Chapter 439: Existential Threats and Resource Temptations
It is better to take the initiative to be loyal to become a subordinate of the strong, or to join a powerful force than to be swallowed up by the other side and become a slave.
Some of the large wasteland tribes in this ash wasteland were originally formed by the merger of a large number of small tribes and small forces.
Even the Great Rift Valley tribe had previously fused with more than a dozen small tribes of sand barbarians with hundreds of people, forming the current scale of tens of thousands of people.
It's just that the Great Rift Valley tribe only recruits members of the Sand Barbarian Spirits.
The Oasis tribe in the Human Alliance, a relatively rare multi-racial mixed tribe in the wasteland.
Although they are dominated by human members, as long as they are willing to join and serve the tribe, they are willing to accept members of almost any race, even the sand jackals, which is probably the main reason why the Oasis tribe is so powerful.
Based on the unique way of survival of this ash wasteland.
There was not much opposition within the Rift Valley tribes.
The Sand Barbarians naturally transformed into the first official citizens of Ember City.
Although there is a certain status gap with those clansmen who have signed a soul contract with the Ash City Lord, at least they have the qualifications to exchange for the fruit of life.
And with the addition of the Sand Barbarians of the Great Rift Valley Tribe, Ember City has also begun to produce a pyramidal hierarchy of classes.
The Ash City Lord and his subordinates are naturally the undoubted first order.
The sand barbarian guards and maids who have signed the soul contract are in the second sequence.
The vassal Hu clan is equivalent to the third order, and has the qualification to live in the city and buy prohibited goods.
Beyond that, there are the wasteland tribes of those subhuman races, who are barely considered to be in the fourth order, and are only qualified to trade materials with Ash City.
But even so, it is much stronger than those humanoid races who are not even qualified to trade with Ash City, and can only rely on robbing convoys to obtain the source of life.
Because they have become the vassals of Ember City, the sand barbarians of the original Great Rift Valley tribe have also gained the right to enjoy the basic benefits of Ember City.
For example, the increase in salary, the increase in the supply of the source of life, and the free distribution of Ash City standard clothing, etc.
Although it is just a simple linen product, the uniform style and emblem make them feel different after wearing it.
Especially compared to the members of the wasteland tribes who wore haphazardly cut animal skin clothes, they inexplicably had a sense of pride in the regular army and a centripetal force for Ash City.
At the same time, they who are eligible to live in the city also enjoy the treatment of "welfare housing" as a family unit.
This makes the sand mans who mainly work in department stores outside the city have a faint sense of superiority every time they go out of the city to "work".
Although they themselves were unaware of the change, this sense of superiority was reflected in their attitude towards the other members of the Wasteland tribe.
This made the members of the other wasteland tribes inevitably unhappy, and at the same time, they couldn't help but form an inexplicable envy and yearning.
Before the Ash City forces appeared, they had actually been living in the Ash Wasteland for thousands of years, and they didn't feel that anyone was more noble than the other.
But now, as soon as they saw the majestic city wall tens of meters high, they couldn't help but whisper when they faced the sand barbarians who were qualified to live in the city.
These sand barbarbarians in Ember City, but the person in charge of the department store, who dares to offend them?
What if they refuse to buy the resources they have worked so hard to gather, or refuse to sell the source of life to them?
The so-called "do not suffer from few, but suffer from inequality".
Originally, the Great Rift Valley tribe was not the most powerful tribe among the Sand Barbarian Elite Tribe.
But now he has become a "superior person" with an Ember City ID card, and is in a management position in the daily resource transaction.
This inevitably made the other Sand Barbarian Tribes somewhat jealous, and many small tribes even began to consider following the example of the Great Rift Valley Tribe, hoping to move into the city after becoming vassals of Ember City.
The process of transporting the source of life back to their respective tribes in exchange for it is too dangerous.
In addition to guarding against the greedy Sand Jackal bandits, you also have to watch out for all kinds of dangerous creatures of the wasteland, and you will lose many warriors just to protect the source of life.
Therefore, some of the weaker small tribes simply moved to live near Ember City, which not only avoided the troublesome transportation process, but also made it easier for them to go out to collect resources and exchange them for what they needed.
As a result, a shack area like a refugee camp was gradually formed outside the Ash City.
Even some wasteland tribes are reluctant to move out of their hometowns, and they choose to set up tents outside of Ember City as a permanent foothold.
Bai Yuqi did not reject the Wasteland tribes gathering around Aster City, and there was always a gap to reflect the happiness of the citizens of Aster City.
Living outside of the city is not completely safe.
Although a large number of wasteland tribes are gathered together, the large number of people can intimidate small groups of wasteland creatures.
However, the gathering of large crowds can also attract large herds of beasts or powerful creatures to hunt.
The most common is a wilderness creature called the "sand shark", a shark-like wilderness predator that can sneak silently through the sand and dirt, making it difficult to detect its presence until it attacks.
This also caused many members of the wasteland tribe to fall asleep inexplicably in their sleep and then disappear.
Although this is a normal routine for the members of the Wasteland Tribe, it is a huge difference compared to the citizens of Ash City who live in high-rise buildings in the city and do not have to worry about sand shark attacks.
It is precisely because of this existential threat that more and more small tribes are eager to move into the city.
But the only condition for being able to move into the city is to become a vassal of Ember City, which makes many wasteland tribes still a little hesitant.
Bai Yuqi, who was hesitant in the wasteland tribe, didn't care.
The appearance of Ember City is like a bowl of cold water in front of the desert traveler, and whether to drink it or not seems to have been doomed.
Bai Yuqi didn't believe that the natives of this barren plane could withstand the temptation of Ash City, which had a supply of world resources.
So take your time, he is not in a hurry at all, after all, his main energy is not on Ash City...... Don't forget, the Ember Wastes are just one of the many dimensional passages connected to Chechnya.
While building Ember City, Bai Yuqi also took care of the exploration of other dimensional passages.
Sometimes he has to rush back to the Datang space-time plane halfway to deal with some powerful creatures that invade the Caspian Sea defense line and are difficult for the coalition forces of all countries to contend with, but he is very busy.