The space before him was larger than he had imagined.
It looked like a bunker built for sheltering people—an extremely old one, possibly left over from World War II. Even the scammers in the Compound might not have discovered it. Most of its contents had long since fallen into disuse, but someone had roughly cleared out a space.
And right at that moment...
A dozen or so people stood there, their eyes fixed on Zhou You. They looked...
Downright unfriendly.
—Well, now... were they planning to lure me into a trap?
Zhou You loosened up his muscles, getting ready for a warm-up before the slaughter. Just then, a woman among the group spoke.
"I invited him here. What's with your attitude?"
But no sooner had she finished than someone objected.
"Look, we're about to put the plan into action, and you suddenly bring someone else in... how can you expect us not to object? What if he's working for the Compound?"
The woman shot him a glare.
Zhou You studied her pretty face and its dead-fish expression, then suddenly smiled. "Instead of sleeping in the middle of the night, you've gathered everyone here. What are you up to, my dear 'teacher'?"
That was right. She was the woman who had first shown Zhou You the ropes and taught him the art of scamming.
But...
Although she seemed to be on his side, she didn't give him a friendly look either. She merely curled her lip and said,
"Nothing much. I just can't stand living like this anymore, so I'm planning to pack up and run. That's all."
Silence.
A moment later, an uproar erupted.
"Jiang Yan, have you lost your mind? He only just got here, and you told him everything?"
"What if he goes and reports us? We'll all