Chapter 6: My Spring is Gone!

The next day, Wang Zhan woke up from his sleep and found that he could hear a series of quarrels coming from the computer. After listening carefully, it seemed that someone was going to be killed...

Wang Zhan suddenly woke up. Those fifteen people had just returned from hunting the day before. They must have passed through the generator and passed by Talulah and everyone else!

Wang Zhan sat in front of the computer without even putting on his clothes. Losing fifteen people in the early stage was not a good sign, especially since these fifteen individuals had to work overtime for 24 hours.

"Alina, Alina!"

"Woo...! I'm here!"

Wang Zhan saw a little deer with messy white hair crawling out of the outer tent. She raised her hand towards the generator and prepared to say hello, but suddenly hesitated. Could he see her saying hello?

"Go check under the generator!"

Under the generator, fifteen thugs were surrounded by infected people. They were carrying camels from hunting on their shoulders. The big bear glared back at the infected people surrounding him, "What are you doing! You can't steal this meat!"

"This is for..."

Although the leader understood that he was under the command of that tower, he had no idea what the tower was called, and beads of sweat the size of beans gradually soaked his back.

"Are you Enri?"

Talulah walked out of the crowd and recognized the leading infected person at a glance.

Enri led his men to withdraw from the guerrillas yesterday, hoping to get some food, but the guerrillas' squad leader disagreed. Talulah had to compromise and let Enri and his men leave empty-handed.

But why are they here? Where did they get their hunter equipment?

He hesitated, not knowing how to answer Talulah. After all, he had done something wrong, and it was not right for him to answer. "We just came back from hunting and were blocked by these people. How can we give them this meat?"

"Are these prey for the generator?"

Enri nodded heavily. Seeing this guy looking so awkward, Talulah guessed what he had done, but she put the overall situation first. "Everyone, these foods were obtained by them from hunting on behalf of the generator," but where did the equipment come from?

"The generator is willing to protect us. How can we live up to its kindness and rob its...resources?"

Talulah was wondering, What does the generator need meat for? Does steel also need to eat meat?

That's a good point, but Wang Zhan felt that this made him seem unimpressive and unable to intimidate people. It would be better to give these guys a little warning.

And this warning must be kept in mind by those infected.

So, in full view of everyone, Wang Zhan closed the generator. The gradually dissipating temperature made the infected feel powerless. This gift came easily, but it was painful to lose it. They were fed up with the coldness of Ursus and finally got the warmth... but because of someone's stupidity, they lost it!

How could they be willing?!

"The generator has shut down!!!"

"Damn it! It's all your bad idea that angered the Master generator!"

"My spring he abandoned me, woo woo woo..."

There were wailing sounds from under the generator. Several people were pushed out by the infected. They looked at Talulah pitifully. Talulah had just recovered from the shock of the generator being closed and was full of anger.

"Why did you do such a shameful thing under the generator?!"

Alina got out from behind the angry Talulah. She glanced at the infected people kneeling on the ground, sighed, and began to repeat Wang Zhan's words, "Everyone, please follow my arrangements here, obey my laws, and avoid conflicts with each other. The generator will guarantee everyone's life, so please do not use force to fight for it."

"I am disappointed with your performance this morning, so I will no longer open the generator during the day," Wang Zhan smiled secretly in his heart. He had never planned to open the generator during the day. The temperature during the day was high enough for everyone to move around normally and not get sick.

Opening the generator would waste the already limited coal.

"That means it will be open again in the evening!"

"That's great, it's all right, it's all right, Mr. Generator is merciful!"

"My spring is back again!"

But the situation seemed different from what Wang Zhan had imagined. Instead, everyone shouted for the generator's mercy and shouted insults at the infected people who intended to snatch their prey. Some even suggested executing these guys immediately.

Compared with these infected people, Wang Zhan suddenly felt that the unruly people in the original Frostpunk were more amiable.

"Also, please do not resort to lynching without authorization. If there is a dispute that needs to be resolved, please come to Alina." Alina suddenly realized that she had completely relayed Wang Zhan's words, and hurriedly added, "I can convey Mr. Generator's will on your behalf."

"As for the four main culprits, Mr. Generator will make other arrangements," Alina looked at Enri, but the other party lowered his head heavily. The prey on his shoulders seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, pressing him down so hard that his whole body bent down.

Fortunately, Mr.Generator is kind.

Enri repeated the infected man's words in his mind.

"Alina," Talulah understood the truth from Enri's words and actions, "Enri is the one who attacked you, right?"

"Yes," Alina nodded, "but Mr. Generator has already made the punishment, and he hopes you won't delve into the responsibility any further."

"Death is heavy on the generator."

Talulah's anger was halfway gone, but she still couldn't accept that these infected people would harm her friends. "I want to know what the punishment is?"

"Twenty-four hours of work."

Atonement through labor?

"What a reasonable punishment," Talulah suddenly realized from Alina's dazed expression that twenty-four hours is a whole day!

"Ahem, this is a very personal punishment, but won't it cause someone to die suddenly?"1

This was also Wang Zhan's purpose. After today, he planned to let Talulah accompany Alina to visit these fifteen villains and ask them if they felt tired and whether they could continue working.

If these people feel sleepy, this BUG cannot be exploited, which will lead to the sudden death of the workers. Death will not only reduce hope and increase dissatisfaction, but Wang Zhan will also have to waste a law to deal with the corpses.

"He wants us to go and see those fifteen workers tomorrow and ask them how they spent their evenings."

Talulah also wanted to meet Enri. She needed to interrogate him to get an answer, and there were indeed many troubles to deal with today, so it would be most appropriate to do it tomorrow.

"Okay, I'll follow Mr. Generator's instructions."

"The remaining four people, please wait where you are," Wang Zhan originally planned to insert these four people into Enri's team, but after thinking about it carefully, he was afraid that these four people might conflict with Enri, so he decided to put it on hold for the time being.

"I'm going to start issuing today's tasks, Alina." These complex NPCs are not just numbers. They also have interpersonal relationships that need to be dealt with. I'll leave this part to Alina. "Please assist me."

"Okay, I'm always waiting for your orders," Alina encouraged herself with full energy, "I'm ready!"

First, a lot of wood is needed.

Wang Zhan turned his gaze to the abandoned village.