Upon hearing Lu Yuan's words, Luo Xuan only showed a helpless expression once.
"Sigh, there's nothing I can do. The camp needs food to hire anyone, and even I, the highest-ranking officer in the camp, can't get enough to eat. How can I hire workers?"
Lu Yuan turned his head and looked at the room's layout. The room was clean and tidy, but it felt a bit bare.
"I'm here to help you today. Seeing how your camp is in such a state really breaks my heart. As your neighbor, I'm planning to offer you some food!"
Upon hearing Lu Yuan's words, Luo Xuan's face immediately lit up with excitement.
"That's wonderful, that's wonderful! I didn't even know how to ask you for help, and you've already offered to help us. I really don't know how to thank you enough."
Lu Yuan simply smiled, then waved his hand and sat down on a chair to the side.
“I said I would help you, but I won’t help you for nothing. The camp can’t stay like this. People are dying every day. As a survivor, I can’t bear it. So I’m giving you this food, firstly to ensure your survival, and secondly to ask you to do something for me.”
Luo Xuan nodded without hesitation. Right now, nothing seemed more important to him than having a full stomach. Even if he had to do some work, as long as he could eat his fill, it wouldn't be a problem.
"Sure, sure, go ahead and say it. As long as everyone can have food, no request is too much."
Lu Yuan smiled slightly as he stared out the window at the somewhat desolate campsite.
"My demands are not high. I help you just so you will be grateful to me, but I feel there are too many ungrateful people in this world."
Therefore, I don't intend to do this good deed for nothing. I want you all to remember my kindness from this moment on, and to remain grateful to me!
Luo Xuan's eyes widened immediately after hearing this; he didn't know what Lu Yuan's purpose was in doing this.
It seems that this kind of thing does him no good at all, so he might as well do something else.
For example, we could gather talent, develop technologies that were on the verge of decline, or even other things.
However, what he didn't know was that Lu Yuan already had more than enough technology. Whether before or after the apocalypse, Lu Yuan had been constantly collecting all sorts of new materials and technologies.
These are relics of their civilization before the apocalypse, even though it is now the apocalypse and the entire Earth has almost collapsed.
However, Lu Yuan never gave up. He knew that as long as humanity existed and as long as they still possessed these technologies, everything could be rebuilt.
However, if these technologies were disrupted, it would be almost impossible for them to return to that era.
Lu Yuan isn't really interested in these things right now; what he wants are more gratitude points, which he needs to use to exchange for more things.
The established rules of the World Tree and the 50,000 points of gratitude are a considerable challenge for him, so he urgently needs to find a place to conduct experiments.
Through experimentation, he needed to know which method was faster at gaining gratitude points, so Luo Xuan's camp was the best testing ground.
It's close to their place, has a large population, and the management here hasn't collapsed yet, so Luo Xuan still has a voice in the camp, which is enough.
Then, Lu Yuan nodded slightly, stood up and stood in the room, as if he were a statue, for a long time.
“That’s right, I want all of you to remember me and my name, and to express your gratitude to me. I don’t care if the food is distributed.”
Since I already have the planting technology and the ability to help you, starting today you will be responsible for making arrangements to set up a supply and demand location at the midpoint of each street.
Everyone comes here daily to collect food. The quantity and type of food are determined by us; no bargaining is allowed. You get what you pay for. If I find anyone speaking ill of me behind my back, the food will be stopped immediately!
After hearing this, Luo Xuan opened his mouth, unsure of how to respond.
Lu Yuan's actions seemed somewhat different from what he had imagined, especially since it was already the apocalypse.
People's basic survival needs seem to have been reduced to a minimum. They must first ensure their basic ability to survive before they can enter the second stage and live a better life.
Then comes the third phase, which challenges the need for a better life.
However, Lu Yuan's approach seems to have skipped the intermediate stages and gone straight to the highest stage.
He started to need gratitude from others, and he couldn't quite understand why this was happening.
However, since Lu Yuan had already promised to help them, he would be a complete fool to refuse such a good thing, so he immediately nodded in agreement.
"Don't worry about that. You need others to be grateful to you, right? I think that's very important, and also relatively easy to do!"
Then Luo Xuan started to use his brain, thinking about how to make others grateful to him.
"How about this, we'll put a statue of you in the middle. By the way, I know someone who used to be a sculptor. This unpopular profession almost made him starve to death."
However, he still has the skill of hammering things. I'll have him make a statue for you sometime. When do you have time, have him take your measurements?
After hearing this, Lu Yuan smiled. Luo Xuan was really easy to talk to.
He was able to think of other things from just one simple request; that must be the survival instinct brought about by hunger.
Then Luo Xuan offered several more suggestions, all concerning ways to quickly increase the gratitude towards Lu Yuan within the entire camp.
After listening, Lu Yuan nodded in agreement. It seemed that what the other party said could increase gratitude points. However, Lu Yuan knew that the fastest way was to give them the items.
That's right, it's about giving alms. You can't just give them things for nothing; you have to make them look up to you in order to earn their gratitude.
Lu Yuan's current understanding is that he needs to be like a priest, to make others believe in him. It seems that what he is doing now is just that. Lu Yuan even thinks that he has now mastered the trick.
If it were really possible, wouldn't it be better to just create a sect with yourself at its core, gain the people's faith in you, and then feed them?
You could even pray before every meal, like people do in other countries. Wouldn't that give you a lot of gratitude every day?
As Lu Yuan sat on the boat, this thought kept flashing through his mind.
When he saw people waving at him from the roadside, Lu Yuan's face was full of smiles.
He clenched his fist and muttered to himself.
"Let's do it!"
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