我在無限遊戲裡封神 (Eng)

62. Rose Factory

Chapter 190

The interior of the abandoned factory.

The fresh dry leaf roses that had been picked formed hills in the open space of the factory. The vagrants, who had been restored by Bai Liu, stared at the piles of 'stolen goods' that had been transported here this morning.

A few sweaty vagrants stood next to the rose bushes, wiping away the sweat droplets on their hands and letting out long breaths. They were the few people who had been taken by Bai Liu that morning to help dry the rose petals, the laid-off vagrants who had worked in the Rose Factory.

These piles of dry leaf roses were also brought back by them.

Someone was frightened by the piles of rose petals that were transported back and stumbled forward to ask the people, visible fear on his face, "Why did you steal so many roses back? You will be executed if you get caught by the factory people!"

"Yes yes, return it!"

"If you steal more than 1 kg of dry leaf roses, not only will the parties involved be killed but three generations of their family won't be able to engage in rose-related industries!"

After the Dry Leaf Rose Perfume spread around the world, the people of the Rose Factory appealed that the countries should make a special set of protection laws for them in order to protect the precious and limited resource that was the dry leaf rose.

Despite all the controversies, this set of laws still came out.

The content included those who criticized the dry leaf roses and those who promoted the theory that dry leaf roses were harmful, would be fined and detained. The exclusive copyright of the Dry Leaf Rose Perfume would last for 10 million years without sharing it with anyone and the act of privately studying the perfume was a serious infringement and they would receive a fine of more than 10 million yuan.

Anyone who stole, smuggled or illegally traded more than 1 kg of dried roses or more than three bottles and less than five bottles of low-grade Dry Leaf Rose Perfume would be punishable by death or suspended to life labor if the factory was willing.

A simple translation of the latter sentence meant that if the offender had committed a crime related to the dry leaf roses and the Rose Factory wanted it, the death row inmate could be handed over to the Rose Factory for handling-life or death.

At the beginning when the law was set, half the world protested against the harsh punishment. However, no one questioned the legitimacy of the punishment. Later, the popularity of the dry leaf roses rose and the price increased. More and more people couldn't afford to buy the perfume and the voices of resistance grew louder.

At that time, the Rose Factory issued a regulation. If they reported the hidden dry leaf roses obtained illegally around them and the people who developed the perfume, the factory was willing to give them a free perfume supply for 10 years.

Suddenly, there were voices attacking each other everywhere. It was said that at the peak, the Rose Factory received 100,000 calls reporting someone a day. After this battle, the Rose Factory simply and neatly investigated and punished many criminal civilians and the voices of opposition gradually weakened. Not many people questioned the set of laws any longer.

From the fierce resistance in the beginning to everyone being afraid of this pile of stolen roses-it wasn't just fear of the laws themselves but of the betrayal of some of them.

It was because the Rose Factory's whistleblower reward still existed. The reward might've been reduced from 10 years to 1 year but there was still a steady stream of people calling to report others.