"Cough, cough."
Hearing this, Duan Tianhe almost sprayed the rice in his mouth at Qin Shilei opposite him.
"Boss, we're eating. If you say such disgusting things, are you deliberately preventing me from eating?"
"Heh heh." Qin Shilei got straight to the point and said, "Many bodies have appeared in the city, like those killed by zombies, so I came to ask you about it."
"Boss, I don't have that hobby. You can't wrong me," Duan Tianhe said with a wronged expression.
"I also think I wouldn't misjudge people," Qin Shilei said indifferently. "Let's go. Let's take a walk around the city and see if we can find the killer."
Duan Tianhe had the physique of a zombie king and could control zombies. If there were zombies hidden in the city, he should be able to find them more easily. This was also the main reason why Qin Shilei came to find Duan Tianhe.
"Okay." Duan Tianhe pulled out a tissue and wiped his mouth casually, then followed Qin Shilei outside.
As soon as he opened the door, he found two people standing outside, looking like they were waiting for someone.
"City Lord Qin, I heard my subordinate say you entered this house. I was a bit presumptuous to wait here. I hope Brother Qin won't mind."
Han Hongyu said apologetically.
"It's okay." Qin Shilei smiled and said, "If you have something, you can come to the City Lord's Mansion to find me. I have something to do now and have to go out. We'll talk later."
"Then I won't bother Brother Qin."
Han Hongyu turned to make way, and his eyes swept over Duan Tianhe on the right. Suddenly, he exclaimed, "Ah!"
Only then did Duan Tianhe realize that he had been too hasty and had forgotten to put on his sunglasses.
If outsiders saw his blood-red pupils, it would be difficult to explain.
"His eyes have mutated, just like mine. You don't need to overthink it."
After Qin Shilei finished speaking, he revealed his purple eyes.
"So that's how it is. I thought he was a zombie pet you kept?"
Han Hongyu looked as if he suddenly understood.
"..."
Human imagination after the apocalypse is truly rich. Qin Shilei felt that his explanation just now seemed a bit redundant.
At this moment, Duan Tianhe also put on his sunglasses as if nothing had happened.
"Goodbye."
Qin Shilei and Duan Tianhe entered the elevator and went downstairs.
Seeing that the elevator had reached the first floor, Zeng Deyuan frowned and said, "City Lord, do you really think that person's eyes just mutated?"
Han Hongyu said indifferently, "City Lord Qin said so, so it is."
Zeng Deyuan said in a low voice, "It's just that many murder cases have occurred in the city recently. Could it really have nothing to do with that person?"
Han Hongyu pondered for a moment. "Let's change our location. As long as our people are safe, we don't need to worry about the rest."
Zeng Deyuan nodded in response. "The City Lord is right. I'll arrange for people to move immediately. Living here always makes one feel uneasy."
Qin Shilei and his group, who had gone downstairs, drove a sedan and drove around the city.
Three hours later.
Duan Tianhe said with a wry smile, "Boss, I can't sense any zombies at all. Why don't you go back and rest first? I'll continue looking alone?"
Qin Shilei nodded in response. "That's fine too. You can look around for a bit more, then go back and rest. You can also look again tomorrow."
The area inside and outside Hope City was not small. Driving around every corner was not easy.
If there were really zombies, they might not stay in the same place, making them even harder to find.
However, as soon as Qin Shilei returned to the City Lord's Mansion, Zhang Cheng ran over and said, "Shilei, over ten more people in the city have had all their blood sucked dry."
Qin Shilei asked, "Just now?"
Zhang Cheng nodded. "It was during the time you were out."
Qin Shilei instructed, "Arrange for people to find the zombies hidden in the city as soon as possible."
This way, he could clearly know that Duan Tianhe was definitely not the one causing trouble in the city.
As for catching the killer, he didn't have to do it himself as the City Lord.
After his prospective father-in-law left, Qin Shilei took out crystal cores and began to absorb them.
After absorbing for two to three hours, his experience was finally full.
He was about to break through to the Golden Realm, but he frowned.
Qin Shilei pushed open the door, sat next to An Qian, and asked, "An Qian, were there any requirements when you broke through to the Golden Realm?"
"Requirements?" An Qian looked confused and said, "No requirements. I was already at one-star Golden Realm when I woke up."
Qin Shilei said with distress, "Why do I need to comprehend a rule?"
His personal panel displayed, "The host has reached the peak of the Silver Realm and needs to comprehend a rule to advance to the Golden Realm."
"I don't feel like I've comprehended the rules of fire either," An Qian said, frowning.
After speaking, she stretched out her right hand, and a purple flame rose in her palm, then transformed into a small firebird that circled around her.
"It seems I've become more proficient in using fire and fire-elemental combat skills, but I really don't feel that mysterious rule."
An Qian's tone became more serious as if to strengthen her argument.
Qin Shilei also stretched out his right hand, and a flickering lightning bolt appeared in his palm.
Then the lightning bolt also circled around him.
"I feel like I've also mastered lightning very well. Is it because I can't make lightning transform into living beings like small birds?"
This was, of course, Qin Shilei venting to An Qian.
An Qian's smooth advancement to the Golden Realm was entirely due to Phoenix Nirvana. It should have been then that she mastered the fire element's rules.
Then how could he master the rules of lightning?
Qin Shilei took out the Thunder Spirit Orb and carefully felt the flowing thunder elements within it.
After a long while, he gained nothing.
He had no choice but to go to the summit of the mountain in the small world again and summon lightning to cleanse himself.
He tried to comprehend the rules of lightning through the baptism.
Half an hour later, his whole body was somewhat numb from the electric shocks, but he was still confused.
An Qian comforted him, "Shilei, don't be too anxious. Perhaps you'll suddenly have an epiphany."
Qin Shilei smiled and said, "I'm fine. Let's go back and rest first."
However, he felt some doubts and worries in his heart.
He had the Seed of Thunder in his body and could control thunder elements quite well. Yet, he still couldn't break through to the Golden Realm.
If advancing to the Golden Realm was really so difficult, how would humanity on Blue Star deal with the increasingly powerful zombies and even more powerful extraterrestrial creatures in the future?
Qin Shilei did not know this at the time.
When Zhang Qiang and the others reached the peak of the Silver Realm, they actually had two options to advance to the Golden Realm.
Besides comprehending a rule, they could also greatly increase their chances of successfully advancing to the Golden Realm by absorbing a large amount of high-quality crystal cores and ability orbs that matched their attributes.
However, those who advanced through the latter method found it very difficult to break through to the Platinum Realm again.
It was just that for some reason, this option did not appear on Qin Shilei's personal panel.
Even if it had appeared, he would have only chosen to comprehend the rules.