MDT Chapter 146 Part 2 (Patreon)

Chapter 146 Part 2: Refusing to Huddle for Warmth

"…"

The smile on the young man's face slowly froze. He looked at the serious-faced Chen Mang before him, momentarily at a loss for words. After a pause, he continued, "Then let's put it another way. If you were to throw away 1,000 units of iron ore right now, you wouldn't feel much pain, right?"

"I'd feel the pain."

Chen Mang's brow furrowed slightly. "You've only had a few good days, and you're already this full of yourself?"

"Do you know that it takes 100 slaves a full day of digging in a Level 1 iron mine to get 1,000 units of iron ore?"

"Alright."

The corner of the young man's mouth twitched. He took a deep breath and spoke again, "Then let's try another way. For example, if you had an extra white-grade accessory blueprint, or if you had too many slaves and couldn't afford to keep them, would you be willing to give them away?"

"I wouldn't."

Chen Mang looked at the young man with a strange expression. "Why don't you just give me all your slaves? If I have extra, can't I trade them? Give them away? Is your organization's purpose to accumulate good karma in this life, and then when everyone else is dead in the apocalypse, you'll take your merit points to the Buddha to negotiate your reincarnation?"

"…"

The young man sat cross-legged on the ground, expressionless. He looked down at his own toes and remained silent for a long time before continuing, ignoring everything else.

"The organization is called Tianping."

"The organization's mission is to give things we no longer need to people in lower regions, allowing more trains to develop."

"For example, trains in the Yellow Zone give us things they don't need, and we, in turn, give things we don't need to trains in the White Zone."

"This is the organization's purpose."

"Not to earn some damn merit points."

"In this organizational chain, everyone can gain more than they give. Even the lowest-level trains, after benefiting and growing, need to continue supplying resources to trains in the White Zone."

"Although the organization can't travel to low-level regions, we have ways to contact the trains there. For example, we can have a White Zone train wait at a regional junction for a train coming to deliver supplies."

"Although every region has survivors, and every region drops Train Tokens, for now, basically, eighty percent of trains have grown from the White Zone. In the Green and higher-level regions, a Level 1 train has no room to grow at all."

"It's because of this system that even though the apocalypse has been going on for over a year, there's a continuous stream of new trains growing stronger."

"One day, we will clear out all the monsters and rebuild our home on this scarred planet."

Chen Mang didn't speak, just studied the young man before him. Rebuild their home?

That was definitely a lost cause.

If they couldn't achieve interstellar travel within five years, they could just wait to die. Information he saw in the Apocalypse Abyss, this planet would be finished in five years. Logically, observation windows like the "Apocalypse Abyss" couldn't only exist in the Ironridge Wasteland. This organization either didn't know this information…

Or…

They had concealed it and not told anyone else.

"Well, the purpose is good. And then?"

"The organization hopes you will join. As a welcoming gift, we will give you a generous present—for example, 50,000 units of iron ore."

"That's it?"

"That's it?" The young man was slightly taken aback. "You just said you wouldn't even throw away 1,000 units of iron ore."

"Those are two different things."

The young man fell silent for a moment before continuing, "The one giving you these 50,000 units of iron ore is a train from the Yellow Zone. They wouldn't be willing to part with any more. And you only need to give a designated train in the White Zone 5,000 units of iron ore."

"Back and forth, you've effectively netted 45,000 units of iron ore."

"This is a deal with no downside."

"And after joining this organization, there will be no mission requirements for you. You have no superiors. We are all just huddling together for warmth."

Chen Mang nodded. "How long has your organization existed?"

"About six months."

"The strongest train in your organization, which region is it in?"

"I don't know."

"According to your organizational structure, the strongest trains are always in the position of providers. I'm a bit curious—are their resources infinite? Can they keep supplying those below them forever?"

The young man fell silent again for a moment before speaking, "You're talking about things too high up for me to know. I didn't expect you to be so resistant. In my view, this is all pros and no cons."

"Is it not good for everyone to huddle together for warmth in the apocalypse?"

"It's good."

Chen Mang stood up, glanced at the young man, and said, "But I can't be bothered to run to the White Zone to deliver iron ore, nor can I be bothered to go to the Yellow Zone to collect that pathetic 50,000 units. So you all can huddle together for warmth. I'll be fine in the cold."

With that, he started to walk off the arena.

But just then.

The young man's faint voice came from behind him.

"I must remind you of one more thing. Anyone who receives an invitation and refuses will be considered an enemy of humanity. In the Green Zone, perhaps no one dares to provoke you, but when you go to the Yellow Zone, the organization has established a base there."

"Unless you never go to the Yellow Zone."

"In the apocalypse, anyone who refuses to huddle together for warmth can be considered an enemy of humanity."

"…"

Chen Mang, who was about to step off the arena, stopped in his tracks. He then walked back to the young man, cane in hand, and lifted the young man's chin with it, smiling.

"Were you just threatening me?"

"Then help me pass on a message."

"If anyone from your organization dares to mess with me, I'll kill every member of Tianping I see from now on."

"And that includes you."

"You little bitch who sold your ass to an AI, don't mess with me. Got it?"

With that, he didn't linger, striding off the arena. He had no interest whatsoever in that organization. It sounded like a massive hassle. It might be helpful to others, but for him, it was a pure waste of time.

"…"

Sitting cross-legged on the arena, the young man watched Chen Mang's retreating back, his face dark, his eyes flashing with intense anger!

This was the first time anyone had dared to insult him with such filthy words!

And his AI was female, not male. He wasn't some damn little bitch!

He had an A-rank potential train. Even in the future, this A-rank potential would be of great help to him. In the organization, he was a core seed. No one had ever dared to speak to him like this. Did he think just anyone could complete an A-rank difficulty mechanical specialization mission?

Even if others wanted to sell their asses, they wouldn't have the ability!

Taking a deep breath, he immediately exited the combat training virtual space, went to the train radio, picked up the walkie-talkie, found the red chat box, and said hoarsely, "Recruitment failed. He said to tell the people of Tianping not to mess with him, or he'll kill everyone he sees."

There was only the sound of static from the other end of the walkie-talkie.

After a long moment, an old man's voice came through.

"Then just don't provoke him. Everyone has their own ideas. Not everyone is willing to join the organization."

"Your brother is waiting for you at the base in Yellow Zone 'Zombie Basin' behind Kunlun Mountain. My advice is, try not to cause any extra trouble, understand?"

"You didn't threaten him, did you?"

The young man hesitated for a moment before shaking his head. "No."

"Good, as long as you didn't. The Tianping organization has only one rule: once you join, you cannot quit. Since you've received the grace of others, you must also give grace to those below you, so everyone can be better together. If someone doesn't want to join, then they don't have to. There's no need to make an enemy."

"I understand."

The young man then hung up the call, his face a mixture of emotions as he sat in his seat. The person he had been talking to was a high-level member of Tianping. He didn't know which region the other party was in, nor what level their train was, only that they were very strong. It had always been them who contacted him.

The organization's rules forbade threats.

He was just angry.

In his heart, Tianping was a sacred organization where everyone worked together, huddling for warmth. He had always felt it was an honor to be able to join "Tianping." But the other party's dismissive attitude had made him unable to resist threatening him, wanting him to know the stakes and back down.

He never thought the other party would completely ignore his threat!

Damn it, did he not make it clear that the Tianping organization also had trains in higher-level regions? What right did a Level 5 train in a Green Zone have to be so arrogant!

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