183 You're Clever

When Noah returned to the expedition team, the hunters looked at him with eyes filled with fear and awe. The hunters who would previously greet him with laughter and jests now became timid and dared not speak. Being powerful is not fundamentally what makes people fearful, but when one's power reaches a height that ordinary people cannot even look up to, they will invisibly be 'expelled from humanity' and classified among monsters.

Clearly, in the eyes of the hunters, Noah had become 'not human.' He had turned into a powerful monster that, while resembling a human, was not one, and people instinctively felt fear and rejection towards such anomalies.

Noah was already accustomed to this; he had left his mark among multiple survivor strongholds, and just showing a fraction of his power was enough to make people avoid him at all costs. Be they enemies, comrades, or friends, they would instantly regard him as a taboo, not even wanting to mention his name.