Admirable.
These two words, the little devil had said them until she was tired of it.
It was so brainwashing.
If she had possessed this kind of power back then, why would she have worried about heroes not defecting, and her subordinates not roaring and charging forward, shedding their blood and sacrificing their lives for her.
"Eh?"
On the other hand, Hei Dou stretched out its neck, its obsidian eyes clouded with confusion.
"Am I being brainwashed?"
"Don't mind her, she's just jealous of us," Chen Yu rubbed Hei Dou's little head. The little devil, hearing this, glared at him indignantly.
"I'm jealous of you? You dare to say you'd let other survivors come to your camp, do you have good intentions?"
"No."
Chen Yu did not refute this.
He laid his cards on the table.
He admitted it.
He indeed had no good intentions.
For future development, he needed the assistance of other survivors to imbue the city-state he was about to conquer with the greatest vitality in the shortest possible time.
He would rather use a coordinate recording machine to make scrolls.
To bring survivors to his camp.
It was very simple.
The reason was to possess absolute control.
If other survivors were to go to the city-state, firstly, there was no guarantee that the city-state they arrived at would not be the Turner City-State, adjacent to Chen Yu's.
Secondly, their entry into the city-state would mean they were gradually prying into the truth of the underground cave.
This was not conducive to Chen Yu's plan to keep them ignorant.
Instead, by having them come to Chen Yu, the fate of the other survivors, whether they lived or died, was in his hands. If they served Chen Yu wholeheartedly, he welcomed it. If they made any small moves, he could immediately send people to apprehend them, seize their resources, strip them bare, and then make them do hard labor.
This was Chen Yu's idea.
Very practical.
He did not feel that doing so was wrong in any way, nor did he think there was anything wrong with it. If those survivors were obedient and worked for him diligently, he would not harm them.
Conversely, if the survivors harbored any ulterior motives.
No matter how extreme his actions might be, what could they do?
"Full of malicious schemes."
The little devil muttered, pursing her lips. Chen Yu stretched lazily, yawning, completely ignoring the little devil's sarcastic words.
"This isn't malice, it's cleverness."
Pointing to his head, Chen Yu said solemnly.
"Do you think everyone is like you, with only water in their heads? A good Great Demon King, bullied by a few heroes..."
Seeing the change in the little devil's eyes, Chen Yu spread his hands.
"Alright, I won't say anymore."
[Underground Cave Reminder: Directional scroll production complete]
Oh ho.
Three minutes had passed.
The completed directional scroll was placed on a platform of the coordinate recording machine. Chen Yu reached out, grasped the scroll, and directly tore it apart.
To test its effect.
Just like using a return scroll, the moment he tore it, fluorescent light surged around him. After a loading bar of about 5 seconds, he appeared in a wilderness outside the camp.
Standing in the wilderness, Chen Yu was slightly dazed.
It was really useful.
After using the scroll, he had indeed arrived at the designated coordinates. If that was the case, then his plan had a certain degree of feasibility.
Estimating the distance.
Chen Yu retrieved his survivor wristwatch, absorbed it, and began to expand the camp.
As the camp personnel increased.
His allocated areas had been in short supply for a long time.
Expanding the 24th camp.
Now that Chen Yu had abundant resources, possessing a resource exchange center, and having obtained tens of thousands of elemental fragments from Black City, Chen Yu was not lacking in resources for camp expansion.
He immediately upgraded this newly expanded 24th camp to level 5. The sub-camp enclosed the area Chen Yu had just pinpointed.
"Dou'er, go call the engineer."
"Understood."
Swoosh.
Hei Dou darted away.
After about the time it takes to steep a cup of tea, Hei Dou returned, stepping on the shoulders of a goatee-bearded man. Upon seeing Chen Yu, the goatee-bearded man respectfully patted the dirt off his sleeves and pants.
"Camp Master."
This person before him was the chief siege engineer of Chen Yu's camp, personally appointed by him.
Jim.
He had been working on plans for the camp's water system construction during this time, surveying various terrains, and drawing one sketch after another.
His frequent late nights had made his complexion look a little haggard.
"Jim, you've worked hard during this period," Chen Yu whispered. The goatee-bearded man grinned, "It's all the duty of a subordinate. Camp Master, you trust me so much, I absolutely cannot fail your trust."
"How is the water system construction progressing?"
"This..."
Suddenly, Jim's expression turned a little grim, and he glanced towards the newly expanded sub-camp.
"Camp Master, is that area also within our camp's boundaries?"
"Is there an impact?!" Chen Yu raised an eyebrow slightly. "You don't need to worry about this newly expanded camp. Just focus on completing the water system construction for the main camp area. Prioritize the agricultural zone. Other areas can be put aside for now. You don't need to pursue a perfect water cycle; what I actually want is just to have a water system within the camp's boundaries."
"That's simple, I can have it done in a few days."
"Do a good job, you might have a bigger project in some time," Chen Yu said, patting Jim's shoulders.
A bigger project.
Naturally, it referred to the city-state.
Based on Chen Yu's observation, Black City had no water system. If he were to be the master of the city-state in the future, he would definitely want to build it into a place of scenic beauty and outstanding people.
Water system construction would be indispensable.
Perhaps he could even recruit a few talents in this area, which would be helpful to Jim at that time.
"Before that, I have something I need you to do," Chen Yu said, pointing to the area beneath his feet and drawing a 5x5 square with a stick.
"Build a platform around this area for me."
"And ten meters away..."
"That is, roughly this area."
Chen Yu used the stick to draw a few circles in the area ten meters away.
"I want this area to have two underground passages," Chen Yu said seriously. "These two passages will start from the dormitory area of the Blood Pellet warriors and end here. I need to see the passages formed within a day. Are there any problems?"
"There shouldn't be too many problems."
Jim raised his hand and scratched his goatee, muttering.
"Camp Master, how deep and wide do you want the passages?"
"Enough for two people to pass side by side," Chen Yu whispered. "The passages don't need to be particularly deep, as long as they don't cause the camp to collapse."
"Then no problem."
Jim replied with certainty. Chen Yu raised an eyebrow and smiled slightly.
"Go ahead."
Upon receiving the order, Jim hurried away. Immediately, he saw a group of construction workers from the camp running to the dormitory area of the Blood Pellet warriors, picking up shovels, and starting to dig out the soil.
Chen Yu watched the scene with folded arms and a smile.
Hei Dou, lying on the ground, looked puzzled.
"Boss~"
"Hmm?"
"What are you doing again? Suddenly digging tunnels, what are you plotting?" Hei Dou's confused whisper came out.
Chen Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, a smile on his face.
"A wise man has his own strategies!"