Su Lin didn't concern himself with the affairs of Xiaoyun Temple, but these visitors were no strangers; they were none other than Wang Dalu, who had disappeared for two months.
Darren Wang is finally back!
He accomplished his mission on this trip back to the mountain, bringing back over 800 survivors!
This grand procession, ostensibly seeking immortality and enlightenment, knocked on the mountain gate and was gladly accepted by Xiaoyun Temple.
After nightfall.
Inside the main hall of Xiaoyun Temple, under Li Xingtian's watchful eye and with the added protection of the array, the survivors gathered in front of Su Lin.
Including the first batch brought by Huang Yi, the number of survivors gathered in Xiaoyun Temple at this moment is as high as 996, and their followers number an astonishing 2,862.
This means that the total population of Xiaoyun Temple is about to exceed four thousand, making it a small local sect in terms of scale.
These more than a thousand survivors were all persuaded by Huang Yi and Wang Dalu, who explained the crucial points, and they willingly came to Su Lin's aid.
The second group of survivors joined forces with the first group, sharing information and understanding Su Lin's general strategy and tactics after entering the game. They became increasingly impressed with Su Lin.
It must be said that these thousand-plus survivors naturally possessed a certain degree of "loyalty" to Su Lin.
This loyalty is far less than that of the followers, and is based on long-term personality cult of Su Lin, recognition of his strength, or a helpless compromise under the rules and regulations, as well as consideration and pursuit of future personal interests.
This kind of loyalty isn't very reliable, but it's definitely enough for now. At least we're all in the same boat, and our future interests are shared.
This was exactly what Xiao Linlin expected of these survivors; she never expected loyalty, only self-interest.
Only self-interest is the prerequisite for loyalty and its most solid guarantee.
At this moment, Wang Dalu was standing in front of the crowd, carefully recounting his experiences over the past two months to Su Lin.
"Brother, ever since I parted ways with Huang Yi, I've been traveling to even more distant places to find the rest of our brothers."
"I'm pretty lucky. Most of the brothers I found were former C-1 area powerhouses of Big Brother. They are all very strong and have a lot of faith in Big Brother."
"It's just a pity that some people are not easy to talk to. I've basically contacted all the survivors in the game this time. Besides these 800-plus people, there are still more than 800 people who refuse to come over."
"Most of them didn't explicitly reject me. They mostly said they wanted to try it out in this match first, and if it didn't work out, they would come back. They were quite shrewd and didn't say anything definitive."
Wang Dalu paused here, and the other survivors also showed mocking smiles.
We're all smart people; we can all figure out the meaning behind these two-faced words.
It's nothing more than overconfidence in one's own abilities, believing that one is not much worse than Su Lin, and wanting to make a name for oneself when the new mechanism emerges.
Or perhaps they feel that their family background and reputation are not bad, and they want to take advantage of Su Lin's offer to demand more benefits or attention from the top-ranked person.
Either way, it shows that these 800 people are not very sincere, at least not as sincere as the more than 1,000 survivors.
"Since they're willing, let them make their own way."
Su Lin spoke calmly, without any threat or resentment, simply asking, "You said that most people say that, so what about the remaining minority?"
"Um... a small number of people had a rather bad attitude."
Wang Dalu hesitated for a moment, then stammered, "It's really not that I'm settling a personal score or anything, it's just... I almost died on my way to find some survivors."
"If I hadn't run fast, I would have been killed on the spot; the one who killed me wasn't a survivor, but a local NPC. I have no evidence that these people were targeting me, but my intuition tells me that this matter is most likely related to them."
Wang Dalu paused, then lowered his voice: "Big brother, you know me. As long as I don't want to cause trouble, I'm not likely to be targeted by NPCs, let alone be chased by them."
"I figured that only other survivors noticed me, and perhaps they had some decent identities to play, which is why they could command some NPCs to hunt me down."
"The reason they don't come forward themselves might be because they're worried about what cards I have up my sleeve, or they might just be using this method to test my strength."
At this point, Wang Dingguo, who was standing next to Wang Dalu, couldn't help but speak up and asked in a deep voice, "Brother Wang, didn't you tell them your stance? Is Su Lin standing behind you?"
With the top leader backing him up, any survivor who wants to take action against Wang Dalu will have to think twice about the consequences.
In the survivor community, who would dare to mess with Su Lin?
"There wasn't enough time."
Wang Dalu smiled wryly: "I think they probably don't know about this floor. I didn't even see them before they were chased away from a great distance."
"I think they probably know."
Huang Yi suddenly spoke up: "Since they can hunt you down from a distance, it must be a reconnaissance method. They probably know who you are. You're not exactly unknown; at least some people in the industry know your relationship with Su Shen."
"The fact that they dared to do this knowing this suggests... they're not exactly innocent."
Huang Yi looked at Su Lin, implying that he might be asking Su Lin if he had any enemies.
But thinking about it carefully, who could possibly be enemies with Su Shen?
This person must have died ten thousand times over.
"Whether it's related or not, we'll deal with it later."
Su Lin waved his hand, setting the tone for the matter: "We have a lot to do right now, so we don't need to worry about them for the time being, but I've made a note of this."
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