How Am I Still Alive?

Good news, many acquaintances, friends, and family members are still alive.

The bad news is that after so many years, without Lu Ping'an as the backbone, most people have their own pursuits. They are not together now, not even on the same continent.

Of course, with the door opening again and the arrival of human reinforcements, they should come to join them after receiving the news. But ten years have passed, and it is normal for them to have reasons why they cannot leave.

"Take your time, don't rush, the situation is indeed a bit beyond expectations."

At least, there is good news, that is, the "Rebirth Chamber of Commerce" has been operating stably in this world.

In fact, if someone refers to the Chamber of Commerce, they are referring to the Rebirth Chamber of Commerce without adding another pronoun.

What did they do?

It was the work he did when Lu Pingping was still there.

Traveling to one divided city after another for business, while bringing benefits, it also brought hope and peace. If the other party was not willing to make peace, they would take the initiative to give them peace.

The Chamber of Commerce is a neutral force that spends most of its time doing its job, but the reason why it is called the Ark of Salvation is because they often do a lot of thankless things.

"Pirates are always a big problem, especially the Lava clan pirates who have lost their base."

These guys are not bad in strength, have a firm will to fight and have no moral restraints. They are happy to raise the butcher knife against creatures that are "not of the same race".

Therefore, when they need supplies or even just for revenge, they can easily massacre the city. However, due to many reasons, such small groups of defeated stragglers are numerous and troublesome, but they always cause a lot of harm to the people.

After all, most cities are still city-states, each responsible for their own responsibilities and eating their own food. It is indeed quite uncomfortable to face the powerful ships and guns of the regular warships of the lava pirates alone.

For a period of time, the Redemption Ark was specifically chasing these defeated troops, especially after receiving commissions from other middle and lower towns.

Similarly, there are obviously thankless tasks such as various disaster relief, evacuation of victims, and resistance to invasion by superior forces.

At the same time, what is more eye-catching is that all its services are not free.

"Everything has a price and nothing is off-trade" is the motto of their chamber of commerce, and all "service providers" will receive their bills afterwards and must repay them.

But they will not force people to die like those unscrupulous businessmen. They will provide some channels to "make money". There is basically no problem in developing honestly and according to the pointed out route.

They have professional logistics and production teams, and are particularly good at investment in industry, agricultural manufacturing, and mineral mining. Often, after a period of polishing and research, they can come up with a "long-term investment income in exchange for debt" cooperation agreement, and can even help your town get it. Come up with a five-year and ten-year development plan.

It can be said that after doing this, in a few years, let alone debts, small villages will often turn into towns, and towns will have their own development paths.

Of course, in this process, they also follow their own principle of "transaction of all things" and will take away equivalents including services, human resources, minerals, long-term leases, etc., but this practice of teaching people to fish makes it even more difficult for them to do so. People benefit, and some people even hope that their city will be hit by a disaster and let them come over to re-plan the development.

It is also because of this almost paranoid pursuit of "long-term win-win" that it is even considered too "charitable" in the eyes of outsiders, which has also given it the reputation of the "Holy Ship Chamber of Commerce".

"I knew it."

Lu Ping'an smiled and said nothing more.

Perhaps with Guan at the helm, the Chamber of Commerce will naturally develop like this, and a complete logistics, industrial, and agricultural development system will always be the biggest bargaining chip for the Reborn Chamber of Commerce.

To make it work, new "urban projects" are naturally needed. This kind of snowballing operation has long been in the plan, but it has been too long and has not been implemented. Now it seems that they have implemented it very well.

Always insisting on "equivalent exchange" can save a lot of trouble and the possibility of being kidnapped by morality. If you can help, just help, if you can't help, just refuse.

If you don’t have the ability to pay, we can provide you with the opportunity to work to pay off your debt.

If there are no profitable industries around, the logistics team can even try to create them.

This is the reconstruction of the city, but in this process, it is also the reconstruction of civilization, but this time, too many human colors are embedded.

"Because of their existence, we, the Long Hand Clan, have a good impression of the human race."

This is a bit exaggerated. There are often good and bad in the group. Adults have to learn to separate each individual before determining whether it is good or bad. However, the existence of the Redemption Ark has indeed improved the overall favorability of the group by a few percentage points. Every meeting has a The good impression is already quite outrageous.

Lu Ping'an smiled and nodded, without revealing his relationship with the Chamber of Commerce.

"So, the Chamber of Commerce also has its own circle of influence?"

"Well, it's hard to say whether it counts as a force or not. Because most of them are on the Ark, traveling all the way. Where they leave, there are often 'store branches' left, but in fact it is basically the Long Hands themselves who are there. Business, they're not that, that."

Halfway through, Zhao Zhaochuan got stuck. He didn't have much vocabulary and couldn't describe it.

"Military organization? The kind that occupies territory?"

"Yes, yes, that's what it means. Other forces are grabbing territory, but they don't seem to be interested at all. They seem to be more interested in saving people and making a fortune, but they are not particularly greedy for money."

Although it is said very lightly, Lu Ping'an himself knows the difficulty. To be able to become a neutral faction, either you have no value in being attracted, or you have the strength to threaten other forces. Obviously, the armed forces of the Chamber of Commerce have also changed over the years. A lot of growth.

"Xue En is already famous. It seems that the security team appears quite frequently."

Every familiar name and what they were doing made Lu Pingping breathe a sigh of relief.

At least, he hasn't heard of anyone's death yet, and most people haven't changed their original intentions.

But Lu Ping'an still has no intention of joining the others.

"Let's take a look first."

Looking at the storm that was starting to start outside, Lu Pingan decided that he could fish for two days.

It's not that he really doesn't care as he has been "resting" for several months, but that he is waiting.

Waiting for the foreign reinforcements to arrive, waiting for the war to restart.

Waiting for the arrival of our own reinforcements and their new plans.

Waiting for those mysterious bosses to prepare the "heavy gifts" for the warring parties.

Wait for the situation to become clearer rather than jumping directly into the center and becoming cannon fodder.

With Lu Ping'an's current ability and identity, as long as he shows up, the news will quickly spread to all the insiders, and then there is a high chance of being pulled into the center of the vortex. If you take into account the popularity and strength of the current Chamber of Commerce, it is almost 100%. 100% thing.

"Just wait and see who can't hold it any longer first."

Lu Ping'an knew that many people had prepared their own "plans" and they couldn't afford to wait. They would invest everything in this new "casino" and spend big bucks.

Therefore, Lu Ping'an wanted to take a look at the situation, and he was already prepared to wait for several months.

result? It’s only been three days, but some people can’t wait any longer.