The apocalyptic livestream attracted a lot of haters, alarming the government.

High walls? District?

Ye Xiao frowned slightly, but Zhou Qirui's eyes revealed a sense of confusion and foolishness.

Seeing Zhou Qirui's reaction, Ye Xiaozhen couldn't help but want to roll her eyes.

Fortunately, Afi did not notice Zhou Qirui's reaction.

Ye Xiao didn't want to reveal that they knew nothing about this place; otherwise, it might cause trouble.

Seeing that Ye Xiao did not answer, the woman said anxiously, "Please, can you take me with you? I'll do anything as long as I can get inside the high walls."

Judging from the woman's words, the high wall seemed to be a good place. They were too unfamiliar with this place, so perhaps they could go and take a look.

However, there was one thing that puzzled Ye Xiao: why did this woman and the three people before her all firmly believe that he and Zhou Qirui came from the High Wall?

Does this mean that people like them only exist inside high walls?

Ye Xiao nodded, "That's possible, but we're lost. We don't know anything about the outside world, and we don't know how to get back."

The woman's face lit up with joy. "No, it's alright, they have a map!"

As she spoke, she hurriedly reached for the backpack beside her.

Afi rummaged through her backpack for a while and soon found a notebook.

The notebook is made of leather and has a clasp on the outside to close it.

This notebook must have been flipped through a lot; the cover is very dirty, and the whole notebook looks very old.

Moreover, it was bulging, as if it contained quite a few things.

Afi eagerly opened the notebook, "I often see them take out this notebook to read."

Opening the notebook, the thick pages inside were already yellowed, and it contained a lot of notes.

Afi flipped through the middle page and pulled out a few maps.

She spread one of the sheets on the floor and said:

"That should be it."

Ye Xiao and Zhou Qirui gathered around the map, which was full of unfamiliar cities and terrain.

On the map, some marks were drawn with a pen.

There are four types of markers: triangle, small square, circle, and cross.

Although he didn't understand the meaning of these markings, Ye Xiao couldn't help but feel excited.

These things must be important intelligence and information recorded by these three guys.

Ye Xiao pointed to the markings, then looked up at Afi and asked, "Do you know what these mean?"

Afi nodded. "I overheard some of it when I listened to their conversation."

"The fork seems to be a restricted area, very dangerous. They mentioned that you can't go there, or you'll never come back."

She lowered her head, her gaze falling on the square mark, and said:

"Triangles represent strongholds; large gathering places are called large triangles, small ones are called small triangles, and circles represent cities or regions that have been visited."

"This small square is a road entrance that is passable."

Ye Xiao nodded knowingly. He reached out and flipped through the other maps, which all seemed to be provincial maps.

Sure enough, he saw a new symbol on another map.

What do these small, solid triangles mean?

Afi looked up and followed Ye Xiao's gaze, saying, "Oh, that's the entrance to the underground black iron."

Ye Xiao was somewhat puzzled, "Underground black iron?"

Afi nodded matter-of-factly, “Yes, you may not have heard much about the places inside the high walls. It’s an underground city built with a subway system.”

"It's said that the area is a hub for the black market, where rare items from various districts gather. You can find almost anything you want there."

"Moreover, that area is also a hub where several major districts converge. Wanderers traveling between districts or expedition teams going out will go there to resupply."

"Or go find some fun."

Afei looked up at Ye Xiao and Zhou Qirui, her expression slightly strange.

After a slight hesitation, Afi finally spoke up: "You'd better not go there."

Ye Xiao raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

Afi pursed her lips, looked at Ye Xiao, as if there was something she couldn't say, and simply said:

"In short, if you people inside these high walls are discovered outside, you'll only be sold off like merchandise. Once you go into a place like Black Iron, you probably won't be able to get out."

Ye Xiao frowned and nodded seriously.

Afi's words made him even more concerned. What was so special about the people inside the so-called high walls?

They are just ordinary people. Is it because they are different from others that they have the value to be sold?

The question is, where exactly is the difference?

Ye Xiao glanced at Afei. He felt that this question shouldn't be asked directly, otherwise it would inevitably expose their strange behavior.

Thinking of this, Ye Xiao immediately changed the subject, "By the way, where is the nearest high-walled area you mentioned?"

“We came from a place that is probably very far away. It would definitely not be safe for us to go back on our own.”

Afi thought it made sense, and she spent some time finding their location on the map.

The place they were in was called Yangcheng, which was more than 400 kilometers away from the nearest walled city.

It takes five to six hours to drive there.

"Wow, that's way too far!"

Zhou Qirui, who hadn't said a word, was startled. His eye twitched violently, and with a bitter expression, he looked up at Ye Xiao.

"Given the situation outside, how are we going to get there? Where are we going to get a car?"

Ye Xiao studied the map for a while. This area spanned multiple provinces, and the lower half of the area, apart from the large triangle, had no markings.

In other words, none of the three of them had been to those nearby places.

We don't know which highway is passable, but putting that aside for now, finding a car is a problem.

When the car was mentioned, Ye Xiao couldn't help but bring up the store page. Wasn't the car considered a resource? He wondered if it was even for sale.

Ye Xiao kept scrolling down the weapon page, and the further down he went, the wider his eyes widened. Wow, there were so many good things here.

Not just cars, they even have armored tanks.

I don't know where this live streaming system came from, it's just a long string of zeros at the bottom, it really makes my scalp tingle.

The car store does have them, but even the cheapest four-wheeled motor vehicle, a three-wheeled motorcycle, costs several thousand points, not to mention gasoline-powered cars, which cost at least ten thousand points.

A collective gasp rippled through the live chat. A bunch of guys were talking nonsense, telling Ye Xiao to go and exchange for a tank.

If it weren't for Afi, he would have rolled his eyes at these guys.

With his meager points, he's dreaming of exchanging them for tanks?

Ye Xiao rubbed his temples with a slight headache and closed the dazzling online store.

Afi, however, smiled and said:

"No need to bother."

She pointed to the second half of the journey, "We just need to get to Yufeng first, and then go down the Lingjiang River via the waterway. That way we'll be safer."

Upon hearing that they could travel by water, Ye Xiao's expression improved somewhat. "That's something we can try."