After disappearing into the Blacksteel Inn, Zhang Lie hadn't been seen for an entire month. 

However, just then, one of Wu Kedi's subordinates informed him that Zhang Lie had left the inn. Wu Kedi had no intention of letting him go. With a few trusted subordinates, he headed right outside the settlement gates, where he would lie in wait for Zhang Lie.

As for Zhang Lie, he didn't fear anything or anyone in the settlement after having consumed Potion #2 and reached his improved mutated gene capacity. 

There was no reason to hide his identity any longer, so he had been going around uncloaked in the settlement. He had wondered whether or not there would be any hunters trying to target him, but he didn't expect it to be someone unfamilia...