365: Professionals

Du Shankui looked at Qin Shilei as he walked out, and asked, a bit puzzled, "City Lord, why did we agree to Mr. Qin and let him interfere in the affairs of Litian City?"

Ye Litian said indifferently, "It is true that Litian City has had many strange death cases. If a Golden Realm expert wants to help investigate, why shouldn't we agree?"

In his heart, he thought, "Hmph, a guy who doesn't even dare to show his real name. Since he couldn't see through my true nature in person, then let him investigate until the end of time. What does it matter?"

Qin Shilei looked at Fang Bin, who was sitting in the co-driver's seat, and frowned slightly.

Although Fang Bin had Silver Five Star cultivation, his hundred subordinates were all in the Bronze Realm.

It seemed that Ye Litian was completely perfunctory about the Soul-Devouring Demon incident he had mentioned.

He immediately had the idea of returning to Hope City to bring a few capable subordinates to help.

"Mr. Qin, we're here." Fang Bin suddenly stopped the car in a residential area.

Qin Shilei got out of the car, and at that moment, people in the residential area were transporting bodies out.

"Mr. Qin, all 682 members of the Flying Tiger Gang died mysteriously last night. I wonder if they were killed by the Soul-Devouring Demon you mentioned?" Fang Bin asked.

Qin Shilei walked to a corpse and examined it carefully.

There were no injuries on the body, and no signs of a struggle around.

"What was their cultivation level?"

"They had seven or eight Silver Realm experts, and the rest were in the Bronze Realm."

"Have you inquired with the Evolutionaries in the surrounding area? Is there any useful information?"

"The Evolutionaries in the neighboring residential area claimed they didn't hear any movement last night and didn't notice any suspicious people walking around nearby."

"Do you have a distribution map of the deceased for the past few days?"

"The city's Security Department should have it. Shall we go there now?"

The two rushed to the Security Department again.

Soon, a map was brought before Qin Shilei.

A middle-aged man from the Security Department pointed to more than a dozen circles on the map and said, "Those who died mysteriously are in these places. They are all concentrated deaths, ranging from one or two hundred to over a thousand. The strongest were in the Silver Realm, and the weakest were in the Black Iron Realm."

Qin Shilei looked at the circles on the map, distributed throughout Litian City, and temporarily found no pattern.

Could it be that the Soul-Devouring Demon also knew how to hit and run?

Qin Shilei asked, "Did these cases occur simultaneously in two relatively distant places?"

The middle-aged man shook his head, "That's unknown. Those people were only discovered to have died the next day, and we couldn't deduce the exact time of death from the autopsy."

That meant it was impossible to deduce whether the Soul-Devouring Demon had split off another clone.

Qin Shilei came to the City Lord's Mansion again.

"City Lord Ye, can you conduct a large-scale investigation in the city?"

"How to conduct a large-scale investigation?"

"Gather all the light-elemental ability users and those proficient in detection abilities in the city, and then have them check if there are any hidden Soul-Devouring Demons in the bodies of every survivor."

"There are nearly 600,000 survivors in Litian City, but light-elemental ability users and those proficient in detection abilities are very few. I'm afraid it's impossible to carry out the large-scale investigation you mentioned."

"Then can you have everyone in the city line up and pass before me? I'll see if I can find that Soul-Devouring Demon."

"Mr. Qin, you're asking a bit much."

Ye Litian's expression immediately became displeased.

Du Shankui also sneered, "Lining up to pass before you? Are you acting like a commander reviewing troops?"

Qin Shilei glanced at Du Shankui and said coldly, "It's your Litian City that's having people die every day. Don't you want to ferret out the Soul-Devouring Demon hiding in the city?"

"Are there not enough people dying every day in the apocalypse?"

Ye Litian suddenly became very cold, "As for the Soul-Devouring Demon you mentioned, it might just be a figment of your imagination. We don't need to go to such great lengths for a review. You can continue to investigate if you want, or you can leave if you don't. I will handle the affairs of Litian City myself."

Qin Shilei was enraged, turned around, and left Litian City directly.

More than two hours later, he returned to Litian City with Shi Liren and more than ten other elites from the Intelligence Department.

"You all go investigate first. Notify me immediately if anything happens, and be careful."

Qin Shilei not only brought his subordinates but also instructed the Qin An Royal Mansion to acquire items that could detect demons.

Although the lives and deaths of Litian City's survivors had little to do with him, once the Soul-Devouring Demon left Litian City, it could very likely threaten the people of the Qin An Royal Mansion.

Therefore, Qin Shilei still hoped to completely eliminate this Soul-Devouring Demon in Litian City.

Several hours later, Shi Liren came before Qin Shilei again.

"Qin An King, we have now investigated several clues. First, those who died seemed to have some conflict with the City Lord's Mansion.

Second, not a single person from the City Lord's Mansion died in this incident.

Third, these cases all occurred late at night, and the culprit must have been afraid of being recognized.

Fourth, although the City Lord's Mansion also sent people to investigate this case, they were very perfunctory. It seems that the high-ranking officials of the City Lord's Mansion are not at all worried about widespread deaths occurring in the city because of this.

Based on the above, I think this Soul-Devouring Demon is very likely to have some connection with the City Lord's Mansion."

Qin Shilei was a bit surprised by Shi Liren's wild ideas. "This is a Soul-Devouring Demon, a demon that specializes in devouring the souls of living beings. Could it cooperate with humans?"

Shi Liren spoke eloquently, "Why not? Under specific circumstances, even sworn enemies can temporarily cooperate.

From His Majesty's account, the last Soul-Devouring Demon is very likely the one you initially injured and then escaped.

That Soul-Devouring Demon, severely injured, likely fled into Litian City and happened to encounter Ye Litian. The two then reached some kind of cooperation.

Perhaps Ye Litian even captured that Soul-Devouring Demon and is now feeding it with those in the city who do not obey the City Lord's Mansion's orders."

He paused, then added, "Our people also received news that two hours ago, a similar death case occurred two or three hundred kilometers from here. And our people also happened to see City Lord Ye leave this city three hours ago. He is very likely trying to lead you, my King, away by committing crimes elsewhere."

"Truly a professional." Qin Shilei, uncharacteristically, gave his subordinate a thumbs up.

Listening to the other party's analysis, he felt that even if Ye Litian wasn't the culprit, he at least knew the whereabouts of the Soul-Devouring Demon.

Of course, these were all just conjectures. The Soul-Devouring Demon was incredibly strange, and he couldn't put all his energy into the City Lord's Mansion in Litian City.

"Liren, you continue to lead the investigation. I'll go to the City Lord's Mansion again."

At this time, Ye Litian had not yet returned. Qin Shilei controlled his phantom, as if entering an unmanned territory, and searched the City Lord's Mansion inside and out, finding no clues whatsoever.

The people in the City Lord's Mansion were all fine; not a single person had a hidden Soul-Devouring Demon within them.

Looking at Ye Jincheng, Ye Litian's father, Qin Shilei's heart stirred. He directly knocked the other party unconscious, then carried him and teleported away from the City Lord's Mansion.