A portion of the crowd began to retreat, realizing that Duan Tianhe might indeed be a zombie king and Qin Shilei might be planning a blood sacrifice. They decided to leave first and make plans later.
Just then, Qin Shilei, observing from above, saw Zhang Cheng approaching with a large contingent of people.
He immediately had Xiao Qiang fly to their front and commanded, "Seal this area. No one is allowed to leave."
Upon hearing this, the surrounding crowd, thinking Qin Shilei intended to arrest everyone, began to speak up.
"City Lord, I was just passing by, with no ill intentions. Please let me go."
"City Lord, I was only here to watch the spectacle. Even if you are raising zombies, I will resolutely support you."
"You instigator, get out of here quickly and don't implicate us all."
Despite their protests, the people remained in place, following the arrangements of the Internal Affairs Department.
Qin Shilei returned to the person he was questioning earlier.
[Po Wang Zi Mou]!
He instantly controlled the man.
"Who are you and why are you causing trouble here?"
"We are from Longhua City, acting under the orders of our superiors."
"You are Han Hongyu's people? Did he personally command you?"
"No, I was just following my regiment commander's orders."
As Qin Shilei was about to interrogate the man further, an ice cone shot out from the crowd, targeting the controlled individual.
"You think you can silence him before my eyes!"
Qin Shilei casually waved his hand. A red light flashed, and the ice cone was instantly shattered into pieces.
The attacker, a middle-aged man, seeing his attempt thwarted, turned to flee.
However, as soon as he moved, he was quickly apprehended by the Internal Affairs Department personnel surrounding the area.
Qin Shilei once again used Po Wang Zi Mou to control the middle-aged man.
He commanded, "Take me to your accomplices."
Seeing their two companions captured and controlled by Qin Shilei in the blink of an eye, those with ulterior motives hidden within the crowd immediately panicked.
Someone in the crowd shouted, "Qin Shilei is going to kill people! Everyone, run!"
Others threw several smoke bombs into the crowd, attempting to escape under the cover of the smoke.
Qin Shilei kicked the two controlled individuals towards Duan Tianhe's feet, "Keep an eye on them."
With that, he teleported onto the back of Xiao Qiang, who was hovering in the air.
At that moment, several screams and sounds of fighting erupted from the crowd.
Qin Shilei said to Xiao Qiang, "Blow away this smoke."
"Alright," Xiao Qiang responded and flapped his wings vigorously.
Instantly, it felt like a category ten gale was sweeping across the ground, quickly dispersing the thick smoke.
Qin Shilei jumped down from Xiao Qiang's back again and swiftly subdued both sides of the ongoing fight.
On the periphery of the crowd, the Internal Affairs Department also took the opportunity to arrest twenty to thirty suspicious individuals.
In less than ten minutes, all the troublemakers hiding in the crowd were identified and apprehended.
During these few minutes of chaos, those individuals had, in their attempt to create confusion, killed over ten innocent bystanders.
"You can just watch the show. If Qin Shilei can arrest us today, he'll eventually blood sacrifice you all to his zombie king."
Even while captured, one of them continued to slander Qin Shilei.
Hearing this, the surrounding onlookers turned their gazes towards Duan Tianhe, who was wearing sunglasses.
Qin Shilei also looked in that direction.
[Initiate attribute refresh?]
[Refresh.]
He refreshed three times before obtaining attributes that satisfied him.
Colored Lenses (Blue): Allows for arbitrary changes to eye color, with a slight increase in the charm of both eyes.
Hercules (Green): Permanently triples one's own strength.
Bronze Skin, Iron Bones (Red): Permanently triples one's own defense.
Given Duan Tianhe's zombie constitution, if he had fixed Bronze Skin, Iron Bones, his strength would have greatly increased. However, Qin Shilei unhesitatingly chose the Colored Lenses attribute.
After fixing the attribute, Qin Shilei walked up to Duan Tianhe and said softly, "Your pupils can change color now. Try to imagine your pupils turning back to their original black color in your mind."
Then, with a stern expression, he scanned the surroundings and slowly said, "To say he is my zombie pet is utterly absurd. Open your eyes and look, where are the characteristics of a zombie on him?"
With that, he removed Duan Tianhe's sunglasses.
A pair of dark, bright, and piercing eyes appeared before everyone's eyes.
The crowd immediately erupted in clamor.
"Rumors! Who is spreading these rumors about our respected City Lord?"
"How despicable! They even posted photoshopped pictures on the chat channel."
"I said it before, why would someone as capable as the City Lord keep a weak zombie?"
"Those in the city who were rumored to have been killed by zombies must have been done by these Huang Long Sect members."
At this moment, Duan Tianhe, looking bewildered, took out his long saber and carefully examined his eyes, which had already returned to their black pupils.
Qin Shilei, carrying a deputy commander of the Longhua City Guard, walked out.
As he passed by the Internal Affairs Department personnel, he instructed, "Leave some people to escort those individuals back. The rest will follow me."
"Boss, wait for me." Duan Tianhe finally snapped back to reality and quickly caught up. "Boss, are we going to go directly and butcher Han Hongyu?"
"We are going to find Han Hongyu, but not to butcher him," Qin Shilei said with a mysterious expression.
Ya Shi Ju, the temporary residence of the main members of the Longhua City Guard.
Room C-1021.
"Sect Leader, will what we are doing really be effective?" a bearded man asked in a low voice.
"If you repeat a lie enough times, it becomes the truth. Regarding their safety, the residents of the city will naturally be afraid and leave Hope City. Since he killed my brother, I will make him live in an empty city."
Hou Chengzong said with hatred.
"Sect Leader, if Commander Xu is captured, will he expose us?" the bearded man asked with some concern.
"Absolutely not. I have already implanted a mental suggestion in Commander Xu. Once captured, he will commit suicide immediately, but they will only follow the lead to Han Hongyu."
Hou Chengzong said with confidence.
In fact, there was one more thing he hadn't mentioned.
If Qin Shilei and Han Hongyu were to fight, he would seize the opportunity to pledge his allegiance and strive to enter Qin Shilei's core team.
...
While Hou Chengzong and his group were plotting, Qin Shilei, carrying the deputy commander Xu, found Han Hongyu.
"Brother Qin, what is the meaning of this?" Han Hongyu looked at Commander Xu in Qin Shilei's hand and had a sudden premonition of something bad.
"Brother Han, this is your person, isn't it?" Qin Shilei casually tossed the man at Han Hongyu's feet.
"He is indeed one of my deputy commanders. Has he dared to offend Brother Qin?" Han Hongyu frowned and said.
"He led your City Guard personnel to cause trouble, falsely accusing me of blood sacrificing everyone in Hope City," Qin Shilei stated calmly.
"Brother Qin, this was absolutely not my order."
Han Hongyu quickly defended himself, "This would bring me absolutely no benefit whatsoever."