ATDIWR Chapter 114

Chapter 114 Procurement and Immigration

Gao Wanli’s live stream attracted a chorus of boos, with many comments from IP addresses showing Country M flooding the chat.

“Anchor, please keep your camera on at all times. Don’t turn it off when you sleep claiming to respect personal privacy, only to secretly hide under the covers and gorge yourself.”

“Boohoo, I can only say the anchor is truly suffering. Country X is just like this, completely ignorant of what democracy is, only forcing the will of the people. The anchor doesn’t want to stream in such a foolish way, but what can he do? He’s being forced by The Base.”

“The anchor is so miserable, the homeland he desperately wanted to return to, even risking his life, turns out to be a hell. Only by returning there did he realize how free and democratic Country M is. Compared to Country X, Country M is paradise!”

“Country X people must not have enough food, that’s why the Base high-ups came up with something watery and bland, deceiving the residents that it’s nutrient solution, but it’s actually just water. The claim that taking one dose means you won’t be hungry for a day is completely a psychological therapy. Just self-deception.”

“I really don’t know what’s the point of Country X still tirelessly pursuing this universally known scam at a time like this?”

Of course, there were opposing voices, and many supporting ones, far more than the few scattered comments from a few days ago.

“Some Country M people, please open your eyes and look at this world. Country X has developed hovercars, you can get from Country X to Country M in the blink of an eye. Are you still pretending to be blind to such technology?”

“Is it really that difficult to admit that Country X’s current technological development is far ahead of all other countries on Earth?”

“The anchor looks great, his whole mental state clearly shows he hasn’t been threatened by any organization or individual.”

Gao Wanli looked at these comments, completely unbothered, because he knew that after a month, everything would eventually be reversed.

Gao Wanli said, “Alright, let’s start the experiment now. I’m going to drink this one-month dose of nutrient solution. To be honest, this is my first time taking a one-month dose. Before, I only took the one-day dose.”

Gao Wanli unscrewed the cap of the nutrient solution bottle and drank it in one gulp.

“It tastes like corn,” Gao Wanli said. “I haven’t eaten corn in so long, I almost forgot what it tastes like. But honestly, corn seems to be a major produce in Jing Shi Base. The corn-flavored nutrient solution is the most common here, and also the cheapest. If you want fruit-flavored nutrient solution, it might cost more than ten Jing Shi Base Credit points.”

Gao Wanli looked at the questions appearing in the live stream comments and replied, “The reason? I heard that nutrient solution is made by directly purifying nutrients from food into small molecule food, which can be directly absorbed by the intestines and stomach without waste. So its flavor isn’t from artificial food additives added later, but directly from the food itself. In other words, apple-flavored nutrient solution is extracted directly from apples.”

Gao Wanli’s words immediately made the eyes of Country M Base residents, who hadn’t seen what an apple looked like for years, turn red. They were instantly triggered.

“The anchor can really brag. Bragging doesn’t cost tax, right? Directly extracted from fruit? Does Jing Shi Base even have apples? Let’s just ask, does Gu Jinsheng even remember what an apple tastes like?”

“Originally, because of the hovercar, I was quite optimistic about the anchor, but this time the brag is really too much. Even an idiot would shake their head listening to this!”

“Is the anchor treating us like idiots or is he an idiot himself!”

“There must be a script, and Jing Shi Base wrote it, right? Don’t the scriptwriters feel embarrassed? The anchor is also quite skilled, able to recite such fake lines without changing his expression. It’s not easy for the anchor!”

Gao Wanli saw these comments. He even read them out loud, appearing completely unconcerned.

“Have you ever heard the story of the frog in the well? A frog lived in a well from birth, and the world he could see was only as big as the well opening. He thought the world was only that big. Later, a bird flew by and told the frog how big and wonderful the outside world was, but the frog completely refused to believe it, arrogantly insisting that the world was only that tiny bit. No matter what others said, he wouldn’t open his eyes to look at the world.”

“I remember the last nationality that was so stubborn was R Base. Strange, why haven’t I seen comments from R Base residents today? Weren’t they usually the most active?” How could Gao Wanli not know that R Base had been occupied by a group of clones, and now only clones and Zombies remained in R Base? Gao Wanli asking this was intentional, intended to hit them where it hurts.

This infuriated Country M residents even more, and a large number of unspeakable insults flooded Gao Wanli’s live stream.

Gao Wanli was not angered by these insults. He felt refreshed because he knew those people were triggered by him. Hahaha…

After drinking the nutrient solution, Gao Wanli started working and doing housework on his own, but no matter what he did, he made sure the camera was facing him from the front.

This was the advantage of the terminal. Unlike phone live streams where you have to hold it, or even if it’s fixed somewhere, you still have to find an angle yourself. Otherwise, you can easily be out of the frame or unable to ensure your front is captured.

The terminal didn’t have this problem. As long as the angle was set, even if the anchor fell face first, the terminal would still zoom in on their face to capture them eating dirt.

So Gao Wanli’s actions were completely free, he could do whatever he wanted.

Before going to bed, Gao Wanli said, “It’s time for me to take a shower and sleep…”

Before Gao Wanli could finish speaking, the comments section went wild again, “I knew it, the anchor is going to pull this trick. Then he can hide out of the live stream and stuff himself. It’s only been half a day, and the anchor can’t stand the hunger anymore, can he? It seems food is very scarce in Jing Shi Base. Otherwise, if the anchor could eat his fill every meal after returning to The Base, he could at least go three days without eating. It’s only been half a day, he must have been drinking water to stave off hunger every day since returning to Jing Shi Base. Oh, right, water also requires paying materials in The Apocalypse, so is the anchor even getting enough water to fill his stomach?”

Gao Wanli read the comments, then said, “My froggy friends from Country M, you don’t need to worry about this. Our Jing Shi Base’s terminal is much more advanced than your phones. When I shower, unless I want to, you won’t see my bare chest.”

As a result, Gao Wanli actually live streamed his shower. The most magical thing was that the terminal really only filmed his face; nothing below his neck appeared in the video.

At this, the viewers watching the live stream were dumbfounded. Many started typing “666” in the chat.

Even more impressive, when he slept at night, Gao Wanli kept the live stream on, streaming the entire process of him sleeping to hundreds of thousands of viewers.

Living like this without any privacy under the eyes of hundreds of thousands of people for seven days, that group of trolls in Country M finally couldn’t sit still. They started a new tactic, constantly urging Gao Wanli to eat.

“Anchor, don’t joke with your health. Not eating or drinking for so many days will really kill people. Even if a Power User has strong physical qualities, this is the limit.”

“Jing Shi Base is too inhumane, they really don’t care about the lives of The Base residents!”

When Gao Wanli saw these comments, he actually just went to the gym to work out.

This move completely panicked Country M. The screen was almost entirely dominated by comments telling Gao Wanli to eat.

But Gao Wanli didn’t. He even started exercising diligently every day. He kept this up for a month, living under the eyes of the viewers, and truly didn’t eat or drink a single bite. Now, even if Country M residents wanted to falsely accuse Gao Wanli, they couldn’t find a reason.

Charles was once again enraged to the point of losing reason and killed another batch of Base members.

By the last day, the live stream had actually already ended. Whether he ate or not on the last day didn’t matter anymore. Gao Wanli said with a chuckle, “The month is over. To be honest, I was also quite worried about this live stream. After all, although it’s a one-month dose of nutrient solution, we all know the energy consumption for exercising and not exercising is completely different. Even I didn’t expect that with my daily high amount of exercise, this nutrient solution could still last a month.”

“But honestly, I do feel hungry now. I didn’t feel it in the previous days, but I could probably last another day if I bear with it, friends.”

The comments were completely flooded. Viewers from all over the world were frantic. They wanted the nutrient solution, desperately. Other technologies, for these viewers, were tolerable, as they belonged to a higher level of need. Only when their stomachs were full could they start thinking about enjoyment. Right now, they only begged to be able to eat their fill.

“Anchor, please, please help me procure some nutrient solution. I’m about to starve to death, I haven’t eaten anything for almost seven days!”

“Anchor, I am a pregnant woman who just gave birth. I don’t care about myself, even if I starve to death right now, I accept it. But my child, he just came into this world, just opened his eyes to see the world, he is innocent, he shouldn’t die so young. Please, anchor, have pity on the child and help me procure some nutrient solution!”

All these requests for procurement were within Gao Wanli’s expectations. Gao Wanli wasn’t surprised at all. Ji An had told him before that if people requested procurement after his live stream, he could agree, but the procurement fee would be quite expensive.

Gao Wanli said, “Yes, it’s possible, but the amount of nutrient solution you get varies depending on the payment method. Everyone can take a look. Trading food is the most cost-effective. Your one day’s worth of food can be exchanged for three days’ worth of nutrient solution.”

Jing Shi Base could extract far more than three days’ worth of nutrient solution. Jing Shi Base procuring nutrient solution wasn’t for charity, but more for profit and to cause chaos in Country M.

“As for payment with Zombie Crystal Cores, that will be much more expensive.”

“Of course, if you have uninfected animals or plants, you can exchange them for the most nutrient solution.”

“Our Jing Shi Base does business fairly, treating young and old the same.”

Gao Wanli’s private messages were about to explode, with a huge number of orders. Gao Wanli couldn’t reply to them all himself and had to report to Ji An. Ji An asked Gu Jinsheng to find a few reliable people to work as customer service and select clients from the messages.

Ji An and the others ignored those who were purely trying to play the emotional card.

It wasn’t that Ji An and the others were cold-hearted. There were many people starving in The Apocalypse. Even the entire Country X had not reached the point where everyone could eat nutrient solution; only the residents of Jing Shi Base had just started living a life free from worries about food and clothing.

If they had the ability to help others, they should help their own people first.

So when selecting clients, their priority was uninfected animals/plants > food > Zombie Crystal Cores > jade > others.

After organizing the list, Ji An confirmed the addresses with these people. All transactions would take place at the entrance of their respective Bases.

Without insiders, Ji An’s hovercar couldn’t pass through the Base’s protective shield. Otherwise, Charles would have been assassinated long ago. They were only responsible for appearing outside the Base at the agreed time. Leaving the Base was not difficult for people inside, because everyone needed to go out and hunt Zombies to exchange for supplies with crystal cores.

Ji An and Gu Jinsheng and the other commanders couldn’t drop what they were doing to act as procurement agents, but Gu Jinsheng was afraid inexperienced Power Users would fall into traps if they went.

Ji An said, “Let Thunder Dragon go. Thunder Dragon is your mental body, it’s definitely not okay for it to be away from you for a long time. But delivering takeout by hovercar, which takes only ten-odd minutes, should be fine.”

“If something unexpected really happens, you can know what it sees and command it remotely.”

Gu Jinsheng pursed his lips, looked at Ji An, and said, “A general outside the battlefield is not bound by the sovereign’s commands.”

Ji An burst out laughing. He thought about Thunder Dragon’s round, rolling eyes and felt that this was truly possible. Gu Jinsheng himself was such a decisive person, it was just that now he had put layer after layer of shackles on himself, so there were things he would do and things he wouldn’t.

Thunder Dragon, as Gu Jinsheng’s mental body, was the most free manifestation of his spirit, not bound by any constraints, and indeed acted quite wildly.

“I’ll let Jiaojiao follow it. I think Thunder Dragon is more obedient to Jiaojiao.”

Gu Jinsheng looked deeply at Ji An and said, “As obedient as I am to you, Thunder Dragon will be even more obedient to Jiaojiao than it is to me.”

Gu Jinsheng was getting smoother at speaking words of affection, but Ji An’s face still turned red and his heart pounded when he heard them.

Ji An said reproachfully, “You’re always keeping up your facade lately.”

Gu Jinsheng shook his head, “No, I’m just speaking the truth. If Jiaojiao told Thunder Dragon to assassinate me, even if Thunder Dragon knows we are one entity, it would still do it.”

These words were practically revealing his innermost feelings to Ji An, indicating that if Ji An wanted his life, he would hand it over.

Ji An glared at Gu Jinsheng in embarrassment and irritation, “Jiaojiao wouldn’t want your life, it’s useless anyway.”

Gu Jinsheng then smiled, the kind with laughter in his eyes.

Thunder Dragon was incredibly excited to be let out alone with Jiaojiao. Its mouth wouldn’t stop chattering, and it would rub its big head against Jiaojiao from time to time.

He Tao watched in amazement, saying to his companion, “Don’t you think General Commander Gu’s Thunder Dragon is a bit too human-like? It’s just like a real dragon.”

At the same time, Thunder Dragon whispered to Jiaojiao, “He Tao usually looks silly, didn’t expect him to be quite sharp?”

Jiaojiao was helpless. Thunder Dragon’s behavior was simply too obvious; anyone who couldn’t see it would be an idiot. When it came out, it pretended to be dull, as if it were truly just a materialization of an ability.

The hovercar arrived at the agreed location in Country M in the blink of an eye. Many people were already waiting there. Just as He Tao was about to take the nutrient solution down, Thunder Dragon snatched the basket containing the nutrient solution and flew down first. Jiaojiao, afraid that Thunder Dragon would cause trouble, also flew out after it.

Thunder Dragon, who was originally preparing to scare this group of people, could only hold back.

It threw the items to the group, checked that the materials matched the list, and returned to the hovercar.

Thunder Dragon’s claws tapped on the tablet, typing “Go.” He Tao leaned over to look.

“Oh, okay, General Commander Gu.”

Mental body materializations themselves have no thoughts, so He Tao thought this was a command from Gu Jinsheng controlling Thunder Dragon.

Thunder Dragon rolled its eyes, biting Jiaojiao’s ear and saying, “Just said he was smart, and he’s being stupid again.”

Although He Tao couldn’t understand Thunder Dragon’s words, he just felt like Thunder Dragon was looking at him as if he were an idiot.

This time, the procurement was recorded as a video by Thunder Dragon. Ji An posted it online, of course, blurring the faces of the buyers to protect them.

The procurement was like water splashed into hot oil, causing a complete uproar.

Nutrient solution flowed into the Country M market. Country M residents truly came into contact with nutrient solution and finally knew its marvels. Many things began to change.

When Gao Wanli live streamed again, someone asked about immigration.

“Anchor, I want to ask about immigration. What are the conditions to apply for immigration?”

The requests for procurement were all within Gao Wanli’s expectations. Not to mention others, even he himself, when he was in Country M back then, if he had known that nutrient solution was real, he would have desperately sought it.

What interested Gao Wanli the most was this matter of immigration. Hadn’t Country M and Charles always suppressed Country X? If their citizens all immigrated to Country X, that would be amusing.

Gao Wanli’s eyes flickered. He said, “I just looked at the IP address of the netizen who left the immigration comment, and it’s actually from Country M. I suppose you also know that the situation between Country M and our Country X has always been tense. So, well, if residents from other countries immigrate here, we accept them and it’s no big deal, but with Country M, while we don’t mind, Charles would be triggered, wouldn’t he?”

The person who left the comment quickly replied, “Anchor, I sent a private message, please check it.”

Gao Wanli read that person’s private message, and his eyes became brighter and brighter.

Gao Wanli said, “Considering how sincere you are, I’ll help you ask.”

Gao Wanli had Ji An’s private message. He directly messaged Ji An, and Ji An also didn’t expect such a pleasant surprise, so he agreed.

Just thinking that every person who joined Country X would make Charles angry enough to spit blood once, Ji An was very willing to do it to annoy Charles.

Ji An relayed the matter to Gu Jinsheng. Gu Jinsheng also thought it was feasible and agreed to accept immigrants. Ji An temporarily took over Gao Wanli’s terminal account and came to the command center to discuss with Gu Jinsheng how to bring the people back.

Ji An showed Gu Jinsheng the information sent by the prospective immigrant, saying, “This person said that before The Apocalypse, he was a noble. Later, when The Apocalypse came, because fewer members of their family awakened abilities, their castle was occupied, and they, the true owners, were just driven out.”

“But he said that although he was driven out, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. Some of them awakened abilities before being driven out, so they hid a lot of treasures and supplies. He is willing to hand over half of these supplies as the immigration fee.”

Ji An projected the picture the aspiring immigrant sent him so that Gu Jinsheng, Zhou Qin, and other Base commanders could see it.

Wan Xueying said, “There are a lot of supplies in the picture. Even without immigrating, this much material is enough for this person to live very well in Country M. Why does he want to come to Country X?”

Zhou Qin was suspicious, “I’m also very curious about this. Could there be a problem?”

Gu Jinsheng said, “Ask him the reason.”

Ji An then initiated a video call request. The other party answered, and a face, melancholy and handsome, with the look of an ancient noble gentleman, appeared in the video.

The other party first greeted Ji An and the others, then introduced himself, “My name is Reilwei. I was once from an old noble family. Perhaps some of you have heard my family name before and even visited my castle.”

Hearing this family name, Ji An and Wan Xueying both had an impression.

Reilwei also smiled, “As expected, Your Excellency is willing to accept my immigration request. Your Base can take half of the supplies I showed you.”

Ji An said, “Yes, of course, if you are willing to pay such an expensive fee, we can gift you a valuable house for your entire family upon your arrival here.”

“Of course, as long as you immigrate to our Base, our Base will treat everyone equally. You will enjoy all the same benefits as our Base residents, and our Base will also guarantee your personal safety.”

Ji An suddenly changed the subject, “However, there is one thing you must do.”

Reilwei’s expression also became serious. He pondered for a few seconds and said, “If Your Excellency’s request is not excessive, our family will do our best.”

“This request of mine, for Your Excellency, is both simple and difficult,” Ji An said. “That is, immigration is not just about moving the body, but also the heart. Joining my Jing Shi Base means being a complete Country X person from now on, treating yourself as a true part of Country X, not being in Country X with your heart in Country M.”

Reilwei was stunned for a moment. He had thought of many things, expecting Ji An to ask for more supplies as immigration fees, or to hand over some secrets about Country M, but he completely did not expect Ji An to propose such a request.

Ji An continued, “If one day, Country M and Country X go to war, I hope you understand that you are a Country X person!”

Reilwei was silent for a long time before nodding and saying, “I understand Your Excellency’s meaning. Since I choose to immigrate, my interests are tied to the interests of Country X. I will not betray Country X.”

“If the day of war truly comes, I will definitely protect Country X, protect Jing Shi Base.”

“Okay.” Ji An readily agreed, and they arranged the time to pick up the people.

Actually, after the previous procurement incident, Charles had already flown into a rage once and strengthened security.

But it was useless. Country M was different from the thriving and prosperous Jing Shi Base. There weren’t that many factories in their Base to provide work for the residents, so most people still needed to go out to hunt Zombies to earn crystal cores, or hunt mutated beasts that hadn’t been infected by the Zombie virus for food.

The latter was the most important. Country M secretly bred Zombies. Although the public didn’t know, a portion of the Zombie Crystal Cores flowed into the market, disrupting the Zombie Crystal Core market and causing the devaluation of Zombie Crystal Cores.

So in Country M, the most valuable thing was mutated beast meat.

Mutated beasts themselves were mutated animals with high ability levels, making them difficult to hunt. Country M currently didn’t even have green plants, and this barren environment itself was not suitable for mutated beasts to survive. The combination of these two factors made the chance of hunting a mutated beast very small.

This meant that no matter how furious Charles was, he couldn’t stop Base residents from leaving the Base to hunt.

Nutrient solution caused a huge sensation in Country M Base. Country M became the third Base, after R Base and Jing Shi Base, to have large-scale protests across the entire Base.

Reilwei’s family pretended to be a small team going out to hunt mutated beasts. They left the Base and got into a Jing Shi Base hovercar a few hundred meters outside the Base to return to Jing Shi Base.