Chapter 4378

Subsequently, Hal also attracted dozens of people. His side was obviously more convincing, after all, the car was full of supplies. If he really wanted to cheat them away, there was no need to spend this money. So, besides some old, weak, sick, and disabled, some with decent physical quality also followed.

After coming, they found that there were really supplies, and seeing J'onn and others seemed to be trying to install heaters, one by one they also opened their chatterboxes and started pointing the way for them.

This group of people had been wandering for a long time, and they knew very well where the homeless were living the worst, or which places were easier to take away. Soon, more clues were provided. Barry and Hal also fished out some people from several relatively remote shelters.

At this time, some discordant pictures appeared, such as someone grabbing things, clearly not finishing eating but still taking them. However, Diana and J'onn are also old rivers and lakes. They can understand why these homeless people do this, because they feel that this distribution is one-time, and it will be gone after this wave, so of course, they have to take more.

The solution is also very simple, that is, truck by truck of supplies, specifically setting aside a place as a warehouse, and putting a large amount of food in front of them. They can take as much as they want, anyway, people can't leave, and these fast food won't go bad, just take them back and eat them slowly.

The funds that Victor can provide are almost unlimited. To put it bluntly, how much money can this kind of fast food cost? Getting a few tens of thousands of dollars can buy several trucks. Their speed of spending money can't keep up with Victor's speed of taking out money, no need to worry about costs at all.

As for the place to live, there is no single room for the time being, everyone is squeezed together. But this group of people is also used to it, one sleeping bag per person, falling asleep as soon as they lie down at night, eating when they wake up, and sleeping after eating. Besides two pregnant women who need special care, there is nothing else to do.

"This job is much simpler than I imagined," Diana said, "I thought it would be very difficult. I thought they would grab things like crazy, or fight for a place to live, or blame us for not doing enough..."

"They don't have the strength to do that," J'onn said, "People are almost starving to death, and the instinct in their genes will also make them use all their energy to accumulate energy. At least for the first few days, it won't be so exciting."

Just as J'onn said, these people who were transported over didn't have anyone going crazy. They didn't have the strength to go crazy either, finally found a big family with unlimited heat supply, still not burying their heads and eating? The most common picture in the relief station is sitting on a sleeping bag, silently stuffing food into their mouths.

The follow-up recruitment plan was also quite smooth, and the homeless gathering places in the whole city were harvested once. Those waiting to die were pulled here, and then entered the infinite cycle of "eat after sleep, sleep after eat."

Actually, there were only a few hundred people in the relief station at this time, and there were not so many people hovering between life and death. They went late several times, and only corpses were left in some tents.

But it is more difficult to recruit people. Those who are not in such bad condition dare not change, fearing that there will be nothing to eat after going over, and also fearing being cheated. And the most left are those who take drugs, and they can't be recruited.

Barry and their actions over the past few days have sparked heated discussions in the homeless circle. Since they didn't hide it, most people know that they are a group of super-powered individuals, doing good deeds and wanting to save people. Many people also feel that they can save people, and feel that those who can follow them are very lucky.

But because they clearly said that the new relief station does not provide drugs, and there are no drug dealers around, and the managers are a group of super-powered individuals with absolute force, it is impossible to allow you to mess around with drugs. So those who take drugs will definitely not go, not having drugs is more terrible than starving to death.

But unfortunately, these people are actually the majority, most of whom are victims of chemical drugs, and "flying leaves" are considered relatively self-disciplined. And the drug problem gradually manifested within the relief station.

At first, this group of people was quiet, not because they were not addicted to drugs, purely because they were almost starving to death, and their brains didn't have the energy to supply the drug addiction, so they just wanted to eat, so they looked like nothing happened.

But after eating and drinking for a few days in the shelter, after the energy followed, the signs of drug addiction came out again. Diana's Lasso of Truth was swung out of sparks, and still couldn't stop this group of people from going crazy.

People have no reason when they are addicted to drugs, either rolling on the ground or attacking others. Those who can shrink into the corner and shiver alone belong to the civilized standard-bearers. When there are many people, Diana and J'onn can't hold them down.

What's even more terrible is that after these people sobered up, they begged the two of them to send them back to the original community, because they could get drugs there. Diana was firmly opposed to sending them back at first, but later she couldn't stand it either, because this group of people made trouble 24 hours a day without rest. No way, could only find a car and send them back.

At this time, the number of people in the shelter had dropped sharply to about two hundred. This is not the number of people who don't take drugs at all, some people only fly leaves, which is slightly better than those who take chemical drugs, and when they get sick, they just hiss and ha, not having such strong aggressiveness.

Then they were shocked to find that according to their standards, the entire Metropolis no longer had people who could be accommodated. The rest are either strong and unwilling to come, or have drug addiction, and have to be sent back after coming. Among these tens of thousands of homeless people, those who really fell into this situation because of physical weakness, or no food, or being frozen, are just these two hundred.

They were busy for a long time, and everything went smoothly, and there was no one to interfere, let alone saving all the homeless, they didn't even save a fraction.

So they began to take some slightly mandatory measures, that is, to bring over those who were unwilling to come, mainly relying on Barry and Hal to bring people over with superpowers. Most of this kind of people were a bit dissatisfied at first, but seeing the mountain of supplies and heaters, they recognized it.

Even many who had just become homeless, seeing that there was a fixed place to live, and free food distributed, and survival for a period of time was not a problem, took the initiative to find a job. Although they could only do odd jobs, they actually lived slightly better than their lives before they became homeless.

They never expected that the first ones to find them were the gangs where these people were.

Barry was peeking around the street corner again. He had already looked at two targets, these two people hadn't been here long, neither took drugs, nor was their physical condition bad, and they looked like intellectuals, they were good candidates to enter the shelter.

He just wanted to rush over, when he heard the sound of "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" behind him. Victor's voice sounded in the earphone: "Be careful! Barry, someone is shooting at you!"

A blue light flashed, Barry ran away with a "whoosh." He ran to the other end of the street, then looked back, finding a few people in jackets crouching behind the car shooting at him.

"What are you doing!" Barry shouted. He was not afraid of these people, because he knew that bullets were not as fast as him, so instead of running away, he went back to question the other party.

The other party didn't be polite to him either, pointed a gun at him, and said: "Kid, this is my territory. Get out!"

"What kind of person are you? What do you mean by this is your territory?"

"It means I am the head here, the people here are covered by me." The other party had a street accent, which made Barry confused. Fortunately, Victor understood a little, he explained to Barry in the earphone: "This should be the street people in this area, that is, gangs."

Barry realized. But he asked with some confusion: "Why are they looking for me? I didn't fight gangs."

"Listen, kid. I don't care what kind of super-powered individual you are, it's best not to manage our business. Those people will come here because they should come, understand?"

"Don't understand at all." Barry answered truthfully.

That gang member didn't seem to have seen such a person, and could only say somewhat helplessly: "You tied everyone away, who do I sell drugs to? I tell you, this matter is not as simple as you think. If the harvest is not good, it won't be us who come to find trouble with you."

Barry actually still didn't understand, but he at least understood that these street gangs were looking for him because these healthy homeless people were potential customers for drug dealers. They moved people to the shelter, which was equivalent to snatching away customers, so the gangs were unhappy.

You know, the biggest source of income for these street gangs is drugs, and their main customers for drugs are people in low-income communities and the homeless. Although the homeless don't buy much, they are considered stable, especially those who are relatively healthy, even if it is chemical drugs, they can take them for a few years before dying, and the profit is still very large. The Justice League moved these people away, which is equivalent to their money flying away, so they are naturally unhappy.

However, Barry didn't care at all. Not to mention that these people only had a few small broken pistols, even the regular army couldn't stop him, he didn't ignore these few people at all, ran over with a "whoosh," and took away the two targets he looked at.

After he left, those gang members had gloomy faces. The leader spat, then said: "Wait, someone will give them a good look."

Such actions lasted for about three or four days, and the number of people in the shelter finally exceeded one thousand. And because this is a whole abandoned factory area, there is no shortage of places to live.

Now the factory area is basically divided into two factions: the old, weak, sick, and disabled faction and the young and strong faction who can still go out to find work. And there are many people in the young and strong faction who have skills, Victor helped them forge addresses, allowing them to return to their original industries, and the salary they got was much higher than odd jobs. If it's fast, they get their first salary in a week, and they can turn around, and they can get rid of this place.

And those who do odd jobs, stay for a few months, basically can save a rent, and getting rid of here is just around the corner.

Those who are old have no way at all, after all, they are old and can't do physical work; those with some technical knowledge have also been away from the industry for too long, it is very difficult to find a job, and they can only stay here all the time.

Throughout the process, although some people made trouble, some quarrels and disputes broke out, but they were adjusted soon, and there was no big mess. On the contrary, many people in this are doing what they can, such as cleaning, organizing items, or helping pregnant women.

Some people will introduce jobs to each other, those who work illegally, those who do odd jobs, will introduce each other. Sometimes a restaurant opens, one person goes to work, and can pull several people, filling all the vacancies in the back kitchen. There are also those who learn skills, they can't learn high-depth ones, but learning to repair cars or furniture is still fine.

Later, there was no need for Diana or J'onn to organize, they would spontaneously organize a batch of people for security patrols, and they were still on shifts twenty-four hours a day. In the end, the scope of the patrol even expanded to the entire factory area.

Facts have proved that the wisdom of the masses should not be underestimated. Just this evening, when Diana was distributing food as usual, suddenly a young black man climbed in from behind the window, ran to Diana's side and said in a low voice: "Ma'am, Victor and I saw someone sneaking around near those two big chimneys in the east..."

"Hmm?" Diana turned to look at him, then said, "Not our people?"

"No, they don't look like homeless people either. Victor said they look a bit like police. We didn't dare to get close, do you want to go and see?"

"Okay. Let your people come back quickly, hide here and don't go out. J'onn and I will go and see."