Volume 1, Chapter 64: Sharing Information Costs Money?

Just at this moment, Lin Yifan’s private chat channel lit up.

He opened it to find a message sent by Chen Yunor.

"Lin Yifan, thank you for helping everyone, but it’s far too chaotic right now. Who knows, some might take advantage of the muddy waters to deliberately scam others out of their supplies. We really need to organize and plan this out properly."

Lin Yifan naturally understood Chen Yunor’s concerns. At a critical juncture like this, if someone were to resort to underhanded tricks to swindle supplies, it would inevitably chill the hearts of countless people.

Never assume people wouldn't do such a thing; while there are those with a conscience, the self-serving and egoistic are never in short supply.

After a moment of thought, Lin Yifan suddenly remembered that as the very first person in District 10086 to upgrade to a Level 3 Shelter, one of his perks was the ability to view other people's shelter levels.

By now, those who had neither upgraded to a Level 2 Shelter nor obtained the [High-Potency Mosquito Repellent] had basically all perished.

Those who were still alive without a Level 2 Shelter all possessed the [High-Potency Mosquito Repellent] in their hands.

However, a single dose of [High-Potency Mosquito Repellent] only lasted for around two hours. If it couldn't be replenished within those two hours, they would still face certain death.

Currently, the quantity of [High-Potency Mosquito Repellent] was extremely limited. Lin Yifan had already handed all of them over to Chen Yunor, and she had distributed them out, but it was merely a drop in the bucket.

Therefore, the best way to keep more people alive right now was to gather basic supplies and enable this group of people to upgrade their shelters to Level 2.

In truth, the supply of wormwood and mint across the entire market was scarce, and the materials people could offer were basically just basic resources like wood, stone, and clay.

Thus, helping those who were temporarily alive but hadn't yet upgraded their shelters to Level 2 to complete their upgrades was the only rescue route available.

If they wanted to ensure these supplies were used on those who truly needed them, they simply needed to make the shelter information public.

Yet, figuring out how to publicize the information posed a problem.

Right at that moment, however, a message suddenly appeared on the light screen in front of Lin Yifan.

[Sensing Survivor Lin Yifan's intention to publicize shelter information, an information-sharing paid service is now available.]

[Would you like to spend one Spirit Crystal to share the shelter ranking information with everyone in the entire district for one hour?]

Seeing this message, Lin Yifan couldn't help but be momentarily stunned.

This was truly finding a pillow just as one felt sleepy; he had been worrying precisely over how to publicize the information!

Never had he expected a paid sharing function to exist, though wasn't this price a bit too exorbitant?

One Spirit Crystal for an hour—he had only used two Spirit Crystals earlier to hatch the golden eagle.

Yet there was no other choice now. Even though District 10086 had suffered heavy losses today, there were still over 60,000 people alive.

How much time would it take even if he took screenshots and published them manually?

So, despite the pang in his heart, Lin Yifan still spent a Spirit Crystal and chose to share the information.

Even so, this wasn't enough. Without unified resource planning, unnecessary waste would likely occur.

After pondering a bit more, Lin Yifan sent a message to Chen Yunor:

"How many core members in your guild can be 100% trusted? If you have enough manpower on your end, I’ll have those willing to contribute supplies trade their resources to you first. Once you've tallied everything up, you can distribute the supplies one by one to those in need."

Chen Yunor naturally welcomed this eagerly. Since she dared to run a guild, she naturally had a foundation of trusted people, so she accepted without the slightest hesitation:

"No problem. I have around ten core members on my side, which should be enough to handle this matter."

"Good! Then I'll leave this matter in your hands. I'll go to the chat channel shortly to announce it."

Knowing someone could take charge, Lin Yifan couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief. After a moment's thought, however, he sent another message to Chen Yunor:

"Old classmate, although you helped me back in our school days, this situation is different. This is a matter of life and death."

"So let me put the ugly truth upfront: since you've taken this responsibility, do it right. Don't harbor any other hidden agendas, otherwise, I won't have a way to answer to the people of the entire district."

Human nature was something Lin Yifan could gamble with himself, because he could afford both the stakes and the loss.

Apart from him, however, collecting supplies was extremely difficult for most people. Those willing to take them out to save others truly deserved to be described with the word 'benevolent.'

Since Lin Yifan was spearheading this matter, he would absolutely not allow everyone's benevolence to be trampled upon by those with ulterior motives.

Otherwise, his own conscience wouldn't let him rest!

Clearly aware of the gravity of the situation, Chen Yunor immediately replied:

"Rest assured. While I do have my own little thoughts, I still know how to weigh what's important. As long as people are willing to hand their supplies over to us for unified distribution, we will register the information openly and transparently."

"I've even thought it through: I'll put together a donation ledger and make it public after the whole ordeal ends, so that everyone in the district will know who contributed supplies!"

Only then did Lin Yifan relax, and he directly initiated a trade with Chen Yunor.

He had quite a few basic supplies in his possession, especially wood and stone, totaling several thousand units.

Originally, he had planned to build a "Synthesis Room" to combine these primary materials into intermediate materials, which he would then use to upgrade to a Level 4 Shelter.

But now!

He hadn't even obtained the blueprints for a Level 4 Shelter yet, so there was no need to rush the materials.

Chen Yunor, upon receiving the trade from Lin Yifan, was utterly shocked by his wealth!

Unable to hold back, she messaged: "How on earth do you have so many primary materials?!"

Naturally, Lin Yifan wasn't going to say it was because he possessed a talent that allowed him to draw a buff every day, so he casually brushed it off:

"Just good luck. Handle the distribution of these supplies and try your best to keep as many people alive as possible."

Following that, he went back to the chat channel and sent out a message:

"Fellow compatriots of District 10086, to prevent resource chaos and waste, and to stop malicious individuals from swindling supplies, I have shared the shelter information of everyone in the district."

"The ones we need to rescue right now are those whose shelters haven't been upgraded to Level 2 yet. Therefore, I have chosen to partner with a guild, handing all my idle supplies over to them for unified distribution."

"If you trust me, please also hand your idle supplies over to them. They will tally all the materials and deliver them according to demand to those who need them. All data will be made public in the chat channel for everyone to supervise together."

Lin Yifan did not know how many people would listen to him and hand their intended donations over to Chen Yunor for centralized management.

Yet he had said all that needed to be said and done all that needed to be done; as for the rest, it was beyond his control.