Chapter 474

Inside the monitoring room of Steel City's gathering place.

Wu Sen stared at the monitoring feed that would sporadically flash white, boredly glancing again at the trade channel.

He picked out the meat fibers stuck between his teeth, then swallowed them with satisfaction.

As a lackey of Steel City's boss, he had been hanging out with Boss Wu Yu before the apocalypse, and thus after the apocalypse he managed to snag a cushy job.

He checked the monitors, and meanwhile browsed the chat channel and the newly opened trade zone.

He grandly called it the Trade and Diplomacy Department.

The gathering place of Steel City was called a city, but in fact it was just a large steel smelting plant.

Thanks to the unique advantage of sparse population and generally strong, healthy internal staff, it soon took on the appearance of a gathering place after the apocalypse.

And Boss Wu Yu harbored not-small ambitions, solemnly setting up many departments.

A factory of twenty thousand people was stubbornly turned into something like a small kingdom with all departments complete.

"Another scammer..."

Wu Sen snorted as he glanced over a private chat that claimed to know the secret of Lin An completing the mission, priced at one hundred catties of food.

"Tsk, if you wanted ten or twenty tons, I might believe a little."

"One hundred catties..."

He shook his head in mockery, too lazy even to give it a glance.

The player who sent the private message was merely a zeroth-level Awakened One.

The Safety Zone mission is one of the most important secrets at this stage; how could any random cat or dog possibly know it?

And it only costs 100 catties—clearly a scam targeting those lucky‑minded fools.

Since Lin An established the Safety Zone, even if the trade channel hadn't appeared, large numbers of scammers roamed everywhere claiming they knew Lin An and knew the secret.

After the trade channel appeared, those scammers became even more numerous.

But as more and more people were duped early on, everyone grew wiser.

Even the Capital Military Region is still searching; their posted purchase requests are nothing more than a lottery‑ticket mentality.

Seriously speaking, hardly anyone believes they could actually receive Lin An's information.

After casually glancing a few times, Wu Sen prepared to close the channel.

But just as he was about to shut it off and go to sleep, a private chat lit up again.

"I have all of Lin An's information, including the defense‑battle recording."

"Huh?"

Wu Sen let out a surprised questioning sound and couldn't help but glance at the sender of the message.

Unlike the usual scammers' tactic of linking themselves to Lin An by claiming to be distant relatives to boost credibility,

this time the person who came via the purchase request bluntly stated two key points.

Seeing that the message came from a first‑level Awakened One, Wu Sen's heart inexplicably jumped.

"First level..."

"Could a first‑level be a scammer?"

It's not that scammers never include first‑level Awakened Ones, but the proportion is extremely tiny.

An ordinary first‑level can become a local high‑rank anywhere, and at worst hold a captain's position.

Before he could react, the other party suddenly sent three links and a sentence:

"I am a Military Region Awakened One."

In the link.

A steward's assault rifle, a military insignia, and a disc.

Wu Sen stared, stunned; as a small figure lurking behind the strong, his thoughts were naturally sharp.

This is, proving his identity!?

The army's gun, the army's insignia—could that final disc not be the recording he spoke of!?

His mind was shaken; a kind of ecstatic joy, as if hit by a lottery, surged to his head.

My goodness!

Could it be, could it really be genuine news of Lin An!?

Not daring to waste a single second, he hurriedly sent a message to Wu Yu via private chat, then, fearing the boss might be delayed, he sprang up and dashed like a mad dog toward the room where the boss was.

"Boss Wu! Lin An! Lin An's news!!"

Ten minutes later.

Wu Yu stared excitedly at the mysterious person's message, feeling his own hands trembling.

The other party provided too much proof, even letting him watch a segment from the disc.

It really is the defense battle!

"Boss, are we really going to spend one piece of equipment plus a spirit‑energy fruit to buy this information?"

Wu Sen looked wistfully at the guard‑type equipment on the table and the spirit‑energy fruit he had only just found yesterday.

Equipment is precious; across the entire gathering place they have only four pieces in total, let alone fruit with added attributes.

That kind of fruit—only the boss, thanks to his luck, has ever eaten one.

"Trade! Worth it!"

Wu Yu, completely abandoning his former composure, replied without hesitation.

Although he too felt the pang, the other party even added the condition of twenty tons of rice, plus a hundred tons of steel.

The energy for the transaction must still be provided by themselves.

But compared to the news from that mysterious mouth, he felt it was more than worth it!!

According to them, Lin An was seriously injured, and Long'an Base also suffered a major loss of strength.

Moreover, the specific coordinates are right near them!

Of course, only after the trade will they tell him the specific location.

But as long as I can find Lin An, I'll kill him.

Isn't the Safety Token I've been dreaming of, plus all that equipment on Lin An, mine?

How many people are desperately searching for Lin An, and yet this fortunate opportunity falls on my head?

This bit of supplies for the trade is nothing!

If he doesn't even buy this kind of news, then he truly has a brain problem.

After tremblingly confirming the trade, the system domineeringly drained all his spiritual energy.

Baring his teeth, a long-lost weakness surged through his limbs.

Wu Yu stumbled and fell to the ground, but his right hand clenched the disc tightly.

Although the weakness from having his strength drained was unpleasant, it in no way hindered his current elation.

Fortunately, the other party agreed to trade the food and steel later; otherwise he really suspected he would be drained to death by the system.

Damn it, next time I'll have my underlings, the Awakened Ones, take turns draining energy...

Looking at the disc in his hand, Wu Yu seemed as if he were looking at the greatest opportunity of his life!

Even when he killed for the first time, slaying the former factory head to seize equipment, he wasn't this excited.

"I've made it... I've made it..."

"My Wu Yu's true chance to turn things around has finally come!"

Thick ambition filled his eyes.

He shoved away the woman trying to support him, even though she was the car model he had previously drooled over.

At this moment he had only one thought! He wanted to verify the truth of the news with his own eyes!

Stumbling, he ran to the bedroom's player.

Wu Yu gasped heavily as he opened the video.

If the news is true, then this news will be the opportunity he has been dreaming of, the greatest opportunity.

In the spacious bedroom.

After watching the video, Wu Yu laughed uncontrollably.

He slapped Wu Sen, his eyes full of joy.

"Well done! Reward! Tell me who you like, Laozi! Even if I reward you!"

On the screen, the image froze on the scene of Lin An seriously injured and collapsing.

To be honest, he was indeed frightened by the image of Lin An before he had ever been injured.

This strength is truly fucking scary.

Although I am already at the peak of the First Level, I wouldn't be surprised if, upon encountering Lin An at his peak, I would be defeated with a single strike.

However, the stronger Lin An is, the happier he becomes.

What does strength indicate? It indicates lots of equipment!

The fleeting damaged wall of Long'an Base only further sparked his fantasy of an empire after occupying Long An.

Kill Lin An! Take down Long An! I will be a hegemon of one side!

Relying on the resources of the steel factory, this is my king's fortress in the apocalypse!

With his thoughts shifting, under the equally excited flattery of his underlings beside him, he stared fixedly at the chat channel.

Should we take advantage of now to build momentum, then launch a surprise attack on Long An?