328: Wen Zhiyuan lost

Qin Shilei instructed the Golden Winged Thunder Roc flying beside them, "Xiaoqiang, your eyes are sharp. Fly higher and scout the surroundings. If a Golden Beast appears, immediately cry out a warning."

After Xiaoqiang flew away, An Qian also spoke, "I'll also go down and watch them, to prevent any accidents."

After speaking, she unfolded her Phoenix Wings and began patrolling and watching the surroundings.

Qin Shilei looked down, still feeling a bit uneasy, and asked, "Glutton, if a Drill Worm burrows up from underground, can you sense it?"

"No problem." The Glutton then asked, "Master, I'm really hungry. Can I eat something to fill my stomach?"

Qin Shilei glared at him, "You can eat, but you must protect them well. If anything goes wrong, I will make you starve for a hundred years."

"Absolutely not."

The Glutton's heart tightened, and he immediately used his mental fluctuations as the Insect Emperor to scan all insects within a ten-kilometer radius, again and again.

Qin Shilei said, "Alright, you can go down and eat, just don't forget to look after my subordinates."

After instructing his pet, Qin Shilei, like An Qian, began patrolling the skies above the City Guard Army repeatedly.

The Glutton's maximum range for controlling insects was ten kilometers, which seemed quite long.

However, the twenty-thousand-strong army occupied a large area, so the City Guard Army had to kill the controlled insects in batches.

The Glutton was located in the center of the army, slowly advancing with the legion towards areas dense with insects.

The army departed the city at sunrise and only returned to Beian City at sunset, still not having had enough.

"Well done!"

Watching the triumphant City Guard Army return, someone on the city wall shouted loudly.

Then, thunderous applause erupted, and countless survivors clapped desperately, welcoming the City Guard Army.

They had been besieged by insects for days, accumulating countless frustrations in their hearts.

Today, seeing the City Guard Army kill those insects as easily as chopping down dogs, they seemed to see endless hope.

At this moment, they could only cheer wildly, venting the joy in their hearts.

Qin Shilei and An Qian came to the city wall, and Qin Shilei said with a faint smile to Wen Zhiyuan, "President Wen, have I returned with everyone accounted for?"

Although neither side had meticulously counted the number of people leaving and entering the city, anyone not blind could see that not a single member of the City Guard Army had died.

Wen Zhiyuan opened his mouth, intending to lie through his teeth.

But standing before him was the number one person on Blue Star.

Only the stronger party could pull off such a blatant distortion of facts.

Although he also had over a hundred thousand subordinates, he was the weaker party.

Wen Zhiyuan had to bring up another point: "Even if all of you returned, are you truly certain that every single one of them personally killed an insect?

Among your twenty thousand soldiers, there are quite a few Bronze Realm combat weaklings.

They probably can't even break the defense of a Claw Beast outside the city.

Don't tell me you assume they've personally killed an insect just because they participated in attacking them?"

Qin Shilei smiled, "Someone, show President Wen the video you recorded."

Gang Leader Yuan Yuhang immediately stepped forward, opened a video, and began playing it.

Several Bronze Realm evolutionaries were seen protecting a Black Iron Realm evolutionary, bringing him before a dying Claw Beast.

The Black Iron Realm evolutionary took a gleaming sword and forcefully stabbed it into the Claw Beast's eye.

With the sharp sword, this evolutionary stabbed several times, finally killing the Claw Beast.

Qin Shilei said indifferently, "President Wen, does this count as personally killing an insect?"

Wen Zhiyuan never expected that the esteemed number one person on Blue Star would even consider such details just to win against him.

His face darkened, and he whispered a few words to someone beside him.

That person turned and left for a moment before returning with three City Guard Army soldiers.

Wen Zhiyuan pointed at the three and asked, "You three are from the City Guard Army who just went out of the city, right?"

The three answered in unison, "Precisely."

Wen Zhiyuan asked again with a smile, "Then tell everyone, did you personally kill any insects just now?"

"Yes." The three answered in unison again, "And more than one."

The smile on Wen Zhiyuan's face froze instantly.

"What's going on?"

"Shouldn't they have said, 'My strength is low, and I haven't had the opportunity to personally kill an insect?'"

"These three are my informants whom I arranged to enter the City Lord's Mansion in advance; they absolutely shouldn't betray me."

The distraught Wen Zhiyuan, however, didn't notice that Qin Shilei's eyes had just transformed into a brilliant purple.

Even if these three were loyal subordinates of Wen Zhiyuan, and they had indeed managed to deceive everyone outside the city with their Silver One-Star strength, not having personally killed an insect.

But at this moment, under the influence of Qin Shilei's Eye of Illusion Breaking Purple, they could only clearly state that they had killed more than one insect.

"I don't believe it."

Wen Zhiyuan could only resort to sophistry now, "I absolutely do not believe that with a full two hundred thousand troops, you can take care of every low-level evolutionary and have them personally kill an insect.

Unless you can release all the videos of them killing insects for everyone to verify one by one."

"Hmph!" Qin Shilei sneered, "Believe it or not. Millions of people in Beian City personally witnessed our City Guard Army killing insects as easily as chopping vegetables.

They will naturally discern who wins and who loses this gamble.

As for the gamble requiring you to join the City Lord's Mansion, I'm no longer interested.

Now, get as far away from me as possible!"

Being driven away by Qin Shilei as if he were shooing flies, Wen Zhiyuan's face alternated between red and green, feeling utterly embarrassed.

Yet, he dared not feel angry.

"What an ungrateful fellow. It's your good fortune that Qin would even look at you, yet you don't know how to cherish it."

"He wouldn't still be thinking of winning the bet, would he? If the position of City Lord were given to him, would he dare to take it?"

"Even if he did, no one in the city would recognize him."

"In our eyes, only Goddess An, who possesses both strength and beauty, is our eternal City Lord."

"Qin, take me in. Although I only have a few hundred brothers, I also have nearly thirty experts above Silver rank."

"Qin, take me in. My admiration for you is like a continuous surging river."

Immediately, countless voices around them began cursing Wen Zhiyuan for being blind, and countless others seized the opportunity to request to join the City Lord's Mansion.

"President, since we lost, we accept it. I think it's quite good to follow Qin."

Suddenly, a voice of persuasion also came from behind Wen Zhiyuan.

"President, we also think joining the City Lord's Mansion is quite good. This way, we can defeat the insects outside the city sooner and regain our freedom."

Immediately after that person's words fell, several more members of the True Martial Arts Association spoke up to persuade him.

They had only joined the True Martial Arts Association for better survival and didn't have much loyalty to it.

If they continued down the path with Wen Zhiyuan, they might be trapped in the city forever.

At this moment, they could only advise the President to join the City Lord's Mansion as the only way out.

If they were expelled from the True Martial Arts Association because of this, then they would seize the opportunity to join the City Lord's Mansion.

For a time, more and more members of the True Martial Arts Association began to persuade him.

Wen Zhiyuan's face was so dark it looked like water was about to drip from it.

He never imagined that a seemingly guaranteed win of a gamble would make him feel as if he had fallen into a situation where everyone was abandoning him.