Chapter 320: Enter the City

Beside the motorcycle, Zhang Tie and Gao Tian exchanged a glance and couldn't help laughing.

Really an idiot.

They had never seen Lin Dui let any enemy go.

In Lin An's dictionary, there has never been such a word as "going easy".

Beside the pickup, the slave-catching squad members with their hands raised turned pale and remained motionless, not a sound.

They had seen slave masters who toyed with people's hearts, and they themselves had done similar things.

But behavior like Lin An's—giving hope then erasing it with strange means—was still something they had never seen before.

A white light flashed.

Lin An paid no heed to their thoughts, simply tossing the revolver back into his ring, then looking around.

Hmm.

The entire slave-catching squad now had only eleven people left.

"Kill half, keep half."

"Enter the city."

After saying that, he also put the motorcycle back into his ring.

The brand-new mountain motorcycle was too eye-catching.

Of course, mainly because if it got damaged by bullets, Xiong Hanzi would feel sorry.

After hearing Lin An's orders, Zhang Tie broke into a grin.

He had been unable to wait any longer.

He wanted this bunch of scum to taste the flavor of bear paws.

Two minutes later, Xiong Hanzi, refreshed, shook his hands and then carried a naked‑upper‑body man whose face was painted with paint toward the pickup.

"Lin Dui."

"This guy is one of the drivers."

"He knows more."

Lin An casually looked out the window from inside the pickup; the driver held by Zhang Tie trembled all over like a chick.

"Driver?"

"Who is your second-in-command?"

"How many people are in Bolaka City? How are they distributed?"

"Who is the leader?"

The man called the driver swallowed hard:

"Sir... sir."

"The... second-in-command was killed by you."

"The captain of the slave-catching squad is Lei Man."

The man called the driver, trembling with fear, pointed to a puddle of mush on the ground, indicating that the bald man Zhang Tie had slapped to death was the second-in-command.

His voice quivering, he again pointed shakily at the headless corpse:

"The third-in-command and the squad leader also... also died."

The driver wore a mournful face; the whole slave-catching squad had been taken down by twelve and a half people, leaving now only five and a half of them.

Zhang Tie was obedient; since Lin An told him to kill half, he really did kill only half.

Beside the mountain bike, a man with only half his body left was still wailing, not yet dead for the moment.

"Fine."

Seeing Lin An merely staring at him, the driver hurriedly answered other questions:

"The Bolaka Safe Zone has over a million people total, but it's in the hundreds of thousands, I don't know exactly."

"I only know there are a lot of people."

"The whole safe zone is divided into four circles."

"The outermost first circle is the slave pits, where the lowest‑class people live."

"The second circle is the armed forces, where we slave‑catching squads and merchants live."

"The third circle is inside the safe zone city, where nobles and those with grain live."

"The innermost part is Leader Bolaka and his slaves, plus some military leaders."

Having answered Lin An's questions in one breath, the driver took a deep breath:

"Sir, do you want to enter the city?"

"I can take you into the city, but our status only allows us into the second circle; the innermost two circles require an identity token."

"One identity token costs three hundred catties of flour, or cornmeal."

"If you want to live in the safe zone..."

The driver's eyes showed some fear as he glanced in awe at Lin An's right hand.

That white light was like magic.

He personally saw the motorcycle and pistol disappear in Lin An's hand.

"You would need about fifteen hundred catties of flour!"

"Of course, if it's meat, only three hundred catties!"

"But it can't be human flesh..."

Lin An frowned slightly after hearing that.

His ring held plenty of supplies, but the packaging was too conspicuous, and it was all meat jerky cans and individual rations.

It's obvious even if you think with your toes.

Bringing these things into the city will definitely draw attention.

Charging straight in isn't that difficult.

But I'm afraid of wasting time.

A city of one million people, with layers inside and out, would have at least three to four hundred thousand troops and armed forces.

Although after displaying strength, these people would soon be frightened and scatter.

But he aims to control the whole city.

If the army routs, it would be too troublesome.

Especially the Safe Zone's High Level, I still need to get information about this world from them.

Mindlessly charging in is convenient, but what if I scare them off?

Then, if the army scatters, we'd still need to gather them, and if the High Level flee, we'd have to bring them back.

That's too wasteful of time...

The driver seemed to see what Lin An was thinking, and he gathered his courage:

"Um, sir."

"If you don't mind, you can enter the city under the guise of a delivery."

"Our Slave Hunting Team came out this time to capture savages for the auction, to serve as the lowest-grade auction items."

"So..."

He hesitated for a moment, fearing that if he spoke plainly, Lin An would crush his head.

Lin An remained expressionless, gesturing for him to continue.

"So what?"

The driver, dangling in midair, let out an embarrassed chuckle twice:

"You can pretend to be the \"prey\" we captured, that way you can sneak into the city."

"Of course! Esteemed sir, you are definitely not our prey! In name only, just in name!"

"Once inside the city, you can sign up for the Security Team."

"With your strength, passing the test will be a breeze."

"After joining the Security Team, you can stay openly and legitimately."

After saying that, the driver looked at Lin An's face with a cautious, uneasy expression.

Strength?

To be honest, if Lin An didn't look human, I'd think he was a ghost.

Such unfathomable methods truly overturn his worldview.

After a moment's thought, Lin An nodded, signaling Zhang Tie to put the driver down:

"What's your name?"

"Your Safe Zone's leader Bolaka, where does he usually stay?"

The driver before him is fairly quick-witted.

As for what he said about gaining residency by joining the Security Team?

Lin An simply ignored it.

The driver's method isn't impossible.

After sneaking into the city, just go all out and kill your way to the Safe Zone Leader's location.

A decapitation operation—simple and swift.

Once we have enough information, we'll take control of the entire city.

As for the next steps, it depends on what information we obtain.

Although information is scarce now, Lin An has developed great doubts about this instance world.

Any random Safe Zone has a population of one million.

There are Slave Hunting Teams and slave masters.

From the fragmentary descriptions, the upper class here obviously indulges in pleasure, constantly seeking new ways to have fun.

This means the Zombie threat to them is actually not great.

So, what exactly is the danger in this world?

What exactly does resolving the Apocalypse crisis of the Amoeba Worm instance refer to?