That night.
Ye Yun, Hook, and Leos were all resting at Clara's home.
Clara's home was fairly nice—a small two-story house.
Ye Yun made several stir-fried dishes. After dinner with the two little ones that night, he went to bed.
Svarog, meanwhile, was still busy.
He issued a mission to the vagrants in the Robot Settlement to collect Stellar Jade.
They could exchange Stellar Jade for supplies from him.
At first, the vagrants did not believe it. Stellar Jade was useless aside from looking pretty—how could it possibly be exchanged for precious food?
That was until someone successfully traded for supplies.
In the settlement's tent district, a vagrant walked over from Svarog's side with a heavy sack of rice slung over his back.
"What? You really can trade for supplies?"
In an instant, every vagrant in the settlement went wild.
Good heavens! Stellar Jade could actually be exchanged for supplies from Lord Svarog!
The settlement's vagrants swarmed into the wilderness to search for Stellar Jade.
Everyone scrambled to get ahead, afraid they would be too late to trade for supplies.
"Stop fighting! I found this one!"
"What do you mean, it's yours? Once it's in my hands, it's mine!"
"Hey! You looking for a fight?"
"Bring it on! You think I'm afraid of you?"
The vagrants soon descended into widespread chaos.
It proved that in the face of absolute profit, people could not control their actions.
Gradually, the chaos escalated from arguments and verbal sparring into bloody brawls.
There were even casualties.
Stellar Jade had become hope itself to the vagrants of the Robot Settlement.
If you wanted to cut off my hope of survival, then you could forget about living too!
Upon learning of this, Svarog immediately dispatched his robots to maintain order.
Anyone caught fighting was forcibly suppressed.
Only then did the vagrants settle down.
The commotion caused by this farce was enormous. Hook, Clara, and Ye Yun were all roused from sleep and were now sitting in the living room eating instant noodles.
Ye Yun slurped up some noodles and glanced at Svarog standing outside.
"Svarog, what's wrong with you? You seem like you've been spacing out."
Svarog looked at Ye Yun.
"It is nothing. I simply do not understand why these people would fight over a single piece of Stellar Jade. It is something they could obtain simply by diligently searching for supplies."
"I am wondering whether they would not have rioted if I had not initially issued the order to exchange Stellar Jade for supplies."
Ye Yun drank some noodle soup.
"You didn't do anything wrong. The method was wrong."
"If I were you, I'd choose Work-for-Relief."
"That way, you could efficiently manage these people while also building some basic infrastructure."
"Houses, for example. Look at the people in your settlement—they all live in tents."
Upon hearing this, the computer in Svarog's mind began calculating at high speed.
"I understand."
Ye Yun nodded in satisfaction.
"That's right. There's no rush to exchange supplies. You can just have your robots collect supplies."
"When you want to exchange supplies, have Clara contact me. You know what a phone is, right?"
Svarog nodded.
"It is in the database."
Ye Yun tossed his empty instant noodle cup into the trash can and patted Svarog.
"I'm going back to rest. Keep at it."
With that, Ye Yun took Hook and Clara back to bed.
After considering it for a moment, Svarog chose to adopt Ye Yun's method.
This approach was indeed highly suitable for the Robot Settlement. Not only could it efficiently manage the vagrants, it could also improve the surrounding facilities and equipment.
Thus.
Svarog directly issued an order to remove the supply exchange point and replace it with a compensation distribution point.
The vagrants in the Robot Settlement who had not yet had the chance to exchange for supplies felt as though the sky had fallen when they heard the news.
"What! We can't exchange Stellar Jade for supplies anymore?"
"What the hell, were you all really that fast? Usually you all look half-dead, but when it comes to snatching supplies, you're suddenly full of energy?"
"Damn it! One of you must've pissed off Lord Svarog! Otherwise, why would he suddenly stop trading with us? Look, there are still so many supplies over there!"
Everyone looked toward the nearby supply storage area, which was piled high with supplies.
Some still wanted to ask whether they could make an exchange, so they ran over and stopped a Traffic Light Automaton.
"Aren't there still supplies here? Why won't you let us exchange for them?"
The Traffic Light Automaton stopped and looked at the person blocking its way.
"Latest order: supply exchanges have ceased. Work-for-Relief has replaced them. If you want supplies in the future, gather here tomorrow to accept work. Upon completing the work, supplies will be provided."
With that, the Traffic Light Automaton continued carrying supplies on its short little legs.
Seeing that they truly could not exchange for supplies, the vagrants could only return dejectedly to their respective tents to rest.
In Boulder Town.
Natasha was examining March 7th, Dan Heng, Stelle, and Bronya.
Soon, Natasha concluded that the four had merely been drugged unconscious and would be fine after some rest.
So Natasha arranged for the four of them to rest in one room.
After closing the door, Natasha looked at Sampo, who had been waiting nearby.
"Tell me, who exactly are these people?"
Sampo laughed it off.
"They're just people from our Underworld. I found them in a pile of ore. Old Sampo is a kind man—how could I just leave them to die?"
Natasha said nothing. She merely stared quietly at Sampo, her expression clearly saying, Go on, keep acting.
Seeing this, Sampo could only honestly reveal the identities of the four.
After learning who they were, Natasha immediately frowned.
Bronya's identity in particular—the Supreme Guardian Heir!
If this was mishandled, the Underworld might face utter destruction.
Stelle, March 7th, and Dan Heng were not especially troublesome. Though they were Wanted Criminals from the Upper District.
The Silvermane Guards would not come here to arrest them.
There were many Wanted Criminals in the Underworld, and all of them were under The Moles' surveillance.
"I understand. You should go back first. I'll take good care of them."
Sampo bowed and scraped.
"Sorry to trouble you, Big Sister. Old Sampo will be on his way."
After Sampo left, Natasha called over several nurses.
"Take good care of these people. There must not be any mistakes."
After the nurses agreed, Natasha returned to her office.
Unlike that morning, there was now a large sack in the corner.
Natasha walked over and opened it. It was filled with Stellar Jade.
Natasha picked one up to examine it, then opened her record book.
Current Stellar Jade count: 1,365
This was already all the Stellar Jade The Moles could currently gather.
After the order was issued today, every member of The Moles had set out to search. Every area under The Moles' control had been thoroughly turned upside down.
At that moment, Seele pushed open the door and entered with a small pouch in her hand.
"Natasha, I'm back. This is the Stellar Jade I found in Rivets Town."
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