The Endgame Chronicles (by Hugh White) novel Chapter 447

Chapter 447

“What? Tell us already!”

“Haylight Base gave out pork to everyone. Adults and kids. Ten pounds per person!”

People around them sucked in a sharp breath.

“Everyone also got a brand-new outfit and a full box of Hearthfall cake!”

The crowd went completely silent.

“And that’s not all. Each person got a small gold nugget and a hundred points. That’s enough to buy 100 poun rice!”

“What?!”

At that moment, everyone was completely stunned by how insanely generous Haylight Base was.

Pork. New clothes. Hearthfall cake. Gold nuggets.

The people were so jealous that their faces were twisted out of shape.

Why weren’t they residents of Haylight Base?

Oh, the jealousy!

Why wasn’t their base leader Hayley?

Oh, the envy!

Everyone knew that among the 58 bases in the Haylight League, the richest and most central one was Haylight

Base.

Their population wasn’t large, but their wealth was several times that of any other base.

When everyone else first entered the city dressed like refugees, ragged and dusty, Haylight Base residents were already wearing clean, well-kept clothes.

When others nearly cried with excitement seeing fresh pork for sale at league-run stores, Haylight Base residents were already tired of it and were switching things up with vegetables,

While everyone else worked nonstop to earn league points for supplies, Haylight Base residents averaged tens of thousands of points per person.

And that wasn’t even counting the hidden benefits.

For ordinary bases, residents could only shop at league operated stores, and many items were limited per purchase.

But Haylight Base residents had access to their own base run supermarkets. They had better quality, lower prices, and more variety!

That wasn’t because of league leader privileges.

It was because their base was just that rich!

With surplus supplies, they could afford to sell the best goods cheaply to their own people.

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Among the 57 other bases in the Haylight League, not a single one wasn’t jealous of Haylight Base.

After hearing about this massive Hearthfall giveaway, the envy only grew stronger.

They were so jealous of Haylight Base residents. They desperately wanted to join Haylight Base and follow Hayley!

Just then, a group of people got off work at the research institute. Cyril and the others walked out carrying bags stuffed with Hearthfall gifts, faces glowing with happiness.

“Professor Floyd, my family already bought meat these past few days, and Ms. Reid handed out even more. I can’t finish it. Take some home with you,” someone said.

“If you can’t finish it, why do you think I can?” Cyril replied with a cheerful laugh. “It’s just the two of us at home. With this much meat, I’ve got to figure out how to eat it all. If I don’t, it’ll go to waste.”

Their casual conversation landed squarely in everyone else’s ears. People nearly rushed forward, desperate to help them with this unbearable problem of having too much food.

The jealousy was unbearable.

Everyone watched Cyril and the others walk away with their bags, eyes following them like sunflowers tracking

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