Zhang Yi kept an eye on the conversations in the group.
Uncle You turned to send Zhang Yi a private message.
"Zhang Yi, what should we do now?"
Zhang Yi replied, "The timing is almost right. When the time comes, you help me out and make sure these people listen to me obediently."
"Use both kindness and threats to make them follow us. Only then will our building be safe in the future."
Zhang Yi didn't know if they would be safe, but he was certain he would become safer.
Moreover, many of these neighbors would eventually be used as cannon fodder by Zhang Yi, sent to the frontlines.
Most of them had family members killed by Zhang Yi, and once the opportunity arose, they would definitely seek revenge.
So it's best to deal with them now.
After their discussion, Uncle You and Zhang Yi returned to the owner's group.
Uncle You made a show of tagging Zhang Yi: "@Zhang Yi, everyone needs you now. If you're the only one left in this building, you'll be lonely, won't you?"
"Please have a heart and help us! Everyone will truly appreciate you from the bottom of their hearts!"
The neighbors quickly chimed in.
"Yes, yes! As long as you can save us, we'll be forever grateful!"
"From now on, the building will be yours to command."
"Zhang Yi, our family's lives are in your hands!"
Sweet words flooded in.
Zhang Yi sneered.
"I'm only here to talk to you because of Uncle You's face."
"But honestly, I don't care about you guys. I'm living just fine, why should I care about you?"
"Plus, I'd have to go out and risk my life. It's just not worth it!"
The more Zhang Yi said this, the more unsettled the neighbors became.
"Zhang Yi, don't! At the very least, if you tell us what to do, we'll do it, okay?"
When people are in despair, as long as there's a glimmer of hope to survive, they won't want to die.
Zhang Yi coldly asked, "Oh? Really? You'll do whatever I say?"
"Do all of you agree?"
The neighbors hesitated for a moment.
One person said, "As long as you don't ask us to die, we'll agree to anything!"
Zhang Yi then asked, "If I tell you to pick up weapons and fight against the Tianhe gang, will you go?"
"Uh..."
The group fell silent.
No one spoke, each waiting for someone else to speak first.
Zhang Yi laughed loudly: "So you all just want me to risk my life, right? Fine, I won't care about you then."
"When Huang Tianfang and his people come to kill, just stick out your necks and let them chop it off!"
"Goodbye!"
Uncle You became anxious, "Zhang Yi, don't! We'll definitely listen to you."
"Anyway, we're all going to die. At least we have a chance to live if we give it a try. I'm with you!"
He then started encouraging everyone.
"What are you still hesitating for? Let's all fight together. There's a chance to survive! Do you really want to wait until they pick you off one by one?"
Uncle You's encouragement worked.
Thinking there was still a chance to live, everyone started to agree to follow Zhang Yi's orders.
Zhang Yi and Uncle You, working in tandem, took control of the entire building.
He calmly said, "Alright, from now on, everything will be done my way."
"The situation is dire. The enemy might attack at any time. Any passive or neglectful behavior will be considered betrayal of all the building's owners!"
"At that point, don't blame me for directly killing that person!"
Zhang Yi's gaze swept over the list of group members.
"Don't let me find anyone secretly hiding and refusing to come out to fight."
"If I find one, I'll kill them on the spot! No one gets to hide and pick fruit while the rest fight!"
Zhang Yi said this because he had roughly calculated that there were only about twenty people speaking in the group.
Clearly, some people were staying silent, planning to turtle up and let Zhang Yi's group do the fighting.
Upon hearing this, the neighbors who had agreed to face the enemy with Zhang Yi weren't happy.
"Fang Lin, come out! I know you're alive, I saw you digging snow yesterday!"
"Liang Yulu, where are you? Don't hide, and don't pretend you didn't see the group messages. We will come find you!"
...
The neighbors, red-eyed, tagged the "turtle" members.
People are selfish, and once they've decided to risk their lives, they don't want to see others hiding behind them.
Reluctantly, those hiding also came forward.
"Ah, I just fell asleep, and just saw the message."
"Huh? What's going on? Are we fighting back? That's great!"
"I'm not afraid of dying, I just didn't see the message earlier."
A group of people said, feeling guilty.
Zhang Yi didn't pay them much attention. "In any case, since everyone elected me as the building leader, you'll follow my orders. Anyone who dares to chicken out at the back is a traitor to all the owners and deserves to die!"
The owners didn't dare speak up. They knew Zhang Yi would actually kill them.
The fifty-plus dead souls were bloody evidence.
After swinging the big stick, Zhang Yi thought for a moment and decided to give them a carrot.
"Don't worry, I, Zhang Yi, am a kind person. I can't bear to watch you starve. As long as you obey, I'll go out and find supplies for you."
Zhang Yi had been planning this for a while.
Since an engineering team could use demolition techniques, it was hard to guarantee that stronger enemies wouldn't show up in the future.
He lived on the 24th floor. Although the building was entirely made of metal, if the floor below collapsed, it would greatly affect his home as well.
That's why he wanted to keep a group of cannon fodder downstairs to act as sentries, and when necessary, to help him die.
Taking care of them required supplies.
Zhang Yi wasn't willing to give them the supplies from his own space, so he needed to go out and find more.
Also, his weapons and ammunition were being used up quickly.
He had already used twenty bullets in a fight a few days ago and needed to find more weapons and equipment.
As for how to get around, the answer was simple.
The snow outside was over ten meters thick, making vehicles useless.
However, there were vehicles specially designed for snow—snowmobiles.
Zhang Yi had five in his space, two of which were snow vehicles with cabins, and three were small snowmobiles.
In this snow-bound city, it would take others a huge effort to leave their homes.
But he could freely traverse the city.
The owner's group exploded at this point!
"Zhang Yi, you can go out and find supplies?"
"With all that snow, how are you going to drive? Are you planning to walk through the snow? Wouldn't you freeze to death?"
Zhang Yi said, "No matter how bad the environment is, for everyone's sake, I have to try!"
"Don't worry, I've worked in storage for years. I know where the warehouses, big malls, and supermarkets are in Tianhai City."
"Finding supplies isn't hard for me."