His words sounded reasonable, and his tone was sincere.
Forming temporary groups to explore high-risk, high-reward areas in the ruins is a common practice.
But Duke's vigilance did not diminish in the slightest.
The aura of these three people was unified and refined, clearly elite from the same organization, cooperating seamlessly.
Their earlier spiritual exchange was clearly a rapid assessment to determine whether this unexpected variable—himself—was an enemy or a friend, whether to recruit or eliminate.
The proposal for cooperation at this moment might not truly come from inability, but more likely an attempt to use him, or to lead him into a more controllable or solvable situation for them.
In other words, if Duke were in their position, he could find no reason to cooperate with a stranger like himself.
Whenever something is unusual, there must be a cause; it's likely these three have bad intentions.
