She felt that this kid was quite tight-lipped and could become her first resident outside her walls.
After receiving Li Ke's signal, Song Xian got up in the middle of the night, left the underground residence, and carefully followed Li Ke out of the town and ran up the mountain.
The town's defenses are currently more focused on the captured bandits and the town's entrances and exits. Other areas are much less heavily guarded, mainly because the weather is too hot and few people are willing to travel long distances in the sweltering heat to ambush others.
After running about a distance, Li Ke stopped. Song Xian, who was panting heavily behind him, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his brother Li had stopped. He then ran a little further before stopping beside Li Ke.
After catching his breath for a while, Song Xian asked, "Brother Li, what brings you here? I haven't revealed a word about your matter. Also, a lot of people have gone mad recently, it's quite frightening. Brother Li, you should also be careful."
Upon hearing this, Li Ke looked at Song Xian and said, "You mean that's madness? I heard that the leader of your town went to the city shelter to inquire about information, didn't he? Doesn't he know what this disease is?"
Song Xian looked somewhat bewildered: "We call it madness now. Anyone who has an attack will be locked up in another place for isolation. We don't know anything else. As for the fact that the boss went to the shelter to inquire about information, I have never heard of it. However, I haven't seen Boss Qiufeng recently. But we rarely see the boss anyway, so it's normal for him not to show up for many days."
Li Ke then asked, "Has anything unusual happened in your town recently? Have there been any changes at the higher levels?"
Song Xian remained clueless: "Aside from a lot of people getting mad, nothing else has changed. We still go to work as usual every day, with supervisors overseeing us. We rarely see any other leaders of higher status, and there doesn't seem to be anything else unusual in the town."
Li Ke stared at Song Xian for a while. After being rescued recently, this man suddenly became much dull and didn't know anything when asked.
With a sigh, Li Ke looked at the increasingly nervous Song Xian and asked, "We're also setting up a defense outpost down the mountain and we're recruiting. If you're not interested in working for me, I'll provide for you whether you live or die. Of course, you can't just freeload. You need to be loyal, obedient, hardworking, and reliable. If you do this much, I can make sure you live a decent life at the defense outpost."
“I’ll do it! Even if I’m not fed or buried, I’ll do it, as long as I can live like a human being.” Song Xian responded to Li Jia without hesitation. The town was still full of the same people, but he was really unhappy there now.
Li Ke then said to Song Xian, "There's still an assessment to be done; you have to pass it."
Song Xian immediately tensed up: "Brother Li, what kind of assessment is it? Is it difficult? Can you give me a hint?"
Li Ke: "Just sing the national anthem in its entirety."
Song Xian: "...That's it?"
Li Ke confirmed, "That's it."
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