Faced with Chen Yu's blatant insult, the theft of their food, and the disappearance of their neighborhood leader, the thugs in the neighborhood could no longer suppress their anger and charged at Chen Yu and his men with their makeshift weapons.
Seeing this, Chen Yu did not panic. He slowly raised one hand and made a gesture.
The "militiamen" beside him understood and raised their automatic rifles to fire a burst of bullets.
"Da da da~"
As a burst of gunfire rang out, a large number of the rioters at the forefront were immediately shot down.
Seeing that Chen Yu and his group actually dared to open fire and commit violence, the remaining thugs were stunned. Their anger and fear intertwined, forming a complex emotion.
Some people retreated in fear, dropping their weapons; others glared at Chen Yu with resentment, but the anger in their eyes was gradually replaced by fear.
Seeing this scene from the balcony upstairs, Zhang Wei's face turned deathly pale. He immediately collapsed to the ground, muttering, "It's over, it's over, what should I do now? What should I do now?"
"You think you're so tough?" Chen Yu sneered. "You dare to attack people with modern equipment while carrying sticks. You're stupid, and you won't admit it!"
"How...how dare you lay a hand on us unarmed people? Are you even human?" an older man asked, his voice trembling but filled with defiance.
"Heh, times have changed, old man. Do you think we're still living in peacetime?" Chen Yu sneered. "Since you don't recognize my Tianyu Base, nor the Haidu City Government, and insist on isolation from the outside world, fine, I'll grant your wish!"
After finishing his sentence, Chen Yu ordered the "militia soldiers": "From now on, completely seal off this community. Anyone who dares to leave the community will be killed without mercy!"
"Yes!" the group of "militia soldiers" responded in unison, and then quickly sprang into action. They dispersed to various entrances and exits of the community, standing ready to ensure that no one could escape the blockade.
“Mr. Chen, isn’t this a bit too extreme? Isn’t it said that our Haihe region needs to unite all survivors to overcome the natural disaster, and Tianyu Base also urgently needs talents from all walks of life?” Community Director Gao Jie tried to persuade Chen Yu.
Chen Yu glanced at Gao Jie and said coldly, "My Tianyu base does need talent, but do you think there are any of the people we need among these people? Haidu City's food reserves are also limited. Instead of using them to feed these idiots, we might as well distribute more supplies to other residents."
After finishing his sentence, Chen Yu left the residential area without looking back.
Back in the sled, he hesitated for a moment, then sighed and ordered the “militiamen” outside: “Go kill that Zhang traitor, then let the brothers retreat. There’s no need to waste our forces here.”
The residents of the community are, in the end, a pitiful group of people. It would be rather cruel of him to lock them inside.
So he ultimately decided to eliminate the ringleader and set the others free.
Of course, while the blockade was lifted, Tianyu Base had no intention of taking these people in. In fact, he even contacted the Haidu City government to have them blacklisted.
In other words, they will be left to fend for themselves from now on.
You can't blame Chen Yu for being cruel, because this has always been their choice: not to communicate with the outside world and to manage themselves.
His decision to impose an equal blockade on them across the entire city is also a response to their insistence on isolationism.
A muffled gunshot rang out from inside the residential area. Chen Yu knew that Zhang Wei had ended his evil life.
The militiamen also began to withdraw from the community in an orderly manner, riding in sleds towards the Haidu urban area.
"Mr. Chen, where are we going now?" the driver asked Chen Yu.
Upon hearing this, Chen Yu pondered for a moment and said, "Let's go to the base."
The Tianyu Base Haidu Branch is currently recruiting talents from all walks of life. Although the base has a relatively complete mechanism for recruiting members, he realized today through the incident in the "Happy Sunshine" community that there may still be loopholes in the base's selection mechanism for members.
In addition to their skills or research capabilities, Tianyu Base prioritizes character in its talent selection process. The assessment of character often relies on their reputation and evaluation among the general public or their friends.
However, using this method to assess a person's character is clearly very incomplete.
Humans are born with the instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm. They know how to conceal their true selves in front of others in order to gain a better chance of survival. The higher their knowledge and the more they understand, the more skillful they become in using this concealment technique.
Take Zhang Wei, for example, in the "Happy Sunshine" community. He always presented himself as a gentle and helpful person in the community and made misleading remarks over a long period of time, which won the respect and goodwill of many residents.
The saying goes, "Honest advice is hard to hear." People are naturally inclined to listen to words that sound pleasant and agree with them, but they often overlook the truth and motives hidden behind them.
Zhang Wei took advantage of this, cleverly weaving lies, such as: We live in a happy community and should be grateful; the outside world is in dire straits, with countless people starving; all the resources in "Happy Sunshine" belong to all of us, and in fact, each of us is rich...
Such rhetoric is highly persuasive, immersing residents in a false sense of security and satisfaction from which they cannot extricate themselves.
Through these means, Zhang Wei not only consolidated his and his partner Li Jiandong's leadership position, but also successfully isolated the community from the outside world, forming a closed ecosystem in which he and Li Jiandong were the absolute controllers.
This led everyone to willingly accept their exploitation, remaining completely unaware of changes in the outside world and entirely dependent on the limited information and resources provided by Zhang Wei and Li Jiandong. This long-term information blockade narrowed the residents' minds, filling them with fear and misunderstanding of the outside world.
The key point is that although people like Zhang Wei are extremely harmful, those who are misled by him are unaware of it and are even grateful to him after being betrayed.
Naturally, such people would receive high praise.
Chen Yu was worried that if such people were to infiltrate the Tianyu Base Haidu Branch and then flow to the Tianyu Base headquarters, it could very well be a huge disaster.
Therefore, he decided to conduct a comprehensive review and upgrade of the Tianyu Base's selection mechanism in a timely manner to ensure the base's integrity and stability.
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