It turned out that smart people were never in short supply. Not long after Feng Xue had put up his shelter, new opportunists arrived near the garbage dump—and there were quite a few of them.
But then again, it made sense. The destruction of the Landfill Area had been marked on the map on the work badges, which meant that anyone with a badge who lived near the Landfill Area would quickly notice that it had been wiped out.
Most people tended to be cautious, but there was never any shortage of adventurers in this world. Feng Xue had arrived before them only because he had already been on the road when the Landfill Area was destroyed.
Although the wilderness of Infinite City was dangerous, as long as you had a Tag suited for scouting or stealth, it wasn't hard to spot and avoid Omens that relied only on instinct.
Unless you ran into an opponent you had no chance of defeating, like that giant from before, simply traveling outside the city wasn't all that difficult.
Of course, Feng Xue could say that now. Twenty days ago, he wouldn't have had the confidence to say anything like it.
Besides, with the Landfill Area's outer wall gone, any passing Omen could discover the place at any moment. Anyone willing to show up under these circumstances had at least one trick up their sleeve.
Yet these people seemed to understand that, too. They didn't start fighting as soon as they spotted a fellow scavenger. Instead, each chose a spot and began building a temporary home of their own. But that struck Feng Xue as very strange.
He had built a house simply because he hadn't been in this world for long enough to shake off his human habits. But these people didn't