After the queue channel opened, Cheng Ye first glanced at the other sunshade stalls.
Surprisingly, those High-Phase Inspectors were still observing and weren’t in a hurry to act. It seed they wanted him to kindle the fire first and then wait for an opportunity to move.
However, this situation was exactly in line with Cheng Ye’s initial thoughts.
He was originally worried that once he set up, other Inspectors would intensify the competition imdiately. But now, it seems he was overthinking; he had already set the bar so high that others would need to consider their resources before attempting to compete.
Since he had already beco the focus of twenty thousand refugees, there was no need to worry about the dozens of Inspectors’ actions.
The first in line was a young single man, who quickly stepped forward after Long let him through and introduced himself:
"Inspector Cheng Ye, hello. My na is Bao Dashan, from Cyan Bird Gathering Place, six hundred and forty kiloters away from Happiness City."
Cyan Bird Gathering Place?
Cheng Ye quickly searched his mind for the location of this gathering place and found that it was not on the Wanderers’ path.
"You didn’t co with the migration wave, did you?"
"No, we set off early, more than ten days before the migration wave."
Bao Dashan said this while pointing to the edge of the formation behind him, where more than a dozen young n stood.
Seeing Cheng Ye’s gaze, the young n instantly waved excitedly, imdiately becoming the focus of the crowd.
"We didn’t expect to run into the migration wave; we planned to leave for other places, but upon hearing that Happiness City was building a Satellite City, we stayed, hoping to settle down here."
He finished speaking and added before Cheng Ye could respond, "Sir, rest assured, we are not like the others; we sincerely want a stable place to live, not just chasing Happiness Coins."
He finished speaking and imdiately said again before Cheng Ye could respond, "Sir, rest assured, we are not like the others; we want to find a place to survive and settle down, not just for Happiness Coins."
"Not bad."
Cheng Ye nodded slightly; indeed, the quality of people attracted by future prospects without relying on imdiate benefits was high.
Bao Dashan’s coordination level had already risen to 71%, proving that his words were genuine.
"You can go over there and take a look first. Once there’s a group of twenty, I’ll explain."
"Okay, okay, thank you, sir!" Bao Dashan imdiately stepped aside, his eyes falling on the poster.
As the representative elected by more than a dozen young adults, he naturally recognized the words.
After just taking a few glances, he couldn’t help but scratch his head excitedly, as if discovering so intriguing treasure.
This made the people in the queue even more curious.
The second group allowed by Long was a couple, who quickly explained their identities, coming from a small gathering place two hundred and seventy kiloters from Happiness City, just near the Wanderers’ route.
Affected, they felt restless inside and imdiately set off for Happiness City.
"Okay, please go over there, I’ll explain later."
Cheng Ye pointed at the poster, and the couple imdiately responded with delight and left.
Under Long’s intentional control, among the first twenty people allowed through, couples were the majority.
With over four thousand young adults already selected by other groups, many of the young adults now queued up had already received badges from other groups and were politely escorted out.
The last group was a family with children.
A middle-aged couple, faces weathered, stepped forward, followed by two timid children.
They seed about fourteen or fifteen years old, the boy slightly robust with hands full of coarse scars left by hard labor; although the girl was sowhat protected, there remained a heavy presence of the Wasteland’s hardships in her features.
"Greetings, sir, we are from the Iron Ore Mine, my na is Lin Xiaoshan, and this is my wife Shen Yan."
The middle-aged man quickly introduced himself.
Cheng Ye’s gaze fell on his right hand, the crisscross scars now healed, yet clearly revealing that these were the hands of a bottom-level laborer from the Wasteland.
There was no need for him to say more, as it was enough to prove the authenticity of his identity.
"Iron Ore Mine..."
Under the managent area of White Stone Shelter City.
This city, slightly smaller in scale than Happiness City and with average technical capabilities, but due to its favorable geographical conditions, ranked among the Super Shelter Cities.
The Iron Ore Mine’s importance to White Stone Shelter City was comparable to the industrial area of Happiness City.
According to the description in the Inspectors’ Handbook, the mine employed a permanent workforce of tens of thousands, peaking at even half a million. Due to its semi-isolated nature, it didn’t allow personnel to move freely, making it difficult for Infected Bodies to infiltrate, a rare haven in the Wasteland.
Of course, there was a cost to this "haven."
Regardless of age, the only way was to work in the mines; to live, to eat, to have a place to stay, to have clothes to wear, one had to go down the mine and dig.
Fortunately, due to the special geology of Stone Province, the presence of Black Stone ant high safety in the mines, making collapses unlikely even with haphazard digging.
Additionally, the Extraordinary Curse continually absorbed plant characteristics to produce high-quality ores, so finding the right ore bed ant that even with manual labor, it would take hundreds of years to exhaust.
"Indeed, only such an absolutely closed environnt, combined with the protection of a Super Shelter City, could support a stable extended family."
"Those small gathering places claiming to be closed have very poor risk resistance, and a couple with one child is already their limit."
Cheng Ye was not surprised.
It seed that families with children and elderly were likely also from places like the Iron Ore Mine.
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