Chapter 240 240: Gold Diggers and Treasures

Chapter 240 Chapter 240: Gold Diggers and Treasures

The Salvation Society, a mysterious organization that has risen in the wasteland in the past decade or so, has an unknown origin and founder. Although it has been established for a short time, it has expanded really fast.

This is due to the Salvation Society's strict control over its members, making it impossible for outsiders to enter, and because of the nature of the organization. Its purpose, as its name suggests, seems to be to save the world.

It is said that the people of the Salvation Society not only save survivors' bases and villages from the Miasma monsters but also generously share many resources. In return, they apparently only ask for some knowledge.

Knowledge is worthless in the wasteland, while resources are the most valuable treasure. Only the Salvation Society would exchange resources for knowledge.

The explanation of the Salvation Society is that their purpose in collecting knowledge is to gather the wisdom of all beings one day to find a way to combat the Tainted Miasma.

Although the survivors on the wasteland do not believe this, exchanging cheap knowledge for resources is a deal that everyone likes. Hence, many other organizations and survivors welcome the Salvation Society very much.

Just like now.

"Hey! Hey! Over here! This way!" The scavenging thugs shouted at the people of the Salvation Society, many of them waving their arms.

The Salvation Society's attention was successfully attracted, and the ten-vehicle convoy immediately stopped. A team member at the front, using a device similar to a telescope for information processing, scanned the other party and immediately reported back:

"Captain, the identity has been confirmed. They belong to the 'Sanguine Hammer' scavengers, but 'Sanguine Hammer' is not seen. No other biological signals detected within five kilometers, suspected to be survivors of a monster attack. Please instruct the next step."

The middle-aged man in the middle of the ten-vehicle convoy, after scrutinizing the disheveled appearance of these thugs, nodded and led the way:

"Stay alert and approach."

"Received!"

The convoy immediately changed direction and drove towards the thugs, who sighed in relief upon seeing this. They had brought nothing with them in their escape and were now close to starving and dying of thirst.

"Everyone, don't move, raise your hands, throw your weapons on the ground, and repeat, once any aggressive actions are detected, we will counterattack immediately. So, to avoid unnecessary conflicts, please cooperate."

The Salvation Society usually operates in groups of ten, and each member is highly skilled in combat. Three people are responsible for holding guns and shouting, two people are on guard, and four people quickly step forward to disarm the thugs' weapons.

The thugs didn't resist and obediently did as told. The entire process took less than a minute. After confirming that the thugs were not a threat, the people of the Salvation Society lowered half of their guns, easing the tense atmosphere.

This is understandable, after all, in the post-apocalyptic wasteland, vigilance is always paramount.

"Enough, don't waste effort. We have no fighting power now and no strength to do anything else. Instead of this, better hurry up and give us a week's worth of food and water! I'm starving to death!"

Some of the thugs had already started clamoring, and upon hearing this, the captain frowned and shook his head: "That's impossible, we are the Salvation Society, not a charity."

"Hmph, I know, so we will exchange information for it. Isn't this what you like the most?"

Intelligence is also a kind of knowledge. Hearing the thug say this, the captain's face remained unchanged, but he actually became more alert in his heart. He quickly asked:

However, every member of the exploration team is fixated on the new weapon in Kano Village, and even the usually steady captain ignores this point, continuing to move forward.

After all, they are the gold diggers sent by the company to the 'Old World.' In front of the glittering gold, no one can resist such temptation.

Driving through the broken gates of Kano Village, the captain could roughly guess what had happened from the big hole blown in the gate.

It's likely that these thugs attacked Kano Village but ended up being driven away by the young man inside.

Unlike the thugs, the captain didn't try to hide anything and let the exploration team's convoy openly enter the village.

Because under Kael Technology's strategy, the image of the 'Salvation Society' created by the company holds good credibility and reputation in 'Dream Zero' and most villages and settlements at least don't harbor hostility towards them.

But as they drove deeper into the village, the captain's brows furrowed more and more.

Because

'Where are the people?'

'Where did all the villagers go?'

Their convoy had entered the village's largest square, but throughout the entire process, they hadn't seen even a shadow of a villager. Even after deploying the exploration equipment, they found no biological signals within five kilometers.

'Could it be... the villagers ran away in fear of the thugs' retaliation?'

The captain first thought of this possibility, initially feeling disheartened, but soon he perked up again.

Although they hit a dead end, it also indirectly indicated another point: the young man with the special weapon probably wasn't as powerful as the thugs had claimed, likely exaggerated to inflate the value of the information.

After all, if the other party really had the power, how could they abandon the village?

Building a village in the wasteland is extremely costly.

Unless absolutely necessary, driven into a corner, they would never abandon the village and flee.

The target being weak was good news for them, at least it's safe. If necessary, they could spend more time later searching for clues in the village and continue to track the young man based on those leads.

The captain had just finished planning when suddenly, an excited trembling voice came from the other side.

The captain had just finished planning when suddenly, an excited trembling voice came from the other side.

"Captain! Quick! Come here!!!"

An exploration team member ran out of a cellar, almost jumping with excitement and waving his hands, clearly having discovered something valuable.

The rest of the exploration team immediately rushed over and followed him down into the cellar, where they found the three stories and corresponding murals previously described by the village chief's grandson to Renji.

"Captain... The origin of the world! These murals actually contain information about the origin of Dream Zero!"