Chapter 490: Guests Feel at Home

What time is it now, still thinking about vehicles? Still not getting it? Sealing is useless, water will seep in sooner or later! Even if a vehicle gets soaked and dries, it can still run—how long can you survive in the water?

Exactly! Take whatever supplies you can carry on you—we're basically refugees now! Hurry into the safe zone; if we're late, there might be no place left!

How could there be no place? Isn't Black Feather opening the safe zone? Just pay and you can enter!

Right! Pay and you can enter! I have game coins! Let me in! I'll pay anything!

The people in the regional channel finally came to their senses, and as they hurried into the Black Feather Safe Zone, they saw the safety zone announcement that Cheng Shuili had just posted.

【Temporary Control Announcement】

【Effective immediately, non-Black Feather members entering the safe zone must pay triple the usual stay fee; all weapons must be registered and temporarily confiscated at the entrance. After entry, they must obey management, stay in the designated area, and not intrude into the core zone. Those who cause trouble, provoke, or violate regulations will be lightly expelled or heavily killed on the spot.】

【The final interpretation right belongs to Black Feather.】

This announcement was immediately screenshotted and posted in the regional channel, and then…

Another wave of condemnation began.

Triple?! Why don't you just go rob them!

We have to hand over our weapons? On what basis!

Black Feather! Wu Ya Zuo Fei Ji! You're forcing people onto a dead-end road!

Brothers! Never mind all that—charge in! They've got food, lodging, and clean ground! What do we have? We're just waiting to die! Barefoot fears no shod; let's take them on!

Right! Charge in! The law doesn't punish the many—with so many of us, can they really kill us all?!

Pay and you can teleport—if you're a man, follow me! Loot their supplies, seize their turf—see how arrogant they'll still be!

The dark side of human nature is fully revealed in dire straits.

To them, it's: if I can't survive, you shouldn't expect to fare well either; if you don't save me, it's your fault.

But the regional channel isn't entirely made up of such people:

"You idiot upstairs? Do you think Black Feather people are wood? Their weapons are top-notch, preparations thorough—not to mention they hold absolute terrain advantage in their own safe zone. What are you going to charge with? Bash your head? F***"

When Cheng Shuili saw that remark, she couldn't help but mutter: "Really foul-mouthed."

"The one shouting the loudest, you go first. We'll support you in spirit."

"Don't listen to their agitation! Entering now just means paying a bit and accepting some control. If you really try to force your way in, you'll straight up become a death toll! Didn't you see the last line of the announcement? On-the-spot execution—Wu Ya really does have that authority."

"What do we do then?! My game coins aren't enough for triple—this is all I own!"

"If it's not enough, borrow! Does money appear out of thin air? If you can't borrow, sell what you have! First get in, then talk—inside it's dry, it's dry! Think about the feeling of rotting and stinking while soaked in water."

"Black Feather folks, listen! Don't go too far! We're not easy to provoke either—push us too hard, and it'll be fish dead, net broken!"

"Fish dead, net broken? You're the fish now, they're on shore. Whether the net breaks or not, you're definitely going to die first."

"Enough arguing! Get in first! As long as the green hills remain, we need not fear lack of firewood! Handing over weapons is nothing—being inside the safe zone is far better than drowning outside!"

"I've entered the Black Feather Safe Zone. Reporting in: the entrance has over thirty fully armed guards, their looks intimidating. The weapon hand‑over process is quick, but the inspection is thorough. The designated area is a large empty lot on the west side—nothing there, lots of people, very cramped. But… the ground really is dry. I want to cry."

"... I made it in too. Though I feel stifled, at least I'm temporarily safe. Outside the water level is still rising; for now we can still find a decent spot to stay, but once the water reaches our necks, who'll care about a few game coins? By then we won't even be able to find a spot!"

"@Wu Ya Zuo Fei Ji! Remember this—today's debt, we'll settle it sooner or later!"

"Right! Note it down! Once the water recedes and we recover, today we'll take advantage of the chaos, loot weapons, and we must repay this grudge!"

……

At the same time, in the Black Feather group chat:

"Eh? Are those who scolded the most actually getting in or not? Watching them curse while begging for money in the channel is hilarious."

"How could they not get in? Did you see the ID of the one who scolded the most—Kuang Dao Lang Zi? That guy was in the first batch to enter. When he came in he held his neck stiff, acting like he wasn't afraid of you."

"And then? And then?"

"Then? Our entrance duty folks aren't pushovers either! As soon as we saw him, we couldn't be polite—we accidentally bumped him, then, not steady on our feet, stepped on his two feet, and only then did we properly send him to register his weapon."

"Hahahaha! Serves him right! What was his reaction?"

"What other reaction could there be? He exploded on the spot—being so short he could only jump up and shout, 'On what grounds are you hitting me?' He also said Black Feather is this lawless? And threatened to expose us! He shouted loud enough that everyone who had just entered looked over."

"What did the duty brothers say? Quick, learn from them!"

"Our people didn't even lift an eyelid—while slowly inspecting the broken knife he handed over, they said, 'What's the fuss? Who hit him? The entrance is crowded, minor collisions are inevitable.' They said they were maintaining order, asking him to cooperate, and also said not to make loud noise, lest it affect other refugees' moods."

"After saying that, our person even pointed to the newly posted announcement."

"Eh, I bet you lot who just woke up don't know what the new announcement is—it's the one Boss Lao Da posted, with the last line bolded and enlarged! It says the final interpretation right belongs to Black Feather!"

"That kid saw it and his face turned green; he still wanted to argue, but the people behind him in line grew impatient, shoved him aside, told him to scram if he had no money and not block the way! He finally got a taste of what it's like to incur public wrath—he didn't dare let out another fart, slinking off to the designated area."

"Venting! Really let me let out a foul breath too! This kind of keyboard warrior needs to be dealt with in reality!"

"Exactly! Now that refugee zone on the west is packed like sardine cans, but it's still fairly quiet. Just a few hotheads got lightly bumped a few times, and the rest stayed honest. Ah, I now realize that reasoning doesn't work here, being stubborn doesn't work—only fists do."

"Boss Lao Da's move of holding the final interpretation right is absolutely brilliant!"

"Of course—don't you see who Boss Lao Da is?"

"We'll just follow the rules, keep our eyes open—when it's time to maintain order, don't go soft. As long as they don't resort to violence, we'll enforce civilly. If they dare to use force? Hey, that's just perfect for stretching our muscles."

"Understood! I guarantee that every guest who comes in will feel right at home!"

"What a perfect 'guests feel at home'!"