209: Establishment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

Qin Shilei and the other two returned to Blue Star through the Space Rift once again.

At this time, the survivors on Blue Star were surprised to find that the top spot on the leaderboard had changed hands.

Immediately, the chat channel exploded as if a pot had boiled over.

“Wuwuwu, my Qin Ge was actually surpassed by someone.”

“Oh yeah! An Qian’s cultivation far surpasses Qin Shilei’s. From now on, Blue Star will enter a matriarchal society. You Slag men, come quickly and die.”

“Goddess An, please come to our country. We are willing to honor you as Her Majesty the Queen!”

“An Qian must be our Korean goddess. Congratulations to Goddess An for reaching the top.”

“Everyone, disperse. Qin Shilei and An Qian are a family. This is just a change of position between the husband and wife.”

Qin Shilei and the others didn't pay any attention to the words on the chat channel; they had already returned to Jingcui Garden.

Zhang Cheng, however, brought Qin Shilei good news.

“Shi Lei, there’s a lead on waking up your pet.”

Qin Shilei’s eyes lit up, and he asked, “Uncle, did you find some miraculous elixir?”

Zhang Cheng smiled and said, “I’ll let that person tell you.”

After he finished speaking, he turned and ran out, and soon led a burly man in.

“Xu Jun, President of the Dragon Tiger Society, greets City Lord Qin!” The man respectfully bowed.

“No need for formalities, President Xu, please sit.” Qin Shilei directly asked, “I heard you can wake up my pet, is that right?”

“I don’t have absolute certainty, city Lord. Can you let me see your pet?” Xu Jun said modestly.

With a wave of his hand, Qin Shilei released Xiaojiang, who was still unconscious.

Xu Jun took out a thumb-sized, fleshy worm from a bag at his waist.

The worm crawled into Xiaojiang’s mouth.

After more than ten minutes, the worm crawled out again.

Xu Jun held the worm in his hand, and after some communication, his expression suddenly changed, and he said,

“City Lord Qin, I apologize for my humble abilities. I’m afraid I cannot wake up your esteemed pet.”

Qin Shilei frowned and asked, “President Xu, is there really no way?”

“It’s not that there’s absolutely no way.” Xu Jun showed hesitation: “I was originally a member of Xu Family Stronghold. Xu Family Stronghold has an ancient Gu Worm technique passed down through generations. One type of Gu worm called the Holy Spirit Gu has a very good healing effect on mental damage like your pet’s injury. If we can find someone who cultivates the Holy Spirit Gu, they will definitely be able to cure your pet, city Lord.”

“That worm you just used was a Gu worm?” Qin Shilei asked with a somewhat strange expression.

Even the Gu worm technique from novels has appeared.

“Indeed.”

As if to increase the persuasiveness of his words, Xu Jun even frankly stated, “My Bronze Six-star White Tiger was captured using a Gu worm. My pet has also been severely injured many times, and I cured it with Gu worms.”

Qin Shilei asked indifferently, “From what you’re saying, it’s not even certain that someone in Xu Family Stronghold possesses the Holy Spirit Gu, is that right?”

Xu Jun deliberated over his words, “I’m not very clear if anyone in the Xu family cultivates the Holy Spirit Gu, but Xu Family Stronghold has a Gu Insect Scripture, which records the cultivation method of the Holy Spirit Gu.”

“As long as we find the Gu Insect Scripture, we can definitely cultivate the Holy Spirit Gu.”

Qin Shilei looked at the other party with a faint smile, “President Xu, your goal is this Gu Insect Scripture, isn’t it?”

Xu Jun showed no embarrassment at all about his thoughts being exposed and said frankly, “As long as city Lord allows me to copy a copy of the Gu Insect Scripture at that time, that will suffice.”

Qin Shilei asked again, “Where is this Gu Insect Scripture now?”

Xu Jun replied, “The Compendium is kept by the patriarch, usually in the forbidden area of our Xu Family Stronghold.”

Qin Shilei then asked a few more questions and then allowed the other party to leave temporarily.

After the other party left, Qin Shilei pondered while drinking tea.

Although Xu Jun said with certainty that Xiaojiang could be cured as long as he had the Holy Spirit Gu.

However, Qin Shilei was not so optimistic.

Not to mention the difficulty of obtaining the Gu Insect Scripture, even if he got the Compendium, cultivating the Holy Spirit Gu would probably not be an easy task.

But Xiaojiang had accompanied him all the way from the beginning of the apocalypse; if there was even a sliver of a chance, he was still willing to try.

“I’ve decided to go to Xu Family Stronghold. Uncle, please find Zhang Qiang and the others, and let’s have a meeting.”

After a moment of contemplation, Qin Shilei made his decision and turned to Zhang Cheng.

“Okay.” Zhang Cheng got up and went out to find people.

Soon, the high-level leaders of Hope City gathered in a conference room.

After Qin Shilei briefly explained that he needed to go out for a trip, he then asked, “Please tell me about the current situation in Hope City.”

Zhang Cheng spoke first: “city Lord, firstly, the management of Hope City is a bit chaotic. I hope the city Lord can come up with a more effective plan.”

“Secondly, during this period, many survivors around have chosen to join Hope City, but due to the limited area within the city, it is already somewhat overcrowded. Should we expand the area of the city wall again?”

Qin Shilei got a headache as soon as he heard this.

The highest official position he held in his previous life was a small group leader in elementary school, but now he had to be a city Lord, which was indeed a bit difficult for him.

Qin Shilei pondered for a moment and then said, “In the apocalypse, our primary goal must be to enhance the combat power of Hope City.”

“The four major legions and the Panshi Battle Group, except for necessary defensive forces, must all go out to kill zombies and mutated beasts.”

“I now appoint An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli as Deputy city Lords. If I am not present, they both have the final decision-making power.”

“Uncle Kong, from now on, you will command the Martial Artist Guild and manage the civilian Evolutionists.”

“Uncle Zhang, you will establish the Internal Affairs Office in the name of the city Lord’s Mansion to manage all matters, big and small, in Hope City.”

As soon as Qin Shilei finished speaking, Zhang Cheng immediately said, “city Lord, I was just a novelist before. Asking me to set up an Internal Affairs Office to manage the city, I’m afraid I’m not up to the task. You should choose someone else.”

Qin Shilei encouraged him, “Uncle Zhang, you did quite well as the head of the Internal Affairs Hall before. I believe you can also manage the Internal Affairs Office well.”

“You just need to grasp the general direction. For specific matters, you can employ former government personnel or managers from large companies.”

“You can select 100 people from the Panshi Battle Group and 1000 people from the four major legions to form the armed force of the Internal Affairs Office.”

Qin Shilei also understood that asking Zhang Cheng to establish the Internal Affairs Office was a bit difficult for him, and he also understood that he was practicing nepotism.

However, he didn’t have much trust in those capable but unfamiliar people.

Qin Shilei felt that as long as he maintained absolute military Deterrence, all other problems would not be problems.

Zhang Cheng looked at Qin Shilei, then at his daughter.

Thinking that it would add more weight to his daughter in Qin Shilei’s heart, he still nodded, “I will do my best and will not disappoint the city Lord’s high expectations.”

Commander Kong, who was once the General Commander of the military region, had no problem managing a Martial Artist Guild and stated that he would soon come up with a more specific charter based on the original Martial Artist Guild.