"I came from the Old Residential District in the Third Ring. I mainly wanted to ask if you knew of any places where survivors were gathering."
"The city is too dangerous now. I think it would be better for everyone to stick together."
Xu Zhi answered honestly, but the expressions of the people opposite her did not relax in the slightest. They even hurriedly replied, "We don't know about any gathering places. Go ask somewhere else!"
"Do you people not lie often, or hide anything important?" Xu Zhi could not bear to watch any longer. Their clumsy attempt at concealment and their obvious nervousness were so transparent that she could not keep playing along with them.
The moment she said that, essentially tearing away all pretenses, the attitude of the people opposite her visibly changed. The girl holding the gun even aimed it directly at Xu Zhi's head, as though she would shoot her dead the instant anything seemed wrong.
"Hey, hey, don't be so tense. I don't mean any harm." Xu Zhi had not expected that a casual question would trigger such a reaction. She could only wave a hand lightly. Before they could react, Xiao Zhen dove down from the sky and precisely snatched the old hunting rifle from the girl's hands.
Doggie, who had been staying obediently in the car so as not to frighten anyone, also leaped straight out of the back seat at that moment. It landed beside Xu Zhi, lowered its body, and let out a deep growl. The several mutts that had been baring their teeth instantly backed away a few steps with their tails tucked between their legs.
Xu Zhi took the hunting rifle Xiao Zhen handed her and looked at it curiously. "The Federation still has antiques like this? Does this