If Attorney An were here at this moment, perhaps the situation wouldn't be so awkward.

Attorney An could describe the boss's fall in such a grand and earth-shattering manner, imbuing it with profound significance for history, the future, and the development of all mankind.

Would that alleviate the awkwardness?

Obviously not.

But it would shift everyone's attention to him, the idiot, and away from the boss who had just taken a tumble.

So,

When Attorney An isn't around,

One does often feel inconvenienced.

Zhou Ze silently got up from the ground, feeling as though he'd been soaking in water all day, his whole body swollen.

Earlier, if he'd been delayed any longer, he might not have walked back, but rather "floated" back.

And before him, there appeared a perfectly harmonious circular pit, incredibly smooth on both the bottom and the edges, offering a geometric aesthetic pleasure.

He took a deep breath,

A burning sensation shot through his lungs,

Zhou Ze gritted his teeth,

And stood up straight.

No cheers, no leaps of joy; it wasn't that Boss Zhou had reached a state of indifference. In fact, defeating an opponent single-handedly, without relying on Ying Gou, was quite an exciting and pleasurable thing.

But the problem was,

He'd just beaten one to a pulp,

And before he could even stand up and catch his breath,

In the northwest direction, about a kilometer away, another extremely powerful aura was approaching.

The composition and level of this aura were very similar to the one he had just smashed.

"Damn it."

Boss Zhou cursed.

Things,

Were really not right.

There was a problem,

And a very, very big problem.

Okay, so the xiezhi died inexplicably,

And even if it just died, it died,

Even if it wasn't killed by the Xuanyuan Sword, it could have choked to death while eating;

But the intelligence he had was from Lao Zhang.

So, as far as they were concerned, the xiezhi had died suddenly.

But clearly, in the eyes of those "usurpers," it seemed to be "gradually dying."

It was like the ancient princes vying for the throne; the other princes had learned in advance that the emperor was seriously ill and about to die, and had started preparing early.

Some colluded with ministers, some privately gathered troops.

But he, on the other hand, had no news at all; the only news he received was that the emperor had died.

Otherwise,

There was simply no way to explain

How these usurpers had arrived in Tong City so quickly after the xiezhi died.

The aura arrived quickly.

It was a woman.

The woman was wearing a qipao.

She was in her forties, without makeup.

She wasn't particularly pretty, all shriveled up. It wasn't that she was a cougar, but more like a dehydrated peach.

That's right,

She was, after all, an inheritor of a xiezhi clone; she couldn't possibly be some gaudy, seductive vixen. She looked very simple and down-to-earth.

Very much in line with Wangcai's temperament and aesthetics!

Zhou Ze pursed his lips.

It seemed he was right to have kept Ying Gou from acting.

After the woman appeared,

Two other figures, a man and a woman, emerged from two different directions.

The man was a hunchbacked old man.

The woman was even older, over seventy, leaning on a cane, walking with a limp.

Well, well, well,

Good heavens,

He had just killed one,

And now three more popped up.

Boss Zhou swayed a few more times, creating the illusion that he was seriously injured and about to collapse.

But the old woman smiled.

And said directly:

"Young man, don't pretend. The fact that you're still standing here means you definitely have other tricks up your sleeve."

The old woman's eyes sparkled with a wisdom accumulated over the years.

Zhou Ze nodded, looked at the three of them, and said directly:

"All at once, or one at a time?"

If Attorney An were to read the narration at this moment, it would definitely be:

The three newcomers were immediately awed by the boss's boldness and aura!

But in reality,

The three of them looked at Boss Zhou, who was all arrogant one moment and obsequious the next,

As if they were looking at a crazy fool.

The woman took a few steps forward first,

Seeming unable to restrain herself from attacking,

The hunchbacked old man and the old woman smiled silently, even stepping back two steps to give her face.

As if they were too old,

And the stage,

Should be left to the young people.

However, the woman eventually retreated.

Clearly,

The three of them were wary of each other.

Especially since they all knew that Zhou Ze, who had just beaten one of their companions to death, was not someone to be trifled with easily.

"What's it going to be, then? Can we draw a line?"

Zhou Ze asked directly.

His tone was slightly impatient.

Behind him, Lao Zhang, floating between Qing and Xu Qinglang, had his soul expanding and expanding again. Because he had swallowed a lot of white light, he had become like a huge firefly in the summer night.

Qing kept watching beside him, afraid that Lao Zhang would suddenly explode.

"This was planned long ago."

The old woman looked at the scene behind Zhou Ze and sighed.

In fact,

She and Lao Zhang behind Zhou Ze were the same kind of people.

The xiezhi's main body had entered a state of deep sleep countless years ago.

Its clones were numerous, scattered throughout the world.

But there were always some exceptions, some changes, and these exceptions and changes actually came from an initiative.

For example,

Some places needed "intelligent" and "self-aware" clones to guard them,

Some things needed "capable" and "decisive" clones to solve;

Including the suit-wearing man who had just been smashed by Zhou Ze,

All of them,

Were actually similar in identity.

But they also seemed to see that

Lao Zhang behind Zhou Ze,

Was different from them.

Firstly, they didn't know of Lao Zhang's existence before the xiezhi sent out the message that it was about to die;

And when the xiezhi was about to fall, some messages, some thoughts, some consciousness began to spread, and they themselves began to gradually swallow the nearby xiezhi clones, they naturally sensed that in the direction of Tong City, there was actually another one of their kind hidden.

They couldn't contact him. It wasn't as simple as not knowing the address.

To put it another way,

They were all part of the xiezhi,

Even closer than gang members whose bones were still connected after being broken.

They had a connection with each other, and could even actively contact each other.

But Lao Zhang was just so mysterious;

They only knew that Lao Zhang, a fellow clone, existed,

Only knew that he was in Tong City,

But couldn't contact him at all,

It was like everyone was in the same group chat,

But Lao Zhang had set it to "block all messages from this group."

So,

On the day the xiezhi truly fell,

They all came to Tong City.

There were some things they needed their fellow clones to gather together and come up with a plan,

For example,

Whether to just kill each other until only one survived to become the new "xiezhi,"

Or simply come up with a "set aside differences" and develop together.

Gathering in Tong City was only because they couldn't contact Lao Zhang, so they had no choice but to come over.

And the scene with the suit-wearing man earlier,

Was purely because they saw Lao Zhang as a "fellow clone,"

And thought,

Damn,

He was so weak,

Completely incomparable to them,

He didn't even have the qualifications to get on the inheritance distribution table.

So he showed up directly, wanting to strangle Lao Zhang to death, so there would be one less competitor, one less person to share the inheritance with.

Then,

His purpose succeeded,

But it was he who was eliminated.

"Young man, I'm very curious, what exactly is your identity?"

The old woman squinted her eyes, constantly sizing up Zhou Ze.

Clearly,

They all knew in their hearts that Lao Zhang, that fellow clone, wasn't much of a threat, like a baby who hadn't learned to walk yet.

But Zhou Ze was different.

If Zhou Ze really had a big background,

Zhou Ze could clearly help Lao Zhang eliminate them one by one,

And then support the baby to ascend the throne,

And rule the others by holding the emperor hostage.

You have to know,

Whoever became the last one remaining,

Would naturally inherit the richest and most original legacy from the xiezhi.

"If I told you, it would scare you to death, so I won't bother."

Boss Zhou rubbed his hands,

And said in his heart:

"Iron Dumbass, can you leave all three of them behind?"

Although there were still many things he didn't understand,

Boss Zhou was still clear about the general thread of events and how he could profit.

Competing for the throne,

What was so difficult to understand?

"Afraid... escape..."

Ying Gou's words were still so concise. If he hadn't been living together for so long, Boss Zhou might have really thought that Ying Gou was shouting that he was afraid and telling him to run away quickly.

In fact, Ying Gou meant that he could beat them, but if they wanted to escape, he wouldn't be able to catch them.

After all, without Old Ginseng in hand, and without sacrifices,

That kind of VIP treatment where you could bite into a piece of Old Ginseng every now and then, and directly fight people until the end of time, after King Chujiang, would be hard to find again.

As for why the suit-wearing man was killed so quickly before, it was because he was too confident;

That's why he was directly taken down by the high-attack and high-defense Boss Zhou.

With the previous example, the remaining three probably wouldn't be stupid enough to come over and fight head-on again.

And it would be impossible for Boss Zhou to let them stand there one by one, and let him do a "chest-breaking stone" trick one by one again.

Woman, old man, old woman,

The three looked at each other.

At this moment,

Boss Zhou felt that they weren't just communicating with their eyes,

It was like there was a special channel,

They seemed to be plotting something.

And at this moment,

Lao Zhang, who was so full that he was about to burst, suddenly shouted from behind:

"Boss, they plan to join forces to take you down!"

For a moment,

The three people on the opposite side were stunned.

They really didn't expect that

Lao Zhang, who they couldn't contact before,

After being circumcised by Qing, had actually improved by leaps and bounds,

And had secretly canceled the blocking of group messages!

……………

And just at this moment,

On the bed in the internet cafe opposite the bookstore,

Liang and You suddenly woke up together.

Obviously, Qing had "called" them.

After Attorney An took the little loli and the little boy to Xuzhou, Qing and the two of them were actually the three most stable and outstanding immediate combat forces in the bookstore.

The two sat up from the bed together,

Liang asked You:

"Brush your teeth?"

You replied:

"Let's brush. Qing said that the bookstore owner is a clean freak."

Liang nodded,

Then,

Liang and You said in unison:

"Tch, so annoying."