Without a doubt, the city lord knew many secrets that others did not.
The opportunity that made her so ostentatiously bring most of the experts from Hope City to vie for it must be something extraordinary.
Zhang Lin also realized that this nest of rats might contain a large number of them...
"Were you the only one who knew about this nest of rats?"
He suddenly turned to look at the city lord.
The city lord was not the only one who was reborn. Although most of the reborn people, like Xia Xiaonuan and Ji Yuetong, had few awakened memories.
However, it is inevitable that some people will coincidentally awaken memories related to the rat's nest.
So Zhang Lin asked one more question.
"In the future, this nest of rats will completely transform into extraordinary creatures and become a new race—the Ratmen, becoming one of humanity's greatest enemies!" The city lord tilted his head slightly, glancing at him. "But no one knows where they are right now."
"I was just asking if anyone knew, why are you making such a fuss?" Zhang Lin was full of questions.
"..." The city lord remained silent.
“But I have a feeling that you’re not the only one who knows about this place.” Zhang Lin turned his head to look at the winding mountain path leading downhill.
"What do you mean?" The city lord immediately understood. "You mean, other people are coming to this place?"
"Hehe..." Zhang Lin chuckled but said nothing.
"Impossible!" the city lord said immediately and decisively. "I can guarantee that I am the only one who knows about this place."
Zhang Lin possesses an extraordinary item—the Heart of Reconnaissance.
One Scout Spirit can be generated each week.
This thing is similar to a ward in a game. Once inserted, it generates a real-time monitoring image that is transmitted to the inner cover of the Detective Heart.
Last time, it was thanks to this that Zhang Lin was able to detect Li Shuo and Wei Qiliang's sneak attack in advance.
This time, Zhang Lin also brought out his reconnaissance instincts.
At the foot of the mountain, Zhang Lin placed a checkpoint at the entrance of the only path leading up the mountain. However, after checking the Reconnaissance Heart, he discovered that there were traces of someone else on that path.
Zhang Lin couldn't keep an eye on the Investigator's Heart all the time, so he didn't see the person's appearance or other information.
At that moment, all he knew was that someone had arrived.
He didn't know what the people coming looked like, what their strength was, or where they were.
That's why Zhang Lin asked the city lord if anyone else knew about this place.
"What exactly do you mean?" The city lord felt even more uncomfortable than being scolded by Zhang Lin when she didn't speak. A nameless anger rose up in her heart. "I already told you, only I know about this place. Don't you believe me?"
Zhang Lin shrugged. "Never mind how I know, but I'm sure someone came, and they hid very well. I didn't spot them!"
"Impossible..." she almost denied, but stopped immediately and asked instead, "Are you really sure?"
"Of course I'm sure!"
The city lord lowered his head and pondered deeply.
She was certain that only she knew the future transformation site of the rat people. In fact, she had never even considered the rat's nest before, and no one else had ever been there.
Because when the rat-people appeared in the past, they had already successfully transformed from a nest of rats into a humanoid species.
If someone had visited the rat's nest before, then they could not have transformed into ratmen.
"Where exactly did things go wrong?"
The city lord felt a headache coming on.
In this life, four zombie kings unexpectedly attacked the city, not counting the one that Zhang Lin had killed before.
Later, centipedes appeared.
A giant golden-crowned eagle has appeared in Jinyu County.
Some people even set their sights on the rat's nest.
There were too many unexpected events, and she felt that she had less and less control over the trajectory of the future.
For the city lord, this is actually not a bad thing.
After all, if things had continued along the same trajectory, humanity would still have faced extinction. Once humanity was wiped out and the world restarted, it would have been the same cycle over and over again, which was meaningless.
Only with a lot of unexpected events can variables emerge that allow humanity to survive the apocalypse.
The city lord composed herself and looked at Zhang Lin with a complicated expression. She guessed that this variable might be Zhang Lin, the person she hated so much.
“We need to prepare in advance to avoid working hard only to benefit others.” Beneath the silver mask, her voice was androgynous and devoid of emotion.
"You don't even know who I am?" Zhang Lin looked at her in surprise.
The reason he chose to ask the city lord was to see if the city lord knew who the visitor was. After all, the city lord and that person were both eyeing the rat's nest, so they might have had dealings before.
"I don't know." The city lord shook his head slightly. "The world is vast, and there are many capable people. I am not a god, how could I possibly know everything?"
"Then let's go into the cave first." Zhang Lin didn't say anything more, but waved his hand, signaling everyone to enter the cave.
The city lord nodded, then entered the cave and led the way.
She understood what Zhang Lin meant.
Lure the snake out of its hole!
...
Outside the cave.
A man and a woman, hidden in the shadows, watched as more than twenty people from both the Hope City and Jinyu County factions entered the cave together, and they grew anxious.
"Damn city lord, why are you suddenly eyeing the rat hole!"
The man couldn't help but curse.
"Brother, this is the most crucial moment for the ratmen's transformation. We must stop them!"
The young girl next to him also looked furious.
The two are a brother and sister. The brother is named Yang Wenhao and the sister is named Yang Wenting. They are from the same county near Rongcheng. When the ice melted, extraordinary creatures appeared in their county.
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