Tons of Compensation, the Consequences of the "Best Strategy"

The users fell silent for a moment.

Then someone said, "In short, that Canxue has now broken the rules."

"This child must not be allowed to live!"

"A tiger that has killed people must be killed."

"Hehe, he's not the only one. You'll get used to it, won't you?"

"Besides, he has Pay-to-Win Talent, so we can't touch him for now."

"Damn it, I knew these damned bastards! They'll never listen to the rules, they're always looking for loopholes."

"Can't they just work 996 properly? Why do they have to break the rules and disrupt order? Do they really want to cause social chaos?" someone complained.

"That's right, he stole a lot of gold this time, but what about next time?"

"Human desires are insatiable; ambitions will only grow."

"What if he steals a person next time?"

"What if he discovers that people's hearts are useful, and then steals your hearts, and your kidneys?"

"Can you still sleep peacefully?"

"Think about it, everyone. You wake up in your home, thinking you're safe, and find you're missing a kidney, or even your heart."

What would that be like?

Upon hearing the described scene, all the IDs were furious.

"Damn it, what are we going to do?"

"If he doesn't follow the rules, the world will be in chaos!"

"We must conduct a computing power simulation immediately."

"It seems that his power has surpassed the power of order we possess."

Soon, a new simulation began within the United Association.

The results of this simulation will be updated in real time in this post.

Hundreds of AI experts quickly provided their projections.

"According to the latest AI simulations, when the power of destruction surpasses the power of order, the changes in society as a whole will depend entirely on the mood of the other party."

"If the other party is in a bad mood, the whole society will begin to collapse."

"Social stability will become extremely poor."

"This is primarily reflected in the fact that the other party will steal a large amount of expensive resources from society."

"If the other side steals the most basic necessities such as food, vegetables, and medicine, the offline world will suffer widespread famine."

"Of course, the other party will mainly steal important resources, resources that help their own strength, such as gold right now."

"The other party will steal hundreds of tons at a time, which will trigger an economic collapse."

"Many currencies are pegged to gold, and many expensive pieces of equipment also require gold as a raw material."

"If a large amount of gold is lost, the economy will collapse, and many high-tech industries will cease to operate and be forced to degenerate to the point where they no longer need gold."

"This is still the simplest impact."

"An even more terrifying impact is that the other side might directly use force to disrupt the entire social order."

"At that time, it will truly bring chaos to the world."

"Therefore, we must make certain compromises, while simultaneously introducing our own strong figures to achieve a balance of power under the new force, and also increasing the constraints on the other side so that those around him can control his emotional outbursts."

"Now, the solution is for both sides to sign a formal agreement, mutually recognizing each other's spheres of influence, respecting each other's interests, and maintaining the existing social order."

"These are just our ideas. What if he doesn't want to do it?"

"Impossible. He also said that his greatest interest is Immortality. The collapse of the offline order will not benefit him at all."

"He needs at least a large amount of gold, and gold mining requires a stable order."

"It seems this is the only way. We must make the other side see that the benefits of maintaining social order far outweigh the benefits of disrupting it."

"For example, he might be able to steal tens of tons of gold this time, but what about next time?"

"He can only steal once or twice; if he does it too often, it will dampen the enthusiasm of gold producers."

"In the end, everyone will give up and stop producing so much gold so efficiently."

"Because the more you produce, the more others steal from you, just like those who lie low."

"In that case, who would be willing to produce gold?"

"That's right."

"It seems we need to find someone to negotiate with him and make him understand this principle."

"Hmph, of course he understands that principle."

"It's just that some people were arrogant and broke the rules first, preventing him from getting the gold resources, so he directly took action and stole from us."

"How is that breaking the rules? Isn't poaching someone's partner normal?"

"Poaching talent is normal, but you're also instigating employees who leave to steal resources from their former employers. Can that still be called normal?"

"If you steal, then I can steal too. That's his thinking."

Clearly, there are two factions within the United Association.

One faction belongs to the repression faction, and the other belongs to the neutral faction.

This is actually normal.

If an organization has only one faction, its demise is not far off.

After all that trouble...

Three days later.

Elder Council Hall in East Wolf Village.

A man came to see Gao Linzhi; he was a messenger for the United Association.

"Canxue boss, please stop using illegal methods to farm gold offline."

"They will also stop hoarding gold and driving up prices."

"Everything will proceed according to normal market rules."

The visitor said somewhat awkwardly.

He was just a messenger and was terrified of being beaten to death.

Upon hearing this, Gao Linzhi couldn't help but sneer.

"Look at them, these are the hypocritical leaders."

"They will never learn to repent unless they are hit with a stick; they will never admit that they have done wrong."

"Whatever you say goes. If empty words were enough, what would be the point of fists?"

"Tell them that I will continue this."

"Let them go ahead and dig and hoard gold."

"Don't they like to hoard gold? The more gold they store, the less it will strain my legs to carry it."

"Alright, seeing that you're just a messenger, I won't make things difficult for you. Go back now."

The messenger, feeling as if he had been granted a pardon, quickly nodded and left.

He is not in a position to agree to any conditions.

"Damn it! We've already made concessions and promises, and he's so ungrateful!"

"Absolutely despicable!"

"Exactly! We've all stopped hoarding gold, and he still steals it. Is he even human? Does he have any conscience?"

"There's nothing we can do. We can't kill him now, so what else can we do? You guys started this mess, so you're the ones who have to settle things."

"How can we settle this? He doesn't like eating, drinking, or having fun, and he has no feelings for women. He's just good for your stomach."

"Of course it's gold. He stole gold because you stole his gold first, didn't you?"

How much do you want?

"At least ten times."

"Damn it, we only stole a few hundred kilograms, and they want us to pay back ten times that? Several tons?"

"I'm not talking about ten times that amount, I'm talking about ten times what he's already stolen, which is over a hundred tons."

Yes, Gao Linzhi did indeed steal tens of tons, of which 50 tons were contributed by others.

"Rough!"

The messenger came again.

The man said helplessly, "Boss, the other side is very sorry."

"They've already internally punished those who caused trouble before; they've been reassigned to work in gold mines."

"They are willing to offer an apology: 8 tons of gold."

"Eight tons? Tell them to bring 100 tons of gold, and this matter will be settled," Gao Linzhi said calmly.

"What, 100 tons? That's way too much." The messenger wanted to say, "Do you have any common sense?"

He couldn't help but say, "The largest companies only have 8,000 tons of gold reserves. You want 100 tons? That's obviously impossible."

"200 tons," Gao Linzhi added.

"That's obviously impossible."

300 tons.

"Please wait a moment, I'll go back and ask right away."

"Get out of here!"

Gao Linzhi gave him a disdainful look.

This person was sent by others to act as cannon fodder and a messenger, and could be killed at any time, but he forgot his own position and actually sided with those aristocratic emperors.

How ridiculous.

These bastards, they still want to play with me? They're practically asking for trouble.

They had no idea of their own strength.

Actually, he wanted 3,000 tons, but then he realized that the other party would obviously be unlikely to agree, so rather than dragging it out, he decided to be more decisive.

After all, this is gold, not steel.

Not long after.

Sure enough, they sent another negotiator.

This person had an honest and simple appearance, similar to Lu Su from the Three Kingdoms.

Gao Linzhi raised his eyes and examined the matter.

[Shangguan Ouyang]

[Level: 49]

[Constitution: 5. Spirit: 11]

[Talent: Mastery, Purple Rank. Makes it easier for those stronger than oneself to accept one's viewpoints.]

The greater the difference in strength, the better the persuasive effect.

Shangguan Ouyang lowered his hands and said, "This humble one has met you, sir."

"Sure, did you bring the gold?"

"300 tons of gold are all here," Shangguan Ouyang, pouring out a pile of gold directly from his Game Backpack.

300 tons seems like a lot, but it's actually only 15 cubic meters.

After all, gold has a large proportion.

One cubic meter contains 20 tons.

150 cubic meters is just 1*10*1.5 meters.

Gao Linzhi nodded and put away the 300 tons of gold.

At this moment, Shangguan Ouyang suddenly said, "Sir, I greatly admire your deeds."

"But I'm worried about your future."

"I have something to say, but I'm not sure if I should."

"If you don't know, then don't say it," Gao Linzhi said directly.

"Uh..." Shangguan Ouyang almost choked to death.

"Um, sir, I'm doing this for your sake."

"If you continue to act alone like this, others will follow suit, and the entire social order will descend into chaos in the future."

"You wouldn't want your path to Immortality to be hindered, would you?"

Gao Linzhi immediately smiled.

"You sound like a fairly intelligent person, so what do you think I should do?"

"Of course, it's about integrating into society, cooperating with the existing United Association, and working together to maintain social order," Shangguan Ouyang said sincerely.

"In this way, both sides can develop steadily, and with your powerful strength, you can also suppress those troublesome Rogue Players."

Gao Linzhi chuckled and said, "Rogue Players? Causing trouble?"

"The mess they've made, and the sins they've accumulated, don't even amount to the feet of the company and the elite players."

"Why don't you deal with the Xu Clan, the Liang Clan, or those Corporate Players?"

Why are we letting them hunt Rogue Players?

"Now that Rogue Players are rising in popularity, you're starting to panic, start to be surprised, and start wanting to team up? Where were you all before?"

"Well, that's because Corporate Players still have some reservations and dare not openly do evil, Rogue Players don't have so many reservations," Shangguan Ouyang hurriedly explained.

"Oh, so according to you, cooperating with the United Association is the best course of action?" Gao Linzhi asked again.

"That's just how it is."

"Heh, that's what Han Xin and Lan Yu thought back then, and what happened? You people are used to playing that old trick of 'killing the dog after the rabbit is caught, and putting away the bow after the birds are gone'!"

"Now I'm cooperating with you, and afterwards you'll use my protection to grow stronger, only to betray me later. Do you really think I'm some kind of loser who hasn't studied history?"

"Looks like your heads are all made of candles, they won't light unless you light them!"

Gao Linzhi walked down directly and looked at the other person as if he were a fool.

These people are treating him like a complete idiot; he believes whatever they tell him.

That's ridiculous!

Shangguan Ouyang was taken aback.

Then, under Gao Linzhi's gaze, she also became somewhat panicked.

Because deep down, that's really what he thought.

Han Xin was awesome, wasn't he?

The War Immortal, single-handedly, reversed the situation where Liu Bang was being soundly defeated by Xiang Yu.

Despite Liu Bang's superior logistics, measures, and ability to win hearts and minds, he was far more capable than Xiang Yu.

You can try again after you lose once.

But on the battlefield, he lost to Xiang Yu time and time again, and all the soldiers' provisions that he had painstakingly accumulated were given to the enemy.

If you can't hold your ground on the battlefield, all those things are meaningless; they won't last long and will soon be lost.

Only after Han Xin arrived did he repeatedly cut off Xiang Yu's reinforcements and defeat Xiang Yu -on.

This is why Liu Bang unified the country in just seven years, a speed that far surpassed that of later generations.

However, in the end, wasn't even the incredibly powerful Han Xin easily killed by a few women in his harem?

Success and failure both stemmed from Xiao He.

He came here wanting to be like Xiao He.

Unfortunately, the opponent didn't act like Han Xin.

Damn it, how come Blue Star's history is so long?

For everything, you can find references in history.

Next time, history should be a forbidden subject, taught in a fun and engaging way.

However, Gao Linzhi did not kill him.

Because people like that are impossible to kill all at once.

He simply said, "Go back and tell them I don't want the world to descend into chaos either."

"If they want to die, feel free to cause any more trouble."

"Next time, what I'll take won't be gold, but their hearts!"

"I'd like to see what trouble they can cause this time."

"Yes, yes, I'll go back and report right away," Shangguan Ouyang quickly replied.

He left quickly.

He could tell that Gao Linzhi was truly enraged.

If we stay any longer, we'll waste a precious Revival Stone.

Although he was heartbroken about losing those 300 tons of gold.

That's 300 tons of gold!

That's no small number!

Fortunately, the other party was a reasonable person.

If the world descends into chaos, it means his ability to acquire resources from the real world will be greatly reduced.

Unfortunately, throughout Blue Star's history, there have been far too many instances of those in power going back on their word.

This leads to later generations not believing the promises made by those in power.

Everyone was thinking that once they became powerful, they would immediately rebel, kill their superiors, and take over the position themselves.