"You came back at just the right time. Everyone in the base is here, so I'll take this opportunity to make things clear, lest someone turn around later and say this was our fault."
As the Base Chief, Qin Longtian could feel considerable pressure.
At least right now, as they looked at the resources Jiang Lan and the others had brought back, their eyes were full of greed.
It was as if this was the only way they could get certain things. But did any of this actually have anything to do with them? They did not care in the slightest.
"Don't get any ideas. You weren't the ones who brought these back. Even if you're curious and want them, that's impossible, because these have absolutely nothing to do with you."
Qin Longtian's voice was not loud. Everyone present frowned at his words, finding nothing normal about what he said.
"What do you mean by that? We did these things according to your requirements before, and now that no longer applies? Isn't that far too unfair?"
In their eyes, when they returned with resources they had obtained outside, those resources had to be distributed according to the usual rules. To put it bluntly, they might even have to hand them over to the strong.
Yet Jiang Lan and his group did not have to do any of that with what they brought back. He really felt rather uncomfortable about it.
"If you have their abilities, you don't have to hand anything over either. I've said that it depends on the individual. Before you entered this base, I made it clear that this place was far more unfair than other places."
In short, if you could become more formidable, you could go even further.
But if you were not very strong