"Thanks for escorting us, boss! We can't thank you enough!"
"See you next time, boss!"
"Take care, boss!"
On a bare hill surrounded by little more than tree stumps and boulders, two teams of university students stood at the Evacuation Point and thanked Lin Hao one after another.
"Don't be so reckless next time."
Lin Hao waved casually. He had long since thrown away his bloodstained bamboo hat and straw raincoat, and had changed his shoes as well.
Even with the straw raincoat, a few bloodstains had still gotten onto his fitted clothes, but after changing his shoes, he looked much less conspicuous overall.
Once they had gotten the radio, they had used it to report that they were safe.
Only after watching them evacuate and return did Lin Hao stand on the hill and gaze toward distant Yong'an Prefecture City.
From this height and direction, he could just make out the Prefectural Garrison outside Yong'an Prefecture.
"The Evacuation Item around here should be over there. Since I'm already here..."
Standing near the Evacuation Point, Lin Hao chose not to return to the Settlement. Since he was already nearby, he might as well take a look.
Although he could see it from here, that was thanks to the Evacuation Point's elevation. It was still quite far away.
"Quite a lot has been happening in Hexi lately. It's only the eighth day of the first lunar month, but the notices about replacing rice with mulberry have already reached all the villages. Local gentry have been explaining them, but there's a lot of resistance."
Combining the information he had previously gathered at Dam Market with the accounts of the university students who had been operating nearby, Lin Hao had learned quite a bit.
The Evil Cult incident at Dam Market had been