"You're not here just to ask Thomas a few questions, are you?" The old fat bird looked at Yang Lin in horror and asked, "Of course not, I have a gathering place not far away, but the population is already saturated, so I need to open a new gathering place, a gathering place that can accommodate a large enough population for me, unfortunately, Basto is very suitable" Yang Lin said to the old fat bird.

After listening to Yang Lin's words, the old fat bird's heart settled down, Yang Lin's purpose of coming here and the old fat bird did not have a big conflict of interest, therefore, Yang Lin should not kill the old fat bird for no reason, of course, the old fat bird thought that if he could get Yang Lin's trust and become Yang Lin's subordinate, just like he was under the protection of Thomas before, then the old fat bird's life would not have any problems, and it would even be better than before.

"Then what do you want to know, just ask me, I will definitely know everything" The old fat bird said respectfully to Yang Lin, "Very good, fat bird, you can first introduce me to the basic situation of this Thomas gathering place" Yang Lin said to the old fat bird, "Yes, yes" The old fat bird hurriedly agreed, "This Thomas gathering place was formed by Thomas, Thomas was originally a native of Basto, and he got the power of the gods in the last days, so he killed a lot of zombies and recruited a lot of thugs, Then this gathering place was formed in the center of Barstow, and the Thomas gathering place was the most powerful of the three gathering places in Barstow, now with a population of more than 9,000 people and more than 300 soldiers."

"So, how do you still get the necessities?" Yang Lin asked the old fat bird, "Trading, trading with the Freedom Guard, we basically don't produce food here, even if we accidentally find some food left over from before the end of the world, it is definitely not enough for the survivors here to eat, therefore, we can only trade with the forces with food to get a large amount of food, of course, these grains are in Thomas's hands, if the survivors need it, they need to exchange it from Thomas's hands, and Thomas will also give the survivors a very small amount of food every day, So that the survivors don't starve to death," the old fat bird said to Yang Lin.

"In this way, I said why do the Freedom Guards need food so much, it turns out that they are counting on this grain to control these gathering places in the western part of the country that cannot produce their own food" Yang Lin finally guessed the way the Freedom Guards ruled.

"Yes, you guessed a lot, that's it, the Freedom Guards control most of the gathering places in the western part of the country through food, because only the Freedom Guards have enough food, and only the Freedom Guards have the ability to send the grain they collect to the gathering places they need" The old fat bird nodded at Yang Lin and said, as a speculative businessman before the end of the world, the old fat bird's vision is still very good.

"Yes, but this kind of local control is still too weak, after all, it is not direct control" Yang Lin commented on the way the Freedom Guard ruled, the old fat bird didn't say anything this time, he hadn't seen how powerful gathering places were in the last days, and he didn't know how those powerful gathering places worked, and if he evaluated them without authorization, he would only bring displeasure to Yang Lin because of his incorrect evaluation.

"Okay, I see, it seems that not only the Thomas Cluster, but the three Mustow Settlements belong to the kind of gathering places that cannot exist without the Free Guard, right?" Yang Lin asked at the old fat bird, "Yes, that's right, that's why the Freedom Guards are the most powerful gathering in the western part of the country, although the Freedom Guards can't directly control the entire western part of the country, but they control the life and death of most of the gathering places here" The old fat bird replied, Yang Lin nodded slowly after listening, even Yang Lin only directly controlled the two places of Lu Province and Kyoto in Huaguo, although these two places have been opened, But the combined area is not as large as one-fifth or even one-tenth of the western part of the United States, and it is already very difficult for Yang Lin to control Lu Province and Kyoto, and it is simply wishful thinking for the Freedom Guard to directly control the incomparably vast western part of the United States.

"It seems that if you want to fight against the Freedom Guard, you must at least have the same influence as it, at least let all the gathering places survive without the Freedom Guard, otherwise, once there is a conflict, those gathering places can only go to the black with the Freedom Guard" Yang Lin muttered in Chinese, the old fat bird and Jasmine did not understand Yang Lin's words, but they both felt that Yang Lin seemed to be thinking about a very important matter, and it was very unclear to disturb Yang Lin at this time.

"It seems that I need to go to the Freedom Guard to see it in person, only then can I know how to face the Freedom Guard" Yang Lin said again, finally, a trembling woman walked to Yang Lin's side with a suit of clothes, and respectfully handed it to Yang Lin, Yang Lin has not released the light master ability until now, in order not to let his body be exposed in front of the old fat bird and Jasmine.

Yang Lin glanced at this woman, this woman was also one of Thomas's many female slaves, not the most beautiful, but now it seemed that she was the most courageous.

"Very good, you can find a place to sit down" Yang Lin took the clothes handed over by the woman and said, finally, the woman listened to Yang Lin's words and breathed a sigh of relief, isn't the purpose of her doing all this to get another right to live on the third floor of the supermarket?

With the help of the light on his body, Yang Lin got dressed and finally released the ability of the Lord of Light, "Fat Bird, the purpose of my coming here has also told you, since you said that you know the situation of Barsto, then you and Jasmine will help me unify Barstow, and make the entire Barstow my gathering place, and then you will be the largest arms dealer in the entire Barstow!" Yang Lin said to the fat bird.

Jasmine was originally just a guide to lead the way for Yang Lin, but now in Yang Lin's words, Jasmine has become a helper to help Yang Lin unify Barsto, which makes Jasmine want to refuse, but she doesn't know how to speak, Jasmine has no courage to resist any orders from Yang Lin after seeing Yang Lin's strength.

"Yes, yes, I will obey your orders!" Fat Bird hurriedly bent down at Yang Lin and said, it's not that Fat Bird is thankful for becoming the biggest arms dealer in Barstow, but that he doesn't have the courage to resist Yang Lin's orders at all, what Yang Lin asked him to do, does he dare not do it? Yang Lin pinched to death, he really didn't have to pinch an ant to death, it was not much more difficult, even Thomas was turned into a pile of ashes in Yang Lin's hands.

"So, do I want to know what impact Thomas's death will have on this gathering place?" Yang Lin asked, "No, no, it can't be said that there is no impact at all, it is always basically no big impact" Before the fat bird finished speaking, the slave girl of Thomas hurriedly said, "Oh, why do you say that?" Yang Lin asked, "This gathering place, as long as there is a leader, Thomas's role is to trade with the Freedom Guard, and then control all the food in exchange, and then there is no other role, and the transaction process with the Freedom Guard, as well as the storage location of the grain, I know, therefore, it doesn't matter whether this leader is Thomas or not!" The slave girl plucked up her courage and said to Yang Lin.

(End of chapter)