279: The dilemma of Bei'an City

Qin Shilei ignored Jin Qiaoqiao's eager gaze, drinking tea while pondering future development.

He and An Qian were both Golden Realm experts, an invincible presence to the survivors of Great Xia Country.

With their combined martial prowess, they could essentially conquer all major survivor bases across the Great Xia Country.

However, cities subjugated by such forceful means would surely incur strong resentment from their survivors.

The best approach to taking over a survivor base was to proceed slowly, cultivating suitable and loyal teams locally.

Currently, humanity's greatest enemies were zombies and mutated beasts.

Without powerful forces guarding a city, it might be breached by zombies or mutated beasts at any moment and reduced to ruins.

Facing a continuous stream of invaders from the Other World, occupying more territory held little significance.

Therefore, as Qin Shilei traveled, he only left a force in Junhai City, which was protected by city walls.

"An Qian, let's go explore the capital," Qin Shilei said, turning to An Qian.

"Okay, I've never been to the capital before, so this is a good opportunity to see its magnificent scenery," An Qian readily agreed.

"Do you need me to be your guide?" Jin Qiaoqiao asked.

"No, thank you," Qin Shilei only wanted to spend some alone time with An Qian.

The two rode Little Strong, flying aimlessly over the capital.

When they saw an interesting place, they would fly down to explore.

Feeling the gentle breeze, holding the beautiful woman, and looking at the bustling capital below, Qin Shilei felt incredibly at ease.

Unknowingly, they arrived above the northern city wall of the capital again.

The city wall was already packed with Evolutionaries, and the number of bugs outside the city was growing.

A dazzling array of attacks continuously bombarded the bugs outside the city from the city wall.

Qin Shilei carefully observed the Evolutionaries below.

Most of them were Bronze Realm, with one or two Silver Realm among a thousand people. Their overall strength was slightly superior to Junhai City.

Although the Evolutionaries could use the city wall to continuously slaughter the bugs outside, the bugs seemed endless, not only not decreasing but increasing in number.

If the growth of the bugs could not be curbed, it was feared that within three days, the bugs would surround the entire Beian City.

At that time, the survivors of Beian City would be trapped and perish there.

Should such a situation truly arise, even if the bugs couldn't breach the city wall, the Evolutionaries inside the city would starve to death due to a lack of food.

This situation was, of course, also observed by the leaders of various forces on the city wall, who all wore expressions of worry.

Sect Leader Feng Yuxin, the Sect Master of Heavenly Demon Sect, Wen Zhiyuan, the President of True Martial Arts Association, Tan Anguo of Tianan Prefecture, and more than a dozen first-rate forces were gathered, discussing countermeasures.

"We should mobilize all survivors in Beian City to exterminate the bugs outside the city."

"Exactly! I refuse to believe that with our millions of Evolutionaries, we can't eliminate these bugs."

"These bugs came from the Other World. Perhaps that world has hundreds of millions or even tens of billions of bugs. We might truly be unable to kill all of them."

"Then what do you suggest? Are we just going to ignore these bugs?"

"Of course, we must kill the bugs, but we also need to send people to investigate their specific situation."

"These bugs cannot fly, so the most suitable people to investigate them are Evolutionaries who can fly in the sky with the aid of their pets."

These individuals simultaneously thought of Qin Shilei and An Qian, who had just arrived in the capital today.

The two of them were the best candidates to investigate the bug situation, and someone immediately suggested inviting Qin Shilei and An Qian.

"Unacceptable. This is a matter for our Beian City. How can we ask outsiders for help?" Wen Zhiyuan immediately objected.

"Precisely. Our Beian City also has people with flying pets. There's no need to trouble outsiders," Sect Leader Feng Yuxin echoed.

The two exchanged glances, both understanding each other's concerns.

Qin Shilei was too powerful, and they both hoped he would not stay in Beian City.

If Qin Shilei took this opportunity to establish his reputation here, he could very well become a strong competitor to them.

"It seems Qin Shilei and An Qian are coming," someone suddenly said, pointing to the sky.

Everyone looked up and saw Qin Shilei and An Qian riding Little Strong, swooping down from high in the sky, quickly landing not far from them.

Seeing Qin Shilei, who seemed eager to act, Wen Zhiyuan immediately gave a look to a middle-aged man beside him.

The middle-aged man immediately walked up to Qin Shilei, "May I ask if you are City Lord Qin?"

Qin Shilei nodded and replied, "That's me. What can I do for you?"

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "City Lord Qin, you are a guest from afar. Why not return to the city and enjoy the sights of the capital? We can handle these pesky bugs."

"Oh," Qin Shilei said indifferently, "Then you all be busy. I'll just watch."

Was he being treated as someone trying to steal their kills?

Qin Shilei temporarily put aside the idea of flying into the bugs and throwing a few Devouring Thunders.

He wanted to see how these people would deal with the vast sea of bugs.

Not long after, several Evolutionaries riding flying pets flew from the city wall towards the rear of the bugs.

Before those who went to gather information could return,

Qin Shilei suddenly discovered a new type of bug among the piles of bugs.

A type of bug that suddenly drilled out from underground.

These bugs were over ten meters long and more than a meter thick, with dozens of short, thick legs on both sides of their bodies, resembling a gigantic centipede.

Name: Drill Worm

Description: Realm, Silver Six-Star, skilled at drilling, proficient in earth-element abilities; Weakness, slightly weaker resistance to water and ice elements.

Dozens of these bugs appeared at once, and in a blink of an eye, they burrowed back into the ground.

Wen Zhiyuan and the others also discovered the newly appeared bugs.

"Oh no, those bugs wouldn't drill into the city from underground, would they?" someone exclaimed.

"Quick, tell the Evolutionaries in the city to prepare for battle!" another person shouted loudly.

At this time, in the area adjacent to the city wall within the city, many Evolutionaries were either standing or sitting.

Some were preparing to go up the city wall to relieve others, while some had just come down from the city wall and were resting directly below.

Before Wen Zhiyuan and their orders could be transmitted, those Drill Worms had already burrowed through the city wall, suddenly burst out of the ground, and lunged at those Evolutionaries.

"Let's go down and save them," Qin Shilei said, turning to An Qian.

"City Lord Qin, please rest here. We will handle this," the middle-aged man from earlier flashed, immediately blocking Qin Shilei and An Qian.

He did not possess Qin Shilei's Eye of Illusion Breaking Purple, so he naturally didn't know the strength of those Drill Worms.

He still thought that with so many people below the city, they could easily deal with those dozens of Drill Worms, so he naturally chose to continue obeying his boss's orders and stop Qin Shilei and An Qian.

"Ah!"

As soon as he blocked Qin Shilei, he suddenly heard countless screams erupt from behind him.

Turning his head to look inside the city, he found that in less than three seconds, hundreds of people had been killed by those bugs.

"Get out of the way!"

Qin Shilei slapped the middle-aged man aside, then used Thunder Escape to rush towards the nearest Drill Worm.