Edited by RED
After Zhang Che crossed into the beast world and left the safety zone, he chose not to explore in the same direction as he had the previous couple of times. Instead, he chose to head southeast, and was in no hurry to switch identities, either.
Actually, he already had a guess on what was happening earlier. He wouldn't have said what he did otherwise.
Although the two batches of men who boarded the coach earlier didn't speak a word, Zhang Che could tell that they were soldiers from the way they sat and the disciplined way in which they "ran for their lives".
As for that driver, Zhang Che had initially thought that he was indeed an ordinary driver. However, after he went up to the front of the vehicle and observed the fellow, he realized that the driver's acting was a little exaggerated.