In recent days, Qin Shilei had also fixed some attributes for less ideal equipment.
For instance, Xiao Qiang had a speed attribute fixed again.
Speed (Green): Increases flight speed by thirty percent for three minutes, with a two-hour cooldown.
Since its loyalty had already risen to 97, the 'die-hard' attribute was no longer needed.
He also fixed a self-repair attribute for the armored vehicle.
Under the effect of this attribute, the hole on the roof of the armored vehicle had already been repaired.
The Corpse King's flesh had the 'fresh' attribute fixed, otherwise, it would have long since spoiled and stunk.
The Corpse King's brain marrow had no suitable attribute. Fortunately, it was rarely used and could be preserved by the spatial ring.
The next morning.
Qin Shilei and the others arrived at the assembly square on time.
He Kaige, after being treated by Zhang Xiaoli, also followed with his subordinates supporting him.
It was a square paved with marble.
On it were two somewhat uneven large formations.
To the east were members of the 007 Regiment, and to the west were members of the 018 Regiment.
"Zhang Qiang, you and the others accompany An Qian to the 018 Regiment."
Qin Shilei hoped that Zhang Qiang and the others could help An Qian keep the members of the 018 Regiment in check.
He himself walked alone to the front of the formation.
Mu Ziping saluted and reported, "Reporting, Commander. The entire regiment has 1500 people, and 1275 are present. Please instruct."
Although the military strictly required all regiment members to assemble on time, over two hundred people were still absent.
Perhaps they had died yesterday, or were out killing zombies yesterday and didn't receive the notification in time, or perhaps they were deserters.
These were not things Qin Shilei needed to worry about.
Mu Ziping held a loudspeaker and shouted loudly, "Silence! Silence!"
However, the crowd below completely ignored him, chatting loudly with their friends and relatives.
Some people also looked at Qin Shilei with a scrutinizing gaze.
"Is this our damned Commander?"
"I wonder if he's some connected by relationships?"
"Wearing a suit of gaudy gold, truly vulgar."
"He's quite handsome. If he could be my kept man, I'd be willing to call him Commander."
"Commander? Humph!"
The people below were all evolutionary individuals from civilian life, and none of them liked having a Commander suddenly appear above them.
Their punctual assembly was merely due to military pressure. As for demanding discipline and absolute obedience, even a top military official would likely be unable to achieve it.
"Screech!"
Suddenly, a sharp eagle's cry echoed through the sky.
A giant eagle swooped down from the sky, its target being Qin Shilei on the high platform.
The crowd below immediately drew their weapons and stood on guard, but they watched with cold indifference.
No one intended to go up and fight alongside their Commander.
As Xiao Qiang flew past him, Qin Shilei stomped his foot and leaped onto its back.
At his signal, Xiao Qiang carried him and circled the sky several times.
Then, it made another dive, passing just three to four meters above the heads of the crowd.
As Xiao Qiang dived, a military banner instantly appeared in Qin Shilei's hand.
Under the various mutated animal meats provided by Qin Shilei, Xiao Qiang had become even larger.
Its wingspan reached seven to eight meters, and its strength had also recovered to the Black Iron realm this morning.
As Xiao Qiang flew over their heads, the people below the square felt an oppressive aura wash over them.
The faint-hearted even trembled all over, almost fleeing in panic.
Looking at Qin Shilei flying overhead, even the powerful evolutionary individuals were deeply shocked.
Their own strength seemed to have weakened by a few points.
Deterrence (Red): Within the range of the military banner, enemy attributes are weakened by ten percent.
This was an attribute attached to the military banner.
Qin Shilei, holding the military banner, temporarily regarded the crowd below as enemies, thus anyone within a hundred meters of the banner had their strength weakened by ten percent.
When Qin Shilei leaped from Xiao Qiang's back back onto the high platform, the area below the square became deathly silent.
"I, Qin Shilei, am the Commander of the 007 Regiment. If anyone disagrees, step forward."
After waiting for a while, not a single person dared to step out.
"My pet will not attack. Whoever can withstand three moves from me, I will give this Commander position to them." Qin Shilei spoke again.
"Your words are a bit too boastful." A man with a full beard stepped forward.
"I also wish to test the Commander's depth." A charming woman also stepped forward.
"Three moves? Heh heh." Another gloomy-looking youth stepped out.
In less than a moment, twenty to thirty people had come forward from the formation.
These people were all confident in their strength.
Although they felt they might not be able to defeat Qin Shilei's pet, or even Qin Shilei himself, they couldn't believe they wouldn't even be able to last three moves against him.
Qin Shilei smiled and asked, "Do you prefer a combat duel or a verbal sparring match?"
Someone asked, "What about combat duel, and what about verbal sparring?"
Qin Shilei said indifferently, "In a combat duel, you can use your strongest combat skills, and we leave it to fate. In verbal sparring, you cannot use combat skills, but everything else is permissible."
After hearing Qin Shilei's words, a chill ran down everyone's spines.
Damned combat skills!
They had only heard of combat skills in the system, but let alone possessing them, they had never even seen anyone perform a combat skill.
Could this Commander be planning to kill all of us who want to take his position?
"Commander, verbal sparring is better, so as not to hurt everyone's harmony." Mu Ziping quickly interjected, advising.
"Yes, yes, let's choose verbal sparring." The crowd below responded in unison.
Qin Shilei said indifferently, "Alright, then you can all come up together."
"Too arrogant!"
"We could drown him with our spit alone."
"Does he have an ability that can instantly kill us?"
"Don't be foolish. Who would have such a powerful ability at this stage?"
Feeling underestimated, the crowd angrily ascended the high platform.
Qin Shilei stood with empty hands and said calmly, "You can unleash your abilities freely. Begin."
"Since you're looking for death, don't blame us."
Immediately, each person mercilessly hurled various abilities at Qin Shilei.
Ice cones, fireballs, earth spikes, and more whistled towards Qin Shilei.
Those without ranged attacks imbued their weapons with abilities and rushed towards Qin Shilei.
One-Punch Man!
Qin Shilei activated the strongest attribute on his person.
In an instant, his figure vanished from the high platform.
All the ice cones and fireballs lost their targets and flew beyond the high platform.
"Bang bang bang!"
Just as those people were looking around for Qin Shilei's figure, they suddenly felt a powerful force strike their stomachs, and their bodies involuntarily flew into the air, crashing outside the high platform.
In less than ten seconds, only Qin Shilei remained standing proudly on the high platform.
On the platform and below, there was a sudden silence.
Strong, overwhelmingly strong!
The crowd was left with only this single thought.
Without unleashing a single ability, he had knocked down over twenty eight-star and nine-star evolutionary individuals with his bare hands.
Fortunately, they had chosen verbal sparring, otherwise, those twenty-odd people might be lying there as corpses.