So what the hell?
Zhang Tianyuan looked appreciatively at the thin bamboo pole who had stood up. This was a person who could see the situation clearly, or at least a magnanimous person.
Now that the granaries have been looted, what else can be done?
Besides, if they don't rob, they'll soon starve to death in the desert.
At least for now, no matter how bad things get, most of them will outlive the rest of them compared to living in the desert.
Barry made the skinny man sit down, then held up two fingers. "Now you only have two paths before you."
"One is negotiation. Believe that those who once sent you to the desert to die will voluntarily compromise with you."
These words made most of the starving people below look even more ashen.
Seeing the faces of these starving people, Zhang Tianyuan knew what they were thinking.
Even though these starving people were filled with fear, apprehension, and worry...
But they can no longer trust those people or compromise as Barry suggested.
Their previous capture and sending to the desert was actually a compromise.
Perhaps the situation in the desert isn't so bad after all?
Most starving people had this gamble-like thought in their minds when they were arrested; otherwise, they would have fought back desperately long ago.
They've already learned their lesson once, and it's almost impossible to convince them again that "maybe the outcome of the negotiations won't be too bad."
Humans cannot learn lessons from history, but most people can learn lessons from the beatings they have suffered.
A slight smile curved the corners of Barry's mouth.
"If you don't want to choose this path, then you only have one last option: stay here, hold your ground in this granary, and live alongside the 200,000 tons of grain around you."
"As long as you have this food nearby, they won't dare to use heavy firepower to bomb you."
"These grains are your protective charms; as long as you stay with them, they will protect you."
The starving people blinked, and suddenly they all realized that Barry's words made sense.
As long as they live with this grain, the authorities will be hesitant to crack down on them. Their lives are worthless, but the 200,000 tons of grain around them are valuable.
And it's extremely valuable!
Gold isn't even worth as much as this grain now!
These people only eat about 40 to 50 tons of grain a day, which sounds like a lot, but the grain in the granary is enough to feed them for more than ten years.
But if we forcefully attack the granary and cause a huge explosion, we might lose most of the grain.
Should we watch these "rats" nibble away at the grain every day for over ten years, hoping to eventually finish the granary, or should we launch a full-scale attack and destroy most of it?
In this era, most people would choose the second option.
Food supplies are of utmost importance, and the resources required to rebuild a granary are not much less than those required for these 200,000 tons of grain.
However, some of the starving people soon voiced their concerns. The skinny man who had stood up earlier said, "But what if their patience runs out? They'll see us wasting their food every day, and one day they'll become impulsive."
"That will take at least a few years. If you just hold on for these few years, nobody knows what the world will be like by then."
Barry remained calm, speaking with a dismissive yet confident tone, as if the concerns and concerns of the starving people were insignificant.
That is indeed the case.
For Barry, who came from North America and was Wandering Spacetime, his older brothers in this timeline were simply too incompetent, and his upbringing had always made him look down on them.
Suddenly, the thin bamboo pole remembered something else.
He patted his head, then suddenly looked at Barry and Zhang Tianyuan and the others standing behind him in the main seats with a look of fear.
Who exactly are you people?
Why have we suddenly ended up in this place?
With their circumstances changed and their next meal secured, the starving people began to rethink their lives.
The Spacetime Tunnel we just encountered was truly bizarre.
This problem came later than Zhang Tianyuan had anticipated.
But it's not much different.
He nodded, indicating that Barry could continue as planned.
Barry stepped forward and explained the origins of the Mutual Aid Society in a few words. He also mentioned that they had just arrived here through a double-layered Spacetime Tunnel, which consisted of two adjacent Spacetime Tunnel.
There were almost no transfers in between.
However, rounding it off, they did manage to visit Ping.
We're waiting for someone from another time and space.
Listening to Barry's story, the reactions of the skinny man and the other starving people were similar: everyone stood still, and some even knelt down and worshipped Zhang Tianyuan and the others, clearly regarding them as gods.
Although it sounded like a fantasy, the starving people didn't doubt Barry's words much, after all, they had already experienced the feeling of traveling through space firsthand.
"Besides you, we will continue to rescue other starving people and send them to other granaries so that most of them can survive..."
Barry announced the next steps in the plan to everyone.
It's not complicated at all; it's just another repetition of this operation.
Using satellites, they have already discovered most of the grain silos in North America. All they need to do next is open Spacetime Tunnel there and let the starving masses flood in.
This is the aid they provided to the starving people.
This aid is much more effective than simply providing food.
Of course, this process is destined to be bloody, with many starving people dying along the way, but many more will survive.
Only in this way can these starving people be saved.
The reason I was telling these things to these starving people was because we would need the grain from their granary later.
There are tens of millions of starving people outside. Even if we only provide them with one meal before they seize the granaries, it would probably require nearly 100,000 tons of grain.
This burden is neither too heavy nor too light, but the cost will ultimately come from the people themselves; there's readily available food right here.
Zhang Tianyuan casually put the 10,000 tons of grain that had just been released into the system warehouse as compensation for food consumption in later tasks.
The starving people, all thin as bamboo poles, were excited but felt no heartache, since they still had plenty of grain in their granaries.
Moreover, this food is intended for other starving people, who will then try to seize the granaries, thus indirectly relieving some of their burden.
Next, Zhang Tianyuan and Wang Lei left some people on site to help the starving people set up a preliminary management organization to prevent internal chaos and to handle various daily affairs.
Putting everything else aside, the daily needs of tens of thousands of people, such as eating, drinking, and using the toilet, cannot be handled casually. It's impossible to manage so many people without any organization and discipline.