"I've always felt that everyone has their own value."
Chu Ning pointed at the women who appeared clean on the surface, watching their fearful and timid retreat, a faint smile appearing on his face.
"The purpose of trash is to rampage and destroy, and to teach these people what fear and obedience are."
"And the purpose of these women is to give these men a glimmer of hope."
"And I am willing to obey the strong to demonstrate my value and purpose."
Seeing that the other party was hinting at his intention to defect, Zhao Yunhai found this person rather interesting.
"Are you so confident I will take you in?"
Chu Ning's face was full of confidence. "Because I have my own value. As long as you take me in, I can exert my value and help you become a hegemon, or even reach higher."
"Although I can see that your own strength seems to be great, and you are likely supported by a powerful force behind you."
"But I also found a problem, which is that your equipment and weapons are vastly different from what I remember."
"I think you need someone like me to understand this place."
Chu Ning was not yet clever enough to realize that the other party was from another world, but he thought that the other party was not from their side and needed him, a local.
"You're very smart, I like smart people."
Zhao Yunhai naturally needed a guide. He didn't know much about this world, and this person in front of him seemed to be a shrewd and sensible intelligent person.
"Take me in, and I will absolutely prove my worth. This will be your most successful decision."
Chu Ning smiled faintly. Him being taken in was entirely within his expectations.
"What's your name?"
Zhao Yunhai casually found a place to sit and beckoned him over, signaling him to sit beside him.
Ah Da behind him subtly shifted his position, ensuring the other party had no opportunity to perform any dangerous actions.
"My name is Chu Ning. My parents are at the safe house in the rear."
Chu Ning did not choose to hide anything. The first instance of trust was important. If suspicion arose from concealment from the start, it could not last.
Zhao Yunhai saw that the other party's expression did not seem to be lying, and he grunted in affirmation.
"Very good. Take two people and bring your parents over. If you work for me, I will remove all your worries."
"My name is Zhao Yunhai, and I've come here with only one purpose: to make there be only one voice."
With that, Zhao Yunhai had Ah Da lead people to clear out other areas, while Si Jinyan and his team remained.
"Thank you for your appreciation, Young Master Yun."
Chu Ning imitated the way the departing man named Ah Da addressed him.
"Give him a pen and paper. I need all the information here."
Zhao Yunhai chuckled.
Si Jinyan took a pen and paper from his team member and handed it to Chu Ning.
It was not appropriate to give the other party any equipment at this time; a pen and paper were the most suitable.
Chu Ning took the pen and paper and immediately began to write, detailing from the city's name.
Suddenly, Chu Ning seemed to remember someone and looked up to say to Young Master Yun, "Right, I suddenly remembered someone. This person is called Li Fan."
"This person seems very ambitious and possesses a large amount of food, exchanging a large number of clones at Hope Base."
Zhao Yunhai's eyes flickered, and he softly said, "Are clones easily manufactured here?"
Chu Ning's eyes flashed with a glint of sharpness, and he smiled, "No, it's that Li Fan brought ten tons of canned food."
"Clones might not have been precious or contraband before, but now the raw materials for clones cannot be manufactured."
"Because Hope Base experienced a rebellion, and those who understood these things were taken away by the original base owner."
"Now Hope Base is just a warlord's base."
A hint of mockery appeared on Chu Ning's lips, clearly looking down on those people.
"If we need a large amount of food, perhaps we can forcefully requisition it with our strength."
"Haven't Hope Base tried? I imagine it failed."
Zhao Yunhai had confidence in Li Fan's strength. After all, he was the protagonist, and he possessed such abilities.
Chu Ning nodded and said, "Hope Base did make a move at the time, but as you said, they failed. Hope Base did not disclose the reason, only that some people saw them returning in disgrace, and many people died."
"To be honest, I once sought refuge with Li Fan because I could see his potential, but he refused me because my methods were too ruthless and he couldn't stand my behavior."
Chu Ning recalled with an unhappy expression, "His ideas seem to still be in the era of peace. He never thought that without some of our methods, we would have died long ago."
"Survival is the most important thing, but he still doesn't accept people whose hands are stained with the blood of innocents. Heh."
Zhao Yunhai said nonchalantly, "People like that are either very strong, or they definitely won't live long."
Chu Ning saw that the other party did not seem to mind what he had done and nodded in strong agreement, "Exactly, that's true."
Two hours later, Zhao Yunhai looked at the information Chu Ning had written.
This city was originally called Hope City, and Hope Base was originally the prototype of the official Hope organization, but the warlord's heart grew, and chaos began to ensue.
This Hope Base was secretly filled with inhuman darkness, and the Hope Base that originally brought hope had become a warlord's rule.
And they, the small forces drifting outside, were simply too insignificant for Hope Base to bother with.
It was because these outside forces acted recklessly that the people of Hope Base dared not come out indiscriminately and silently accepted Hope Base's rule.
They nurtured their enemies to assert their own importance.
Zhao Yunhai felt that Li Donglai, the ruler of Hope Base, was very intelligent. Knowing the tyranny of his rule, he understood the need to cultivate more ruthless individuals outside to maintain his reign.
The general structure of Hope City was that Hope Base dominated everything, with many small safe zones around them, each ruled by ambitious individuals.
In the documents, he saw a complete map of Hope City's power distribution.
"It seems you're also unwilling to be confined here."
Zhao Yunhai could tell from this that Chu Ning's ambition was not small.
Chu Ning did not hide his ambition. "I have never been willing to be confined here. So far, I have only encountered two people who actively approached me."
"One is you, and the other is Li Fan."
"Young Master Yun, a group of zombies is heading this way."
Suddenly, Si Jinyan nodded into his earpiece, bowed, and whispered.