Scam

[Shelter Teleport Ticket (permanent)]

[Value: 100 SC]

[Upon use, teleports the user from their own Sanctuary to a designated survivor's Sanctuary (requires the other party's consent)]

[Shelter Teleport Ticket (temporary)]

[Value: 200 SC]

[Upon use, teleports the user from their own Sanctuary to a designated survivor's Sanctuary (requires the other party's consent) (duration of stay: 24 hours)]

Su Luo browsed the teleportation items in the system store, pausing briefly on two of them.

"What happens if someone teleports to my Sanctuary?"

Su Luo wasn't in his Sanctuary, so he obviously couldn't give his consent.

But there was another item.

[Shelter Forced Teleportation Ticket (temporary)]

[Value: 5,000 SC]

[Upon use, teleports the user from their own Sanctuary to the outskirts of a designated survivor's Sanctuary (does not require the other party's consent, but they will receive a notification) (duration of stay: 24 hours)]

Survivors had quickly discovered this thing too, and given it a new name—the Raiding Ticket.

"I just don't know whether the bug would be fixed directly, or I'd go back to Blue Star." Su Luo tapped his knee, considering the possibilities, and finally decided that either was possible.

The Regional Channel kept flashing as a flood of messages tagging him scrolled past.

[@Su Luo Does the ice-condensing fruit really greatly increase ice affinity and let you quickly master Frostbolt? Give us a straight answer!]

[@Su Luo Is [Ignition Technique] really a prerequisite for [Fireball]? I spent 1,000 SC on it, and all I can do is light a cigarette!]

[@Su Luo You're a fucking scammer! All the SC I worked my ass off to save went down the drain!]

Su Luo frowned. What the hell were these people babbling about?

"Ice-condensing fruit... I saw it on the forum. I think it adds 0.1 spirit and 0.1 constitution when used, but it definitely doesn't add any ice affinity, does it? Even I can't get that."

"And these [Ignition Technique] and [Fireball] clearly have nothing to do with each other, do they?"

Su Luo ignored the barking in the channel, and couldn't be bothered to investigate the truth just to pad the word count.

[Su Luo: What's going on in the channel?]

[Qin Lang: We're dealing with it urgently! Our preliminary investigation points to Ye Xu and his gang.]

[Su Luo: Ye Xu?]

Hearing the name, Su Luo didn't quite react at first.

[Su Luo: Is he sick in the head?]

[Qin Lang: Ye Xu accumulated a huge number of Survival Coins through his Talent and recruited a group of people skilled in financial manipulation and fraud. They're currently using their financial advantage to disrupt the market, employing methods including monopolization and hoarding, malicious short selling, spreading panic, and making false bids at the auction house.]

[Qin Lang: Worse still, they've impersonated several well-known guide writers on the forum, using fake paid posts and transaction records to commit fraud, intimidation, and extortion. The victims in the channel were harmed by scams that used your name. They're currently agitated and having difficulty distinguishing truth from lies. We're doing everything we can to intervene.]

[Su Luo: How do they scam people with a real-name system?]

[Qin Lang: There are lots of methods! Flooding the Regional Channel, harassing people through private messages, pretending to be friends of well-known survivors to promote fake posts, editing images... Then they use the new "Anonymous Trading" feature to complete the scams... All kinds of operations on multiple fronts. It's a very professional team.]

[Qin Lang: We're arranging for members with relevant anti-fraud experience to counter them.]

[Su Luo: Deal with it as soon as possible. Thanks.]

[Qin Lang: It's our duty. Please also clarify the matter through your own channels when it's convenient. Our current focus is stabilizing basic commodity prices and Tracking the source of the anonymous scams.]

[Su Luo: Okay.]

[Qin Lang: Also, regarding Ye Xu, we'd like to hear your thoughts, Mr. Su.]

Su Luo's hand paused. It seemed the Mutual Aid Association was confident it could deal with Ye Xu.

[Su Luo: Me?]

[Qin Lang: Yes. As one of Zone 76's acknowledged top fighters, your attitude and opinion are crucial to formulating our future strategy.]

The conversation made Su Luo pause to think, a little surprised.

What surprised him wasn't Ye Xu's conduct, but how explicitly the Mutual Aid Association had taken his status and influence into account.

Every rule of the Survival System emphasized a cold logic: the strong would only grow stronger.

The daily ranking rewards and the absurd level system constantly reinforced and widened the gap between top survivors and ordinary ones.

Any new order that anyone tried to establish in this Land of Darkness would inevitably revolve around one core—the ecosystem of the strong.

Those with absolute power stood above the clouds, making the rules and allocating resources; the vast majority depended on their protection in exchange for room to survive. The entire ecosystem and all resources revolved around the strong.

And for an organization to develop and grow, it had to have strong people.

The Mutual Aid Association's foresight and ability to act were indeed exceptional, given how quickly it had recognized and put this into practice.

Su Luo believed they could go far.

[Su Luo: Thousandfold Increase... What a waste.]

[Qin Lang: It is indeed a waste. We tried many times to approach him and cooperate, but he was strongly resistant and had a terrible attitude.]

[Su Luo: Is there some method like mind control?]

On the other end of the communication, Qin Lang looked at the message, and the corner of his mouth twitched almost imperceptibly. The organization's discussion was still deadlocked between "recruiting" and "eliminating" him, while Su Luo had gone straight to mind control.

[Qin Lang: ...We haven't discovered any reliable method of that kind yet. But thank you for the suggestion. It gives us a new direction to consider.]

[Su Luo: Okay. If any problems come up with this, you can come to me.]

After ending the communication, Su Luo slowly exhaled and lay back down on the grass.

"Ye Xu... price gouging, disrupting the market, scamming..." he repeated the words under his breath.

Until now, his impression of Ye Xu had been limited to "the merchant who resold Lamp Oil early on" and the "loaded bastard" the goofy members of the channel joked about. He'd had no particular feelings or opinions about the man.

"He's really sick in the head, coming after me for no reason."

He raised a hand to his head, and a trace of cold killing intent quietly passed through his heart.

Su Luo closed his eyes and took a moment to calm himself.

Then he opened the forum and, without hesitation, marked all the posts he'd published [free].

Immediately afterward, he created a new post:

[Clarification and statement regarding recent scams]

[Posted by: Su Luo]

[1. All recent "guide posts" and "exclusive tips posts" claiming to be published by me and requiring payment in Survival Coins to read, such as the so-called "real use of ice-condensing fruit" and "advancing from Ignition Technique to Fireball," are fake. I have never authorized anyone to publish such content on my behalf, nor have I ever charged any fees in this manner. Survival Coins are useless to me now.]

[2. Responsible party: According to the Mutual Aid Association's preliminary investigation, the scams described above were planned and carried out by the survivor Ye Xu and his gang. Using the huge number of Survival Coins obtained through his Talent, they systematically defrauded survivors through impersonation, spreading rumors, market manipulation, and other means.]

[3. Free: All guides, tutorials, and research results previously published under my name, as well as all those I personally publish in the future, will be made public free of charge without exception. Only by sharing knowledge can we survive together.]

[4. Identifying authenticity: Please make sure the poster's ID is Su Luo. I have never sold, and will never sell, any "secret manuals" or "inside information" through private messages, anonymous means, or the like. Any "Su Luo guide" that requires payment is a scam.]

[5. Final advice: Improve your strength and don't count on luck. Basic skills and attributes are what matter most, so don't blindly trust supposed "shortcuts." If you encounter fraud, please keep the evidence and report it to the Mutual Aid Association.]

[Survival is hard enough already. Don't let your IQ go unpaid too.]