Xu Youyou had controlled his strength when he threw the stone.
Even so, the stone still split the man's forehead open, sending blood splattering. He looked like he was in terrible shape.
Seeing this, Zuo Lin'an walked over quickly, grabbed the man by his arm, and dragged him toward the distant woods.
Xu Youyou picked up the man who was still begging for mercy at his feet and quickly followed.
He knew what Zuo Lin'an meant.
Neither of these two could be left alive; both had to be killed.
Since Zuo Lin'an couldn't make a move right now, both of them had to be dealt with by him.
Ten minutes later, the two of them strolled out of the woods completely clean. They each carried a backpack containing nothing but clothes.
They had wanted to pack some food and water, but they decided against it, considering they were about to enter Zhao Cheng's settlement.
After all, they had to pose as newly arrived criminals, and newcomers wouldn't have any food or water on them.
If they were caught with supplies, their cover would definitely be blown.
Orienting themselves, the two walked toward Zhao Cheng's settlement.
However, they didn't walk in a straight line. Instead, they angled their path slightly so that if anyone spotted them, they would look like they were just passing through.
Rather than heading directly for the place on purpose.
But they couldn't actually avoid it either; it would be troublesome if no one noticed them at all.
To prevent that, they intentionally chose an open route where they could be easily spotted.
Sure enough, after walking for barely two minutes, some distance away, someone waved at them.
“Hey! Wait up!”
Hearing the shout, they stopped and turned to look in that direction.
It was a bald, middle-aged man in his forties or fifties.
Zuo Lin'an let out a silent sigh of relief when he heard the call. With this, their plan to infiltrate Zhao Cheng's settlement was already half-successful.
The two of them pretended to hesitate for a moment before heading over.
A few minutes later, they met.
“Hey, you two young fellas are newcomers, right?”
Zuo Lin'an gave him a wary look, then slowly nodded. “Yes. We were dropped off by a plane in a really desolate place last night. We've been walking until now, and you're the first person we've seen.”
“Just the two of you?”
“There were a few others, but they didn't want to stick with us,” Zuo Lin'an replied.
“I see. Don't worry about it, come with me!”
Zuo Lin'an frowned. “So, what is this place...?”
Seeing their wary expressions, the man knew they were on guard. He didn't mind; almost everyone who had just arrived in Sin Hunter City acted this way.
If they had been completely open and believed everything he said, he would have been the one who needed to be careful.
“I'm Tang Jiu. If you don't mind, you can just call me Uncle Tang.”
“By the way, since you just arrived in Sin Hunter City, you probably don't know how things work here. Let me tell you...”
Tang Jiu didn't go into great detail. He simply gave a brief overview of Sin Hunter City before bragging about how wonderful his settlement was.
Finally, he offered to take them to meet the settlement's boss, Zhao Cheng.
As Tang Jiu spoke, the wary expressions on Zuo Lin'an and Xu Youyou's faces gradually faded, replaced by smiles and frequent nods.
“I didn't expect Sin Hunter City to be so huge and have so many desolate areas,” Xu Youyou said. “We were lucky to run into you, Uncle Tang. Otherwise, the two of us might have starved to death out there!”
He scratched his head sheepishly. “By the way, we're really thirsty and hungry right now. Will there be food when we get to the settlement?”
Tang Jiu burst into laughter.
“Of course there's food! Come on, follow me. I'll take you to get a meal first!”
After that, Zuo Lin'an and Xu Youyou ate a hearty meal that filled them right up.
They ate quickly because someone came by to urge them along, saying that Zhao Cheng wanted to meet the two newcomers.
At this moment, Zuo Lin'an was discreetly sizing up the man standing in front of them.
According to Tang Jiu, this man was the settlement's boss, Zhao Cheng, and the one who had been trying to get rid of Wang Hu.
Zuo Lin'an noticed that Zhao Cheng wasn't very old, looking to be in his thirties or forties.
He was on the thinner side, but the muscle definition on his exposed arms was extremely prominent. He was the lean and muscular type.
They could tell that Zhao Cheng's muscles weren't just for show; they possessed genuine, explosive power!
Even Xu Youyou didn't have muscles like that.
After all, Xu Youyou simply possessed raw strength.
In truth, they had seen someone like this before.
It was Instructor An Wen. He looked scholarly and refined, but in reality...
Zuo Lin'an couldn't help but recall their time at the training base.
Whenever he sparred with the instructor, he was absolutely no match for him. No matter how hard he tried afterward, he was always completely crushed.
And for someone like Xu Youyou, who had undergone special training and possessed such immense strength—
When Instructor An sparred with him, he could withstand his massive force and had never once lost.
At most, he would end up in a draw with Xu Youyou.
One had to remember that although Instructor An was a Specter Master, his physical body was still that of an ordinary human.
This alone showed how powerful Instructor An truly was.
He truly lived up to his title as an instructor at the training base!
And now, seeing those familiar muscle lines, it was clear that this Zhao Cheng was definitely not as simple as they had previously thought.
“Ah, so you're two young brothers. You look like you're not even twenty yet. What did you do to get sent here?”
Zhao Cheng had a peaceful look on his face, making him seem like an approachable middle-aged man.
However, they wouldn't be fooled by such a disguise.
Zuo Lin'an frowned. “Um... do we have to talk about that?”
He didn't seem nervous or unwilling to share; it was just a simple question.
Zhao Cheng laughed. “No other meaning. I just want to get to know you. Even though we were all sent to Sin Hunter City, there are some crimes that even we look down upon.”
“Besides, you two seem to be together. Did you know each other before?”
Zuo Lin'an understood.
Those sent to Sin Hunter City were all violent criminals. Some committed murder and arson, while others committed sexual assaults before killing and even dismembering their victims.
And the Zhao Cheng in front of them seemed to be exactly that type of criminal.
Of course, that was assuming the man from earlier hadn't lied.
But the two of them didn't care about these people's crimes. Whether it was true or false didn't matter.
Either way, they all had to die!
“Of course we know each other,” Zuo Lin'an replied. “We went to the same university and lived in the same dorm. As for what we did... we just killed our other two roommates.”
“On average, each of us only killed one person. We thought we'd get a few years or maybe a decade at most, but we never expected to be thrown into Sin Hunter City...”
Zhao Cheng grew interested. “Oh? How did you kill them?”
He knew a bit about how things worked; normally, someone who only killed one person wouldn't be sent here unless the method of execution was exceptionally brutal or had a terrible social impact.
Zuo Lin'an gave a light chuckle and whispered, “Poison.”
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