"If the brigade commander goes to all that trouble to turn you into a Sequence Ability User, and you walk away the moment you can stand on your own, who's going to repay the resources and effort he put into you? This isn't fucking money. It's the price of your conscience!"
The young man continued, "Have any of the people complaining thought about what the brigade commander is giving us?"
"A chance to defy fate and change our lives!"
"A ladder that lets us climb out of the mud, stop being maggots, and become human again!"
"Which of those high-and-mighty masters in the Safe Zone would ever offer an opportunity like this to scum from State No. 14 like us?"
"Not a single one! They won't even spare us a glance!"
"Forget paying back five times the resources. Even if the brigade commander demanded we sign a Deed of Sale, people would fight tooth and nail for the chance once word got out! And you're actually getting picky?! You've only had a few days of full meals, and you've already forgotten what hunger feels like?!"
"Besides, the brigade commander said that if we don't awaken a sequence ability, he won't charge us anything. Isn't that enough?!"
After saying his piece, the young man walked straight onto the platform, bowed to Qin Siyang, then picked up an agreement and signed it without even looking. He handed it to Wang Defa and stepped down again.
"I'll sign!" a tall young man bellowed, running up onto the platform. "I've already decided to follow the brigade commander anyway. Paying back five times or ten times makes no difference to me!"
"I'll sign! Me too! I've waited ten years for this chance! I'm going all in!" a scrawny man beside him shouted.
"Brigade Commander! I'm