Chapter Three: One Crate of Medicine Buys a City

Gu's assistant called. “Mr. Gu offers twenty times market price.” “The medicine isn't for sale.” “Mr. Lin, the world may reset in two days. Money is meaningless, and making Mr. Gu your enemy is even more meaningless.” Lin watched ordinary people lining up outside the hospital. “Then why is he in such a hurry?” He ended the call and published the inventory and delivery routes. Every distribution point had an auditable QR ledger, with no membership and no voting conditions. When the first crate arrived, the crowd made way for the truck without being asked. By the twentieth, three hundred volunteer drivers had joined. At dusk, Gu's convoy remained trapped in floodwater while Lin's supply web covered the city.