly began to doubt whether his choice was wrong.

"Are all the people outside like this?" Qin Yu stretched out a hand, which was covered with a layer of ice. Sharp ice cones extended from the nails, looking extremely sharp.

She took a look, then looked up into the distance with a dazed look on her face.

"No, they are being trained intensively," Lu Weiyi replied. After all, they are professionals in tilling the soil and building houses.

"Base manager, everyone is asking you if you need to change the soil layer. Are we going to plant crops here in the future?" Lin Mo's voice came from a distance.

Lu Weiyi waved at him.

"Are you the base commander? What's the name of your base?" Qin Yu immediately became interested when he heard his voice.

"Yuebanwan Base"

"Can I live in your base?" She lifted her long hair and winked at Lu Weiyi in a coquettish manner.

"Can"

"Thank you in advance, Base Commander."

Qin Yu muttered to herself, but Eric remained silent. The dozen or so people who followed him seemed somewhat moved, but said nothing.

With their unconcealed actions, everyone on the island became obedient, accepted their predetermined fate, and immediately helped to check and repair the equipment - they used to be employees here and were more familiar with these things.

They also learned more news from the outside world from the visitors. Two days later, Lu Weiyi received a message from Zhuang Mingxu that Lu Xiao was coming.

Lu Weiyi had to go pick up people, so he left some weapons to Han Jing and briefly told him about the previous situation on the island. "In this kind of environment, people's psychology is easily distorted, and it is easy for them to become perverted and attack you. I hope you can pay attention to protecting your team members."

"Don't worry, base commander. I've brought a few metal and earth-type psychics with me to help. Nothing will be wrong with us around," Lin Mo assured, patting his chest.