At first, bottom-tier Players like Old Liu had thought that Wang Dong and the others taking over the safe house and forcibly collecting "lodging fees" was already as vile and shameless as it got.
But the facts proved that once exploitation began, and the stronger side had no price to pay, "people" had no bottom line.
Look, why did school bullying so often lead to deaths?
What deep-seated hatred could there possibly be between those youngsters?
Why did those people who threw their weight around in villages and towns dare to bully and torment people to death at the drop of a hat?
What irreconcilable blood feud did they have?
None, really. Once certain unwritten rules took hold in a small society, and the victims grew numb and resigned to their mistreatment, the stronger side would think, no matter what I do to you, I won't have to pay any price. It's as easy as crushing an ant.
And in a sealed, isolated Star Gate without any laws, this situation would be magnified countless times over.
The Players led by Wang Dong weren't just rotten to the core. They were also very clever.
Sometimes, that was just how tragic the world was. You might have heard of kindhearted fools, but you certainly hadn't heard of fools rotten to the bone.
Wang Dong held a leadership position in the Real World, and his rank wasn't low. He knew all too well how to win over one group and exploit another.
The talented Players with powerful Mystical Abilities who followed him could not only get a share of the "lodging fees," but gradually stopped having to risk death themselves. There were guinea pigs to scout the way for them. Once the missions had been more or less figured out, they could