Chapter 623: Ambition

Yun ignored the teasing Xiong Hanzi; Lin An merely briefly asked about the general route.

In the midst of everyone's anxious speculation and waiting, not a word was spoken.

Xiong Hanzi, standing to the side, beamed with pride, surrounded by several men trying to curry favor with him.

"Captain Lin, what are we going to do next? Go find that faceless woman?"

I don't really want to bother with these survivors, even if their attitude is almost groveling in the dirt.

Why is Captain Lin so popular with the girls?

Damn it, it's always like this.

Aren't my muscles handsome enough?

He curled his lip, and for a moment several men who were trying to please him thought they had misspoken.

I don't know if this is a national tradition of the Korean War Zone.

Several people bowed at the waist in front of Zhang Tie; when dealing with someone of a higher rank, their attitude was unusually respectful, the hierarchy clear.

Finding it a bit noisy, Xiong Hanzi glanced impatiently at the few people before him:

"These brats, the way they look at you, Captain Lin... something's off. But they're pretty good at enduring."

Even with low emotional intelligence, Xiong Hanzi could clearly sense the jealousy and envy hidden beneath those men's façade.

The reason is simple.

Besides the team leader Han Youzhen standing alone to the side, the other girls followed suit, gathering before Lin An to ask this and that.

But, aware of the gap in strength, several people could only watch silently.

Those who have survived since the apocalypse broke out are all very pragmatic.

Those without brains have long since died off.

Lin An chuckled, hearing from Xiong Hanzi's tone a reluctance to face the faceless woman.

He pondered for a moment.

Team voice chat:

"For now, we won't go look for the faceless woman."

"They gave too little information; I'm not sure if there are any special props with the faceless woman."

"Dealing with supernatural incidents is really troublesome; if there aren't any, it would just be a waste of time."

"Let's first go to Twin Stars Base and scavenge."

"I simulated the route; the faceless woman's location is near the US military base, so we can swing by on the way out."

"By the way, let's grab some fighter jets."

The idea is simple.

The Fusan War Zone, at least, is a proper, the second-largest war zone in Korea.

The safety point organized by the Fusan military—you could tell with your toes—it definitely doesn't have anything good.

But the safety point established by the Twin Stars Group probably still has some supplies.

Coming back empty-handed has never been his style.

And the US military base...

To be honest, Lin An has a strong interest in these overseas military bases.

Cutting-edge fighter jets, the tactical missile system deployed years ago, even the coordinates of aircraft carrier fleets.

Bringing these back would greatly increase the strength of Long'an Base.

Early in the apocalypse.

As his strength grew, Lin An admitted that saying he had no ambition would be false.

The more resources he could seize, the greater his chances of surviving the apocalypse.

The more resources one can seize, the greater one's chance of resisting the Apocalypse.

He could clearly go seize a military region himself, then fly back to Long'an in a fighter jet.

But he still chose to have Long'an Base send people over.

First, to call in more of his own people to act as "porters."

One person can't fly back that many fighter jets, and the ring's storage space is also limited.

It would be better to have Mo Ling come over once and teleport them back directly.

Second, to prepare for future plans.

In his memory, the Korean War Zone would collapse before long.

Rather than let it go to waste, it's better to occupy it.

After all, since we've come this far...

We might as well just make it a reconnaissance mission.

As a C-shaped island chain on the Asian continent, the strategic importance of the Korean War Zone cannot be underestimated.

What Lin An doesn't know is that, due to communication limitations, his brief words were meant to have someone come to meet him.

In an instant, it caused the entire Long'an Base to panic like a pot of porridge, even bringing along a tactical nuclear bomb from the reserve crate to "rescue."

After hearing his meaning, Xiong Hanzi grinned.

Going to Twin Stars Base to move stuff?

Old Zhang loves that the most!

The roof of the factory dormitory building.

In the distance to the right are some dilapidated residential buildings, the streets chaotic.

In the distance to the right are some dilapidated residential buildings, the streets chaotic.

Occasionally, scattered zombies could be seen wandering in the alleys.

To the left was a relatively spacious urban-rural fringe area, belonging to a semi-commercial district.

A large number of zombies were crowded together.

Among them were many huge mutants, wandering aimlessly.

Apart from the occasional zombie howl, everything seemed so heavy and quiet.

Holding a map.

Han Youzhen carefully compared the directions, hesitated a moment, then softly said to Lin An's back:

"This sir."

"We can pass through this district on the right and walk on the rooftops."

"Along the fringe area, heading west leads to the wasteland."

"We'll have to take a detour, but it will be safer there."

"Although going out toward the square leads to the suburban highway, a huge number of zombies gather there."

"Taking this route is essentially a dead end."

Since Lin An expressed his willingness to travel with them, the morale of the survivor squad has risen significantly.

Although they also have Awakened Ones, two of the three are support types.

And the leader, Han Youzhen, her awakened ability is merely increased speed.

Even without fully understanding the power differences among Awakened Ones, several people can still sense something.

That outfit, if it truly is equipment.

Lin An is at least at the First Level, possibly even the Second Level as rumored.

Standing behind Lin An, Li Enzhu, with ulterior motives, hurriedly came over.

Using the excuse of heat, she intentionally or unintentionally opened her chest, flashing her snow‑white skin.

For a moment, it drew several guys to glance sideways repeatedly.

"Brother, at most three days and we'll reach the Twin Stars Safety Point."

"My ability is healing~ it's very comfortable."

"You can try it now~"

Her tone was somewhat coquettish, though it seemed not very effective.

From beginning to end, Lin An never replied to her with a single word.

While speaking, she unintentionally tried to put her arm around Lin An.

However, her foot slipped and she stepped on empty air.

She had intended to lean on Lin An,

but she embarrassingly discovered that, as if he had eyes on his back, he silently dodged without a word.

The smile on her face froze; Li Enzhu could only pretend to be indifferent, yet her expression showed no sign of giving up.

Lin An and Han Youzhen frowned at the same time.

He disliked Li Enzhu's way of addressing him.

The girls here seem to like calling the other 'big brother' to draw closer.

Meanwhile, Han Youzhen felt somewhat downcast.

Her companions' behavior made her feel her face burning.

No one knows who the other party is; perhaps because they might be strong, so they act so humble?

Not paying much heed, Lin An nodded slightly and then jumped down from the low warehouse.

The few people behind also hurriedly climbed down the stairs.

However, the few boys at the back exchanged glances and couldn't help cursing silently.

Really, putting on airs.

If you truly aren't interested, why bother walking with them?

Clearly, he has designs on the girls in his own team.