Chapter 324: Inside the City and the Dog

The vole in charge of driving glanced back at Lin An in a panic, speaking rapidly:

"Sir!"

"Don't act rashly!"

"Although the outer city has few soldiers, there are at least seventy to eighty thousand permanent guards!"

"Please hurry and persuade your companion! We'll be able to enter the city shortly!"

Gao Tian likewise stared at the scene before him with bloodshot eyes, took a deep breath, gave a wry laugh, and held down Zhang Tie:

"Zhang bro, endure it."

"Such things happen all the time in this instance world; there's nothing we can do..."

Zhang Tie turned his head to glance at the expressionless Lin An, feeling bitter inside.

Without Lin An's order, he couldn't act even if he was furious.

"Enter the city first."

Lin An let out a sigh, and in his peripheral vision saw a girl almost driven mad.

These soldiers weren't rushing to vent their bestial desires; instead, they started playing a different kind of game.

They made the girl sing and dance amid her sorrow, like playing a soothing tune before a meal.

Eerie, mad.

But.

He had seen plenty of such things in his past life.

As expected, the degree of depravity and cruelty among the survivors outside the city pales in comparison to what happens inside—it's like a petty witch seeing a great witch.

Having struggled for three years in the apocalypse of his past life, he knows what humanity is capable of when stripped of restraint, morality, and bottom line.

What lies before us is likely just a microcosm of this instance world.

"Stop!"

"Inspect!"

The soldier in charge of inspecting the convoy lazily stood with his gun, casually scanning the cloaked Zhang Tie and company:

"What are these?"

"Take off the cloaks; it's a routine check."

Upon hearing this, the vole hurriedly rolled down the window and pointed to the flag on the roof:

"Sir!"

"We're from the Wild Wolf Slave Catchers! This time we went out to capture savages for the auction."

"These few are the scheduled auction items!"

"Our boss is still behind; he..."

His eyes darting about, the vole, fearing the inspecting soldiers would grow suspicious, uttered the excuse he had prepared along the way:

"Our boss is helping out with another slave-catching gang! He'll be back tonight!"

The soldier looked doubtful.

The Wild Wolf Slave Catchers still have some reputation; he also knows the leader of the slave-catching gang, Lei Man.

Seeing that Lei Man wasn't present, but noticing the vole offering half a catty of jerky with a pained expression, he smiled and let the matter drop.

He didn't even lift the cloaks to inspect the "auction goods."

After the vole bribed the inspecting soldiers, the convoy smoothly entered the city.

The instant they entered the city, successive explosions rang out at the base of the city walls.

"Boom boom! Boom! Boom!"

Inside the vehicle, Lin An gradually withdrew his mental energy, silently sighing.

With his current mental strength, even a slight emission of mental power is enough to burst an ordinary person's head.

Moreover, the physical fitness of ordinary people in this world is inferior to that of the real world.

Outside the city, the soldiers surrounding the girl turned into four fireworks.

The girl forced to sing and dance stood dazed amid the corpses, then burst into a loud, twisted laugh.

She dabbed her fingertip in the red spots splattered on her body, laughing while crying.

The sudden turn of events stunned the onlooking crowd.

They couldn't comprehend how four living people could suddenly become four fireworks.

On the city wall, the soldiers on guard duty stared blankly for a moment before snapping back to attention:

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"There's a sniper!"

Having never witnessed supernatural power, they could only interpret what they saw as a sniper rifle.

A piercing alarm blared, and many armed soldiers scrambled onto the wall to guard against possible enemies.

The crowd outside the city screamed and scattered in flight.

Many took advantage of the chaos to loot; it was utter pandemonium.

Within the team's communication, Xiong Hanzi wore a look of astonishment:

"Captain Lin?!"

"Did you make a move?"

Lin An gave a soft affirmative hum.

After a brief hesitation, he once again radiated his mental energy; under a tangible impact, he shattered the seemingly mad girl into fragments scattered on the ground.

The wind rose, blowing the sky‑filled debris upward.

After hesitating a moment, Lin An still chose to act and dealt with the female student.

She has already gone mad.

This mental state, plus the chaos outside the city.

Sometimes, living is more painful than dying.

He also couldn't bring the female student into the city.

In the battle that broke out upon entering the city, he couldn't possibly divert his attention to protect a mad ordinary person.

Rather than let her suffer while alive, it's better to simply let her be freed.

Gao Tian sensed his unconcealed mental power fluctuations.

He sighed slightly.

In the pickup truck's bed, Lin Ruolan stared blankly at the sky-full of debris behind her, her eyes complex.

The familiar headshot—no need to think to know it was Lin An's doing.

The soldiers who had abused the couple were already dead; to some extent, Lin An could be considered to have helped them get revenge.

As if she had thought of something, she suddenly turned her head and shouted toward the inside of the vehicle:

"If I don't want to live anymore, could you also send me off like this?"

"I will be very grateful to you."

"Really…"

The whole way was smooth and unobstructed.

The scenery inside the city was much better than outside.

Lvshu glanced at Lin An with some apprehension.

The sudden change—no need to think, it must be Lin An's doing.

It's just that he inexplicably feared this terrifying power, yet he didn't fear Lin An's actions.

Even from deep within his heart, he felt Lin An was a good person.

This great person, though mysterious, is not like a human.

But, in this world, he can already be called kind.

It's hard to describe his thoughts.

Seeing Lin An curiously observing the city's architecture, Lvshu swallowed and then eagerly explained:

"Sir, the outer city, as I said before, is where our kind and the slave masters live."

"Of course, they are only minor slave masters."

"Here, things are bought with grass cakes, or the price is calculated in slaves."

"A qualified slave is worth at least 300 grass cakes."

"Like those people just now outside the city, they belong to the slave reserves."

"That means no one values them, but they are still a bit better than savages."

"In the city, slaves are not allowed to wear clothes."

"So, as long as you see someone without clothes, you know whether they are a slave."

Having said that, Lvshu pointed at the man wearing a white robe.

The man in the white robe held a leash in his hand, the other end tied to a slave crawling in a leather skirt:

"Clothes like this—the cleaner they are, or if they are white—generally indicate a slave master."

"If it's not white, then it's a grain person."

"Those crawling on the ground are slaves, but this kind of ornamental slave may be allowed to wear a little clothing."

"Just like pet dogs before the catastrophe."

Gao Tian looked oddly at the slave crawling on the ground called a 'dog,' and couldn't help feeling indignant:

"Why keep people as dogs!?"

"What on earth are you doing!!"

Lvshu gave Gao Tian a surprised look:

"Sir, after the catastrophe, we definitely raise people, not dogs."

"People are much smarter than dogs…"

"Moreover, the next generation bred from them can still be sold for money."

"Of course, there are also those who raise animals."

"But only those who are very wealthy can afford to raise them."

"After all, slave dogs can work, while pet dogs cannot."

He seemed completely matter-of-fact, unaware that anything was wrong with what was before his eyes.

On the dirty, chaotic street, two slave dogs seemed truly like animals, mutually sniffing each other's rear ends, then separating under the master's scolding.

Absurd, ridiculous.

Gao Tian stared blankly at the slave dog that had lost all human qualities, and he even saw a hint of superiority and self-satisfaction on its face.

The dog led by the man in the white robe looked down on the dog in the gray robe.