Chapter 232 - 148: My Rules Are the Rules! Treating Early-Stage Parasites! The Sulky Lion-headed Goose

Chapter 232: Chapter 148: My Rules Are the Rules! Treating Early-Stage Parasites! The Sulky Lion-headed Goose

When the crowd learned that the meat cooking in the pot was from an Extraordinary Creature—the Blood-tooth Python—the atmosphere instantly reached a fever pitch.

There was no fear of the snake meat in their eyes, only an even more undisguised craving.

Chen Chong smiled faintly at the students’ reaction.

"After joining the team, you’ll be able to exchange your contributions for food, various resources, and even Ability Cards and chunks of meat from Extraordinary Creatures."

"I’ll announce the more detailed rules once you’ve officially joined."

"I can’t promise that joining the team will grant you endless resources and a life without a care."

"But I can guarantee that I will do everything in my power to help you survive in this place, to keep you from being oppressed by your own kind, and to ensure you don’t starve to death. That’s my entire recruitment philosophy. Whether you stay or go is your choice."

"Additionally, the Blood-tooth Python soup in these three pots has been prepared specifically for those who are willing to join. Consider it a welcoming gift."

"Everyone who is willing to join will get a bowl."

"But let me be clear: don’t join just for a bowl of soup, or with the idea of just coasting and waiting to die. My team has many benefits, but its rules are just as strict."

"First, all members must obey my commands absolutely. You must complete your daily tasks. Anyone who fails to meet the standard will be punished!"

"Second, infighting among team members is strictly forbidden. Arguments are permitted, but there will be absolutely no bloodshed. If you have a conflict you can’t resolve, come to me. I will see that justice is done."

"Third, even when dealing with students who aren’t team members, you are absolutely forbidden from using your position to bully anyone without provocation. I will have your back, but that doesn’t mean you can act lawlessly and terrorize others!"

"The team allows for healthy competition. But if anyone maliciously causes trouble, or joins only to coast and disrupt the order, there is no option to quit. I will..."

"...directly behead them!"

Chen Chong’s voice suddenly turned sharp, laced with an undeniable, cold indifference.

"Even if I kicked such people out of the team, they would just go elsewhere in the school and continue to be a menace, threatening everyone’s safety."

"Rather than let them waste our resources, it’s better to just get rid of them!"

At these words, everyone present was stunned.

Those who, a second ago, had been scheming to grab a spot, drink the soup, and then join to see if they could siphon off some resources, now completely abandoned the idea.

They were truly afraid that Chen Chong would kill.

Judging by his actions so far, he was more than capable of it...

Just then, however, a somewhat timid voice piped up from the crowd.

"Your... your actions, aren’t they a little too tyrannical and dictatorial?"

Once one person spoke up, more quickly followed suit.

"Exactly! You talk a big game about respecting human rights, but every word you say drips with despotic arrogance. I don’t think you respect us at all! You’re just using it as a gimmick to win us over and trick people into joining your team!"

"He’s so arrogant! He acts like this just because he’s a Transcendent, looking down on us normal people. We don’t even have the right to quit whenever we want! Even if you work in a sweatshop, you can still quit if you want to!"

"I don’t believe he’s this kind-hearted. Who with that much power and resources would still be thinking about helping us common folk? He must have ulterior motives. He probably wants to enslave us and take the Cards we get every day..."

Such voices rose and fell across the square.

While there were quite a few of them, they were still a small fraction of the thousand-strong crowd.

Most people didn’t join in the jeering.

Some of them frowned, disagreeing with the dissenters’ ideas.

Others, even if they agreed, knew better than to speak up and wisely kept their mouths shut.

They watched the speakers grow more and more agitated, silently thinking to themselves, ’Some people really don’t fear death...’

"Heh..."

Zhang Meng chuckled.

Xu Jun was amused, too.

"It really goes to show how diverse people can be. To think this incredible opportunity is some kind of plot to harm them... they’re hopeless."

"Come on, brother, you have to be more tolerant. After all, there aren’t many sane people left in this world. Don’t waste your breath on these morons. With their IQ, I bet they won’t even survive until the next traversal. They’ll die in the jungle for sure."

Chen Chong’s expression remained impassive as he stood quietly, listening for a long while.

’In a world where order and morality are collapsing, a leader who isn’t tough doesn’t have enough authority to be a deterrent!’

’Rules that are too humane are useless for controlling a group of members with such diverse and disparate personalities.’

’This isn’t the law-abiding society of the past; it’s an alien world where only primitive desires remain!’

’A bunch of idiots who can’t tell right from wrong or grasp their own situation. The fact that they’ve survived this long is just a waste of food and resources!’

With a mere thought,

the intimidating effect of the Blood Eye Blade, stuck in the ground in the distance, intensified.

A terrifying pressure suddenly descended upon them.

Everyone once again experienced that suffocating pressure from before.

Veins bulged on their foreheads, and their bodies felt impossibly heavy.

Once the intimidating effect subsided, Chen Chong’s voice slowly echoed across the square.

"I don’t think you understand the current situation. Don’t try that ’moral high ground’ nonsense you learned in the old world on me."

"Call me a tyrant, call me a dictator, I don’t care. It’s my team, and I make the rules."

"Joining is voluntary. If you can’t understand that, I’ll carve it on your faces for you."

"I’ll let you off this once, only because people are a valuable resource. Do it a second time, and I’ll dig a pit and bury you all!"