Warhammer: I don't want to become a stinky can!

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Lena smiled and stared intently at those still holding grain.

But some people did not choose to put out the grain; instead, they stepped forward, seemingly wanting to take Lena and Pasteur's place.

"Don't come over."

Pasteur stepped forward, head bowed in a fighting stance, but his eyes were fixed on the boy who approached.

"Me too. I also made it to the top of the mountain."

Fortunately, most people are still wary of "summit climbers," who can survive and reach the summit amidst dense poisonous gas. They may not be a match for such people.

So the remaining people, though unwilling, all put the grain back.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Io and Antaeus redistributed the grain equally.

"Thank you for believing in us."

Ante said,

"I'm willing to make the sacrifice first, to be the last to drink water, so that the water can be given to those who need it first."

Whispers spread, but this time, the tense atmosphere seemed to ease slightly.

While everyone was discussing, Io placed the knife by the door.

Holding the same amount of food, the children began to exchange ideas and discuss, but what they discussed most was how to pass this level.

"This group is good."

Mortarian's voice came from behind them; the two of them were now watching the children together.

"really."

To Hades' surprise, while many rooms immediately erupted into fighting, others saw people grabbing food and scattering.

However, a significant proportion of the children opted for redistribution.

Someone preemptively seized a water source that was ignored by most people, and then used the water source to coerce everyone into redistributing food.

Someone managed to seize the knives in advance and then used force to coerce people into redistributing them.

Of course, a larger group of people used water and knives to coerce others into handing over grain.

Only those who might have understood Hades's hint would choose to redistribute resources among the people.

The placement of water sources and knives is essentially designed to allow a select few to seize control of the discourse.

First, the children had to be clever enough to understand Hades's hints, and then they had to be strong enough to seize at least one resource that would be to their advantage.

In comparison, although food is also crucial, its importance is completely overshadowed by water and knives.

However, there are exceptions. In one room, a child knocked everyone unconscious and then gave them an equal amount of food again.

In another room, a child who had taken nothing gave a speech and then got everyone to spontaneously start redistributing the spoils.

In short, various methods were used, but quite a few candidates did step forward and urge people not to compete for the positions.

And the group that Mortalian just mentioned.

Hades glanced at the game and formed a team in advance. They then split up to occupy two key resources and used their identities to manage them.

Very good, really very good, it can be considered the optimal solution.

Hades memorized the names and information of the four children.

"But the key is yet to come."

Hades spoke,

The reason for their good performance in the early stages was that resources were still plentiful and their will to survive had not yet been stimulated.

However, if Hades were to focus on the rooms that had already been reassigned later on...

Can you still hold on to yourselves?

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Chapter 143 The Trial from Hades (Part 2)

Time has no meaning here.

In the oppressive room, only the sound of quiet breathing and the occasional dripping of water could be heard.

Antai leaned against the wall, feeling his life force slowly draining away.

No one knows exactly how much time has passed, but in the absence of a definite timeframe, everyone is trying to eat as little as possible.

Everyone lay listlessly in the room, lifeless.

After an unknown amount of time, An Tai felt that the food in his hand was getting less and less.

A boy suddenly stood up and ran quickly toward where the knives were kept.

? !

Antaeus tried to stand up to stop him, but someone beat him to it. Pasteur, who was deliberately resting not far from the knife, stood up and pushed the newcomer over.

"What...what do you want to do?!"

The boy who was pushed down screamed in panic while trying to climb toward where the knife was kept.

But Pasteur simply bent down and pinned the boy down.

Pasteur seemed to want to look into the boy's eyes, but he looked away first.

"You're out of food, aren't you?"

Pasteur pointed to the boy's empty hands.

The boy stared at him in horror.

"What do you want to do?"

Pasteur shook his head, then nodded, and then reached out and broke his rations in half.

"Give."

Before the boy could react, Pasteur shoved the food into his hand.

"If that's not enough, come find me again."

Pasteur glanced at the boy, then got up and left.

This time, however, Pasteur squatted down right where the knives were kept.

The boy was stunned. He held the food, glanced quickly at Pasteur, and immediately got up and ran away as if fleeing.

Similarly, the others in the room were also stunned by Pasteur's actions.

Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Pasteur smiled sheepishly and looked towards the door.

"I think it's okay to abstain, the worst that can happen is to abstain."

"Don't look at me."

There was complete silence, but the breathing throughout the room seemed to grow even heavier.

Silence once again enveloped the room.

Antai shakily got up.

He still had a small handful of dry rations left in his hand, which had already been soaked with water.

The others may no longer have the strength to stand up.

Antaeus could endure more than others.

After Pasteur's actions, there were no further conflicts.

Antai felt that after the first person who failed to rise to prominence, it would be very difficult for a second one to succeed.

Originally, it takes courage to stand up in a silent crowd.

Moreover, Antaeus didn't want to know how many people could be moved by Pasteur's actions, but Pasteur did tell the others in a very real way that they couldn't defeat him.

In other words, even if they tried to steal it, Pasteur and Antaeus would stop them.

If Pasteur and Antaeus were truly defeated, the first one to step forward would actually suffer a net loss.

So everyone quieted down.

During this time, some people couldn't hold on and offered to abstain, suggesting that he try to get out through the doorway, but they were stopped by Igor.

"I'm not sure if the number of people in the room will be a criterion for evaluation."

With that, Io shared some of his and Lena's food with the man.

Antaeus looked around the room and saw clearly that, apart from himself, no one else had any food left.

That's it now.

Antai thought to himself that if things were really as they deduced, then the selection process should be over soon.

He looked at the indicator light on the wall, which was still so dim and gray. Would it really light up?

If their judgment is wrong, then there's nothing that can be changed now.

Antaeus was looking toward Pasteur, who was either sleeping or unconscious.

Although Pasteur was the first to propose the concept of abstention, he still stubbornly refused to leave.

Antaeus walked over and carefully patted Pasteur.

no response.

Pasteur was clearly nearing his limit.

So Antaeus decided to force the food into Pasteur's mouth.

He looked at the grain and swallowed hard.

No, Antaeus, no.

You can quit, you can quit, you won't necessarily die, but if you don't do it, you might fail.

He bent down, preparing—

The indicator light is on.

Antai almost burst into tears.

I'm very sorry, this trial is indeed poorly written.

So let's end here.

If you have any good selection methods, please leave a comment.

One more update

Actually, it might be better to release them together.

Unfortunately, the only thing I can't surpass is typing a little faster.

Chapter 144 Collector's Obsession

Hades stood at the shuttle's boarding gate, watching the children undergoing boarding checks.

They are allowed to bring one or two of their own personal belongings.

After two rounds of selection, more than two thousand people passed the trial.

The total number of applicants for this Death Guard recruitment was over 2.3 million.

In the recently concluded second round of selection, most of the groups that passed the test were formed by a small number of people who then used force to prevent robbery.

Of course, there were also cases where the plan changed halfway through, and the children who were originally meant to suppress the robbery became robbers themselves, driven by hunger.

Once it was confirmed that no one came out to try to correct the situation, all those in the rooms were eliminated; there was no need to make them continue to suffer.

In the few rooms where violence is rare, there will be those who voluntarily withdraw.

There were also a very few rooms where no disputes occurred from beginning to end.

But later on, most of the rooms were replaced by chaos.