Gu Mingyue's words successfully persuaded them to stay and continue discussing how to deal with the Destroyer Alliance.

“Boss Gu, what you said is true, but our base only has three hundred people, all of whom have low superpowers, and our weapons are not complete.”

"If we continue to hide in the cliffs now, we might be able to wait until the ice and snow melt."

“If we were to join you in forming this Justice League now, we would probably run out of manpower in less than three months.”

"This was said by the one-armed leader of the Asaka Base, who had previously wanted to withdraw from the operation."

"Have you really put yourselves in our shoes and considered the needs of our small bases?"

The other, sparsely populated base leaders echoed this sentiment.

It's also because Gu Mingyue and Jiang Shenglin both look too upright.

Furthermore, when Xinghe discovered them, they did not send anyone to invade, which gave them the initial impression that Gu Mingyue and the others were particularly easy to talk to.

Gu Mingyue knew that when faced with danger, the first instinct of any living being is to hide.

But hearing these small base leaders speak so hesitantly and timidly only made me want to laugh more.

"Everyone, this is the end of the world. No one can guarantee that you will be able to open your eyes and enjoy the outside world tomorrow."

"Including members of our Bright Moon Base."

Upon hearing Gu Mingyue's statement, the expressions of the local leaders became subtle.

"If I really wanted to force you to join the alliance, why would you all be sitting here talking to me right now?"

While these words sound like they're trying to reassure everyone, the underlying threat is also quite obvious.

This shows that Gu Mingyue wants to eliminate them and can do so in a heartbeat. Making them sit here to discuss countermeasures is giving them an opportunity.

Otherwise, we could kill their leaders under cover of night and directly invade their hidden base.

There's no need to waste time talking to them anymore.

Fortunately, their base was too hidden and poorly located, which was not conducive to production and development. Otherwise, Gu Mingyue would have expanded the base and brought them under her control long ago.

After threatening her for a while, Gu Mingyue started saying nice things again.

"Your bases are near the bases where Captain Jiang and I are located. Although they are not large and not conducive to production development, they have an excellent geographical location and a good view."

"If we form an alliance and work together, we can notify each other and provide support from the nearest location once we discover that members of the Destroyer Alliance are trying to invade."

"How can those members of the Destroyer Alliance still appear near our base with impunity and secretly abduct people?"

This is quite clear: Gu Mingyue doesn't see them as vanguards at all, but rather as alarm bells.

After all, these small bases are scattered around the two major bases.

They were the fastest to arrive and provide support from the nearest location.

If these small bases discover members of the Destroyer Alliance nearby, the people from Bright Moon Base and Hope Base will come out to surround and eliminate them. All they need to do is give advance warning and cooperate.

It's not about relying on those few hundred or thousand people to risk their lives so that these large bases can reap the rewards. The smarter leaders of the smaller bases would raise their hands in agreement upon hearing this.

Gu Mingyue nodded in satisfaction upon seeing the new members.

Then he continued, "Furthermore, after we form an alliance, I am willing to share a small portion of our resources with everyone."

"The wind and snow are raging now, and the temperature is around minus seventy degrees Celsius."

"I remember even the seaside was frozen. I wonder if your members at Blue Ocean Base are still able to continue sailing in the middle of the ocean? Are the ships breaking through the ice going smoothly? Do they need fuel?"

Gu Mingyue smiled and looked at the leader of the Blue Ocean Base.

"If you are targeted by other evil organizations on the high seas, and the sea happens to freeze over, wouldn't you be isolated and helpless, forced to fight?"

"Those members of the Destroyer Alliance are all suicide squads, and they have artillery shells. Once they lock onto you, they'll fight to the death to skin you alive. Don't you really want some teammates who can support you?"

The woman wearing the pirate-themed hat froze upon hearing this.

Her pirate ship had been frozen solid after the arrival of the ice season. Fortunately, the sea temperature was unpredictable, with snowflakes often blown up by strong winds and fog, so few monsters or people ventured onto the frozen sea to search for supplies.

Having narrowly escaped death, they built igloos on the spot between the ship and the ice and snow, surviving solely on their supernatural abilities, while all the ordinary people on the ship froze to death.

The more the Blue Ocean Base leader thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he raised his hand in agreement.

Gu Mingyue smiled and looked up at the leader of the Chaoxia Base.

"And Chaoxia Base, although your base is located on cliffs, I heard that your supplies have always been insufficient. How much fresh vegetables and rice do you have left?"

"If the freezing season continues for two years or longer, will the vegetables and grains produced by the plant-based ability users in your area really be enough to meet your needs?"

Gu Mingyue's questions, one after another, shocked the leaders of various bases, as these were the most serious problems their bases were currently facing.

Without saying it outright, their base members have already frozen and starved to death, though they are all ordinary people and low-level ability users.

They, as high-level officials, haven't reached that level yet.

"Boss Gu, are you really willing to contribute some of the grain?" the one-armed old man from the Chaoxia Base asked excitedly.

Even level-two ability users in their base now have to survive by eating black insect cakes.

Gu Mingyue smiled very kindly.

"Of course, there's also coal for the winter."

"After the Justice League is formed, everyone can even work together to resist the invasion of humanoid monsters."

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