Chapter 560: The Great Change in the Mine, Jier's Slogan and Plan

Very quickly, nearly twenty young men and women were all knocked down by Jier one by one; later on, these people didn't even dare to approach Jier, and wherever Jier walked, they retreated.

When Jier looked over, they didn't dare to meet his gaze, subconsciously turning their heads away.

Among this group of villagers with the largest number of people, the few elders who had been able to sit steadily before finally could not sit still; they braced their bodies and took the initiative to block the front of the young people.

Jier found it difficult to take action against these elders, so he stopped his attack.

These few elders sized Jier up and, discovering he was not a young villager from their Changmai Village, guessed he was someone newly captured from Lanse-Qingting Village, so they shouted to the elders standing among the villagers behind Jier: "What are you people trying to do? What are you trying to do?"

"If you really want to stir up trouble, even the fragile balance and rules we have now will truly be gone! You had better think it through!"

The elders among the villagers behind Jier looked at each other, sighed, and responded: "If this so-called balance and rules only bring about long-term pain and suffering, and eventually death, then we don't want them."

This blunt refusal instead left the few elders standing on the losing side speechless; they had not expected to encounter such a straightforward rejection. So, they turned their heads and whispered to the young people behind them: "Quick, take everyone's rations and some Mineral Ore, leave everything else for now, we are retreating deeper into the Mine."

Jier naturally heard their self-assumed low-voiced instructions, but he said nothing, only walking forward slowly, and because they feared Jier's martial prowess, the villagers on the losing side also kept retreating backward.

Seeing that the situation was good, he felt he could not just remain silent; to unite and organize more people, there had to be a clear and simple slogan. Let people understand your thoughts, or at least the thoughts you speak aloud, let them understand you, and let them voluntarily choose whether to join you.

Therefore, after Jier gathered his thoughts, he shouted aloud: "Stop the chaos, unite as one, expel the outsiders, everyone eat their fill, organize training, preserve life!"

Jier's shout stunned all the surrounding villagers, but as Jier shouted again: "Stop the chaos, unite as one. Expel the outsiders, everyone eat their fill. Organize training, preserve life!"

This time, most people understood the content of Jier's shout.

Many people were pondering and hesitating.

It was not that no one could see the final possible outcome for everyone, it was just that no one took the lead, and many people did not dare to be that first bird, so they would rather sit and wait for the death that would eventually come than dare to raise their arms and lead the villagers to find a way to survive.

But at this moment, someone finally stood out again, and as they had imagined, raised their arms and shouted.

Although Jier did not look very old and was not a villager from Changmai Village, his ability to fight dozens of people alone just now was tough enough, and finally, no one dared to come out and refute his slogan.

Just like that, Jier led the thirty villagers behind him and walked slowly along the main passage of the Mine, while the villagers in front did not have time to carry more luggage, so they had to take the rations and a small amount of remaining Mineral Ore and retreat step by step into the depths of the Mine.

Seeing that there was still a lot of Mineral Ore left at the place where they had gathered before that had not been exchanged for food, Jier signaled the villagers behind him to organize themselves, take this Mineral Ore up immediately, and find the Soldier at the entrance of the Mine to exchange it for food.

"Go ahead without worry, leave this to me."

Jier waved his hand at the villagers behind him, signaling them to go do it immediately.

There was no other way; the villagers who had just eaten a full meal were like this, under the angry glares of the villagers in front, they loaded the Mineral Ore that those people had worked hard to collect into the Wooden Box they carried, and with the young men and women carrying them on their backs, they walked quickly toward the top of the Mine.

Their footsteps were so urgent, fearing that in the short time they were away, Jier would not be able to hold the scene, leading to their own relatives being beaten by the angry other villagers.

But how could Jier not be able to hold the scene?

Just as their own villagers carried the Mineral Ore up, among the group of villagers below, those young people who mined were also called back. As soon as these people returned and saw the situation, they rushed up with their Mining Pick without saying a word.

They were both male and female, and their physiques were considered strong, but because they had eaten little and worked much recently, they were all thin and lean.

"Dare to snatch our things! Die!!!"

The young man leading them was in his twenties, tall and strong, looking like he could fight several ordinary villagers at once; he held a Mining Pick in both hands, and after rushing up with big strides, he began to swing the Mining Pick at Jier.

But after all, it was a farm-style move without specialized martial arts training; Jier retreated half a step, dodging the Mining Pick swung by the opponent, and then, taking advantage of the opening in front after the opponent's swing, he opened his left hand directly and slammed his palm into the opponent's forehead.

Bang!

This person was directly knocked down by Jier's palm, and with a dizzy head, he rolled down the sloping mine tunnel, tumbling all the way down into the crowd below.

This crisp and neat exchange immediately frightened the villagers who still wanted to fight, because the young man who had just rushed up was already the strongest and bravest young man in Changmai Village; when he used to cause trouble in the village, he could knock down four or five young people of the same age by himself.

Yet at this moment, he hadn't even lasted one move under the hands of this even younger outsider who looked to be only seventeen or eighteen.

"What do we do now?"

"Retreat, retreat, that person is strong, so what? I don't believe he can fight dozens of people at once! Let's retreat to the bottom, call the other two groups of villagers who are huddled together, assemble all the young people; I don't believe that nearly a hundred people can't beat one person!"

There were still stubborn old men who didn't believe it and shouted viciously, but more people around them whispered Jier's slogan: "Stop the chaos, unite as one, expel the outsiders, everyone eat their fill, organize training, preserve life..."

The more they recited it, the more many people didn't want to fight Jier, feeling that following Jier to unite the villagers might be a good way out of no other options.

Because every villager was more or less worried about their future; they might not be able to guess like the elders in their families that the Soldier would eventually kill them all, but they were not stupid either, and most of them had slightly sensed their outcome from the attitude of the Soldier.

But the villagers were driven into the Mine to fight on their own, snatching tools, Mineral Ore, and territory from each other, which had already scattered the Human Mind.

Before this, wanting to unite the villagers seemed like a pipe dream to many people.

But it was different now; the young man from another village who suddenly appeared, although his methods were intense, actually let many people see a possibility.

Just as Jier was walking forward slowly and the people below were retreating slowly, suddenly a young man in the crowd below stood out and shouted loudly: "I join you! I join you! What should I do?"

The people around looked at this young man who surrendered to the opposite side as if he were a Monster, but Jier didn't care: "Take your family, stand behind me, and join us. You'll have a full meal in a while!"

The young man who received the response, facing the various gazes and low mockery of the people around him, bit the bullet and grabbed his wife and children, pushing them toward Jier's side, then grabbed his elderly father and mother, and amidst their struggle, forcibly pushed them, taking his wife and daughter toward Jier's side.

"A few people come over, take the food and go up with them, let them have a full meal! After eating, they are considered to have joined us."

Jier said loudly, not only to this young man but also to the others below.

No one stopped this family when they came out just now; obviously, these people also wanted to see how Jier would handle this kind of thing.

After a while, two or three more families stood out one after another; each family had at most five or six people, and at least only two or three left. They probably figured that the situation on the other side was not good either, so at this moment, they gritted their teeth, withstood the pressure, took the risk, and joined Jier's side.

By the time they reached the middle of the Mine, two more groups of villagers had merged into the crowd below; the more than one hundred people on the opposite side were already almost half of the Changmai Village villagers currently in the Mine.

And there were fifty or sixty people behind Jier, which was not a small number either.

"Stop the chaos! Unite as one! Expel the outsiders! Everyone eat their fill! Organize training! Preserve life!"

The villagers behind Jier had eaten their fill and were now reciting the slogan Jier had given them; although there were few of them, the special conditions of the Mine still allowed the slogan they shouted to spread throughout the Mine.

Many people in the groups of villagers below were tempted and wanted to join Jier's team above directly, but it was too crowded on their side, and the front row was full of young and strong men holding Mining Pick, so they didn't dare to join Jier's side directly in front of these people.

"Do it! What are you waiting for?"

Jier shouted at the dozens of young men and women below.

"Waiting and waiting, what are you waiting for? Waiting for someone to come and rescue you? Or waiting for those Soldiers outside to rush in and crush me? Ha, I have already blocked the entrance, there is only one entrance and exit here, you won't be able to wait for those Soldiers."

"Or are you honestly waiting for a result, a result where everyone is killed and buried in this Mine?"

"Wake up! Blindly compromising and yielding, catering to those who abuse violence, can only bring more violence from the other side."

But someone retorted: "But aren't you also using violence?"

Jier smiled; he was not afraid of the other side speaking, he was only afraid of them keeping their mouths shut and refusing to communicate: "I will use violence, but I will not abuse it. This is how I am different from others. Join me, let us work together, unite all the villagers, and gather everyone's strength. We can definitely do something; after all, doing something is better than doing nothing, right?"

Among the crowd below, someone shouted: "Speak up, young outsider. If we join you, what will you do? Be detailed. Don't just make things up to fool us. Although we are farmers who till the land, we aren't stupid!"

"Alright! Listen closely!"

Jier was happy to do just that.

Often, the power of words far exceeds that of swords, because swords can hardly make people willingly do something, but words that persuade people can.

"First! I must unite everyone. You were originally close villagers of one Village, only forced to split into several groups and fight over meager chances of survival because those hateful Soldiers locked you in this Mine. Am I right? If this Mine were large enough, the Mineral Ore output high enough, and those wicked Soldiers willing to give you more food, then everyone wouldn't have to live so miserably in this Mine."

At this moment, some Villagers suddenly realized and understood who had caused all this suffering.

"So, who caused everyone's current suffering? It isn't you or me; everyone is just miserable commoners being oppressed. Your true enemies are those Soldiers! Those wicked Soldiers from who knows where, who aren't even as good as ants! It is all because of them that your Village was breached, your relatives and friends were killed, and you were captured and enslaved!"

Some people recalled the day Changmai Village was breached by the Soldiers, and many, thinking of this, began to cry bitterly.

"It is because of them that you are locked in this Jiedian in the Forest, locked in this underground Mine where you cannot see the sun. You labor hard, yet the Mineral Ore you bring out can only be exchanged with them for a tiny bit of food, barely enough to survive! If not for them, those Soldiers, you would likely be strolling leisurely in the Village right now, carefully tending to your own fields, eating the endless supply of food from home, and finding all sorts of ways to make that food taste even better."

"Therefore, I want to unite everyone, and the ultimate goal is to oppose those Soldiers who caused all of this!"

As Jier said this, some people became emotionally agitated, while others felt a bit of fear.

"But first, I must ensure that everyone can survive! I only just arrived here today, and I discovered that there are children in the Mine who have starved to death! This is not allowed. If there were enough food, how could such a thing as starving to death happen? I know you all come from Changmai Village, which is a self-governing, grain-producing Village. I imagine many of you have likely never experienced the torture of hunger like this in your entire lives, right?"

Many people nodded, feeling extremely aggrieved. Many had never suffered such hardships from the time they were born in Changmai Village until now, especially that kind of slow starvation, which was something some had never felt before.

That sense of hunger could even drive some people mad.

"To organize everyone, the first point is to distribute food equally, agreeing on how much food is appropriate for the elderly who cannot work to eat each meal. Providing enough food to the hungry children to ensure they stay healthy! Letting the young, able-bodied people who dig for ore have sufficient food to work. This is the first step!"

But immediately, someone below retorted: "Bullshit! Everyone's food is simply not enough to be distributed like that! If there isn't enough food to go around, what you're saying is completely impossible!"

Jier snorted and glared fiercely at the man: "Don't say it's impossible. If you don't try to do it, who knows if it can be done? Instead of being like some people who only know how to fantasize and decide things based on fantasies. Besides, this is only the first step. Not to mention anything else, the food everyone has on hand now and the Mineral Ore that can be exchanged for food should be enough to support everyone in having a few full meals in the short term, right? You aren't going to refute this too, are you?"

The man said nothing more.

The others listened intently to Jier's words. Some of the young men who had previously wanted to fight Jier had long since tucked the Mining Picks they were tightly gripping into their waistbands, their eyes burning as they stared at Jier, who was in everyone's line of sight.

Jier calmly accepted the gaze of nearly two hundred people and loudly began to speak of his subsequent plans.

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