Chapter 329: Curiosity

After entering the inner city, the streets were noticeably much cleaner.

Even the buildings had changed from grayish thatched houses to many Western-style houses with gardens.

Lights were bright; most survivors here wore high-end clothing, and many noble ladies walked slave dogs or pets.

Returning from barbarism to modernity.

In a daze, it felt as if I had returned to a Western-style small town before the apocalypse.

The electronic devices in this world were not eroded by spiritual energy, so Lin An could even hear the soothing music from outside the car.

Under the waste of large amounts of diesel, everything appeared so "beautiful".

The elongated limousine drove exceptionally smoothly; as it passed a clothing store, Lin An caught sight of two magnificently dressed noble ladies chatting in his peripheral vision.

The pet dogs occasionally ate the sausages dropped from the ladies' hands; one smooth-haired poodle barked twice at the car without fear.

The dog was very clean; its glossy fur showed it had been meticulously groomed.

In the bakery's display window sat exquisite pastries; at the door knelt two young women in maid uniforms with aprons, heads lowered, meticulously wiping the noble ladies' leather boots beneath their feet.

On the price sign decorated with light strips, colorful light strips formed the numbers:

"Truffle Black Forest Cake: 12 (g)"

"Whole Wheat Cocoa: 9 (g)"

1 g is a slave, g is the mixed writing of dog and gold coins, here symbolizing currency.

People-oriented.

Gao Tian looked at all this with a complex gaze; he couldn't help but recall that couple outside the city, and that pair of lovers.

He turned his head to look at Lin An, hesitantly asking in the team channel:

"Captain Lin, what will our world..."

"... become like this?"

Lin An gave no answer; he looked at Gao Tian's bewilderment.

He silently sighed in his heart.

For now, none of this amounts to much; he even worried that the upcoming auction would shock Gao Tian's worldview.

As for Gao Tian's question.

Lin An cannot answer.

The answer is, it will definitely happen.

Moreover, the real world with Awakened Ones and Mutants will only be worse than this.

In the real world with a population of nearly hundreds of billions, in just about three years in his previous life it plummeted to one hundred million.

What happened under this number, Lin An knows all too well.

It is precisely because he has experienced these things that he so desperately craves power and his own forces.

Inside the luxuriously decorated villa, Lin An silently gazed at the Trojan envoy lying collapsed on the wool carpet.

Under precise mental power control, he easily stunned the outer guards.

In just ten seconds, all resistance forces were completely cleared out.

The blood splattered on the ceiling came from the bodyguards who tried to resist.

Two headless corpses lay on the floor, the strong smell of blood stinging the nose.

There's nothing to waste words on; Lin An directly bound the envoy with telekinesis and asked aloud:

"What is your purpose in coming to Bolaka to see their leader?"

"What is your name? What is the code sign or the next operation?"

The envoy, his limbs locked by telekinesis, turned deathly pale; on the sofa in the living room lay two naked men.

On the dining table lay a feast; the largest plate held a cheese-like food.

It could be seen that he had been enjoying entertainment activities not long ago, while also tasting delicacies.

"My name is..."

"Henry."

Bean-sized cold sweat streamed down from his forehead, his eyes full of terror.

What kind of power is this?

Magic!? Or superpowers!?

Unbelievable.

He noticed the meaning in Lin An's words.

This mysterious person is not from Bolaka!

Who exactly is this person!? Is he human or ghost!?

Seeing that the envoy named Henry still had the leisure to think about who he was, Lin An simply controlled his telekinesis to crush his right hand into a ball.

"Ahhhhh!"

The intense pain almost made him pass out from pain.

Not daring to think further, Henry gasped in pain, taking big breaths:

"I'll speak! I'll speak!"

"We came this time to discuss cooperation with Bolaka's leader to resist the corpse tide."

"Our safe zone has just overthrown the previous tyrant, so our defensive forces are somewhat insufficient."

"We want to exchange some slaves for Bolaka's support..."

"As for the code sign, or other operations..."

Henry's whole body trembled from pain; the crushed right hand stimulated his nerves:

No.

We also just made contact with the Bolaka Safe Zone; we've only been here a few hours...

There is action, but we're just planning to play here for a few days.

Bolaka, as a safe zone renowned far and wide with the most varied forms of play, is called Paradise City.

I thought this job would be a breeze, but I never expected to run into Lin An.

After crushing Henry's limbs, Lin An was certain the envoy before him wasn't lying.

He gave Henry no chance to beg for mercy.

After glancing at the 'delicacies' on the table, Lin An directly used his psychic power to shatter the entire envoy.

Through his psychic perception, there was a female corpse that had just died upstairs.

In this instance world, sin has almost become a habit.

At the entrance of the splendid auction hall, a relief made of pure gold glittered under the lights.

The place buzzed with voices; coming and going guests wore fine attire, many even in tailcoats.

The slaves moving the auction items to and fro were draped in sheer gauze, regardless of gender.

After getting out of the car, Lin An, draped in the envoy's black rust-trimmed cloak, presented the envoy's invitation amid the greeting of three ladies.

"Envoy, your seat is in the private booth."

A delicate-faced girl who looked only eighteen or nineteen bowed respectfully, wearing a white dress as sheer as gauze.

Her shapely figure was faintly visible; at a glance, all the hundreds of attendants serving the guests were like that.

Only the attendants for the noblewomen were replaced by male servants.

The décor was lavish, with the carpet beneath their feet stretching on.

As they walked into the venue, Gao Tian's expression grew ever uglier.

"Lin Dui! These beasts! Why would they do this?!"

"They just killed someone..."

Lin An let out a light sigh and then spoke slowly over the team channel:

"They do this to stimulate the guests' nerves."

"Extreme violence and cruelty, not treating people as people, subtly causing them to overlook reason."

"Everyone has a cruel side; the longer one stays in such an environment, the more they lose reason."

Saying this, Lin An gestured for Gao Tian to look at the surrounding electronic screens.

On the screens, various extreme scenes played in a loop, with enticing sound effects assaulting the senses.

"Just like casinos don't hang clocks, and lounges pump oxygen."

"This auction house's methods of stimulating human nature are more direct."

"In this environment, the staff here will hint that you can do whatever you want, naturally arousing the beast within."

"Without reason, consumption becomes impulsive."

Gao Tian remained silent, merely following the ladies into the private booth with a cold expression.

"My lords, what style of service do you prefer?"

"This is our service menu."

"Of course, if we are also on the menu."

One side transparent facing the auction stage, at the doorway of the three-walled booth, three ladies looked at Lin An and the others with seductive eyes, their gazes full of suggestion.

Although they appeared just come of age, with pure looks, they behaved with unusual maturity.

Gao Tian, with a cold expression, drove away the ladies at the door and then slammed the booth door shut.

He sat silently beside Lin An, staring fixedly at the auction stage.

For the first time, he began to be 'curious' about what the auction actually was.

He was 'curious' about how far the people here had lost their humanity.