Chapter 56: What? You have objections?

Fact proves that most people are actually indifferent when their own interests are not involved.

They simply won't meddle in others' affairs, arguing or defending for someone unrelated to them.

They just ignore things that don't concern them, turning a blind eye.

But once their own interests are involved, their sense of justice or protective instinct will instantly flare up.

For example, now that Lin Yifan has put up the "Ginger King Soup" for sale, which involves the interests of most people, those who were previously lurking and watching have all started to jump out.

Lin Yifan feels nothing about this, neither happy nor disappointed.

Put simply, others are indifferent to him, and he isn't very enthusiastic toward others either.

Even if he now brings out the "Ginger King Soup", it's only to exchange for supplies, not to do charity.

So, whether others like him or dislike him, he never takes it to heart.

However, no matter what, people are emotional creatures; seeing earlier that everyone was mocking and ridiculing him, or hurling insults, he inevitably feels a bit unhappy inside.

Now the situation has reversed; at least visually, it feels quite satisfying.

Lin Yifan knows what these people who speak up for him are seeking.

So he didn't disappoint them, and promptly sent a message:

"It seems our district still has more clear-headed people; thanks to everyone for not being brainwashed by the Heaven and Earth Society. Brothers and sisters who want the Ginger King Soup can directly leave a message and place an order on the auction, and I will trade directly with those suitable for transaction."

Currently, the Survival Realm has no unified currency; everyone can only barter, causing the whole market to be chaotic.

Moreover, for someone like Lin Yifan who uses one item to purchase another, it can only depend on mutual willingness.

Because the value of each item differs in everyone's mind, trade can only happen based on willingness.

This also makes trading quite troublesome; Lin Yifan must spend a lot of time going through others' offers one by one.

He now somewhat misses the currency system in those online games—at least it wasn't so troublesome!

However, Lin Yifan believes that sooner or later, currency will be unified!

Regardless of other races or other peoples, at least those of us born in Huaxia have always been enthusiastic about unification.

That is, right now everyone is still struggling to survive; otherwise, those ambitious people would have long been unable to sit still.

Just like the "Father of God" of the Heaven and Earth Society, he is obviously an ambitious person.

Moreover, he is not only ambitious but also truly capable; he actually managed to attract several thousand people to join the Heaven and Earth Society in such a short time.

If he is allowed to continue developing, the entire district will sooner or later become his domain.

Lin Yifan actually doesn't care who rules the district, as long as they don't provoke him.

But it absolutely cannot be the Heaven and Earth Society!

That is why he will unhesitatingly step forward to suppress them.

However, looking at it now, mere suppression is far from enough.

Currently, this district only has the Heaven and Earth Society as a guild; if no opposing guild appears to counterbalance them, the future situation will remain unchanged.

However, Lin Yifan really doesn't want to get involved in running a guild, which is quite a headache.

Otherwise, why not support a new guild instead?

That's actually a good idea.

The only question is, who to support?

If we end up supporting a white-eyed wolf, that would be like trying to steal a chicken and losing the rice used to bait it.

It seems we still need to observe and find someone who is ambitious yet has principles, only then suitable to support.

However, the people Lin Yifan currently barely considers acceptable are only two: Hong Shaoqiang and Ruan Qingtian.

But these two are not ambitious people; letting them create a guild and compete with the Heaven and Earth Society would probably be too much of a stretch.

Moreover, scouting a new target isn't something that can be done overnight; this matter cannot be rushed.

Lin Yifan temporarily set aside his thoughts, then began to browse the auction house.

Although the auction house appears quite chaotic due to the barter rule.

But it does have one advantage: transactions on the auction house currently require no fees.

Moreover, the auction house has a search function; if you want to buy an item, entering a keyword lets you view others' listings.

The overall operation logic is like a low-end version of some Taobao, some Tmall, some JD.

After waiting a few minutes, Lin Yifan entered the three characters "Ginger King Soup", and immediately a large batch of listings appeared.

They were all purchase orders; he examined them carefully.

Let alone, some people's sincerity is genuinely quite substantial.

Those who showed sufficient sincerity, even if the supplies they offered for exchange weren't what Lin Yifan urgently needed, he still chose to trade.

Anyway, the supplies he urgently needs are hard to obtain on the market, so it's better to first collect all those worth acquiring.

At worst, he can later put them up for exchange for something else.

It's just a bit more trouble.

But at this time, those buying ginger soup are mostly seriously ill; without this bowl of soup, they might not survive.

Of course, there are also some opportunists among them, whom Lin Yifan simply ignores.

However, among those he likewise refuses to trade with, there is also a group that are members of the Heaven and Earth Society.

Lin Yifan discovered that, as his life tier progressed from subhealthy to now excellent, even without investing in intelligence, he found his memory had improved considerably.

Earlier, he spent over ten minutes scrolling through chat records because he realized that whenever he saw a name, his mind would retain an impression.

Upon seeing it again, he would immediately recall it.

This time, when he put up the "Ginger King Soup" for sale, he had clearly stated before that he would refuse to trade with Heaven and Earth Society members.

Yet, many Heaven and Earth Society members still posted purchase orders for the Ginger King Soup, and some of them offered surprisingly substantial sincerity.

For instance, one of them actually offered a unit of ceramic to purchase it.

And ceramic is indeed a material that Lin Yifan is currently especially lacking; he wants to build a restroom, and this is a necessity.

But even now, the ceramic he has managed to acquire is still less than five units—not even enough to build a flush toilet.

The ceramic that the meeting members brought out tomorrow really tempted Lin Yifan, but even if he were to act, he still refused the trade.

If you want to establish prestige, you must follow through on your words!

His refusal to trade this time around caused the chat channel to scroll again.

Lin Yifan, why are you refusing my purchase? I just saw that many people are offering five units of primary pig iron, and you agreed to trade with them—so why are you refusing me?

He refused me too! Last time I offered six units of primary pig iron, and I was still turned down.

Sure, he went on about how righteous he is, but then he discriminated—he's just a fame‑seeking fraud.

I think he's not sincerely trying to help us at all—he just wants to mess with us.

Having ginger soup is no big deal—actually messing with us like this is really over the top!

……

After Lin Yifan traded away all of his Ginger King Soup, he finally had the attention to check the chat channel.

Seeing this, he immediately laughed and sent a message:

Exactly! I'm just messing with you—I look down on you and I refuse to trade with you.

What? You Heaven and Earth Society dogs, got any complaints?