The whole nation is trying to survive on the cable car; I'm choosing one of three options at ea

He simply walked at his own pace, killing the monsters along the way, advancing towards the golden treasure chest. The girl's footsteps behind him remained at a distance of about twenty meters, neither too close nor too far, like a faint, elusive tail.

As they continued forward, when they were only three or four hundred meters away from the treasure chest, Su Mu's brow twitched slightly.

He sensed another "tail".

It wasn't Lin Xiaohe... He was already familiar with her footsteps.

It was another group of people, following him at a greater distance, about sixty or seventy meters away, moving cautiously and discreetly. If his hearing and perception hadn't become exceptionally sharp due to his enhanced attributes, he wouldn't have noticed them at all.

Su Mu did not turn around.

He could roughly guess who those people were... most likely the same people who had been trapped upstairs by that wild boar.

The reasoning is simple: after the wild boar died, the monsters that had been suppressing the area began to slowly gather back. These monsters were generally low-level and couldn't possibly fight their way out on their own. Their only way to survive was to follow the safe passage he had created.

Su Mu didn't pay much attention to it.

He is not the kind of person who is bloodthirsty.

Those people abandoned their companions on the rooftop and refused to help them, which shows their low moral standards, but that's their business.

He wouldn't bother with them as long as they didn't affect him. Besides, those people's rank and strength posed no threat to him whatsoever.

He continued walking forward.

In the distance behind them, the six men were hiding behind a thick sycamore tree, taking turns observing Su Mu's back with binoculars.

"Has he discovered us?" The short-haired woman's voice was low and tinged with nervousness.

"Probably not...it's so far away," the tall, thin man said uncertainly.

The man in the baseball cap didn't join their discussion. He focused his binoculars to maximum zoom, his eyes fixed on the figure fighting ahead.

What did he see?

A level 5 Stitched Monster burst out from behind a roadside flowerbed, its body wrapped in blackened bandages and emitting a putrid stench.

The man didn't even stop. With a casual flick of his wrist, the spear tip pierced the animatronic's eye socket and exited through the back of its head. The animatronic's body stiffened for a moment, then fell straight down. From the monster's appearance to its death, less than two seconds had passed.

The man in the baseball cap's hand trembled slightly.

This was already the umpteenth monster he had ever seen.

Level two, level three... those monsters that their team had to fight tooth and nail for half a day to defeat, were no different from paper in front of that man.

"You guys say..." the man in the baseball cap put down his binoculars, his voice a little dry, "could he have killed that level seven wild boar?"

No one answered.

Everyone fell silent. Because they already knew the answer in their hearts.

"But who exactly is he?" the tall, thin man frowned. "Are there such terrifying people on our cable line? Killing level seven monsters all by himself, dealing with these level three, four, and five monsters like cutting vegetables... What level is he? Level four? Level five?"

"Impossible." The man in the baseball cap shook his head. "The highest level on our cableway is said to be only level three. And even level three isn't that outrageous. A level three would be good enough to take on a level five monster in one go, this is level seven."

"Could he not be one of the people on our cable line?"

"If it's not our cable, then it must be some other cable?"

"Possibly. After all, there are thirty-two cable lines above Ash City, and all sorts of people are there."

"But..." the short-haired woman hesitated for a moment, "Would the people on the other cables be that strong?"

No one can answer this question.

After a moment of silence, a young man who hadn't spoken much spoke up, his voice carrying a hint of awe he himself wasn't aware of: "Do you think... he might be one of the original inhabitants of this world?"

Several people looked at him at the same time.

"Indigenous people? There are still indigenous people in this world?"

"Why is it impossible? Look at this city, it's so big, with buildings, streets, and a university. People must have lived here before. Where did all those people go? Did they die? Or did they turn into monsters? It's impossible that they all died, right? Maybe some of them survived and became powerful beings like him."

This conjecture was like a stone thrown into calm water, creating ripples.

"That makes sense... We were dropped down from a cable car, but there might be other humans in this world. They just don't have cable cars like us; they've always lived on the ground."

"If he's indigenous, that explains why he's so strong. They've lived on the ground for who knows how long, so their level must be much higher than ours."

"If Lin Xiaohe follows him, wouldn't she be clinging to his coattails?"

"Lin Xiaohe..." The man in the baseball cap chewed on the name, his eyes filled with complex emotions.

He didn't tell anyone about what he had just seen through the binoculars... Su Mu handed Lin Xiaohe a bottle of medicine, which she drank, and the wound on her arm healed instantly. He had never even seen such a thing before.

"Are we alright following him like this?" the short-haired woman asked with some concern.

"Lin Xiaohe was fine with him, so we should be fine too, right?" the tall, thin man said uncertainly.

"I don't know, but I'm not sure either."

"Then... what else can we do?" The man in the baseball cap interrupted her, his voice tinged with weariness. "Look around, those monsters are slowly gathering back. Do we think we can fight our way out?"

No one refuted.

They all knew that this was the truth.

After the wild boar died, monsters were gathering again from all corners of the area. Level three, level four, level five... none of them were easy for them to deal with. If they hadn't followed this person and used the safe passage he had cleared, they might have died several times over by now.

"Let's go." The man in the baseball cap put away his binoculars. "Stay close, don't lose him. But don't get too close, that guy clearly doesn't like being disturbed."

The group nodded, maintaining a distance of about sixty or seventy meters, trailing far behind Su Mu.

They watched as Su Mu took down the monsters along the way with a single shot, and watched those monsters, which were so powerful and terrifying in their eyes, fall like straw. Their shock deepened, eventually turning into a numb, taken-for-granted awe.

That person is too strong.

They were so strong that they couldn't even feel jealousy.

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