The study was filled with a unique scent, Lynch and Mr. Wardrick sat facing each other.

After Lynch mentioned he would give Mr. Wardrick a truckload of pure color, they finally ended their small talk and got into more serious discussion.

"How are things on your side?", Lynch found a topic as a lead to open the following conversation.

Mr. Wardrick spread his hands, "The unrest is gradually calming down, except for some issues in the outskirts of the cities, the urban areas have been thoroughly cleaned."

As he spoke, Mr. Wardrick couldn't help but complain, "Your methods were too aggressive, and we did not anticipate some of the issues during the unrest."

"The bad news is you threw some unforeseen troubles our way, but the good news is that these troubles might eventually come back to haunt you!"

The unforeseen troubles Mr. Wardrick referred to were those violent elements, originating from the core of Mengwu Province and expanding outward during the massive unrest across Nagariel. Those stubborn rebels in Mengwu Province did not return home when the chaos subsided, reverting to compliant, lower-class Nagariel citizens.

These people, unlike other Nagariel citizens, had set their hearts free, unleashing the beast of desire that could no longer be caged.

They have done so many things, like attacking and killing wealthy individuals, robbing their property, assaulting their wives and daughters. They can no longer return to the past, nor dare to, as no one knows if the new rulers will find them and behead them as a warning to others.

So they cannot go back, and if they cannot return, they can only move elsewhere.

At that time, as the chaos spread outward, they became the first to leave Mengwu Province, which was a fortunate turn for Lynch.

The pressing environment in some regions and the easing environment elsewhere made these individuals, who began to adopt extreme measures both physically and psychologically, choose to relocate and build their strength.

As expected, the places where the unrest started early returned to calm one after another, while a large group of potential rebels relocated further away with the rippling unrest.

The later the eruption of unrest, the slower the cleanup, the more likely these locations become gathering spots for these people.

They had nowhere left to go. In some remote areas, these individuals reluctantly shifted from dispersed rebellion to gradually coming together, forming a powerful force.

In addition, the Youth Party seemed to be supporting these individuals secretly, and they had already gained initial capability and strength to confront the new rulers.

"We held a discussion meeting earlier; my military advisors suggested expulsion, not extermination." Mr. Wardrick was candid while discussing this matter.

If someone carefully observed, they would find that lies and deceit often occur among the lower and middle classes, the poorer they are, the more skilled they are at using lies.

Once people reach a certain height, they no longer wish to lie, preferring silence over discussing matters they'd rather not address, but they wouldn't speak against their heart and lie.

Mr. Wardrick was the same; when he talked about these issues, he wouldn't lie. He might rephrase "I hate you" to "I don't really like you," but he wouldn't lie; this is crucial.

When chatting with people of this level, comprehension becomes very important.

"The board-hired experts believe that exterminating too many natives would leave us with an indelible negative image, which is detrimental to our local ingraining, but expulsion would not."

He had a faintly interesting smile, "Initially, some surrounding areas might end up driving those people back to your side, at least your side hasn't formed a new round of high-pressure state yet."

Lynch nodded slightly, with a very small amplitude, more like a slight sway of the body rather than a nod.

Mr. Wardrick was quite right; if the initial push for unrest was the first round's pressure point, then expulsion now becomes the second round's pressure point.

Those rebel forces, like flowing water, will be driven away, running to pledged places, and some of them are bound to return to his territory since fierce battles haven't erupted here.

The hunting squad processes didn't actually kill many people; leaving a few tens of corpses on a street was about right. It's just the frightening atmosphere created by the hunting squad that made people afraid.

The slogan of free shooting being announced could make people shiver at home, let alone go to the streets to see if they indeed did it.

The relatively subdued environment would attract those increasingly organized and scaled rebels, but Lynch wasn't too worried.

"There's a saying that strong fortresses often start crumbling from within, our situation is pretty much the same."

"From the beginning, our plan was to divide the natives, then create opposition, which is precisely a good opportunity now; we need to sort them out…"

Lynch relaxed his hands, casually flicked his wrists, and made a few gestures, "Let the natives fix their problems with other natives; it's better than us getting involved ourselves."

"Natives know themselves better than we do; they know where the resistance groups might hide and how to find them."

"To prove their value, they'll be more ruthless to their own compatriots than we would, you know we just crushed their ruling class using their own hands!"

Those natives destroyed more than half of the ruling class; whether to survive the upheaval or to gain coveted power, those ambitious ones would cling to the Federation, helping the Federation deal with their own people.

While some natives might hate the Federation people, more of them actually hate their own kind.

Once Nagariel's economy revives, this hatred would soon be drowned in abundant material life and psychological brainwashing, Lynch wasn't worried at all.

However, Mr. Wardrick was still concerned, "You haven't seen those resistance groups; they've already been equipped with some modern weapons. If we are to have natives confront other natives, we must provide them weapons; otherwise, they won't be a match for the resistance groups."

"Have you considered that the weapons you give them to eradicate resistance groups could eventually shoot back at you?"

"Too many weapons flowing into civilian hands don't help stabilize Nagari's region's situation and may trigger a series of social issues, affecting our multiple investments!"

"Don't forget, most participants in the recent turmoil were the ordinary people you mentioned!"

This is also the mainstream viewpoint within the United Development Company; if they truly let go and allow natives to manage other natives, they must appropriately empower them with weapons and authority. If natives become too powerful, too strong, it would be hard to say if they would turn to be United Development Company's stumbling block.

Compared to the natives' indifferent hostility and animosity, the United Development Company's board is more inclined to personally handle clearing out those resistance groups, thus solving the problem without worrying about potential regional unrest. The only downside could be the hatred natives feel towards the Federation from the mass native slaughter.

But compared to profits, the high-level executives of United Development Company don't care at all!

When they slaughtered the indigenous people of the Federation, they never held back, and they even ended up establishing reservations for them after killing so many times the Federation's first-generation immigrants. No one felt guilty.

Of course, even the natives didn't mind; they even indulged in it, because the Federation gave them more tax exemptions, allowed them to establish legal casinos, and allow their wives, daughters, sisters, and even rural companions to legally entertain guests in brothels. Many appreciated the Federation Government for allowing them financial freedom.

This was like last year's fitness show where a girl who should have been eliminated kept making it to the next round after apologizing tearfully to her family in the reservation on camera, saying she didn't make it to the end.

But each time, she managed to advance by luck and even achieve a good second-place result!

Maybe the people at United Development Company plan to establish a new protection zone in Nagariel, who knows?

For money, they couldn't care less about anything.

Lynch frowned, "Hatred and hostility would damage our interests; everyone knows, Nagariel's real wealth is its people, not minerals or anything else."

Two hundred million people, with most being young and middle-aged. The complex and challenging living environment makes it hard for elderly people with weak bodies to live past fifty.

Subtracting the children, Nagariel could provide at least one hundred million cheap labor forces, that's wealth, real wealth!

Mr. Wardrick was aware of what Lynch was saying, he remained silent while Lynch continued, "Creating division is the most wrong choice; I believe people are selfish, inclined to make beneficial choices for themselves."

"We could provide them more choices, rich enough to let them decide for themselves, and on this point, you need to be on my side."

"That's billions in labor force, Mr. Wardrick, even if each one only brings us a hundred dollars profit annually, it's a hundred billion in annual revenue."

"Relying solely on mining, even if they mine this planet hollow, they couldn't make that much money annually!"

"And, I'll prove my choice is correct; even if you can't be on my side, when the board meeting takes place after the New Year's, I'll need you to make sure some idiots don't make wrong decisions!"

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