Chapter 1821 The Consequences of Choice

"Players, please note that the gold coin exchange for food system will be opened immediately. Because food cannot meet the supply, the system will provide players with other ways to obtain food. There is a gold coin exchange machine at the coordinates 286-756 in the south of Novice Village. You can get a lot of food by investing a gold coin, but the amount of food is still limited! So players, hurry up and redeem it. Do you have any gold coins on you?

The system prompts that the food exchange machine is officially activated, people die for wealth and enter the upgrade state, and birds die for food! "

After the system tone fell, the survivors in the Novice Village had mixed reactions.

Those who don't have gold coins are either annoyed or jealous.

Those who had gold coins but exchanged them for food regretted it.

Those who still hold gold coins are naturally complacent.

On Fang Zhan's side, a group of his men were in chaos. They originally had gold coins in their hands, but Fang Zhan collected them all and gave them to Zhen E.

Fortunately, these people followed Fang Zhan before entering the game. They trusted the leader and Fang Zhan had enough prestige, so they just scolded Zhen E and thought she was a big liar.

Fang Zhan didn't understand. From the bottom of his heart, he felt that Zhen'e wouldn't be so bad as to lie to him, but the fact made him unable to say anything.

"Boss, let's go to the gold coin exchange machine. I think they must have gone there. As long as we occupy the gold coin exchange machine, we can catch them and get our gold coins back."

A subordinate gave Fang Zhan an idea. Fang Zhan thought it was feasible, so he hurriedly led people to run towards the gold coin exchange machine.

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The three sisters Zhen'e's faces were already pale, and the gold coin exchange machine suddenly opened, leaving them unprepared.

Qin An had already stepped on it, and in the surprised eyes of the three sisters, he drove a small truck.

"What do you want to do?" Zhen E asked subconsciously.

"What else can we do? We have a lot of gold coins now. I want to exchange them all for food. Remember, the most important thing in the apocalypse is always food. Money will eventually come with food. If you are willing to give up, If we want to get gold coins, we have to give them up first. Businessmen understand the principle of giving up best. Even if they only have a hundred dollars, they dare to use it all to do business."

"Qin An, although you have no strategy, you have used this time to travel around the entire Novice Village, so you have already made all your plans, right? Why are you so smart?" Zhen Hao finally couldn't help but speak, because Qin An The performance is really perfect.

Are you smart? Qin An doesn't think so, he just has a lot of experience. People see more things and have a broader vision. Then some methods of doing things are naturally better than others, so experience is actually wisdom.

Experience is not about the length of life. Yaozi has lived a long life, but she has never experienced anything except war, so she is still very green in some aspects.

Qin An smiled modestly at Zhen Hao and stopped talking. He quickly put all the food that had been exchanged into the car. It was a bit surprising. One gold coin could be exchanged for a lot of things, and the truck was full.

"Dear players, this redemption machine has been replaced by you. The system will notify you when it opens next time. Go and enjoy your delicious food, right?"

When Qin An had one gold coin left, the system gave this prompt.

Qin An exhaled a long breath. The situation was not bad, and all the food was replaced.

"Let's go and take you to a good place. I've done a lot in the past three days."

Qin An smiled and got into the car with the three little girls. The three sisters felt that the man in front of them was becoming more and more mysterious, and they could not see through him at all.

"Do you know the game rules of some maps? You can't kill easily. If you kill someone, your name will change to yellow. If you kill two people, your name will become red. If you change your name to red, then the equipment on your body when you die will be... All the items in the package will be dropped. If you continue to kill the third person, you will be transported into the system prison and be trapped for ten days without being able to get out."

"You want to say that this map is like this?" Zhen Hao asked aloud.

"Yes, so I want to enter the Red Name Prison. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. We can hide there for a while."

"You have replaced all the food in the machine and are looking for a place to hide. I just saw you write a note and stick it on the machine when you left. The note said, 'There is food in the Red Name Prison.' These words?”

"Haha, you are the reincarnation of Weng Die, right? You guessed it right, these words are exactly the same. I just want to control the food, and then let people come to me to exchange gold coins for food. In the system A gold coin in the machine can be exchanged for a box of compressed biscuits, so there are 100 compressed biscuits in each box. If I stipulate that 1 gold coin can only be exchanged for 1 compressed biscuit, can you tell me whether it will be simple for us to collect gold coins in the future. ? Classic remarks in Marx's "Das Kapital"... Capital comes to the world, from head to toe, and every pore is dripping with blood and filth.

Capital is afraid of no profit or too little profit, just like nature is afraid of a vacuum. Once there is an appropriate profit, capital becomes bold. If there is 10% profit, it is guaranteed to be used everywhere; if there is 20% profit, it will be active. rise; with 50% profit, it takes desperate risks; for 100% profit, it tramples on all human laws; with 300% profit, it dares to commit any crime and even risk hanging. If turmoil and disputes can bring about To make profits, it will encourage unrest and disputes. Smuggling and slave trading are proof... I admire this sentence very much. Then 3 times the profits can cause war. Now that 100 times the profits have appeared, do you think I should arrest them? Take this opportunity? "

The three sisters all stopped talking, sitting next to Qin An and looking at him blankly.

From being trapped in this space to now, Qin An has shown a side that makes them feel scary.

Maybe he was attracted on purpose in the first place?

Is the reason for snatching other people's buns also a kind of temptation?

Qin An must have had doubts about Qi's family for a long time.

He should have never wanted to abandon his three sisters.

He just temporarily kept them with Fang Zhan, and then went to investigate and collect information himself.

So he has actually already thought about how to do everything. After all, Qin An's essence is still a hero who can strategize decisive victories and be in danger!

"In that case, have you prepared three living people for us to kill?"

"No, you misunderstood me. We just go to the prison, but not to the cells. We can control the building on the first floor of the prison. There is only a very strong iron door, and inside is a long corridor. On both sides of the corridor are In the prison, there is a nice big room at the entrance of the corridor, which has a kitchen, a bathroom, and a bed. Then we will put the food in it, and then people will hide in it to rest. Then there are two ways to get food. One is the small window on the only door, through which transactions can be made. But the window is too small, and once controlled, the people behind it cannot come up. The effect is the same as that of the gold coin exchange. We There is no way to control it at all. Therefore, I need to prepare a second path for other people with gold coins, which are the 20 red-named cells. As long as people outside kill three people, they can enter randomly, and then they can see me in exchange for food. Yes, the premise is that you must have gold coins!”

The three sisters were speechless again. Their bodies had begun to tremble. They were worried again. Will Qin An embark on a path of no return? It's just that I can't say this kind of thing no matter what. I just reconciled with Qin An.

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The Hongming Prison is actually very small. There is only one prison building within a circle of walls. It is a bungalow with only one entrance. After Qin An and the three sisters Zhen arrived, they made some preparations and then locked themselves in the prison. .

The so-called room at the entrance of the prison corridor is actually not big, a simple one-bedroom, and most importantly, there is only one bed.

In fact, the three Zhen'e sisters didn't care about the bed issue at this time. They were all thinking about Qin An's plan in their hearts. Even when eating, they couldn't devote themselves wholeheartedly.

After dinner, Qin An lay down on the bed to rest. After a long time, Zhen E finally couldn't help it and walked to Qin An to wake up Qin An who was already lying in bed and was drowsy.

"Ah... you haven't slept well these past few days, why are you calling me? Can you let me sleep for a while? Once those people come, they won't be able to sleep."

"Qin An, I don't want to disturb your rest, but I always feel that there is something wrong with your plan, so I want to talk to you." Zhen E's tone was very gentle, trying not to offend Qin An.

"There's nothing to talk about. If you can't think about it, just ask Zhen'e. I really need a good rest." After saying that, Qin An turned his back to Zhen E and continued to sleep.

Zhen E was helpless, so she reluctantly went to ask her sister who was sitting in a daze.

After a long while, Zhen Hao sighed and said, "Sister, you must think that what he did is very extreme, like another him?"

"Yes, we all want to trust this Qin An, but what is the difference between what he did and that Qin An? If a person wants to get food, he must have gold coins, and he must kill three people and go to prison. Is this too cruel? People who are killed in this dimension cannot be resurrected. Zhen Hao, you are the smartest. Tell me what Qin An thinks? "

"Sister, I am also thinking about it, but I can't think clearly. I just feel that there is no way now. Without doing this, we can't collect so many gold coins at all. The gold coins are randomly refreshed in large batches at the beginning, and then they fall. into the hands of various players. There are still many survivor players in the novice village. It would be too troublesome for us to find them one by one. Now no one is willing to hand over the gold coins, so the only way to obtain gold coins is to kill each other. Let the gold coins fall, and think on the bright side, maybe Qin An just doesn't want to kill anyone..."

At this time, Qin An was not asleep at all. After overhearing what Zhen Hao said, he turned over and sat up.

"This food is a lot for us, but it is a drop in the bucket for all the survivor players in the Novice Village. The theme of this game is doomsday. This is a space where people die for wealth and birds die for food. Since death is inevitable If you can avoid it, then it is much happier to die fighting for food than to die as food. Nowadays, many people have been hungry for several days. We are here to control the food and let them feel something to look forward to. Choose so that they will not go further and eventually become human monsters. Weng Lan, don’t judge others with your own thinking. Whether you believe it or not, if food is still not available in large quantities, then one day people will Everyone has become crazy. Do you want to give it a try? Let’s change the food distribution place, keep enough for ourselves, and distribute the rest outside?"

"You mean...?" Zhen E actually still didn't understand what Qin An wanted to express.

In fact, Qin An himself couldn't explain clearly, he just had a feeling. Seeing Zhen E's goose-like appearance, Qin An gritted his teeth and decided to teach Zhen E a good lesson.

"Zhen'e, you think what I'm doing is too cruel, why don't you tell me what to do?"

"I... I just think that although there is little food, it would be better if we could trade with them without letting everyone kill each other. For example... there is a tower of almost twelve meters high at the prison gate, with only one hanging The escalator on the wall can go up and down. We may be able to move the food there. That will be easy. We will let people with gold coins come up and then give her a little food in exchange. At least these people will not enter the red list for robbing. They fought each other for a chance in the cell."

"Well, what you said makes sense. Well, I won't sleep either. Let's move now. I think they will be here soon, so we have to hurry up."

Qin An simply moved at his word.

"Ah... Qin An, what I mean is that we should study it together."

"There is nothing to study. I will give you two options now. First, hide here and let those people kill people and become famous before entering the cell. Second, go out to the tower and let people receive food without restrictions. You choose."

"this……"

Zhen E was a little depressed. She felt that she should choose the latter method, which was more humane. Why should we force others to kill each other?

But since Qin An gave two choices, it naturally makes sense. What exactly are they? Looking at Qin An, Qin An didn't seem to want to explain, and then looked at Zhen Hao, who was frowning and thinking.

Ah, I’m confused, what should I do?

"Qin An, can you make it clearer?"

"Zhen'e, I can't explain clearly. If it were me, I would choose the former, but I don't know what the final outcome will be. So I leave the power of choice to you."

"I...I...I choose the last one!"

Zhen E finally made her choice after saying three words "I". She felt that she was right. Just choose a way to trade the food directly. Why force them to kill?

"Okay, that's it, let's go and act now."

Qin An didn't hesitate anymore this time and quickly carried the food out of the city. Zhen Hao and Zhen Yan also went to help, and Zhen E had no choice but to follow.

When they transported all the food to the tower, people gathered one after another below. There was a ready-made loudspeaker on the tower, and Qin An shouted into the loudspeaker.

"Everyone, the note on the gold coin exchange machine was left by me. I have exchanged all the food in it. Now I want to make a deal with you. If you want to get food, just climb up the ladder. The prerequisite is that you must have a A gold coin. As long as you have gold coins, you can exchange them for food. If you don’t have gold coins, you can’t exchange them for food.”

When people gathered in the prison, they didn't see the people on the tower. They only focused their attention after hearing Qin An's shouting, and then they became angry.

"That's too bad. He wants to sell us food at a high price. When the gold coin exchange machine appears again, he will be the only one with gold coins!"

"We can't let him succeed, and no one should give him gold coins!"

"There must be a lot of food on the tower, everyone rush up and grab it!"

The people below were usually roaring like crazy. The three sisters Zhen'e looked at the dense crowd of people rushing towards them and felt goosebumps rising on their bodies.

"The first disadvantage is that this tower is obviously not as good as the defense measures in the prison. We can't sleep well at night."

"Qin An, let's explain it to them."

"If you were Weng Lan, you would definitely not be a stupid woman. Do you think it is useful to explain to them at this time?"

Zhen E's face turned pale with shame. Yes, who would listen to their explanation at this time?

The crowd had already gathered. Qin An raised his hand to summon a sea of ​​fire and thunder array to surround the tower. The people at the front immediately shouted in pain. A group of novice players with little health were instantly killed by Qin An.

"The second drawback is that I have to go on a killing spree to protect myself."

Zhen E already regretted it at this time. Maybe she should choose to listen to Qin An?

"The third drawback..."

Oh my God, how old is this? It’s already the third drawback? Zhen E suspected that Qin An must have planned it in advance, just to slap her in the face.

"Because I killed people, and because of the gold coins they dropped, the chaos would escalate in advance. People are selfish, and no one can be themselves in the face of selfishness."

As soon as Qin An finished speaking, the people below were really confused.

Several people killed by Qin An dropped gold coins. People who didn't have gold coins nearby immediately went to grab them. Those who had gold coins wanted more. Even some selfless people who didn't want to grab gold coins were still involved in the nearby crowd. , the trouble is that the people behind don’t know that the people in front are grabbing gold coins, and they are still pushing and rushing forward, rushing over and pushing the people in front, which gives the people behind a step to step on, and they can move faster Climbing forward, the number of people piled under the tower instantly increased, forcing Qin An to activate his ability again and kill everyone.

Zhen E's body was shaking even more violently. Is this all caused by herself? She chose this path and forced Qin An to become the executioner.

She knew that Qin An was not wrong, and she had to fight back in this situation, but if she had been hiding in prison, Qin An could have avoided killing!

"Don't have any psychological burden. In the real apocalypse, death is actually a very happy thing. I just let them live in another form and lose their life form. Maybe they can live forever."

Qin An spoke calmly, of course to comfort Zhen E.

Zhen E finally had tears in her eyes. Is the man in front of her a cold-blooded animal? He can talk so calmly while killing people... No, he is not cold-blooded, because he is comforting himself, telling her that everything is not her fault. He is very careful and warm, just like in the previous life, so many years ago The Qin An I met!