Chapter 2715

Because every time Zhao Chi uses a skill on her, she gets an additional 100% bonus.

Loyalty and obedience are the same—though invisible, they truly exist.

Precisely for this reason, lords of the great worlds rarely absorb large numbers of great-world residents, unless they are family.

Same here.

The lords don't want them, and they don't want to go to the lords' territories either.

An employment relationship is naturally fine—after all, the nature is different.

Moreover, when an employment relationship is activated, the employed person can leave the territory at any time; their freedom of status is guaranteed by the system.

But direct subordination is a different story.

That would be equivalent to giving up the system's safety guarantee—the power of life and death would basically belong to the lord.

So this is a course of action neither side is willing to take.

Yet the werewolves did exactly that.

Zhao Chi couldn't figure it out either—what benefit was there for the werewolves?

Forcibly migrating great-world residents into the territory is no different from taking them prisoner; they would resist, and like normal prisoners and slaves, they would constantly cause trouble.

On top of that, their obedience couldn't even be seen, making management even harder and the cost even higher.

Besides that.

Many people of the great worlds possess considerable combat ability.

After all, they aren't lords, so they can only temper themselves.

Whether martial arts or spiritual techniques, they may have achieved a certain level, and some are even stronger than lords of the same age.

If the werewolves take them prisoner and try to enslave them, the cost would be extremely high.

With such a cost invested, they might as well buy some real Territory World residents—at least they can see the data directly, and they might genuinely submit.

Unless...

The werewolves don't actually want them.

They just forcibly migrate them into the territory, and then... kill them.

Kill them all.

No way...

So many people in the great worlds...

Zhao Chi immediately asked Shopkeeper Wanyan.

Shopkeeper Wanyan shook her head: "I'm not clear on that... after all, they're all in werewolf territory, so we can't possibly know what's actually going on. But great-world residents who refused to migrate were indeed killed—I saw it with my own eyes."

Zhao Chi's brows knitted tightly.

Those people had nothing to do with Zhao Chi.

In fact, the people of this whole world had nothing to do with Zhao Chi.

But he still felt indignant.

Shopkeeper Wanyan continued: "Although I don't know why the werewolves are doing this, I've heard the werewolves' current situation doesn't seem too good. To shrink their battle lines and concentrate forces, that's why they're doing this."

Zhao Chi nodded.

He didn't know how much Shopkeeper Wanyan understood about the current war situation.

But what she said did match the werewolves' current predicament, and it aligned with the werewolves' current interests.

The werewolves from Moon-Gazing City coming here were simply trying to seize the entire Snowfield City, for more formation arrays, to accommodate more werewolf lords.

This way, the entire werewolf race would grow ever stronger.

But the werewolves' appetite really does seem too big.

Multiple cities have been invaded by them.

Undeniably, the werewolves are indeed strong, but they're not as strong as they imagine themselves to be, are they?

I don't know how their high command arranged their strategy, but right now they really are running out of steam.

Under these circumstances, it's perfectly reasonable for them to shrink their lines.

When shrinking their lines, to avoid leaving local residents for the enemy, the werewolves had to go all the way...

If they can't have them, they won't let anyone else have them.

Very much in line with the werewolves' way of doing things.

Cruel enough...

"But... wasn't there any resistance?" Zhao Chi asked, puzzled.

"How could there not be? Resistance is everywhere—that's why I said so many places are in chaos."

"Ah? Really?" Zhao Chi felt a little uplifted.

Because of his own experiences, hearing about the werewolves' deeds, Zhao Chi truly felt a sense of shared suffering.

After all, this kind of thing had once happened to his ancestors.

He never expected that coming to this world, he would once again experience it firsthand?

Although the residents here had nothing to do with Zhao Chi.

Yet they were all black-haired, black-eyed, yellow-skinned Gold Race people.

Zhao Chi felt a strong sense of belonging and familiarity here.

So upon hearing those things just now, Zhao Chi truly felt a bit of an urge to help them.

What a pity.

Zhao Chi had the will but not the strength.

At least for now, the will was there but not the strength.

However, hearing that quite a few of them were actually resisting, Zhao Chi felt greatly encouraged.

At any time, one must rely on oneself.

If one does not strive, no one will strive for you.

Dying in resistance is better than being killed.

The result is the same; why not drag one more person down with you?

Even if you just land one more hit on the werewolf, it counts as one more gain.

"Are you alright?"

Shopkeeper Wanyan, seeing Zhao Chi reveal a trace of a cruel smile, could not help but ask.

Zhao Chi shook his head: "I am fine. What is the situation in those places? Tell me in detail."

Shopkeeper Wanyan also shook her head and said: "I am not very clear on the finer details; after all, I am just a merchant. When encountering such matters, I would definitely stay far away. However, quite a few people in those places are resisting, and a large number are fleeing. I heard that both the Heavenly King Army and the Taiping Army have accepted quite a few."

Zhao Chi said in surprise: "The Taiping Army? They have come to this side as well?"

Shopkeeper Wanyan nodded and said: "I heard some of this from a colleague in Tianfeng City. It seems the Taiping Army can barely hold on over in Tianfeng City, so quite a few have migrated to this side, but I do not know anything else."

Zhao Chi said: "In that case, it seems armies like the Blade Army and the Iron Blood Army should also have absorbed quite a few refugees?"

Shopkeeper Wanyan said: "Probably very few right now. Currently, they are mainly concentrated in the southeast; the north is still relatively quiet. So this time we took a huge detour, and in the end, we purchased the supplies for you in the north."

Zhao Chi nodded: "Understood... Thank you for your hard work."

Shopkeeper Wanyan smiled and said: "Oh, that is not the case. I did not want to complain about the difficulty; I am just sharing my observations with you because you asked. After all, you... Your order is so large that even if the difficulty doubled, we would still feel it was worth it. If it were too easy, I would feel it did not reflect my value."

Zhao Chi smiled and said: "Is that so? Then exactly how much in supplies did we purchase this time?"

Shopkeeper Wanyan immediately opened the system.

She sent over a list.

"This is the list of supplies purchased this time. The prices are a bit higher than normal because you agreed to let me purchase at a high price, so quite a few items were acquired at slightly higher prices."

Zhao Chi nodded while reading: "Mm, no problem, thank you... Oh ho~ We really bought quite a lot this time."

Zhao Chi raised an eyebrow, very delighted.

【Procurement List】

【Item Category】:

"Swift Work Talisman": 580,000

"Swift Growth Talisman": 97,000

"Refugee Talisman": 271 pieces

"Attribute Jade": 2 pieces

"Efficiency Guidebook": 87 pieces

"Quality Guidebook": 71 pieces