"Overall, a stronger leader is needed, and no one is more suitable than my brother."
Xiao Linlin paused, looked at Jia Zhengyi again, and said softly, "So, her sacrifice in the promotion match was not a betrayal of her own people, but a kind of rescue and protection."
"Eliminating some self-help group members who lack the ability to protect themselves and the potential for growth is itself a form of protection."
"This woman's goal has never changed; it has remained consistent."
Xiao Linlin's analysis was very clear, leaving Jia Zhengyi silent, muttering in disbelief.
"The boss is the savior...leading all the survivors..."
"Xu Zhiyi is a saintly figure... not a hypocrite..."
This shock was no less than a missile exploding in his mind, completely shattering Jia Zhengyi's preconceived notions about the two.
A ruthless and decisive man, how does he save and lead his former rivals?
A woman full of calculations, whose constant calculations are how to save more survivors?
"The deceiver sacrifices himself, while the overlord proves his way by guarding the enemy."
Xiao Linlin answered with a smile, and her words reminded Su Lin of Xu Zhiyi's first prophecy about him.
Full of dramatic contradictions, it perfectly demonstrates the duality of human nature.
Regardless of how each person calculates and weighs their options, ultimately only the actions of different individuals can catalyze the future of the collective.
Even if the final result is contrary to the original intention.
No matter how incredulous Jia Zhengyi was, this was Xiao Linlin's analysis and deduction, and she was very certain of its correctness.
After all, the current situation is clear: the uncertainty of the mechanism means that Su Lin must plan ahead and gain more leverage.
When one's own resources have reached their limit and become insufficient, it is natural to need to acquire more resources from the outside.
In the hazy future, the only certainty that the right bargaining chip can be grasped is the survivors themselves.
If a more powerful group of non-survivors exists in the future, then the number of survivors who survive today will be a great help to Su Lin in the future. Su Lin's rescue at this moment is a response to the future.
There are no grand slogans; this is simply a decision made in the best interests of the people.
Su Lin had no choice but to grasp the overall situation among the survivors and do what Xu Zhiyi had done before: to gather more survivors around him and make them as easy to control as his own limbs.
The easiest and most successful way to do this is to follow the path that the Self-Help Association once took!
By doing this, we can learn from the experiences of successful people, have a high probability of gaining more support from Xu Zhiyi, minimize the resistance of the escapees, and gain the recognition and obedience of most of them.
This was Xu Zhiyi's biggest calculation in the second promotion match, no... it no longer counts as a calculation.
She knew that Xiao Linlin would understand her intentions, and that with Xiao Linlin's rational judgment, she would definitely set aside personal preferences and choose the path that would maximize Su Lin's interests.
What Xu Zhiyi wanted was for Su Lin to choose the path most beneficial to herself, because she had been planning from the very beginning to constantly tie the interests of the two together.
Every step she took before was a preparation for this move today.
And today's move may be a response to a future game of chess.
The steps were all interconnected and perfectly aligned, which is very much in line with Chairman Xu's style.
Of course, there was one thing she was worried about. Su Lin listened to Xiao Linlin's analysis, feeling neither sad nor happy, and remained expressionless.
But after Xiao Linlin finished speaking, he couldn't help but mutter, "Sure enough, there's no way to open up to this woman, we can't be friends at all."
Xu Zhiyi's long-standing concern is that she is on the opposite side of Su Lin.
Unable to become friends, they can only tentatively test and cooperate with each other with hostility, and there is always the possibility of becoming rivals.
"A worthy opponent."
Hearing Su Lin's murmur, Xiao Linlin smiled and reminded him, "Brother, a person's enemy may be treacherous even if he is not, and a person's friend may be loyal even if he is treacherous. We cannot judge based on subjective feelings, especially now."
Having reached this point, at this level, the relationship between the two can hardly be described as simply that of friends.
"Um."
Su Lin nodded slightly, pulling himself out of his thoughts, and looked at Xiao Linlin: "You just said that I should try to kill as few people as possible? If we're going to follow this plan, shouldn't we not kill anyone at all?"
Every death of survivors in the B-level zone means one less chance of getting help to the S-level zone in the future.
Why kill when the goal should be to minimize the number of deaths?
"Transformation".
Xiao Linlin shook her head, pointing out the rules of the mechanism, or rather, borrowing the word: "Brother, each new district level has its own meaning. It is the mechanism that pushes us to higher levels step by step."
"This push is mandatory; we cannot refuse it, we can only follow it."
"The purpose of the B-level zone is transformation; only by transforming themselves in the face of real life and death, and breaking free from the wishful thinking brought about by the previous waiting zones, can survivors achieve true growth."
"Only someone like that deserves to be led by my brother."
"The rest of the unfortunate people...let them become nourishment for the swarm within. This is what the mechanism wants to see, and it is also in the brother's interest."
Xiao Linlin's tone was soft, but it revealed a hint of youthful ruthlessness, just like when they first met: "Brother, what you need to become is not a hero, but a ruthless overlord!"
There are many ways to save people, not just through the Virgin Mary.
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