Chapter 202: Speech |
The hunting team that stayed in the oasis laughed upon hearing this, then told them about what had happened over the past few days.
Jiang Shan listened as if hearing a myth.
What crowned eagle using fire to lure and kill hadrosaurs, the divine bird hunting an ankylosaur alone, everyone working together to gallop across the oasis, humanity reclaiming its position on the food chain.
Just two days, only two days! What on earth did I miss!
Judging by the tone and expressions of the people around, the crowned eagle was almost becoming the divine bird guarding the residential complex.
Every day, people would go to see it, offering food to the crowned eagle.
"Old Jiang, do you want to join the Qin Alliance?" a friend from the Alliance whispered to him.
"Huh?"
Jiang Shan was stunned. He had mentioned this to his friend before, but his friend had laughed at him back then. Now, just two days later, had his friend already switched sides in just two days?
At this point, this grown man's nose tingled with emotion. "Really, damn it, I never thought being able to eat meat until you're full could be such a blissful thing."
"Following Guild Leader Qin these past few days, we've hunted so much game we can't even finish it all. I hate that I don't have two stomachs. Whoever can keep me fed, I'll follow them!"
Jiang Shan fell silent. He wanted to say that wasn't his reason. Ever since that spar with Cao Biansheng outside Wei Zhaohua's door last time, Jiang Shan had started feeling differently about the Alliance.
Because he felt that if someone as formidable as Cao Biansheng was willing to work under the Qin Alliance, then the Qin Alliance must have something going for it.
After all, capable people aren't fools.
"Hey, what are you two muttering about over there? Come over here and eat some meat!" someone by the bonfire not far away shouted at Jiang Shan.
"Coming!" Jiang Shan's friend shouted back, then patted his shoulder. "Come on, brother, let's go eat meat."
Following behind his friend, taking in everything he saw and heard along the way, Jiang Shan felt somewhat dazed.
He suddenly remembered Zou Jianghe's previous probing. He wasn't a fool; how could he not see Zou Jianghe's little scheme?
It was nothing more than worrying that people like them would be won over by Guild Leader Qin.
That's why he had deliberately mentioned there were two tarbosauruses here at the time, to dispel Zou Jianghe's thoughts.
Looking at it now, President Zou's worries were completely unnecessary.
Because people's hearts had already been won over.
Jiang Shan looked around. Everyone wore smiles on their faces.
Holding roasted meat skewers in their hands, there was laughter and cheerful conversation. There was no Alliance, no Qin Alliance, no Student Council.
Here, there were only three hundred people who had been terrified of hunger, and now only wanted to follow the man who could keep them alive.
Whoever could keep everyone fed, they would follow!
A smile also appeared on Jiang Shan's face. "Alright, let's eat meat."
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Qin Ziwen stood on the high platform, looking down at the three hundred pairs of eyes below. "Over the past few days, we have successfully completed the Level 1 hunting targets."
From below the stone platform came cheers with raised arms.
"But, we still have one Level 2 hunting mission left, which is to hunt the tarbosaurus."
"Some of you may not know, some may already know, but I can tell you all now. After we complete our mission, the next map we transmigrate to is an island!"
Hearing this, the crowd below began discussing animatedly.
"Is it the kind of island in the sea?" someone said loudly.
"Have you eaten so much meat it's stuffed your brain? If an island isn't in the sea, is it on land then?" someone nearby teased.
"Hahahahaha."
Laughter and cheerful chatter spread around.
Qin Ziwen raised his hand, and the noise below gradually quieted.
"I guess the island should be in the sea, but that's not the point. The point is, the next map will be a competition mode, just like the hunting mode of our current map."
The crowd fell silent, everyone looking up at him on the platform.
Some wore worried expressions. Life had just gotten slightly better for everyone, were they going to have to start competing against each other again?
If it's competition, who could possibly compete with the Qin Alliance?
"Everyone knows that during the second transmigration, our Yujing Jiangcheng residential complex merged with Jiangcheng Normal University, combining from two 'complexes' into one."
"This also proves one thing: we are not the only transmigrated group. Besides us, there are other transmigrated groups! The competition in the next map most likely won't be among ourselves, but between us and others."
"Guild Leader Qin, we believe in you! Just tell us what to do!"
Qin Ziwen scanned the crowd and continued, "To put it bluntly, within our own complex, we are all on the same side. Because not just for the third transmigration, but including the fourth, fifth, and even later ones, we are one collective, we will keep transmigrating together. We are natural comrades and partners."
"Guild Leader Qin makes sense! We are all on the same side, other complexes are outsiders," someone in the crowd shouted.
Cao Biansheng always felt the voice sounded familiar. He stood on tiptoe to see who was speaking, and his eyelids twitched. Damn it, isn't that Wang Sheng!
This kid switched sides really fast.
Qin Ziwen continued, "Because everyone's family and friends are in the complex, we have each other's backs. No matter what, we all have to return to the complex eventually. But if it's other complexes, they might not be so reasonable. The only chance we might have to interact with them in this lifetime is probably just the next transmigration's island map."
"Furthermore, the specific competition rules haven't been announced yet. If between us and them, only one side can continue transmigrating, and the losing side has to stay in the island world, then there's absolutely no room for compromise between our two sides."
The crowd below took in his words. Some wore thoughtful expressions, while others had flickering looks in their eyes.
"I don't mean anything else. I just hope our complex can be more united, clenched into a single fist, directing our strength outward."
"Guild Leader Qin, I want to join your Qin Alliance. Are you still accepting people?" someone boldly asked.
"I want to join too."
For a moment, calls rose from below.
Qin Ziwen said, "Our Qin Alliance is still accepting people, but I'd prefer everyone to think calmly and not make any decisions on impulse."
"Alright, next is the hunting target. Starting tomorrow, we begin hunting the tarbosaurus! For this operation, I will select an additional ten elites from within the Qin Alliance, plus the Qin Alliance's core hunting team, forming a twenty-person squad. The selection will begin tonight after everyone has eaten their fill."
After the crowd dispersed.
Jiang Shan's friend said regretfully, "What a shame. The Qin Alliance's core hunting team can only be selected from within the Qin Alliance."
Suddenly, his friend noticed Jiang Shan walking toward another area. "Where are you going?"
"To join the Qin Alliance. If I'm late, there might not be a spot left."
"Wait for me."
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