Gu Fangyi pulled down the bandage on his chin so he could speak more comfortably.
"Joining the Hunters is indeed the best choice. Actually, I'm quite confident I could get into the Hunters, but the problem now is not just about the Hunters.
According to the contract, we must complete two years of study at Donghuan University and then fulfill the contract by joining Blue Sky Pharmaceuticals.
If we decide to breach the contract, then the 250,000 yuan penalty is the real difficulty. How are we going to earn that 250,000 yuan?"
Gu Fangyi's approach to problems naturally went straight to the core, and this was something Lu Luo couldn't solve for the time being. The purchasing power of 250,000 Alliance coins was comparable to 2.5 million in his previous life.
As a transmigrator who came to the wasteland era, the tricks and ideas in his mind seemed to have nothing to do with making money.
Writing novels? Making movies? Developing games?
Putting aside the four-ring class system of the Wasteland Alliance, where every factory had noble shares, even these seemingly lucrative industries had, more or less, existed in the wasteland.
However, with the outbreak of the Mechanoid Crisis and the subsequent emergence of Mechanoid and Variant species, many similar industries could no longer continue.
As for setting up a business association or a supermarket, please, the Wasteland Alliance had been developing for hundreds of years, and its human population had never been wiped out. Their business models had undergone centuries of change and were already very mature.
Lu Luo didn't believe that his individual wisdom could contend with the wisdom of an entire era, so… "Making money, isn't it just about having hands? It's only 250,000, easily done within two years."
First, he had to brag a bit, so he would have the motivation to do things. As for the process, that would just depend on fate.
"That's right, money is nothing. Actually, with your looks, there are so many women in the wasteland, and quite a few high-ranking ones too. If you humble yourself a bit, it's not…"
"Get lost!"
Listening to Lu Luo speak so confidently, the light in Gu Fangyi and Zhou Kai's eyes reignited. Young people in the wasteland were just that passionate.
"So, how exactly do we do it?"
Lu Luo paused for a moment, organized his thoughts, and then began to explain his idea.
"From my conversation with Captain Rudy yesterday, I discovered a very serious problem with the Hunters, a problem whose severity far exceeds our imagination."
A problem more serious than imagined? Gu Fangyi and Zhou Kai exchanged glances, their eyebrows unconsciously raising.
"A serious problem with the Hunters?"
"Yes, the person we spent the most time with yesterday was Captain Rudy of Hunter Team 13. But from what I understand, there are 36 Hunter teams in each of the four areas: East, West, South, and North.
Most of these Hunters are the elite of the Alliance. They go in and out of the high walls, eradicate established Variant species, and resolve Variant crises that could erupt at any time.
Powerful and long-term active and working outside the walls, each of them is an unruly individual, with their own set of rules for outside the wall: the law of the jungle, survival of the fittest.
Hunters who have long fought against Deformed, Humanoid, and Ghost species have developed a very resilient, yet in some situations, very fragile special willpower.
The law of the jungle outside the wall, among these Hunter extraordinary beings, is not a problem at all. But once they return inside the wall, this becomes a huge problem."
"Lu Sheng, you've found the key point! Is your analytical ability always this strong? You truly live up to your reputation as a first-class detective renowned across the ten-mile radius."
Zhou Kai scratched his head while listening to Lu Luo's words. He seemed to understand something, but also seemed to have understood nothing at all.
However, Gu Fangyi reacted much faster. After a brief thought, he said:
"This problem is the law, or rather, the conflict between the rules inside the wall and the rules outside the wall."
Lu Luo nodded and gave Gu Fangyi a thumbs up, praising the quiet young man.
"Brother Gu is very quick-witted, and you're right. Outside the wall, the strong are respected, and it's survival of the fittest. Inside the wall, however, one must abide by laws, morals, and Alliance rules. This is the root of the problem.
When we were at the Wasteland Security Bureau, Attorney Li Yang and Captain Rosen of Team 33 had a very clear verbal conflict.
By status, both of them were second-class citizens of the wasteland, enjoying exactly the same wasteland resources, benefits, rights, and social status.
The problem was that Captain Rosen was a powerful extraordinary being, while Attorney Li Yang was just an ordinary person.
An arrogant lawyer facing an ordinary second-class citizen would naturally be fine.
But Rosen wasn't. That day, Rosen released a very clear murderous aura, an aura that was definitely not just for intimidation.
Captain Rudy stopped him at the time. Otherwise, no one could predict what the final outcome would have been. Such conflicts are happening everywhere between Hunters and ordinary wastelanders.
The rules inside the wall restrain the Hunters. These rules make them depressed, uncomfortable, and even capable of sudden violence and murder at any time, but their outcome is still the sanction of the laws inside the wall.
And after the Alliance sanctions one Hunter, more Hunters will become dissatisfied and depressed as a result.
Unless the Wasteland Alliance undergoes a revolutionary social change, such conflicts will continue to exist, and our opportunity and point of interest lie right here."
"This powerful ideological awareness… Is this the successor of socialism? Truly worthy of being a child raised under the red flag."
Zhou Kai and Gu Fangyi remained silent, mainly because they were stunned by Lu Luo's analysis. You've been with me for five years, how are you so outstanding?
We were all orphans who went to school together, so why is Lu Luo so amazing? Where did all this knowledge come from?
"Our point of interest is to resolve the conflict between them?" Zhou Kai asked uncertainly.
"Yes, and no. Their conflict can never be resolved, so we must try our best to prevent conflicts from arising between them."
"Prevent conflicts from arising between them? How?"
"Open an agency, oh no, 'agency' sounds too bad. We should give it a nicer name, like 'Hunter Daily Affairs Office.'
Then, give the office a nice name. Hmm, the difference in rules comes from the high wall, and the high wall is circular, so let's call it the 'Circular Hunter Daily Affairs Office'!"
"Are you particularly skilled at doing intermediary work? You always give off a very experienced vibe!"
"Circular Hunter Daily Affairs Office! What exactly will it do?" Gu Fangyi and Zhou Kai asked in unison.
"What we need to do is simple: become an intermediary between both parties and handle their work transfers."
"It's all commissioned work, what's the point? How do we make money?"
"Of course, there's a point, and it's a huge, revolutionary point! Hunters are civil servants, and their duties lead them to have too much contact with ordinary people.
And many ordinary people who haven't been outside the wall make Hunters disgusted with this contact, which leads to conflict.
Our role is to isolate their contact, act as their lubricant, and then extract a commission from it.
For example, if some tactless merchant wants a humanoid female slave, like a centaur or a fawn, for some life science research.
We can quote 2,000 for such a job, and then commission it to the Hunters for 1,000.
However, the mission content would be changed to 'capture a female centaur for research on variant genetic heredity,' making the entire mission handover much smoother."
"Holy cow! Awesome! There's such a way to do it?"