Chapter 196 - 181: Cruise Ship Points Policy (Provisional)

Chapter 196: Chapter 181: Cruise Ship Points Policy (Provisional)

At this moment, as the first item on the agenda drew to a close,

the members of Yu Dong’s team sitting below all relaxed.

Zhao Youcai sneered, "It was a huge pain in the ass, but... the effect seems pretty good. It managed to intimidate some people, so our hard work wasn’t for nothing. If Wang hadn’t spouted that bullshit theory, I’d actually be pretty impressed with him right now."

Huang Zhiqiang: "Uh... I didn’t really get it yesterday. I just thought Officer Wang was being difficult. What was that Reincarnator theory again?"

At that moment, Shen Xinyi leaned in as well. "Yeah, yeah! Ye Ye tried to explain it to me last night, but I was totally lost."

One hadn’t understood, and the other hadn’t attended the meeting. Neither of them really grasped what Officer Wang had said yesterday, but Shen Xinyi had seen how down Yu Dong was last night...

She normally didn’t concern herself with these operational matters and hadn’t participated in the vote, but if something was bothering Yu Dong, she wanted to understand it.

"It’s a pile of shit," Zhao Youcai stated his conclusion bluntly.

Liu Ye’ye smiled. "It’s not that ridiculous... Although I was furious at the time, when I went back and thought about it last night from an ordinary person’s perspective, it does make some sense."

Hearing this, Zhao Wenjie, who had been feeling annoyed and upset nearby, also drew closer to hear about the meeting he had missed.

"Officer Wang’s ’Reincarnator’s Benevolence Paradox’ states that a Reincarnator can prove they’ve been reborn, but they can’t prove that everything they say is based on benevolence and justice. That’s because we can never prove what happened in the Reincarnator’s past life. In other words, a Reincarnator’s word isn’t automatically the truth."

Zhao Wenjie: "Huh? If a Reincarnator isn’t right, does that mean an ordinary person can see the truth? Does he think he can see further than a Reincarnator?"

"No, no, no, that’s not what I mean. Suppose... suppose you’re a Reincarnator. You know from your past life that Lin Xiaojun and his group are bad guys, right? So now that you’re reborn, wouldn’t you want to kill them?"

"Of course! Otherwise, what’s the point of being reborn?"

"And that action would be righteous, right?"

"Right!"

"But think again... that guy from before... the one who went on a date with Yang Yi behind your back. Would you let him off the hook?"

"I... I... don’t know." Zhao Wenjie’s expression changed. If that dark-skinned, 180cm-tall P.E. student hadn’t gone out with Yang Yi, maybe they’d still be together.

"See, that’s the problem. You’re reborn. It’s one thing for you to lead people to kill Lin Xiaojun and his group, but what about the guy who stole your girlfriend? You’d definitely never tell people you want to kill him because he stole your girlfriend. You’d find some crime to pin on him, and then you could lead people to kill him with a clear conscience."

"But Brother Dong hasn’t done that! Everything Brother Dong does is for the good of everyone, I can feel it!"

"I trust our senior just like you do, and Officer Wang trusts him too. That’s why he and our senior are trying to find a way to expose Lin Xiaojun’s crimes. But... if we open this door, our senior could kill anyone he wants. He’d just need to cite a reason from his past life and execute people at will, without any evidence."

"But Brother Dong would never do that," Zhao Wenjie insisted.

"Ugh..." Liu Ye’ye was getting exhausted. "Anyway, his point is that we need to preemptively limit our senior’s ’Finger of Death’ ability to prevent potential mistakes in the future."

"I think I get it... But by doing this, isn’t Officer Wang just trying to undermine Yu Dong’s leadership? Is he trying to kick Yu Dong out and take over himself?"

Shen Xinyi said worriedly. She thought this was why Yu Dong had been so heartbroken last night.

"Wang isn’t trying to seize power. He wants to put power in a cage." Zhou, who had been quiet the whole time, finally spoke up.

"As long as it’s in a cage, Yu Dong’s words are no longer ’God’s decree,’ but ’things that will most likely happen.’"

"They only need to verify things in the direction Yu Dong points them. If the verification fails, it proves that what Yu Dong said might be false information... which would greatly diminish his credibility. But if he’s consistently right, it proves he’s leading everyone forward with the truth, and his credibility will become even stronger."

"Take today, for example... The facts have already proven that Yu Dong was right. There’s no way Officer Wang didn’t anticipate this outcome yesterday. He isn’t afraid of Yu Dong’s prestige rising again. He just wants to strip away Yu Dong’s ’divine right’ and replace it with a legitimate ’right of reason.’ This way, the team’s judgments will be open and aboveboard, convincing everyone on the cruise ship."

After Zhou’s explanation, not only did Huang Zhiqiang and Zhao Wenjie understand, but even Zhao Youcai came around.

"So that’s how it is... That does make some sense. But I’m different from them. Dongzi and I go back three years. I just trust that Dongzi would never screw me over."

"Damn right, Youcai!"

Zhao Youcai and Huang high-fived.

The two of them had pure, unadulterated trust in Yu Dong.

Zhou nodded. "That’s why, even though I understood what Officer Wang was saying, I still chose to vote for Yu Dong. It’s because our level of trust already transcends this paradox. Besides, verification wastes time, and I’m more interested in quickly restoring an era of peace so I can continue my research."

"I want to go back to Kyoto... and see if our team can capture that four-dimensional particle, given the drastic environmental changes after the apocalypse."

"But now that the settlement has grown, we have no choice but to make some compromises on efficiency in exchange for a stable environment. Sigh. It’s not easy for either Yu Dong or Officer Wang."

Just then, a path formed in Zhou Jianguo’s mind... an extremely risky path. If it really came to that, he would try to take it.

He would go discuss it with Yu Dong in advance after this.

While these few were chatting, the meeting had already moved on to the second item on the agenda.

Lin Mo picked up his microphone.

"I will now read the first draft of the ’Cruise Ship Point Policy (Trial Version).’"

"In the spirit of fairness, justice, and transparency, we are today opening up the channels for all survivors on the cruise ship to earn and use points."

"Points can be earned through three main channels: combat, labor, and turn-ins."

"Members of the combat group will receive the highest tier of daily points: 100 points/day."

"Other jobs are divided based on danger, technical difficulty, and workload, earning between 30 to 80 points/day."

"’Turn-ins’ refers to bringing back supplies from the outside. Valuable items can be turned in to the ship’s warehouse in exchange for points based on the item’s value."

"In addition to these three main channels, there are also subsidy policies, such as combat injury subsidies, subsidies for those unable to work, special contribution subsidies... and other such humanitarian aid subsidies to protect the survival rights of vulnerable groups. You can view the document for specific details."

"Starting today, all living supplies on the cruise ship must be paid for with your own points. This includes basic food, drinking water, electricity rations, item purchases, and so on."

"For example, the basic daily package of three meals, drinking water, and two hours of electricity in the evening is provided by the ship at a subsidized rate, costing only 20 points."

"Additionally, a bottle of beer is 20 points, a cup of coffee is 15 points, and a pack of regular cigarettes is 40 points. Supermarket packaged foods are relatively cheap, starting from 5 points. All other types of supplies have been quantified with an appropriate point value. You can check the specifics at the shopping area on the fourth deck. There will also be occasional discounts on supplies that the ship has in abundance."

"Points will be calculated using casino chips. There are five denominations of point chips—5, 10, 25, 100, and 500. There is a sufficient supply of chips to facilitate circulation within our settlement."

"This trial run of the point policy is intended to put a price on everyone’s labor, encourage active participation in combat and production, stimulate the use of stored supplies, and give everyone a space for free trade and purchase."

"This version of the point policy is a trial version and will be adjusted based on its implementation. If you have any reasonable opinions or suggestions, please come discuss them with me and bring your reasoning. Thank you for your cooperation. I wish you all a pleasant life here at the cruise ship base."

"After the meeting, point chips will be distributed to all personnel who participated in production and combat over the past nine days." 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ

"Next, please begin the third item on the agenda: connecting with the Yanhai City military."

Lin Mo dialed the satellite phone and placed the receiver against the microphone in front of Yu Dong.

Yu Dong had already contacted Qiao Yunliang yesterday and scheduled the call for this time.

Qiao Yunliang had mysteriously said he had good news for them but insisted on waiting until today to announce it.

Yu Dong also wanted to know just how far the military had gotten in this lifetime, now that they had been forewarned.

In his past life, the military didn’t officially enter the Zongshan Civilian Training Base until after the torrential rains.

But in this life, they had breached it on the fourth day.

In other words, the military had already been clearing out ’pure’ zombies with firearms for five days straight.