Chapter 242: Token
When those people fell to the ground, cracks appeared under their bodies. The other teams looked at their miserable situation and did not dare to take action against Zhu Lin rashly. Zhu Lin lowered her sword, looked at them, and asked calmly: "Anyone else wants to try?"
After hearing her calm question, those people cautiously took a few steps back. Seeing that they had no intention of attacking her for the time being, Zhu Lin asked, "Who are you? Where are you all from?"
Knowing that there was zero chance of kidnapping Zhu Lin with their current strength, the captain of the five-man team raised his hand. Seeing his actions, his team members lowered their weapons.
The man took a step forward and said, "My name is Xue Qinghuan, and I am the captain of this team. When we passed through this area, I accepted the mission of kidnapping you from a nearby base. As for why they wanted to kidnap you, I don’t know."
After saying that, his team members also nodded and said, "Yes. We have no personal grudges against you. We took this mission just because the reward is not bad."
Zhu Lin observed them and thought: ’With their strength, it is not difficult for them to find supplies or hunt mutants. It seems that what Ji Yang said before is right. There are no more supplies out there. The situation seemed more dire than I imagined.’
With this in mind, she looked at Xue Qinghuan and asked, "If I gave you a job at our base, would you accept it?"
As soon as she said this, everyone except Xue Qinghuan became excited. He observed Zhu Lin vigilantly and asked, "We are here to kidnap you. Why do you want to help us and even offer us a job?"
Zhu Lin tilted her head slightly and said, "Since you said you came here to kidnap me just because of the high reward from that mission, what’s wrong with me providing you with a better job?"
Hearing what she said, Xue Qinghuan was silent for a while before saying, "Do you think I will believe you? There is no free lunch in this world. What do you want from us in exchange for this job?"
Zhu Lin looked at his guarded expression thoughtfully for a second, and then said, "I don’t want to get anything from you or the others. I don’t care if you believe me or not. But if you change your mind, you can go to the public office and tell the staff that it is me who told you to go there. They will arrange a suitable job for you and your friends."
After Zhu Lin said that, one of Xue Qinghuan’s team members pulled the hem of Xue Qinghuan’s shirt and said, "Brother Xue, since this mission has failed and we have no other option, I think we should try it at the public office. If she lied to us, we can just find another way. But what if she didn’t lie to us? Won’t we lose a good opportunity to survive the third cold wave for nothing? There’s no harm in giving it a try."