Su Lin frowned, wanting to say more, but gave up.

He has a good impression of Wang Dalu now, but how to spend resource coins is a private matter and he doesn't need to be lectured.

If people are willing to waste things, who can stop them?

As for the puppets, Su Lin had some understanding of them. They were an upgrade effect in the logistics follower placement area. You could spend resource coins to buy puppets, which would replace follower effects and could be used in the game.

The more money you spend, the better the dolls you can buy; there are all kinds available, and they are basically similar to followers.

If someone is extremely unlucky and fails to recruit even a single follower, they can use a puppet as a lower-tier alternative; however, puppets are not very useful, and their overall value and effectiveness are far inferior to those of followers.

For a puppet and a follower of equal value, the follower is dozens of times stronger.

After all, one is a living being, and the other is a creation.

For survivors at this stage, even if they have the ability to upgrade their follower housing area, they won't spend that money to buy any dolls; at most, they'll just have some fun.

If you're considering increasing your combat power, you'd be better off using that money to buy skills and equipment.

Following that, Su Lin spent another half hour talking with Wang Dalu.

During their conversation, Su Lin mainly asked questions while Wang Dalu answered, and the content mostly concerned the basic situation of Area C-4 and Wang Dalu himself.

As it was nearing its end, Su Lin nodded: "...That's about it. Add me on your contact list, and you can contact me if anything comes up."

"Also, regarding the purchase fee we agreed on last time, list some white-quality items on the inter-regional trading platform, don't do it anonymously, and I'll buy them."

This is a standard method of trading cross-regional resource coins.

Upon hearing this, Wang Dalu's face lit up with a smile, but he still humbly replied, "Oh, brother, you really don't need to give me any money. I genuinely want to show my respect to you."

If Xiao Linlin were here, she would most likely go along with it and not give it to her.

But Su Lin was a man of his word, shaking his head and saying, "Enough nonsense, just do it; I remember it's... forty-four million, right?"

"Hey, brother! You've given me too much! You've given me too much!"

Wang Dalu was surprised and quickly reminded him.

The price of the colored design is 20 million, and the follower card is 10 million, but Su Lin promised to give an extra 10 million.

But this is at most forty million, how come there's an extra four million?

"I'll pay the transaction fee for the cross-regional transaction for you."

Su Lin said calmly, "Like I said before, just remember to call me if you have any good stuff. Money is no object."

"Wow! Big brother, you're so generous, you really are my father!"

Wang Dalu had barely uttered his praise when he saw that the call had been disconnected.

The eldest brother is indeed the eldest brother; he gets things done so efficiently. Once the deal is settled, he leaves without any idle chatter or pleasantries.

In normal society, disregarding interpersonal relationships will often lead to losses, but in the world of survival games, so-called interpersonal relationships are actually dispensable; what matters most is strength and interests.

"Big brother is really cold on the outside but warm on the inside."

Wang Dalu murmured to himself, casually putting his arm around the beautiful woman beside him, and lowered his head in thought.

"Mainland, is that man the strongest person you mentioned?"

Yes, it's him.

Wang Dalu nodded absentmindedly, answering the woman's curious question.

After a moment of contemplation, he suddenly stood up.

"Mainland, where are you going? The food will be ready soon."

"Go do something for my elder brother."

Wang Dalu pushed open the dormitory door without turning his head: "Since he thinks so highly of me, I naturally won't let him down."

Moreover, if you can help the strongest person solve some difficult problems, you'll basically have them on your side, and the potential benefits will be even greater.

After cutting off the communication, Su Lin turned to look at his side.

Xiao Linlin had been standing to the side, remaining obediently silent the whole time.

Only when Su Lin looked over did she speak softly, "Brother, have you contacted Song Daqiang?"

"I contacted him and confirmed that he did not go to the last game."

Su Lin nodded: "It can be basically determined that there is a survivor impersonating him, but we still do not know the specific effects and abilities of this guy's talent."

"My brother is worried that if that guy can impersonate Song Daqiang, he can also impersonate you, right?"

Xiao Linlin knew what Su Lin was thinking, and smiled as she took Su Lin's hand: "Actually, there's no need to worry. With your fame, you've already been the center of attention. If there really was such an outrageous talent that could target you... I think it would have been used by someone long ago, and wouldn't have waited until today."

"I think this mysterious person's talent probably has its limitations; he can't just play the role or pretend at will."

"Hmm...Does Brother still remember Chu Mo? I think the Mysterious One's ability is probably similar to Chu Mo's, focusing on [deception] rather than [substitution]."

Xiao Linlin paused for a moment, then said softly, "Brother, I actually walked into a dead end just now, but after thinking about it carefully, this matter itself is not the biggest threat to us, nor should it be something that takes up most of our energy."

"By studying it appropriately and paying attention to its key details, we can largely avoid being ambushed. As for where those key details are..."

Xiao Linlin looked up into Su Lin's eyes and said, word by word, "Brother, do you remember the biggest difference in the fake fat guy in the last match?"