239: The Man Behind the Scenes

Perhaps believing that Duan Tianhe was the Zombie King, and thinking Qin Shilei might truly perform a blood sacrifice, some people in the crowd slowly retreated, planning to leave the area first before deciding what to do.

Just then, Qin Shilei, standing high in the air, noticed Zhang Cheng approaching with a large contingent of people.

He immediately had Xiaoqiang fly above them and instructed, “Seal this area. No one is allowed to leave.”

Upon hearing this, the surrounding people thought Qin Shilei was going to arrest everyone there and began speaking up.

“City Lord, I just came to watch the show. I meant no offense at all. Please let me go.”

“City Lord, I just came to watch the excitement. Even if you really raise zombies, I will firmly support you.”

“The instigator, quickly get out! Don’t implicate everyone else.”

While they spoke, those people still obediently stayed put, following the arrangements of the Internal Affairs Office.

Qin Shilei then returned to the person he had been questioning earlier.

Eye of Illusion Breaking Purple!

He instantly controlled that person.

“Who are you, and why are you here causing trouble?”

“We are from Longhua City and came here under orders from our superiors.”

“Are you Han Hongyu’s people? Did he personally give you the order?”

“No, I just came under the orders of our Regiment Commander.”

Just as Qin Shilei was about to continue interrogating the person, an ice cone suddenly flew out from the crowd, aimed directly at the controlled individual.

“You want to kill him to silence him, right in front of me!”

Qin Shilei waved his hand, a red light flashed, and the ice cone was instantly shattered into pieces.

The middle-aged man who had launched the sneak attack, failing to hit his target, turned and fled into the distance.

However, as soon as he moved, he was quickly apprehended by the Internal Affairs Office personnel surrounding the area.

Qin Shilei once again used the Eye of Illusion Breaking Purple to control this middle-aged man.

He commanded, “Lead me to find your accomplices.”

Seeing two of their companions captured and controlled by Qin Shilei in the blink of an eye, those with ulterior motives mixed in the crowd instantly panicked.

Someone in the crowd shouted, “Qin Shilei is going to kill people! Everyone run!”

Others directly threw several smoke bombs into the crowd, attempting to escape using the smoke.

Qin Shilei kicked the two controlled individuals to Duan Tianhe’s feet. “Keep an eye on them.”

After speaking, he instantly teleported onto Xiaoqiang’s back, who was in mid-air.

At this moment, several screams and sounds of fighting came from the crowd.

Qin Shilei said to Xiaoqiang, “Blow away this thick smoke.”

“Okay.” Xiaoqiang responded, then flapped his wings furiously.

Immediately, it was as if a Category 10 gale swept across the ground, and the thick smoke was quickly dispersed.

Qin Shilei jumped down from Xiaoqiang’s back again and swiftly acted to subdue both sides that were fighting.

On the outskirts of the crowd, the Internal Affairs Office also took the opportunity to apprehend twenty to thirty suspicious individuals.

In less than ten minutes, the troublemakers hiding in the crowd were all identified and found.

It was during these few minutes of chaos that those people, in order to cause confusion, murdered over ten innocent bystanders who were watching the commotion.

“Just you wait and see! Today he, Qin Shilei, can arrest us, and in the future, he’ll blood sacrifice all of you to feed his Zombie King!”

One of them, even while captured, continued to hurl insults at Qin Shilei.

Upon hearing this, the surrounding people all turned their gaze towards Duan Tianhe, who was wearing sunglasses.

Qin Shilei also looked over.

[Do you want to refresh the entries?]

[Refresh.]

It took three refreshes before an entry that satisfied Qin Shilei appeared.

Cosmetic Contact Lenses (Blue): Can freely change eye color; slightly increases the charm of both eyes.

Strongman (Green): Permanent increase of personal strength by three times.

Copper Skin Iron Bones (Red): Personal defense increases by three times.

Given Duan Tianhe’s zombie physique, if he were to be assigned Copper Skin Iron Bones, his strength would greatly increase, but Qin Shilei still unhesitatingly chose the Cosmetic Contact Lenses entry.

After fixing the entry, Qin Shilei walked to Duan Tianhe’s side and whispered, “Your pupils can change color now. Try to imagine your pupils as their original black color in your mind.”

Then, with a cold face, he scanned the surroundings and slowly said, “To say he’s my zombie pet, how absurd! Open your eyes and look, where does he have any zombie characteristics?”

After speaking, he removed the glasses from Duan Tianhe’s face.

A pair of dark, bright, and spirited eyes appeared before everyone.

The surrounding crowd immediately erupted in an uproar.

“Rumor! Who is spreading rumors about our respected City Lord?”

“How despicable! They even posted photoshopped pictures on the chat channel.”

“I said it before, why would such a powerful person like the City Lord raise weakling zombies?”

“Those suspected of being killed by zombies in the city must also be the work of the Huanglong Sect.”

At this moment, Duan Tianhe, looking bewildered, pulled out his long saber and carefully examined his eyes, which had now returned to their black pupils.

Qin Shilei, meanwhile, carried a Deputy Regiment Commander of the Longhua City Guard Army and walked outside.

As he passed by the Internal Affairs Office personnel, he instructed, “Leave some people to escort those individuals back. The rest of you follow me.”

“Boss, wait for me.” Duan Tianhe finally recovered his senses and quickly caught up. “Boss, are we going to directly kill Han Hongyu?”

“We’re going to find Han Hongyu, but not to kill him,” Qin Shilei said mysteriously.

Yashiju, the temporary residence of the main members of the Longhua City Guard Army.

Building C, Room 1021.

“Sect Master, will what we’re doing really work?” a Bearded Man asked in a low voice.

“If a rumor is repeated enough, it becomes truth. Concerning their own safety, the city residents will naturally be afraid and then leave Hope City. Since he killed my brother, I want him to live in an empty city,” Hou Chengzong said with a face full of hatred.

“Sect Master, if Regiment Commander Xu is captured, will he expose us?” the Bearded Man asked with some concern.

“Absolutely not. I’ve already placed a mental suggestion on Regiment Commander Xu. Once captured, he will immediately commit suicide, but the other party will only follow his trail to Han Hongyu.”

Hou Chengzong said with a confident expression.

Actually, there was one more thing he hadn’t mentioned.

If Qin Shilei and Han Hongyu started fighting, he would definitely seize the opportunity to surrender and try to join Qin Shilei’s core team.

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While Hou Chengzong and his group were conspiring, Qin Shilei also carried the Deputy Regiment Commander Xu and found Han Hongyu.

“Brother Qin, what is the meaning of this?” Han Hongyu looked at Regiment Commander Xu, who was being carried by the other party, and suddenly had a bad feeling.

“Brother Han, this is your man, isn’t he?” Qin Shilei casually threw the man at Han Hongyu’s feet.

“He is indeed one of my Deputy Regiment Commanders. Did he dare to provoke you, Brother Qin?” Han Hongyu said, frowning.

“He led your City Guard Army personnel to cause trouble, slandering me by claiming I would blood sacrifice everyone in Hope City,” Qin Shilei said indifferently.

“Brother Qin, I absolutely did not instigate this.”

Han Hongyu quickly defended himself, “This would not benefit me in the slightest.”