Chapter 862: Corpse Hunting Team

Ten minutes later.

After repeatedly questioning a large amount of information, Yun Tian, with a solemn expression, spoke in the private chat channel:

"Brother Lin, this Heiyu problem is serious!"

"The deeper we go, the higher the difficulty, and the fewer people who come out alive."

"No matter whether from high altitude or ground, we will encounter all kinds of events; if we want to go in to 'rescue people,' we probably have to dig our way in all the way."

Lin An nodded slightly, after confirming that the convoy leader didn't know more information, he quickly began to analyze.

According to everyone, there are at least thirteen kinds of Special Events inside Heiyu, most of them being Supernatural Incidents, plus a few unknown entities.

Each time someone comes out alive, they may receive a Prop or a large amount of food at minimum, or at most they can be promoted to First Level and obtain blue‑rank system Equipment!

Just like a treasure trove, it attracts Survivors to go.

However, the benefits of Heiyu were not widely known from the start; instead, they were sealed off by the Safe Zone, known only to high‑rank Awakened Ones.

The real change occurred a month ago.

One month ago, the Yingshan Safe Zone dispatched a large number of Awakened Ones all at once to enter in order to obtain supplies.

Perhaps it was to prepare for a trial, or perhaps they felt the previous number dispatched was too low and the efficiency of retrieval was too poor.

This time, they tried to rely on numerical advantage to enter Heiyu's interior in one go.

But this elite squad, composed of forty Second Level and one hundred twenty First Level members, after entering, within less than two days only the then‑leader Yuan Feng and a few Second Level survivors escaped back.

Numbers were useless, but Yuan Feng, who came out alive, in one go surged to the peak of Second Level.

After the incident, it caused an uproar throughout the Safe Zone.

The dead Awakened Ones almost accounted for one‑third of the Safe Zone's elite.

With so many deaths, the news could not be concealed, thus making the entire Yingshan war zone aware of Heiyu's existence.

Rather than before, when people thought Heiyu was an extremely dangerous zone and those unaware dared not approach it.

Logically, with many deaths, the danger level of Heiyu should increase again.

But the rewards are tempting, and there is also the example of Yuan Feng.

In the following period, many Awakened Ones from nearby war zones approached Yingshan, wanting to use Heiyu's "low‑difficulty" events to complete missions and obtain rewards.

Anyway, there is a precedent to explore the path.

The fewer people who enter, the safer it actually is, which is perfect for small‑scale Awakened One teams.

This is also why the convoy members speculated that Lin An intended to enter Heiyu.

In thought.

Lin An developed a strong interest in Heiyu's nature and the rumored generous rewards.

His strength urgently needs to be increased, especially since there have been cases of Awakened Ones entering Heiyu at First Level and emerging at the peak of Second Level; this likely has only one cause.

That is, the rewards inside Heiyu include something that directly boosts spiritual energy.

It is not the slow increase from absorbing free spiritual energy in the Safe Zone, nor the small amount of spiritual energy experience gained from killing Mutants.

It must be a large amount! Moreover, it can be obtained continuously!

With the idea provided by the Second Will, Lin An also realized that increasing strength does not necessarily have to come from hunting monsters.

At least after he learned the path of the Disaster Power (electromagnetic force), in just two hours his overall attributes increased by 0.2.

This means that as long as spiritual energy is sufficient, he can completely raise his attributes wildly, relying on his super‑high‑strength physique to violently surge to Fourth Stage!

The stronger the physique, the more spiritual energy it can hold.

And the amount of spiritual energy determines the efficiency of strengthening the physique.

Under this cycle, his demand for spiritual energy has sharply increased.

"Grinding monsters" consumes spiritual energy, delaying his use of Disaster Power to strengthen his body, but completing Special Events theoretically requires no combat!

Clearing Heiyu, rescuing the trapped gathering place, and incidentally slaughtering nearby third‑stage Mutants..

His strength should be able to increase rapidly..

This time coming out, it turned out to be the right choice.

In a flash of thought, just as Lin An was about to speak and ask something else, the Awakened One named Wang Kun from the convoy suddenly approached him with a respectful expression:

"Captain Chu, are you planning to lead the team into Heiyu?"

Not knowing what Wang Kun meant, Lin An calmly lifted his gaze, only to see that all the Awakened Ones in the convoy were looking at him with an undisguisable excited gaze.

In doubt, Lin An nodded to signal Wang Kun to continue speaking, no need to beat around the bush.

One second later, Wang Kun, who had approached his side, took a deep breath, his face full of flattery:

"I actually have a friend who entered once; before he died, he told me what he encountered!"

"That place is very dangerous; even someone with no experience, no matter how strong, could die!"

While speaking, he nervously waved his hand;

"Of course, I'm not saying you'll have an accident; just having an experienced person accompany you in would make the situation much better.."

Leaving room in his words, Wang Kun, when saying he would accompany Lin An inside, obviously mustered his courage.

His brows furrowed slightly.

Lin An naturally heard the other's implication.

Wang Kun's implication was nothing more than that he would only reveal the inside information if Lin An took him in; evidently this information is known only to Wang Kun himself, or rather, only his deceased companion knew it.

"What do you want? If you go in with me, aren't you afraid of dying inside?"

He replied lightly; Lin An looked at the people's excited expressions and roughly guessed that this group had probably just discussed something.

Seven Awakened Ones from the convoy heard the voice and paused, exchanging glances with each other.

They didn't expect Lin An's words to be so blunt.

What they actually thought was actually quite simple.

After guessing Lin An wanted to go to Heiyu, they also thought of another matter.

That is, Lin An, an escapee from other Safe Zones, would probably also join the Yingshan Safe Zone.

Lin An's team totals only four people; to establish a foothold in the Safe Zone, they must recruit followers and build their own power.

If they don't take advantage of Lin An's recent arrival in Yingshan, when he's unfamiliar and lacks acquaintances, to get familiar and join, that would be foolish, wasting such a good opportunity.

In their minds, Lin An, Yun Tian, and even that bald strong man, all have Second Level strength.

Such a strength combination could form a decent force anywhere.

Thinking of their own increasingly dire situation, plus Lin An's team even having a seemingly zero-combat-power little girl doing so well.

They have already marked Lin An as 'not a bad person' and strong in ability.

Gritting his teeth, the middle-aged leader of the convoy also stopped caring about face, stepped forward a few paces, and lowered his head.

"This sir."

"You must have seen it as well."

"Our team says we have Awakened Ones, but generally their strength is not strong."

Pointing at the somewhat timid, uneasy ordinary people inside the carriage, the middle-aged man sighed.

"Our team has too many ordinary people. Everyone's life is actually barely holding on."

His expression dimmed.

As a rare team willing to bring ordinary people to survive the Apocalypse, a bitter smile appeared on his face.

"If you continue to stay in Yingshan afterward, could you prioritize..."

"Boss!"

"There's a convoy behind us, heading straight to crash into us!"

"Bang!!"

Just as his words fell, at the junction of the convoy, the survivors inside the rear carriage hastily poked their heads out to interrupt the middle-aged man's speech.

He looked panicked, one hand gripping the handle, the other pointing backward.

Only see, behind the convoy, a long dragon-like armored vehicle formation rushing rapidly toward them.

The leading Mengshi armored vehicle had already rammed head-on into the last minivan of the convoy.

In the violent collision, a panicked shout arose.

At a glance, on the rear pursuing armored vehicle fleet, several Awakened Ones wearing leather armor and baring their chests were excitedly shouting.

"Yingshan Legion, clear the way! All of you, damn it, stop!"

"Whoever resists dies!!"

A man with a fang collar around his neck, eyes wild, fired the vehicle-mounted machine gun wildly at the sky.

The gunfire was piercing.

Inside the truck, after the middle-aged man saw clearly the flag on the armored vehicle, his face suddenly turned grim.

The earphone guy beside him was even more shocked and dismayed, obviously recognizing this troop.

"Yingshan Corpse-hunting Troop?!"