[World Exploration Value Increased by 7.52%]
Seeing the rising exploration value, Yang Tao roughly guessed the situation of this world. The protagonist being able to provide over 7 points of exploration value indicated that this world's plot was at most only the first season of The Outcast.
Following the pattern, he would receive his first reward when it reached over 30%.
Looking at Zhang Chulan's submissive expression, Yang Tao chuckled. Although this guy looked like he had given up, he was definitely cursing him in his heart.
"I was just acting in self-defense. After all, you just rushed over shouting nonsense. If I were an ordinary person, wouldn't I have been taken out by you in one go?"
Zhang Chulan, looking at Yang Tao, who was only about two years older than him, couldn't help but inwardly complain.
"Let's go."
Yang Tao put away his gun and turned to walk in the opposite direction of the graveyard. If he remembered correctly, Feng Baobao and Xu San should be on the outskirts of the forest.
The forest at night was very lively; even Zhang Chulan's outburst just now didn't completely silence it.
Various sounds of insects and birds filled the forest with vitality.
Zhang Chulan followed not far behind Yang Tao, his gaze fixed on Yang Tao's unguarded back.
'To ambush or not to ambush?'
He was very hesitant; the deterrent power of that bullet just now was too strong.
As an excellent young man who had only seen real firearms on television, facing them in reality made his scalp tingle, even as an outsider, it was the same.
Mainly because he hadn't encountered them before...
"Where are you taking me?"
Hearing Zhang Chulan's question, Yang Tao stopped, turned, and said with a smile, "I'm going to meet two people from Express Delivery Company later."
"Express Delivery Company?"
Zhang Chulan was hearing that name for the first time.
"What is Express Delivery Company? It sounds like a courier company? Also, who are you? Why did you steal my grandfather's body?"
Hearing Zhang Chulan's string of questions, Yang Tao, who loved to spoil things, immediately perked up. With a slight movement of his fingers, a pure gold business card appeared between his two fingers.
He tossed it lightly.
Zhang Chulan gracefully extended his fingers to catch Yang Tao's business card, looking as if he was always accompanied by an air of coolness.
"It's pure gold..."
Those few simple words instantly broke Zhang Chulan's composure. The business card, originally held between his fingers, almost fell to the ground. He fumbled to grasp the card in his hand.
This time, Zhang Chulan was truly shocked.
"Gold?!"
"Big brother, can grave robbing really earn this much these days? Are you still hiring? I don't have much else, but I do have some strength."
Yang Tao looked at Zhang Chulan's appearance and chuckled, saying, "Alright, stop looking like a loser. Grave robbing doesn't earn as much as I do."
"Let me first answer your questions from earlier. I am not the one who stole your grandfather's body, nor am I a member of Express Delivery Company. You can consider me a third-party force. For some reasons, I need to stay by your side for a period of time."
"As for Express Delivery Company... Have you heard of the Dragon Group?"
Zhang Chulan had already memorized Yang Tao's name and carefully put the business card into his pocket.
"Dragon Group??"
"Oh~"
Zhang Chulan's face showed a look of sudden realization: "Are you saying Express Delivery Company is..."
"Shh, kid, some things you can know but not say, understand? If you say it out loud and then act, it becomes a different matter, understand?"
Zhang Chulan nodded like a pecking chick.
Express Delivery Company is the official force of The Outcast. On the surface, it is a courier company, but in reality, it is a secret organization responsible for managing outsiders in the Greater China region.
It bears the important responsibility of maintaining the balance between outsiders and normal society, and it has its own rules and codes of conduct.
Express Delivery Company, under the guise of a courier company, restrains outsiders for the state, making it half a state-owned enterprise. All its members are outsiders. It has 6 directors, with one branch in each of the 7 major regions nationwide, and each branch has one person in charge.
Of course, not all outsiders within Express Delivery Company are willing to abide by the rules, which is why there are the versatile temporary workers.
Temporary workers for dirty work, temporary workers for taking the blame.
"Then, Big Brother, what kind of force are you?"
"Me? Heh heh, I am a force unto myself. Alright, the Express Delivery Company people are here."
Yang Tao looked towards the front of the path, where two figures were walking along the path into the depths of the forest.
[World Exploration Value 13.22%]
Seeing the rising exploration value, Yang Tao felt new mods beckoning to him.
Having gained exploration value, Yang Tao had no intention of interacting with Xu San and continued along the path out of the forest.
When Zhang Chulan saw Feng Baobao's figure, his body immediately tensed up. In his opinion, the woman in front of him was even crazier than Yang Tao.
Yang Tao would at most shoot him, but this woman wanted to bury him alive.
"Xu San, he is Zhang Chulan!"
Feng Baobao spoke in standard Sichuan Mandarin, raising her hand and pointing a fair, tender palm at Zhang Chulan.
Xu San pushed up the glasses on his nose when he heard this, looked at Zhang Chulan, and said with a smile, "Hello, Zhang Chulan, my name is Xu San. Regarding the theft of your grandfather's body, I'd like to talk to you..."
"Talk? Talk about what? My grandfather's body was stolen. You people aren't looking for those who stole the body, so what are you talking to me about? And that crazy woman next to you almost buried me alive just now, is that what you mean by 'talk'?"
Zhang Chulan's emotions were very agitated. He already knew that Xu San was an official person, but these official people weren't going to find those who stole his grandfather's body; instead, they were making things difficult for him, the victim. This truly puzzled him, and some resentment was normal.
Xu San still had a faint smile on his face, completely unmoved by Zhang Chulan's words.
"Zhang Chulan, we are protecting you. Those who stole your grandfather's body haven't found what they wanted, so they will definitely come looking for you."
"Come looking for me?"
Zhang Chulan still said with some agitation, "Even if they don't come looking for me, I'll have to find a way to find them."
Whether one is an outsider or not.
If someone's grandfather's grave was dug up and the body stolen, that's a matter of never-ending conflict.
Just as Zhang Chulan was about to say something more, Yang Tao, who had already walked far away, suddenly called out to him, "Are you coming or not?"
Zhang Chulan glanced at Xu San and Feng Baobao and quickly chased after Yang Tao.
Feng Baobao looked at Zhang Chulan's back and said, "Xu San, do you want me to keep him here?"
"No need."
Xu San scrutinized Yang Tao's back and said, "That young man is very strange. We'll investigate him thoroughly when we get back."
"By the way, Baobao, have you ever been to school?"
...
"You really followed!"
Yang Tao gained a new understanding of Zhang Chulan's personality.
"By the way, is it convenient to see your cinnabar mole?"
Hearing Yang Tao's question, Zhang Chulan reacted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, widening his eyes and looking at Yang Tao in disbelief: "You... how did you know?"
"You bastard, you didn't peek at me showering, did you?"
"I'm not that bored. You revealed it yourself..."