Pretending To Be A Boss-Chapter 398 - 55: The True Glutton Makes a Move

In the following days, Tang Xian paid no further attention to the affairs of the Sanctuary Stronghold.

The string of adventures and incidents that arose from the word "Sanctuary" had also come to an end for Tang Xian; he had turned a new page in his life.

What lay ahead of him were new journeys and stories.

He led the more than three thousand residents of the pit back to the mining district and then, from there, back to Baichuan City.

From that day on, the abandoned people of the pits took on new identities.

No longer were they the disgraced non-Gifted and mine slaves.

They were the first pioneers of Baichuan City.

With their help, Tang Xian believed Baichuan City would soon revive its vitality.

Yu Xiaozhe also accepted Tang Xian’s proposal and began managing the Sanctuary Stronghold.

Living on the sixth level was an unprecedented experience for Lin Sen and Yu Xiaozhe.

But in the coming days, neither of them focused solely on their own situations.

Yu Xiaozhe marveled at Tang Xian’s foresight for the future.

Because after Tang Xian led the pioneers of Baichuan City away, everything developed exactly as he had predicted.

A transformation occurred within the Sanctuary Stronghold.

Initially, in an atmosphere where most people were unwilling to change their way of life, the few who were willing to work for a better existence succumbed.

But before long, the Sanctuary Stronghold first lost its electricity.

A few days later, all the food-grade and medical-grade organic ores in the shops were sold out.

And without electricity, even if they had ore available, they couldn’t use the boilers to convert it into nutritional meals.

The gamblers’ chips had become the house’s chips.

Yu Xiaozhe in fact knew that thanks to the efforts of those at the bottom of the pit, the Sanctuary Stronghold actually had enough ore reserves to last for many years.

But no lord would reveal this data, which could diminish people’s desire to work.

So the residents of the stronghold’s various levels were unaware. They truly thought their fortress was on the verge of collapse.

People wanted to leave, and they soon discovered that even the flying vehicles needed inorganic ores as fuel.

Thus, tormented by hunger and darkness, those who had previously succumbed to the ambiance but truly accepted the idea of working for their survival resources finally raised their voices against the prevailing sentiment.

Among them was Madam Wu.

She had originally listened to her husband and prepared to confront the stronghold’s upper echelons, but the gate to the sixth level remained tightly shut.

These Gifted might have had some skills in the mining district, but inside Pyramid, that door rendered them helpless.

Meaningless resistance was just an irrational waste of time. Ultimately, after their resistance came to nothing, Madam Wu realized that her husband was wrong.

She began calling for people to work.

Although some were reluctant, the teleportation gates were one of the few devices that still functioned properly.

Those who believed in the nobility of the Gifted still thought they deserved to reap the benefits of the labor of the non-Gifted.

So the residents of the Sanctuary Stronghold finally formed factions.

Yu Xiaozhe and Lin Sen, heeding Tang Xian’s advice, never showed themselves.

It was as if they had returned the right to decide and the rules of survival back to the public.

Everything at the Sanctuary Stronghold was like a microcosm of human society.

On the sixteenth day, people finally realized that all the ore reserves had been depleted.

No one would work day and night for them anymore.

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Most of the stronghold’s equipment was paralyzed.

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The ceiling lights provided illumination only for a limited time.

The rebels were in a dilemma.

At this juncture, the group led by Madam Wu and others slowly returned to a semblance of normal life.

Madam Wu did not starve her son, but she did not hesitate to refuse her husband, Lu Chao’an’s plea.

Such incidents were happening in many places.

The pampered nobles began to shift their parasitic focus to the few who were willing to work for themselves.

But this time, they hit a wall.

Because although small in numbers, the self-reliant group was still comprised of the Gifted.

Those who were capable of fending for themselves finally realized how hideous they had been when they exploited the non-Gifted in days past.

Therefore, they made no concessions and refused to share the ore reserves.

Within the group led by Madam Wu, an ironclad rule emerged:

Absolute refusal to give ores to those capable of working.

This rule effectively severed many familial ties.

Yu Xiaozhe thought he would witness the most barbaric scene, when humanity’s last fig leaf of decency would be torn away.

Those accustomed to privileged lives might resort to immoral actions for the sake of ore.

But contrary to the expectations of Yu Xiaozhe and Lin Sen, things did not deteriorate to such a terrible state.

The two forces surprisingly began negotiations.

A new survival system for the stronghold was born on the nineteenth day.

Humans had not devolved into beasts after all; many years of comfortable, simple life not only had disadvantages, but also elevated people’s cultivation and quality.

They eventually did not descend into banditry.

In the end, when they could not contact the outside world or enter the sixth level for help, and simultaneously couldn’t acquire resources for survival, the once dominant group now became the weaker side.

It was at this time that Yu Xiaozhe and Lin Sen began their grand action.

Once people had discussed the new system, the two renowned criminals emerged in a dominant fashion.

The pair, like gods responding to humanity’s call, brought a sizable and adequate reserve of organic and inorganic ores.