Looking at these two guys, Duane sat calmly on the scrapped machine tool because he knew that the young man would soon find his way here.
“Here it is.” Soon, David stopped the car in front of the abandoned factory. The starry glow in Charles’ eyes suddenly brightened. He could clearly sense the scent of Cola and Little black emanating from the factory.
Upon hearing Charles’ words, David was the first to push open the car door and get out. The others followed suit and stood at the entrance of the factory. After surveying the surroundings, they discovered that there were no ambushes nearby.
“David, do you think someone might be hiding inside?” Arnold frowned and asked.
David shook his head. “Currently, we don’t know what this person wants by taking Cola and Little black, and we don’t even know his identity. We don’t know anything about the situation inside. We’ll only find out once we go in.”
With that, David took a step forward and began walking towards the factory. The others followed behind him in the order of their previous battle squad. It seemed that this factory had been abandoned before the apocalypse arrived.
There were piles of scrapped steel and even a few discarded trucks at the entrance. The smell of rust filled everyone’s nostrils. It was evident that this factory used to be an ironworks. The group walked slowly into the workshop, constantly scanning their surroundings, afraid that the stranger would suddenly ambush them.
Soon, they reached the center of the workshop. Inside, various shapes of steel and dozens of discarded lathes were scattered around. At this moment, Charles once again used his ability and looked towards the northeast corner. Following Charles’ gaze, David also stared intently and indeed saw a man sitting on a lathe, calmly staring at them. It seemed that he had noticed their presence long ago. And at his feet, Cola and Little black were still devouring the spirit beast meat.
“Cola, Little black!” Sally exclaimed when she saw the two guys. Upon hearing the familiar voice, Cola and Little black raised their heads and looked at them.
The two guys softly called out to them and then continued to lower their heads to eat the spirit beast meat. This surprised everyone. What’s going on? Why didn’t Cola and Little black come to them when they saw them? Could it be that this man cast a spell on them and controlled them? This made everyone even more nervous.
At this moment, Arnold couldn’t help it and directly transformed into a werewolf. He looked at Duane sternly and said, “Release Cola and Little black immediately! Otherwise, I won’t spare you!” After speaking, he made a move as if he was going to rush towards him.
“Stop.” Seeing this, David quickly said to Arnold. Arnold stopped in his tracks and looked at David with confusion. The enemy was right in front of them, so why wait and not attack? Not only Arnold but also the others didn’t understand David’s actions.
“He didn’t harm Cola and Little black.” After a pause, David looked at Cola and Little black and said to Arnold. He knew these two spirit beasts too well. If they had been harmed, they wouldn’t be behaving like this. Instead, he saw how Little black was wagging his tail.
David knew for sure that there was no danger happening, but it only made him more puzzled. So he looked up at Duane while also sensing his awakening level. Soon, he obtained Duane’s awakening level. Level 5? But what element’s ability did he awaken? David had no idea.
However, looking at Duane’s non-aggressive aura, David felt that this person probably wasn’t a bad guy. Nevertheless, David kept a close eye on Duane, being extremely cautious. He even quietly reached for his alloy short knife, ready to strike if he misjudged and needed to kill him immediately!
Seeing David and the others appear, Duane smiled and tossed the last two pieces of spirit beast meat to Cola and Little black. Then he stood up and looked at David, saying, “You must be the captain of your team, right?”
David nodded and continued asking, “Who are you, and why did you bring Cola and Little black here?”
After confirming that the young man in front of him was indeed the team captain, Duane couldn’t help but sigh inwardly. He sensed his aura the moment David entered, inferring that David’s level was higher than his own. This also made him think that David might be related to the second red light appears about. After all, an esper with such strong abilities would likely have means to change certain world rules.
So Duane continued, “It’s not my fault. They insisted on following me. They ate up all my spirit beast meat, and you should compensate me for something later.” Saying that, Duane smiled and looked at David. Both Duane and David were kind espers in this apocalypse, and there was no killing intent in Duane’s words.
“Spirit beast meat? What’s that?” Duke was the first to ask.
“It’s the flesh and blood of some spirit beasts. When a spirit beast eats it, it can strengthen its bones and aura. If it’s meat from a higher-level spirit beast, it might even help the spirit beast directly level up.” Duane explained straightforwardly.
David naturally understood what spirit beast meat was. Because spirit beasts were especially difficult to hunt, their flesh and blood were priceless, with even a small piece costing tens of thousands. Not to mention this person openly taking out a pound of it. David guessed that he was probably a wealthy individual.
Listening to Duane’s explanation, Duke pondered for a moment and asked again, “If spirit beast meat is so good, why did you give it to Cola and Little black? Do we know each other?” In his view, if someone suddenly started being nice to them for no reason, they must have ulterior motives, except for David, of course.
“Good question. We don’t know each other.” Duane nodded, took two steps forward, and continued, “I came here this time to ask you about the Second Red Light. It’s related to the laws and direction of this world, and I hope you can tell me what you know.”
Duane looked at David, his gaze becoming more determined. This made David suddenly understand that this guy thought he knew the reason for the appearance of the Second Red Light. That’s why he used spirit beast meat to lure Cola and Little black out and then led them here. However, this question was also a knot in his own heart, so he naturally couldn’t inform Duane.
So David shook his head and said, “I’m sorry, but I don’t know anything about the Second Red Light. You’ve got the wrong person.” After speaking, David called Cola and Little black over and gestured to leave the place.．